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
201 CUYLER (THOMAS L.--Eminent Divine) A.N.S.

1860

 USD - Unknown
202 D'AGUESSEAU (H. FRANCOIS--Chancellor of France, 1717, celebrated for his forensic eloquence) L. S. Paris

1698

 USD - Unknown
203 DALLAS (GEORGE M.--V.-P., U. S.) A. L. S.

1845

 USD - Unknown
204 DANIEL (CAPT. H.) A. L. S. Annapolis

1733

 USD - Unknown
205 DARLEY (F. O. C.); Thomas Nast; Alfred Ely; Dirck Ten Broeck; and others. Signatures only.

USD - Unknown
206 DARWIN (CHARLES--Scientist) L. S. Kent

1865

 USD - 3.00
207 DASCHKOFF (ANDREDE--Russian Minister to the U. S., 1813) D. S. Washington

1814

 USD - Unknown
208 DASHWOOD (ROBERT) D. S.

1723

 USD - Unknown
209 DAVENPORT (JOHN--M. C. 1799-1817) A.L.S. Washington

1801

 USD - Unknown
210 DAVIS (JEFFERSON); Alex. H. Stephens; R. Toombs; G. T. Beauregard. Signatures only.

USD - Unknown
211 DAVIS (JOHN--Gov. and U. S. Senator) A.L.S.

1852

 USD - Unknown
212 DAWSON (MOSES--Biographer of Harrison) A. D.

USD - Unknown
213 DEARBORN (HENRY--Noted Revolutionary Gen., War of 1812) L. S. War Dept.

1804

 USD - Unknown
214 DE HAAS (J. P.--Gen. in the Revolution) A.L S. Phila.

1786

 USD - 16.00
215 DE HEUS (W. W.); B. F. Iserwood; J. S. Barlow; Wm Stude; Wm. Falconer; and others. Autograph letters ...

USD - Unknown
216 DE KAY (JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE--Grandson of the Poet Drake) L. S.

1859

 USD - 1.00
217 DE LANCEY (OLIVER) General Orders, issued from Headquarters on Long Island.

1779

 USD - 1.00
218 DELAROCHE (PATRICIO--Patrick Roche of Kin-, sale) A. L. S. (in Italian). Brussels

1662

 USD - Unknown
219 DELACROIX (CH--Minister of Foreign Affairs of the French Republic) Passport with signed endorsement of six lines.

1796

 USD - Unknown
220 DE QUINCEY (THOMAS--Celebrated English Author) A. L. S.

USD - 8.50
221 DES BOULIERS--French Poet of the 17th Century) Manuscript, signed.

USD - Unknown
222 DE VOIT (COL.--In British Army in America) D. S.

1779

 USD - Unknown
223 DIBDIN (CHARLES--English Song Writer) A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
224 DIBDIN (REV. THOS. F.--Eminent English Bibliographer) A. L. S. Edinburgh

'36.

 USD - 1.00
225 DIBDIN (W.); Henry K. Bradbury; D. P. Vinton; W. S. Lincoln, and others. Autograph letters.

USD - Unknown
226 DICKENS (CHARLES) Envelope addressed to Charles Kent, in autograph of Dickens.

USD - 1.25
227 DICKENS (CHARLES) Autograph signature on envelope, with address H. G. Adams, Rochester.

USD - 2.00
228 DICKENS (CHARLES, JR.) A. L. S. London

1883

 USD - Unknown
229 DILL (MATTHEW--Served in the Revolution) A. L. S.

1788

 USD - Unknown
230 DISRAELI (BENJAMIN); Richard Cobden; Edwd. Thornton; A. Thiere (Poet of France), and others.

USD - Unknown
231 DIX (JOHN A.--American General and Statesman) A. L. S.

1861

 USD - 1.00
232 DIX (JOHN A.--American General and Statesman) A. N. S.

USD - Unknown
233 DIX (JOHN A.--American General and Statesman) A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
234 DODGE (MARY A.--Gail Hamilton--Author) A. N. S. Hamilton

1882

 USD - Unknown
235 DODGSON (C. L.--Lewis Carroll) A.L.S. Oxford

'87.

 USD - 12.00
236 DOUGLAS (STEPHEN A.); Genls. Canby, Sigel, Burnside, etc. Signatures only.

USD - Unknown
237 DOW (NEAL--Author of Maine Law) A. N. S. Portland

1886

 USD - Unknown
238 DRAKE (BENJAMIN--Author of Life of Black Hawk) D. S. Cincinnati

1815

 USD - Unknown
239 DUANE (WILLIAM--American Publisher and Politician) D. S.

1820

 USD - Unknown
240 DUDLEY (JOSEPH--Governor of Massachusetts) D. S. (twice).

1708

 USD - 1.00
241 DUMAS (ALEX., pere--French Author) A. L. S. (in French).

USD - Unknown
242 DUMAS (ALEX., pere--French Author) A. L. S. (in French).

USD - Unknown
243 DUMAS (ALEX., pere--French Author) A. L. S. (in French).

USD - 1.10
244 DUMAS (ALEX., pere--French Author) A. N. S.

USD - 1.25
245 DUMAS (ALEX., fils--French Author) Signature.

USD - Unknown
246 DUNCAN (PHILIP B.--English Scholar) A. L. S.

1875

 USD - Unknown
247 DUPONCEAU (PETER S.--Aide to Gen'l Steuben) A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
248 DWIGHT (HON. THEODORE--M. C. and Sec'y of Hartford Convention) A. L. S. Washington

1806

 USD - 1.25
249 EARLY BOSTON SIGNATURES. John Parkman,. Samuel Adams, Samuel Greele, Robert Barley, etc.

USD - 2.00
250 EARLY PHILADELPHIA NEWSPAPERS. The Penn. Chronicle and Univ. Advertiser, Postscript, March 7, 1768 ...

USD - 4.00
251 EARLY SOUTH CAROLINA FIRM. Beale & Cooper. L. S.

1734-35

 USD - Unknown
252 EDEN (SIR FREDERICK--British Soldier, fell at New Orleans, 1814) Small portion of letter, with signature.

USD - Unknown
253 EDGEWORTH (MARIA--English Authoress) A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
254 EDISON (T. ALVA--Inventor) D. S.

USD - 1.00
255 EDMUNDSON (JOSEPH--Genealogist and Heraldic Author) A. L. S.

1774

 USD - Unknown
256 EDUCATORS, Etc. Abiel Holmes, Lyman Cobb, H. Barnard, Will. Mackenzie, and others. Signatures only.

USD - Unknown
257 EDWARD VII--(King of England) A. N. S. in pencil, while Prince of Wales, Let the Webster Walk be' ready for the shooting, signed ...

USD - Unknown
258 EDDYSTONE LIGHT-HOUSE. D. S.

1735

 USD - Unknown
259 EGGLESTON (EDWARD--American Author) A. L. S.

1891

 USD - Unknown
260 ELCHO (LORD FRANCIS W. C.--Eminent Scottish Politician) A. L. S. London

1866

 USD - Unknown
261 ELLERY (WM.--Signer) D. S., 1800. Sworn statement of Joseph Barker; D. S., 1802.

USD - Unknown
262 ELPHINSTONE (GEORGE K., VISCOUNT--Served during the Revolution) A. L. S.

1810

 USD - Unknown
263 ENGLISH (THOMAS DUNN--American Poet and Novelist) Manuscript Poem Ruins.

USD - 5.00
264 ENGLISH BISHOPS, Bankers, etc. A. S. William Howley, Bishop of Loudon; Baring, the Banker; William ...

USD - Unknown
265 ENGLISH PHYSICIANS. Petition on behalf of a convicted criminal. Signed by David Dundas, William ...

1780

 USD - Unknown
266 ENGLISH STATESMEN. Signatures and Specimens of Handwriting. Lord Brougham, Beake, Seymour, Dudley ...

USD - Unknown
267 ENGLISH STATESMEN. Townshend (Geo.), Cowley, Canning, Essex, Londonderry, and others. All signatures ...

USD - Unknown
268 ERICSSEN (J.--Eminent Inventor--Built the Monitor) A. L. S.

'60

 USD - 2.00
269 ESTERHAZY (PRINCE--PAUL A.--Austrian Liberalist) A. L. S. (in French).

1844

 USD - Unknown
270 EUGENE OF SAVOY (PRINCE--Famous General) L. S. Vienna

1721

 USD - 13.50
271 EVARTS (W. M.--U. S. Atty.-Gen.) D. S.

1879

 USD - Unknown
272 EVERETT (EDWARD--Orator) A. L. S. Charlestown

1835

 USD - Unknown
273 EVERETT (EDWARD--American Statesman and Orator) A. L. S. Boston

1852

 USD - Unknown
274 EWING (JAMES--V. P. Phila. Council, American Patriot) D. S. Phila.

1783

 USD - Unknown
275 EXMOUTH (SIR L. LORD--Served in the American Revolution) A. L. S.

1818

 USD - Unknown
276 FAIRFAX (GOVERNOR--of Virginia) D. S., on parchment.

1767

 USD - 1.00
277 FARADAY (M.--Eminent Chemist) A. L. S.

1830

 USD - 1.00
278 FAVART (MARIE--Popular French Actress) A. L. S. (in French).

USD - Unknown
279 FAY (THEODORE S.--American Author) A. L. S. Paris

1834

 USD - Unknown
280 FECHTER (CHARLES A.--Celebrated Tragedian) A. L. S. (in French).

USD - Unknown
281 FERDINAND V--King of Spain, Husband of Queen Isabella under whose auspices Columbus started on his voyage of Discovery) D. S.

1505

 USD - 15.50
282 FIELD (CYRUS W.--laid the Atlantic Cable) L. S. New York

1860

 USD - Unknown
283 FIELD (MANSELL B.); Louise Chandler Moulton; Arthur J. Munby; W. A. Muhlenberg; G. C. Smith; John B ...

USD - Unknown
284 FILLMORE (MILLARD--Prest. U. S.) D. S. Washington

1850

 USD - Unknown
285 FINLEY (JAMES E. B.--Surgeon in Revolutionary Army) A. L. S. Phila.

1783

 USD - 13.50
286 FLORENCE (WM. J.--Celebrated Actor) Two A. L. S.

USD - Unknown
287 FLORIDA. D. S., 1 p. 4to. St. Augustine Harbor, Dec. 16, 1776. Lieut. Wright's Certificate to Dan ...

USD - Unknown
288 FLOYD (GEN. JOHN B.--Confederate Gen.) A. L. S. Fairfield

1840

 USD - Unknown
289 FOLEY (SAMUEL--Bishop of Down and Connor) A. L. S.

1686

 USD - Unknown
290 FONTAINE DES BERTINS (ALEXIS--Eminent French Mathematician) A. L. S.

1741

 USD - Unknown
291 FOREIGN MINISTERS to the United States. Autograph Letters. Baron von Gerolt of Prussia, with ...

USD - Unknown
292 FOREIGN MINISTERS Autograph Letters. S. de Maud from Brazil, 1849; Marcoleta from Nicaragua; S. W ...

USD - Unknown
293 FOREY (ELIE FRFDERIC--Marshal of France) A. L. (in French) (3rd person).

USD - Unknown
294 FOSTER (G. G.) A. N. S. New York

1849

 USD - Unknown
295 FOSTER (JOHN--Biographer of Charles Dickens) A. L. S.

1851

 USD - Unknown
296 FOURNANDUS (A.--French Artist) Original Drawing, pencil-sketch.

USD - Unknown
297 FOXCROFT (FRANCIS--Father of Thomas Foxcroft, the Celebrated Minister) A. D. S. Boston

1694

 USD - Unknown
298 FREDERICK II OF RUSSIA L. S. with initials (German).

1779

 USD - 2.00
299 FREDERICK WILLIAM III--(of Prussia) A. L. S. (in French).

1807

 USD - 1.75
300 FREKER (MARQUARD--Eminent German Lawyer) A. L. S. (in Latin).

1602

 USD - Unknown
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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.
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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
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    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.