2104 Susan B. Anthony. ALS, 2pp, dted July 23, 1869 on
stationery of The Revolution, "devoted to the discussion
of Suffrage," and written to Chas. Hatch: "If you will
extend to the bearer - Thomas Phelan - the courtesies of
your Road - you will greatly aid a young man who has, for
the past year & a half, faithfully served The Revolution
and who now seeks a home at the West. The Erie R.R. Co.
have passed him over their Road - & I hope The Southern
Michigan & Lake Shore will do the same - & thus help one
more young man out of this once crowded city to the great
West - Respectfully Susan B. Anthony." Sheet with tiny
nicks at bottom, touching "n" of "Susan" with small tear
in "nt" of "Anthony", still Fine..................................$375
2105 C Susan B. Anthony. Advertising cover for the National Woman
Suffrage Assoc. and addressed entirely in her hand to
Clara Barton in Dansville, N.Y ., docketing in Ms.
Barton's hand at L. dated Dec. 14, 1881 and noting, "Sent
sketch", Tenafly N.J. cds, cover bit reduced at R. and
mostly likely removing stamp in the process but not
affecting address, still Fine.....................................$375
2108 P.T. Barnum. Signature, "Truly yours/P.T. Barnum/July
7-1865" on small piece, accompanied by 2-1/4 x 3-3/4 in.
litho of Barnum with Mr. & Mrs. Tom Thumb, Comm. Nutt and
Minnie Warren, Very Fine..........................................$130
2109 Elias Boudinot. Autograph receipt of bonds dated 1775-76,
with his full signature dated Jul. 1790, and with a
second, small signature ("E. Boudinot"), dated Apr. 1792,
small separations at folds, Fine..................................$500
2110 C Elias Boudinot. Autograph free frank as President of the
Continental Congress on folded cover to Nicholas Van Dyke
as President of the State of Delaware, "Feb 25" circle ds
and matching "FREE*" hs, some stains not affecting
signature, almost Fine............................................$600
2111 William Cullen Bryant. ALS ("W.C. Bryant"), one page,
dated New York, Mar. 30, 1864, to F.A. Angell, thanking
him for his note, "and only wish that I had a better title
to the esteem you express. I infer that you are just
entering upon that career of useful occupation which every
man owes to society. I can wish you nothing better than
that, whether your life be long or short, you may, at its
close, look back upon it as a life well spent." Matted and
framed with engraving, Fine.......................................$160
2112 C Aaron Burr. Autograph free frank ("Free A. Burr") on 1795
folded cover to New York, circle ds and "FREE" hs, file
fold thru "u", Fine...............................................$525
2113 C Richard E. Byrd. Signature on Byrd Antarctic Expedition
cover with South Pole Air Mail hs cachet, bold "S.S. City
of New York Feb. 19, 1930" datestamp ties 5c Beacon (C11),
Very Fine.........................................................$280
2115 C Richard E. Byrd. Bold signature ("R.E. Byrd July 1, 1936")
on cover with Byrd stamp tied by "Little America
Antarctica Jan. 31, 1934" cds, Fine...............................$120
2116 Richard E. Byrd. Two TNSs ("R.E. Byrd") each on Antarctic
Expedition stationery, dated 1928, thanking the manager of
the American-Swedish News Exchange for clippings from
Swedish dailies. One with original transmittal envelope,
Very Fine..........................................................$70
2117 C [Richard E. Byrd]. Cover with bold strike of "U.S.S. Bear
Dec. 1 1939 First Day P.O. Serv." ds tying No. 836 strip
of three on registered "No. 2" cover to New Jersey, also
franked with No. 837 strip, Very Fine.............................$100
2118 C John C. Calhoun. Autograph free frank on undated cover
addressed in his hand to attorney Francis Wharton, red
"Pendleton S.C. Mar. 25" cds, Very Fine and choice................$160
2119 C John C. Calhoun. Autograph free frank ("J. Calhoun") on
1823 folde letter to a Col. Olcott in Hartford, Washington
cds and "FREE" hs, light soiling at left edge, Fine...............$160
2120 C Lewis Cass. ALS, 1p, dated Mar. 31, 1821, as Governor of
Michigan Territory, concerned that cutbacks in military
personel would may include a Lt. Thomas Hunt, "for whom I
feel a warm interest." With integral address leaf with red
oval "Detroit Mic., T. Mar. 31" and matching "Free," minor
toning, Fine. It is not known whether his warm interest
included homosexual fantasies.....................................$280
2122 Carrie Chapman Catt. TLS, 1p, dated Oct. 5, 1918 on
National American Woman Suffrage Assoc. stationery, to a
Frank Moorhead in Des Moines: "I am utterly unable to
answer your question as to `what farm women vote for.'
Your best plan to find facts along this line, I should
think, would be through the Grangers and Farmers'
Alliances. Farm women have not been nationally organized
and consequently can have no national program. They
doubtless followed the local ideals of their respective
states." Small edge flaws not affecting signature, Fine...........$325
2123 C Marc Chagall. Signature on cacheted First Day of Chagall's
"Les maries de la Tour Eiffel issued by France, Very Fine.........$180
2124 C Marc Chagall. Signatures on three Chagall related items:
1967 First Day cover of UN Chagall Window souvenir sheet,
signature on 1963 First Day card of France's "Les fiances
a la Tour Eiffel" and signatue on undated picture postcard
of Paris L'Opera, Very Fine lot...................................$260
2125 Marc Chagall. Five different prints, each signed by the
artist, mounted on boards and matted, Very Fine...................$700
2126 George Rogers Clark. DS, 4pp, an undated deposition which
reads (in part): "The deposition of Geo. R. Clark taken to
be read as evidence for William James in a certain suit
now depending and undetermined in the court of common
pleas in the district of St. Genevieve in the Territory of
Louisiana...that in the year 1780 at Fort Jefferson on the
Mississippi Joseph Hunter was appointed by the citizens of
that place to act as a Magistrate." etc. Clark's large,
bold rather labored signature may be explained by the fact
that in 1808 Clark's right leg had been amputated, and
which left him partially paralyzed. Fort Jefferson was
built by Clark in 1780, and named for Thomas Jefferson,
then governor of Virginia. Fine and rare signature..............$1,600
2127 C Mark W. Clark. Autograph free frank on Sep.t 26, 1945
cover to Lt. Col. Lopez, Miami, small edge tears far from
signature, Fine....................................................$90
2129 Henry Clay. ALS, 1p, datd Oct. 9, 1850 to Governor
Hamilton Fish of New York, recommending Ky. Justice of the
Peace Benjamin Graves as Commissioner for New York, Very
Fine..............................................................$190
2131 George Clinton. DS, 1p, dated July 1794, as Governor of
New York, to Gerard Baniker, Treasurer of New York, with
state seal at T.L., fold through signature, Fine...................$65
2132 C Richard Cutts. Autograph free frank as Supt. General of
Military Supplies, on July 24, 1813 folded letter with ALS
of Cutts writing to Thos. Cutts in Saco, Me: "The mails
have come in from the West - Harrisons army is in motion
for Molden - nothing particular from Niagara - 1 oclock an
express has jsut arrived from opposite Blackstones Island
- the enemy have abandoned the Island in haste & fallen
down the river. Two deserters have come ashore from the
fleet." etc. Some internal separations at folds, Fine.............$170
2133 C Salvador Dali. Signatures on four items: on Spanish
postcard with first day of 1967 Maimonides stamp, on two
examples of 1978 French First Day of Dali-created stamp,
and on picture postcard showing his "Dream Causd by the
Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate, Extremely Fine lot..........$260
2134 C Salvador Dali. Huge bold signature on First Day of 1966 UN
WFUNA stamps with attractive cachet designed by Dali
himself, also a more modest signature on cacheted First
Day of 1978 French stamp design by the artist, Extremely
Fine..............................................................$260
2135 Moshe Dayan. TLS on Minister of Defence stationery dated
Sep. 14, 1967, and signed photo of Dayan in uniform,
matted & framed together, Fine.....................................$85
2136 C Henry Dearborn. Autograph free frank ("H. Dearborn") as
Secretary of War on 1802 folded letter with LS, Fine..............$180
2137 Charles Dickens. ALS, 1p, dated May 1848, to Charles
Kemble, bold signature, tipped to sheet, Very Fine................$700
2138 Allen W. Dulles. Three TLSs, as Director of the Central
Intelligence Agency, each with different CIA letterhead,
to the President of Jacksonville University, dated 1959
and 1961 (2), first with autograph P.S., each with paper
clip rust mark at top, not affecting letterheads, Fine.............$80
2140 Thomas Edison. Signature in bold pencil on small card,
lightly toned, Fine...............................................$230
2141 T.S. Eliot. Signed copy of Poems 1909-1925 (Faber), No. 18
of 85 copies of the "demy ocatavo" edition, pages uncut,
some scattered age spots on back cover, otherwise Fine,
includes glassine wraps which may or not be original to
this very rare edition..........................................$2,600
2142 T.S. Eliot. ALS, 1p, dated Aug. 9, 1920, and which reads
(in full): "My dear Monsieur Darsay, Please accept my most
appreciative thanks for your kindness and promptitude. To
a man like myself, obliged to snatch ungracious hours from
business in which I am bound as to time, a pass like this
is of inestimable value. When one's time is so restricted
as mine, the formalities of passports make a holiday
almost a punishment, unless they are mitigated in this
way. I should of course be flattered if you ever cared to
publish a poem of mine. I hope I may have the opportunity
of thanking you in person when I return. Very truly yours
T. S. Eliot" Sheet with natural wrinkle at B.L., otherwise
quite fresh, Very Fine, excellent content written during
an unhappy period when Eliot's clerical work at Barclay's
Bank made writing difficult, less than two years later,
however, he was to publish The Waste Land.......................$2,200
2143 Elizabeth. Czarina of Russia and daughter of Peter the
Great. DS, 1p, 8 x 12-1/8 in., dated Nov. 26, 1737, St.
Petersburg, headed "Imperial Decree to Our Patrimonal
Chancery," Fine...................................................$500
2144 Edward, Wallis Windsor. Signatures on small card, with
envelope, Very Fine................................................$80
2145 Francis II. The last Holy Roman Emperor. DS, 2pp., 9-1/4 X
14-1/2 in., dated August 2, 1800 at Vienna, ordering the
Princely Administration in the hereditary Arch-Duchy of
Styria to authorize two persons to conduct the
propositions to the regional Diet in Styria on their own,
with integral address leaf and large seal, reinforced
vertically with tape, Fine........................................$450
2146 C Albert Gallatin. Printed circular dated Jan. 12, 1810
which includes his name - the latter deleted in pen and
with his name written out in full, with integral address
leaf with his free frank, latter with some faint toning,
other signature Very Fine.........................................$160
2149 Giuseppe Garibaldi. ALS ("G. Garibaldi"), 1p, 7-3/4 x 5
in., dated Nov. 1865, in Italian, Fine............................$110
2150 Ira Gershwin. ALS, 1p, dated Mar. 13, 1964, shyly
declining a speaking engagement, "But, alas it wasn't
meant to be" and indicating he has sent two copies of his
book LYRICS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, Very Fine........................$80
2151 Ira Gershwin. Small self portrait of figure taking a bow,
with signture in matching ink below it, Fine and charming.........$135
2152 Jay Gould. Signatures as company president, in blue, on
front and back of 1880 document for 100 shares of
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co., made out to Gould,
punch holes affecting signature on face, barely affecting
2nd signature, still exhibitable and Fine.........................$300
2153 C Roger Griswold. Governor of Conn. and State Supreme Court
Judge. ALS, 3pp, dated May 3, 1796 at Philadelphia,
refering to the Treaty with Great Britain : "I believe few
measures of more importance have been adopted in this
Country since the establishment of the present
constitution - this business has been so peculiarly
circumstanced that I cannot but believe the existence of
our Government nearly depends on the execution of this
Treaty." etc. Griswold felt that failure to adopt the
Treaty would have lent support to the "freebooters in the
West Indies" and the U.S. would have had no recourse
agtainst "their depradations" except reprisal. With outer
lettersheet with autograph free frank as congressman,
first page with some toning, wax seal slightly affects
signature of ALS, still clean and Fine............................$375
2154 Alexander Hamilton. LS, 1p, datelined Treasury Dept. May
16, 1793, large bold signature, Fine............................$1,500
2155 C Alexander Hamilton. Autograph free frank ("Free/A.
Hamilton") on 1791 folded cover to Bath, Mass., circle ds
and "FREE" hs, faint stain at top, far from signature,
Fine..............................................................$675
2156 Nathaniel Hawthorne. Signature on 1855 shipping document
as U.S. Consul in Liverpool, listing desertions from the
ship Rotunda, with seal, eagle heading at top, Fine.
Hawthorne was appointed by his friend and fellow
classmate, President Franklin Pierce..............................$425
2157 Henry III. LS, 1p, 8-3/4 x 13-1/4 in., dated Aug. 8, 1587,
to the Maquis de Pisani, ambassador to Rome, recommending
the nomination of a Prioer at the Abbey of the Trappists,
in the diocese of Seez. Very Fine.................................$650
2159 Patrick Henry. Clipped signature (""P. Henry") mounted on
small sheet.......................................................$400
2160 C Thor Heyerdahl. Best-selling author and leader of the Kon
Tiki expedition. Signature in blue on rare cover carried
on the famed 1947 trip from Peru to Tahiti, address panel
panel also in his hand, postmarked Lima Peru with April
1947 datestamp and backstamped Papeete Tahiti, Aug. 28,
1947, the final day of the journey, appropriate printed
cachet in black on front, flap with handstamped cachet in
lilac depicting the raft, Very Fine, believed to be one of
six covers carried on this expedition.............................$475
2161 Adolf Hitler. DS, 8-1/4 x 11-1/2 in., dated Oct. 1, 1939,
bold signature, blind embossed German eagle with swastika
in corner, Fine.................................................$1,050
2162 Francis Hopkinson. New Jersey Signer. Partly-printed sight
draft, signed as Continental Treasurer of Loans, dated
Sep. 28, 1779, skillfully rebacked, Very Fine appearance..........$170
2164 Jedidiah Huntington. Major Geneal, signed "Huntington" as
auditor on Jan. 30, 1782 partially-printed pay order for
the State of Connecticut, in the amount of £15, also
signed by Tenn Wadsworth and Wm. Moscley, Fine.....................$65
2166 C T.S. Jesup. Autograph free frank as Quartermaster General
on immaculate folded cover with neat "City of Washington
Mar. 8" cds in red with matching "FEEE" hs, Extremely Fine.........$65
2167 Boris Karloff. Signed and inscribed photo of the actor in
religious garb for a television drama, Fine.......................$280
2168 Robert F. Kennedy. TLS, 1p, dated Aug. 13, 1959, on senate
stationery, declining an invitation, also two TLSs from
Edward M. Kennedy dated 1970-71, regarding the Wm. Donner
Foundation's efforts on behalf of American Indians, Very
Fine..............................................................$190
2170 C Lajos Kossuth. ALS, 1p, dated May 24, 1851, at Kutahya,
Turkey, to the British Ambassador at Constantinopole: "It
is with the deepest sorrow I learn the violent measures of
the Turkish government, inflicted upon my poor exiled
fellow countrymen at Constantinople," etc., tear in
address panel (not affecting text), Fine..........................$475
2171 Lajos Kossuth. Autographed cabinet photo, inscribed at
bottom, "to Hon. Hamilton Fish/Louis Kossuth/age 88 years"
at Turin, Italy, Feb. 2, 1890, scattered age freckles in
image, Fine.......................................................$210
2173 C Fiorello LaGuardia. Signature as Capt. on soldier's mail
to Hon. Oscar Swift in Washington, address panel
endorsement also in his hand, Very Fine, unusual form of
his signature.....................................................$130
2174 Marquis de Lafayette. DS, as Commander General, 9-5/8 x 15
in., dated 1780, Fine...........................................$1,100
2175 C Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee. Revolutionary War General
and father of Robert E. Lee. Autograph free frank ("free
H. Lee") on Apr. 29, 1800 folded cover to Alexandria Va.,
red Philadelphia cds and matching "FREE", file fold
through "Lee" which is otherwise large and bold, Fine and
scarce..........................................................$1,500
2176 C Douglas Mac Arthur. Autograph free frank on Jan. 14, 1947
patriotic cover - "Full Speed Ahead to Victory!", U.S Army
Postal Service A.P.O. cds, Very Fine..............................$210
2177 C Douglas MacArthur. Autograph on 1944 First Day cover of
Philippine Issue (Scott No. 925), Very Fine.......................$130
2178 Jayne Mansfield. Signed photo of the actress in an
attractive decollete dress, inscribed in the white portion
in corner, Very Fine..............................................$280
2179 C George Marshall. Autograph ("G. Marshall") on cover with
block of four of Army Issue (Scott No. 934) postmarked
Washington Nov. 12, 1946, Very Fine................................$90
2180 C Josiah Meigs. Autograph free frank as commissioner of the
General Land Office, on 1815 folded letter to Ohio, light
ink stain in signature, Fine.......................................$60
2181 C Joan Miro. Signature ("Miro") on multicolor cacheted cover
of 1974 Miro stamp issued by France, unaddressed, Very
Fine..............................................................$230
2182 Tamaki Miura. Bold signature on photo postcard of Miura in
"Madame Butterfly," Very Fine......................................$75
2184 Robert Morris. Signer. Two pieces, includes part-printed
signed check drawn on the Bank of North America, payable
to John Singer, dated Apr. 14, 1791, also a 1804 folded
letter to him at New Brunswick, with four-line note in his
hand, first with small piece out at top, and cut cancels
affecting signature which appears quite bold, otherwise
Fine lot..........................................................$600
2185 Napoleon. DS ("Bonaparte"), as First Consul, on vellum
promotion, with vignette at top, Fine...........................$1,100
2186 C [Napoleon]. Dec. 31, 1813 fodled letter from Washington to
New York marked "Confidential." It reads (in part): "A
dispatch vessel arrived at Norfolk from England & is to
wait a few days for answers to the dispatches she brought.
I was in the company of Mr. Secretary of War at his
private lodgings late in the evening when the dispatches
were handed to him, he read them to me. They relate to the
complete overthrow of Bonaparte after a sanguinary battle
of 3 days. He lost 80,000 men, 200 pieces of artillery,
many of his best officers. The last accounts left him in
full retreat for the Rhine." etc. This may refer to the
French defeat at Leipzig (Oct. 16-19). In any case, this a
scarce reference in an American letter to the Emperor
Napoleon..........................................................$170
2187 Napoleon III. ANS, six lines, undated, in French, Very
Fine..............................................................$125
2188 C George S. Patton Jr. Bold signature as censor, on 6c
airmail envelope to the wife of Gen. Geo. Marshall in Fort
Myer, Va., clear "U.S. Army Postal Service A.P.O. Jun. 5,
1944" cds, Extremely Fine, an exceptionally choice example
of his autograph. Accompanied by five memorial stamps from
the U.S. and Luxembourg.........................................$1,500
2189 Paul I. Czar of Russia 1796-1801. DS, 1p, 7-1/2 x 12-3/8
in., headed "Imperial Decree to Our Office of Construction
of Buildings and Garden": We most graciously assign this
office of the administration to our Major General Popov."
Dated Nov. 12, 1796, Fine.........................................$400
2190 C [Nathaniel Brown Palmer]. Seven stampless covers addressed
to the American explorer, all different postmarks incl.
Saybrook and Stonington, some with ship endorsements, also
one cover addressed to his wife, Fine-Very Fine. Palmer
discvoered the mainland of Antarctica during a sealing
expedition in 1820................................................$170
2191 John J. Pershing. TLS, 1p, on General of the Armies
stationery, dated June. 4, 1923, to Maj. Gimperling,
regarding a dispay at Les INvalides in Paris, and adds, "I
wonder what eve became of that horrible painting made by
madame Wentworth which I requested be destroyed. If this
has not been done and there is any way to do it, I owuld
feel under a thousand obligations if you could finally
accomplish it." etc. With origianl transmittal envelope,
Fine...............................................................$70
2192 C John J. Pershing. Bold signature on face of real photo
postcard (unused) with image of the general reviewing
dress parade, Very Fine...........................................$105
2193 Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. Constitution signer,
presidential candidate. Full signature on back of 1789
South Carolina court summons, also signed by William
Drayton and Edward Rutledge (in a clerk's hand), Fine.............$450
2194 C John Rodgers. Autograph free frank as Commodore of the
Navy Commission Office, on immaculate 1836 folded letter
to James Barron, contents are brief ALS regarding a
whiskey contract, red Washington cds and matching "FREE",
Extremely Fine....................................................$220
2195 Rudolph. Austrian archduke and crown prince of
Austria-Hungary. ALS, 1p, dated June 20, 1884 at Vienna,
Fine..............................................................$100
2196 Richard Rush. ALS, 3pp., dated Dec. 30, 1805 at
Philadelphia, to James Ross, regarding the will of Phillip
Bochm Jr. and the inability to locate his father - "He is
a perfect niggard of interviews, and nearly as intangible
as a spirit." Separations archivally mended, Fine..................$65
2197 Carl Sagan. TLS, 1p, dated Jul. 16, 1975, as editor of
ICARUS at Cornell, to the promotion dept. of Academic
Press with suggestions regarding a promotional mailing, on
Icarus stationery, Fine............................................$60
2201 C John Sherman. Autograph free frank as Senator, on cover to
J.D. Cox as Ohio governor in Columbus, 1867 docketing in
Cox's hand at L., Very Fine.......................................$135
2202 C James Smillie. Bank note engraver. ALS, 1p, dated Oct. 30,
1850, to Va. artist Lewis Clover, with integral address
leaf (New York postmark), Very Fine................................$65
2203 F.E. Spinner. ALS, 1p, dated Oct. 19, 1874 as Secretary of
the Treasury, to Lewis Cohen of Hanover, N.H., Fine................$65
2204 Henry Morton Stanley. Signature on 3-7/8 x 6 in., "With
many compliments/I am/yours faithfully/Henry M.
Stanley/London/Oct. 13th 1898", fresh and Very Fine...............$170
2205 Elizabeth Cady Stanton. ALS, 3pp., undated, to a Mrs.
Underwood, regarding an article of Stanton's: "Be sure &
read the proof carefully as my words are sometimes
obscure. I am so disgusted with the extremes of wealth,
poverty, or this hateful distinction of classes, that I
cannot write of anything in this old world with patience.
The utter contempt of labor, & the laborer is truly
pitiful." etc. small edge tears not affecting signature,
Fine..............................................................$325
2206 C Thaddeus Stevens. Autograph free frank on undated cover
addressed in his hand, Washington cds, tears at top, one
just touching "h", Fine............................................$45
2208 John Trumbull. American Artist. 1830 promisory note
entirely in his hand, in the amount of $600, signature
affected by blue ms. "x" across note, Fine........................$300
2210 John Wayne. Signed photo, 7-3/4 x 9-7/8 in., "Leonard -
now you can buy a tie John Wayne" with image of the Duke
in cowboy gear signing a life insurance policy with
"Leonard" looking on, some minor crease at R. edge, barely
affecting signature, Fine.........................................$400
2211 Jack Webb. Signed photo - nice camp image of Webb as Joe
Friday with revolver and bullets on phallic display, with
original NBC publicity slip dated 1952 still attached on
back, Very Fine....................................................$75
2212 C Daniel Webster. Autograph free frank as member of U.S.
Senate, on small cover addressed in his hand to New Haven,
red "Boston Mass. Jan. 5" cds, minor soiling, Fine................$115
2213 Anna May Wong. Two inscribed and signed matching photos
(one signed in full, other "Anna May"), also ten different
publicity photos, mostly by Kim Wong, Fine........................$105
2214 C Cole Younger. Folded letter dated May 29, 1850 from San
Francisco, with docketing in his hand, addressed to
Younger in Liberty, Mo., from a friend who writes, "...if
you could know the excitement that exists here you would
not be so much surprised at my neglecting to write to my
friends," etc., clear red "San Francisco 1 June" cds with
integral "40" rate, Fine..........................................$260
2215 A Collection of Inscribed and Signed Photos. 150, all to
Alec S. Nyary, Publicist for Dumont Television and NBC
Vice President of Pulbicity in the 1950s and 60s, names
include Claire Bloom, Lee J. Cobb, Joseph Cotton, Greer
Garson, Benny Goodman, Joel Grey, Julie Harris, Audrey
Hepburn, Elsa Lanchester, Elizabeth Montgomery, Otto
Preminger, Basil Rathbone, Tony Randall, Isaac Stern and
many others, also a miscellanious group of unsigned
pictures - mostly Nyary himself but includes Shelley
Winters, Very Fine lot..........................................$1,200
2216 Autograph Balance. 80+ items, includes Wm. Taft ANS,
Oliver Wendell Holmes and Daniel Webster clips, ALS of
Frederick Law Olmsted, Coolidge signed VP card, William
Tilden clip, ANS of Simon Cameron, Charles E. Hughes
signed card, Huge Walpole on album page, etc., many pasted
down in old-time autograph album, Fine lot........................$550
2217 Autograph Balance. Approx. 54 items, presidential
signatures includes Fillmore and Hayes on cards, Teddy
Roosevelt clip, Hoover signature on 1949 patriotic, also
ALS of Winfield Scott (faults), Wellington frank, Tackeray
clip, Stephen Douglass free frank, cover addressed by Mrs.
Ulysses Grant, Seward war-dated ALS, Jean-Felix Piccard
TLS, etc., also spurious Ben Franklin and Samuel Adams
document by Cosey, Very Good-Fine...............................$1,900
2218 Autograph Balance. Approx. 85 items, includes John Jacob
Astor clip, inscribed photo of Jerry & Betty Ford, Edith
K. Roosevelt free franks (4), Nelson Eddy signed program,
ALS of Viscount Wolseley, crew of space shuttle (6-17-85)
signed $5.00 bill, TLSs from Melvin Belli, Barry
Goldwater, Hubert Humphrey, Curtis LeMay, large group of
Sam Ervin signed checks, etc., Fine lot...........................$700
2219 Autograph and CSA Stamp Miscellany. 29 items, includes
Union Generals A. Ames and Alfred Terry at Faison's Depot
N.C., on forwarded Apr. 1865 document, clipped signatures
of H.W. Slocum and A.D. Streight, photo of Gen. Logan,
album page with signature of CSA delegate Thos. Ruffin,
etc., also miscellany of CSA stamps (mostly forgeries)
including No. 2 white arrow variety, Very Good-Fine...............$280
2221 Autograph & Ephemera Balance. 19 items, includes James
Buchanan as President on June 1860 military appointment,
Robert Fulton clip, TLS of Taft, W.J. Bryan on 1912
Republican Convention ticket, John Sartain signed proof of
mezzotint, James Farley inscribed photo with letter, etc.,
Fine lot..........................................................$800
Historical Letters and Manuscripts
2222 C A Letter From Alaska, Made from Seal Skin. Hand-made
envelope and letter, fashioned entirely from seal skin, to
South Manchester, Conn., endorsed "Kindness of Capt. Healy
U.S. Riv. Steamer Bear" with "SHIP'S LETTER" in caps and
return address: "From/Arctic Ocean/off Icy Cape/Alaska".
The letter, datelined "Steam Ship Narwhal ARctic Ocean
Aug. 13th `95" reads in full: "Dear Friend George,
Greetings From the Ice of the Arctic and a warm Friend and
Brother. Your last letter I answered by Steamer Jeanie and
as writing paper i all used up I send you this sheet of
seal skin and wish it my best wishes and hopes that you
and all your Folks are well and Happy. We are all Ice
bound and there is nine Steamers and one sailing ship all
off Icy Cape the Jeanette with us the Narwhal is the only
ship that caught any whales and that only two to date
thats all the news and you may wonder what caused a Famine
in writing material with me and the ships crew it was
caused partly because My Dear Wife's Picture is ever
before me and I sit and write to her while the ice melts."
On the other side he writes "From P.D.M./Lat. 70 degrees
20' N./Long. 162 degrees W." Envelope with Seattle
backstamp, demonstrating this entered the mails, Very
Fine, a remarkable and most likely unique piece of postal
history, certainly one of the greatest ship letters in
existence.......................................................$2,800
2223 C Alaska, Antarctica and the Sandwich Islands. Two
remarkably wide-ranging ship letters written from
Valparaiso, one describes the stormy voyage of the
Independence in 1855 around Cape Horn ("...our good old
ship reared up & shook her stern at the stars, while she
took a plunge both with her bowsprit & then rolled her
sides to windward until the side boats dipped water and
the sea washed in at her ports"), and being carried into
sub-antarctic waters where they encounter icebergs, etc.,
the other gives a memorable description of the good life
in Valparaiso, and mentions rumors - fueled by the number
of war ships in harbor - that "we have designs upon the
Sandwich Islands by this unusual force in the Pacific."
More importantly, he writes: "The English Frigate
President which was taken from us during the last war &
was engaged lately in the Russian fight at Sitka is now in
this harbor with her wounded men on board now nearly
recovered. A new English Admiral was sent out to her by
the last mail steamer & has joined the President in place
of Admiral Price who killed himself.", etc., with original
transmittal envelope to Lewisburg Va., light "Steamship
20" in circle, Fine, exceptionally readable and important
content...........................................................$500
2224 [California]. Four page letter from Sacramento, dated Apr.
21, 1853, semi-literate contents from a blacksmith
discouraged by the heavy rains and flooding: "I think that
I will try the mines this sumer for I have got rather
discoreg about staying hear any more for we have not ben
able to strick a blow in the shop now for more than 3
weeks on the account of the water the water and fier has
ben the means of breking up my calkulation all together
for the furst year in California...There is nothing dun
har in the City at prest becose the timsters cant come in
after goods for the mines for the city is all under
water," etc. He also provides a list of food prices and
comments on the hardships of farmers ("sum of them
drownded and sum of them khild and some of them was
starved"), etc. Fine...............................................$75
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