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Lot #292
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1870s album including Samuel L. Clemens, Rutherford B. Hayes, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and 30 others

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1870s album including Samuel L. Clemens, Rutherford B. Hayes, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and 30 others

Hardcover autograph album, 7 x 4.25, signed inside by 33 notables, all on affixed slips or sheets, all single page. Signers include: Samuel L. Clemens (a very nice double signature, “With pleasure, Saml. L. Clemens, Mark Twain”), Rutherford B. Hayes, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., John Greenleaf Whittier, Laura Bridgeman, Benjamin Butler, William Seward, William Cullen Bryant, Thomas Nast, William Lloyd Garrison (with a poem), Lucretia Garfield, Wendell Wilkie, and Schuyler Colfax. Some loose pages, and some partial separations along folds of larger sheets, otherwise fine condition. An unusual combination, highlighted by a great Clemens ‘double’ signature. RR Auction COA.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Rare Manuscript, Document & Autograph
  • Dates: #421 - Ended January 15, 2014