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Harvard University, Theses.
Lot: 30Sold for: $420$350Harvard University, Theses. Boston: Freeman, 1786. Broadside, defining the following areas of study: technology, grammar, rhetoric, logic, metaphysics, ethics, theology, politics, mathematics, and more ...
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr. (1809-1894) Autograph Letter Signed, 23 April 1883.
Lot: 31Sold for: $240$200Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr. (1809-1894) Autograph Letter Signed, 23 April 1883. One page. To an unnamed recipient, with thanks, for including Holmes's work in a book of "memory quotations," and more ...
Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) Four-language Ships Papers for the Brig Maria, 10 July 1804, Countersigned by James Madison (1751-1836).
Lot: 32Sold for: $3,120$2,600Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) Four-language Ship's Papers for the Brig Maria, 10 July 1804, Countersigned by James Madison (1751-1836). Single large sheet of laid paper, with the text printed in more ...
Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875) Pardon, Signed, 16 March 1867.
Lot: 33Sold for: $480$400Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875) Pardon, Signed, 16 March 1867. Single page document, partially printed, completed in a secretarial hand, with Johnson's signature. To the Secretary of State, more ...
Kennedy Onassis, Jacqueline (1929-1994) Autograph Letter, Draft, Unsigned, and Carbon Copy of Typed Version, also Draft, [Summer, 1964]
Lot: 34Sold for: $6,000$5,000Kennedy Onassis, Jacqueline (1929-1994) Autograph Letter, Draft, Unsigned, and Carbon Copy of Typed Version, also Draft, [Summer, 1964], Hyannisport, Massachusetts. Five pages, written on recto more ...
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (1917-1963) Assassination Archive.
Lot: 35Sold for: $1,680$1,400Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (1917-1963) Assassination Archive. A collection of material related to the assassination of President Kennedy, including a card signed by Oswald's mother Marguerite more ...
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (1917-1963) Check, Signed, July 1959.
Lot: 36Sold for: $2,400$2,000Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (1917-1963) Check, Signed, July 1959. Check number 2702, drawn on the First National City Bank of New York, payee, date, and amount almost completely faded away, the check more ...
Kennedy, Robert Francis (1925-1968) Small Archive Regarding His Assassination.
Lot: 37UnsoldKennedy, Robert Francis (1925-1968) Small Archive Regarding His Assassination. Typed letter signed by Ted Kennedy, 24 June 1968, with envelope, to Joseph Benedict, thanking him for recent more ...
Land Deed, England, 1497.
Lot: 38Sold for: $480$400Land Deed, England, 1497. Parchment land deed with attached hanging seal, memorializing a real estate transaction from the twelfth year of the reign of Henry VII, involving landowner Robert Breton more ...
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Autograph Sentiment, 31 May 1864.
Lot: 39Sold for: $6,000$5,000Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Autograph Sentiment, 31 May 1864. Single paper sheet, with period penwork frame incorporating red white and blue shields, and a Presidential banner, matted and framed more ...
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885); and Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893): Cartes-de-Visite.
Lot: 40Sold for: $1,020$850Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865); Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885); and Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893): Cartes-de-Visite. Photographic images of the three American Presidents; each mounted on light more ...
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882) Autograph Letter Signed, 28 October 1872.
Lot: 41Sold for: $270$225Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882) Autograph Letter Signed, 28 October 1872. Single leaf, inscribed on both sides. To an unnamed recipient, disputing a bill for work done on a pump, matted more ...
Louis XV of France (1710-1774) Military Commission Signed, 4 April 1760, Versailles.
Lot: 42Sold for: $240$200Louis XV of France (1710-1774) Military Commission Signed, 4 April 1760, Versailles. Single parchment sheet, with printed text completed by hand, and signed by Louis XVI. Central fold, some yellow more ...
Louis XVI of France (1754-1793) Signed Receipt, 28 February 1775.
Lot: 43Sold for: $554$450Louis XVI of France (1754-1793) Signed Receipt, 28 February 1775. Folio-format laid paper bifolium, inscribed on all four pages in a secretarial hand, signed by Louis and others on the verso of more ...
Medical Manuscript Account Ledger of Dr. William Barber (1767-1852) and Six Surgical Lapneedle Documents.
Lot: 44Sold for: $780$650Medical Manuscript Account Ledger of Dr. William Barber (1767-1852) and Six Surgical Lapneedle Documents. Folio-format account book, bound in reversed calf, blind tooled, with a red label reading, more ...
Monroe, James (1758-1831) Land Deed Signed, 16 April 1824.
Lot: 45Sold for: $420$350Monroe, James (1758-1831) Land Deed Signed, 16 April 1824. Single parchment sheet, printed document, the body completed by a secretarial hand, signed by Monroe. Concerning John Wolf, his title to more ...
Monroe, James (1758-1831) Land Deed, Signed, 14 July 1819.
Lot: 46Sold for: $300$250Monroe, James (1758-1831) Land Deed, Signed, 14 July 1819. Single parchment sheet, printed, sealed, signed, completed by hand. For sale of land in the territory northwest of Ohio, above the mouth more ...
New York Land Deed, Manhattan, 1684.
Lot: 47Sold for: $1,599$1,300New York Land Deed, Manhattan, 1684. Large sheet of laid paper, memorializing a real estate transaction between Derick and Coenradt Ten Eyck (1617-1686) [both identified as shoemakers] for a more ...
Olivier, Sir Laurence (1907-1989) Autograph Letter Signed, 22 May 1958.
Lot: 48UnsoldOlivier, Sir Laurence (1907-1989) Autograph Letter Signed, 22 May 1958. Single sheet inscribed on both sides, 158 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts stationery. To an unnamed woman (My dear more ...
Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) and John J. Pershing (1860-1948) Letters Signed.
Lot: 49Sold for: $338$275Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) and John J. Pershing (1860-1948) Letters Signed. A secretarial note, Berlin 16 January 1874, to an A.J. Johnson of New York, thanking him for sending a copy of the more ...
Pierce, Isaac and Joseph (fl. circa 1778) Memorandum Book, Central Atlantic Region, 1770s.
Lot: 50Sold for: $1,440$1,200Pierce, Isaac and Joseph (fl. circa 1778) Memorandum Book, Central Atlantic Region, 1770s. Sixteen-page small format note pad with slightly heavier paper covers, annotated in brown and purple ink more ...
Pitt, William, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708-1778) Letter Signed, 16 October 1758.
Lot: 51Sold for: $660$550Pitt, William, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708-1778) Letter Signed, 16 October 1758. Single page letter in a secretarial hand, with Pitt's signature. To Captain John Moore (1718-1779),Commander in more ...
Portraits of British Nobility, Six Mezzotint Prints:
Lot: 52Sold for: $360$300Portraits of British Nobility, Six Mezzotint Prints: Large late 18th to early 19th century portraits of Sir Hyde Parker (1739-1807),after Romney; George Augustus Eliott, first Lord Heathfield more ...
Presidents and World Leaders, Autographs: Woodrow Wilson, Winston Churchill, Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt
Lot: 53Sold for: $1,599$1,300Presidents and World Leaders, Autographs: Woodrow Wilson, Winston Churchill, Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt. Clipped signatures of Theodore Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, undated; typed letter more ...
Rachmaninoff, Sergei (1873-1943) Signed Photo.
Lot: 54Sold for: $615$500Rachmaninoff, Sergei (1873-1943) Signed Photo. Photographic portrait of Rachmaninoff taken later in life, he is seated, wearing a suit and tie, and looking to the right, the signature is subtle, more ...
Randolph, Thomas Jefferson (1792-1875) Receipt for Moses Gillette, 1 January 1829.
Lot: 55Sold for: $600$500Randolph, Thomas Jefferson (1792-1875) Receipt for Moses Gillette, 1 January 1829. Partially printed laid paper promissory note, issued by the estate of Thomas Jefferson, completed by hand, more ...
Rhode Island Ephemera, 18th-19th Century.
Lot: 56Sold for: $390$325Rhode Island Ephemera, 18th-19th Century. Four manuscript documents, land deeds, wills, ship's expenses, c. 1769-1805; four printed documents completed by hand, c. 1752-1831 (three land deeds and more ...
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1882-1945) Signed Photograph, c. 1934.
Lot: 57Sold for: $510$425Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1882-1945) Signed Photograph, c. 1934. Matte-finish gelatin silver print portrait of Roosevelt, in profile, seated, with a sheaf of papers before him, fountain pen poised more ...
Signatures, Portraits: Jim Thorpe, Ulysses S. Grant, and Daniel Webster.
Lot: 58Sold for: $1,200$1,000Signatures, Portraits: Jim Thorpe, Ulysses S. Grant, and Daniel Webster. Each matted, mounted, and framed, with a portrait: autograph letter signed by Daniel Webster, 4 February 1857; autograph more ...
Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850-1894) Dictated Note Signed, Vailima Samoa, 11 May 1893.
Lot: 59Sold for: $1,020$850Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850-1894) Dictated Note Signed, Vailima Samoa, 11 May 1893. Single leaf, inscribed on one side. To James fulfilling a request for Samoan stamps (not included) adding his more ...