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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William Henry Harrison23 - William Henry Harrison
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Outstanding very early ADS, signed “Wm. H. Harrison,” one page, 6.75 x 2.5, Greenville, July 25, 1795. Handwritten requisition document in which Harri
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John Tyler24 - John Tyler
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Partly-printed DS as president, signed “J. Tyler,” one page, 20.75 x 16, October 13, 1845. Four language ship’s paper issued to “Humphrey Shearman, ma
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John Tyler25 - John Tyler
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Boldly penned ALS as president, one page, 8 x 9.75, November 6, 1842. Letter to the commissioners under the Choctaw Treaty. In part: “My Brother Mr. W
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John Tyler26 - John Tyler
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Rare partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 16 x 10, November 1, 1844. President Tyler grants Matthew Allen of Florida a parcel of land “as
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James K. Polk27 - James K. Polk
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ALS, one page, 7.25 x 12.25, April 30, 1841. Letter to John W. Ford, marked “Private” at the top by Polk. In full: “Since writing to you proposing app
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Zachary Taylor28 - Zachary Taylor
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Partly-printed DS, signed “Z. Taylor, Col. Comdr,” one page, 8 x 10, March 31, 1836. Document concerning the accounting of $17.13 which is “postage on
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Zachary Taylor29 - Zachary Taylor
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Partial-self-contained manuscript DS as president, signed “Z. Taylor,” one page, 6.75 x 2.5, April 14, 1849. Document reads, in full: “Let the penalty
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Millard Fillmore30 - Millard Fillmore
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Hand-addressed and free-franked mailing envelope circa 1852–1853, 4.75 x 2.75, addressed in Fillmore’s hand to “Hon. Henry S. Randall, Secy of State,
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Millard Fillmore31 - Millard Fillmore
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ALS, one page, 5 x 8, March 28, 1857. Letter to Hamilton Fish. In full: “Perceiving that the Senate ordered some extra copies of the Opinions of the S
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Millard Fillmore32 - Millard Fillmore
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Civil War–dated ALS, one page both sides, 5 x 7.75, September 21, 1861. Letter to Dr. Cyrus Powers, nephew of his late wife Abigail. In part: “I have
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Franklin Pierce33 - Franklin Pierce
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Desirable hand-addressed and free-franked mailing envelope, 4.75 x 2.75, addressed in Pierce’s hand to “Hon. John Aiken, For Rev. Chas A. Aiken, Andov
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Franklin Pierce34 - Franklin Pierce
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 8.25 x 10.25, July 12, 1854. President Pierce directs the secretary of state “to affix the Seal of the Unite
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Franklin Pierce35 - Franklin Pierce
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 21.25 x 16.75, November 16, 1853. Four-language ship’s papers issued to “Joseph K. Green master or commander
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James Buchanan36 - James Buchanan
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 14.75 x 18.5, February 26, 1861. President Buchanan appoints Alfred T. Smith a “Second Lieutenant in the Eig
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James Buchanan37 - James Buchanan
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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 part: “I
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Abraham Lincoln38 - Abraham Lincoln
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Civil War–dated handwritten endorsement, signed as president, “A. Lincoln,” dated June 4, 1863, on the reverse of the second integral page of a two-pa
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Abraham Lincoln39 - Abraham Lincoln
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Partly-printed war-dated vellum DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 19.75, July 18, 1862. President Lincoln appoints Thomas M. Vincent an “Assistant Ad
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Abraham Lincoln40 - Abraham Lincoln
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Choice ANS as president, signed “Lincoln,” one page, 5 x 2.75, no date. In full: “Please send your papers and brief (if you have any) for appointments
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Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation41 - Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation
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Original October 4, 1862, issue of the Fort Dodge Republican, 16 x 22.5, with the headline at the top of the third column reading, “The President’s Em
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Abraham Lincoln: James Speed42 - Abraham Lincoln: James Speed
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Important publication: Opinion on the Constitutional Power of the Military to Try and Execute the Assassins of the President by Attorney General James
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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