RR Auction: Fine Autographs and Artifacts, 747, Boston

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
August 12, 2026 - August 12, 2026
Page Size: 695 items in 28 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Washington George

George Washington War-Dated Letter Signed to New York Governor George Clinton on the Discharge of New York Militia Following the British Capture of Stony Point (June 10, 1779)

1779 USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 45,375.00
2 Washington George

George Washington Autograph Letter Signed to Architect of the Capitol William Thornton

1798 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 38,318.00
3 Adams John

John Adams Autograph Letter Signed on the Last Survivors of His French Circle - a€œI have lost all my Friends and Acquaintances in France excepting yourself and The Marquis de La Fayettea€

1817 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 20,383.00
4 Adams John

John Adams Signed Ship's Pass for the Brig Atlas During the Quasi-War Era

1800 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,845.00
5 Jefferson Thomas; Madison James

Thomas Jefferson and James Madison Maritime Document Signed as President and Secretary of State for the Brig Ann Maria

1806 USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
6 Jefferson Thomas; Madison James

Thomas Jefferson and James Madison Signed Four-Language Ship's Passport (1806)

1806 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,633.00
7 Madison Dolley

Dolley Madison Third-Person Autograph Note Signed

ND USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
8 Madison Dolley

Dolley Madison Autograph Quotation Signed

N/A USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,411.00
9 Madison Dolley

Dolley Madison Signed Free Frank

ND USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 656.00
10 Madison James

James Madison Letter Signed as Secretary of State Weeks Before the Embargo Act (1807)

1807 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,580.00
11 Monroe James

James Monroe Letter Signed as Secretary of State on Maritime Affairs - Weeks Before the Burning of Washington (July 27, 1814)

Washington 1814 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,883.00
12 Monroe James

James Monroe Military Land Grant Signed as President

1818 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,033.00
13 Monroe James

James Monroe Autograph Letter Signed as President, Written Five Days After His Second Inauguration

Washington 1821 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,875.00
14 Adams John Quincy

John Quincy Adams Early Autograph Letter Signed from London to His Brother, Thomas Boylston Adams (1796)

London 1796 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,670.00
15 Adams John Quincy

John Quincy Adams Signed Free Frank as Secretary of State - Addressed to Connecticut Governor Oliver Wolcott, Jr.

1823 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 656.00
16 Adams John Quincy

John Quincy Adams Land Document Signed as President

Franklin, Missouri 1827 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,059.00
17 Jackson Andrew

Andrew Jackson Twice-Signed Autograph Document Recording Cotton Credit and Household Purchases in Early Tennessee (1807)

1807 USD 3,000.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
18 Jackson Andrew

Andrew Jackson Land Document Signed as President

Crawfordsville, Indiana 1829 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,411.00
19 Van Buren Martin

Martin Van Buren Autograph Letter Signed - Four Days After Leaving the White House

Washington 1841 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
20 Van Buren Martin

Martin Van Buren Autograph Letter Signed as Vice President

1834 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 596.00
21 Harrison William Henry; Bogard Benjamin

William Henry Harrison Autograph Document Signed for the Use of a Mill

1812 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,505.00
22 Harrison William Henry

William Henry Harrison Letter Signed as a 23-Year-Old Army Officer on the Northwestern Frontier

1796 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,791.00
23 Tyler John

John Tyler Autograph Letter Signed to President Franklin Pierce - Recommending Future Confederate General William Lewis Cabell

1855 USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,550.00
24 Polk James K

James K. Polk Autograph Letter Signed: "When this is read, burn it"

1839 USD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,845.00
25 Polk James K

James K. Polk Signed Congressional Recommendation for a Federal Clerkship

1829 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,505.00
  • Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Reaffirms the US Treaty of Friendship and Peace with Morocco, the Longest Unbroken Treaty in US History. $50,000 – 80,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. Weeks After Victory at Yorktown, Benjamin Franklin Promises Repayment of a French Loan that Funded the American Revolution. $200,000 – 300,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. Rare First Edition of the Foundational Text of the Mormon Church. $100,000 – 150,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Sends the First Major Law Passed by Congress, the Tariff Act of 1789. $100,000 – 150,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. A Scarce Example of Audubon's Depiction of a Brown Pelican, Plate CCLI from his Birds of America. $30,000 – 50,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. The Official and First Obtainable Broadside Printing of the Lincoln's Final Emancipation Proclamation. $30,000 – 50,000.