RR Auction: Rare Manuscripts, Documents, and Autographs

Texas pioneer and politician (1788–1866) and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Manuscript DS, signed “Jesse Grimes, Chief Justice Montg

Rare LS signed “John S. Crocker, Warden,” one page, 8 x 9.75, Warden’s Office, United States Jail letterhead, June 20, 1882. Letter to E. P. Higgins,

Scottish politician (1847–1934) who served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and the seventh Governor General of Canada. Original 4.5 x 6.5 cabinet photo

LS signed “A. Hamilton,” one page, 7.25 x 8.75, September 13, 1792. A circular letter (so captioned) regarding the payment of federal employees. In pa

Bold ink signature and sentiment, “Your very hum Sevt, John Hancock,” on an off-white 3.25 x 1.5 slip clipped from a larger letter and affixed to a 7.

Revolutionary War-dated hand-addressed full free frank, measuring 7.5 x 5, with the address panel measuring 5.25 x 3.25, addressed by Hancock to “To J

Notarized DS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.5 x 14, August 18, 1910. In part: “This Indenture…Between William Randolph Hearst and Millicent V.

Unitarian clergyman (1818–1891) who served as the 20th president of Harvard University. Original 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo by Chas. W. Hearn of Portlan

British mathematician, astronomer, and inventor (1792–1871) known for his discoveries related to the moons of Saturn and Uranus and for his pioneering

South African journalist and politician (1845–1909) affectionately known as Onze Jan (’our Jan’). Original 4.25 x 6.5 cabinet photo by J. E. Bruton of

TLS, four pages, 8 x 10.5, FBI letterhead, February 2, 1939. Letter to Congressman Hampton P. Fulmer regarding the termination of Special Agent Joseph

Partly-printed DS, one page, 8.25 x 3.25, December 3, 1860. Treasury warrant for $151.50 for “protection of the frontier this amount being for service

Texas settler for whom Huffman, Texas was named. Manuscript DS, one page, 7.75 x 12.5, October 7, 1834. Land grant reads, in part: “By this instrument

Vintage glossy 9 x 7.25 photo of Hughes posing alongside John S. Lodwick, Albert Lodwick (manager of his around-the-world flight), and Chicago Mayor E

American zoologist and paleontologist (1838–1902) who founded and edited the journal American Naturalist, and taught at MIT and Boston University. Ori

Eldest daughter (1851–1931) of Queen Isabella II of Spain, who was a prominent and popular figure during the reign of her brother, King Alfonso XII. O

English physician who became the personal doctor of Queen Victoria and discovered the distinction between typhus and typhoid. ALS signed “W. Jenner,”

One of Austin’s Old Three Hundred colonists, Oliver Jones (1794–1866) was a Texas pioneer, Indian fighter, and public official who chaired the committ

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

The first brain surgeon in the US (1837–1932). FDR sought his expertise after his paralytic illness struck, and Keen went on to closely tend to six pr