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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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
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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George Washington2 - George Washington
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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
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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George Washington3 - George Washington
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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
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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George Washington4 - George Washington
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Unsigned printed booklet entitled “Resolves, &c. of the General Court of Massachusetts. Passed at the Session begun and held at Boston, on Wedne...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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John Adams5 - John Adams
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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
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson6 - Thomas Jefferson
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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
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Estimate : 20,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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James Madison and James Monroe7 - James Madison and James Monroe
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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,
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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James Monroe8 - James Monroe
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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
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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James Monroe9 - James Monroe
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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
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams10 - John Quincy Adams
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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
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 2,500.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams11 - 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 accompanying documents a
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson12 - Andrew Jackson
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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
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Martin Van Buren13 - Martin Van Buren
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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
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Martin Van Buren14 - Martin Van Buren
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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...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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William Henry Harrison15 - William Henry Harrison
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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
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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William Henry Harrison16 - William Henry Harrison
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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
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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John Tyler17 - John Tyler
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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
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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John Tyler18 - John Tyler
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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
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Zachary Taylor19 - Zachary Taylor
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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’
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Zachary Taylor20 - Zachary Taylor
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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
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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