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

Fletcher and Sharpe’s bank check, 7 x 3, filled out and signed by Harrison, “Benj. Harrison,” payable to T. P. Haughy for $50.00, July 14, 1884, with

Choice American Security and Trust Company check, 7 x 3, filled out in another hand and signed by McKinley as president, “William McKinley,” payable t

ALS signed “Wm. McKinley, Jr.,” one page, lightly-lined, 5.5 x 8.5, W. & A. McKinley, Attorneys at Law letterhead, Canton, Ohio, circa 1870s. Le...

LS signed “Wm. McKinley, Jr.,” one page, lightly-lined both sides, 5.25 x 9, House of Representatives letterhead, March 19, 1889. Letter to Secretary

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 19.75, December 1, 1903. President Roosevelt appoints William A. Cavenaugh a “Captain of Infantry in

TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Excelsior letterhead, April 2, 1910. Letter to Robert Skinner. In full: “I wish I could stop at Hamburg but it is out of the

Signed colophon from a limited edition of Roosevelt’s The Wilderness Hunter, 8 x 11, for edition number 109, signed in black ink, “Theodore Roosevelt.

Original James Fraser bronze profile portrait plaque of President Theodore Roosevelt. Bas relief plaque measures 10 x 12.75, with portrait of Roosevel

ANS signed “T. Roosevelt,” on one of Roosevelt’s 3 x 1.5 calling cards, no date. Short note to an unidentified recipient. In full: “Many thanks for yo

TLS signed “Wm. H. Taft,” two pages, 8 x 10.25, personal Washington, DC, letterhead, April 30, 1919. Letter to Gus Karger. In part: “I deeply regret t

Uncommon endorsed check, 6 x 2.5, filled out and signed in another hand, payable to Wilson for $1.00, dated February 13, 1911, being a donation for th

TLS, one page, 7 x 8.745, White House letterhead, April 19, 1915. Letter to Professor Charles B. Wright, who had been Wilson’s classmate during gradua

Partly-printed DS, one page, 9 x 11.5, September 25, 1911. Wilson commits a woman to the New Jersey State Institution for Feeble Minded Women. In part

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 23 x 19, December 27, 1921. Harding appoints “Thomas M. Wilson, of Tennessee, a Consul of Class six…I do ass

LS, one page, 7 x 9, The Vice-President’s Chamber letterhead, April 20, 1923. Letter to a Massachusetts gentleman. In full: “Thank you very much for y

TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, May 3, 1924. Letter to Warren Ryder of Mill Valley, California. In part: “I am greatly i

A “Record of Registered Matter Received and Delivered” postal ledger from Plymouth, Vermont, 15.5 x 11, bound with string, no covers. Partially filled

Signed book: The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge. First trade edition. NY: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1929. Hardcover, 6 x 8.75, 246 pages. Signe

DS, one page, 8.5 x 11, September 26, 1919. A submission form for the 1920-21 edition of Who’s Who in America. Document bears an affixed clipping of R

TLS as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, May 25, 1937. Letter to Ambassador William E. Dodd. In full: “Frankly, I was delighted w

ANS as president signed “FDR,” one page, 6 x 8.5, White House letterhead, December 1, 1937. The memo reads, in full: “Am sending this to you in blank

ALS, one page, 7 x 10.5, Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland letterhead, no date. Letter to G. V. Haight Company. In full: “I got in so late last

Signed book: The New Dealers. First edition. NY: The Literary Guild, 1934. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.25, 414 pages. Signed on the opening p

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 19 x 15, November 12, 1946. President Truman appoints Willard L. Thorp “an Assistant Secretary of State…for

TLS as president, one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, May 12, 1945. Letter to E. J. Short, Sr., of Republic, Missouri. In full: “You don’t know h

TLS as president, one page, 8 x 10.5, White House letterhead, October 30, 1947. Letter to Budget Bureau director James Webb. In full: “The Acting Secr

Scarce United States Senate Chamber pass, 4 x 2.75, issued to Dr. Clarence Crawford, a Baptist minister, on April 9, 1945, signed at the bottom, “Harr

Matte-finish 12.75 x 11 Harris and Ewing photo of Truman and his cabinet, signed in blue and black ink by all 13 members: Harry S. Truman, John W. Sny

Red, white, and blue campaign handkerchief distributed during the 1952 presidential campaign, 25 x 25, picturing a photograph of a smiling Eisenhower

Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 15.25 x 11.5, June 24, 1960. President Eisenhower appoints Raymond A. Hare as “a Foreign Service Officer of

ANS signed “Eisenhower,” one page, 4 x 5.25, Office of the Secretary letterhead, stamp-dated March 11, 1949. Brief note to James E. Webb, Truman’s und

Matte-finish 7.5 x 9.5 photo of Kennedy by Alfred Eisenstaedt, affixed to its original 11 x 14 mount, unsigned, but inscribed on the mount in fountain

Unsigned autograph manuscript draft of a piece about Harvard University, titled at the top “Let Us Praise Great Men,” four pages, 8 x 10.5, no date bu

Original John F. Kennedy PT-109 campaign pin, 1.75? long, presented by Kennedy to Sandra Kimbriel, an employee of the Rice Hotel in Houston, Texas, on

Kennedy’s unsigned handwritten notes on two off-white 4.25 x 7 lightly-lined sheets. Over 70 words in Kennedy’s hand, with complete transcriptions don

TLS signed “John Kennedy,” one page, 8 x 10.5, Congress of the United States, House of Representatives letterhead, January 22, 1952. Letter to Edward

Two adorable original hand-painted mixed-media artworks of a mother hen with four chicks, watercolor and appliqueed pink-and-white and red-and-white f

Unopened cigar, 5.25? long, presented to President Kennedy by Philippine Ambassador Amelito Mutuc. Cigar label reads, “Flor Fina Coronas Alhambra Mani

Vintage matte-finish 11 x 13.75 photo of Kennedy shaking hands with Joe Venneri at a function, with both gentlemen wearing name tags, signed and inscr

Collection of four items: a November 21, 1963, TLS from Evelyn Lincoln on White House letterhead; a 10.25 x 6.5 White House mailing envelope postmarke

Crisp ink presentation signature and inscription for David Powers, “For Dave, with love, Jackie, Christmas 1964,” on a 5 x 3.5 black-bordered card; an

A pair of original and deeply revealing medical illustrations, each 10 x 12.5, done in ink, gray wash, and tape, for the 1978 hearings on the murder o

Hand-addressed envelope, 5.25 x 3.75, addressed by Kennedy to “Mrs. Robert S. McNamara, 2412 Tracy Place N. W., Washington, D. C.,” and franked along

ALS signed “Jackie,” one page, 6.25 x 9.25, personal letterhead, postmarked Hyannis Port, August 6, 1965. Letter to Goddard Lieberson. In part: “The K

TLS as president signed “RN,” one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, January 16, 1974. Letter to entertainer Rudy Vallee and his wife. In full

Two TLSs, both signed, “Dick Nixon,” each one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead. Both letters are to Helen Copley, the widow of newspaper publish

ALS signed “Jerry Ford,” one page, 6.25 x 8.5, personal letterhead, June 13, 1992. Letter to Senator Paul Simon. "Thanks so much for a copy of ...

ALS as president signed “Ron,” one page on a 5.75 x 4 White House stationery card, no date. Brief letter to “Phil.” In part: “Thanks for sending the c

ALS signed “Dutch,” one page, 4 x 5.75, no date. Letter to his longtime friend Lydia “Hup” MacArthur, written inside a Christmas card. In full: “Thank

ALS as president signed “Bill,” one page on a 6.25 x 4.25 presidential stationery card, November 23, 1995. A brief note to “David.” In full: “I loved