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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 696 | Porter (Fitz-John--Major-General in Civil War) | A.L.S. | New York | 1880 |
USD - | 4.00 |
| 697 | Porter (James Madison--Member of the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention in 1838, and a founder of Lafayette College) | A.L.S. | Easton | 1856 |
USD - | 4.00 |
| 698 | Porter (Jane--British novelist) | A.L.S., 4pp. 4to, Long Ditton -- Surrey -- May 12th 1819. | USD - | 4.00 | ||
| 699 | Pope (Alexander--English poet and critic) | A.L.S. | USD - | 37.50 | ||
| 700 | Portraits. A collection of portraits, including Napoleon Bonaparte, George Washington, Henry Ward ... | USD - | 2.00 | |||
| 701 | Pownall (Thomas--Colonial Governor of Massachusetts) | A.L.S. | Boston | 1759 |
USD - | 14.00 |
| 702 | Prescott (William H.--American historian) | A.L.S. | Boston | 1814 |
USD - | 3.50 |
| 703 | Prescott (William H.--American historian) | A.L.S. | (Boston) | USD - | 2.00 | |
| 704 | Prescott (William H.--American historian) | A.L.S. | USD - | 1.50 | ||
| 705 | Prince (Thomas--noted New England clergyman, graduated at Harvard in 1707, was an eminent linguist, and said to have been the most learned scholar, with the exception of Cotton Mather, of his day, in New England) | A.L. | Boston Masschets. | 1743 |
USD - | 6.00 |
| 706 | Proctor (Redfield--American statesman; Secretary of War under President Harrison) | A.L.S. | Washington City | 1891 |
USD - | 2.00 |
| 707 | Putnam (Herbert--Chief Librarian of the Library of Congress) | A.L.S., 2pp. 12mo, Washington, Tuesday 4 P. M. To Mr. Benton. Also,--A.L. (third person.) 1p ... | USD - | 2.00 | ||
| 708 | Putnam (W. G.) | L.S. | Boston | 1906 |
USD - | 2.00 |
| 709 | Quincy (Josiah--eminent American statesman; author of The History of Harvard University) | A.L.S. | Boston | 1858 |
USD - | 2.00 |
| 710 | Rachel (Elisa--eminent French actress) | A.L.S. | No place | No date |
USD - | 2.00 |
| 711 | Ranke (Leopold--German historian) | A.L.S. | Berlin | 1865 |
USD - | 1.50 |
| 712 | Ranney (Ambrose Arnold--Representative from Massachusetts in United States Congress) | A.L.S. | Boston | USD - | 1.00 | |
| 713 | Rawlinson (Sir Henry--English orientalist; deciphered the cuneiform inscriptions at Nineveh) | A.L.S. | USD - | 1.00 | ||
| 714 | Rawson (Edward--Colonial Secretary to the Massachusetts-Bay Colony) | A.L.S. | Boston | 1683 |
USD - | 16.00 |
| 715 | Rawson (Edward--Colonial Secretary to the Massachusetts-Bay Colonly) | A.L.S. | 1676 |
USD - | 1.00 | |
| 716 | Read (Thomas Buchanan--American poet and artist) | A.L.S. | New York | 1859 |
USD - | 2.00 |
| 717 | Rehan (Ada--noted American actress) | A.L.S. | New York | 1890 |
USD - | 2.00 |
| 718 | Richardson (Samuel--eminent English novelist) | A.L.S. | London | 1758 |
USD - | 30.00 |
| 719 | Ripley (George--American author, member of The Brook Farm institution) | A.L.S. | New York | 1859 |
USD - | 1.50 |
| 720 | Ristori (Adelaide--eminent Italian actress) | A.L.S., 4pp. 12mo, Chicago, March 29, 1867; Also,--A.L.S., 1p. small 4to, Tovino, Feb. 6, 1855. | Chicago | 1867 |
USD - | 1.50 |
| 721 | Ristori (Adelaide--eminent Italian actress) | A.N.S. | Rome | 1882 |
USD - | 1.50 |
| 722 | Robertson (William--historian, and Principal of Edinburgh University) | A.L.S. | 1774 |
USD - | 1.50 | |
| 723 | Roosevelt (Theodore--26th President of the United States) | A.L.S., 1p. 8vo, Albany, April 1st, (1884). To Mr. Potts: Of course I will do all I can for the ... | USD - | 55.00 | ||
| 724 | Roosevelt (Theodore--26th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Albany | 1884 |
USD - | 27.50 |
| 725 | Roosevelt (Theodore--26th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Washington | 1908 |
USD - | 32.50 |
| 726 | Roosevelt (Theodore--26th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Washington, D. C. | USD - | 32.50 | |
| 727 | Rosecrans (William--Major-General in Civil War) | A.L.S. | Washington, D. C. | 1871 |
USD - | 14.00 |
| 728 | Ross (Jonathan--Chief Justice, Vermont Supreme Court, appointed, 1890, and United States Senator) | A.L.S. | St Johnsbury | 1898 |
USD - | 14.00 |
| 729 | Ruskin (John--English artist, and writer) | A.L.S. | 1868 |
USD - | 14.00 | |
| 730 | Ruskin (John--English artist, and writer) | A.L.S. | USD - | 6.00 | ||
| 731 | Ruskin (John--English artist, and writer) | A.L.S. | USD - | 4.00 | ||
| 732 | Rutledge (John--Governor of South Carolina; Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court, appointed, 1789) | A.L.S. | 1780 |
USD - | 5.00 | |
| 733 | Rutledge (John--Governor of South Carolina; Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court, appointed, 1789) | A.L.S. | Philadelphia | 1782 |
USD - | 4.00 |
| 735 | Sala (George Augustus--English litterateur) | A.L.S. | Camblin Town | USD - | 1.00 | |
| 736 | Salvini (Tommaso--great Italian tragedian) | A.L.S., (in Italian), 2pp. 8vo, New-York, 27 Feb. 1890; Also,--Autograph poem, signed. | New-York | 1890 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 737 | Sargent (John S.--American artist) | A.L.S. | 1914 |
USD - | 6.00 | |
| 738 | Sargent (Lucius M.--American author) | A.L.S. | Boston | 1853 |
USD - | 1.50 |
| 739 | Sargent (Lucius M.--American author) | A.L.S. | USD - | 1.50 | ||
| 740 | Saxe (John Godfrey--American poet and journalist) | A.L.S. | Burlington, Vermount | 1852 |
USD - | 1.50 |
| 741 | Saxe (John Godfrey--American poet and journalist) | A.L.S. | Albany, New York | USD - | 1.00 | |
| 742 | Saxe (John Godfrey--American poet and journalist) | A.L.S. | 1879 |
USD - | 15.00 | |
| 743 | Schofield (John M.--Major-General in Civil War) | A.L.S., 1p. 4to, Head Quarters, St. Louis, District, St. Louis, Mo., March 8, 1862. To Capt ... | St. Louis | 1862 |
USD - | 15.00 |
| 744 | Scott (Hugh Stowell--Henry Seton Merriman, pseudonym, British author) | A.L.S. | Merstham | 1896 |
USD - | 15.00 |
| 745 | Scott (Sir Walter--celebrated Scottish novelist and poet) | A.L.S. | Edinr | 1808 |
USD - | 15.00 |
| 746 | Scott (Sir Walter--celebrated Scottish novelist and poet) | A.L.S. | Edinr | 1823 |
USD - | 30.00 |
| 747 | Scott (Sir Walter--celebrated Scottish novelist and poet) | A.L.S. | USD - | 18.00 | ||
| 748 | Scott (Sir Walter--celebrated Scottish novelist and poet) | A.L.S. | USD - | 14.00 | ||
| 749 | Scott (Winfield--Secretary of War; Major-General in Civil War) | A.L.S. | 1827 |
USD - | 1.00 | |
| 750 | Scott (Winfield--Secretary of War; Major-General in Civil War) | A.L.S. | 1841 |
USD - | 1.00 | |
| 751 | Selbourne (Lord--English statesman) | A.L.S. | Petersfield | 1886 |
USD - | 9.00 |
| 752 | Sewall (Samuel--Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts) | A.L.S. | 1702 |
USD - | 9.00 | |
| 753 | Seward (Frederick W.--lawyer; assistant Secretary of State, U. S., 1877-1881) | A.L.S. | Washington | 1861 |
USD - | 9.00 |
| 754 | Seward (William H.--Governor of New York; Secretary of State under President Lincoln) | A.L.S. | Washington | 1834 |
USD - | 1.50 |
| 755 | Seward (William H.--Governor of New York; Secretary of State under President Lincoln) | A.L.S. | Auburn | 1844 |
USD - | 1.50 |
| 756 | Seward (William H.--Governor of New York; Secretary of State under President Lincoln) | A.L.S. | Washington | 1869 |
USD - | 1.50 |
| 757 | Seymour (Horatio--Governor of New York) | A.N.S. | Utica | 1860 |
USD - | 2.00 |
| 758 | Seymour (Horatio--Governor of New York) | A.L.S. | Albany | 1864 |
USD - | 2.00 |
| 759 | Shaw (Lemuel--Chief Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Court, appointed, 1830) | A.L.S. | Boston | 1816 |
USD - | 6.00 |
| 760 | Shaw (Lemuel--Chief Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Court, appointed, 1830) | A.L.S. | Boston | 1822 |
USD - | 6.00 |
| 761 | Sheridan (Philip H.--Major-General in the Civil War) | A.L.S. | Chicago | 1872 |
USD - | 6.00 |
| 762 | Sheridan (Philip H.--Major-General in the Civil War) | A.L.S. | Chicago | USD - | 6.00 | |
| 763 | Sheridan (Philip H.--Major-General in the Civil War) | A.L.S. | Chicago | 1876 |
USD - | 6.50 |
| 764 | Sherman (Edgar J.--Jurist, Massachusetts) | A.L.S. | East Cambridge, Massachusetts | 1907 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 765 | Sherman (James S.--Vice-President of the United States) | L.S. | At Utica, New York | 1912 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 765a | Sherman (James F.--Vice-President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Washington, D. C. | USD - | 2.00 | |
| 766 | Sherman (John--United States Senator from Ohio; Secretary of State) | A.L.S. | Mansfield, Ohio | 1859 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 767 | Sherman (John--United States Senator from Ohio; Secretary of State) | A.L.S., 1p. 8vo, Mansfield, Ohio, Oct 10, 1872. To Hon. R. C. Schenck, Min. Plen, introducing ... | USD - | 1.00 | ||
| 768 | Sherman (Thomas West--Brigadier-General U. S. A.) | A.L.S. | Port Royal, S. C. | 1862 |
USD - | 27.50 |
| 769 | Sherman (William Tecumseh--Lieutenant-General in Civil War) | A.L.S. | Saint Louis | 1865 |
USD - | 27.50 |
| 770 | Sherman (William Tecumseh--Lieutenant-General in Civil War) | A.L.S. | Washington, D. C. | 1869 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 771 | Sherman (William Tecumseh--Lieutenant-General in Civil War) | A.L.S. | Washington, D. C. | 1874 |
USD - | 1.50 |
| 772 | Sherman (William Tecumseh--Lieutenant-General in Civil War) | A.L.S. | St. Louis, Mo. | 1874 |
USD - | 1.50 |
| 773 | Sherman (William Tecumseh--Lieutenant-General in Civil War) | A.L.S. | St. Louis, Mo. | 1885 |
USD - | 1.50 |
| 774 | Shillaber (Benjamin P.--American humorist) | A.L.S. | Chelsea | 1880 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 775 | Shiras (George, Jr.--Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court, appointed, 1892) | A.L.S. | 1893 |
USD - | 1.00 | |
| 776 | Shirley (William--Colonial Governor of Massachusetts) | A.L.S. | Boston | 1748 |
USD - | 12.00 |
| 777 | Sickles (Daniel E.--Major-General in Civil War) | A.L.S. | Madrid | 1871 |
USD - | 2.50 |
| 778 | Siddons (Mary F. Scott--Great-granddaughter of the celebrated Mrs. Siddons) | A.L.S. | Kensington | 1881 |
USD - | 2.50 |
| 779 | Simms (W. Gilmore--eminent American novelist) | A.L.S. | St. Louis | 1850 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 780 | Skeat (Walter W.--editor of Chaucer's works) | A.L.S. | Cambridge | 1876 |
USD - | 10.00 |
| 781 | Belcher (Andrew--Provincial councillor of the Massachusetts-Bay Colony and a gentleman of large estate; father of Jonathan Belcher, Governor of Massachusetts) | Slave Bill. A.D.S. | Cambridge | 1681 |
USD - | 10.00 |
| 782 | Smith (F. Hopkinson--American artist) | A.L.S. | no year |
USD - | 1.00 | |
| 783 | Smith (F. Hopkinson--American artist) | A.L.S. | No place | No date |
USD - | 2.00 |
| 784 | Smith (Sydney--celebrated English divine and writer) | A.L.S. | 1841 |
USD - | 2.00 | |
| 785 | Smith (William F.--Major-General in the Civil War) | A.L.S. | Phila | USD - | 2.00 | |
| 786 | Smith (Sir William Sidney--British Admiral) | A.L.S. | Tigre | (1798) |
USD - | 1.50 |
| 787 | Smith (Sir William Sidney--British Admiral) | A.L.S. | No place | No date |
USD - | 1.50 |
| 788 | Snowden (G. H.--Negro Emigrant to Liberia) | A.L.S. | (Liberia) | 1859 |
USD - | 1.50 |
| 789 | Snowden (G. H.--Negro Emigrant to Liberia) | A.L.S., 2pp. 8vo, Chesapeake Bay, Off Hampden Roads, April 22, 1860. To Lemuel Shaw, Esq ... | USD - | 1.50 | ||
| 790 | Southard (Samuel L.--Governor of New Jersey; Secretary of the Navy; and United States Senator) | D.S. | 1826 |
USD - | 1.50 | |
| 791 | Sothern (E. A.--English comedian) | Two A.L.'s S., (1) 1p. 12mo. No place, no date. To Miss Derby; (2) 1p. 8vo, Continental Hotel ... | USD - | 2.00 | ||
| 792 | Southey (Robert--eminent English author) | A.L.S. | Keswick | 1827 |
USD - | 8.00 |
| 793 | Southey (Robert--eminent English author) | A.N.S. | USD - | 1.50 | ||
| 794 | Sparks (Jared--American historian) | A.L.S. | Cambridge | 1849 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 795 | Spencer (Ambrose--Chief Justice, New York State Supreme Court) | A.L.S. | Washington | 1830 |
USD - | 4.50 |
