RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts, Featuring Revolutionary and Civil War, 721, Amherst

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
July 09, 2025 - July 09, 2025
Page Size: 690 items in 28 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 George Washington

George Washington Autograph Letter Signed on the 'Asgill Affair,' Denying Psychological Torture of a British Prisoner of War Chosen by Lottery for Retaliatory Execution, by aEUoeerecting a [gallows] before his prison windowaEU

USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD 68,750.00
2 George Washington

George Washington Revolutionary War-Dated Letter Signed to Lord Stirling, Preparing His Defense of Philadelphia and a Raid on Staten Island (1777): "You may judge whether it will be prudent to make an attack"

USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 Not Sold
4 George Washington:

George Washington: Governor John Eager Howard of Maryland Proclaims Electors for the First Presidential Election in the United States

USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,781.00
5 [George Washington]

[George Washington] Extracts from Washington's Newburgh Headquarters Orderly Book, with the 'Newburgh Address' and Peace Proclamation: "An extra ration of liquor to be issued to every man tomorrow, to drink perpetual peace"

USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 46,279.00
6 [George Washington]

[George Washington] Washington Benevolent Society Constitution Manuscript Draft: "Under a free elective government, it is of vital importance that public opinion should be directed by intelligence, & animated by virtue"

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
7 John Adams

John Adams Autograph Letter Signed on the Folly of Divine Right - aEUoeThere is nothing in human Nature and human history more ridiculous than this whole subjectaEU

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,000.00
8 John Adams:

John Adams: Manuscript Proclamation of an Act of Congress, Restoring Trade with St. Domingo

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
9 Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson Document Signed as Secretary of State, Acknowledging France's Tribute "paid to the memory of Benjamin Franklin"

USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 31,251.00
11 Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson Letter Signed as Secretary of State, Forwarding Thomas Mifflin Legislation Allowing Slavery in Tennessee Territory

USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 Not Sold
12 Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson Letter Signed as President on the Embargo Act of 1807: "The belligerent powers have beset the high way of commercial intercourse with edicts which...expose our commerce and mariners...a prey to their fleets and armies"

USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 Not Sold
13 Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson Revolutionary War-Dated Autograph Document Signed on "Recovering the Public Arms" for Virginia's Militia

USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 18,750.00
16 Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson Document Signed as Secretary of State, Promoting Desalination of Sea Water for American Ships

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
17 James Madison

James Madison Autograph Letter Signed on US Constitution, Declining to Opine on "Numerous Amendments"

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
18 [James Madison]

[James Madison] Official Treasury Department Printing of the Embargo Act

USD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,564.00
19 John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams Letter Signed on Charles Carroll, Robert Walpole, and Preserving the History of the American aEUoestruggle for Freedom and IndependenceaEU

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 13,888.00
20 William Henry Harrison

William Henry Harrison Autograph Letter Signed on the Recapture of Detroit in the War of 1812

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
21 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Autograph Letter Signed, Campaigning for John FrA(c)mont and Cultivating German-American Support for the Newly Formed Republican Party (1856)

USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 50,000.00
22 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Autograph Endorsement Signed as President (January 10, 1865) - PSA NM-MT 8

USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,001.00
23 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Letter Signed as the Republican Presidential Nominee (1860)

USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 10,980.00
24 Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Signature as President (1863)

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 17,688.00
25 Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin

Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin 1860 Presidential Campaign Ferrotype Button with 22K Gold Pendant

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 11,503.00
29 Lincoln's Last

Lincoln's Last Hours by Charles A. Leale - From the Collection of Assassination Researcher Dr. John K. Lattimer

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
30 U. S. Grant

U. S. Grant Civil WaraEU"Dated Autograph Letter Signed, Announcing Rep. Washburne's Arrival at His City Point Headquarters for a Gold Medal Presentation

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
31 U. S. Grant

U. S. Grant Signed Cabinet Photograph by Alexander Gardner

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,576.00
32 U. S. Grant

U. S. Grant Document Signed as President to End Ku Klux Klan Violence

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 9,505.00
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