American Art Association: The Josiah H. Benton collection of notable autograph letters. The American Art Association, Madison Square South, New York City., 1920Mar12,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- March 12, 1920 - March 12, 1920
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abbot (D.) | A.L.S. | Dunstable | 1819 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 2 | Abbott (J. G.--American lawyer) | A.L.S. | Boston | No year |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 3 | Abinger (Baron--English lawyer) | A.L.S. | 1821 |
USD - | 1.00 | |
| 4 | Abinger (Baron--English lawyer) | A.L.S. | London | 1842 |
USD - | 35.00 |
| 5 | Acworth (William M.--British barrister) | A.L.S. | USD - | 35.00 | ||
| 6 | Adams (Charles--American lawyer) | A.L.S. | Boston | 1904 |
USD - | 35.00 |
| 7 | Adams (John--2nd President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Quincy | 1798 |
USD - | 35.00 |
| 8 | Adams (John--2nd President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Quincy | 1813 |
USD - | 42.50 |
| 9 | Adams (John--2nd President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Quincy | 1815 |
USD - | 54.00 |
| 10 | Adams (John--2nd President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Montezillo | 1817 |
USD - | 46.00 |
| 11 | Adams (John Quincy--6th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | USD - | 7.00 | ||
| 12 | Adams (John Quincy--6th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Washington | 1834 |
USD - | 17.50 |
| 13 | Adams (John Quincy--6th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Washington | 1840 |
USD - | 12.50 |
| 14 | Adams (Samuel--American jurist, Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court) | A.L.S. | Providence | USD - | 18.00 | |
| 15 | Adams (Samuel--Signer of the Declaration of Independence) | A.L.S. | Boston | 1774 |
USD - | 18.00 |
| 16 | Addison (Joseph--eminent English essayist and statesman) | A.L.S. | Whitehall | 1705 |
USD - | 40.00 |
| 17 | Aldrich (Thomas Bailey--American author) | A.L.S. | Ponkapog, Massachusetts | 1896 |
USD - | 1.50 |
| 18 | Allen (Ira--Surveyor-General of Vermont; brother of Ethan Allen) | A.L.S. | Hague | 1796 |
USD - | 3.50 |
| 19 | Allen (Ira--Surveyor-General of Vermont; brother of Ethan Allen) | A.L.S. | Philadelphia | 1805 |
USD - | 6.00 |
| 20 | Allen (William--United States Senator; Governor of Ohio) | A.N.S. | Greenville, Ohio | 1861 |
USD - | 11.00 |
| 21 | Allison (William B.--American Senator) | A.L.S. | New York | USD - | 11.00 | |
| 22 | Ames (Fisher--American statesman; President of Harvard College) | A.L.S. | New York | 1789 |
USD - | 11.00 |
| 23 | Ames (Fisher--American statesman; President of Harvard College) | A.L.S. | Philad | 1792 |
USD - | 3.50 |
| 24 | Ames (Fisher--American statesman; President of Harvard College) | A.L.S. | Phila. | 1796 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 25 | Amherst (William Pitt Amherst, Earl--British statesman; Governor-General of India) | A.L.S. | Knole | 1847 |
USD - | 5.00 |
| 26 | Anderson (Mary--American actress) | A.L.S. | Indianapolis | USD - | 5.00 | |
| 27 | Anderson (William C.--Presidential Elector in 1856, Representative from Kentucky in United States Legislature) | A.N.S. | Danville | 1861 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 28 | Andrew (John A.--War Governor of Massachusetts) | A.L.S. | Boston | 1861 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 29 | Arnold (Sir Edwin--author of The Light of the World) | A.L.S. | Tokio | (no year) |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 30 | Arnold (Matthew--English poet, critic and scholar) | A.N.S. | USD - | 3.00 | ||
| 31 | Arnold (Samuel G.--Lieutenant-Governor of Rhode Island and United States Senator from Rhode Island) | A.N.S. | Washington City | 1862 |
USD - | 17.00 |
| 32 | Arthur (Chester A.--21st President of the United States) | A.L.S. | New York | 1862 |
USD - | 17.00 |
| 33 | Arthur (Chester A.--21st President of the United States) | A.L.S. | New York | 1862 |
USD - | 30.00 |
| 34 | Arthur (Chester A.--21st President of the United States) | A.L.S. | New York | 1880 |
USD - | 2.50 |
| 35 | Arthur (Chester A.--21st President of the United States) | A.L.S. | New York | 1881 |
USD - | 16.00 |
| 36 | Arthur (Chester A.--21st President of the United States) | A.N.S. | Washington | (1882) |
USD - | 15.00 |
| 37 | Arthur (Chester A.--21st President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Washington | 1884 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 38 | Arthur (Chester A.--21st President of the United States) | A.N.S. | New York | USD - | 16.00 | |
| 39 | Ashmun (George--Member of Congress from Massachusetts) | A.L.S. | Springfield | 1841 |
USD - | 2.00 |
| 40 | Astor (John Jacob--Merchant and fur-trader) | A.L.S. | Balltown Springs | 1797 |
USD - | 2.00 |
| 41 | Augur (Christopher C.--Major-General, United States Army) | Endorsement by Major-General C. C. Augur, HeadQtrs, D. of Washington, 22nd Army Corps. Feb. 23 ... | Richmond | 1865 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 42 | Babson (Thomas M.--Lawyer) | A.L.S. | Benton | 1906 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 43 | Baillie (Joanna--English poetess, friend of Sir Walter Scott) | A.L.S. | Hempstead | USD - | 1.00 | |
| 44 | Baldwin (Henry--Associate-Justice of the United States Supreme Court) | A.L.S. | Pittsburgh | 1803 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 45 | Baldwin (Leammi--American civil engineer of note) | A.L.S. | Harrisburg | 1826 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 46 | Bancroft (George--American historian) | A.L.S. | Washington | 1845 |
USD - | 1.50 |
| 47 | Bancroft (George--American historian) | A.L.S. | New York | 1865 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 48 | Barbour (Philip P.- Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court, appointed, 1836) | A.L.S. | Orange | 1828 |
USD - | 3.50 |
| 49 | Barham (Richard H.--author of the Ingoldsby Legends) | A.L.S. | USD - | 10.00 | ||
| 50 | Barlow (Francis C.--Brigadier-General in the Civil War) | A.L.S., 3pp. 8vo, Office of the Secretary of State of the State of New York, Albany, May 29, 1866 ... | USD - | 1.00 | ||
| 51 | Barnard (John G.--Major-General; served in Grant's staff) | A.L.S. | New York | 1864 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 52 | Barnum (William H.--American politician) | A.L.S. | Syracuse | 1864 |
USD - | 1.50 |
| 53 | Barrett (Lawrence--American actor) | A.L.S. | New York | 1881 |
USD - | 1.50 |
| 54 | Bartlett (Sidney--Lawyer) | A.L.S., 1p. 8vo, Ap 27 '82; Also,--A.L.S., 2pp. 8vo, May 13, '82. To J. H. Benton, Jr., Esq ... | USD - | 40.00 | ||
| 55 | Bartol (Charles A.--American Unitarian clergyman; born in Free-port, Maine, 1813) | A.L.S. | Boston | 1865 |
USD - | 40.00 |
| 56 | Baskerville (John--celebrated English printer of the Bible and editions of the Classics) | A.L.S. | Birmm | 1756 |
USD - | 40.00 |
| 57 | Bassett (William G.--Lawyer) | A.L.S. | Northampton, Massachusetts | 1905 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 58 | Bates (John L.--Governor of Massachusetts) | A.L.S. | New York | 1911 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 59 | Beauregard (Pierre Gustave T.--General in the Confederate Army) | A.L.S. | Corinth, Miss | 1862 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 60 | Beecher (Henry Ward--famous Brooklyn, N. Y. Congregational minister) | A.L.S. | Brooklyn, New York | USD - | 8.00 | |
| 61 | Beecher (Henry Ward--famous Brooklyn, N. Y. Congregational minister) | A.L.S. | 1880 |
USD - | 8.00 | |
| 62 | Belknap (Jeremy--American historian and clergyman; author of The Foresters) | A.L.S. | Portsmouth | 1786 |
USD - | 2.00 |
| 63 | Bellew (Harold Kyrle--American actor) | A.L.S. | Wellington, New Zealand | USD - | 1.00 | |
| 64 | Bellows (Henry W.--Clergyman, New York City) | A.L.S. | New York | 1842 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 65 | Benthem (Jeremy--celebrated English jurist, author and teacher) | A.L.S. | Westminster | 1825 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 66 | Benton (Josiah H.) | Passport issued to the late Mr. Benton, by the State Department of the United States, May 14, 1908 ... | USD - | 1.00 | ||
| 67 | Benton (Thomas Hart--United States Senator from Missouri) | A.L.S. | Washington City | 1837 |
USD - | 2.00 |
| 68 | Benton (Thomas Hart--United States Senator from Missouri) | A.L.S. | 1840 |
USD - | 2.00 | |
| 69 | Benton (William P.--Brigadier-General in the Civil War. The first man in Wayne County to respond to President Lincoln's call for 75,000 men) | A.L.S. | USD - | 2.50 | ||
| 70 | Bernard (Francis--Governor of New Jersey and of the Province of Massachusetts-Bay) | Printed Warrants,--(1) To the Treasurer, Mr. Gray, of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, Boston ... | USD - | 2.50 | ||
| 71 | Bernhardt (Sarah--French actress) | A.N.S. | Richmond | USD - | 2.00 | |
| 72 | Besant (Walter--English novelist) | A.L.S. | W. C. | 1887 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 73 | Black (William--English novelist) | A.L.S. | USD - | 1.50 | ||
| 74 | Black (William--English novelist) | A.L.S. | USD - | 1.50 | ||
| 75 | Blaine (James G.--American statesman, Secretary of State) | A.L.S. | Washington | 1879 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 76 | Blair (Francis P., Jr.--Major-General, United States Army, and United States Senator from Missouri) | A.L.S. | 1855 |
USD - | 13.00 | |
| 77 | Blair (Frank P.--American soldier and politician) | L.S., 1p. small 4to, House of Reps. Decem. 26,/61. To Albert Daggett. Esqr., Troy, N. York; Also ... | USD - | 3.50 | ||
| 78 | Blair (Montgomery--Postmaster General of the United States under President Lincoln) | A.L.S. | Washington | USD - | 3.50 | |
| 79 | Blair (Montgomery--Postmaster General of the United States under President Lincoln) | A.L.S. | Washington | USD - | 2.50 | |
| 80 | Blair (Montgomery--Postmaster General of the United States under President Lincoln) | A.L.S. | Washington | USD - | 2.50 | |
| 81 | Blatchford (Samuel--Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court, appointed, 1882) | A.L.S. | New York City | 1880 |
USD - | 3.00 |
| 82 | Blessington (Marguerite, Countess of--friend of Lord Byron) | A.L.S. | 1845 |
USD - | 1.50 | |
| 83 | Blouet (Paul--author of John Bull and his Island) | A.L.S. | (New York) | 1888 |
USD - | 1.50 |
| 84 | Blouet (Paul--author of John Bull and his Island) | A.L.S. | Paris | 1902 |
USD - | 1.50 |
| 85 | Blouet (Paul--author of John Bull and his Island) | A.L.S. | Paris | 1902 |
USD - | 11.00 |
| 86 | Booth (Edwin--eminent American actor) | A.L.S. | USD - | 11.00 | ||
| 87 | Booth (Edwin--eminent American actor) | A.L.S. | USD - | 2.75 | ||
| 88 | Booth (Junius Brutus--eminent actor) | A.L.S. | Baltimore | 1843 |
USD - | 8.00 |
| 89 | Boston, Massachusetts. A.D.S., 1p. 12mo, Boston Aprill 21th 1714. Granting permission to Mark Day ... | USD - | 1.00 | |||
| 90 | Boston. Early Receipts. A.N.S., 1p. 24mo, Boston Janry: 13th: 1714/15. Receipt to Joseph Prout ... | USD - | 1.00 | |||
| 91 | Botts (John Minor--Member of Congress from Virginia) | A.L.S. | Culpeper County, Virginia | 1864 |
USD - | 3.00 |
| 92 | Boucicault (Agnes--formerly Agnes Robertson, married Dion Boucicault) | A.L.S. | (Langham Place.) | USD - | 3.00 | |
| 93 | Boucicault (Dion--eminent actor, died in New York) | A.L.S. | New York | [no year] |
USD - | 3.00 |
| 94 | Boutwell (George S.--Governor of Massachusetts, and United States Senator) | A.L.S. | Groton, Massachusetts | 1867 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 95 | Boutwell (George S.--Governor of Massachusetts, and United States Senator) | A.L.S. | Washington | 1883 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 96 | Brackett (John Quincy Adams--Governor of Massachusetts) | A.L.S. | Boston | 1890 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 97 | Bradley (Joseph P.--Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court, appointed. 1870) | A.L.S., 1p. 4to, Washington, March 4 1879. To President Hays; Also,--A.L.S., 2pp. 4to, Hotel ... | USD - | 1.00 | ||
| 98 | Bradley (Joseph P.--Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court, appointed, 1870) | A.L.S. | Washington, D. C. | 1890 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 99 | Breckenridge (John C.--Vice-President of the United States; Major-General in the C. S. A.; Secretary of War C. S. A.) | A.L.S. | Lexington, Kentucky | 1860 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 100 | Brewer. (David J.--Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court, appointed, 1889) | A.L.S. | Leavenworth | 1877 |
USD - | 1.00 |
