RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

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