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Eisenhower's Chief of Staff, who had practically run the government
from the President's bedside after the heart attack, responds to a well-wisher
on White House stationery
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TLS: "Sherman Adams" as Assistant to the
President, 1p, 6¼x9¼. Washington, D.C., 1956 April 13.
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TLS: "Sherman Adams" as Assistant to
President-elect Eisenhower, 1p, 5¾x7¾.
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Handwritten letter signed as a Member of Congress. He would later
lead the "Wilmington Insurrection", the only known coup d'etat in
American history.
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Arbuckle writes to his estranged wife, who had defended him during his scandalous trials
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The silent film star signed and sent this letter to a group of Kiwanis club members who
hosted him at a banquet
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Written on the eve of the War of 1812, during which he was blamed by
some for the British burning of Washington, he writes of his so far unsuccessful
efforts to use his Washington contacts to help an associate.
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Later blamed for the capture and burning of Washington, Armstrong urges
measures to strengthen the defenses of New York City.
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Seven weeks after becoming Governor, Bush's Attorney General sends requested
information.
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The first female Member of Parliament sends letter to fan, noting her
"sad-looking" friend in the accompanying photograph, and signing her name in
black ink
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The first woman to ever serve in the British House of Commons sends
"very informal note" to friend asking her to accompany her to a luncheon, signs
name in black ink
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Writing to Senator William Pitt Fessenden on behalf of the
Massachusetts textile mills early in the Civil War, he strongly condemns a
proposed tax on their sales.
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TV and movie executive James T. Aubrey signed this letter, typed on
the stationery of his production company Aubrey-Lyon Productions in 1979, to
long-lost friend Charles J. Russhon. Aubrey was President of CBS from 1959 to
1965, where he developed shows like The Beverly Hillbillies, The Andy
Griffith Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Mr. Ed and Petticoat
Junction, and President of MGM from 1969 to 1973.
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Grant's chief of staff, involved in many of the scandals of that
Presidency and indicted in two of them, requests a $110 check from Jay Cooke
& Co., whose bankruptcy would later trigger the Panic of 1873.
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Orville E. Babcock, President Ulysses S. Grant's secretary, signed
this letter on White House stationery in 1871. In it, he says that Grant
couldn't attend a ball in honor of Russia's Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich, who
was in the United States as a goodwill ambassador.
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Writing from a hotel in Bucharest, the pianist offers tickets for a
Saturday evening performance.
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TLS: "Ross R Barnett", 1p, 8½x11.
Jackson, Mississippi, 1969 March 21.
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TLS: "Ross R Barnett", 1p, 8½x11.
Jackson, Mississippi, 1974 May 20.
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The controversial doctor, an advocate of sterilizing the mentally
handicapped and homosexuals, apologizes for not meeting an associate because he
could not "face the crowd".
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A letter from the Emmy Award winning actress to comedienne Phyllis
Diller, thanking her for her contribution to a charity auction
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$220.00
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Album page containing two items signed by Barton: a 4x6 photo and a 4x7
autograph letter circa 1895. On verso is a typed letter signed by general and
politician Benjamin F. Butler in 1890.
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He informs Uruguay in a signed letter that the Cuban Ambassador, famed poet
Mariano Brull, is being reassigned.
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He pens a letter to a fan regarding not having the pictures that the fan is
requesting
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Letter from the Secretary of War dated 1875, transcribing a previous
letter sent confirming the shipment of seeds to a Captain in Wisconsin
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Secretary of War, 1½p, front and verso, 5x7¾.
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Just a year before his resignation and impeachment, the Secretary of
War declines an invitation to speak to the Chamber of Commerce.
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William W. Belknap sends an autograph letter forwarding
information.
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Writing to a former foe, Confederate General M. J. Wright, Belknap
looks forward to a veterans' reunion. Discredited politically, he could still
find satisfaction in the fellowship of fellow soldiers.
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Two weeks before Congress launched the investigation which would lead
to his resignation and impeachment, the Secretary of War signed this transmittal
letter to the Attorney General.
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Manuscript LS: "Wm. W.
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Receiving congratulations for winning reelection to the House,
Biemiller responds to a supporter who wants a picture of President Truman. A
rare signature!
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Academy Award-nominated actress Betsy Blair wrote this letter in 1984
with a promise to contribute material to the recipient's museum. Accompanied by
original mailing envelope.
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Nineteenth-century French politician writes note confirming a meeting
for the following weekend
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Congressman Sol Bloom answers letter from a constituent
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Ernst W. Bohle, leader of the German Nazi Party's Foreign
Organization, signed this typed letter on German Nazi Party letterhead to a
retired captain about who he was sending the German-Japanese Secretary.
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She signs acceptance of changes in her Paramount contract to reflect the
arrival of sound motion pictures (October 1, 1928)! Some blame talkies for Bow's
downfall.
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The "It" girl pens her name on this typed letter for a fan, wishing them luck on obtaining
a large collection
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TLS: "NE Bradbury" as Director,
1p, 8½x11. Los Alamos, New Mexico, 1969 March 27.
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Typed Letter signed: "Peter J. Brennan"
as Secretary of Labor, 1p, 7x9. Washington, D.C., 1974 September 26.
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$180.00
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The longtime leader of the American Communist Party complies with an
autograph request, signing shortly before the Party expelled and denounced
him.
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$90.00
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$81.00
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Abolitionist and lead crusader of the Pottowatomie massacre signs a
handwritten letter of receipt for his brokerage business with Simon Perkins in
1846.
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In this handwritten and signed letter to his aunt, the United States politician
who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel writes to his aunt and sends her
some money
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This signed and handwritten 1818 letter to friend and legal client Martha
Bradstreet concerns the present condition of a burnt child
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As a United States Senator, the prominent leader of the young nation the
United States of America signed a handwritten letter to his stepson Augustine
Prevost regarding some money transactions
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The lawyer and prominent American politician signed this handwritten 1821
letter to Martha Bradstreet, a friend and legal client, confessing that he must
ask a legal question in writing
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In this signed handwritten letter, the lawyer who held some of the highest
political offices in the United States encourages his client, Marth Bradstreet,
to go to New York
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Invitation to two prominent Americans who were closely associated with Thomas
Jefferson.
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Aaron handwrote this third-person letter to a judge, asking for
papers related to a court case. Matted to 10¾x8¾ in a blue-and-gold
matte.
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: Father of George Bush, grandfather of George W.
Bush. TLS: "Prescott Bush" as U.S. Senator, 1p, 8x10.
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$300.00
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Father and grandfather of future U.S. Presidents writes to a lawyer about a
judicial appointment.
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$270.00
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Union Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler wrote this long letter to
his law partner Oliver D. Barrett in 1889 regarding a case brought by Samuel
Strong and about his house being "possessed" on Inauguration Day.
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Benjamin F. Butler wrote this letter in 1854 to say that he had "a
man to work for his board through the winter" available and that he didn't
want the recipient to stay at his mother's home for pay, because "Mother has
Kept. Boarders long enough and is at present not obliged so to
do"
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Union Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler wrote this letter in 1876
to Charles P. Thompson, U. S. Representative from Massachusetts. It accompanied
a resolution about a private claim against the British Government, not included,
and detailed Butler's reasons why it should be supported.
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Union General Benjamin F. Butler wrote this letter to Charles A.
Dana, former Assistant Secretary of War, in 1884 to apologize for not meeting
him when he was in New York City.
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Union Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler wrote this letter in 1882,
when he was Governor of Massachusetts, for information about two Supreme Court
cases.
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Union Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler signed this manuscript
letter in New York City in 1892, one year before his death, to request
information on how a railroad got into and out of receivership.
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Union General Benjamin F. Butler wrote this letter in 1877 to answer a
question, not about himself, but about someone that he was often confused with:
U. S. Attorney General Benjamin F. Butler.
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Union Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler signed this war-dated
letter, written on stationery from the headquarters of the 18th Army Corps in
1863, about a Confederate soldier who had made an oath of allegiance to the
United States. This letter was written less than two weeks after President
Abraham Lincoln's amnesty for Confederate soldiers who took this oath.
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Union Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler signed this letter, typed
on his law firm's letterhead in 1892, to turn down a request for a
photograph.
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$585.00
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Union Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler signed this typed letter
in Washington, D. C. to his law partner Frank L. Washburn in 1887. In it, he
mentions that he can't try a case, nor does he really want to due to unpaid fees
from another case.
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Union Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler signed this letter, typed
on his law office letterhead in 1888, to Charles A. Dana, editor of the New York
Sun.
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Union Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler signed this letter, typed
on the letterhead of his law office in 1885, to a friend about her mother's
estate.
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Union Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler signed this letter, typed
on the letterhead of his law office in 1887, to say that a shopkeeper wanted to
employ the recipient's son.
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Union Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler signed this letter to say
that he didn't have time to write an article.
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$585.00
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He writes to insure that the rent on a property in Washington gets
paid.
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Union Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler signed this letter, typed on his
law office letterhead in 1890, to say that "Perhaps it would amuse you to write
out for her what you remember of the Ellison family."
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$585.00
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The Maryland Senator signs a brief typed note on committee
letterhead.
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$108.00
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War-dated letter from the former French Prime Minister, a year before
he was placed on trial for treason
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$320.00
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$288.00
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Extremely rare letter from the notorious wife to French Minister of
Finance Joseph M. Caillaux, sending her "good memories" to a friend on a
postcard from Italy
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The editor of Le Figaro, later murdered in his office by the
wife of a Cabinet Minister, writes in French to a friend, pondering whether
"publication will be the best response to all the attacks."
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$414.00
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The longest serving Texas Comptroller responds to a collector.
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Photograph signed: "Fidel Castro/ Hab. Nov 19, 59" as Prime Minister. B/w, 4¾x7. Fine
condition. Accompanied by TLS: "Juan Orta", Chief of the Prime Minister's Office, 1
page, 8½x10¾. On official letterhead. Havana, Cuba, 24 October, 1959 "Año de la
Liberacion". To Eugenio Von Boeck, Chargé d'Affaires, Embassy of Bolivia, Montevideo,
Uruguay. In Spanish, loosely translated: "On behalf of the Prime Minister, Dr. Fidel Castro, I
am pleased to send you the photograph which you amicably requested in your letter dated the
15th of the current month." Date stamp in lower right corner. Lightly creased. Binder holes in
left margin. Otherwise, fine condition. The letter is dated 26 days before the signature on the
photo and was presumably forwarded to Castro to accompany it. On January 1, 1959, Cuban
dictator Fulgencio Batista fled the country, and Castro took over as Prime Minister, a title he
would hold until 1976, when he became President of the Council of State and the Council of
Ministers. Juan Orta was Castro's private secretary who, as part of the Bay of Pigs
Invasion, was supposed to assassinate Castro with a poisoned drink. Orta backed out of
the plan and the invasion failed miserably. Two items.
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This signed autograph letter (1867) found the former Alabama governor
in pitiful condition: imprisoned, impoverished, sick, and separated from his
family, worried that his possessions stored in a trunk will be stolen. "Oh, is
not our lot a hard one in this world!"
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Four months after the Civil War ends, the former Alabama Governor's house
will be taken by the U.S. government so he has to move.
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$675.00
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$607.00
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Writing only months after the fall of the Confederacy, the former
Alabama governor signed this handwritten letter to a business agent, discussing
arrangements for his family, fighting to retain ownership of his land, and
trying to resume his cotton business with "free labor" (his quotation marks).
Consoling the recipient, he concludes, "we must all bear up for our
families".
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$607.00
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Baseball great Ty Cobb handwrote this letter on his personalized
stationery to a New Jersey fan in 1953 to thank him for a card and "the
sentiments you expressed". Accompanied by original mailing envelope, also
from Cobb's stationery and hand-addressed by him.
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$2,890.00
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Ty Cobb sends an autograph letter of apology for delaying in
responding to Ray Germain.
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$1,600.00
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$1,360.00
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A letter from the first Baseball Hall of Famer to a friend, speaking
briefly of the weather and wishing his wife well. Placed in a large decorative
frame to an overall size of 24½x21.
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$1,530.00
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Colson answers an inquiry with a lesson from the Bible.
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$440.00
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$396.00
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He signs a very angry autograph letter denouncing the "conspiracies and
frauds" of the National Liberal League.
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ALS: "Roscoe Conkling", 1½p, 5½x8½, separate sheets. New York, 1883 April
8.
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ALS: "Roscoe Conkling", 2p, 5x8. Utica,
N.Y., 1878 August 5. To Damin C. Pavey, Utica, N.Y.
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$360.00
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$324.00
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President Truman's secretary writes thoughtful note to supporters,
signs name in blue ink
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The Appointments Secretary to President Truman responds to a letter
from Ralph E. Ward, saying "because of the great demands upon his time during
these critical war days, we have found it necessary to ask his friends to excuse
him from all autographing"
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$180.00
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$162.00
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The Appointments Secretary to President Truman politely refuses Ralph
E. Ward's request for the President's autograph, saying "There have been, and
continue to be, so many demands upon the President's time and energy that we
feel it is necessary to spare him from tasks not of an official
nature"
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The Appointments Secretary to President Truman responds to a letter
from Ralph E. Ward, typed on White House letterhead.
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$162.00
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The Appointments Secretary to President Truman sends letter to
important constituents, signs name in blue ink
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$180.00
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President Harry Truman's appointments secretary sends letter to
friend on White House stationary, sings name in blue ink
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$162.00
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The American financier pens a letter regarding sending an admirer an
autograph and magazine, dated 1902
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$2,400.00
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$2,040.00
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The American financier pens a letter in regards to Miss Bennett
steppig down due to illness from the Ogontz School
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$3,400.00
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$2,890.00
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The American financier pens this letter dated in 1902 regarding sending the
recipient a letter
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$3,000.00
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$2,550.00
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The American financier pens a letter regarding sales. At the time of
this letter he was in the midst of recouping losses suffered in 1873 when his
banking house financed the Northern Pacific Railroad
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$3,000.00
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$2,550.00
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The American financier pens this letter regarding the recovery of his
grandson from an illness
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$4,000.00
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$3,400.00
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The prominent tailor, soon to become a public nuisance, signs an autograph
letter to Garfield's Private Secretary about a morning coat he is making for the
new President (March 1881).
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$324.00
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The late nineteenth-century New York politician sends letter of
acceptance for the Republican Club's "Lincoln Party", signs name in blue
ink
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$288.00
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The New York Governor sends his official acceptance to a dinner,
signs name in black ink
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$288.00
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This rare letter was written by Cornfeld, while he was being held in a Geneva
prison, to cartoonist Al Capp in 1973. In it, he writes about Watergate scandal
and about the books that Capp had sent to him in prison.
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$280.00
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$252.00
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This rare letter was written by Cornfeld, while he was being held in a Geneva
prison, to cartoonist Al Capp in 1973. In it, he writes about a health scare
that Capp had and weighs in on the Watergate scandal, predicting that Nixon
would serve out his second term and that the scandal would cause deep damage to
America. Accompanied by original mailing envelope.
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$280.00
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$252.00
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