RR Auction: Rare Manuscripts, Documents and Autographs

Swiss chemist (1906–2008) best known for the discovery of LSD. Original signed and inscribed ballpoint sketch of the chemical structure of LSD on a wh

TLS, one page, 8 x 10.5, Federal Bureau of Investigation letterhead, August 3, 1937. Hoover writes David H. Steinle of Burlington, Iowa. In part: “I a

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10, FBI letterhead, December 10, 1953. Hoover declines an invitation. In part: “I am indeed honored by the Association’s generou

ALS, one page, lightly-lined both sides, 8.25 x 10.75, June 14, 1851. Letter to J. W. Brashear. In full: “I thank you for your message which you sent

ALS, one page, 8 x 9.75, August 11, 1828. Letter to “Colonel R. E. W. Earl,” American portrait artist named Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl. Earl was a p

One among scores of gold-seeking ‘forty-niners,’ Huntington eventually became a member of the ‘Big Four’ who organized the Central Pacific Railroad in

LS signed “Francis McCoonse & others,” one page, 7.5 x 9.75, January 10, 1837. Letter to Isaac Pierce Simonton reads, in part: “We the Chiefs of...

One among scores of gold-seeking ‘forty-niners,’ Huntington eventually became a member of the ‘Big Four’ who organized the Central Pacific Railroad in

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

Secret Service Agent #9 assigned to the president’s motorcade detail on November 22, 1963. After hearing the fateful shot, Hill leapt onto Kennedy’s l