Merwin Clayton Sales Company: AUTOGRAPH LETTERS AND MANUSCRIPTS COLLECTED BY THE LATE ROBERT BROWN SECRETARY OF YALE OBSERVATORY, NEW HAVEN, CONN. (WITH OTHER PROPERTIES) COMPRISING SPECIMENS OF CELEBRATED AMERICAN AND FOREIGN HISTORICAL, DRAMATIC, MUSICAL AND LITERARY PERSONAGES INCL, 462,

Auction Details

Auction Date
May 13, 1912 - May 13, 1912
Page Size: 1327 items in 14 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1001 ROE (EDWARD P.--American Novelist) A.L.S. New York

'74

 USD - Unknown
1002 ROGERS (SAMUEL--English Poet) A. N. S.

USD - Unknown
1003 ROOSEVELT (THEODORE--Prest. U. S.) A. N. S. New York

1898

 USD - 2.00
1004 ROOSEVELT (THEODORE--Prest. U. S.) Autograph Signature to Receipt for money, 1900.

USD - 2.10
1005 ROOSEVELT (THEODORE--Prest. U. S.) L. S., referring to the appointment of Henry J. Peake. With A. L. S. of Peake to J. P. Archibald.

USD - 3.50
1006 ROSCOE (WILLIAM--English Historian and Poet) A. L. S. Liverpool

1824

 USD - Unknown
1007 ROSS (SIR JOHN--Arctic Explorer) A. L. S.

USD - 1.05
1008 ROSS (WALTER) A. L. S. Newfoundland

1759

 USD - Unknown
1009 ROSSETTI (CHRISTINA G.--English Poetess, sister to Dante Gabriel) A. L. S.

USD - 3.25
1010 ROSSINI (GIOACCHIMO--Famous Musical Composer) A. L. S. Florence

1848

 USD - 5.25
1011 ROWLEY (C.--English Rear Admiral) D. S.

1815

 USD - Unknown
1012 ROWE (ELIZABETH--English Beauty and Poetess) A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
1013 RUBINI (GIOVANNI BATTISTA--Popular Italian Tenor) A. L. S. (in French).

1853

 USD - 1.00
1014 RUGGLES (CAPT. JOHN) A. L. S. Newfoundland

1732

 USD - Unknown
1015 RUSKIN (JOHN--English Artist and Writer) A. N. S. Brantwood

1878

 USD - 3.25
1016 RUSKIN (JOHN--English Artist and Writer) Autograph Signature on portion of letter.

USD - Unknown
1017 RUSSEC (LE DUC DE) A. L. S. (in French). Paris

1751

 USD - Unknown
1018 RUSSELL (COL. GILES--Revolutionary Army) A. L. S.

1778

 USD - 1.60
1019 RUSSELL (LORD JOHN--Eminent British Whig Statesman) A. L. S. London

1830

 USD - Unknown
1020 RUSSELL (LORD JOHN--Eminent British Whig Statesman) A. N. S.

USD - Unknown
1021 RUSSELL (W. H.--Newspaper Correspondent of The London Times during the Civil War) A. L. S. London

1857

 USD - Unknown
1022 SAINT-SYMON (CHARLES--Third Marquis) D. S.

1641

 USD - Unknown
1023 SALA (G. AUGUSTUS--English Litterateur) Envelop addressed by him.

USD - Unknown
1024 SALA (MADAME HENRIETTA) A. L. St. James

1836

 USD - Unknown
1025 SALISBURY (MARQUIS) D. S.

1796

 USD - Unknown
1026 SAMSON (JOSEPH ISIDORE--French Actor and Dramatist) A. L. S. (in French).

USD - Unknown
1027 SARGENT (EPES--Author) A. L. S. Boston

1852

 USD - Unknown
1028 SAUMAREZ (SIR JAMES--English Admiral; distinguished in the French and American Wars) L. S.

1801

 USD - 1.10
1029 SAVARY (P.) A. L. S. Alexandria

1787

 USD - Unknown
1030 SAXE (JOS. FREDERICK, DUC DE) L. S., in initials.

USD - Unknown
1031 SCARLETT (SIR J. YORKE--Eminent British General) 2 A. L. S., 4 pp. each. Aldershott, Jany. 12, and April 20, 1866. Also, A. N. S., 1 p. Undated. To ...

USD - Unknown
1032 SCHELLING (FRIEDERICH W. J.--Eminent German Philosopher) Autograph signature on printed (German) slip, receipt for goods.

USD - Unknown
1033 SCHOFIELD (J. M.--Federal Gen.) A. L. S. New York City

1887.

 USD - Unknown
1034 SCHOMBERG (ISAAC--Naval Officer and Historian) D. S. Deptford

1812

 USD - Unknown
1035 SCHURZ (CARL--Statesman) A. L. S. New York

1887

 USD - Unknown
1036 SCOTLAND. Manuscript Document.

1740

 USD - Unknown
1037 SCOTT (SIR WALTER-- Celebrated English Novelist and Poet) A. N. (3rd person). Edinburgh

1819

 USD - Unknown
1038 SCOTT (GEN. JOHN MORIN--In Revolution and Secretary of State for N. Y.) D. S.

1781

 USD - Unknown
1039 Henry Seton Merriman, pseud.--English Novelist) [SCOTT (HUGH S.).] A. L. S.

1896

 USD - 1.50
1040 SCOTT (WINFIELD--Major-General) Check signed.

1851

 USD - Unknown
1041 SCOTT (WINFIELD--Genl. in War with Mexico) A. L. S. New York

1854

 USD - 1.25
1042 SEATSFIELD (CHARLES--Litterateur, Associate Editor of the Courrier des Etats-Unis, N. Y, 1829) A. L. S. Basel

1803

 USD - Unknown
1043 SEDGWICK (CATHARINE--Novelist) A. L., in third person.

USD - Unknown
1044 SEGUR (LE MARECHAL DE--Col. of the Soissonnois Regt. in the Revolution) L. S. Versailles

1786

 USD - 2.75
1045 SENEBIER (JEAN--Swiss Naturalist and Litterateur.) A. L. S. (in French). Geneva

1785

 USD - Unknown
1046 SEWARD (WILLIAM H.--Secretary of State) A. L. S. Washington

1849

 USD - 1.10
1047 SEWARD (W. H.--Lincoln's Secy, of State) A. N. S. Washington

1865

 USD - 1.20
1048 SEWARD (W. H.--Lincoln's Secy, of State) D. S. Washington

1865

 USD - Unknown
1049 SEWARD (W. H.--Lincoln's Secy, of State) Fernando Wood: Card of Admission to the Senate Impeachment of the President (Johnson); F. E. Spinner ...

USD - Unknown
1050 SEYMOUR (HORATIO--War Gov. of N. Y.) D. S. Captain's Commission for Isaac H. Steele; also signed by Gen. Stonehouse and Col. J. Q. Adams ...

USD - Unknown
1051 SHAW (Henry W.--Josh Billings) Artemus Ward, Stanley Matthews, Ch. O'Conor, and others.

USD - Unknown
1052 SHERMAN (JOHN--U. S. Senator) L. S. Treasury Dept.

1877

 USD - Unknown
1053 SHERMAN (JOHN--U. S. Senator) A. L. S. Washington

1894

 USD - 1.00
1054 SHERMAN (JOHN--U. S. Senator) L. S. Washington

1896

 USD - Unknown
1055 SHERMAN (JOHN--U. S. Senator) L. S.

USD - Unknown
1056 SHERMAN (WM. T.--Gen'l) A. L. S.

1882

 USD - Unknown
1057 SHERMAN (WM. T.--Gen'l) L. S. St. Louis

1886

 USD - 1.75
1058 SHERMAN (WM. T.--Gen'l) S. P. Chase, Gen. D. Hunter, Alex. W. Randall, Montgomery Blair, Thad. Stevens, and two others.

USD - Unknown
1059 SHOVEL (SIR CLOUDESLEY--English Admiral) Naval D. S.

1693

 USD - Unknown
1060 SHREWSBURY (MARQUIS OF) A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
1061 SIGNATURES. Civil War officers and others. Signatures on envelopes addressed to John C. White, the ...

USD - Unknown
1062 SIGNATURES. of American Civil War Generals, etc., some on envelopes addressed to Isaac S. Lyon; Phil ...

USD - Unknown
1063 SIGNATURES. of Eminent Americans. James Brooks, who attacked Charles Sumner in the U. S. Senate ...

USD - Unknown
1064 SIGOURNEY (LYDIA H.--American Authoress and Poet) A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
1065 SILLIMAN (BENJAMIN--Eminent Scientist) A. L. S. New Haven

1838

 USD - 1.00
1066 SINCLAIR (CATHERINE--English Novelist) Portion of A. L. S. with signature.

USD - Unknown
1067 SINCLAIR (SIR JOHN) Pamphlet On a Rational Mode of Employing Time, for Invalids, 1829.

1829

 USD - Unknown
1068 SKINNER (JOHN--Major- Gen., British Ensign in the American Revolution) D. S.

1812

 USD - Unknown
1069 SMALLWOOD (WM.--Gov. of Maryland and Gen. in the Revolution) D. S. Annapolis

1786

 USD - 1.00
1070 SMILES (SAMUEL--English Author) A. L. S. London

1869

 USD - Unknown
1071 SMITH (ALBERT--English Litterateur) A.L.S.

USD - Unknown
1072 SMITH (CHARLES ROACH--English Author) A. L. S. Kent

1862

 USD - Unknown
1073 SMITH (E. KIRBY--Confederate Gen.) A. L. S. Louisville, Kentucky

1876

 USD - Unknown
1074 SMITH (ELIHU--Early N. Y. Physician) 2 A. L. S.

1797

 USD - Unknown
1075 SMITH (GEN. S.--Revolutionary Officer) A. L. S. Phila.

1795

 USD - Unknown
1076 SMITH (GOLDWIN--Historian) A. L. S. New York

1895

 USD - Unknown
1077 SMITH (JOHN--Major of Brigade, American Revolution) A. D. S. Boston

1775

 USD - Unknown
1078 SMITH (JOHN PYE--Learned English Divine and Geologist) A. L. S. Sheffield

1841

 USD - Unknown
1079 SMITH (WM.--Extra Billy Smith, Gov. of Va. and Confd. Gen.) D. S.

1846

 USD - Unknown
1080 SMYSER (JACOB--Commissioner of Taxes) A. L. S. Yorktown

1783

 USD - Unknown
1081 SNYDER (SIMON--Gov. of Pa.) D. S. Lancaster

1810

 USD - Unknown
1082 SNYDER (SIMON--Gov. of Pa.) D. S.

USD - Unknown
1083 SOMERSET (JOHN, EARL OF HARTFORD, DUKE OF SOMERSET) D. S.

1674

 USD - Unknown
1084 Drayton (John--Gov. of South Carolina) SOUTH CAROLINA. D. S. Charleston

1809

 USD - Unknown
1085 SOUTHARD (SAM. L.--Made Vice-President on death of Pres. Harrison) L. S. Navy Dept.

1825

 USD - Unknown
1086 SPANISH DOCUMENT. Permits from the Custom-house of Cadiz, with signatures of the Collector and other ...

USD - Unknown
1087 SPARKS (JARED--Author) A. L. S. Cambridge

1852

 USD - Unknown
1088 SPARKS (JARED--Author) A. L. S. Cambridge

1851

 USD - Unknown
1089 SPOTSWOOD (ALEX.--Major in the American Revolution) A. L. S. Norfolk

1775

 USD - 3.00
1090 SPRAGUE (J. F.--Adj.-Gen. N. Y. Slate) L. S. Albany

1863

 USD - Unknown
1091 SPURZHEIM (J. F. C--Eminent Phrenologist) Letter in third person. [London]

1826

 USD - Unknown
1092 STANLEY (ARTHUR PENRHYN--Dean of Westminster) A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
1093 STANLEY (ARTHUR PENRHYN--Dean of Westminster) A. N. S.

1872

 USD - Unknown
1094 STANTON (EDWIN M.--Secy, of War under President Lincoln) L. S. Washington

1863

 USD - 1.10
1095 STANTON (EDWIN M.--Secy, of War under President Lincoln) A. L. S.

'66

 USD - 1.00
1096 STANTON (EDWIN M.--Secy, of War under President Lincoln) Endorsement in his autograph.

1865

 USD - Unknown
1097 STEDMAN (EDMUND--Poet) A. N. S.

1886

 USD - Unknown
1098 STEDMAN (EDMUND--Poet) L. S. New York

1907

 USD - Unknown
1099 STEDMAN (JAS. B.--Federal Gen.) Autograph Endorsement. Concord Church

1863

 USD - Unknown
1100 STEPHENS (ALEX. H.--V. P., Confederate States) A. L. S. Washington

1859

 USD - 1.00
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
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    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
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    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
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    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.