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RALPH J. BUNCHE - DOCUMENT SIGNED 11/18/1953 CO-SIGNED BY: KEN MURRAY - HFSID 251699RALPH J. BUNCHE and KEN MURRAY The entertainer who hosted the popular 1950s show Where Were You? received permission via signature from the Nobel Prize Winner to use his voice and photograph onSale Price $360.00
$400.00
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FREDERICK DOUGLASS - DOCUMENT SIGNED 01/13/1883 - HFSID 148656FREDERICK DOUGLASS He pens his signature on this deed as Recorder on January 13th of 1883! Deed Signed: "Fredk Douglass" as Recorder on docket panel, 4p integral leaf, 8½x14. District of Columbia, 1883 January 1st. Release from " Robert O.
Sale Price $807.50
$950.00
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FREDERICK DOUGLASS - DOCUMENT SIGNED 07/07/1883 - HFSID 148654FREDERICK DOUGLASS He pens his signature on this deed as Recorder on July 7th of 1883! Deed Signed: "Fredk Douglass" as Recorder on docket panel, 4p integral leaf, 8½x14. District of Columbia, 1883 July 7. Release from " Thomas E. Waggaman and John N.
Sale Price $807.50
$950.00
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LANGSTON HUGHES - DOCUMENT SIGNED 09/02/1935 - HFSID 178864LANGSTON HUGHES Legendary Black poet signs an agreement with the Dramatists' Guild of the Author's League of America Document signed: "Langston Hughes" as Author, 1p, 8¼x11. No place, 1935 September 2. Contract appointing Joseph P. Bickerton, Jr.
Sale Price $807.50
$950.00
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LANGSTON HUGHES - DOCUMENT SIGNED 12/30/1957 CO-SIGNED BY: JACOBO MUCHNIK, EULAH C. PHARR - HFSID 173008LANGSTON HUGHES The Harlem Renaissance poet signs a contract authorizing use of his autobiography I Wonder as I Wander Document signed: "Langston Hughes" in ink, 2p, 8½x14. New York, 1957 December 30.
Sale Price $807.50
$950.00
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SLAVE PAPER - AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED 01/03/1862 - HFSID 33456SLAVERY: SLAVE PAPER Commission to divide Slaves from the estate of the deceased Henry Smith. Autograph Document Signed: "Zd S. Cook" as Judge, 2½p, 8x12. Wilcox County, Alabama, 1861 November 20. In part: "Whereas, the estate of Henry Smith decd.
Sale Price $1,020.00
$1,200.00
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SLAVE PAPER - AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED 01/12/1828 - HFSID 33401SLAVERY: 1828 A 1828 slave paper from Lawrence County, Alabama. Partly Printed Document Signed: "John Gallagher" as Clerk, 1½p, 7½x12¼. Lawrence County, Alabama, 1828.
Sale Price $510.00
$600.00
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SLAVE PAPER - AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED 1859 - HFSID 333621 page, 7 1/2 x 12 3/4, list of charges for medical services for Jas. C. Bafford and several of his slaves, for the period of June 17, 1859 through December 31, 1859.
Sale Price $510.00
$600.00
