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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Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “G: Washington,” one page, 18.5 x 13, April 26, 1787. A Society of Cincinnati membership certificate issued to Thomas
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Estimate : 9,000.00 - 10,000.00
 
 
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George Washington2 - George Washington
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Unsigned printed booklet entitled “Resolves, &c. of the General Court of Massachusetts. Passed at the Session begun and held at Boston, on Wedne...
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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George Washington3 - George Washington
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Unsigned printed act passed by the Third Congress in their first session, six pages, 7.75 x 13.5, June 5, 1794. Copy of “An Act laying certain duties
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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John Adams4 - John Adams
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Partial partly-printed DS, endorsed on the reverse as simply “Adams,” one page, 7.75 x 2.75, September 7, 1761. A self-contained document regarding th
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Thomas Jefferson5 - Thomas Jefferson
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ALS signed “Th: Jefferson,” one page, 8 x 9.5, Monticello, January 16, 1820. Letter to Robert Hanna, Sr. In full: “A letter from you, dear sir, comes
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Estimate : 10,000.00 - 15,000.00
 
 
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James Madison6 - 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 : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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James Madison7 - James Madison
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13.5 x 8.5, December 10, 1816. President Madison grants William Frost of Belmont County a parcel of l
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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James Madison8 - James Madison
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Scarce war-dated Bank of Columbia check, 7.5 x 2.5, filled out and signed by Madison as president, payable to Thos. Magrath or bearer for $57, April 2
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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James Monroe9 - James Monroe
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 13 x 9.25, January 29, 1818. President Monroe grants 160 acres of land in the Illinois Territory to Horace H
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams10 - John Quincy Adams
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 15.25 x 9.5, October 1, 1825. President Adams grants almost 160 acres of land i
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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John Quincy Adams11 - John Quincy Adams
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LS as secretary of state, one page both sides, 7.5 x 12.5, May 1, 1821. Detailed letter to Albert Gallatin, then serving as US minister to France. In
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Andrew Jackson12 - 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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Andrew Jackson13 - Andrew Jackson
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, three pages two sheets, 11.5 x 15, April 3, 1835. A patent issued to “Elisha Holton, a citizen of the State of
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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John Tyler14 - John Tyler
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LS as president, five pages on three ribbon-bound sheets, 7.75 x 9.75, July 11, 1842. Letter to Lewis Cass, who was serving as US minister to France.
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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John Tyler15 - John Tyler
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Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “J. Tyler,” one page, 11.75 x 15, September 26, 1842. Scalloped-top ship’s pass issued for “the Schooner
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Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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James K. Polk and James Buchanan16 - James K. Polk and James Buchanan
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Rare partly-printed vellum DS signed “James K. Polk” as president and “James Buchanan” as secretary of state, one page, 17 x 14.75, March 13, 1845. Pr
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
 
 
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James K. Polk17 - James K. Polk
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 6.75 x 7.5, June 2, 1846. President Polk authorizes and directs “the Secretary of State to affix the Seal of
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Zachary Taylor18 - Zachary Taylor
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Manuscript DS, signed “Z. Taylor, Col Comdg,” one page, 20 x 15.75, March 1834. A muster roll headed “Muster Roll of non-commissioned Officers and Pri
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Estimate : 800.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Franklin Pierce19 - Franklin Pierce
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Partly-printed DS as president, one page, 14.25 x 8.5, May 4, 1853. President Pierce appoints Samuel R. Beardsley as “Deputy Postmaster, at Oswego, in
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
 
 
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Abraham Lincoln20 - Abraham Lincoln
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Union Presidential Ticket for the November 8, 1864, election in Seneca County, Ohio, 3 x 7, featuring the text, “For President, Abraham Lincoln of Ill
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Estimate : 200.00 - 400.00
 
 
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