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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | Fillmore (Millard--13th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Buffalo | 1871 |
USD - | 2.50 |
| 302 | Folger (Charles J.--Secretary of the United States Treasury) | A.L.S. | Geneva | 1864 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 303 | Forrest (Edwin--American tragedian) | A.L.S. | Philadelphia | USD - | 7.00 | |
| 304 | Forrest (Edwin--American tragedian) | A.L.S. 3pp. 8vo, Macon, Geo., November 28. 1870. To Mr. Alger; [Also] Autograph signature and ... | USD - | 8.00 | ||
| 305 | Forsyth (John--United States Senator from Georgia, and Secretary of State) | A.L.S. | Georgetown | 1829 |
USD - | 35.00 |
| 306 | Franklin (Benjamin--Signer of the Declaration of Independence; celebrated American philosopher and printer) | A.L.S. | Phila. | 1755 |
USD - | 35.00 |
| 307 | Franklin (William Buel--Major-General in the Civil War) | A.L.S. | Hartford | 1896 |
USD - | 4.00 |
| 308 | Frederick (Duke of York) | A.L.S. Marked Copy. | 1796 |
USD - | 4.00 | |
| 309 | Freeman (Edward A.--British historian) | A.L.S. | Oxford | 1891 |
USD - | 4.00 |
| 310 | Frothingham (Richard--American historian and editor) | A.L.S. | Charlestown | 1871 |
USD - | 6.00 |
| 311 | Froude (James Anthony--eminent English historian) | A.L.S. | USD - | 6.00 | ||
| 312 | Fuller (Melville W.--Chief Justice, United States Supreme Court, appointed, 1888) | A.L.S., 3pp. 8vo, Chicago, Mar. 30, 1878. To Hon. B. F. Butler, U.S.H.R., Washington, D. C. With ... | USD - | 6.00 | ||
| 313 | Fuller (Melville W.--Chief Justice, United States Supreme Court, appointed, 1888) | A.L.S. | Chicago | 1779 |
USD - | 6.00 |
| 314 | Gallatin (Albert--American statesman and financier) | A.L.S. | 1810 |
USD - | 5.00 | |
| 315 | Gallatin (Albert--American statesman and financier) | A.L.S. | 1841 |
USD - | 3.00 | |
| 316 | Gallinger (Jacob H.--United States Senator from New Hampshire) | A.L.S., 1p. 4to, United States Senate, Washington, D. C. March 22, 1899. To Hon. Josiah H. Benton ... | USD - | 2.00 | ||
| 317 | Galsworthy (John M.--contemporary English novelist and playwright) | A.L.S. | USD - | 2.00 | ||
| 317a | Garfield (James A.--20th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Washington | 1862 |
USD - | 5.00 |
| 318 | Garfield (James A.--20th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Washington, D. C. | 1880 |
USD - | 4.00 |
| 319 | Garfield (James A.--20th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Mentor, Ohio | USD - | 4.00 | |
| 320 | Garrison (William Lloyd--celebrated American journalist and abolitionist) | A.L.S. | Roxbury | 1867 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 321 | George III. King of England | A.L.S. | Weymouth | 1796 |
USD - | 9.00 |
| 322 | Gerry (Elbrldge--Vice-President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Washington | 1814 |
USD - | 10.00 |
| 323 | Gibbon (Edward--British historian) | A.N.S. | 1784 |
USD - | 2.00 | |
| 324 | Gilbert (Mrs. G. H.--American actress) | A.L.S. | Philadelphia | USD - | 5.00 | |
| 325 | Girard (Stephen--American philanthropist) | A.L.S. | Philadelphia | 1803 |
USD - | 5.00 |
| 326 | Gladstone (William Ewart--British Prime-Minister) | A.L.S. | USD - | 2.50 | ||
| 327 | Gladstone (William E.--British Prime-Minister) | A.L.S. | St. Terrace | 1845 |
USD - | 2.50 |
| 328 | Gladstone (William Ewart--British Prime-Minister) | A.L.S. | USD - | 2.50 | ||
| 329 | Gladstone (William E.--British Prime-Minister) | A.L.S. | Windsor | USD - | 3.50 | |
| 330 | Gladstone (William E.--British Prime-Minister) | A.L.S. | Carlton-House Terrace | USD - | 3.50 | |
| 331 | Gladstone (William Ewart--British Prime-Minister) | A.L.S. | Innerleithen, N.B. | USD - | 4.00 | |
| 332 | Goddard (Calvin--Representative in Congress from Connecticut, and Mayor of Norwich, Connecticut) | A.L.S. | Norwich | 1832 |
USD - | 3.50 |
| 333 | Gordon (General Charles G.--Chinese Gordon) | A.L.S. | Turino | 1876 |
USD - | 3.50 |
| 334 | Gordon (George H.--Brigadier-Major-General in the Civil War) | A.L. S. | Washington, D. C. | 1866 |
USD - | 1.50 |
| 335 | Gould (Jay--celebrated American Railroad financier) | A.L.S. | 1887 |
USD - | 1.50 | |
| 336 | Grant (Ulysses S.--18th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | St. Louis | 1859 |
USD - | 40.00 |
| 337 | Grant (Ulysses S.--18th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Springfield | 1861 |
USD - | 40.00 |
| 338 | Grant (Ulysses S.--18th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Corinth, Mississippi | 1862 |
USD - | 55.00 |
| 339 | Grant (Ulysses S.--18th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | 1863 |
USD - | 12.50 | |
| 340 | Grant (Ulysses S.--18th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | 1863 |
USD - | 20.00 | |
| 341 | Grant (Ulysses S.--18th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | USD - | 30.00 | ||
| 342 | Grant (Ulysses S.--18th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | USD - | 42.50 | ||
| 343 | Grant (Ulysses S.--18th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | 1864 |
USD - | 50.00 | |
| 344 | Grant (Ulysses S.--18th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Washington D. C. | 1864 |
USD - | 15.00 |
| 345 | Grant (Ulysses S.--18th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | 1864 |
USD - | 12.50 | |
| 346 | Grant (Ulysses S.--18th President of the United States) | A.L.s. | 1865 |
USD - | 15.00 | |
| 347 | Grant (Ulysses S.--18th President of the United States) | A.N.S. | USD - | 12.50 | ||
| 348 | Grant (Ulysses S.--18th President of the United States) | A.N.S. | 1865 |
USD - | 10.00 | |
| 349 | Grant (Ulysses S.--18th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Washington, D. C. | 1866 |
USD - | 27.50 |
| 350 | Grant (Ulysses S.--18th President of the United States) | Printed circular. | New York | 1868 |
USD - | 10.00 |
| 351 | Grant (Ulysses S.--18th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Washington, D. C. | 1868 |
USD - | 12.50 |
| 352 | Grant (Ulysses S.-- 18th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Washington, D. C. | 1871 |
USD - | 22.50 |
| 353 | Grant (Ulysses S.--18th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Hamburg | USD - | 10.00 | |
| 354 | Grant (Ulysses S.--18th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Galena, Ill. | USD - | 12.00 | |
| 355 | Grant (Ulysses S.--18th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | New York City | 1882 |
USD - | 8.50 |
| 356 | Grant (Ulysses S.--18th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | New York City | 1883 |
USD - | 19.00 |
| 357 | Graves (Algernon--picture dealer in London) | A.L.S. | London | 1903 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 358 | Gray (Horace, Jr.--Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court, appointed, 1881) | A.L.S. | 1861 |
USD - | 1.00 | |
| 359 | Gray (Horace Jr.--Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court, appointed, 1881) | A.L.S. | Nahant, Massachusetts | 1902 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 360 | Greeley (Horace--American journalist) | A.L.S., 2pp. 4to, New York, April 17, 1848. To Sen. Leslie Combs, Lexington, Kentucky; Also,--A. ... | USD - | 6.00 | ||
| 361 | Greeley (Horace--American journalist) | A.L.S. | London | 1851 |
USD - | 9.00 |
| 362 | Greeley (Horace--American journalist) | A.L.S. | Washington City, D. C. | 1856 |
USD - | 5.00 |
| 363 | Greene (Nathaniel--Major General in the American Revolution) | A.L.S. | 1782 |
USD - | 21.00 | |
| 364 | Gregory XV (Pope Alessandro Ludovisi, Pope, 1621-1623) | D.S. (in French). | USD - | 4.00 | ||
| 365 | Grier (Robert C.--Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court, appointed, 1846) | A.L.S. | Mount Carbon | 1863 |
USD - | 3.00 |
| 366 | Griswold (Alexander V.--American Protestant Episcopal Bishop) | A.L.S. | Boston | 1839 |
USD - | 4.00 |
| 367 | Griswold (Alexander V.--American Protestant Episcopal Bishop) | A.L.S. | Boston | 1840 |
USD - | 4.00 |
| 368 | Griswold (John Augustus--Mayor of Troy in 1850) | A.L.S. | Washington | USD - | 4.00 | |
| 369 | Griswold (Matthew--Governor of Connecticut; Chief Justice of the Superior Court, and President of State Convention to ratify the United States Constitution) | A.L.S. | 1792 |
USD - | 4.00 | |
| 370 | Griswold (Roger--Governor of Connecticut; son of the former) | A.L.S. | Philadelphia | 1796 |
USD - | 4.00 |
| 371 | Guild (Curtis Jr.--American journalist, editor and owner of the Boston Commercial Bulletin) | L.S., 1p. 12mo, Boston, November 21, 1905. To J. H. Benton Jr.; L.S., 1p. 12mo, Boston January ... | USD - | 4.00 | ||
| 372 | Guizot (Francois P. G.--distinguished French statesman and historian) | A.L.S. | Val Richer | 1863 |
USD - | 4.00 |
| 373 | Guizot (Francois P. G.--distinguished French statesman and historian) | A.L.S. | Paris | 1873 |
USD - | 2.50 |
| 374 | Guizot (Francois P. G.--distinguished French statesman and historian) | A.L.S. | USD - | 2.50 | ||
| 375 | Hale (John P.--United States Senator from New Hampshire and Minister to Spain) | A.L.S. | Dover, N. H. | 1861 |
USD - | 2.50 |
| 376 | Hall (Arthur C. A.--American Bishop) | A.L.S. | Burlington, Vermount | 1905 |
USD - | 2.50 |
| 377 | Hall (Hiland--Governor of Vermont) | A.L.S. | North Bennington Vermount | 1859 |
USD - | 2.50 |
| 378 | Hall (N. K.--English minister; advocate of American liberty during the Civil War) | A.L.S. | Buffalo | 1849 |
USD - | 2.50 |
| 379 | Hallam (Henry--English historian and critic) | A.L.S. | Windsor Garden | USD - | 2.50 | |
| 380 | Hamilton (Alexander--celebrated American statesman; Aide-de-camp to General Washington; and U. S. Secretary of the Treasury) | A.L.S. | 1790 |
USD - | 10.00 | |
| 381 | Hamilton (Alexander--celebrated American statesman; Aide-de-camp to Washington; Secretary of the U. S. Treasury) | L.S. | 1791 |
USD - | 15.00 | |
| 382 | Hamilton (Alexander--celebrated American statesman; Aide-de-camp to Washington; Secretary of the U. S. Treasury) | L.S. | 1794 |
USD - | 9.00 | |
| 383 | Hamilton (Alexander--celebrated American statesman; Aide-de-camp to Washington; Secretary of the U. S. Treasury) | A.L.S. | 1796 |
USD - | 19.00 | |
| 384 | Hamlin (Hannibal--Vice-President of the United States) | A.N.S., 1p. 8vo, Washington, Dec. 6, 1861. To Albert Daggett, Troy, N.Y.; A.L.S., 2pp. 8vo, ... | USD - | 3.00 | ||
| 385 | Hamlin (Hannibal--Vice-President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Bangor | 1879 |
USD - | 3.00 |
| 386 | Hancock (John--Signer of the Declaration of Independence) | A.L.S. | London | 1760 |
USD - | 16.00 |
| 387 | Hancock (John--Signer of the Declaration of Independence) | L.S., 1p. 8vo, Boston, March 17, 1783. Signed also by W. Greenleaf. An admission to receive Peter ... | USD - | 11.00 | ||
| 388 | Hancock (Winfield Scott--Major-General in the Civil War) | A.L.S. | Washington, D. C. | 1865 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 389 | Hanna (Mark A.--Chairman of the Republican National Committee, Western Headquarters) | L.S. | Cleveland, Ohio | 1900 |
USD - | 27.00 |
| 390 | Hardy (Thomas--British writer) | A.L.S. | Dorchester | 1885 |
USD - | 27.00 |
| 391 | Harlan (John M.--Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court, appointed, 1877) | A.L.S. | Louisville, Kentucky | 1869 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 392 | Harlan (John M.--Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court, appointed, 1877) | A.L.S. | no place | no date |
USD - | 2.50 |
| 393 | Harper (John A.) | A.L.S. | Washington | 1813 |
USD - | 2.50 |
| 394 | Harrison (Benjamin--23rd President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Indianapolis | 1857 |
USD - | 9.00 |
| 394a | Harrison (Benjamin--23rd President of the United States) | L.S. | Washington, D. C. | 1886 |
USD - | 4.00 |
| 395 | Harrison (Benjamin--23rd President of the United States) | A.L.S. | 1899 |
USD - | 7.00 | |
| 396 | Harrison (Benjamin--23rd President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Indianapolis, Indiana | 1876 |
USD - | 9.00 |
| 397 | Harrison (William Henry--9th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | 1813 |
USD - | 17.00 | |
| 398 | Harrison (William Henry--9th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Northbend Ohio | 1815 |
USD - | 27.50 |
