RR Auction’s March Manuscript & Artifact Sale brings together an exceptional range of historical, scientific, and cultural material spanning centuries of discovery and influence.
Highlights include a remarkable King James VI document signed discharging Sir Walter Raleigh from the Tower of London—part of a phenomenal English and European royalty section featured in the sale—offering a powerful intersection of monarchy and early modern political history. American history is equally well represented by a Thomas Jefferson letter signed as Secretary of State forwarding legislation from Thomas Mifflin related to slavery in the Tennessee Territory, and a rare George Washington–signed 1768 Mountain Road lottery ticket dating to his early public career.
The sale also features important material from the worlds of science and innovation, including works associated with Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin, alongside a distinguished classical music selection led by a Johann Strauss II handwritten musical manuscript from
