RR Auction: Rare Manuscripts, Documents and Autographs

American abolitionist and social reformer (1811–1884). Two items: original 2.5 x 4.25 carte-de-visite of Phillips in profile, by Warren of Cambridgepo

AQS on an off-white 4.25 x 7.25 sheet. Phillips writes, “Count that day lost whose low descending sun, Lies at thy hand no worthy action done. These o

American abolitionist and social reformer (1811–1884). Original 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite portrait of Phillips by Sarony Studios, signed below the image

Postmaster general, secretary of war, and secretary of state under Washington (1745–1829). Free franked address panel, measuring 4.5 x 3, addressed in

Head of the Union Intelligence Service during the Civil War who later founded the first detective agency, the Pinkerton Agency, whose open-eye logo is

British politician (1759–1806) who served as Prime Minister from 1783–1801 and 1804–1806. ALS signed “W. Pitt,” one page both sides, 4.75 x 7.75, no d

Scottish scientist and mathematician (1748–1819) known for his work on the theories of James Hutton and his proposal of an alternative to Euclid'...

Born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto in 1835, Pius X served as pope from 1903 until his death in 1914. Known for his conservative, anti-modernist philosophi

Founder (1840–1924) of the influential Carlisle Indian Industrial School, where he aimed to educate Native Americans using controversial techniques th

DS, signed “Elizabeth R,” one page, 21 x 16.5, February 6, 1953. The Queen appoints “Oscar Charles Morland to be Our Ambassador Extraordinary and Plen