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Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
Lot: 119Sold for: $3,081$2,600Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865),Signed document, March 4, 1863, one page, on vellum, as President, commission appointing William H. Morgan an Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers, countersigned by more ...
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
Lot: 120Sold for: $3,851$3,250Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865),Signed document, July 10, 1864, one page, as President, on vellum, military commission issued to Michael Burdett as Hospital Chaplain, countersigned by Edwin Stanton as more ...
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
Lot: 121Sold for: $7,110$6,000Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865),Signed document, April 12, 1861, one page, as President, issued to John S. Keyes an appointment as Marshal of the United States in the district of Massachusetts, more ...
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
Lot: 122Sold for: $5,333$4,500Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865),Signed document, March 26, 1862, one page, on vellum, as President, appointment of Herbert M. Griffiths as a Carpenter in the United States Navy, countersigned by more ...
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
Lot: 123Sold for: $5,333$4,500Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865),Signed document, March 21, 1862, one page, as President, appointment of Abram Wakeman to the post of deputy postmaster in New York city, countersigned by William H. more ...
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
Lot: 124Sold for: $5,333$4,500Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865),Autograph endorsement signed, February 27, 1865, as President, on a lined slip of paper, "Let this man take the oath of Dec. 8, 1863 then discharged", tipt to card, 2 more ...
(Lincoln and Johnson Second Inauguration Invitation)
Lot: 125Sold for: $1,422$1,200(Lincoln and Johnson Second Inauguration Invitation),Engraved invitation with original envelope, issued Mrs. Louise L. Bacon, showing a double portrait of the President-elect and Vice more ...
(Lincoln Assassination),Periodical
Lot: 126Sold for: $356$300(Lincoln Assassination),Periodical, Boston Daily Journal, April 15, 1865, four pages, detailing the shooting of Abraham Lincoln and the most recent intelligence, folio, (edges chipped, folds). more ...
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
Lot: 127Sold for: $1,422$1,200Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865),Large format silver albumen print by Alexander Hesler (1823-1895),taken at Lincoln's home - Springfield Illinois on June 3, 1860, printed by George Ayers, more ...
Linnaeus, Carl (1707-1778),and Others
Lot: 128Sold for: $5,036$4,250Linnaeus, Carl (1707-1778),and Others, Autograph note signed, June 4, 1750, three pages, in Swedish and Latin, an official certificate issued to Elisabeth Lindblad, with additional signed passages more ...
Liston, Baron Joseph (1827-1912)
Lot: 129UnsoldListon, Baron Joseph (1827-1912),Autograph letter signed, April 28, 1880, two pages, to a Mrs. Arnold, thanking her for an enclosure and expressing relief that "the troublesome little sore has at more ...
(Literature and Arts, 20th Century)
Lot: 130Sold for: $2,963$2,500(Literature and Arts, 20th Century),Collection of approximately eighty-seven letters signed and autograph letters signed to Mrs. Roland Hopkins of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, from various writers more ...
Luther, Martin (1483-1546)
Lot: 131Sold for: $106,650$90,000Luther, Martin (1483-1546),Rare and important autograph letter signed, St. Franciscus, 1581, one page, in German, discussing upcoming events and mentioning his public debates with Papal legate John more ...
Lyell, Charles (1797-1875)
Lot: 132Sold for: $948$800Lyell, Charles (1797-1875),Autograph letter signed, June 13, [no year], three pages, to J.B. Gordon, presumably a printer/publisher, concerning a correction to one of Lyell's illustrations of more ...
Madison, James (1751-1836)
Lot: 133Sold for: $711$600Madison, James (1751-1836),Signed letter, [undated, 1833], one page, to R.H.C. Taylor, concerning his inability to assist Taylor in locating any military service records of his uncles, folio, more ...
Madison, James (1751-1836)
Lot: 134Sold for: $207$175Madison, James (1751-1836),Signed document, July 5th, 1809, one page, as President, on vellum, ship's passport for the Brig Commerce, Samuel Chase, Commander, countersigned by Henry Dearborn as more ...
Madison, James (1751-1836) and Monroe, James (1758-1831)
Lot: 135Sold for: $2,015$1,700Madison, James (1751-1836) and Monroe, James (1758-1831),Signed document, September 12, 1815, one page, on vellum, ship's passport for the Ship Commodore Decatur of New York, James Breath, more ...
Malthus, Robert (1766-1834)
Lot: 136Sold for: $1,541$1,300Malthus, Robert (1766-1834),Signature with sentiment on a slip of paper, undated, recipient unknown, "Delivered in the greatest respect, very truly your, T. Robert Mathus, in great haste," tipt to more ...
Marconi, Guglielmo (1874-1937)
Lot: 137Sold for: $948$800Marconi, Guglielmo (1874-1937),Signed postcard, [c. 1900], recipient unknown, showing an inset portrait of the inventor against a backdrop of the "Telegraph Transmitter on the Mount Mario in Rome", more ...
Martineau, Harriet (1802-1876)
Lot: 138Sold for: $444$375Martineau, Harriet (1802-1876),Autograph letter signed, [undated], one page, to a Mr. Barkworth, concerning a book by William M. Thackeray and enclosing the same, (right upper corner chipped, more ...
Marx, Karl (1818-1883) and Marx, Jenny (1814-1881)
Lot: 139Sold for: $13,035$11,000Marx, Karl (1818-1883) and Marx, Jenny (1814-1881),Two incorporated autograph letters signed, October 16, 1876, one page and two pages, in English, to Thomas Allsop, penned individually by Karl and more ...
(Massachusetts, Colonial History) Winthrop, Governor John (1588-1649)
Lot: 140Unsold(Massachusetts, Colonial History) Winthrop, Governor John (1588-1649),Signed and annotated endorsement on a clipped slip of paper, [undated], recipient unknown, rendering a judgment on a request or more ...
(Massachusetts Colonial Governor, 17th Century),Winslow, Josiah (c. 1629-1680)
Lot: 141Sold for: $237$200(Massachusetts Colonial Governor, 17th Century),Winslow, Josiah (c. 1629-1680),Clipped signature, [undated], on a small slip of paper, framed with a cut-out portrait, lg. 2 5/8 in., (shaved with more ...
(Massachusetts Gubernatorial Ephemera)
Lot: 142Sold for: $356$300(Massachusetts Gubernatorial Ephemera),Collection of thirty-three signed documents, 1813-74, related to the Keyes family of Concord, Massachusetts, mostly pertaining to judicial appointments, more ...
Medici, Catherine de, Queen of France (1519-1589)
Lot: 143Sold for: $2,252$1,900Medici, Catherine de, Queen of France (1519-1589),Signed letter, February 23, 1566, one page, in French, to the French Ambassador to Spain, Fourquevaux, worried about the pregnancy of her daughter, more ...
Medici, Cosimo I de, "The Great" (1519-1574)
Lot: 144Sold for: $1,185$1,000Medici, Cosimo I de, "The Great" (1519-1574),Manuscript letter signed, Pisa April 20, 1549, one page, to Piero Vettori, thanking him for his "inscription in the new market place...we are very more ...
Metchnikoff, Elie (1845-1916)
Lot: 145Sold for: $711$600Metchnikoff, Elie (1845-1916),Autograph sentiment signed and dated Sevres, April 9, 1915, one page, to E. Colville, "Our intelligence informs us that man is capable of much, and for this reason we more ...
Montcalm de Saint-Veran, Marquis Louis Joseph de (1712-1759)
Lot: 146Sold for: $4,740$4,000Montcalm de Saint-Veran, Marquis Louis Joseph de (1712-1759),Autograph letter signed, April 8, 1751, two pages, in French, to a Mr. Campand, introducing himself and giving his family patents and more ...
Morse, Samuel F.B. (1791-1872)
Lot: 147Sold for: $4,148$3,500Morse, Samuel F.B. (1791-1872),Autograph letter signed, August 3, 1859, two pages, to B.B. French, referring to the potential purchase of stock in French's magnetic telegraph company; text in part: more ...
Morton, William Thomas (1819-1868)
Lot: 148Sold for: $1,185$1,000Morton, William Thomas (1819-1868),Autograph letter signed, August, 184, one page, to his lawyer, Mr. Poor, asking him to visit and prepare a document for him, with signed holograph postscript, more ...