Fine Autographs and Artifacts 2020-08-12 Auction - 1355 Price Results - RR Auction in MA
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George Washington: Amazing and extraordinarily well-preserved handwritten letter signed “G. Washington,” three pages on two sheets, 7.25 x 9, Mount Vernon, January 10, 1786. Letter to Bryan Fairfax, Washington’s
0001: George WashingtonEst. $15,000-$20,000
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George Washington: ALS signed “Go: Washington,” one page both sides, 7.75 x 10, April 8, 1798. Letter to inventor Oliver Evans, who had introduced some improvements to his mill at Mount Vernon in the early 1790s.
0002: George WashingtonEst. $7,500-$10,000
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Thomas Jefferson: Rare ADS as president, signed “Th: Jefferson,” one page, 7.25 x 5, January 29, 1802. Pay order filled out in the hand of President Jefferson and issued to John Barnes of Georgetown to "Pay to Mr.
0003: Thomas JeffersonEst. $4,000-$6,000
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James Madison and James Monroe: Partly-printed DS, signed “James Madison” as president and “Jas. Monroe” as secretary of state, one page, 16.25 x 10.25, no date but circa 1811–1817. Unusual ship's pass left blank but
0004: James Madison and James MonroeEst. $1,000-$1,200
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James Monroe and John Quincy Adams: Scarce partly-printed DS, signed “James Monroe" as president and "John Quincy Adams" as secretary of state, one page, 21.25 x 17, November 30, 1818. Four-language ship’s papers issued to
0005: James Monroe and John Quincy AdamsEst. $1,000-$1,500
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John Quincy Adams: Partly-printed vellum DS as president, signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 15.25 x 9.25, August 6, 1825. President Adams grants John Low a parcel of land "in the District of Zanesville and State of
0006: John Quincy AdamsEst. $500-$700
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John Quincy Adams: Remarkable LS, one page, 7.75 x 12.25, August 20, 1818. Secretary of State Adams sends a coded cipher letter to Albert Gallatin, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to France. The
0007: John Quincy AdamsEst. $3,000-$5,000
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John Quincy Adams: Ink signature as secretary of state, "John Quincy Adams,” on an off-white 5 x 1 vellum slip clipped from a document. Affixed to a larger card and in fine condition, with light soiling. Format:
0008: John Quincy AdamsEst. $300-$500
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Andrew Jackson: Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 9.75, June 1, 1831. President Jackson grants John Brenner of Stark County, Ohio, a tract of land in Wooster, Ohio, containing 80 acres. Signed
0009: Andrew JacksonEst. $600-$800
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Andrew Jackson: Large ink signature, "Andrew Jackson,” on an off-white 6 x 1.75 slip clipped from a document. In very good to fine condition, with light mottled toning. Accompanied by an engraved portrait bearing
0010: Andrew JacksonEst. $400-$600
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James K. Polk: Signed book: Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, Being the First Session of the Twenty-First Congress of the United States of America, at the City of Washington, December 7, 1829.
0011: James K. PolkEst. $1,500-$2,000
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Zachary Taylor: Boldly penned ALS as president-elect, signed "Z. Taylor," one page, 7.75 x 9.75, January 15, 1849. Written from Baton Rouge, a letter to John Ewing, in full: "Your letter of today was handed me about
0012: Zachary TaylorEst. $5,000-$7,000
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Zachary Taylor: Large and very bold ink signature, "Very respectfully, Dear Madam, Your Most Obt. Servt., Z. Taylor,” on an off-white 4.25 x 2.5 slip. Double-matted and framed with a small engraved portrait to an
0013: Zachary TaylorEst. $1,000-$1,500
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Zachary Taylor: Boldly signed LS as president signed “Z. Taylor,” one page, 8 x 10, June 11, 1849. Letter to educator Nathan C. Brooks of Baltimore, in full: "I have only received your favor of the 5th inst. and
0014: Zachary TaylorEst. $1,000-$1,500
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Millard Fillmore: Signed book: History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic, Vol. II. Later printing. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1861. Hardcover, 6.25 x 9.25, 509 pages. Signed vertically on
0015: Millard FillmoreEst. $500-$700
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Franklin Pierce: ALS, nine total pages, 5 x 8, January 20, 1858. Lengthy letter to his former private White House secretary Sidney Webster, in part: "A British steamer has just come into the bay probably from the
0016: Franklin PierceEst. $800-$1,000
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Franklin Pierce: Attractive free-franked mailing envelope, 4 x 2.25, addressed by Pierce to his former private White House secretary, "Sidney Webster, Esq., Tremont Street, Boston, Mass.," and crisply franked along
0017: Franklin PierceEst. $400-$600
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James Buchanan: Full free frank, measuring 9.75 x 8 unfolded with a center panel of 5 x 3, addressed by Buchanan to "John Reynolds Esquire, Lancaster, Pennsylvania," and franked in the upper right corner, "Free,
0018: James BuchananEst. $300-$500
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Abraham Lincoln: Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 13 x 16.75, March 2, 1863. President Lincoln appoints C. C. Clark as "Additional Paymaster in the service of the United States." Neatly signed at the
0019: Abraham LincolnEst. $4,000-$6,000
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Abraham Lincoln: Historic unsigned ten-volume book set: Abraham Lincoln: A History by John G. Nicolay and John Hay, Vols. I–X. First edition. NY: The Century Co., 1890. Hardcovers bound in green cloth with gilt
0020: Abraham LincolnEst. $1,200-$1,500
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Abraham Lincoln: Four strands of President Abraham Lincoln's hair plus a small swatch of black mourning cloth that covered the catafalque on which Lincoln's body lay in state, matted and framed with an engraved
0021: Abraham LincolnEst. $600-$800
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U. S. Grant: Huge original 15 x 17.75 albumen portrait of Ulysses S. Grant in uniform taken by Frederick Gutekunst of Philadelphia after Lincoln's assassination, affixed to its original 16.75 x 19.5 mount.
0022: U. S. GrantEst. $3,000-$5,000Lot Closed
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U. S. Grant: Bold ink signature, "U. S. Grant,” on an off-white 4.5 x 1 slip affixed to a larger album page. In very good to fine condition, with some light staining. Format: Signature
0023: U. S. GrantEst. $400-$600
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Rutherford B. Hayes: Signed book: Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, Volume VII: Contributions to the Fossil Flora of the Western Territories, Part II: The Tertiary Flora. First edition.
0024: Rutherford B. HayesEst. $1,000-$1,500
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