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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Rare hand-drawn land survey conducted by Washington, signed with his initials within the text, “GW,” one page, 5.25 x 9, no date but circa 1785. Washi
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Estimate : 25,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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George Washington2 - George Washington
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “G:o Washington,” one page, 7.5 x 3.5, December 20, 1796. Conclusion of a presidential document. In full
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,000.00
 
 
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George Washington3 - George Washington
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Rare book from the library of George Washington: The Rambler, Volume 1, by Samuel Johnson. 11th edition. Dublin: printed by D. Graisberry, 1785. Bound
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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George Washington4 - 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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Martha Washington5 - Martha Washington
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Piece of black lace belonging to Martha Washington, 14.75 x 3, possibly mourning lace. Accompanied by a color copy of the decorative cover of the box
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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John Adams6 - John Adams
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ALS, one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, April 24, 1813. Letter to “The Honourable William Jones, Secretary of the Naval Department.” In full: “As it ev
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Estimate : 25,000.00 - 30,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson8 - Thomas Jefferson
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Memoires de Maximilien de Bethune, duc de Sully, principal ministre de Henri le Grand, Vol. 8. Nouvelle Edition. Londres, 1767. Bound in contemporary
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Estimate : 15,000.00 - 20,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson9 - Thomas Jefferson
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LS as president signed “Th: Jefferson,” three pages, 7.5 x 9.75, August 26, 1808. Response to a petition by the inhabitants of Newbury Port, Massachus
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Estimate : 30,000.00 - 40,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson and James Madison10 - Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
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Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “Th: Jefferson” as President and “James Madison” as Secretary of State, two pages, 11.75 x 14.5, February 21, 1804. A
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Estimate : 7,000.00 - 8,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson and James Madison11 - 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, 10 x 15, July 25, 1804. Scal
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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James Madison12 - James Madison
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 12.25 x 8.25, February 21, 1817. President Madison grants James Currie of Butler County a parcel of l
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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James Madison13 - James Madison
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War-dated partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13 x 18, December 10, 1814. President Madison appoints Samuel B. Whittington as “a Surgeon’
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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James Monroe14 - James Monroe
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13.75 x 9, July 19, 1824. President Monroe grants William and Barnet Philips a parcel of land in Mari
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams15 - John Quincy Adams
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Partly-printed DS as president, signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 13.25 x 8.5, December 1, 1825. President Adams grants Jesse Cain 240 acres of land in
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson16 - Andrew Jackson
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 19.5 x 15, August 21, 1835. Four-language ship’s papers issued to “Job Collins master or commander of the Sh
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson17 - Andrew Jackson
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Exceptional ALS, one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, January 11, 1824. Lengthy letter to Major H. M. Rutledge, in which Jackson comments on Cherokee cul
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 6,000.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson18 - Andrew Jackson
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13.75 x 16.75, June 1, 1830. President Jackson appoints Josiah H. Vose as a “Lieutenant Colonel in th
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson19 - Andrew Jackson
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 10, April 11, 1831. President Jackson grants Jesse H. Rogers a parcel of land “in the Distric
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Martin Van Buren20 - Martin Van Buren
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ALS signed “M. Van Buren,” one page, 7.25 x 9.75, July 23, 1852. Letter to Dr. William Prescott, informing him of a mistake. In full: “I believe I add
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Martin Van Buren21 - Martin Van Buren
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LS as president signed “M. Van Buren,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, June 28, 1839. Letter to a committee from New Brunswick, New Jersey. In part: “I have re
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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