8057 - Clara BartonRR Auction
LS, one page, 8.5 x 11, The American National Red Cross letterhead, June 24, 1889. Letter to P. A. Sinlcair of Ashland, Illinois, in full: "You...
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8058 - John Brown: Jason BrownRR Auction
ALS signed “Jason Brown,” one page both sides, 6.5 x 8, December 10, 1859. Letter to Mr. Orange Noble, concerning the death of his father; John Brown
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8059 - Mohandas GandhiRR Auction
ALS signed “Bapu,” one page both sides, 4.25 x 6.75, personal letterhead, December 8, 1938. Letter to “My dear Shanta.” In full: “So what was not poss
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8060 - Helen KellerRR Auction
TLS, four pages, 8 x 10, November 26, 1936. Written from Synnyside in West Kilbride, Scotland, a letter to Andrea Bereus, in full: "It has take...
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8061 - Helen KellerRR Auction
TLS, one page both sides, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, April 8, 1942. Letter to Miss Lyla Olson, making frequent mention of her companion Polly T
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8062 - Helen KellerRR Auction
TLS, two pages, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, no date but circa 1941–1945. Letter to Dr. Kingdon, in full: "Nothing could have made me beli...
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8063 - Malcolm XRR Auction
Page from the original original typescript of Alex Haley’s 1963 interview of Malcolm X for Playboy magazine, one onionskin page, 8.5 x 11, signed &q...
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8064 - Florence NightingaleRR Auction
ALS in pencil, signed “F. Nightingale,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, personal letterhead, March 18, 1897. Letter to "My dear Nu...
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8065 - John JayRR Auction
Handwritten draft letter, unsigned, one page both sides, 7.25 x 8.75, November 16, 1789. Draft of a letter to the youngest signatory of the Declaratio
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8066 - P. T. BarnumRR Auction
ALS, one page both sides, 7.75 x 10, September 2, 1857. Letter to Otto and Jenny Lind Goldschmidt, inviting the famed Swedish opera singer to tour Ame
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8067 - Charles E. DuryeaRR Auction
TLS signed in pencil, “Duryea,” one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, April 4, 1932. Letter to "Mr. Thwing," describing a type of vacuu...
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8068 - Alexander Graham BellRR Auction
TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, personal letterhead, March 23, 1916. Letter to Alan R. Hawley of the National Aeroplane Defense Fund, in part: "I find...
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8069 - George Washington CarverRR Auction
ALS signed “Geo. W. Carver,” one page both sides, 8.5 x 11, The Carver Products Company letterhead, March 16, 1925. Letter to "Mrs. Mal Carver ...
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8070 - Samuel ColtRR Auction
ALS signed “S. C.,” one page both sides, 8.25 x 10.75, March 17, 1854. Heavily edited draft of a letter addressed to J. Santhill in Brussels, in part:
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8071 - Charles DarwinRR Auction
ALS signed “Ch. Darwin,” one page, 4.75 x 3.5, January 12, 1880. Letter to physician Alfred Krakauer in Berlin, in full: "I am much obliged for...
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8072 - Lee de ForestRR Auction
AMS, two pages, 4 x 5.75, January 16, 1933. De Forest pens a thoughtful, visionary statement on technological progress in the 20th century. In full:...
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8073 - Richard GatlingRR Auction
LS signed “R. J. Gatling,” two pages, 5.75 x 9, February 21, 1898. Written from Cataract, Indiana, a letter to William J. Dornup, in part: "In ...
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8074 - Sigmund FreudRR Auction
TLS in German, signed “Sigm.,” one page both sides, 6 x 8.5, personal letterhead, December 24, 1923. Letter to his niece Lucy, in full (translated):...
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8075 - Robert FultonRR Auction
ALS signed “Rob't Fulton,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.25 x 9.75, December 28, 1813. Letter to Peter Jay Monroe, in full: "For t...
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8076 - Joseph GuillotinRR Auction
Manuscript DS in Latin, signed “Guillotin,” twelve total pages, 7 x 9.5, March 8, 1788. Lengthy document compiling a large list of names and qualifica
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8077 - Werner HeisenbergRR Auction
TLS in German, five pages, 8.25 x 11.75, Max Planck Institute for Physics letterhead, January 5, 1948. Significant letter to Professor Samuel A. Gouds
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 30,000.00 - 40,000.00
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8078 - Werner HeisenbergRR Auction
TLS in German, signed “W. Heisenberg,” two pages, 8.25 x 11.75, Kaiser Wilhelm–Institute of Physics letterhead, September 23, 1947. Letter to Professo
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8079 - Samuel F. B. MorseRR Auction
ALS signed “Sam'l F. B. Morse,” two pages both sides, 5.25 x 8, March 11, 1862. Letter to his sister, Mrs. Cornelia Goodrich, written from New Y...
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8080 - Louis PasteurRR Auction
AMS in French, signed "L. Pasteur," one page, 5.25 x 8.25, March 1867. A page of notes headed "Notes on the Cell Structure of the Sil...
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8081 - David Ben-GurionRR Auction
ALS in Hebrew, four pages, 5 x 8.5, January 27, 1961. Important letter to Moshe Sharett, who had served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Prime Minis
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8082 - Edmund BurkeRR Auction
ALS signed “Edm. Burke,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 8.75, November 4, 1794. Letter written from the Nerots Hotel, addressed to Henry Dundas, Viscount
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8083 - Winston ChurchillRR Auction
TLS signed “Winston S. Churchill,” one page, 7.5 x 9.5, 10 Downing Street letterhead, November 12, 1951. Letter written two weeks after his election a
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8085 - Leon TrotskyRR Auction
TLS in German, signed “With best and friendliest regards and wishes, Yours, L. Trotsky,” one page both sides, 9 x 14.25, October 20, 1932. Letter to...
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8086 - Charles Maurice de TalleyrandRR Auction
Scarce ALS in French, signed “Le p'ce de Talleyrand duc de dino,” one page, 8 x 12.25, January 1, 1818. Crisply penned letter to King Louis XVII...
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8087 - Leon TrotskyRR Auction
TLS in German, signed “With best regards, Yours, L. Trotsky,” one page, 8.5 x 11, June 1, 1931. Letter to Comrade Shachtman, in full (translated): &...
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8088 - Czar Nicholas IRR Auction
Scarce ALS in French, signed twice, “Nicholas,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.75 x 7.25, July 24, 1831. Letter to Countess Orlov, the wife of
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8089 - Maria TheresaRR Auction
Impressive archive of 31 handwritten letters in French by Empress Maria Theresa, including 25 signed (most “Marie Therese,” and occasionally “MT”) and
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8090 - Henry M. StanleyRR Auction
Very rare ALS, two pages on two adjoining sheets, February 28, 1894. Written from Richmond Terrace, Whitehall, a letter to Major James B. Pond, in ful
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
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8091 - Stephen F. AustinRR Auction
Partly-printed DS, signed “S. F. Austin,” one page, 7.75 x 10.75, January 11, 1836. Ornate financial document headed “Texian Loan,” in part: “Received
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8092 - Frank JamesRR Auction
ALS signed “Your true and devoted husband, Ben,” one page both sides, 8 x 10.5, May 8, 1883. Letter to "My Precious Darling," his wife, An...
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8093 - Antonio Lopez de Santa AnnaRR Auction
ALS in Spanish, signed “Ant. Lopez de Santa Anna,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.75 x 7.75, March 15, 1823. Santa Anna writes to another offi
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8094 - Bartolomeo VanzettiRR Auction
ALS signed “Bartolomeo V.,” three pages on two sheets, 6 x 9.5, June 18, 1924. Letter to John and Virginia G. Bournan of Stephen City, Virginia. In fu
No Online Bidding For This LotEstimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
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8095 - John BurgoyneRR Auction
Partly-printed DS, signed “J: Burgoyne, Col: of King's own Regiment,” one page, 7.25 x 10.25, no date [but docketed on the reverse, "Rec...
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8096 - Nathanael GreeneRR Auction
Revolutionary War-dated ALS signed “N. Greene,” one page, 7.25 x 9, September 29, 1778. Letter to Colonel Ephraim Bowen, Deputy Quartermaster General
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8097 - Marquis de LafayetteRR Auction
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’
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8098 - Benjamin LincolnRR Auction
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...
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8099 - Turner AshbyRR Auction
Civil War–dated partly-printed DS, one page, 8 x 10, January 26, 1862. A "Special Requisition" document for "One Camp Kettle. One Iro...
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8100 - [P. G. T. Beauregard]RR Auction
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...
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8101 - Jefferson DavisRR Auction
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
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8102 - Jefferson DavisRR Auction
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
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8103 - Jubal A. EarlyRR Auction
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.
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8104 - John S. MosbyRR Auction
ALS signed twice, “Jno. S. Mosby,” one page, 8.25 x 10.75, Southern Pacific Company letterhead, January 10, 1893. Letter to "Dear Chinn," ...
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8105 - Thomas J. 'Stonewall' JacksonRR Auction
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...
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8106 - Robert E. LeeRR Auction
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
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