RR Auction: Rare Manuscripts, Documents, and Autographs

British orator and statesman (1811–1889). Five ALSs, 4.5 x 7.25, each three or four pages on two adjoining sheets, dated between 1863 and 1878. Bright

German chemist (1811–1899) who discovered the elements cesium and rubidium and who developed the laboratory burner that now bears his name. ALS in Ger

Manuscript DS, signed “Edward Burles, Com in Chief,” one page, 8 x 4.25, December 15, 1835. Honorable discharge for William Blount reads, in part: “Wi

British civil servant and colonial administrator (1688-1729) who served as governor of New York and New Jersey. Manuscript DS, signed “W. Burnet,” one

ALS, one page, 5 x 8, January 29, 1893. Letter to a gentleman. In part: “For work on Natl. His’y of birds, get Minot’s Birds of New England, or Stearn

Inventor, manufacturer, and railway constructor who patented a type of canal lock and improved the process for manufacturing pig and wrought iron. Ori

Miner who founded Hurley, Wisconsin, originated the American Fibre Co., and developed Mexican mining interests through the Hidalgo Smelting Co. Origin

Texas settler, military figure, Captain of the Gonzales-Seguin Rangers, and a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence (1798–1842). He is somet

Prominent American politician (1782–1850) who served as secretary of war under Monroe and vice president under John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson, a

Distinguished French physician and researcher (1863–1933) who made a number of important discoveries in bacteriology and who developed the first antid

ALS, three pages both sides, 4.5 x 7, Skibo Castle letterhead, June 9, 1902. Letter to a professor. In part: “This morning I read your letter to the P

Signed book: How to Win Friends and Influence People. Later printing. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1937. Hardcover, 5 x 8.25, 340 pages. Signed in foun...

Washington landowner (1764–1849) who owned the tracts of land on which the US Capitol and Library of Congress were later built. Partly-printed lottery

Ballpoint signature, “Charles,” on an off-white slip. Double matted and framed with three color photos to an overall size of 13.25 x 17.25. In fine co

Empress of Russia, 1762–1796. She murdered her husband, Peter III, and proclaimed herself Czarina in 1762. Manuscript DS, in Cyrillic, signed “Yekater

Queen of Castile (1373–1418) as the wife of King Henry III of Castile. Manuscript DS, in Latin, signed “Yo la Reyna,” one page, 13.25 x 12.75, 1407. U

Winner of the 1935 Nobel Prize in Physics, he discovered and proved the existence of neutrons, thus paving the way towards the fission of uranium 235

TLS, one page, 7.25 x 9.25, Kensington Palace letterhead, March 14, 1984. Letter of thanks. In full: “Thank you so much for passing on the jar of jell

The smallest man in the world until his death (1838–1926), he was only 28 inches tall and weighed 40 pounds. He was brought to the United States in 18

TLS, signed “Winston S. Churchill,” one page 7.5 x 9.5, April 1, 1955, Prime Minister, 10 Downing Street letterhead. Letter to John E. Harvey. In full