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Lot #179
Congressional Autograph Book

Over 100 members of the ‘Billion Dollar Congress’

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Over 100 members of the ‘Billion Dollar Congress’

Hardcover autograph album, 7.5 x 9.25, signed inside by 153 members of the 51st Congress in 1890. Signers include: William McKinley, Nathaniel P. Banks, Melvin M. Boothman, Marriott Brosius, Solomon G. Comstock, William C. Cooper, Henry Clay Evans, Lewis P. Featherstone, Charles H. Grosvenor, Bishop W. Hoskins, Leonidas C. Houk, Henry Cabot Lodge, Elijah A. Morse, Philip S. Post, John A. Quackenbush, Henry J. Stockbridge, Jr., and William C. Wallace. Some of the signers were serving as pages at the time. In fine condition, with scattered wear and surface loss to covers and a loose spine. The interior pages are nicely preserved. A more comprehensive list is available online at rrauction.com.

Signers include: John A. Anderson, Louis E. Atkinson, Charles S. Baker, Nathaniel P. Banks, Charles D. Beckwith, Charles E. Belknap, Aaron T. Bliss, Melvin M. Boothman, Marriott Brosius, James Buchanan, Theodore E. Burton, John W. Candler, Lucien B. Caswell, Henry P. Cheatham, Solomon G. Comstock, George W. Cooper, William C. Cooper, John J. De Haven, Milton De Lano, Henry Clay Evans, Lewis P. Featherstone, James P. Flick, Nathan Frank, Oscar S. Gifford, Frederic G. Greenhalge, Charles H. Grosvenor, William W. Grout, Binger Hermann, Robert R. Hitt, Bishop W. Hoskins, Leonidas C. Houk, Harrison Kelley, Daniel Kerr, John A. Ketcham, John F. Lacey, William G. Laidlaw, Gilbert Laws, William H. F. Lee, Posey G. Lester, John Lind, Henry Cabot Lodge, B. F. Lucy, William McKinley, Frederick Miles, Seth L. Milliken, John H. Moffitt, Henry L. Morey, William W. Morrow, Elijah A. Morse, James O’Donnell, John B. Penington, Samuel R. Peters, John A. Pickler, John S. Pindar, Philip S. Post, Andrew Price, John A. Quackenbush, Joseph R. Reed, Thomas B. Reed, John W. Rife, Jonathan Rowell, Henry Rusk, Charles A. Russell, John Sanford, Joseph D. Sayers, George W. Smith, Samuel P. Snider, Francis B. Spinola, Henry J. Stockbridge, Jr., Isaac S. Struble, Alfred A. Taylor, Ezra B. Taylor, Joseph D. Taylor, William H. Wade, Joseph Walker, Rodney Wallace, William C. Wallace, Theodore S. Wilkinson, and John L. Wilson. RR Auction COA.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Rare Manuscript, Document & Autograph
  • Dates: #420 - Ended December 11, 2013