RR Auction: The Significant Letter Collection of Victor Niederhoffer

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Victor Niederhoffer is more than a hedge fund manager, champion squash player, bestselling author and statistician. He is also a world-class collector. This month, RR is pleased to present more than 100 rare and significant letters from his vast collection. Victor only selects content-rich and historically vivid correspondences, and these offerings are the best examples of the diverse writers featured, from the arenas of politics, science, sports, literature and more. From Werner Heisenberg to Thomas Jefferson to Charles Darwin, each intimate letter sheds a rare light on their personal day-to-day lives. RR Auction is a globally recognized and trusted auction house specializing in historical autographs and artifacts. Join us as we make history selling history in June 2018.
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
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John Quincy Adams8014 - John Quincy Adams
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ALS signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page both sides, 8 x 10, April 17, 1831. Letter to his friend Richard Rush, who had served under Adams as Secretary of t
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Andrew Jackson8016 - Andrew Jackson
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LS as president, one page both sides, 8 x 10, April 12, 1835. Letter to Messrs. Samuel Hart, W. J. Luper, Henry Horn, F. Flower, and T. M. Troutman. I
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Andrew Jackson8017 - Andrew Jackson
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ALS, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, January 6, 1819. Letter to Mayor Milo Mason, Deputy Quartermaster General of the Southern Department in Nashville, Tenness
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John Tyler8018 - John Tyler
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ALS, one page both sides, 7.75 x 10, November 19, 1855. Important political letter to his son Robert Tyler. In part: "The course which you sugg...
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John Tyler8019 - John Tyler
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ALS, one page, 7.25 x 9.25, February 7, 1861. Letter to "Mr. French," written from "Brown's Hotel" on the eve of the Civil W...
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James K. Polk8020 - James K. Polk
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ALS, one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, October 17, 1840. Letter to Colonel Samuel H. Laughlin, in part: "Learning on my return from the Distric...
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Zachary Taylor8021 - Zachary Taylor
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LS signed “Z. Taylor Col., 1st Regt. U.S. Infy., Comdg.,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, December 12, 1834. Letter to Adjutant General Roger Jones,
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Millard Fillmore8022 - Millard Fillmore
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ALS, one page, 5 x 7.75, August 29, 1856. Letter to “Haven.” In full: “I have yours of the 26 and herewith return the letters of Robt. K. Taylor of Te
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Franklin Pierce8023 - Franklin Pierce
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Very early ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8 x 9.75, November 18, 1831. Letter to his cousin Catharine Kendall in Amherst, New Hampshire. In
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James Buchanan8024 - James Buchanan
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ALS, one page, 7.75 x 10, May 22, 1852. Letter to the Hon. James Campbell, a noted attorney who later served as Postmaster General under Pierce. In pa
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