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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 796 | Sprague (Peleg--United States Senator from Maine, and Presidential Elector) | A.L.S. | Washington, D. C. | 1831 |
USD - | 4.50 |
| 796a | Stael-Holstein (Anne L. G. N., commonly called Madame de Stael--eminent French woman) | A.L.S. | (1815) |
USD - | 4.50 | |
| 797 | Stanbery (Henry--Attorney General of the United States) | A.L.S., 1p. 4to, Cincinnati, March 26/56. To E. Lane, relative to a decree of sale and his ... | USD - | 1.00 | ||
| 798 | Stanley (Arthur P.--Dean of Westminster) | A.L.S. | Westminster | USD - | 1.00 | |
| 799 | Stanley (Arthur P.--Dean of Westminster) | A.L.S. | USD - | 2.50 | ||
| 800 | Stanley (Arthur P.--Dean of Westminster) | A.L.S., 3pp. 8vo, Deanery, Westminster. (1876?). To Dr. Radcliffe; Also,--A.L.S., 3pp. 8vo, ... | USD - | 2.50 | ||
| 801 | Stanton (Edwin M.--Secretary of War in President Lincoln's cabinet) | A.L.S. | Steubenville | 1842 |
USD - | 2.50 |
| 802 | Stanton (Edwin M.--Secretary of War in President Lincoln's cabinet) | A.L.S. | San Francisco | USD - | 2.00 | |
| 803 | Stanton (Edwin M.--Secretary of War in President Lincoln's cabinet) | A.L.S., 1p. 4to, Washington, July 23, 1861. To Hon Edward Bates. Also,--A.N.S., 1p. 12mo, War ... | USD - | 5.00 | ||
| 804 | Stanton (Edwin M.--Secretary of War in President Lincoln's cabinet) | A.L.S. | Washington | 1865 |
USD - | 3.00 |
| 805 | Stephens (Alexander H.--Representative in Congress from Georgia, and Vice-President of the Southern Confederacy) | A.L.S. | Crawfordsville Ga. | 1857 |
USD - | 3.50 |
| 806 | Stevens (Thaddeus--United States Representative from Pennsylvania: proposed the Impeachment of President Johnson) | A.L.S., 1p. 4to, Lancaster Septr. 22 - 1855. To Ed. McPherson, relative to Peter Martin being a ... | USD - | 3.50 | ||
| 807 | Stevens (Thaddeus--United States Representative from Pennsylvania; proposed the Impeachment of President Johnson) | A.L.S. | Lancaster | 1861 |
USD - | 2.00 |
| 808 | Stevenson (Adlai E.--Vice-President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Bloomington, Illinois | 1906 |
USD - | 2.00 |
| 809 | Stevenson (Adlai E.--Vice-President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Ill. | 1908 |
USD - | 2.00 |
| 810 | Stevenson (Adlai E.--Vice-President of the United States) | A.L.S., 2pp. 4to, Adlai E. Stevenson Lawyer Bloomington, Ill. Jany 3d 1912. To the Attorney for ... | USD - | 1.00 | ||
| 811 | Stoddert (Benjamin--United States Secretary of the Navy, 1798-1801) | A.L.S. | 1804 |
USD - | 2.00 | |
| 812 | Story (Joseph--Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, appointed, 1811) | A.L.S. | Washington | 1829 |
USD - | 2.00 |
| 813 | Story (Joseph--Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, appointed, 1811) | A.L.S. | Cambridge | 1836 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 814 | Story (Joseph--Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court, appointed, 1811) | A.L.S. | Cambridge | 1844 |
USD - | 2.00 |
| 815 | Stoughton (William--Governor of Massachusetts) | A.L.S. | [1683] |
USD - | 22.50 | |
| 816 | Stowe (Harriet Beecher--American writer, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin) | A.L.S. | 1863 |
USD - | 12.00 | |
| 817 | Stowe (Harriet Beecher--American writer, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin) | A.L.S. | Hartford | 1867 |
USD - | 3.50 |
| 818 | Stowe (Harriet Beecher--American writer; author of Uncle Tom's Cabin) | A.L.S. | 1873 |
USD - | 8.00 | |
| 819 | Strong (William--Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court, appointed, 1870) | A.L.S. | Washington | 1871 |
USD - | 2.50 |
| 820 | Strong (William--Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court, appointed, 1870) | A.L.S., 1p. 4to, Washington, Ap. 11,/87. To Samuel Dickson, Esq., relative to the Philadelphia ... | USD - | 1.00 | ||
| 821 | Sue (Eugene--author of The Mysteries of Paris) | A.L.S. | No year |
USD - | 7.00 | |
| 822 | Sue (Eugene--author of The Mysteries of Paris) | A.L.S. | USD - | 6.00 | ||
| 823 | Sue (Eugene--author of The Mysteries of Paris) | A.L.S. | USD - | 5.00 | ||
| 824 | Sullivan (James--Governor of Massachusetts) | A.L.S. | Boston | 1787 |
USD - | 3.25 |
| 825 | Sullivan (Peter J.--Brevet Brigadier-General, United States Army, and United States Minister to the United States of Colombia) | A.L.S. | Bogota | 1867 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 826 | Sullivan (William--lawyer, member Massachusetts Legislature) | A.L.S. | Boston | 1814 |
USD - | 2.00 |
| 827 | Sumner (Charles--opponent of Slavery; United States Senator from Massachusetts) | A.L.S., 2pp. 4to, Boston Oct. 31st 1844. Passage copied from the 'Inferno.' With transcript; A.L.S ... | USD - | 2.00 | ||
| 828 | Sumner (Charles--opponent of Slavery; United States Senator from Massachusetts) | A.L.S. | Washington | USD - | 1.00 | |
| 829 | Sumner (Charles--opponent of Slavery; United States Senator from Massachusetts) | A.L.S. | Boston | USD - | 1.50 | |
| 830 | Sumner (Charles--opponent of Slavery; United States Senator from Massachusetts) | A.L.S. | Boston | USD - | 1.50 | |
| 831 | Sumner. (Charles--opponent of Slavery; United States Senator from Massachusetts) | A.L.S. | Boston | USD - | 2.50 | |
| 832 | Swayne (N. H.--appointed by President Lincoln as Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States) | A.L.S. | Washington | 1865 |
USD - | 2.50 |
| 833 | Taft (William H.--27th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Beverly, Massachusetts | 1909 |
USD - | 50.00 |
| 834 | Talfourd (Thomas N.--English dramatist and essayist) | A.L.S. | London | USD - | 1.00 | |
| 835 | Tanaka (I.--chief librarian of the Imperial Library of Japan) | L.S. | Tokyo | 1909 |
USD - | 1.50 |
| 836 | Taney (Roger Brooke--Chief Justice, United States Supreme Court, appointed, 1836) | A.L.S. | Frederick | 1817 |
USD - | 7.00 |
| 837 | Taney (Roger Brooke--Chief Justice, United States Supreme Court, appointed, 1836) | A.L.S. | Washington | 1864 |
USD - | 7.00 |
| 838 | Taney (Roger Brooke--Chief Justice, United States Supreme Court, appointed, 1836) | A.L.S., 5pp. 4to, Baltimore, Feby 7, 1786. To The Honble S. Smith, Washington; Also,--Treasury ... | USD - | 7.00 | ||
| 839 | Taylor (Zachary--12th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | 1822 |
USD - | 35.00 | |
| 840 | Taylor (Zachary--12th President of the United States) | A.N.S. | Cincinnati Ohio | 1824 |
USD - | 14.00 |
| 841 | Taylor (Zachary--12th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | 1848 |
USD - | 22.50 | |
| 842 | Taylor (Zachary--12th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Baton Rouge Louisiana | 1848 |
USD - | 47.50 |
| 843 | Tennyson (Alfred, Lord--poet-laureate of England) | A.L.S. | Farringford | 1874 |
USD - | 14.00 |
| 844 | Terry (Ellen--eminent English actress) | A.L.S. | USD - | 5.00 | ||
| 845 | Thackeray (William Makepeace--popular English novelist and humorist) | A.L.S. | New York | (1852) |
USD - | 25.00 |
| 846 | Thomas (George H.--Major-General in the Civil War) | A.L.S. | Williamsport | 1861 |
USD - | 2.50 |
| 847 | Thomas (George H.--Major-General in the Civil War) | A.L.S. | Louisville, Kentucky | 1865 |
USD - | 3.00 |
| 848 | Thomas (Isaiah--celebrated New England printer) | A.L.S., 1p. 8vo, Worcester, April 23d. 1790. To Messrs Hudson & Goodwin, relative to the ... | USD - | 1.50 | ||
| 849 | Thompson (R. W.--Secretary of the Navy) | A.L.S. | 1847 |
USD - | 1.00 | |
| 850 | Thompson (Smith--Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, appointed in 1823) | A.L.S. | 1819 |
USD - | 1.00 | |
| 851 | Thompson (Smith--Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, appointed in 1823) | A.L.S. | Washington | 1824 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 852 | Thorndike (Israel--Boston merchant; Captain of the Privateer Warren during the American Revolution) | A.L.S. | Boston | 1818 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 853 | Tocqueville (Alexis de- -French statesman and author) | A.L.S. | USD - | 5.00 | ||
| 854 | Tocqueville (Alexis de--French statesman and author) | A.L.S. (in French). | Paris | USD - | 5.00 | |
| 855 | Todd (Thomas--Associate-Justice of the United States Supreme Court, appointed in 1807) | A.L.S. | Frankfort | 1799 |
USD - | 5.50 |
| 856 | Tompkins (Daniel D.--Vice-President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Albany | 1816 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 857 | Tourgueneff (Ivan--Russian novelist) | A.L.S., in French. | USD - | 9.00 | ||
| 858 | Tourgueneff (Ivan--Russian novelist) | A.L.S., in French. | USD - | 7.00 | ||
| 859 | Tree (Ellen--English actress) | A.L.S. | London | No year |
USD - | 2.00 |
| 860 | Trollope (Anthony--English novelist) | A.L.S. | Waltham Cross | 1867 |
USD - | 5.00 |
| 861 | Trumbull (Jonathan--Governor of Connecticut) | A.L.S. | Lebanon | 1772 |
USD - | 12.00 |
| 862 | Trumbull (Jonathan--Governor of Connecticut) | A.L.S. | Lebanon | 1777 |
USD - | 8.00 |
| 863 | Trumbull (Jonathan--Governor of Connecticut) | A.L.S. | Lebanon | 1804 |
USD - | 4.00 |
| 864 | Trumbull (Lyman--United States Senator from Illinois) | A.L.S. | Washington | 1871 |
USD - | 33.00 |
| 865 | Trumbull (Lyman--United States Senator from Illinois) | A.L.S. | Chicago | USD - | 33.00 | |
| 866 | Tupper (Martin F.--author of Proverbial Philosophy) | A.L.S. | Guildford | 1862 |
USD - | 33.00 |
| 867 | Tyler (John--10th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Gloucester-place | 1837 |
USD - | 33.00 |
| 868 | Tyler (John--10th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Washington | 1842 |
USD - | 4.00 |
| 869 | Tyler (John--10th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | 1842 |
USD - | 5.00 | |
| 870 | Tyler (John--10th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | 1855 |
USD - | 6.00 | |
| 871 | Tyler (John--10th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | 1860 |
USD - | 11.00 | |
| 872 | Tyler (Royal--American jurist; author of the first American play produced by regular actors) | A.D.S. | Rutland | 1804 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 873 | Upshur (Abel Parker--United States Secretary of State) | A.L.S. | 1843 |
USD - | 6.00 | |
| 874 | Van Buren (Martin--8th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Newyork | 1814 |
USD - | 6.00 |
| 875 | Van Buren (Martin--8th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Washington | 1826 |
USD - | 22.00 |
| 876 | Van Buren (Martin--8th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | USD - | 7.00 | ||
| 877 | Van Buren (Martin--8th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | New York | USD - | 14.00 | |
| 878 | Van Buren (Martin--8th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Washington | 1837 |
USD - | 7.00 |
| 879 | Van Buren (Martin--8th President of the United States) | A.L.S. | Kinderhook | USD - | 7.00 | |
| 880 | Van Ness (C. P.--Governor of Vermont) | A.L.S. | New York | 1843 |
USD - | 9.00 |
| 881 | Van Rodens (R. F.--Governor of Surinam, Dutch Guiana) | A.L.S. | Paramaribo | 1850 |
USD - | 9.00 |
| 882 | Vattemare (Alexandre--founder of the System of International Exchanges) | Engraved card with autograph inscription,--To my excellent friend Samuel L. Harris. A. Vattemare. | USD - | 9.00 | ||
| 883 | Victoria (Queen of England) | A.L.S. | Ramsgate | 1835 |
USD - | 9.00 |
| 884 | Victoria (Queen of England) | A.L.S. | Windsor Castle | 1848 |
USD - | 4.00 |
| 885 | Vincent (M. A.--American actress) | Autograph Sentiment. 1p. 12mo, Boston Museum, November 27, 1884. (Leaf evidently taken from an ... | USD - | Unknown | ||
| 886 | Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet de--celebrated French writer) | A.L.S. | 1762 |
USD - | 15.00 | |
| 887 | Wade (B. F.--United States Senator from Ohio) | A.L.S. | Washington | USD - | 3.00 | |
| 888 | Wade (Benjamin F.--United States Senator from Ohio) | A.L.S. | Washington | USD - | 1.00 | |
| 889 | Waite (Morrison R.--Chief Justice, United States Supreme Court, appointed, 1874) | A.L.S. | Maumee City | USD - | 1.00 | |
| 890 | Waite (Morrison R.--Chief Justice, United States Supreme Court, appointed, 1874) | A.L.S. | Washington, D. C. | 1874 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 891 | Waite (Morrison R.--Chief Justice, United States Supreme Court, appointed, 1874) | A.L.S. | Washington, D. C. | 1876 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 892 | Ward (Artemas--Brigadier-General in the American Revolution; delegate to the Continental Congress) | A.L.S. | Boston | 1833 |
USD - | 5.00 |
| 893 | Warner (Charles Dudley--American author) | A.L.S. | Hartford | 1883 |
USD - | 1.00 |
| 894 | Warren (Samuel--popular English novelist) | A.L.S. | 1845 |
USD - | 1.00 |
