RR Auction: Rare Manuscripts, Documents and Autographs

TLS signed “E. J. Flanagan,” one page, 8.25 x 11, colorfully illustrated Father Flanagan’s Boys Home letterhead, November 21, 1941. Response to an aut

LS, one page, 7.75 x 10, December 10, 1785. Letter to James Bowdoin, the second Governor of Massachusetts. In part: “The information given to a Mr. Ap

Rare and desirable TLS, in Spanish, signed “Francisco Villa,” two pages, 8.5 x 11, March 24, 1915. Villa writes to Enrique C. Llorente, “Confidential

Politician and financial genius responsible for the formation of what is now known as the Ways and Means Committee. LS, one page both sides, 7.75 x 9,

Impressive twice-signed manuscript DS on vellum, signed “B. Franklin” and “Benj. Franklin,” one page, 26 x 21.5, January 12, 1753. An indenture wherei

Partly-printed DS, signed “B. Franklin,” one page, 15.25 x 11.75, January 29, 1787. Land grant reads, in part “That in consideration of the services r

Bold ink signature, “John Hancock,” on an off-white 3.5 x 6.25 slip removed from a larger document. Docketing to reverse dates it to a commission of F

Italian physician, pathologist, scientist (1843–1926) who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1906. Vintage unmailed ‘Societa Italiana di Patologia’ p

A superb collection of eight ALSs, several in pencil, together with two additional letters from other correspondents bearing ANSs from Hearst, all dat

Partly-printed vellum DS, signed “P. Henry,” one page, 14 x 13, June 1, 1786. Land grant issued to Henry Banks, signed at the conclusion by Henry duri