[SUPREME COURT JUSTICES]. A very extensive collection of 193 signatures, autograph letters, letters, and documents signed by 10 Chief and 72 Associate Justices, 1789-1986.

INCLUDING EXAMPLES FROM JAMES WILSON THROUGH WILLIAM REHNQUIST

No fewer than 12 of the letters are autograph letters signed; a further 16 are letters signed. The collection includes excellent examples of even the rarest justices, such as James Iredell, John Catron, John McKinley and Peter V. Daniel.

SUMMARY CONTENTS:

James WILSON. ADS, April 1775, 1 page. And one other. -- John BLAIR. ADS, 12 September 1792, 1 page. -- James IREDELL. ALS to Iredell, 2 February 1790, 1 ½ pages, docketed in his hand. -- Thomas JOHNSON. ADS, 23 July 1781, 1 page. -- Oliver ELLSWORTH, Chief Justice. DS, 5 June 1778, 1 page. And one other. -- Bushrod WASHINGTON. Clipped signature on 2 slips of paper laid down. And one other. -- Henry Brockholst LIVINGSTON. Clipped signature, n.d., on partly printed DS, 1 page. -- Gabriel DUVAL. Clipped signature, n.d., 1 page. And one other. -- Joseph STORY. Third person NS, 11 March 1883, 1 page. And 4 others. -- Smith THOMPSON. ALS, 10 February 1821, 1 page. And 2 others. -- John McLEAN. Partly printed DS, 23 March 1826, 1 page. And two others. -- Henry BALDWIN. Signature on a card, n.d., backed. -- James WAYNE. Clipped signature, 30 May 1832, on verso of a check. -- Roger B. TANEY, Chief Justice. Signature on a card, n.d. backed. -- TANEY COURT. Signatures of members of the Taney court, ca 1851-1857, signed by the following: Roger TANEY, Chief Justice; John MCLEAN; John CATRON; Peter Vivian DANIEL; Samuel NELSON; Robert Cooper GRIER; and Benjamin CURTIS. -- Philip BARBOUR. Clipped signature, n.d. -- John McKINLEY. Clipped signature. -- Peter DANIEL. Partly printed DS, 1 August 1831, 1 page. And one other. -- Samuel NELSON. ALS, 24 May 1862, 1 page. And one other. -- Levi WOODBURY. ALS, 13 January 1831, 2 pages. And 5 others. -- Robert C. GRIER. Clipped signature, n.d. -- Benjamin R. CURTIS. ALS, 8 November 1868, 3 pages. And one other. -- John A. CAMPBELL. Signature, n.d., on integral leaf of an AD describing a land stake. And one other. -- Nathan CLIFFORD. ALS, 30 September 1873, ½ page. And one other. -- Noah B. SWAYNE. Signature, ca 1876, on an 8vo sheet. -- Samuel MILLER. ALS, 5 May 1864, 1 page. And 4 others. -- David DAVIS. ANS, n.d., 1 page. And 3 others. -- Stephen J. FIELD. Signature, n.d., on 12mo sheet. And 5 others. -- Salmon CHASE, Chief Justice. ALS, 19 February 1872, 1 page. -- William STRONG. DS, n.d., 1 page. And 2 others. -- Joseph P. BRADLEY. 5 cards signed. And one other. -- Ward HUNT. Signature on a card, n.d. -- Morrison WAITE, Chief Justice. ALS, 1 November 1855, ½ page. And 3 others. -- John HARLAN. DS, 1 March 1898, on United States Supreme Court envelope. And 3 cards signed, n.d. -- W. B. WOODS. Signature on card, n.d. -- Stanley MATTHEWS. Partly printed DS, n.d., 1 page. And 4 others. -- Horace GRAY. 2 signatures on cards. -- Samuel BLATCHFORD. Signature, n.d. And one other. -- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus LAMAR. ALS, n.d., 1 page. And 4 others. -- David BREWER. ANS, 22 June 1885, 1 page. And 7 others. -- Henry O. BROWN. AN in a secretarial hand, 1 page, on Supreme Court stationery. -- George SHIRAS. Autograph sentiment signed, 30 January 1893, cut from a larger document, 1 page. And 2 others. -- Howell JACKSON. Signature on card, 17 April 1895. And one other. -- Edward D. WHITE, Chief Justice. TLS, 26 April 1917, ½ page. And 3 others. -- Rufus W. PECKHAM. Signature, n.d., on United States Supreme Court envelope. And 2 others. -- Oliver Wendell HOLMES. Signature on card, 20 February 1909. -- William DAY. 19 checks signed, 1878-1900. -- William H. MOODY. TLS, 21 July 1902, ½ page. And one other. -- Charles E. Hughes, Chief Justice. 2 TLSs, ½ page each. -- J. R. LAMAR. Clipped signature, n.d. And one other. -- Mahlon PITNEY. Signature on a card, 9 January 1913. -- James C. McREYNOLDS. Signature on card, 7 December 1915. -- Louis BRANDEIS. ALS, [1 December 1917], 1 page. And one other. -- William H. TAFT, Chief Justice. TLS, 30 December 1916, ½ page. And one other. -- Pierce BUTLER. Signature on engraved Supreme Court of the United States card, 21 April 1937. -- Edward SANFORD. Signature, 15 April 1929. And one other. -- Harlan F. STONE, Chief Justice. 2 signatures on cards, one on engraved Supreme Court of the United States card, n.d. And one other. -- Owen ROBERTS. Signature on a slip of paper, n.d. -- Benjamin CARDOZO. Signature on card, n.d. -- Hugo L. BLACK. TLS, 9 December 1966, 1 page. And one other. -- Stanley REED. 2 autograph sentiments signed, 1954 and 1976, on engraved Supreme Court of the United States cards. -- Felix FRANKFURTER. 1 signature on engraved Felix Frankfurter card. -- William O. DOUGLAS. TLS, 10 November 1954, 1 page, on Supreme Court of the United States stationery. And one other. -- Frank MURPHY. Signature on engraved Supreme Court of the United States card, n.d. -- James F. BYRNES. TLS, 7 January 1946, ½ page. And 2 others. -- Robert JACKSON. TLS, 8 November 1940, ½ page. And one other. -- Harold BURTON. TLS, 3 October 1955, 1 page. And one other. -- Tom C. CLARK. ANS, n.d., 1 page. And 2 others. -- Sherman MINTON. TLS, 27 October 1949, ½ page, on Supreme Court of the United States stationery. And one other. -- Earl WARREN, Chief Justice. TLS, 7 March 1944, 1 page. -- John M. HARLAN. TLS, 9 September 1968, ½ page. , regarding license plates, on Supreme Court of the United States stationery. And one other. -- William BRENNAN. 2 TLSs, 28 September 1984 and 17 April 1987, each ½ page, on Supreme Court of the United States stationery. And one other. -- Potter STEWART. TLS, 24 January 1977, ½ page, on Supreme Court of the United States stationery with typed envelope. -- Byron WHITE. TLS, 22 February 1991, ½ page, on Supreme Court of the United States stationery. And 2 others. -- Arthur GOLDBERG. TLS, 21 February 1961, 1 page. And one other. -- William REHNQUIST, Chief Justice. TLS, 1 May 1972, ½ page, on Supreme Court of the United States stationery. And one other. -- Complete inventory available on request.

Property from the Collection of Scott Petersen