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
1101 STEPHENS (ALEX. H.--V. P., Confederate States) A. L. S. Atlanta

1868

 USD - Unknown
1102 STEPHENS (ALEX. H.--V. P., Confederate States) A. N. S.

USD - Unknown
1103 STEVENSON (A. E.--Vice-President) Autograph Signatures of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Stevenson and of Mr. and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, 1892. Each ...

USD - Unknown
1104 STODDARD (RICHARD--American Poet) A.N.S. in pencil. New York

'76

 USD - Unknown
1105 STONE (WILLIAM L--American Historian) A. N. S. New York

1858

 USD - Unknown
1106 SUMNER (CHARLES--American Statesman) A. L. S. Boston

'61

 USD - 1.00
1107 STUART (SIR CHARLES--English Gen. in the American Revolution) L. S. Lisbon

1820

 USD - Unknown
1108 SUE (EUGENE--Noted French Author) A. L. S. (in French).

USD - Unknown
1109 SWAN (JAMES--Revolutionary Officer and Adjutant-Gen. of Mass.) A. L. S.

1808

 USD - Unknown
1110 SWAN (MAJOR JOHN--Delegate from North Carolina) A. L. S. Baltimore

1787

 USD - Unknown
1111 SWANWICK (J.); Phoebe W. Couzins; J. Dykes Campbell; Arthur Anstey; W. S. Woodin, and others ...

USD - Unknown
1112 SWETT (LEONARD H.--Nominated Lincoln for the Presidency) A. L. S. Chicago

1887

 USD - 1.00
1113 SWIFT (GEN. J. G.--Planned the Defences of New York in the War of 1812) A. L. S. New York

1824

 USD - Unknown
1114 SYKES-PORTER-SLOCUM (GENS.) Autograph Endorsements, signed by these Generals, regarding a detour of the troops to prevent ...

USD - 1.00
1115 TABB (JOHN B.--American Poet) A. N. S.

1902

 USD - Unknown
1116 TALLEYRAND-PERIGORD (Celebrated French Diplomatist) L. S. (in French). Paris

1830

 USD - 1.00
1117 TALLEYRAND-PERIGORD (Celebrated French Diplomatist) A. N. S. (in French).

USD - Unknown
1118 TALLMADGE (COL. BENJ.--had charge of Andre until his execution) A. L. S. New Haven

1788

 USD - 1.75
1119 TAYLOR (GEO. JR.--Son of the Signer) A. L. S. Phila.

1802

 USD - Unknown
1120 TAYLOR (WM. ROGERS--Am. Naval Officer) A. N. S.

USD - Unknown
1121 TAYLOR (ZACHARY--Pres. of the U. S.) Autograph Signature.

USD - 5.25
1122 THOMSON (CHARLES--Secty. Continental Congress) L. S.

1788

 USD - Unknown
1123 THOMPSON (JOHN R.--American Patriot) The Burial of Latane, a poem.

USD - Unknown
1124 THOMPSON (THOMAS--Philanthropist) L. S. Boston

1779

 USD - Unknown
1125 THOMSON (CHAS.--Secy. Continental Congress) D. S.

1786

 USD - 6.50
1126 THORBURN (GRANT--Laurie Todd) A. L. S. (only partly written in his hand). New York

1809

 USD - Unknown
1127 THORNBOROUGH (EDWARD--English Admiral) D. S. Portsmouth Harbor

1815

 USD - Unknown
1128 THORNE (EDWARD) A. L. S. Digby

1784

 USD - Unknown
1129 THORNE (EDWARD) A. L. S. Granwell

1785

 USD - Unknown
1130 THORNE (EDWARD) A. L. S. Granville

1786

 USD - Unknown
1131 THROCKMORTON (JAMES WEBB--Gov. of Texas) A. L. S. Washington

1878

 USD - Unknown
1132 THULSTRUP (T.-D.--American Artist) A. L. S. New York

'89

 USD - Unknown
1133 THURLOW (EDWARD--Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain) D. S.

1784

 USD - Unknown
1134 THURLOW (EDWARD--Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain) D. S.

1785

 USD - Unknown
1135 TILGHMAN (WILLIAM--Noted Jurist) Legal D. S. by Bird Wilson, Horace Binney and Geo. Vaux, with the jurat (7 lines) in the autograph ...

1806

 USD - Unknown
1136 TILTON (THEODORE--Journalist) A. N. S. New York

1867

 USD - Unknown
1137 TINGEY (THOMAS--Commodore U. S. Navy) A. L. S. Washington

1808

 USD - Unknown
1138 TOBACCO. Account of Sale of Two Hhd. Tobacco, to John Davidson. London

1770

 USD - Unknown
1139 TOCQUEVILLE (ALEXIS C. H. C. DE--Eminent French Statesman) A. L. S. (in French).

1840

 USD - 1.00
1140 TOOKE (JOHN HORNE--English Philologist and Politician) A. S.

1799

 USD - Unknown
1141 TORRENS (CAPT. S.--Major of Brigade) Receipt for Allowance Due, Montreal.

1813

 USD - Unknown
1142 TOURGEE (ALBION W.--American Novelist) A. L. S. New York

1884

 USD - Unknown
1143 TOWNSHEND (CHAS.--BARON BAYNING, Vice-Treas. of the English Navy) D. S.

1783

 USD - Unknown
1144 TOWNSEND (RICHARD) D. S.

1784

 USD - Unknown
1145 TOWNSEND (RICHARD) A. L. S. Shelburne

1786

 USD - Unknown
1146 TRAIN (GEORGE FRANCIS--Introduced Street Railroads into England) A. L. S. Westminster

1860

 USD - Unknown
1147 TROLLOPE (ANTHONY--English Author) A. N. S.

1876

 USD - 1.25
1148 TROLLOPE (FRANCIS--Popular English Novelist) Portion of A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
1149 TROUP (ROBERT--Col. in the Revolution and Judge of the U. S. District Court of N. Y.) L. S. New York

1823

 USD - Unknown
1150 TRUMBULL (JONATHAN--Gov. of Conn.) A. L. S. Lebanon (Connecticut)

1777

 USD - 4.50
1151 TUPPER (M. F.--Poet) Original Manuscript Poem.

USD - 2.00
1152 TUPPER (M. F.--Poet) A. L. S. Plymouth Terrace

1873

 USD - Unknown
1153 TUPPER (M. F.--Poet) Autograph manuscript poem.

USD - Unknown
1154 TURNER (L. C.--Civil War General) A. L. S. Washington

1866

 USD - Unknown
1155 TURREAU (GENERAL) Apercu sur la Situation Politique des Etats-Unis d'Amerique. Paris

1815

 USD - 2.00
1156 TURREAU (GENERAL) Apercu sur les Etats du Sud.

USD - 1.25
1157 TYLER (JOHN--President U. S.) A. L. S. Washington

1835

 USD - 2.00
1158 TYLER (JOHN--President U. S.) A. L. S.

USD - 2.10
1159 TYLER (JOHN--President U. S.) D. S. Washington

1841

 USD - Unknown
1160 TYLER (JOHN--President U. S.) D. S.

1841

 USD - 1.25
1161 TYPEWRITER, Etc.

USD - Unknown
1162 TYRCONNEL (LORD--John Delaval, fourth Earl of Tyrconnel) A. L. S. Kiplin

1817

 USD - 1.50
1163 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD.

USD - Unknown
1164 VAN BUREN (MARTIN--President) D. S. Washington

1837

 USD - 1.00
1165 VAN BUREN (MARTIN--President) A. L. (3rd person). Washington

1840

 USD - Unknown
1166 VAN BUREN (MARTIN--President) A. N. S.

1845

 USD - Unknown
1167 VAN BUREN (MARTIN) Visiting Card, with autograph inscription (in 3rd person).

USD - Unknown
1168 VAN BUREN (MARTIN) A. S., with envelope.

USD - Unknown
1169 VAN DYKE (HENRY) A. L. S. N. J.

1908

 USD - Unknown
1170 VAN RENSSELAER (STEPHEN--The Patroon,'* of Albany--Gen. in War of 1812) A. L. S. Washington

1826

 USD - Unknown
1171 VAN RENSSELAER (WM.) A. L.

1829

 USD - Unknown
1172 VARICK (RICHARD--Gen. in the Rev., Mayor of N. Y., etc.) D. S., 1794.

1794

 USD - Unknown
1173 VICTORIA OF ENGLAND.

USD - Unknown
1174 WADDELL (F. L.) A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
1175 WADSWORTH (JEREMIAH-- Commissary General in Revolutionary Army) A. L. S. New York

1790

 USD - Unknown
1176 WALKER (BENJ.--Aide to Washington and Steuben) A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
1177 WALLACE (MRS. LEW) A. L., (3rd person, written by her daughter).

1894

 USD - Unknown
1178 WALPOLE (HORATIO--3d Earl of Orford) A. L. S. Wolverton

1818

 USD - 1.10
1179 WALPOLE (SIR ROBERT--Earl of Orford) D. S.

1734

 USD - Unknown
1180 WARD (WILLIAM HATES--Assyriohgist) L. S. New York

1890

 USD - Unknown
1181 WARREN (G. K.--Major-General) 2 A. L. S. Newport

1882

 USD - Unknown
1182 WARREN (G. K.--Major-General) A. L. S. Mississippi River

1851

 USD - Unknown
1183 WARREN (OWEN G.--Poet) MS. Poem, The Moss Rose,. New York

1846

 USD - Unknown
1184 WARREN (SIR JOHN BORLASE--Admiral) A. L., in the third person.

USD - Unknown
1185 WASHINGTON (GEORGE) A. L. S. Philadelphia

1783

 USD - 36.00
1186 WASHINGTON (GEORGE) A. L. S. Mount Vernon

1792

 USD - 31.00
1187 WASHINGTON (GEORGE) A. L. S. Mount Vernon

1797

 USD - 33.00
1188 Lewis (Col. Fielding--Brother-in-Law of Washington) WASHINGTON (GEORGE). A. L. S.

1779

 USD - 15.00
1189 Spotswood (General) WASHINGTON (GEORGE). A. L. S. Newport

1798

 USD - 6.50
1190 WASHINGTON (LAWRENCE-- Commodore U. S. Navy) A. N. S.

1813

 USD - Unknown
1191 WATERMAN (MARCUS--Painter) Three A.L.S.

1889

 USD - Unknown
1192 WATSON (ELKANAH--advanced the idea of the Erie Canal, Author, etc.) A. D. S. Albany

1801

 USD - Unknown
1193 WATSON (JAMES--Revolutionary Officer and U. S. Senator from N. Y.) A. L. S. New York

1790

 USD - Unknown
1194 WATKINS (CHARLES); Bishop Huntington; H. Paulding; Wm. B. Taliaferro; Lafayette McLaws 5 A.L.S.

USD - Unknown
1195 WATTS (ALARIC A.--English Author and Poet) A. L. S. Torrington Square

1829

 USD - Unknown
1196 WAY (ALBERT--English Archaeologist) A.L.S.

USD - Unknown
1197 WEBB (SAMUEL B.--Gen. in Revolutionary Army. Aide to Washington) A.L.S. (latter part).

USD - Unknown
1198 WEBSTER (DANIEL--Statesman and Orator) Signature on Check, Bank of the United States, 1838.

USD - Unknown
1199 WEBSTER (DANIEL--Statesman and Orator) A. L. S. Boston

1866

 USD - 1.75
1200 WEBSTER (DANIEL--Statesman and Orator) Andrew Yates; W. B. Sprague; E. C. Delevan; Eliphalet Nott; Thomas H. Benton.

USD - Unknown
  • <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.
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    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    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.
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