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SAMUEL F. B. MORSE - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 06/21/1854:
He signs an autograph letter (1854) to Samuel Colgate requesting proxy votes from him, apparently to forestall a hostile takeover.
ALS: "Saml. F.B. Morse", 1 page, 7¾x9¾. Po[ugh]'keepsie, New York, 1854 June 21. To businessman and philanthropist Samuel Colgate. In full: "Will you and your brother give me your proxies in blank as below
for the next meeting of the Stockholders of the New York Albany and Buffalo Teleg Co. We wish to be prepared against an intrigue of the pirates. I will explain more fully when I see you." Beneath his letter, Morse has written
the sample form he mentions. In full: "We hereby constitute [blank] to be our proxy to vote our Stock at the next annual meeting of the N. York, Albany & Buffalo Telegraph Company. New York June [blank] 1854".
Note at bottom, probably by Colgate: "Ans 24 June/54...." In 1844, SAMUEL F.B. MORSE (1791-1872) had successfully sent the first telegraph message, "What hath God wrought!", from Washington, D.C. to Baltimore. In this letter, the
"pirates" Morse mentions are probably Hiram Sibley and Judge Samuel L. Selden of the New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company (NYMVPTC), a primary competitor of his existing New York, Albany and Buffalo Telegraph
Company, formed in 1851.
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Document 286038
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HEINRICH HIMMLER - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 01/28/1940:
This very rare piece is a letter written by Heinrich Himmler to his mistress Maria Podhorzer in 1940, the year that he separated from his wife Margarete Siegroth. It's written on the back of a b/w picture post card of Himmler with two children in Krakow, Poland, which German had conquered the year before.
Autograph letter signed "*" in pencil. Pencil notations in unknown hand in top left corner. 1 page, 5¼x4 with scalloped edges. Written on the back of a picture post card of Himmler with two children in Krakow, Poland,
which was conquered by Germany in 1939. Card by the Photo Department of the Krakow District. Jan. 28, 1940. Addressed to his mistress Maria Podhorzer. Written in German, translated: "I am very well. The trip
was very interesting. I was very happy with both letters. All dear and good things to you".
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Document 280339
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THE FIVE PRESIDENTS - PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED CO-SIGNED BY: PRESIDENT JAMES E. "JIMMY" CARTER, PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. "BILL" CLINTON, PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH, PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD, PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH:
Five presidents - Ford, Carter, Clinton, George H. W. Bush and his son George W. Bush - signed this 10x8 color photo of the White House. George W. Bush signed this photo while still residing there and serving as President of the United States.
Photograph signed: "Gerald R. Ford", "J Carter", "George Bush", "Bill Clinton" and "George W. Bush" as President. Color, 10x8. A view of the North Portico of the White House, view pictured on the new
$20 bill, signed by the 38th, 39th, 41st, 42nd and 43rd U.S. Presidents with room to add more.
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Document 286036
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ROOSTER COGBURN MOVIE CAST - INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED CO-SIGNED BY: KATHARINE HEPBURN, JOHN "DUKE" WAYNE:
Signed black and white publicity photograph for the 1975 western Rooster Cogburn featuring the two actors in costume
Inscribed photograph signed "Bob/It's been great/Duke" and "Bob
Nelson/gratefully/Katharine Hepburn". B/w, 8x10 overall, 7½x9½ image, one
surface. "Bob Nelson" was a set decorator for the film. Rooster Cogburn - the
sequel to the 1969 Wayne movie True Grit - was the first and last film Wayne
and Katharine Hepburn appeared in a movie together. In 1975's Rooster
Cogburn, Wayne reprised his Oscar-winning role as the drunken, hellraising
marshal Rooster Cogburn from 1969's True Grit. Wayne co-starred with
Katharine Hepburn, who played the daughter of a murdered minister and who
insists on following Wayne as he hunts his killer. This movie was the first and
last time Wayne and Katharine Hepburn appeared in a movie together.
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Document 281478
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GREG JARVIS - TYPED LETTER SIGNED CIRCA 1985:
TLS: "Greg Jarvis", 1p, 8½x11. Lyndon B.
Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, no date but late 1985 or January
1986. To Jamie. In full: "Thank you for your nice letter and
interest in the upcoming shuttle flight. In regard to your questions, my
official title on the mission is 'Payload Specialist' and I will be
conducting experiments in fluid dynamics during the flight. The space shuttle
cover you sent me was very interesting. If you happen to have an extra one, I
would like one for myself. I have autographed it for you along with the 51-L
crew patch you requested, and you will find them both enclosed (not
present)." Greg Jarvis was originally assigned to be on flight 51-G but he and
astronaut Charlie Walker were replaced by the first Arab in space and the first
Frenchman on a U.S. flight, launched June 17, 1985. Jarvis was then reassigned
to flight 51-I but he was also bumped from that August 27, 1985 flight. He
was then re-assigned to flight 51-L aboard the Challenger as the payload
specialist. On January 28, 1986, Challenger exploded 73 seconds after
liftoff, killing Jarvis and his six colleagues. Fine condition. Framed in
Gallery of History style: 31x21.
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Document 167052
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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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Document 286026
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