RR Auction: Rare Manuscripts, Documents and Autographs

TLS as president signed “RN,” one page, 6.75 x 8.75, White House letterhead, October 26, 1970. Letter to Warren P. Knowles, Governor of Wisconsin. In

Signed book: The Audacity of Hope. First edition, later printing. NY: Crown Publishers, 2006. Hardcover with dustjacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 375 pages. Signed

Full hand-addressed free frank, measuring 9.75 x 7.75 unfolded, with panel measuring 5 x 3, addressed in another hand to “H. H. Carroll Esq., Concord,

Uncommon ALS signed “Jane M. Pierce,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4 x 6.25, black-bordered letterhead, September 30, 1850. Letter to Mrs. Ann

Full hand-addressed free frank, measuring 9.75 x 7 unfolded, with panel measuring 5 x 3.5, addressed in Polk’s hand to “Dr. Joseph Kincaid, Shelbyvill

Four ink signatures, “R. B. Hayes,” “Herbert Hoover,” and two “Calvin Coolidge,” on individual off-white slips and cards ranging in size from 3 x 1.5

Program for The Southern California Salute to the President Dinner, 6.5 x 11.5, October 7, 1976, signed on the front cover in blue ballpoint by Ronald

Color satin-finish 8 x 10 photo of Reagan in a denim jacket, signed and inscribed in black felt tip “To Mel & Mary McDaniel—with very best regar...

Vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo of Reagan as a young actor, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint “Good luck Reg & best wishes, Ronald Reagan.” In ...

Ballpoint signature, “Ronald Reagan,” on an off-white 4.5 x 3 sheet. In fine condition, with light scattered impressions.

TLS as president, two pages, 7 x 10.5, White House letterhead, April 5, 1985. Letter to Secretary of Labor William E. Brock. In part: “Review of your

ALS signed “Dutch,” one page, 6.25 x 4.25, personal letterhead, July 11, 1991. Letter to his longtime friend Lydia ‘Hup’ MacArthur. In full: “Have you

Signed book: An American Life. First edition, later printing. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1990. Hardcover with dustjacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 748 pages. Signe...

ALS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, May 27. Letter to the National Review. In full: “Without knowing quite how it happened we are receiving

Commemorative booklet, 8.5 x 6, for the christening of the ship America, on August 31, 1939, in Newport News, Virginia. Inside bears a color portrait

White House card, 4.25 x 2.75, cleanly signed in fountain pen. A uniform shade of toning, trivial crease to the upper left, and mounting remnants to t

Rare ALS as president signed “F. D. R.,” one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, no date [circa September, 1938]. Letter to Frederic Delano, his moth

TLS as president, one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, May 28, 1937. Letter to former Arkansas governor Tom J. Terral. In full: “Thank you very mu

Stunning original embossed invitation to Roosevelt’s 1937 inauguration, 9 x 12.5, bearing a gilt-embossed inaugural seal, signed at the top in fountai

Autograph manuscript, in pencil, signed twice, “FDR,” one lightly-lined 8 x 10.25 yellow page. Roosevelt writes a list of names of Democratic Senators

TLS as president, one page, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, February 7, 1939. Letter to Francis P. Murphy, Governor of New Hampshire. In full: “I regre

Vintage newspaper cartoon by Wortman, clipped from the March 26, 1940, issue of The New York World-Telegram, 6 x 8.5, depicting three office women pla

TLS, one page, 7.5 x 10.25, Vice President’s Chamber letterhead, April 25, 1901. Brief letter to J. E. Kelly. In full: “I shall very shortly send you

War-dated ALS, one page both sides, 5.75 x 3.5, Sagamore Hill letterhead, September 19, 1918. Letter to Clarence H. Mackay, son of Comstock Lode found

ANS signed “T. Roosevelt,” one page, 3.25 x 1.75, no date. Brief note to Secretary of the Interior John Noble. In full: “Sorry to miss you: I had a mo

White House card signed in black ink, “Wm. H. Taft.” In very good condition, with scattered light soiling, adhesive remnant along top edge, and mounti

Bold ink signature, “Wm. H. Taft,” on a 3.25 x 2.5 card affixed to a slightly larger card. In fine condition, with a uniform shade of toning and some

DS, signed “Compliments, Theodore Roosevelt,” one page, 7.75 x 9.75, April 8, 1891. Resolution thanking President Benjamin Harrison and Secretary of t

Autograph manuscript, in pencil, on an 8.5 x 10.5 sheet, with a partial typed sentence at the top which reads, “order: Mr. Tom Noddy, I; his mare, II.

Hand-addressed free frank envelope, 5.5 x 3, addressed in another hand to “Messrs. Gould, Kendall & Lincoln, Publishers, Boston, Mass.,” and fra...

Mexican-American War-dated LS signed “J. P. Taylor,” one page, 8 x 12.25, February 12, 1847. Letter to Maj. Gen. Zachary Taylor from Col. J. P. Taylor

Color glossy 6 x 4.25 Polaroid photo of an elderly Truman seated in a wing-back chair, his wife standing beside him, and housed in its original 8.5 x

Signed book: Mr. Citizen. Later printing. NY: Bernard Geis Associates, 1960. Hardcover with dustjacket, 6.5 x 9.25, 315 pages. Signed on the half-titl

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, July 22, 1966. Letter to James Webb, NASA Administrator. In full: “Thank you for your good letter of

TLS as president, two pages, 7 x 9, White House letterhead, January 20, 1948. Letter to George Rothwell Brown. In full: “I can't tell you how ve...

TLS, as president, one page, 7 x 8.75, White House letterhead, September 19, 1950. Letter to Mr. F. Raymond Peterson, President, American Bankers Asso

TLS signed “Harry,” one page, 8 x 10.25, United States Senate letterhead, January 15, 1944. Letter to John W. Snyder. In full: “Margaret turned in the

TLS, as president, one page, 8 x 10.25, White House letterhead, May 4, 1948. Letter to Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder. In full: “It has been

Historic vintage matte-finish 9.75 x 8 UPI News photo of Truman holding the front page of the November 3, 1948, Chicago Tribune with its headline proc

Printed political cartoon, 8.25 x 7.5, originally done by Burris Jenkins in honor of Truman’s 75th birthday, signed and inscribed at the bottom, “Best

Hand-addressed free frank envelope as president, 5.5 x 3.25, addressed in Tyler’s hand to “Elizabeth R. Potter, Kingston, Rhode Island,” and franked i

AQS in another hand on a 7 x 4.75 off-white sheet, “Verbum sat sapienti,” signed by Van Buren below, “A good saying, & well applied, M. Van Bure...

Full free frank, measuring 9.75 x 7.75 unfolded, with panel measuring 5.25 x 3.5, addressed in another hand “For Mrs. Charles S. Daveis, Portland, Mai

ALS as president signed “Go: Washington,” one page, 7.25 x 9, March 30, 1795. Letter to General ‘Light Horse’ Harry Lee. In full: “If this letter shou

Hand addressed and free franked panel, 4.5 x 3.25, addressed in Washington’s hand to “Richard Bland Lee, Esq.,” and franked in the lower left “Go: Was

Partly-printed DS, signed “Go: Washington,” one page, 7 x 13, no date, but likely 1783. Discharge reads, in part: “By His Excellency George Washington

Seventeen complete and partial words in Washington’s hand on an irregularly clipped 6.75 x 1.5 slip taken from a larger document. Washington writes “S

ALS signed “Go: Washington,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.25 x 8.75, June 2, 1784. Letter, written from Mount Vernon, to David Humphrys. In

ADS, signed “Go: Washington,” and again in the text “Geo: Washington,” one page, 14.5 x 9.25, April 6, 1775. An account remitted by Washington to his

Partly-printed DS, one page, 9 x 11.5, June 3, 1912. Wilson commits a woman to the New Jersey State Institution for Feeble Minded Women. In part: “You