RR Auction: U.S. Presidents

Significant LS as president, signed Go: Washington, one page, 8 x 12.5, February 20, 1790. Letter to Governor Samuel Huntington of Connecticut, in ful

ALS signed Go: Washington, one page, 7 x 8.75, August 10, 1791. Handwritten letter to Secretary of War Henry Knox, in full: "After you have rea...

American statesman (17941865) renowned for his oratory, best remembered for giving the speech preceding Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. Two items ...

Third-person ADS, signed within the text, John Adams, one page, 6.25 x 2.5, 1769. Handwritten receipt by Adams accounting for legal fees for services

Revolutionary War-dated ALS as Governor of Virginia, signed Th: Jefferson, one page, 8 x 12.75, January 11, 1781. Addressed from Richmond, a handwritt

Revolutionary War-dated ALS signed Th: Jefferson, one page, 7.25 x 11.75, May 13, 1780. As governor of Virginia, Jefferson sends a letter from Richmon

ALS signed J. Madison, Jr., one page, 8 x 13, March 21, 1796. Handwritten letter to "Mr. Jefferson," former Secretary of State Thomas Jeff...

LS, one page, 8 x 10, April 15, 1803. Letter to Robert Purviance, collector of the customs at Baltimore, in full: "I have received your letter ...

ALS signed Jas. Monroe, three pages both sides, 8 x 10, December 16, 1815. Handwritten letter to his neighbor, friend, and family physician, Charles E

ALS as Secretary of State, signed Jas. Monroe, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, April 26, 1815. Handwritten letter to the cashier of the Bank of Columbia, in pa

Partly-printed vellum DS, one page, 15.5 x 9.5, November 13, 1822. President Monroe grants to John Klinefelter of Pennsylvania a parcel of land &quo...

ALS as a Massachusetts Congressman, four pages on two sheets, 7.5 x 9.5, August 22, 1831. On the eve of the 1831 National Anti-Masonic Convention, Joh

ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 9.5, December 14, 1842. Handwritten letter to J. George Harris, editor of the Nashville Union, express

ALS, six pages on three sheets (including two adjoining), 8 x 13.25, February 6, 1806. Lengthy handwritten to newspaper editor Thomas Eastin, regardin

ALS, one page, 7.5 x 8.25, January 2, 1845. Letter to Thomas Dawson, expressing his condolences over the loss of his father, Moses Dawson, in full: ...

ALS as president, one page, 4.75 x 7.5, March 12, 1830. Handwritten letter to Secretary of the Treasury Samuel D. Ingham, concerning charges brought a

Autograph endorsement signed as president, "I refer this to the Sec. of the Navy, A. J.," penned on the address leaf of a letter written t...

American attorney, jurist, and Democratic politician (17891851) who served as Secretary of the Navy under President Jackson, Secretary of the Treasury

Manuscript document, signed Per order of Major General Benj'n Stickney, Wm. S. Allen, aid de camp, one page, 8 x 7.25, June 20, 1833. Manuscript...

Autograph endorsement signed M. Van Buren, on the reverse of a manuscript document, one page, 8 x 7, March 12, 1841. Van Buren writes, in part: I cons

Partly-printed DS, signed M. Van Buren, one page, 10 x 7, November 20, 1839. President Van Buren appoints Benjamin N. Nichols as "a Passed Mids...

ALS signed Will'm Henry Harrison, one page both sides, 7.75 x 10, February 24, 1804. Handwritten letter as governor of the Indiana Territory to ...

Important ALS signed J. Tyler, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 7.75 x 9.75, no date but circa 1857-1858. Handwritten letter to one of his sons, re

Unusual partly-printed DS, one page, 7.5 x 9.75, February 28, 1833. Power of attorney document filled out and signed by Tyler, writing his name twice

War-dated ALS signed Z. Taylor, one page both sides, 5 x 7.75, June 3, 1847. Bold handwritten letter to his son-in-law, Dr. Robert C. Wood, at the U.S

Partly-printed DS, one page, 13.75 x 13.5, December 8, 1848. Bond of the Hudson & Berkshire Rail-Road Co. for $1000, boldly signed at the conclu...

ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5 x 7.75, monogrammed "F.P." letterhead, December 18, 1867. Handwritten letter to Mrs. Wentworth ...

ALS, twelve pages on three sets of adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, June 25, 1858. Letter to Sidney Webster, his former private White House secretary, w

ALS, one page, 8 x 10, June 11, 1852. Handwritten letter to Isaac G. McKinley, editor of the Harrisburg Democratic Union, commending his editorials an

ADS, one page, 8 x 4, May 10, 1852. Handwritten promissory note by James Buchanan, in part: "Sixty days after date I promise to pay to the orde...

Office of Discount and Deposit of the Bank of the United States check, 6.5 x 2.25, filled out in another hand and signed by Thomas Swann, payable to H

Important manuscript DS as president, two pages, 7.75 x 13.25, March 7, 1865. Significant document issued from the Executive Mansion, permitting trade

Vibrant and colorful oversized 17 x 35 calendar for January 1921 entitled 'Lincoln at Gettysburg,' featuring a fantastic illustration of Pre...

Iconic oversized 7.5 x 9.5 albumen photograph of President Abraham Lincoln and his son Tad, taken by Mathew Brady's assistant Anthony Berger on ...

Interesting archive containing the typed draft for George William Bell's manuscript for 'Abraham Lincoln; A Poetical Interpretation,' wi...

Printed "General Orders No. 139" being President Lincoln's preliminary emancipation proclamation, three pages on two adjoining sheets,...

ALS, one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.75, May 15, 1851. Boldly penned letter to John H. Keyser, in part: "Your letter of the 6th ult. was received...

ALS in pencil, signed Julia D. Grant, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, black-bordered letterhead, October 30, 1890. Handwritten letter to...

Unsigned book from the personal library of Ulysses S. Grant: Second Annual Report of the Board of Indian Commissioners to the Secretary of the Interio

Rare ALS as president, signed R. B. Hayes, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 6.75, Executive Mansion letterhead, April 19, 1878. Letter to Minn

Partly-printed DS, signed R. B. Hayes, one page, 7.5 x 4, December 30, 1871. As governor of Ohio, Hayes directs the auditor to "issue your Warr...

Unusual pairing of two ink signatures, "Lucy W. Hayes," on individual off-white slips, one written in the hand of Rutherford B. Hayes and ...

Extremely rare ALS as president, signed J. A. Garfield, two pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, Executive Mansion letterhead, May 29, 1881. Handwr

Excessively rare official Executive Mansion card, 4 x 2.75, neatly signed in ink as president, "James A. Garfield, March 12, 1881." Annota...

Exceedingly rare ALS as president signed J. A. Garfield, written in pencil on a 5.75 x 8.25 American Union telegraph sheet, June 4, [1881]. A telegram

ALS signed Lucretia R. Garfield, two pages both sides, 4 x 6.25, black-bordered personal letterhead, October 14, 1882. Handwritten letter to a gentlem

Signed book: State Papers, Etc., Etc., Etc., of Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1885.

Three items signed by Cleveland: an official Executive Mansion card, signed "Frances F. Cleveland"; an ALS signed "Frances F. Clevela...

ALS in pencil as president, one page, 9 x 5.5, March 31, 1885. Letter to his former law partner, W. S. Bissell of Buffalo, in full: "Accept my ...

ALS as president, signed Benj. Harrison, one page, 5.75 x 8.75, annotated February 22, 1890. Handwritten draft of a telegram to the Hon. C. C. Hines i