University Archives: Rare Autographs, Manuscripts, Books & Photographs, 72826, Wilton

Auction Details

Auction Date
July 28, 2026 - July 28, 2026
Page Size: 387 items in 16 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
205 Hoover J Edgar

J. Edgar Hoover TLS: "… the Communist trials in New York … required my presence there"

Washington, D.C. 1955 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
206 Hoover J Edgar

J. Edgar Hoover TLS: 1957 "the Little Rock situation" Great Civil Rights, Integration Content

Washington, D.C. 1957 USD 350.00 - 500.00 Unknown
207

Meyer Lansky's Birthday Book w/ "Meyer" Inscription on his Birthday! Ex. Lansky Family with Provenance from his Grandson!

N/A USD 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
208 Messick Hank

Meyer Lansky's Personally Owned Copy of "Lansky" Ex. Lansky Family with Provenance from his Grandson!

N/A USD 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
209

Prohibition-Era Drug Store Archive: 180pp of Permits, Applications, Prescriptions of Opium, Heroine & More

Walpole, New Hampshire 1916-1933 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
210

Rockefeller & Flagler Signed Green Standard Oil Stock Certificate

New York City 1890 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
211

Rockefeller & Flagler Signed Scarce Brown Standard Oil Stock Certificate

New York City 1888 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
212 Woolworth F W

Woolworth Leases a Storefront in 1912 Just Months Before Consolidating his 596 Stores!

Webster, Massachusetts 1912 USD 500.00 - 600.00 Unknown
213 Richards Samuel Jr.; Williams William

Free African-American Veterans & Poor in Late 18th C. New England

Hartford, Connecticut; Windham, Connecticut; Boston, Massachusetts 1780; 1782; 1792 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
214 May Jesse; Harrison Thomas

Georgia Requires Tavern Owners to Swear Not to Provide Liquor to Slaves or Free Blacks

Decatur County, Georgia 1845; 1846 USD 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
215 Grist Richard

Georgia Farmer Writes to Guardian of Free Black Man

Early County, Georgia 1830 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
216 Cole George W.; Aaron; Goss Alfred; Dorsey Mary Elizabeth

Georgia Slaveowners & Freedpeople Adjust to the End of Slavery

Webster County, Georgia; Clayton County, Georgia 1867 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
217 Griggs Samuel

Black Voters, 1846! New York Abolitionist Farmer Condemns State’s Attitude

Levanna, New York 1846 USD 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
218 Barton Clara

Clara Barton 3x Signed Receipt for Hospital Dividend!

Glen Echo, Maryland 1911 USD 600.00 - 700.00 Unknown
219 Wallace Walter Benjamin

Racist Doctor's Letter with Coal Miner's Strike Content in Indian Territory: "As for Lehigh it is just as full of n**** as ever and just as undesirable a place to live in now as one would imagine"

Lehigh, Indian Territory 1900 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
221 Teresa Mother

Mother Teresa Signed "Peace, Justice, Progress" Unique United Nations First Day Cover

New York 1970 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
222 Parks Rosa

Rosa Parks Boldly Signed Portrait

circa 1997 USD 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
223 Parks Rosa (1913-2005)

Rosa Parks Signed First Edition of "My Story"

New York 1992 USD 500.00 - 600.00 Unknown
224

Division & Valuation of Slaves in Wills & Estates

1800-1864 USD 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
225

Antebellum Prenuptial Agreement Protects Bride’s Slaves from Control of Husband or His Creditors

Augusta County, Virginia 1831 USD 350.00 - 500.00 Unknown
226 Barron Henry A.

Values of Slaves Letter Discussing Legal Strategy on a Case Involving Ownership

1824 USD 350.00 - 500.00 Unknown
227 Redman Mary (1797-1862)

Widow & Slaveowner Attempts to Distribute Slaves Among Heirs During Civil War

Butts County, Georgia 1861 USD 350.00 - 500.00 Unknown
228 Jones Samuel B. (1829-1894)

South Carolina Minister Helps Slaveowner Seek Compensation from State for Impressed Slave

Cokesbury, South Carolina 1863 USD 350.00 - 500.00 Unknown
229

Five Slaves in Georgia! Estate Inventory Lists & Values

Fayette County, Georgia 1833-1837 USD 350.00 - 500.00 Unknown
230 Camden Calvert & King

Rare 1788 Slave Trade Letter Requesting Payment for "Cargos of Slaves...such a valuable Property"

London 1788 USD 2,600.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown