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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Brewster (Benjamin Harris--Attorney General of the United States under President Arthur, 1881-1885) | A.L.S. | USD - | 1.00 | ||
| 102 | Brooks (Phillips--noted Episcopal Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts) | A.L.S. | Boston | 1891 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 103 | Brooks (Phillips--noted Episcopal Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts) | A.L.S. | USD - | 1.00 | ||
| 104 | Brougham (Emma--actress, first wife of John Brougham, actor and dramatist) | A.L.S. | USD - | 1.00 | ||
| 105 | Brougham (Henry, Baron--Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain) | A.L.S. | USD - | 1.00 | ||
| 106 | Brougham (Henry, Baron--Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain) | A.L.S. | No date |
USD - | 3.50 | |
| 107 | Brown (John--author of Rab and His Friends) | A.L.S. | USD - | 9.00 | ||
| 108 | Browning (Robert--eminent English poet) | A.L.S. | USD - | 9.00 | ||
| 109 | Browning (Robert--eminent English poet) | A.L.S. | USD - | 35.00 | ||
| 110 | Bryant (William Cullen--American poet and journalist) | A.L.S. | New York | 1855 |
USD - | 2.00 |
| 111 | Buchanan (James--15th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Lancaster | 1829 |
USD - | 3.50 |
| 112 | Buchanan (James--15th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Lancaster | 1837 |
USD - | 4.00 |
| 113 | Buchanan (James--15th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Washington | USD - | 2.00 | |
| 114 | Buchanan (James--15th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Wheatland | 1852 |
USD - | 18.00 |
| 115 | Buchanan (James--15th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Wheatland | 1853 |
USD - | 4.00 |
| 116 | Buchanan (James--15th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Washington | USD - | 2.50 | |
| 117 | Buckingham (William A.--Governor of Connecticut, and United States Senator) | A.L.S. | Norwich | 1863 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 118 | Bulwer (Edward, Lord Lytton) | A.L.S. | London | 1847 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 119 | Burke (Edmund--celebrated British statesman and orator) | A.L.S. | Westmr | 1776 |
USD - | 10.00 |
| 120 | Burnside (Ambrose E.--Major-General in the Civil War; Governor of Rhode Island) | A.L.S. | Providence | 1867 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 121 | Burnside (Ambrose E.--Major-General in the Civil War; Governor of Rhode Island) | A.L.S. | Providence | 1868 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 122 | Burr (Aaron--Vice-President of the United States) | A.L.S. | N. York | 1801 |
USD - | 6.00 |
| 123 | Burr (Aaron--Vice-President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Washn. City | USD - | 17.00 | |
| 124 | Burr (Aaron--Vice-President of the United States) | A.N.S. | 1828 |
USD - | 2.00 | |
| 125 | Burr (Aaron--Vice-President of the United States) | A.L.S. | USD - | 5.00 | ||
| 126 | Burritt (Elihu--the learned Blacksmith) | A.L.S. | London | 1851 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 127 | Burroughs (John--American writer and naturalist) | A.L.S. | West Park, New York | 1908 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 128 | Burton (B. H.) | A.L.S. | USD - | 10.00 | ||
| 129 | Burton (William E.--English comedian) | A.L.S. | New York | 1856 |
USD - | 10.00 |
| 130 | Butler (Benjamin F.--Attorney-General of the United States, Major General in the Civil War) | A.L.S. | 1819 |
USD - | 1.00 | |
| 131 | Butler (Benjamin F.--Attorney-General of the United States; Major-General in the Civil War) | A.L.S. | New York | 1834 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 132 | Butler (Benjamin F.--Attorney-General of the United States; Major-General in the Civil War) | A.L.S. | New York | 1843 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 133 | Butterfield (Daniel--Brigadier-General in the Civil War) | A.L.S., 1p. 4to, New York, March 30, 1865. To His Excellency R. R. Fenton, Governor of the State ... | USD - | 1.00 | ||
| 134 | Byron (George Gordon, Lord--author of Don Juan) | A.L.S. | No place | 1814 |
USD - | 65.00 |
| 135 | Cadell (Robert--the publisher of Sir Walter Scott's writings) | A.L.S. | Edinburgh | 1824 |
USD - | 11.00 |
| 136 | Calhoun (John C.--Vice-President of the United States) | A.L.S. | 1822 |
USD - | 8.00 | |
| 137 | Calhoun (John C.--Vice-President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Washington | 1829 |
USD - | 265.00 |
| 138 | Callender (Joseph Jr.) | A.L.S. | Boston | 1762 |
USD - | 10.00 |
| 139 | Cameron (Simon--United States Senator from Pennsylvania, Secretary of War, Minister to Russia) | A.L.S. | Middletown | 1840 |
USD - | 26.00 |
| 140 | Campbell (John A.--Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court, appointed, 1853) | A.L.S. | USD - | 8.00 | ||
| 141 | Campbell (Thomas--British poet) | A.L.S. | 1830 |
USD - | 1.00 | |
| 142 | Canning (George--English statesman) | A.L.S. | 1796 |
USD - | 12.50 | |
| 143 | Carlyle (Thomas--author of The French Revolution) | A.L.S. | Addiscome | 1849 |
USD - | 12.50 |
| 144 | Carlyle (Thomas--author of The French Revolution) | A.L.S. | USD - | 10.00 | ||
| 145 | Carroll (Charles, of Carrollton--last surviving Signer of the Declaration of Independence) | A.L.S. | Doughoragen | 1826 |
USD - | 2.00 |
| 146 | Cass (Lewis--General; Governor of Ohio; Secretary of State Of the United States under Buchanan) | A.L.S. | Washington | 1819 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 147 | Cass (Lewis--General; Governor of Ohio; Secretary of State of the United States under Buchanan) | A.L.S. | Paris | 1842 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 148 | Catron (John--Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court, appointed, 1837) | A.L.S. | USD - | 3.50 | ||
| 149 | Chamberlain (J. L.--Brig. Gen. in the Civil War) | A.L.S. | 1869 |
USD - | 1.00 | |
| 150 | Chamberlain (Joshua L.--Brigadier-General in the Civil War; retired from the army with a brilliant record) | A.L.S. | Portland, Maine | 1910 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 151 | Chandler (William E.--Secretary of the Navy, and United States Senator from New Hampshire) | A.L.S. | Waterloo N. H. | 1913 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 152 | Chandler (Zachariah--United States Senator from Michigan, Secretary of the Interior) | A.L.S. | Washington D. C. | 1872 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 153 | Channing (William E.--celebrated American Unitarian Minister) | A.L.S. | Boston | 1811 |
USD - | 3.00 |
| 154 | Chase (Salmon P.--Chief Justice, United States Supreme Court, appointed, 1864) | A.L.S. | Cincinnati | 1845 |
USD - | 3.00 |
| 155 | Chase (Salmon P.--Chief Justice, United States Supreme Court, appointed, 1864) | A.L.S. | Washington | 1850 |
USD - | 5.50 |
| 156 | Chase (Salmon P.--Chief Justice, United States Supreme Court, appointed, 1864) | A.L.S. | 1863 |
USD - | 10.00 | |
| 157 | Chase (Salmon P.--Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, appointed 1864) | A.L.S., 1p. 8vo, Treasury Department, Dec. 10, 1863. To Hon. E. R. Stanton, relative to a letter ... | USD - | 2.00 | ||
| 158 | Chase (Salmon P.--Chief Justice, United States Supreme Court, appointed, 1864) | A.L.S. | Washington | 1866 |
USD - | 2.00 |
| 159 | Chase (Samuel--Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court, appointed, 1796) | A.D.S. | no date |
USD - | 4.00 | |
| 160 | Choate (Rufus--brilliant American lawyer) | A.L.S. | 1842 |
USD - | 2.00 | |
| 161 | Choate (Rufus--brilliant American lawyer) | 14pp. 4to, of the original manuscript of a speech by Choate at the great political meeting in Lowell ... | USD - | 2.00 | ||
| 162 | Civil War Officers. Autograph Signatures of Major-General Philip Kearny, Major-General John C ... | USD - | 3.00 | |||
| 163 | Clay (Hekry--United States Senator from Kentucky; United States Secretary of State) | A.L.S. | Washington | 1811 |
USD - | 3.00 |
| 164 | Clay (Henry--United States Senator from Kentucky; United States Secretary of State) | A.L.S. | Washington | 1826 |
USD - | 2.00 |
| 165 | Clay (Henry--United States Senator from Kentucky; United States Secretary of State) | A.L.S. | Ashland | 1838 |
USD - | 10.00 |
| 166 | Clay (Henry--United States Senator from Kentucky; United States Secretary of State) | A.L.S. | Ashland | 1843 |
USD - | 3.00 |
| 167 | Clay (Henry--United States Senator from Kentucky; United States Secretary of State) | A.L.S. | Ashland | 1847 |
USD - | 10.00 |
| 168 | Clemens (Samuel L.--Mark Twain) | A.L.S. | Hartford | USD - | 20.00 | |
| 169 | Clemens (Sherrard--United States Congressman from Virginia) | A.L.S. | Washington | 1861 |
USD - | 4.50 |
| 170 | Cleveland (Grover--22nd and 24th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Buffalo | 1882 |
USD - | 4.50 |
| 171 | Cleveland (Grover--22nd and 24th President of the United States) | A.N.S. | 1895 |
USD - | 2.00 | |
| 172 | Cleveland (Grover--22nd and 24th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | New Jersey | 1897 |
USD - | 8.00 |
| 173 | Cleveland (Grover--22nd and 24th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Massachusetts | 1899 |
USD - | 3.00 |
| 174 | Cleveland (Grover--22nd. and 24th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | New Jersey | 1899 |
USD - | 3.50 |
| 175 | Cleveland (Grover--22nd and 24th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Buzzards Bay Massachusetts | 1903 |
USD - | 5.00 |
| 176 | Clifford (Nathan--Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court, appointed, 1858) | A.L.S. | Newfield | 1833 |
USD - | 2.50 |
| 177 | Clifford (Nathan--Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court, appointed, 1858) | A.L.S. | Newfield | 1837 |
USD - | 2.00 |
| 178 | Clinton (De Witt--Governor of New York) | A.L.S. | Albany | 1826 |
USD - | 3.50 |
| 179 | Clinton (George--Vice-President of the United States; Governor of New York; Member of Continental Congress) | A.L.S. | New York | 1762 |
USD - | 4.00 |
| 180 | Clinton (George--Vice-President of the United States; Governor of New York; Member of the Continental Congress) | A.L.S. | USD - | 5.00 | ||
| 181 | Colby (Stoddard B.--Register of the United States Treasury) | A.L.S. | Montpelier | 1857 |
USD - | 12.00 |
| 182 | Coleridge (Samuel Taylor--eminent English author) | A.L.S. | [1828] |
USD - | 12.00 | |
| 183 | Coleridge (Samuel Taylor--eminent English author) | A.L.S. | Montague Place | 1835 |
USD - | 8.50 |
| 184 | Colfax (Schuyler--Vice-President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Washington, D. C. | 1867 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 185 | Colfax (Schuyler--Vice-President of the United States) | A.L.S. | South Bend, Inda. | 1883 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 186 | Collamer (Jacob--Judge of the Supreme Court of Vermont; Postmaster-General, and United States Senator) | A.L.S. | Royalton | 1835 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 187 | Collamer (Jacob--Judge of the Supreme Court of Vermont; Postmaster-General and United States Senator) | A.L.S. | Washington City | 1849 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 188 | Collamer (Jacob--Judge of the Supreme Court of Vermont; Postmaster-General and United States Senator) | A.L.S. | USD - | 2.00 | ||
| 189 | Collins (Patrick A.--Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts) | L.S. | Boston, Massachusetts | 1902 |
USD - | 2.00 |
| 190 | Collins (Wilkie--English novelist) | A.L.S. | Harley Street, W. | 1864 |
USD - | 2.00 |
| 191 | Collins (Wilkie--English novelist) | A.L.S. | Gloucester Place, Portman Square. W. | 1879 |
USD - | 2.00 |
| 192 | Cooper (James Fenimore--American novelist) | A.L.S. | St. Mark's Place | 1835 |
USD - | 20.00 |
| 193 | Cooper (James Fenimore--American novelist) | A.L.S. | Cooperstown | 1839 |
USD - | 8.00 |
| 194 | Cooper (James Fenimore--American novelist) | A.L.S. | Cooperstown | 1850 |
USD - | 22.50 |
| 195 | Cooper (James Fenimore--American novelist) | A.L.S. | USD - | 12.00 | ||
| 196 | Cornwallis (Charles, Lord--surrendered to General Washington, at Yorktown) | A.L.S. | 1791 |
USD - | 5.00 | |
| 197 | Corwin (Thomas--Governor of Ohio; Secretary of the United States Treasury) | A.L.S., 3pp. 4to, Washington City Feby 26th, 1840. To H. S. Legore, Esqr. Charleston, S. Carolina ... | USD - | 8.00 | ||
| 198 | Corwin (Thomas--Governor of Ohio, United States Senator, and Secretary of the Treasury) | A.L.S. | Columbus | 1841 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 199 | Corwin (Thomas--Governor of Ohio; Secretary of United States Treasury) | A.L.S. | Washington City | USD - | 1.00 | |
| 200 | Cowper (William--eminent English poet) | A.L.S. | 1788 |
USD - | 27.00 |
