RR Auction: The Significant Letter Collection of Victor Niederhoffer

ALS in English, signed “Lafayette,” one page, 7.75 x 10, December 26, 1811. Letter to Chancellor Robert R. Livingston, one of the ‘Committee of Five’

Revolutionary War–dated ADS, signed “Benj'n Lincoln,” one page, 7.5 x 12.5, July 1, 1775. Document headed "Committee of Supplie, Chamber, W...

Civil War–dated partly-printed DS, one page, 8 x 10, January 26, 1862. A "Special Requisition" document for "One Camp Kettle. One Iro...

Civil War–dated manuscript telegram signed on Beauregard's behalf by a telegraph clerk, “G. T. Beauregard, Gen'l Comd'g,” one page, 7.75...

ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 6 x 9.5, July 25, 1882. Written from Beauvoir, Mississippi, a letter to Georgia Congressman V. H. Manning, i

Civil War–dated ALS signed “Jeffer. Davis,” one page both sides, 5 x 8, May 23, 1862. Letter to General Joseph E. Johnston, written after surveying th

Partial ALS signed “J. A. Early,” one page, 8 x 7.5, no date. Conclusion of a letter to Allen Thorndyke Rice, editor of the the North American Review.

ALS signed twice, “Jno. S. Mosby,” one page, 8.25 x 10.75, Southern Pacific Company letterhead, January 10, 1893. Letter to "Dear Chinn," ...

Civil War–dated ALS signed “T. J. Jackson, Brig.,” one page both sides, 5.5 x 8.75, July 13, 1861. Letter to a colonel, written from "Hd qs 1st...

ALS signed “R. E. Lee,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 10, September 15, 1857. Lengthy letter to Major Earl Van Dorn, written from San Antoni