RR Auction: Rare Manuscript, Document, and Autograph Auction

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Important publication: Opinion on the Constitutional Power of the Military to Try and Execute the Assassins of the President by Attorney General James