RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

Partial self-contained ADS, signed in full, “George Washington,” 3 x 2.5, dated December 16, 1797. Beginning portion of a larger document reads, in fu

Unsigned and unused printed invitation, one page on a 4.75 x 2.75 card, circa 1790–1797. A partly-printed dinner invitation intended to be filled out

Unsigned printed act passed by the Third Congress in their first session, six pages, 7.75 x 13.5, June 5, 1794. Copy of “An Act laying certain duties

Unsigned printed booklet entitled “Resolves, &c. of the General Court of Massachusetts. Passed at the Session begun and held at Boston, on Wedne...

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13.5 x 10.25, May 7, 1800. President Adams grants John Stites a plot of 4000 acres, “in pursuance of

ALS signed “Th: Jefferson,” one page, 8 x 9.5, Monticello, January 16, 1820. Letter to Robert Hanna, Sr. In full: “A letter from you, dear sir, comes

Partly-printed scallop-top vellum DS, signed “James Madison” as president and “Jas. Monroe” as secretary of state, one page, 10.75 x 15, February 14,

Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 16 x 10, September 17, 1821. President Monroe grants John Kile of Licking County, Ohio, a tract of la

Full free frank, measuring 12.75 x 8 unfolded, with panel measuring 5.5 x 3, addressed in another hand to “Mr. Jno W. Godfrey, near Callaghan’s Post O

LS signed “John Quincy Adams,” one page, 8 x 10, October 25, 1821. Letter to Andrew Gregg, secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In part: “I

Partly-printed DS, signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 7.75 x 9.5, November 16, 1819. Adams, as secretary of state, certifies the accompanying documents a

Partly-printed DS as president, two pages, 11.25 x 14.5, March 18, 1834. A patent issued to Isaac Robinson, who “hath alleged that he has invented a n

Partly-printed DS, signed “M. VBuren Atty,” one page, 7.5 x 4.75, June 16, 1808. Order for the sheriff of Columbia County, New York, to take David Sut

ALS signed “M. Van Buren,” one page, 7.25 x 9.5, July 29, 1856. Letter to James Mackin. In full: “My brother & myself design to reach Saratoga o...

ADS, signed “Wm. H. Harrison, aid de camp,” one page, 9 x 4.25, June 10, 1794. Order reads, in full: “The commissary will please to issue to the Chick

Manuscript DS, signed “Wm. H. Harrison, aid de camp,” one page, 7.5 x 5, February 9, 1795. Document reads: “Provision return for five spies for two da

Mailing envelope, 4.25 x 2.5, addressed in another hand to Colonel David L. Gardiner, and franked in the upper right corner, “J. Tyler.” Envelope is a

Boldly penned ALS signed “J. Tyler,” one page, 4.5 x 7, no date. Confidential letter to a gentleman. In part: “The papers sent with the China Treaty a

Partial self-contained partly-printed DS as president, signed “Z. Taylor,” one page, 10 x 15.5, November 16, 1849. Two panels of a four-language ship’

ALS signed “Z. Taylor,” one page both sides, 8 x 10, April 23, 1809. Letter to Walker Read. In full: “Agreeable to your request I waited on Mr. Jones

Partly-printed vellum DS, one page, 14.5 x 18, August 10, 1852. President Fillmore appoints Peter T. Swaine as “Brevet Second Lieutenant in the First

ALS signed “Frank’ Pierce,” one page, 5 x 7.5, July 12, 1852. Letter to an unidentified gentleman. In full: “In your note of the 9th inst you ask for

Desirable partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Franklin Pierce” as president and “Jeffer. Davis” as secretary of war, one page, 14 x 17.75, March 25, 185

ALS, one page both sides, 6.25 x 8, July 25, 1867. Letter to Laura Pleasonton, daughter of Buchanan’s deceased friend Stephen Pleasonton. In full: “I

ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7, no date but circa 1853–1856. Letter to J. H. Dillon, likely written while serving as US minister to Great Britain. In part: “O

Civil War–dated ALS as president signed “A. Lincoln,” one page, 5 x 8, Executive Mansion letterhead, April 20, 1864. Letter to Secretary of War Edwin

Mount Pleasant, Illinois poll book from the 1840 national election, one page, 28 x 8, dated November 1840. This page has the names of 52 voters and th

Handwritten endorsement, signed “Taylor and Lincoln,” with six additional words in Lincoln’s hand, “And the plaintiff doth the like, Taylor & Li...

Docketing notation, in pencil, unsigned, on a manuscript promissory notes for $200 each, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, May 1, 1855. Notes read: “One year aft

Bold ink signature, ostensibly as president, “Abraham Lincoln,” on an off-white 3.75 x .75 slip affixed inside an autograph book. Affixed to the oppos

Original 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite portrait of Lincoln seated in a distinguished full-length pose. Published by E. & H. T. Anthony of New York, f...

Hardcover autograph album, 5.75 x 9, with 181 signatures inside, with a few single-page signatures, some signatures on affixed clipped slips, and some

Extraordinary war-dated handwritten pass as president, signed “A. Lincoln,” 3.25 x 2, December 28, 1864. In full: “Allow Mr. Gray & one other to...

Partly-printed war-dated DS as president, one page, 15 x 19, February 22, 1865. President Lincoln appoints Butler Fitch to be an “Assistant Pay Master

Rare original broadside printing of Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, one page, both sides, 5.5 x 8.5, January 14, 1863. Navy department general or

Long strip of black mourning crepe, 35 x 5.5, worn by Admiral C. H. Eldredge while guarding Lincoln as he lay in state at New York’s City Hall on Apri

ALS signed “O. D. Taylor,” two onionskin pages of graph-like paper on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, Taylor & Co. letterhead, April 15, 1865...

Endorsed bank check, 8.5 x 3.5, filled out and signed in another hand, payable to Hon. A. Johnson for $250.00, March 7, 1853, endorsed on the reverse,

ANS, in pencil, as president, signed “A. J.,” on a 3.5 x 2.5 card, in full, “Let Nicholas Vedder be entered on the list of Pay Masters to be nominated

Manuscript DS as president, one page, 8.25 x 13.5, September 25, 1875. President Grant informs Francis Rew that he is “hereby retained as Collector of

Free-franked Executive Mansion mailing envelope, 5.75 x 3.25, addressed by Grant to “Hon. H. Fish, Sec. of State, Present,” and franked in the upper r

Handwritten endorsement, dated December 8, 1881, written on the reverse of the last page of a three-page letter to Grant from S. L. Glasgow, 6.5 x 9,

ALS, two pages, 5 x 8, March 9, 1877. Letter to Postmaster General James N. Tyner. In full: “I’m parting company as officials permit me to express my

Bold ink signature, “U. S. Grant, General,” on an off-white 3.25 x 2 card. Some scattered light toning and soiling, and mounting remnants to reverse,

Partly-printed vellum DS, one page, 15.75 x 19.5, January 5, 1875. President Grant appoints Peter T. Swaine as “Lieutenant Colonel of the Fifteenth Re

ALS signed “U. S. G.,” one page, lightly-lined, 5 x 8, Headquarters Army of the United States letterhead, no date, but January 18, 1868. Letter to Geo

ALS signed “R. B. Hayes,” one lightly-lined page, 5.25 x 8, Executive Department, State of Ohio letterhead, May 8, 1876. Hayes writes to William T. Cr

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 17 x 12, January 12, 1884. President Arthur appoints Adelmer M. Andrews to be postmaster of Plankinton in Au

Engraved portrait of the exterior of the White House, 4.75 x 3.5, signed under the image in black ink, “Chester A. Arthur.” In fine condition, with a

Exceptional partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.5 x 19.5, May 2, 1884. President Arthur appoints Peter T. Swaine as “Colonel of the Tw