RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

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Headquartered in Boston’s North End, RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted source for rare documents, manuscripts, autographs, and historic artifacts. Since its inception in 1980, RR has achieved countless record-setting prices in over 425 successful sales, including Truman Capote’s hand-notated manuscript for Breakfast at Tiffany’s for over $300,000, President Kennedy’s 1963 convertible for $318,000, and a pair of Bonnie and Clyde’s guns for over $500,000. Internationally known and frequently featured in all media outlets—with appearances on NBC’s Today Show, CBS This Morning, Fox News, the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and the London Times—RR Auction prides itself on selling authentic material, thoroughly examined by in-house experts and third-party authenticators, to uphold the guarantee of authenticity. With a stunning full-color print catalog and a massive online presence, RR Auction’s nearly four decades of business continue to grow, achieving record prices for clients around the world.
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
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George Washington1 - George Washington
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Fantastic display consisting of an ink signature, “George Washing ,” on an off-white 4.25 x 1.25 slip clipped from a larger document. Signature wa
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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George Washington2 - George Washington
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Outstanding Revolutionary War (circa 1777) hand-addressed and franked address panel, 6 x 3, addressed by Washington, “On public service, Major General
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Estimate : 5,500.00 - 6,500.00
 
 
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Martha Washington3 - Martha Washington
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Unique piece of ivory-colored lace belonging to Martha Washington, measuring approximately 11 x 1.5, featuring an ornate and elaborate sheer design. I
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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John Adams4 - John Adams
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Impressive ink signature, as president, “John Adams,” on an off-white 9 x 3.75 sheet clipped from a larger document and also signed by Secretary of St
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson5 - Thomas Jefferson
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Ink signature, “Th: Jefferson,” on an off-white 2.75 x 2 slip, with an ink notation under signature in an unknown hand. Archivally triple-cloth-matted
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson6 - Thomas Jefferson
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Third-person ALS as president signed “Th: Jefferson,” one page, 8 x 10, March 8, 1805. Letter to Ceasar Augustus Rodney (1772-1824), nephew of Signer
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Estimate : 12,000.00 - 14,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson and James Madison7 - Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 21 x 16.75, no date. Four-language ship’s papers filled out in the English section only, issued to “William
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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James Madison8 - James Madison
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 12 x 15, May 18, 1848. President Madison grants “William Pullen, a Lieutenant for three years, to the
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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James Monroe9 - James Monroe
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 13 x 8.75, July 30, 1821. President Monroe grants Jackson Thorp 160 acres of land in Missouri. Signed at the
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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James Monroe10 - James Monroe
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Partly-printed vellum DS, one page, 15 x 10.25, September 1, 1822. President Monroe appoints Otis Wheeler as “Second Lieutenant in the Third Regiment
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams11 - John Quincy Adams
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Free-franked mailing panel, boldly addressed by Adams to “George J. Bigelow, Esqr., Boston,” and franked in the upper right, “J. Q. Adams,” with “Free
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams12 - John Quincy Adams
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Unsigned autograph manuscript, one page both sides, 4.75 x 5, no date. Adams pens detailed notes related to the Quincy family history, including a chr
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams13 - John Quincy Adams
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Partly-printed DS, signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 7.75 x 9.5, November 16, 1819. Adams, as secretary of state, certifies “the annexed is a true copy
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson14 - Andrew Jackson
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 10 x 8, August 28, 1835. President Jackson appoints Mayo Carrington Watkins as “a Midshipman in the N
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson15 - Andrew Jackson
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, three pages on two sheets, 10.75 x 14.25, March 27, 1832. President Jackson grants a patent to Philo C. Curtis,
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Martin Van Buren16 - Martin Van Buren
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Scalloped-top partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “M Van Buren,” one page, 11 x 14.75, October 1, 1840. A ship’s pass issued to the “Ship Ad
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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William Henry Harrison17 - William Henry Harrison
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Manuscript DS, signed “Wm. H. Harrison, A. D. C.,” one page, 7.5 x 4, December 12, 1794. Whiskey rations for a barge crew consisting of five men recei
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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James Polk and James Buchanan18 - James Polk and James Buchanan
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Uncommon partly-printed vellum DS, signed at the conclusion, “James K. Polk,” as president, and “James Buchanan,” as secretary of state, one page, 16.
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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James K. Polk19 - James K. Polk
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Free-franked envelope, 8.75 x 3.5, addressed in another hand to New Jersey congressman, “Hon. George Sykes, Wrightstown, N. J.,” with a Mount Holly ad
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Millard Fillmore and Cabinet20 - Millard Fillmore and Cabinet
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Ink signatures of Fillmore and his cabinet on two light blue 6 x 8 album pages, signed as president by Fillmore, who adds a date of December 20, 1850.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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