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PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA (SOUTH AFRICA) - PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED 02/13/1998:
The beloved South African President silences the crowd in this signed photograph. Dated in 1998.
Photograph signed: "13.2.98/N. Mandela", in black felt tip, B/w, 10x8. Signed over faded ink notes. February 13, 1998. An icon and visionary of the changing political
world in the African continent, Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) is an anti-apartheid revolutionary and politician, formerly serving as .President of South Africa. As a young
man, he led protests against apartheid and was imprisoned in 1962 on charges of conspiring to overthrow the white minority government. When he was finally freed in
1990, he led negotiations with white leaders, resulting in the abolishment of apartheid and the establishment of a non-racial system of government. In 1993, Mandela
and then South African President F.W. deKlerk won the Nobel Peace Prize for their work in integrating South Africa and its government. Shortly after winning his Nobel
Peace Prize, Mandela was elected as President of South Africa in 1994, becoming the first black South African to hold the position.
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PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON - MANUSCRIPT LETTER SIGNED 01/07/1781:
This document was signed by Washington in 1781. It's an explanation of why a Major Thomas Cogswell wasn't promoted to lieutenant colonel. This document has one of the clearest signatures of Washington we've ever seen and isn't listed in John C.
Fitzpatrick's The Writings of George Washington!
Manuscript Letter Signed "G:o Washington", 1 page, 8¼x13½. Head Quarters at New Windsor, 1781 January 7. In full: "I certify that, in the dispute of Rank between Majors Hull and Cogswell, which was ultimately determined in favor of the former, there was
no personal preference to Major Hull, but that his succession to the vacant Lieutenant Colonelcy depended solely upon the established principles of promotion, he having been considered as an older Major than Major Cogswell from the time of the new arrangement
of the Army in 1777. And I do further certify that Major Cogswell has been always represented to me as an intelligent, brave and active Officer."
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN - LAND GRANT SIGNED 05/24/1787:
Franklin signed this document - granting a piece of Philadelphia land to Jacob Long for £2/12/6 - in 1787, less than four months before he signed the Constitution. This fascinating document shows that it was still business as usual,
in many respects, for the Constitutional delegates, even during one of the most important moments in American history.
Manuscript DS: "B Franklin" as President of the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1p, 15½x13¼. On vellum. [Philadelphia], 1787 May 24. Countersigned: "James Trimble/for John Armstrong Jun Secry". Begins: "Know
Ye that in Consideration of the Sum of Two pounds twelve Shillings and Six Pence lawful Money paid by Jacob Long into the Receiver Generals Office of his Commonwealth there is granted by the said Commonwealth unto the said Jacob Long A
Certain Tract of Land called 'Kingsale' Situate on Brushy Run a Branch of Chartiers Creek in Washington County Beginning at an Elm thence by land of William Fife South twenty four degrees East eighty one perches to a White Oak South eighty
eight degrees East eighty three perches to a Black Oak...." A "Hickory" and a "Spanish Oak" are also mentioned as landmarks.
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EMPEROR HIROHITO (JAPAN) - DOCUMENT SIGNED 12/21/1965 CO-SIGNED BY: PREMIER EISAKU SATO (JAPAN), ETSUSABURO SHIINA:
In this very rare and important 1965 document, Emperor Hirohito notified Bolivian President René Barrientos that he was recalling Japan's ambassador to Bolivia. Also signed by Prime Minister Eisaku Sato and Foreign Minister Shiina Etsusaburo
Document signed "Hirohito", "Eisaku Sato" and "Shiina Etsusaburo", with red ink seals. 2 pages, 9¾x13¼, 1 sheet folded, front and verso, on cardstock, with embossed Imperial Seal of Japan at top edge of page 1. With two binder holes
at left edge. Dec. 21, 1965. Addressed to René Barrientos, President of Bolivia. In Japanese, partially translated: "The important mission of Mr. Eiji Kawasaki is at an end, the Japanese government having recalled him, whom it had
accredited Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary..."
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PRINCESS DIANA OF WALES - PHOTOGRAPH MOUNT SIGNED 1992 CO-SIGNED BY: PRINCE CHARLES OF WALES:
Photo of the royal couple, signed on the mount in 1992, contained in a handsome leather presentation frame.
Photo Mount signed: "Diana" and "1992 Charles". Color, 3¾x5 overall, image 3x3¾ (two surfaces). In original 5½x7¾ green leather presentation frame (embossed with gold coat of arms at center) with back stand. Then 32-year-old Prince Charles of
Wales (b. 1948), heir to the British throne, married 20-year-old Lady Diana Spencer (1961-1997) in a legendary "fairytale" wedding in 1981, beginning a relationship that would captivate the world.
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MAJOR GENERAL JAMES EWELL BROWN "JEB" STUART - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 05/17/1862:
Demanding carbines for his men, Stuart writes an insistent letter to Porter Alexander as he readies his cavalry for the first of their many daring raids behind Union lines.
Autograph Letter signed: "J. E. B. Stuart", 1 page, 3¾x6. Headquarters, Cavalry Brigade [Army of Northern Virginia], 1862 May 17. To "Dear Major" [E. Porter Alexander. Chief of Ordnance]. In full: "Have you done
anything for that Blakely yet? Please attend to it at once as we are almost in daily use of it. I need carbines of long range, do make an effort to procure me a few hundred or even one or two. The 6th N[orth] C[arolina]
vol[unteers] has 10, and other Inf[antr]y reg[imen]ts 20 [more], & various other non-combatants are thoroughly armed & equipped. Eradicate & eliminate for the cavalry."
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NEIL ARMSTRONG - DOCUMENT DOUBLE SIGNED 06/25/1964:
Two years before his first spaceflight, and five years before he set the first human foot on the moon, Armstrong fills out a flight plan, preparing to pilot a NASA jet from Ohio to Texas.
Document signed twice: "N. A. Armstrong", 1 page, 8x12¾. Port Columbus, Naval Air Station [Ohio], 1964 June 25. Department of Defense flight aircraft clearance form. Details filled in by another hand,
including mileage, transponder code, and equipment, but Armstrong has penned this notation: "Request radar vector climb on course." Armstrong plans to pilot a T-33 ("Shooting Star") aircraft from Port
Columbus to Ellington Air Force Base in Texas, by way of Dayton. The co-pilot is J. F. Stegall, another NASA employee.
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ANNIE "LITTLE SURE SHOT" OAKLEY - PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED 1919:
Out of character but not out of extravagance, the "sure-shot" poses in an extraordinary "Indian Princess" garb, hand-made with the feathers of her prized kills for a Valentine's Day Masquerade. Winning the costume contest that night,
Oakley again demonstrates versatility and creative ingenuity, and this rare and exclusive photo captures it all. Signed and dated in her script, with pencil note in her hand on verso. This whimsical photo, not shot for publicity, was
probably gifted to a family member or dear friend. Extremely Rare!
Photograph signed in ink: "Annie Oakley 1919", and in pencil on verso: "Pinehurst 1919". Sepia, 3½x6. Shown in elaborate Indian costume with feathered head dress, gazing at the horizon.
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PIERRE CURIE - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED CIRCA 1903:
A week after he and his wife Marie Curie were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work in radiation, he sets up a meeting with the Dean of the Science Department at the Sorbonne; he was only 47 when he was killed in a traffic accident
three years later.
ALS: "P. Curie", 1p, 4½x5½. Paris, Friday (1903 December 18). In French, fully translated. Paris Express Letter postmarked Paris, December 18, 1903 to Paul Appel. Addressed by Curie to: "Mr. Appel, Dean of the Faculty of the Sciences, Sorbonne".
"Sorbonne" has been crossed out and "17 rue Bonaparte" is added in another hand. In full: "I have just seen Mr. Brusson and I have arranged a meeting for Monday morning at 11:00 at his house 29 rue Lauriston. If this time is convenient to you,
I will come and pick you up by car Monday morning at 10:15 at the Sorbonne or at your house if you prefer." On verso, where the address, printed stamp and postmarks appear, Curie has penned his name and return address: "Curie/108 Rd Kellerman".
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CARRY A. NATION - PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED:
Classic sepia 3¾x5½ image of Nation wielding a hatchet, signed by her as "home defender," mounted on a 5x7 card.
Photograph signed: "Carry A Nation/Home Defender". Sepia 3¾x5½ mounted on 5x7 card with photographer's information - 2 surfaces. American temperance agitator Nation (1846-1911) maintained that since she
lived in Kansas (since 1889), a prohibition state, and since saloons were illegal in Kansas, any citizen could destroy liquor, furniture and fixtures in a place selling intoxicants. Armed with a hatchet,
Nation and her followers went on wrecking expeditions throughout the state with cries of "Smash, ladies, smash!"
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P.T. BARNUM - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 01/14/1883:
The great showman will send a bear and hyena that died at his circus' winter quarters to his taxidermist to be mounted or "skeletonized" for display at Tufts' Barnum Museum and mentions Jumbo, the giant elephant that the
recipient will preserve less than three years later
Autograph letter signed: "P.T. Barnum", 1p, 6x9¾. Bridgeport, 1883 January 14. On pictorial letterhead of "P.T. Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth and the Great London Circus" featuring "Sanger's Royal British Menagerie"
and "Great International Allied Shows" to Professor Henry A. Ward. Barnum, J.A. Bailey and J.L. Hutchinson are pictured on the letterhead. In full: "Our folks at Winter Quarters lost a bear & I think a hyena this week.
I told them to send them to you by freight train. Please tell Prof. Marth of Tufts about them & ask what you shall do - as I present them to their Museum either to sell to you or have you mount or skeletonize them if
they desire at their expense. I remove to New York tomorrow - to Murray Hill Hotel & close Waldemere for the season."
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LEE HARVEY OSWALD - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 10/22/1959:
Signed Autograph Letter to his mother from Russia. This ALS was exhibit #183 of the Warren Commission's investigation of the assassination of President Kennedy!
Autograph Letter signed: "Lee", 3 pages (front and verso, integral leaf), 5½x8 folded, 11x8 opened flat. Laminated by the Warren Commission and bearing its label as Exhibit 183. Minsk, USSR, dated by Oswald 1959,
October 22, but actually confirmed by the Warren Commission to have been written on that date in 1961. To "Dear Mother" [Marguerite Oswald], in full: [Spelling and grammatical errors retained]. "Sorry to take so
long to write but I thought something might have come up but we're still waiting. I received your birthday card on the 14th thanks for the thought. I'll be glad to get any books you send me in the future you might
include some fashion magazines for Marina also if you remember it. Marina's maiden name was Proosakova, her aunt and uncles address in Minsk is Minsh Us. Kalinina 42 Apt 20 Proocakova. They don't speak any english,
however, her uncle is a army colonel, soon to retire. You needn't worry about my losing american citizenship I can only do that if I want to, and I don't want too.
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THE WARREN E. BURGER COURT - PHOTOGRAPH MOUNT SIGNED CO-SIGNED BY: ASSOCIATE JUSTICE BYRON R. WHITE, CHIEF JUSTICE WARREN E. BURGER, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE LEWIS F. POWELL JR., ASSOCIATE JUSTICE SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE WILLIAM J. BRENNAN JR., ASSOCIATE JUSTICE THURGOOD MARSHALL, CHIEF JUSTICE WILLIAM H. REHNQUIST, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE HARRY A. BLACKMUN, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE JOHN PAUL STEVENS:
18x14 color photo of the US Supreme Court Justices, signed by all 9. This was the Court's membership from the arrival of Justice O'Connor until the retirement of Chief Justice Burger
Photograph Mount signed: "John Paul Stevens", "Thurgood Marshall", "William H. Rehnquist", "Byron R. White", "Harry A. Blackmun", "William J. Brennan, Jr", "Warren E. Burger", "Sandra D. O'Connor", and "Lewis F. Powell, Jr". Color, 13½x10 image, affixed to 18x14 cardstock.
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THE MARX BROTHERS - PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED CO-SIGNED BY: HARPO (ADOLPH) MARX, ZEPPO (HERBERT) MARX, CHICO (LEONARD) MARX, GROUCHO (JULIUS) MARX:
Rare sepia-toned publicity photo of the Marx Brothers in suits and ties and playing it straight - Groucho doesn't have his greasepaint moustache and Harpo doesn't have his fright wig! - signed "Sincerely yours, The Marx Brothers".
Inscribed photograph signed "Zeppo" by Zeppo Marx, "Groucho" by Groucho Marx, "Chico" by Chico Marx and "Harpo" by Harpo Marx. Also signed "For Wm Consteul/Sincerely yours/The Marx Brothers" in unknown hand. B/w
sepia-toned, 9¾x7¾ overall, 9¼x7 image, one surface.
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WOODY GUTHRIE - AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED 08/12/1945:
Folk singer and songwriter Woody Guthrie wrote this manuscript for a proposed series of albums with Asch Record Company, only one of which, Struggle: Documentary #1, was ever released. This rare document, signed with Guthrie's rank in the U. S.
Army and his service number, chronicles a confrontation with a racist soldier and gives insight into this reluctant soldier's time in the Armed Forces during World War II!
Autograph manuscript signed "Pvt. Woody W. Guthrie, #42234634." 2 pages, 7x10½, 1 sheet, front and verso, two columns. Written at "Scott Field", Aug. 12, 1945. Titled: "American Document/art number one". In part: "I met a
soldier out on a rifle range down in Texas that was telling a gang of men, 'There's good and bad in every church and every race. They just got to be put in their place and made to stay in it. I say give every color his part
of town and make him stay in it. My home town had a fight or a killing just about every few days. I'm as good a trade union man as the next one, but I just can't go in for this mixture of every kind and every color! They'll
always have hell in the unions as long as they try to break the laws of mama nature!... I told them, 'Well, I think you're both wrong because it just so happens that I make my living making up trade union songs and singing
around picket lines, at meetings, rallies, stuff like that. And I'd really like you to see you try to run your town with everybody in a hole of his own color'...
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WALTER E. "WALT" DISNEY - CARTOON PHOTO MOUNT SIGNED:
Signed reproduction of an original celluloid drawing used in Alice in Wonderland.
Printed Image Mount signed: "Walt Disney" in green crayon. Color, 11x8, matted to 17x20 (two surfaces). The success of Walt Disney's first full-length cartoon feature, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (December 1937),
led to additional cartoon films, including the popular Alice in Wonderland, released in 1951. This printed illustration was most probably released by Walt Disney Productions in Burbank, California.
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ERNEST "PAPA" HEMINGWAY - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 11/24/1956:
Handwritten letter to associate Peter Buckley, signed "Papa," filled with tales of his time spent in Spain and France meeting bullfighters and other famous friends.
Autograph Letter signed: "Papa", 1 page, 8¼x10½. Paris, 1956 November 24. On letterhead of the Hotel Ritz to "Dear Peter" [Buckley], in full: "Thank you very much for the lovely big pictures. The ones at
Zaragosa and the one of Antonio [Ordonez] and Mary were especially good. Would you do me a very big favour and be a good boy and do it promptly? Please send the pictures you took of Mary and me and Cooch
Behar and Gina Egan in the bariera to Miss Gina Egan [at London address]. I promised to see they were sent and have worried about them. Please do this Peter. We saw a lot of Juanito Madinaveitia and also
had lunch once and dinner twice with Juan Belamonte . We had a wonderful time together. Mary is much better in every way. I've been following Juanito's regime faithfully. When get next pressure taken will
assess how things go. Coldest Nov. 23 in Paris since 1914, -4°. Shot a lot of partridges in Spain. Got some good pictures. We took Caro to the shoot. He sends his best to you. Mary and I send love.
[signature, followed by brief postscript]"Your father who was gin crazed prior to conception will be here 3 weeks more."
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