RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts, 745, Boston

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
July 15, 2026 - July 15, 2026
Page Size: 355 items in 15 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Washington George

George Washington Signed a€˜Potowmack Companya€™ Payroll Document - Funding a Foundational Early American Canal Project (1787)

1787 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,001.00
2 Marshall John

George Washington: The Life of Washington by John Marshall (First Edition, Five Volumes)

Philadelphia 1804-1807 USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,126.00
5 Washington George

George Washington Signature

N/A USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 34,769.00
7

[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"

circa 1808-1816 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
8 Adams John

John Adams Signed Free Frank to His Grandson, a Young Cadet at Vermont's Norwich Academy

Quincy, Ma. 1822-1824 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,576.00
9 Adams John

[John Adams] Manuscript Proclamation of an Act of Congress, Suspending Trade with France

1800 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,248.00
10 Adams John

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

1799 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
12 Jefferson Thomas; Madison James

Thomas Jefferson and James Madison Document Signed as President and Secretary of State, Granting Land to Former President of the Confederation Congress Elias Boudinot

1804 USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
13 Madison Dolley P.

Dolley Madison Autograph Poem Signed on the Power of Music: "Can dying love with vital breath inspire"

N/A USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,891.00
14 Madison Dolley P.

Dolley Madison Autograph Poem Signed, Quoting from Erasmus Darwin's 'The Botanic Garden'

1838 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,505.00
16 Monroe James

James Monroe Document Signed as Secretary of State, Giving Instructions for Engaging the Enemy on the High Seas

1812 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,251.00
17 Adams John Quincy

John Quincy Adams Autograph Letter Signed on the Louisiana Purchase: "The great question upon the Louisiana Treaty was decided before I got here"

1803 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 15,000.00
18 Adams John Quincy

John Quincy Adams Signed Free Frank - PSA NM-MT 8

N/A USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 723.00
19 Jackson Andrew

Andrew Jackson Document Signed as President - Scarce a€˜Leap Daya€™ Ship's Pass for a Brig from Kennebunk, Maine (February 29, 1832)

1832 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,068.00
20 Harrison William Henry

William Henry Harrison Signature

N/A USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,553.00
21 Tyler John

John Tyler Autograph Letter Signed as President to Treasury Secretary John Canfield Spencer

1844 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,709.00
22 Taylor Zachary

Zachary Taylor Document Signed for Whiskey Rations at Fort Crawford

1834 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,553.00
23 Fillmore Millard

Millard Fillmore Document Signed as President - Eleven Days Before Leaving Office

1853 USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 875.00
24

Pre-Civil War 1858 Autograph Album of President Buchanan, His Cabinet, and a Near-Complete 35th Congress on the Eve of Disunion

1858 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,844.00
25 Lincoln Abraham

Abraham Lincoln War-Dated Document Signed as President - One Day Before Approving the Controversial Enrollment Act of 1863

1863 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 12,353.00
26 Lincoln Abraham; Douglas Stephen A.

Lincoln-Douglas Debates (First Edition, First Issue, 1860)

Columbus, Ohio 1860 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,059.00
27

Abraham Lincoln: Maine State Electors (8) Multi-Signed Envelope for the 1860 Presidential Election

1860 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,020.00
28 Lincoln Abraham

[Abraham Lincoln] Slavery Opinion Pamphlet (1864)

1864 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,059.00
29 Johnson Andrew

Andrew Johnson Document Signed as President, Pardoning Confederate Naval Officer Ebenezer Farrand

1867 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,880.00
30 Grant U. S.

U. S. Grant Draft Proclamation Signed as President for the Observance of the "Centennial Anniversary of our National Independence"

Washington 1876 USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
  • Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Reaffirms the US Treaty of Friendship and Peace with Morocco, the Longest Unbroken Treaty in US History. $50,000 – 80,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. Weeks After Victory at Yorktown, Benjamin Franklin Promises Repayment of a French Loan that Funded the American Revolution. $200,000 – 300,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. Rare First Edition of the Foundational Text of the Mormon Church. $100,000 – 150,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Sends the First Major Law Passed by Congress, the Tariff Act of 1789. $100,000 – 150,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. A Scarce Example of Audubon's Depiction of a Brown Pelican, Plate CCLI from his Birds of America. $30,000 – 50,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. The Official and First Obtainable Broadside Printing of the Lincoln's Final Emancipation Proclamation. $30,000 – 50,000.