Sale 14BP01 | Lot 26

[POLITICAL AUTOGRAPHS] Group of four autograph letters signed

Catalogue: Rare Books, Autographs & Photographs
[POLITICAL AUTOGRAPHS]  Group of four autograph letters signed

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Lot 26
[POLITICAL AUTOGRAPHS] Group of four autograph letters signed. Comprising WEBSTER, DANIEL. Autograph letter signed to Mrs. R...
. Comprising WEBSTER, DANIEL. Autograph letter signed to Mrs. Richard Bayard, 1840, 4 pp. on recto and verso of one folded sheet. Long letter with descriptions of his recent tour of England and other matters. Folds, else fine; GARFIELD, JAMES. Two autograph letters signed both being letters of introduction to Minister to France Elihu B. Washburne, 1873 & 1875. One mounted to the guard of an album sheet and with a faded signature, the other with a remnant of the guard and a few chips and tears; and FISH, HAMILTON. Autograph letter signed to Richard Bayard, 1860, regarding family ancestry. Folds; Together with an 1805 Plymouth, Massachusetts legal document, accusing two men of breaking and entering into a blacksmith's shop to steal a hand gun. Mounted to album sheet, worn.


Estimate: $300 - $500
Sold for $1,000 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $300 - $500
Sold for $1,000 (includes buyer's premium)

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Rare Books, Autographs & Photographs

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