RR Auction: Rare Manuscripts, Documents, and Autographs

TLS, four pages, 8 x 10.5, FBI letterhead, February 2, 1939. Letter to Congressman Hampton P. Fulmer regarding the termination of Special Agent Joseph

Partly-printed DS, one page, 8.25 x 3.25, December 3, 1860. Treasury warrant for $151.50 for “protection of the frontier this amount being for service

Texas settler for whom Huffman, Texas was named. Manuscript DS, one page, 7.75 x 12.5, October 7, 1834. Land grant reads, in part: “By this instrument

Vintage glossy 9 x 7.25 photo of Hughes posing alongside John S. Lodwick, Albert Lodwick (manager of his around-the-world flight), and Chicago Mayor E

American zoologist and paleontologist (1838–1902) who founded and edited the journal American Naturalist, and taught at MIT and Boston University. Ori

Eldest daughter (1851–1931) of Queen Isabella II of Spain, who was a prominent and popular figure during the reign of her brother, King Alfonso XII. O

English physician who became the personal doctor of Queen Victoria and discovered the distinction between typhus and typhoid. ALS signed “W. Jenner,”

One of Austin’s Old Three Hundred colonists, Oliver Jones (1794–1866) was a Texas pioneer, Indian fighter, and public official who chaired the committ

LS, in Spanish, signed as Governor of the State of Oaxaca, one-page, 8.5 x 12.5, Gobierno del Estado De Oaxaca letterhead, December 13, 1847. Letter t

The first brain surgeon in the US (1837–1932). FDR sought his expertise after his paralytic illness struck, and Keen went on to closely tend to six pr

TLS, signed in her usual indelible pencil “Helen Keller,” three pages, 7 x 9, November 16, 1933. Letter written from South Arcan, Muir of Ord, Ross-sh

Vintage pencil signature, “Helen Keller,” on an off-white 7.25 x 10.25 sheet bearing an admirer’s letter and an affixed newspaper photo of Keller, dat

Vintage glossy 6.5 x 8.25 head-and-shoulders photo, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint “For Meyer Blostein, best wishes, Robert Kennedy.” In very

Ballpoint signature, “Jacqueline Kennedy,” ballpoint signature and inscription, “For Kevin, Robert Kennedy,” and a felt tip signature, “Ted Kennedy ‘8

TLS in Russian, one page, 8 x 11.5, July 1, 1948. Letter to Joseph Stalin. In full (translated): “The line construction-assembly work for the Dashava-

King of Belgium (1875–1934) who reigned from 1909 until 1934. Distinguished vintage matte-finish 9 x 12 portrait by Harris & Ewing, signed in bl...

King of France from 1824 to 1830 whose attempt to restore absolute rule led to his overthrow in the July Revolution. Partly-printed DS, in French, sig

Prince of Wales and first British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Edward’s reign (1901–1910), the Edwardian era, saw pioneering technol

King of England from January to December 1936, at which time he abdicated the throne to marry American divorcée Wallis Warfield Simpson. Origin...

King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 until his death in 1820. His reign was marked most notably by the loss of British control over the America

King of Great Britain and Ireland (1762–1830) from 1820 to his death. The eldest son of George III, he alienated his subjects with his prodigious spen

King of the Belgians (1835–1909) who reigned from 1865 until his death. Original 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo by Fratelli Vianelli of Venice, signed at th

King of France (born in 1423) who reigned from 1461 to 1483. Manuscript DS, in French, signed “Louis,” one page, 12.75 x 8.5, September 14, 1478. Decr

Ineffectual King of France from 1715 to 1774 who was dominated by his strong-willed and unscrupulous mistress, Madame de Pompadour. Manuscript DS, in

Partial self-contained manuscript DS, in French, one page, 7.25 x 6.75, September 18, 1819. Conclusion of a larger document signed at the end, “Louis,

King of Sweden (born 1829) from 1872 until his death in 1907, and King of Norway from 1872 to 1905. Original 2.5 x 4.25 carte-de-visite portrait by Eu

TLS signed “Martin L. King, Jr,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Ebenezer Baptist Church letterhead, November 2, 1961. Letter to Robert Thomas at Northwestern Uni

Leading German settler (1803–1888), a veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto. His youngest son, Robert Justus Kleberg, became the head of the King Ranch

American statesman, politician, and newspaper publisher (1874–1944) who ran unsuccessfully as the vice-presidential candidate in 1936 and who served a

Legendary organized crime leader (1902–1983) who headed the notorious “enforcement” syndicate Murder, Inc., which emerged in the early 1930s as succes

Partly-printed DS, signed “Gordon W. Lillie,” one page, 8.5 x 3.75, January 23, 1912. Promissory note from Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and Pawnee Bill’s

Judge advocate in the trial of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination conspiracy and a prosecutor in Andrew Johnson’s impeachment hearings (1815–1900). Bank

TLS, two pages, 8 x 10, Isham, Lincoln, and Beale letterhead, January 30, 1888. Letter to DeWitt Ray at the Chicago Herald. In part: “I beg, as a matt

Suffragist, reformer, and editor of The Agitator and the Woman’s Journal (1820–1905). ALS, six pages on three sheets, two of which are adjoining, 5 x

Inventor of photographic equipment, along with his brother, Auguste. In 1893 they developed a cine camera, the cinématographe, and showed the f...

Scottish engineer and road builder (1756–1836). Rare ALS signed “Jn Loudon McAdam,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 6.25, December 30, 1819.

Fabled queen of Louis XVI of France (1755–1793) whose public execution, along with that of her husband, was the most grisly, visible, and powerful sym

Manuscript DS, one page, 7 x 12.5, March 3, 1847. Contract between Menefee and Sealy for the use of a slave. In part: “Contract made…between G. B. Sea

American psychiatrist (1893–1990) who pioneered a scientific approach to psychiatry and advocated the prevention of crime through psychiatric treatmen

British philosopher and civil servant (1806–1873) who was an influential contributor to social and, political theory, and political economics. ALS sig

Nobel Prize–winning physicist (1868–1953) who was the first to isolate the electron and measure its charge. TLS signed “R. A. Millikan,” one page, 8.5

Partial self-contained notarized DS, one lightly-lined page, 8 x 10.25, May 17, 1867. Final page of a longer legal document, with Morgan attesting to

American statesman (1752–1816) and signer of the Constitution from Pennsylvania who authored several sections of that document, including the well-kno

TLS signed “M. Teresa mc,” one page on the reverse of a prayer slip depicting hands holding a small baby, 3.25 x 5.5, stamped Missionaries of Charity

Brother-in-law of Napoleon (1767–1815) who was a marshal in Napoleon’s regime and who reigned as King of Naples from 1808 to 1815. Partly-printed LS i

LS in French, signed “Np,” one page, 7.25 x 9, May 13, 1815. Letter to Joseph Fouche duc d’Otrante, minister of police during the Hundred Days. In ful

Manuscript DS, in French, signed “Accorde, Np,” one page, 8.25 x 12.75, March 20, 1811. Report to Napoleon by Alexandre Berthier. In part (translated)

Fantastic and full endorsement signature, “Napoleon,” on the front of a partial self-contained untranslated manuscript document, one page, both sides,

Untranslated LS in French, signed “Napole,” one page, 7 x 8.5, September 10, 1807. Untranslated letter to his son, Prince Eugene Napoleon, detailing m

President of the French Second Republic and as Napoleon III, the ruler of the Second French Empire (1808–1873). Original 2.25 x 3.75 carte-de-visite p