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6:00 AM PT - Feb 16th, 2004

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Session One: Important Autographs available for in-person exhibition by APPOINTMENT ONLY, please call (703) 532-5632 to make appointment.


Session Two: Fine Antiques & Decorative Arts Exhibition
Friday February 13th 3:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M.
Saturday February 14th 10:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.
Sunday February 15th 12:00 Noon - 5:00 P.M.

The gallery will open at 9:00 A.M. sale day, Monday February 16th.

Important Autographs w/ Fine Antiques & Arts

461 items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
1
Lot 1
Holmes, Oliver Wendell (sr.) (1809-1894) A

uthor-Physician. Signed card with printed explanation on reverse...

60
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80
2
Lot 2
Longfellow, Henry W. (1807-1882) Poet & Ha

rvard Professor. Cut signature from check.

70
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100
3
Lot 3
Four Signed Pieces: Whittier, John Greenle

af (1807-1892); Thorpe, Rose Hartwick; DeVere, Maximilian...

40
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60
4
Lot 4
Barnum, Phineas T. (1810-1891) clipped sig

nature dated March 4, 1884. signed "Truly Yours P.T. Barnum...

140
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160
5
Lot 5
Barton, Clara (1821-1912) Clipped Signatur

e with typed word "President." attached to mounting paper. Barton...

100
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150
6
Lot 6
Blaine, James G. (1830-93) Senator from Ma

ine and Secretary of State under Garfield, ALS; and Evartz...

80
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140
7
Lot 7
Abercromby, Sir Ralph (1734-1801), British

lieutenant-general. Clipped signature.; Coote, Sir Eyre...

100
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150
8
Lot 8
Arbuthnot, Sir Thomas. Lieutenant General.

ALS dated July 4, 1806, DS and envelope with frank ALS reads "Sir...

100
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150
9
Lot 9
Combermere, Cotton, Stapleton, Viscount (1

773-1865) British field-marshal and colonel of the 1st Life Guards...

80
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120
10
Lot 10
Cornwallis, Charles E. (second Earl of Co

rnwallis) ALS dated March 2nd 1797 written as Governor General of...

700
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900
11
Lot 11
Cornwallis, Charles E. (second Earl of Co

rnwallis) clipped signature with date 1803. reads "your most obed...

200
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300
12
Lot 12
Dalhouise, Ramsay, Geroge, 9th Earl (1770

-1838) Commander in Chief in India, one of Wellington's Generals...

80
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100
13
Lot 13
Draper, William. General, ALS quarto rea


Draper, William. General, ALS quarto reads "Brompton Row No...

100
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150
14
Lot 14
Evans, Sir George DeLacy (1787-1870) Lt.

General. As a Colonel he burned the White House during the war of...

100
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150
15
Lot 15
Harcourt, William, 3rd Earl (1743-1830) B

ritish General during the American Revolution & Field Marshell...

100
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150
16
Lot 16
Harris, Lt. General, Lord (1782- ) Was


Harris, Lt. General, Lord (1782- ) Was at Waterloo under...

80
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120
17
Lot 17
Hardinge, Henry, Viscount (1785-1856), Br

itish field marshal and governor-general of India. Envelope with...

80
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120
18
Lot 18
Hastings, Rawdon, Francis, Marquis (Earl

of Moira) ALS & envelope with frank; and Strafford, Byng, John...

100
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160
19
Lot 19
Hely-Hutchinson, John, 2nd Earol Of Donou

ghmore (1757-1832) ALS ALS "Head Quarters. Sept 13th 1801 My dear...

200
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300
20
Lot 20
Hill, Rowland, 1st Viscount (1772-1842) G

eneral-Commanding-in-Chief of the British Army envelope with...

60
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80
21
Lot 21
Howe, Sir William (1729-1814) Commander i

n Chief of British Forces in America 1775-78, he commanded the...

400
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600
22
Lot 22
Inglis, John Eardley Wilmot. British Offi

cer; Londonderry, Vane, Charles, Marquis (1778-1854) Major General...

80
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120
23
Lot 23
Lynedoch, Graham, Thomas, Baron (1743-184

3) 2nd in command to Wellington in 1812, ALS and 2 envelopes with...

60
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100
24
Lot 24
Murray, Sir George, (1772 -1846) Lieutena

nt Genreral master-general of the Ordnance 1841-46. ALS. reads...

60
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100
25
Lot 25
Raglan, Somerset, Fitroy, Baron (1788-185

5) Franked envelope; and Marquis of Anglesea, Henry William Paget...

80
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100
26
Lot 26
Saltown, Lord; Downes, Lord. General; How

den, Cradock, John Francis, 1st Baron (1762-1839) army commander...

60
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100
27
Lot 27
Slade, John. General. Two ALS's 1: reads


Slade, John. General. Two ALS's 1: reads "Salisbury, 26 Dec...

80
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120
28
Lot 28
Stuart, Sir John of Maida (1761-1815) ser

ved under Lord Cornwallis in this country. Clipped signature...

60
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100
29
Lot 29
Wellington, First Duke Of (1769-1852) was

British Military leader, he defeated Napoleon at Waterloo...

250
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350
30
Lot 30
Williams, Sir William Fenwick (Bart of Ka

rs) (1800-83) General And in 1860 commander-in-chief of the forces...

60
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100
30A
Lot 30A
Lot 30A: Brownell, Frank E.


soldier who killed hotel owner Jackson who shot and killed Colonel...

40
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80
31
Lot 31
Bruce, Blanche K. (1841-1898.) He was the

first Black person to serve a full term in the United States...

160
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200
32
Lot 32
Bryan, William Jennings (1860-1925) ALS o

n letterhead dated April 8, 1899 Quarto single pageletter to the...

200
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350
33
Lot 33
Bunche, Ralph J. (1904-1971) African Amer

ican Diplomat, Prime UN Mediator for the Middle East in...

80
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120
34
Lot 34
Berryman, Clifford K. (1869-1949) Signatu

re on card with "Teddy Bear." On The Evening Star - The Sunday...

100
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150
35
Lot 35
Block, Herbert (Herblock) (1909-2001) Pol

itical cartoonist. Cartoon cell signed with inscription...

100
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150
36
Lot 36
Clergy/Authors 8 Signatures: Moody, Dwigh

t L. Clergy/Evangleist, ANS in pencil; Talmage, T. Dewitt...

60
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100
37
Lot 37
Clergy/Religious men: Three ALS's - Barn


Clergy/Religious men: Three ALS's - Barnes, Albert; Stockton...

40
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80
38
Lot 38
Cooper, Peter (1791-1883) clipped signatu

re on paper, attached to mounting paper. Copper was an inventor...

75
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125
39
Lot 39
Corcoran, William W.; banker, Philanthrop

ist; ANS & 2 clipped signature 8vo ANS dated Washington Feb. 16th...

50
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70
40
Lot 40
Custis, George W. P. & Mary L., ALS from

Arlington House 23rd Dec. 1850 oblong 8vo letter stating "..that...

75
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100
41
Lot 41
Custis, George Washinton Parke (1781-1857

) ADS court petition dated 30 october 1847 Quarto, 2 pages, signed...

100
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150
42
Lot 42
Edison, Thomas Alva (1847-1931) Two Signa

tures on paper. Ink signature of US Patent Office slip, 7 5/8 x...

300
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500
43
Lot 43
Dirksen, Everett M. (1896-1967) Seantor 7

&Congressman from Illinois. Signed photo with other personages...

80
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120
44
Lot 44
Garibaldi, Guiseppe (1807-82) Italian Na


Garibaldi, Guiseppe (1807-82) Italian Nationalist leader, soldier...

140
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200
45
Lot 45
Guiteau, Charles (1842-1882) signature on

card Assassin who shot President Garfield. Slight smudging of...

180
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240
46
Lot 46
Marshall, James clipped ADS (partial) wit

h ADS by Josh D. Denale Documents are pertaining to the...

60
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90
47
Lot 47
Randall, James R. Writer/Composer who wro

te "Maryland, My Maryland." dated by Randall "Augusta, GA Aug...

80
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120
48
Lot 48
Root, George F. (1820-95) AMQS "Chorus: T

ramp, tramp, tramp, the boys are marching!" "George F. Root...

400
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500
49
Lot 49
Smith, Samuel Francis (1808-95) Autograph

ed song "America (My Country Tis of Thee," "1832,1883" signed. two...

300
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400
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