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 continues to achieve 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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Choice partial ADS, signed “Go: Washington,” one page, 9 x 4.5, no date. The lower portion of a legal document penned completely in Washington’s hand.
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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George Washington2 - George Washington
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Go: Washington,” one page both sides, 8 x 12.75, June 9, 1783. Washington discharges an enlisted man. Document reads, in fu
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 12,000.00
 
 
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George Washington3 - George Washington
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Exquisite ink signature as president, “Go: Washington,” on an off-white 4.5 x 4.5 vellum slip clipped from a document, also signed by Secretary of Sta
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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George Washington4 - George Washington
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A wonderful carving of a Durham boat similar to the one used in Washington’s crossing of the Delaware, made from the wood of an elm tree at Washington
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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George Washington5 - George Washington
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A fine model of an axe evoking the apocryphal tale of Washington chopping down a cherry tree, made from the wood of an elm tree at Washington’s encamp
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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John Adams7 - John Adams
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ALS, one page, 4.75 x 7, no date [but circa 1790s, likely during his vice-presidency]. Letter to Joshua Johnson at Great Tower Hill. In full: “The Bea
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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John Adams8 - John Adams
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Scarce full free frank, measuring 9.75 x 7 unfolded, with panel measuring 5 x 3, addressed in another hand to “John Sanderson Esqr, Philadelphia,” and
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson9 - Thomas Jefferson
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “Th: Jefferson,” one page, 10.5 x 10, January 16, 1809. President Jefferson issues a naval appointment f
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 7,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson and James Madison10 - Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
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Scarce partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Th: Jefferson” as president and “James Madison” as secretary of state, one page, 9.75 x 14.75, May 22, 1805.
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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James Madison11 - James Madison
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ALS, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, October 31, 1807. Letter to a gentleman, written while serving as secretary of state under President Thomas Jefferson. In
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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James Madison12 - James Madison
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War-dated partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13 x 17.25, December 10, 1814. President Madison appoints James Renshaw as “a Master Comman
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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James Madison and James Monroe13 - 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, 11 x 14.75, March 15, 181
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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James Monroe14 - James Monroe
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War-dated DS, signed “Jas. Monroe,” one page, 8 x 10.25, August 28, 1812. Printed State Department circular issued “by command of the President of the
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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James Monroe15 - James Monroe
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ALS signed “Jas. Monroe,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, May 28, 1815. Letter to George Graham, written while secretary of state. In part: “You will have rec’
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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James Monroe16 - James Monroe
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 15 x 9, April 16, 1824. President Monroe grants John Wolf a little over 80 acres of land in Ohio. Signed at
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
 
 
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James Monroe17 - James Monroe
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13 x 10, December 9, 1817. President Madison grants Archelus White, “late a private in Danforth’s com
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams18 - John Quincy Adams
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 15.5 x 9.75, February 20, 1828. President Adams grants Littleberry Estes a parc
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams19 - John Quincy Adams
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Unsigned docketing notation on the reverse of an invitation to Adams, 8.5 x 7.5, in French, from the Chancellor of Russia inviting Adams to dinner. Ad
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson20 - Andrew Jackson
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 10.5 x 14.5, January 26, 1832. President Jackson grants a patent to Bancroft Woodcock, who “has inven
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson21 - Andrew Jackson
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 20 x 16, May 26, 1835. Four-language ship’s papers issued to “John Tucker, master or commander of the Ship c
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Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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