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American Statesmen |
| | Adams, Charles Francis (Letter) $125
Son of President J. Q. Adams, 1848 Free Soil VP candidate, Lincoln’s Minister to Great Britain |
| | Bayard, Thomas F. (Letter) $40
Bayard seeks copy of a paper on Winfield Scott Hancock, his rival for 1880 Democratic presidential nomination 12 years before |
| | Bayard, Thomas F. (Letter) $110
Day after re-election loss, the Secretary of State declines New York Chamber of Commerce invitation |
| | Bayard, Thomas F. (Signature) $40
Clipped signed conclusion of 1888 DS as Cleveland’s Secretary of State |
| | Benton, Thomas Hart (Letter) $375
Senator Benton attributes his successes to his handwriting, praising those who write well! |
| | Boutwell, George S. (Letter) $40
Former Treasury Secretary Boutwell notes his term in President Grant’s Cabinet |
| | Bricker, John (Photograph) $30
1944 VP candidate on GOP ticket with Dewey |
| | Bricker, John W. (First Day Cover) $25
1950 First Day Cover signed by the 1944 GOP Vice Presidential candidate |
| | Brown, Benjamin Gratz (Letter) $195
Seeking 1872 Liberal Republican presidential nomination, smelling skullduggery & corruption! |
| | Brownlow, William G. (Letter) $450
1863 ALS from “The Fighting Parson”, itching to return to East Tennessee and the newspaper business |
| | Bryan, William Jennings (Letter) $275
Secretary Bryan declares intention to nominate US Minister to Salvador as State Dept. Chief of Division of Latin American Affairs |
| | Bunche, Ralph J. (Letter) $80
TLS as United Nations Under Secretary |
| | Bunche, Ralph J. (Signature) $50
Signed 4 months after receiving 1950 Nobel Prize for Peace |
| | Butler, Nicholas Murray (Letter) $55
President Butler’s methodology for securing wide readership for a Columbia colleague’s paper |
| | Byrnes, James F. (Letter) $50
Former Secretary of State Byrnes to former Under Secretary Grew on the Wriston Repoort |
| | Chase, Salmon P. (Letter) $350
Treasury Secretary Chase deflates a job-seeker |
| | Connally, John (Letter) $75
1965 TLS as Texas Governor 2 years after being seriously wounded during JFK’s assassination in Dallas |
| | Davis, Jefferson (Signature) $595
Frameable signature of the Confederacy’s only president |
| | Davis, Jefferson (Signature) $595
Frameable signature of the ConfederateStates of America’s only President |
| | Dulles, John Foster (Letter) $110
Just-appointed Secretary of State, acknowledges prominent journalist's congratulations |
| | Dulles, John Foster (Letter) $135
Secretary Dulles thanks Amb. Grew for 1932 Lausanne Conference article for Department of State “Bulletin” |
| | Eagleton, Thomas (Photograph) $30
1972 Democratic VP nominee, replaced after disclosure of psychiaric treatment history |
| | Evarts, William M. (Letter) $85
Wall Street lawyer Evarts aids a fellow attorney |
| | Everett, Edward (Letter) $125
1853 ALS from Fillmore’s Secretary of State to Navy Secretary Kennedy |
| | Everett, Edward (Letter) $110
1842 ALS as Minister to Great Britain |
| | Farley, James A. (Letter) $30
Farley congratulates Ambassador Grew on Senate confirmation as Under Secretary of State |
| | Fessenden, William Pitt (Letter) $195
Powerful Maine Senator, succeeded Chase as Lincoln’s Treasury Secretary |
| | Gerard, James W. (Letter) $35
Noted diplomat, popular Ambassador to Germany before US entry into WW I |
| | Goldberg, Arthur (First Day Cover) $50
Signed 1968 Oliver Wendell Holmes stamp FDC |
| | Goldberg, Arthur J. (Letter) $95
Lists the most important qualities a Cabinet Officer should have |
| | Harris, Ira (Letter) $95
Succeeded Seward in Senate, friend of Lincoln, his children with Lincoln at Ford’s Theater |
| | House, Col. Edward M. (Letter) $95
Col. House to US Minister to Poland, seeking help for two Jewish women |
| | Hughes, Charles E. (Letter) $150
Chief Justice Hughes appreciates clipping on Baptist Church in which he was raised |
| | Hughes, Charles Evans (Photograph) $225
Signed Harris & Ewing official photo as Chief Justice |
| | Hunter, Robert M. T. (Letter) $225
Postwar ALS of the Virginia, US and CSA statesman, youngest ever House Speaker, pictured on CSA $10 bill |
| | Johnson, Reverdy (Letter) $125
Maryland lawyer, US Senator & Attorney General, represented Dred Scott’s Owner and Mary Surratt |
| | Kefauver, Estes (Letter) $50
Sen. Kefauver thanks Ambassador Grew for a copy of Lord Cecil’s letter to Cyril Clemens |
| | Kellogg, Frank B. (Letter) $135
Nobel Laureate and Ex- Secretary of State asks Japan Ambassador Grew for help with Japanese silk shirt order! |
| | Kellogg, Frank B. (Letter) $150
Secretary Kellogg requests President Coolidge announce Under Secretary Grew’s appointment as Ambassador to Turkey |
| | Lincoln, Robert Todd (Check) $175
1917 check in hand of, and signed by, statesman-executive son of Abraham Lincoln to Abe’s great-grandson |
| | Livingston, Edward (Signature) $40
1832 signature clipped from DS as Jackson’s Secretary of State |
| | Lodge Jr., Henry Cabot (Letter) $65
Lodge seeks support in his 1936 campaign for GOP nomination for Massachusetts Senator |
| | Lodge Sr., Henry Cabot (Photograph) $150
Handsome Harris & Ewing Studio portrait of the Massachusetts Senator, statesman, and author |
| | Lovett, Robert A. (ON HOLD) (Letter) $250
State Department concern about Congressional disclosure of confidential documents during the Alger Hiss affair |
| | Manning, Daniel (Letter) $45
1873 ALS of future Cleveland Treasury Secretary as newspaper editor to Democratic Party historian, interesting NY political content |
| | Marcy, William L. (Letter) $150
Neutral US Government will protect its' citizens’ rights during the Crimean War |
| | Marshall, George C. (Letter) $350
Secretary of State Marshall thanks Ambassador Grew for representing him at Josephus Daniels’ funeral |
| | Marshall, George C. (Letter) $350
Secretary of State Marshall thanks Amb. Grew for British author’s “take” on 19th century Austrian diplomat Prince Metternich |
| | Marshall, George C. (Letter) $295
General of the Army Marshall declines Amb. Grew’s invitation to Washington National Monumnemt Society luncheon |
| | Marshall, John (Letter) $3750
Principal founder of the American system of constitutional law |
| | McCloy, John J. (First Day Cover) $60
JFK stamp FDC signed by prominent Warren Commission member |
| | McNutt, Paul V. (Letter) $30
Served Indiana, American Legion and Philippines, WW II Federal Security Administrator |
| | Morton, Rogers C. B. (Photograph) $50
Signed & inscribed color photo likely while Ford Interior Secretary |
| | Moultrie, William (Letter) $1150
South Carolina soldier-statesman calls for tougher slave patrol laws |
| | Parker, John M. (Note) $35
Progressive Party 1916 vice presidential candidate, Louisiana governor |
| | Pickering, Timothy (Document) $495
Quarter Master General Pickering's 1783 receipt for funds for forage signed also by William Hull, vilified in War of 1812 |
| | Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Document) $125 Special Offer: $110
1964 message as Governor to New York State legislature on public housing legislative recommendations
We took off a piece of the "Rock"! |
| | Root, Elihu (Letter) $135
Secretary of State Root lists countries participating in 1907 Jamestown Exposition military celebration |
| | Root, Elihu (Letter) $115
New York Senator Root acknowledges a Jewish fraternal lodge’s opposition to a controversial immigration bill |
| | Royall, Kenneth C. (Letter) $45
TLS from the last Secretary of War-last Cabinet-level Secretary of the Army, just before Berlin blockade |
| | Seymour, Horatio (Letter) $150
1862 ALS on "habeas corpus" case involving Andrew Jackson, certainly concerned with Lincoln’s actions |
| | Smith, Al (Letter) $75
Al Smith thanks Swift meatpacking heiress for a Christmas "kind remembrance" (Bacardi rum!) |
| | Smith, Al (Letter) $65
"The Happy Warrior" hopes for a visit with a 21-year-old Chicago socialite/ heiress |
| | Stevens, Thaddeus (Letter) $115
Lawyer Stevens 1852 ALS on a legal matter while Member of Congress |
| | Stimson, Henry L. (Letter) $125
Secretary of State Stimson to send signed photo to Ambassador Grew in Istanbul |
| | Stoddert, Benjamin (Letter) $295
Banker, first Navy Secretary, purchased land to create the District of Columbia for the federal government |
| | Thurmond, Strom (Photograph) $50
1948 “Dixiecrat” presidential candidate, served in Senate for 47 Years |
| | Tilden, Samuel J. (Letter) $225
1873 ALS from “loser” of the closest US presidential election -- until 2000! |
| | Toombs, Robert (Letter) $295
Senator Toombs, future CSA Secretary of State & Brigadier General, on Texas land transfer legal problems |
| | Vandenberg, Arthur H. (Letter) $35
Senator Vandenberg to Amb. Grew on HR 199, the “Judd Bill”, on immigration and naturalization |
| | Vinson, Fred M. (Check) $90
The Chief Justice pays his 1949 Kentucky state taxes |
| | Wallace, Henry A. (Autograph Quotation Signed) $110
1935 AQS on parchment while Agriculture Secretary, from collection of Hollywood mogul Carl Laemmle |
| | Warren, Earl (First Day Cover) $175
1964 JFK stamp FDC signed by Chief Justice Warren, chaired commission investigating President Kennedy’s assassination |
| | Welles, Sumner (Letter) $45
FDR’s 1937-43 Under Secretary of State, to his successor, Joseph Grew |
| | Wolcott Jr., Oliver (Letter) $175
1784 DS as Connecticut Pay Table member reminding Town of Glastonbury to file accounts for reimbursement by the United States |
Americana |
| | Bache, Alexander D. (Letter) $250
1838 ALS to trustee Joseph Hopkinson raising problems with Stephen Girard’s will to further aims of Girard College |
| | Barton, Clara (Letter) $595
Barton thanks her “comrade friends” for expressions of support while ill |
| | Cermak, Anton J. (Signature) $95
Chicago mayor mortally wounded during 1933 attempted FDR assassination |
| | Clarkson, Matthew (Letter) $350
1793 ALS to state Comptroller General John Nicholson from the Philadelphia mayor, a hero of the 1793 yellow fever epidemic a few months after |
| | Florence, William J. (Note) $95
New York actor, co-founded Masonic order "The Shriners" |
| | Genet, Edmond-Charles (Document) $250
Citizen Genet:: corrosive French diplomat turned American citizen |
| | Goethals, George Washington (Letter) $150
U. S. Army engineer, supervised construction and opening of the Panama Canal |
| | Hall, A. Oakley & Connolly, Richard B. (Check) $50
1871 check signed by "Tweed Ring" members, NYC Mayor Hall & City Comptroller Connolly |
| | Harris, Ira (Letter) $95
Succeeded Seward in Senate, friend of Lincoln, his children with Lincoln at Ford’s Theater |
| | Harrod, James (Document) $1750
1785 legal document signed by the frontiersman who built the first settlement in Kentucky |
| | Hoban, James (Document) $850
Rare 1824 DS of Irish-born architect of The White House as Distrrict of Columbia Justice of the Peace |
| | Jackson, Henry (Letter) $295
Providing aid for a colony of French aristocrats in Maine, refugees of the Revolution |
| | Marshall, James W. (Signed Souvenir Card) $3950
Very rare souvenir card signed by the discoverer of gold in California! |
| | Missouri Statesmen: Hearnes, Warren E.; Symington, Stuart; Eagleton, Thomas F.; Clay Sr., William L.; Symington, James W.; Sullivan, Leonor K.; Randall, William J.; Bolling, Richard W.; Hull Jr., William R.; Hall, Durward G.; Ichord Jr., Richard H.; Hunga (First Day Cover) $50
Missouri’s 1969-73 Governor + US Senators & Representatives |
| | Ogden Aaron (Document) $495
The provisional US Army stands down in 1800 as the threat of war with France ends |
| | Phillips, Wendell (Letter) $95
The ardent abolitionist grants an autograph to an admirer |
| | Phillips, Wendell (AQS) $135
Ca. 1864 quotation in the famed reformer-abolitionist’s hand |
| | Pierpoint, Francis H. (Document) $175
“Father of West Virginia”, Governor of Federal-occupied Virginia 1861-1868 |
| | Reeves, David Wallis (Letter) $95
ALS of the prominent 19th Century bandmaster & march composer on his pictorial letterehad |
| | Shelby, Isaac (Document) $495
Hero of American Revolution & War of 1812, 1st Governor of State of Kentucky |
| | Smith, Samuel F. (AQS) $750
Signed handwritten beginning of first stanza ("My country-'tis' of thee...of thee I sing") of national hymn “America” |
| | Smith, William Stephens (Document) $595
John Adams ne’er-do-well son-in-law commands a regiment in the “Quasi War” with France |
| | Tweed, William March ("Boss") (Document) $250
Boss Tweed approves $180 bill for repairing & reglazing New York City public lamps |
| | Warren, Earl (First Day Cover) $175
1964 JFK stamp FDC signed by Chief Justice Warren, chaired commission investigating President Kennedy’s assassination |
| | Whalen, Grover (First Day Cover) $25
Signed New York Golden Jubilee FDC by head of the 1939-40 NY World's Fair |
| | Yorty, Sam (Letter) $50
Mayor Yorty defends the LAPD & Chief Parker 2 weeks after the August 1965 Watts Riots |
Americana-California |
| | Sloat, John D. (Autograph Endorsement Signed) $225
Raised flag over Monterey July 7, 1846, proclaiming California as part of the United States |
Americana-New York/New York City |
| | Clinton, George (Document) $395
1800 ADS of New York’s 1st state governor, Jefferson & Madison’s VP |
| | Lehman, Herbert (Letter) $30
Honest Governor Lehman returns hotel key, asks for his telephone bill! |
| | Low, Seth (Letter) $45
1st President of Columbia University, reformist 2nd Mayor of New York City |
| | Opdyke, George (Letter) $75
1862 LS from New York City’s Civil War Mayor |
| | Seymour, Horatio (Letter) $150
1862 ALS on "habeas corpus" case involving Andrew Jackson, certainly concerned with Lincoln’s actions |
| | Thompson, Smith; Kent, James; Spencer, Ambrose; Van Ness, Wm. W. (Document) $175
1809 New York State Supreme Court opinion on reasonable compensation for Court reporter |
Americana-Texas |
| | Ferguson, Miriam A. "Ma" (Signed Card) $65
Controversial 1st Texas woman governor, 2nd female US governor |
Art & Architecture |
| | Bakshi, Ralph (Original sketch) $75 Special Offer: $65
Original sketch by creator of the first adult animated features ("Fritz the Cat", etc.)
True animation pioneer on sale! |
| | Blake, Bud (Original sketch) $75
Signed original sketch of comic strip characters "Tiger" and "Stripe" |
| | Caniff, Milt (Letter) $75
Caniff is pleased "Steve Canyon" panel on soil stablization was used by the "Chemical and Engineering News" |
| | Church, Frederick E. (Signature) $215 Special Offer: $195
Hudson River School artist noted for landscapes of scenic grandeur
A good deal "drawn" just for you! |
| | Corbett, Harvey Wiley (Autograph Statement Signed) $295
Lovely handwritten statement on the importance of architecture and architects in society |
| | Gilbert, Cass (Letter) $395
The renowned architect salutes creators of New York City’s Bronx River Parkway |
| | Guisewite, Cathy (Original Sketch) $50 Special Offer: $40
Original signed “Cathy” sketch
"Cathy" never could resist a sale - should you? |
| | Hastings, Thomas D. (Letter) $150
Architect who transformed St. Augustine, Florida, designed New York Public Library & Arlington Cemetery’s Memorial Ampitheater |
| | Hoban, James (Document) $850
Rare 1824 DS of Irish-born architect of The White House as Distrrict of Columbia Justice of the Peace |
| | Hurd, Peter (Letter) $150
Handwritten letter (ALS) from the student of Howard Pyle and son-in-law of N. C. Wyeth |
| | Indiana, Robert (First Day Cover) $125
Matted & framed 1973 LOVE stamp First Day of Issue envelope |
| | Karsh, Yousuf (First Day Cover) $85
One of the worlds’s greatest portrait photographers |
| | Lawrence, Jacob (Signed Postcard Reproduction) $135
Color postcard reproduction signed by one of the best artistic portrayers of the African-American experience |
| | Morris, Benjamin Wister (Letter) $150
Prominent NYC architect, designed interiors for ocean liner “Queen Mary”, NYC skyscrapers |
| | Parrish, Maxfield (Signature) $250
Eminent American painter, illustrator for advertisements, magazines & books |
| | Remington, Frederic (Framed Letter) $1750
Handsomely framed letter from Frederic Remington to Hearst political cartoonist Homer Davenport, shortly before Remington is off to Cuba |
| | Rudolph, Paul M. (FDC) $40
“Sarasota School” architect noted for cubist building designs |
| | Segal, George (First Day Cover) $30
“Pop Art” sculptor noted for casting life-size figures and hosting original “happenings” |
| | Sendak, Maurice (Letter & Sketch) $595
Signed original sketch of a “Wild Thing” on 1983 postcard letter |
| | Stone, Edward Durrell (Photograph) $225
Exponent of "International Style" of architecture, designed Washington, DC's John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, etc. |
| | Thornton, William (Document) $295
Designer & first Architect of the US Capitol, first Patent Office Superintendent, one of first three Federal City commissioners |
| | Walker, Mort (original sketch) $75
Signed original sketch of Beetle Bailey |
Aviation & Space |
| | Abruzzo, Ben; Anderson, Maxie; and Newman, Larry (Signed Cover) $115 Special Offer: $100
Double Eagle II--1st Transatlantic Balloon Flight
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| | Bennett Jr., James Gordon (Letter) $195
Sportsman-publisher, sent Stanley to find Livingstone, financed Arctic expeditions, established trophies in yacht, aviation & automobile racing |
| | Bluford Jr., Guion S. (Photograph) $50 Special Offer: $40
1st African-American astronaut to go into space
"blast off" a piece of the price! |
| | Boyd, J. Erroll (FDC) $125
"The Canadian Lindbergh", 1st Canadian & 2nd British citizen to fly the Atlantic |
| | Brand, Vance D. (Photograph) $35
Flew on Apollo-Soyuz mission, commanded 3 space shuttle flights |
| | Brown, A.Whitten & Scott, G. Herbert (Signatures) $250
Signatures of notable British aviation pioneers from 1930 limited edition book |
| | Carpenter, M. Scott (Photograph) $75
Color photograph suiting up for "Aurora 7" launch |
| | Collins, Michael (Photograph) $595
Command module pilot on 1969 Apollo 11 1st moon landing mission |
| | Collins, Michael (Signed NASA Brochure) $450
NASA Apollo 11 Mission Report signed by command module pilot Collins |
| | Conrad, Charles "Pete" (Photograph) $150
Gemini, Apollo (moonwalker), Skylab programs astronaut, killed in 1999 accident |
| | Douglas Sr., Donald W. (Photograph) $250
Signed photo of the pioneer airplane manufacturer, founder of Douglas Aviation Company |
| | Duke, Charles (Photograph) $80
Apollo 16 astronaut Duke salutes the flag on the lunar surface! |
| | Dunbar, Bonnie (FDC) $25
Signed 1980 FDC honoring pioneer aviatrix Blanche Stuart Scott |
| | Eaker, Ira C. (Letter) $95
Uncommon ALS of deputy USAAF commander, led bomber command in Europe |
| | Eckner, Hugo & Dornier, Claudius (Signatures) $295 Special Offer: $275
Signatures of two German aviation pioneers from limited edition 1930 book
Two great names in early aviation! |
| | Foss, Joe (First Day Cover) $60
WW II Marine Corps ace, Medal of Honor recipient, So. Dakota statesman, television personality, NRA president |
| | Foulois, Benjamin D. (Signed Cover) $150
1936 envelope signed by "The Father of the U. S. Air Force” |
| | Garn, Jake (Photograph) $25
1st sitting US Senator-astronaut |
| | Halaby, Najeeb (Letter) $40
Flew 1st operational US jet plane, led FAA and Pan American Airlines, father-in-law of Jordan’s King Hussein |
| | Hartsfield, Hank (Signature) $25
In-person astronaut signature, adds Space Shuttle flights |
| | Herndon, Hugh & Pangborn, Clyde (ANS & Signed Envelope) $150
1st to fly non-stop across the Pacific Ocean |
| | Johnson (Mollison), Amy (Signature) $195
Record-setting British aviatrix of 30’s, killed at age 38! |
| | Khrunov, Yevgeni V. (FDC) $50
Original USSR cosmonaut, 1st to transfer from one manned spacecraft to another in Space |
| | Lindbergh, Charles A. (Letter) $950
Lindbergh considers letting the Boy Scouts use his (ghostwritten) New York Times articles |
| | Lousma, Jack & Fullerton, C. Gordon (Signed Launch Cover) $85
Signed 1982 3rd Columbia Space Shuttle flight launch cover |
| | Maitland, Lester J. (Cover) $60
Piloted 1927 1st California-Hawaii transpacific flight |
| | McAuliffe, S. Christa (Signature) $900
1st non-astronaut to be sent to space, killed in 1986 explosion of Shuttle "Challenger" |
| | McDivitt, James A. (Letter) $75
1970 TLS of Gemini & Apollo astronaut as NASA Apollo program manager |
| | Ogden, Henry H. (FDC) $75
1924 US Army Douglas World Cruiser Around-The-World Flight crew member |
| | Onizuka, Ellison S. (Cover) $250
Space Shuttle astronaut killed in 1986 "Challenger" disaster! |
| | Osher, Ernest (Letter) $35
WW II P-38 ace in European Theater of Operations |
| | Read, Albert C. (Document) $75
Piloted NC-4 on 1919 1st transatlantic flight |
| | Resnik, Judith A. (Photograph) $295
1st Jewish astronaut, 2nd US woman in space, killed in 1986 “Challenger” disaster |
| | Rickenbacker, Eddie (Photograph) $125
Signed photograph of the aviation pioneer, WW I hero, airline executive |
| | Rutan, Dick & Yeager, Jeana (Signatures) $75
Flew 1986 1st nonstop, non-refueled around-the-world flight |
| | Williams, Roger Q. (Cover) $40
Signed cacheted 1934 National Youth Week flight cover |
| | Yeliseyev, Alexei S. (Photograph) $50
Soviet cosmonaut, flew on three 1969 Soyuz missions |
Black (African-American) Leaders |
| | Arroyo, Martina (Photograph) $30
One of the first African-American opera stars |
| | Bluford Jr., Guion S. (Photograph) $50 Special Offer: $40
1st African-American astronaut to go into space
"blast off" a piece of the price! |
| | Bumbry, Grace (Photograph) $30
Pioneer African-American mezzo & high soprano opera singer |
| | Bunche, Ralph J. (Letter) $80
TLS as United Nations Under Secretary |
| | Bunche, Ralph J. (Signature) $50
Signed 4 months after receiving 1950 Nobel Prize for Peace |
| | Carver, George Washington (Signature) $325
Pioneer African-American agronomist-botanist-researcher at Tuskegee |
| | Dunbar, Paul Laurence (Letter) $1750
1900 TLS on possible appearance of his work in a collection for lawyers! |
| | Hastie, William H. (Signature) $45
Taught law to Thurgood Marshall, 1st African-American federal appellate court judge |
| | Lawrence, Jacob (Signed Postcard Reproduction) $135
Color postcard reproduction signed by one of the best artistic portrayers of the African-American experience |
| | Lowery, Joseph E. (First Day Cover) $50
Southern Christian Leadership Conference co-founder, led 1965 Selma-Montgomery civil rights march |
| | Mitchell, Leona (Photograph) $25
Renowned African-American lyric-spinto soprano |
| | Waller, Thomas "Fats" (Document) $395
1936 receipt signed by the popular songwriter, master of the stride piano |
Business & Finance |
| | Altman, Benjamin (Check) $125 Special Offer: $110
Check signed by the founder of B. Altman & Co. department stores, notable philanthropist
A "B. Altman" bargain! |
| | Angell, Sir (Ralph) Norman (Letter) $75
English 1933 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, believed European economic integration would make militarism obsolete |
| | Baruch, Bernard M. (Letter) $225
The Bible is the one book he would choose to have if he could only choose one! |
| | Beaverbrook, 1st Baron (Wm. Maxwell Aitken) (Document) $40
“First Baron of Fleet Street”, Canadian-British newspaper publisher, served in WW I & II War Cabinets |
| | Biddle, Nicholas (Letter) $295
ALS written shortly after opening state-chartered The Bank of the United States in Pennsylvania |
| | Brandeis, Louis D. (Letter) $495
Justice Brandeis cites a pioneer company’s attempt at workplace democracy |
| | Carnegie, Andrew (Letter) $595
Carnegie praises Secretary of State & future Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elihu Root |
| | Dix, John A. (Letter) $250
1866 ALS as Union Pacific Railroad president noting transcontinental track laying progress |
| | Douglas Sr., Donald W. (Photograph) $250
Signed photo of the pioneer airplane manufacturer, founder of Douglas Aviation Company |
| | Eastman, George ( Letter) $1450 Special Offer: $1375
Great 1913 motion picture camera-related content TLS
Point your Kodak and dave some $! |
| | Field, Cyrus W. (Letter) $125
Developer of the Atlantic Cable and New York City’s Elevated “subway" |
| | Field, Cyrus W. (Letter) $125
1863 LS on Chamber of Commerce business, written while in process of laying the Atlantic Cable |
| | Ford, Edsel (Letter) $575 Special Offer: $525
2nd president of Ford Motor Company comes to the aid of a troubled Yale Law student
A Ford in your future? |
| | Frisch, Ragnar & Tinbergen, Jan (First Day Cover) $40
Recipients of first Nobel Prize for Economic Science in 1969 |
| | Harris, Louis (Photograph) $30
Signed photograph of the eminent political pollster |
| | Holladay, Ben (Check) $325
"The Napoleon of The Plains" |
| | Knox, John Jay (Letter) $65
1875 LS as Comptroller of the Treasury to Attorney General Pierrepont |
| | Lewisohn, Adolph (Letter) $75
Philanthropist-financier Lewisohn gives season pass to Lewisohn Stadium Concerts to Rabbi Stephen S. Wise & wife |
| | Lincoln, Robert Todd (Check) $175
1917 check in hand of, and signed by, statesman-executive son of Abraham Lincoln to Abe’s great-grandson |
| | Luce, Henry R. (Letter) $195
ALS from the communications empire founder to the wife of Yale’s president |
| | Pathé, Charles (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $150
International camera & film manufacturer & distributor, created 1st newsreel |
| | Redfield, William C. (Letter) $30
Banker & 1st Secretary of Commerce thanks another banker for a family kindness |
| | Reith, John Charles W., 1st Baron Reith of Stonehaven (Letter) $110
“Father” of the British Broadcasting Company (BBC), Member of Churchill’s War Cabinet |
| | Rickenbacker, Eddie (Photograph) $125
Signed photograph of the aviation pioneer, WW I hero, airline executive |
| | Rockefeller Sr., John D. (Letter) $1100
Rockefeller appreciates message of sympathy on the 1915 death of his wife |
| | Sarnoff, David (Letter) $395
Creator of the 1st radio network (NBC) to Ambassador Grew |
| | Spinner, Francis E. (Letter) $195
Treasurer Spinner cannot secure former House colleague’s appointment to commission investigating Freedmen’s Savings Bank |
| | Stoddert, Benjamin (Letter) $295
Banker, first Navy Secretary, purchased land to create the District of Columbia for the federal government |
| | Tobin, James (First Day Cover) $25
American Keynesian economist, awarded 1981 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences |
| | Wanamaker, John (Letter) $75
1890 TLS as Postmaster General from the creator of the retail “money-back guarantee” |
| | Whitney, Harry Payne (Document) $225 Special Offer: $175
Stock transfer document signed by the financier-polo player-horse breeder & racer
For the polo player & horse aficionado! |
| | Wolcott Jr., Oliver (Letter) $175
1784 DS as Connecticut Pay Table member reminding Town of Glastonbury to file accounts for reimbursement by the United States |
| | Yulee, David Levy (Signature) $90
1st Jewish-born United States Senator, one of Florida's first Senators |
Cabinet Members |
| | Bayard, Thomas F. (Letter) $110
Day after re-election loss, the Secretary of State declines New York Chamber of Commerce invitation |
| | Bayard, Thomas F. (Signature) $40
Clipped signed conclusion of 1888 DS as Cleveland’s Secretary of State |
| | Boutwell, George S. (Letter) $40
Former Treasury Secretary Boutwell notes his term in President Grant’s Cabinet |
| | Bryan, William Jennings (Letter) $275
Secretary Bryan declares intention to nominate US Minister to Salvador as State Dept. Chief of Division of Latin American Affairs |
| | Byrnes, James F. (Letter) $50
Former Secretary of State Byrnes to former Under Secretary Grew on the Wriston Repoort |
| | Chandler, Zachariah (ON HOLD) (Letter) $65
1868 ALS while Michigan Radical Republican US Senator |
| | Chase, Salmon P. (Letter) $350
Treasury Secretary Chase deflates a job-seeker |
| | Clark, Ramsey (Photograph) $25
LBJ Attorney General, left-wing activist lawyer |
| | Clark, Tom C. (Photograph) $60
Signed photo while Attorney General, soon-to-be Associate Justice |
| | Connally, John (Letter) $75
1965 TLS as Texas Governor 2 years after being seriously wounded during JFK’s assassination in Dallas |
| | Cortelyou, George B. (Letter) $75
Treasury Secretary Cortelyou 1908 TLS to the President of the National Academy of Sciences |
| | Daniels, Josephus (Letter) $40
Secretary Daniels requests Cornelius Vanderbilt invite General Goethals to NYC review of the Atlantic Fleet |
| | Denby, Edwin (Photograph) $50
"Teapot Dome" scandal dupe? |
| | Dickerson, Mahlon (Letter) $90
Written within a week of his appointment as Secretary of the Navy by President Jackson |
| | Dulles, John Foster (Letter) $110
Just-appointed Secretary of State, acknowledges prominent journalist's congratulations |
| | Dulles, John Foster (Letter) $135
Secretary Dulles thanks Amb. Grew for 1932 Lausanne Conference article for Department of State “Bulletin” |
| | Everett, Edward (Letter) $125
1853 ALS from Fillmore’s Secretary of State to Navy Secretary Kennedy |
| | Farley, James A. (Letter) $30
Farley congratulates Ambassador Grew on Senate confirmation as Under Secretary of State |
| | Fessenden, William Pitt (Letter) $195
Powerful Maine Senator, succeeded Chase as Lincoln’s Treasury Secretary |
| | Goldberg, Arthur J. (Letter) $95
Lists the most important qualities a Cabinet Officer should have |
| | Hardin, Clifford M. (Letter) $30
Nixon Agriculture Secretary Hardin to Commerce Secretary Maurice Stans |
| | Hickel, Walter J. (Letter) $30
1969 TLS as Interior Secretary to Commerce Secretary Maurice Stans |
| | Hobby, Oveta Culp (Signature) $25
1st HEW Secretary, 1st WAC Commandant |
| | Hufstedler, Shirley M. (Signature) $25
1980 in-person signature while Carter's Secretary of Education |
| | Ickes, Harold L. (Letter) $75
Designation of Public Works Administration’s Community Chest Divisional Chairman |
| | Johnson, Reverdy (Letter) $125
Maryland lawyer, US Senator & Attorney General, represented Dred Scott’s Owner and Mary Surratt |
| | Kellogg, Frank B. (Letter) $135
Nobel Laureate and Ex- Secretary of State asks Japan Ambassador Grew for help with Japanese silk shirt order! |
| | Kellogg, Frank B. (Letter) $150
Secretary Kellogg requests President Coolidge announce Under Secretary Grew’s appointment as Ambassador to Turkey |
| | Kreps, Juanita M. (Photograph) $20
1st female Secretary of Commerce (Carter) |
| | Lamont, Daniel S. (Letter) $75
1895 ALS as President Cleveland’s Secretary of War |
| | Lansing, Robert (Letter) $150
Secretary Lansing appreciates a reference for a candidate for the Diplomatic Service |
| | Livingston, Edward (Signature) $40
1832 signature clipped from DS as Jackson’s Secretary of State |
| | Lovett, Robert A. (ON HOLD) (Letter) $250
State Department concern about Congressional disclosure of confidential documents during the Alger Hiss affair |
| | Manning, Daniel (Letter) $45
1873 ALS of future Cleveland Treasury Secretary as newspaper editor to Democratic Party historian, interesting NY political content |
| | Marcy, William L. (Letter) $150
Neutral US Government will protect its' citizens’ rights during the Crimean War |
| | Marshall, George C. (Letter) $350
Secretary of State Marshall thanks Ambassador Grew for representing him at Josephus Daniels’ funeral |
| | Marshall, George C. (Letter) $350
Secretary of State Marshall thanks Amb. Grew for British author’s “take” on 19th century Austrian diplomat Prince Metternich |
| | Marshall, John (Letter) $3750
Principal founder of the American system of constitutional law |
| | Marshall, Ray (Signature) $25
1978 in-person signature while Secretary of Labor |
| | McGrath, Howard (Photograph) $25
Truman Attorney General, resigned in corruption investigation |
| | Morton, Rogers C. B. (Photograph) $50
Signed & inscribed color photo likely while Ford Interior Secretary |
| | Redfield, William C. (Letter) $30
Banker & 1st Secretary of Commerce thanks another banker for a family kindness |
| | Root, Elihu (Letter) $135
Secretary of State Root lists countries participating in 1907 Jamestown Exposition military celebration |
| | Roper, Daniel C. (Letter) $60
An invitation from FDR’s Secretary of Commerce to an August watermelon party! |
| | Royall, Kenneth C. (Letter) $45
TLS from the last Secretary of War-last Cabinet-level Secretary of the Army, just before Berlin blockade |
| | Stimson, Henry L. (Letter) $125
Secretary of State Stimson to send signed photo to Ambassador Grew in Istanbul |
| | Stoddert, Benjamin (Letter) $295
Banker, first Navy Secretary, purchased land to create the District of Columbia for the federal government |
| | Toucey, Isaac (Letter) $85
ALS likely while Buchanan’s Navy Secretary |
| | Van Buren, Martin (Document) $525
1829 DS as Jackson’s Secretary of State, copyright for a French grammar textbook |
| | Vinson, Fred M. (Check) $90
The Chief Justice pays his 1949 Kentucky state taxes |
| | Wallace, Henry A. (Autograph Quotation Signed) $110
1935 AQS on parchment while Agriculture Secretary, from collection of Hollywood mogul Carl Laemmle |
| | Wanamaker, John (Letter) $75
1890 TLS as Postmaster General from the creator of the retail “money-back guarantee” |
| | Wickersham, George W. (Letter) $35
Taft Attorney General, prominent New York lawyer |
| | Wolcott Jr., Oliver (Letter) $175
1784 DS as Connecticut Pay Table member reminding Town of Glastonbury to file accounts for reimbursement by the United States |
Circus |
| | Gebel-Williams, Gunther (First Day Cover) $25
Greatest animal trainer of all time, Ringling star 1969-90 |
Colonial Americana |
| | Francis, Tench (Document) $125
Prominent colonial Philadelphia lawyer, a founding trustee of what became the University of Pennsylvania |
| | Hoar, George F. (Letter) $25
Senator Hoar refers a woman author to MIT President Walker for assistance |
| | Pemberton Jr., Israel (Document) $195 Special Offer: $150
1738 receipt from "the King of the Quakers" ("King Wampum" to the Indians) to another prominent Philadelphia Quaker merchant
Save some money on "King Wampum" |
Congress of the US |
| | Barkley, Alben W. (Letter) $95
Senate Majority Leader Barkley assists a collector seeking an FDR autograph |
| | Benton, Thomas Hart (Letter) $375
Senator Benton attributes his successes to his handwriting, praising those who write well! |
| | Boutwell, George S. (Letter) $40
Former Treasury Secretary Boutwell notes his term in President Grant’s Cabinet |
| | Bricker, John (Photograph) $30
1944 VP candidate on GOP ticket with Dewey |
| | Burnside, Ambrose E. (Signature) $150
Led Army of the Potomac 1862-1863, signature while new Rhode Island Senator |
| | Chandler, Zachariah (ON HOLD) (Letter) $65
1868 ALS while Michigan Radical Republican US Senator |
| | Eagleton, Thomas (Photograph) $30
1972 Democratic VP nominee, replaced after disclosure of psychiaric treatment history |
| | Fenton, Reuben E. (Letter) $75
1859 ALS of Whig NY Rep. Fenton, reporting on the future of a bill |
| | Garn, Jake (Photograph) $25
1st sitting US Senator-astronaut |
| | Gillett, Frederick H. (Photograph) $75
1922 photograph signed while Speaker of the House |
| | Harris, Ira (Letter) $95
Succeeded Seward in Senate, friend of Lincoln, his children with Lincoln at Ford’s Theater |
| | Hunter, Robert M. T. (Letter) $225
Postwar ALS of the Virginia, US and CSA statesman, youngest ever House Speaker, pictured on CSA $10 bill |
| | Lodge Sr., Henry Cabot (Photograph) $150
Handsome Harris & Ewing Studio portrait of the Massachusetts Senator, statesman, and author |
| | Mason, James M. (Letter) $235
Virginia Senator, author of 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, CSA diplomat seized with Slidell in 1861 “Trent” Affair |
| | Missouri Statesmen: Hearnes, Warren E.; Symington, Stuart; Eagleton, Thomas F.; Clay Sr., William L.; Symington, James W.; Sullivan, Leonor K.; Randall, William J.; Bolling, Richard W.; Hull Jr., William R.; Hall, Durward G.; Ichord Jr., Richard H.; Hunga (First Day Cover) $50
Missouri’s 1969-73 Governor + US Senators & Representatives |
| | Orr, James L. (Document) $90
The Speaker summons a witness to appear at 1859 Select House Committee inquiry into charges against Navy Department and Navy Yard officers |
| | Randall, Samuel J. (Signature) $30
Signature of the powerful Speaker of the House on the next-to-last day of the 44th Congress |
| | Rayburn, Sam (Letter) $85
“Mr. Sam” aids a powerful ally’s re-election campaign |
| | Smith, Marcus Aurelius ("Mark") (Letter) $40
Tombstone prosecutor, one of Arizona’s first two US Senators |
| | Smith, William Stephens (Document) $595
John Adams ne’er-do-well son-in-law commands a regiment in the “Quasi War” with France |
| | Stevens, Thaddeus (Letter) $115
Lawyer Stevens 1852 ALS on a legal matter while Member of Congress |
| | Stockton, Robert F. (Free Frank Address Panel) $225
US Navy Pacific Fleet commander, 1846 conqueror of California - namesake of City of Stockton |
| | Thurmond, Strom (Photograph) $50
1948 “Dixiecrat” presidential candidate, served in Senate for 47 Years |
| | Toombs, Robert (Letter) $295
Senator Toombs, future CSA Secretary of State & Brigadier General, on Texas land transfer legal problems |
| | Vandenberg, Arthur H. (Letter) $35
Senator Vandenberg to Amb. Grew on HR 199, the “Judd Bill”, on immigration and naturalization |
| | Washburn, Henry D. (Letter) $150
Future Yellowstone explorer leads regiments out of Missouri as acting Brigadier General |
| | Yulee, David Levy (Signature) $90
1st Jewish-born United States Senator, one of Florida's first Senators |
Educators |
| | Bache, Alexander D. (Letter) $250
1838 ALS to trustee Joseph Hopkinson raising problems with Stephen Girard’s will to further aims of Girard College |
| | Bundy, McGeorge (Letter) $35
Dean Bundy asks Amb. Grew to support OSS-CIA official/Harvard professor’s golf club membership |
| | Bush, Vannevar (Signature) $110
Led WW II Office of Scientific Research & Development, created 1st analog computer |
| | Butler, Nicholas Murray (Letter) $55
President Butler’s methodology for securing wide readership for a Columbia colleague’s paper |
| | Compton, Karl T. (Signature) $40
Member of National Defense Research Committee, MIT President, defended WW II A-Bomb use |
| | Du Ponceau, Peter (Letter) $450
1831 ALS from French-born ethnologist & linguist, student of Native American languages |
| | Giamatti, Angelo Bartlett "Bart" (First Day Cover) $150
Yale president, banned Pete Rose while 7th commissioner of Major League Baseball 1989 |
| | Hoar, George F. (Letter) $25
Senator Hoar refers a woman author to MIT President Walker for assistance |
| | Howard, Oliver O. (Letter) $195
ALS 3 weeks before compulsory retirement from the Army |
| | Low, Seth (Letter) $45
1st President of Columbia University, reformist 2nd Mayor of New York City |
| | Maclaurin, Richard C. ("Maclaurin of Tech") (Letter) $40
1916 TLS from the dynamic president of MIT to President Howe of Case School of Applied Science |
| | Mason, Max (Signature) $35
Mathematician-physicist-educator-inventor, directed construction of Palomar Observatory |
| | Mills, Susan L. (Letter) $125
Founder of Mills College, 1st women’s college in the far western United States |
| | Veblen, Oswald (Signature) $50
Mathematician, an organizer of Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, oversaw creation of ENIAC, 1st electronic digital computer |
Espionage |
| | Bundy, McGeorge (Letter) $35
Dean Bundy asks Amb. Grew to support OSS-CIA official/Harvard professor’s golf club membership |
| | Lovett, Robert A. (ON HOLD) (Letter) $250
State Department concern about Congressional disclosure of confidential documents during the Alger Hiss affair |
| | Smith, Walter Bedell ("Beetle") (Letter) $250
Ike’s WW II Chief of Staff, good content 1950 TLS as 4th CIA Director |
| | Wisner, Frank (Letter) $175
WW II Head of OSS Operations in SE Europe, led CIA Directorate of Plans in 1950’s |
Explorers & Adventurers |
| | Bennett Jr., James Gordon (Letter) $195
Sportsman-publisher, sent Stanley to find Livingstone, financed Arctic expeditions, established trophies in yacht, aviation & automobile racing |
| | Gibbons, Floyd (Signature) $25
Noted war correspondent & radio news commentator at the Salt Lake City Tabernacle |
| | Halliburton, Richard (Signature) $95
1929 card signed by the world traveller, real-life adventurer , and author |
| | Peary, Robert E. (Letter) $350
Admiral Peary sends a collector a souvenir crystal from his North Pole expedition 17 months earlier |
| | Washburn, Henry D. (Letter) $150
Future Yellowstone explorer leads regiments out of Missouri as acting Brigadier General |
First Ladies of the US |
| | Bush, Barbara (Letter) $125
Uncommon TLS as First Lady |
| | Cleveland, Frances F. (letter) $225
First Lady Frances Cleveland 1897 ALS to sensationalist preacher Dewitt Talmadge |
| | Cleveland, Frances Folsom (Signed Executive Mansion Card) $110
Signed Executive Mansion Card |
| | Coolidge, Grace G. (Letter) $225
White House ALS, lovely sympathy letter to a friend on death of her husband |
| | Eisenhower, Mamie D. (Letter) $135
Mamie hopes to visit Abilene and Eisenhower Library, praised by grandson David |
| | Garfield, Lucretia R. (Check) $395
Signed bank check written a year after President Garfield’s death |
| | Garfield, Lucretia R. (Signature) $195
Signed card dated March 1885, when her husband's presidential term would have expired |
| | Garfield, Lucretia R. (Signature) $195
Signed card dated 2 ½ months after President Garfield’s death |
| | Harding, Florence Kling (Letter) $425
The First Lady to an inspirational severely wounded WW I veteran who would die 4 days later! |
| | Harding, Florence Kling (Signed Card) $225
Signed card with gilt presidential seal |
| | Madison, Dolley Payne Todd (Letter) $2350
1835 ALS to friend Ann Maury, commenting on husband James Madison’s poor health |
| | Nixon, Pat (FDC) $150
Signed 1948 Women’s Centennial of Progress stamp cacheted First Day Cover |
| | Nixon, Pat (Photograph) $225
The Nixons arm-in-arm at daughter Tricia’s 1971 White House wedding |
| | Pierce, Jane (Letter) $1650
First Lady Jane Pierce laments to her sister on the 1853 death of her last child |
| | Polk, Sarah C. (Mrs. James K. Polk) (Document) $475
1861 ADS while Confederate citizen in Nashville |
| | Reagan, Nancy (Photograph) $65
Signed color 1986 White House receiving line photo |
| | Roosevelt, Edith K. (Franked Envelope) $85
Free franked envelope postmarked day before stock market crash! |
| | Roosevelt, Edith Kermit (Letter) $295
The ever-maternal First Lady prepares to present daughter Ethel to society |
| | Roosevelt, Eleanor (Letter) $225
Typed letter as New York's First Lady, 3 days before FDR's 1932 nomination in Chicago |
| | Roosevelt, Eleanor (Letter) $150
1949 letter to the son of FDR’s law partner mentioning her McCall’s Magazine article |
| | Taft, Helen H. (Free Frank) $150
1932 envelope addressed in hand of, and with free frank signature of, the former First Lady |
| | Taft, Helen Herron (Letter) $395
Scarce White House letter from First Lady Helen H. Taft |
Framers of the US Constitution |
| | Morris, Robert (Document) $795
1795 $3,000 3-year promissory note to his partner - also later jailed for debt |
| | Wilson, James (Document) $1995
1796 ADS signed 18 times while Associate Justice of the Supreme Court |
Inventors |
| | Alexanderson, Ernest F. W. (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $85
Swedish-American engineer, developed Alexanderson alternator to make voice radio broadcasts possible, contributed to television development |
| | Black, Alexander (Letter) $125
Inventor of the “picture play”, made President Grover Cleveland a “film star”! |
| | Coolidge, William D. (Signature) $75
Inventor of the “Coolidge Tube”, made medical x-rays safe and convenient |
| | De Forest, Lee (Letter) $525 Special Offer: $475
“The Father of Radio” salutes radio’s “unbelievable progress”!
Find a discount on your radio dial! |
| | De Forest, Lee (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $150
1947 autograph sentiment signed by “The Father of Radio” |
| | Eastman, George ( Letter) $1450 Special Offer: $1375
Great 1913 motion picture camera-related content TLS
Point your Kodak and dave some $! |
| | Hammond Jr., John Hays (Signature) $50
“The Father of Radio Control” |
| | Maxim, Hudson (Signature) $150
Inventor of smokeless gunpowder |
| | Pathé, Charles (Autograph Sentiment Signed) $150
International camera & film manufacturer & distributor, created 1st newsreel |
Journalism |
| | Alsop, Joseph (Letter) $20
Influential 30's - 70's foreign affairs correspondent & syndicated columnist |
| | Beaverbrook, 1st Baron (Wm. Maxwell Aitken) (Document) $40
“First Baron of Fleet Street”, Canadian-British newspaper publisher, served in WW I & II War Cabinets |
| | Bennett Jr., James Gordon (Letter) $195
Sportsman-publisher, sent Stanley to find Livingstone, financed Arctic expeditions, established trophies in yacht, aviation & automobile racing |
| | Dana, Charles A. (Letter) $75
Dana of “The Sun” regrets he cannot accept J. P. Morgan & Committee’s invitation to attend Chamber of Commerce annual banquet |
| | Davis, Richard Harding (Letter) $60
1892 ALS from the popular late 19th-early 20th century journalist, war correspondent, novelist & dramatist |
| | Eastman, Max (Letter) $75
Good content letter from American leftist editor, sharply repudiated socialism & communism |
| | Gibbons, Floyd (Signature) $25
Noted war correspondent & radio news commentator at the Salt Lake City Tabernacle |
| | Guest, Edgar A. (Letter) $35
Michigan’s popular “People’s Poet” declines a public appearance |
| | Harris, Louis (Photograph) $30
Signed photograph of the eminent political pollster |
| | Luce, Henry R. (Letter) $195
ALS from the communications empire founder to the wife of Yale’s president |
| | Manning, Daniel (Letter) $45
1873 ALS of future Cleveland Treasury Secretary as newspaper editor to Democratic Party historian, interesting NY political content |
| | Pegler, Westbrook (Letter) $30
Poision-pen Journalist Pegler explains a bit of theatre lore, introducing actor "George Spelvin" |
| | Reith, John Charles W., 1st Baron Reith of Stonehaven (Letter) $110
“Father” of the British Broadcasting Company (BBC), Member of Churchill’s War Cabinet |
| | Rice, Grantland (Letter) $175
1925 letter from the “Dean of American Sportswriters” |
| | Watterson, Henry (Letter) $30
Influential Kentucky editor, 1918 Pulitzer Prize recipient for editorials |
Labor Leaders |
| | Chavez, Cesar (Signed Program) $110
1960’s iconic migrant farm worker labor organizer |
| | Curtis, Benjamin R. (Letter) $350
Former Justice Curtis offers a colleague his views on which Justice should hear a client’s case |
| | Gompers, Samuel (Document) $235
Gompers & two others certified as AFL delegates to 1919 International Federation of Trade Unions Conference in Amxsterdam |
| | Lincoln, Abraham (Document (Partial) $5500
May 1859 frameable partial legal pleading signed “Lincoln p. a.” |
Law & US Supreme Court |
| | Black, Hugo (SCOTUS card) $75
Signed Court notecard by the Alabama constitutional scholar |
| | Black, Hugo L. (Signature) $75
1958 Court roster sheet with biographies, photos, & facsimile signatures signed by Senior Associate Justice Black |
| | Brandeis, Louis D. (Letter) $495
Justice Brandeis cites a pioneer company’s attempt at workplace democracy |
| | Brandeis, Louis D. (Signature) $250
Frameable autograph album page signed by Court’s 1st Jewish Justice |
| | Brennan, William J. (First Day Cover) $75
Signed 1968 Holmes stamp FDC |
| | Brennan, William J., Jr. (Letter) $125
Letter to the 1981 Reagan Inaugural Committee from one of the Court’s last great liberals! |
| | Brewer, David J. (Letter) $225
Humourous 1891 TLS on Court letterhead returning a corrected transcript of an extemporaneous speech |
| | Brown, Henry B. (Letter) $250
Justice Brown hails address by Connecticut jurist & Yale Law professor Simeon Baldwin |
| | Burger, Warren E. (Note) $85
A witty sentiment from "The Chief"! |
| | Burton, Harold H. (Photograph) $150
Nice official portrait of Justice Burton |
| | Byrnes, James F. (Letter) $50
Former Secretary of State Byrnes to former Under Secretary Grew on the Wriston Repoort |
| | Campbell, John A. (Signature) $425
Scarce signature as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S. |
| | Campbell, John A. (AES) $495
1864 endorsement as Confederate Assistant Secretary of War |
| | Campbell, John A. (Letter) $1500
1865 letter of reference for his jailer from imprisoned former Justice & CSA official |
| | Chase, Salmon P. (Letter) $350
Treasury Secretary Chase deflates a job-seeker |
| | Choate, Joseph H. (Letter) $75
Renowned attorney Choate nominates a lawyer for membership in the New York Bar Association |
| | Clark, Ramsey (Photograph) $25
LBJ Attorney General, left-wing activist lawyer |
| | Clark, Tom C. (Photograph) $60
Signed photo while Attorney General, soon-to-be Associate Justice |
| | Clifford, Nathan (Letter) $395
Brief letter of reference for his son from Justice Clifford |
| | Cranch, William (ANS) $395
2nd Supreme Court Reporter, administered oaths of office to Presidents Tyler & Fillmore while District of Columbia Chief Judge |
| | Douglas, William O. (Letter) $150
Controversial liberal Justice, outdoorsman and author |
| | Douglas, William O. (Letter) $150
Justice Douglas declines 1971 Law Day speaking invitation at Rutgers University Law School |
| | Douglas, William O. & Stevens, John Paul (Signed Engraving) $60
Court engraving signed by longest-serving Justice in Court history & longest-serving current Justice |
| | Dunbar, Paul Laurence (Letter) $1750
1900 TLS on possible appearance of his work in a collection for lawyers! |
| | Ellsworth, Oliver (Document) $395
Lengthy 1784 ADS as Associate Justice of Connecticut, summons for the Sheriff of New Haven County |
| | Evarts, William M. (Letter) $85
Wall Street lawyer Evarts aids a fellow attorney |
| | Frankfurter, Felix (Letter) $495
Justice Frankfurter offers a citation for a Justice Holmes quotation |
| | Frankfurter, Felix (Letter) $450
Justice Frankfurter praises an eminent trial lawyer’s book, “The Art of Advocacy” |
| | Fuller, Melville W. (Signed Card) $175
Signature & sentiment on verso of Chief Justice’s engraved calling card |
| | Fuller, Melville W. (Letter) $295
The Chief Justice salutes “The Lovers Year Book” and its creator |
| | Goldberg, Arthur (First Day Cover) $50
Signed 1968 Oliver Wendell Holmes stamp FDC |
| | Goldberg, Arthur J. (Letter) $95
Lists the most important qualities a Cabinet Officer should have |
| | Hastie, William H. (Signature) $45
Taught law to Thurgood Marshall, 1st African-American federal appellate court judge |
| | Holmes Jr., Oliver Wendell (Letter) $650
Massachusetts Chief Justice Holmes presents a social dilemma |
| | Holmes Jr., Oliver Wendell (Letter) $995
Most flirtatious 1897 handwritten letter from (married) Massachusetts Justice Holmes to Lady Castletown in London, his alleged paramour |
| | Hughes, Charles E. (Letter) $150
Chief Justice Hughes appreciates clipping on Baptist Church in which he was raised |
| | Hughes, Charles Evans (Photograph) $225
Signed Harris & Ewing official photo as Chief Justice |
| | Jackson, Robert H. (Letter) $225
Justice Jackson issues an invitation to lunch with US & Canadian lawyers & judges |
| | Jackson, Robert H. (Photograph) $295
Large signed photo as Associate Justice, US prosecutor at Nuremberg Trials |
| | Johnson, Reverdy (Letter) $125
Maryland lawyer, US Senator & Attorney General, represented Dred Scott’s Owner and Mary Surratt |
| | Kenyon, Dorothy (Letter) $40
Controversial feminist lawyer-jurist-diplomat |
| | Marshall, John (Letter) $3750
Principal founder of the American system of constitutional law |
| | McCloy, John J. (First Day Cover) $60
JFK stamp FDC signed by prominent Warren Commission member |
| | McKenna, Joseph (Letter) $175
Uncommon ALS while Associate Justice |
| | McReynolds, James C. (Letter) $115
One of FDR-era Court’s staunch conservative “Four Horsemen” |
| | Miller, Samuel F. (Check) $125
1881 check from 1st Justice from west of the Mississippi and 1st born west of the Appalachians |
| | Minton, Sherman (Letter) $75
Justice Minton declines to attend a fraternity “smoker” |
| | Nelson, Samuel (Letter) $335
Justice Nelson declines a Congressional banquet invitation to celebrate Washington’s birthday |
| | Peckham, Rufus W. (Signature) $90
Signature As Associate Justice |
| | Pitney, Mahlon (Letter) $225
The new Justice responds to letter of congratulations on his appointment |
| | Powell Jr., Lewis F. (Signature) $30
Inscribed and signed while Associate Justice |
| | Powell, Lewis F. (Letter) $65
Justice Powell 1977 TLS on Court chambers letterhead |
| | Reed, Stanley (First Day Cover) $40
Signed Charles E. Hughes stamp FDC |
| | Reed, Stanley F. (SCOTUS card) $45
Signed engraved Supreme Court notecard |
| | Rehnquist, William (First Day Cover) $60
1992 Earl Warren stamp cacheted First Day Cover signed while Chief Justice |
| | Rehnquist, William H. (Letter & Document) $150
Justice Rehnquist the stamp collector! |
| | Scalia, Antonin (Letter) $275
Justice Scalia regrets schedule does not permit writing Bar Journal article |
| | Stewart, Potter (Letter) $150
Eminent Justice on Warren & Burger Courts |
| | Stewart, Potter (First Day Cover) $75
Signed Charles Evans Hughes Stamp FDC |
| | Stone, Harlan F. (Letter) $250
Chief Justice Stone thanks Ambasssador Grew for a humorous poem |
| | Stone, Harlan F. (Letter) $150
Associate Justice Stone thanks an Amherst banker |
| | Supreme Court of the United States 1968-1969 (First Day Cover) $1495
1968 Oliver W. Holmes Jr. stamp FDC signed by the 9 members of the last “Warren Court” |
| | Supreme Court of the United States 1846-51 (ON HOLD) (Signatures) $1650
Sheet signed by eight members of the 1846-51 Taney Court |
| | Supreme Court of the United States 1970-71 (Photograph) $2950
Large Harris & Ewing official photograph of the early "Burger Court" |
| | Supreme Court of the United States 1972-75 (Photograph) $2750
Scarce color photograph signed by the Court that ensured President Nixon’s resignation |
| | Supreme Court of the United States 1976-81 (Signed Booklet Insert) $850
Court visitors booklet signed by each Justice by his portrait & bio on inside pages |
| | Supreme Court of the United States 1976-81 (Framed Photograph) $2350
Signed color informal photo of the Court featured on January 1977 Smithsonian Magazine cover |
| | Sutherland, George (Signature) $45
One of the New Deal Court’s conservative “Four Horsemen” |
| | Taft, William H. (Letter) $495
A tip of the hat and a thank you to an old soldier from Yale Law Professor Taft |
| | Taft, William H. (Letter) $325
The Chief Justice assists old acquaintances with Century Club recommendation |
| | Taft, William H. (Letter) $325
Chief Justice Taft declines invitation to address Connecticut College class |
| | Thompson, Smith; Kent, James; Spencer, Ambrose; Van Ness, Wm. W. (Document) $175
1809 New York State Supreme Court opinion on reasonable compensation for Court reporter |
| | Todd, Thomas (Document) $2250
1812 60-day promissory note signed while Associate Justice |
| | Vinson, Fred M. (Letter) $135
Chief Justice Vinson salutes an old Kentucky friend |
| | Vinson, Fred M. (Check) $90
The Chief Justice pays his 1949 Kentucky state taxes |
| | Waite, Morrison R. (Signature) $110
7th US Chief Justice, Grant’s 5th choice had no prior judicial experience |
| | Warren, Earl (First Day Cover) $175
1964 JFK stamp FDC signed by Chief Justice Warren, chaired commission investigating President Kennedy’s assassination |
| | Warren, Earl (Letter) $250
The Chief Justice sends an autograph at a Congressman’s behest |
| | Washington, Bushrod (Letter) $1395
Justice Washington seeks a Senator’s aid for Philadelphia architect Samuel Blodgett’s desparate widow |
| | White, Edward D. (Signature) $225
Card signed while Chief Justice, 1st Associate Justice elevated to Chief Justice |
| | Wickersham, George W. (Letter) $35
Taft Attorney General, prominent New York lawyer |
| | Willebrandt, Mabel Walker (Letter) $75
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