PRESIDENT CHAIM WEIZMANN (ISRAEL) - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 03/21/1933 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID: 348031

PRESIDENT CHAIM WEIZMANN (ISRAEL) - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 03/21/1933 CO-SIGNED - HFSID 348031

Supporters of the Melchett Memorial Fund signed this letter to the editor of The Times in 1933 Typed Letter Signed: "Percy W. Greenaway", "R. Blumenfeld", "Mount Temple", "G. Midlowsky", "Ch. Higham", "H. Austin", "Ebbisham", "H. C. Nathan", "Barnett Janner", "W. J. O'Donovan M.D. M.P.", "C. Weizmann", "Ethel Snowden", "Hugo Hirst", "H. Newman" and one unidentified. Two pages. 7½x9¾. London, E. 1. Christian Street. Dated March 21, 1933. On imprinted letterhead to The Editor, The Times, E.C.. In full: "We should feel indebted if you will through your columns afford us the opportunity of informing the public and those of your readers who knew the late Lord Melchett and the many kind things he did during his life, that it is proposed to raise a Fund to establish a Memorial to him. This will be of a living nature since it is the intention of endowing the Commercial Road Talmud Torah, an institution which was so near to his heart.…"

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PRESIDENT CHAIM WEIZMANN (ISRAEL) - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 03/21/1933 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID: 348031

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HENRY FORD - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID: 350483

HENRY FORD - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH CO-SIGNED BY: HARRY G. - HFSID 350483

Extraordinary photograph capturing the two innovators together. Rare Photograph signed: "Henry Ford" and "Harry Ferguson". Sepia, 13¾ x 11 overall, image 11 x 8 (one surface). HARRY FERGUSON, a manufacturer of tractors in England and Ireland, developed the Ferguson tractor, a scale model of which is shown on the table in this photograph. His system of tractor-implement integration utilized a hitch, the linkages, and controls of which made the tractor and implement work as a single unit operated almost entirely from the seat of the tractor. Seeking an American market for his product, Ferguson entered into an agreement with HENRY FORD and the Ford Motor Company. Ford, who had formed Ford Motor Company in 1903 and was noted for introducing the successful assembly-line method of production, was to manufacture and market the Ferguson tractor in the U.S. The company commenced making the tractors in 1938, but the agreement was terminated after WWII. Ferguson then began manufacturing his own equipment in Great Britain and the U.S. Portions of 3 middle letters of Ferguson's signature on dark portion (adequate contrast). Minor surface blemishes at blank margins. Fine condition. Frame has minor surface ships and wearing at corners.

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PRESIDENT CHAIM WEIZMANN (ISRAEL) - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 03/21/1933 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID: 348031

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PRESIDENT CHAIM WEIZMANN (ISRAEL) - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 03/21/1933 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID: 348031

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J. PAUL GETTY - STOCK CERTIFICATE SIGNED 07/15/1922 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID: 350438

J. PAUL GETTY - STOCK CERTIFICATE SIGNED 07/15/1922 CO-SIGNED BY: H. M. - HFSID 350438

Rare early stock certificate signed by Getty. Stock Certificate signed: "J. Paul Getty" as President, “H. M. Hoffnagle” as Secretary. 1p, 13x8. Certificate number 331 representing 1000 shares of the Capital stock in OKLAHOMA OIL CORPORATION registered in the name of G. W. Woolley, vignette of a railroad sitting in an oil field printed on upper left side, with various oil related vignettes around border, large gold seal of the corporation affixed on lower left side. 3½ x 8½ partly-printed transfer register with red 50 stamp affixed to left side. Fine condition. Frame to an overall size of 27x25. Verso viewable from back of frame. In 1916, Jean Paul Getty (1892-1976) and his father, George, had incorporated the Getty Oil Company, an early precursor to the great conglomerate. His multistate operation went international in 1949, when he completed a deal to lease oil fields in Saudi Arabia. During the Depression Era, he had bought extensive quantities of stock and in 1956 he gained control of Pacific Western, which he renamed Getty Oil, ending a 19-year stock battle with Standard Oil. The significantly larger Getty Oil Company became the world's largest privately owned business and made the enterprising Getty a billionaire.

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PRESIDENT CHAIM WEIZMANN (ISRAEL) - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 10/08/1951 - HFSID: 285834

Typed letter in Hebrew, signed as President of Israel, thanking a retiring cabinet minister: "my friend and dear teacher" Yehuda Leib Fishman (Maimon). TLS: "Chaim Weizmann" in Hebrew as President of Israel, 1 page, 6½x8¾. No place, 1951 October 8. On letterhead of the State of Israel to the Honorable Rabbi Yehuda Leib Fishman (Maimon). In Hebrew, translated. In full: "It is not a parable to tell you your honor, my friend and dear teacher, that I have the privilege to work with you for more than 20 years, and I recognize and respect your actions for more than 40 years. Today, when you leave the table of government, I tell you what is in my heart. I don't know anyone from the senior office of the Zionist Movement that awakens in me more honor in his beliefs than you." A carbon copy of this letter was sent to Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion. Russian-born chemist and Zionist CHAIM WEIZMANN (1874-1952) was President of the World Zionist Organization (1920-1930, 1935-1946) and the first President of Israel from 1949 until his death on November 9, 1952, just 13 months after he signed this letter.

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PRESIDENT CHAIM WEIZMANN (ISRAEL) - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 03/21/1933 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID: 348031

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PRESIDENT CHAIM WEIZMANN (ISRAEL) - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 03/21/1933 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID: 348031

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PRESIDENT CHAIM WEIZMANN (ISRAEL) - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 03/21/1933 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID: 348031

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PRESIDENT JAMES E. "JIMMY" CARTER - ANNOTATED SPEECH UNSIGNED CIRCA 1976 - HFSID: 286045

A revealing collection of documents from his 1976 presidential campaign - including a nine-page draft speech on Israel on Carter's presidential campaign stationery with 67 words of revisions and notes in Carter's hand - showing how a speech on Israel was drafted and revised. Photocopied annotated speech unsigned, with blue ink revision, some in Carter's own hand. 9 pages, 8½x11, loose-leaf sheets, typed on Jimmy Carter Presidential Campaign stationery. Titled: "Speech on Middle East Policy". The photocopy already included revisions, to which someone, presumably Henry Owen of the Brookings Institution, has appended additional comment and crossed out some sentences and paragraphs in the interest of brevity. On page 7, Owen has penned additional suggestions from foreign policy expert Zbigniew Brzezinski, who would become President Carter's national security advisor. Carter has added margin notes of his own: On page 1, Carter has replaced the typed text, "stopping in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and Haifa, visiting the Holy Places" with "visiting Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, Golan Heights and the West Bank".

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PRESIDENT JAMES E. "JIMMY" CARTER - ANNOTATED SPEECH UNSIGNED CIRCA 1976 - HFSID: 286041

Original draft of Jimmy Carter's address accepting the 1976 democratic nomination for president. This draft bears 153 words written in Carter's hand, including this attack on Republicans: "use line about every mistake-- Vietnam, Chile, CIA excesses, etc. - happened because plotted in secrecy without U.S. people". Annotated Speech Unsigned, 8p. No date, but 1976. Eight pages from a draft of his July 15, 1976 speech accepting the Democratic nomination for President. Pages are numbered 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 and 14 (concluding page of speech). Not signed, but bearing 153 words in Carter's handwriting. Adviser STUART EIZENSTADT is mentioned frequently by Carter ("Stu") on these pages. In the Carter White House, Eizenstadt served as Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs and Policy. The following are quotes from the eight pages, Carter's handwritten edits and comments, and related excerpts from Carter's acceptance address delivered at the Democratic National Convention in Madison Square Garden on July 15, 1976.

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PRESIDENT CHAIM WEIZMANN (ISRAEL) - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 03/21/1933 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID: 348031

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PRESIDENT JAMES E. "JIMMY" CARTER - SPEECH UNSIGNED CIRCA 1976 - HFSID: 286040

Carter read this speech at the 1976 Democratic National Convention in New York, where he accepted the party's nomination for presidential candidate. He went on from here to become 39th President of the United States. Typed speech unsigned, with handwritten notes, under linings and corrections in blue ink and notations near left edge of page 1 in black ink in unknown hand, 5 pages, 8½x11. This is a speech that Carter gave at the 1976 Democratic National Convention, which met in Madison Square Garden from July 12 to July 15, 1976. Carter was named Democratic candidate for President at this convention, and Walter Mondale was named his Vice President. The nomination represented a dramatic reversal of fortune for Carter, a peanut farmer who had been elected Governor of Georgia in 1971 but who otherwise started the nomination process as an obscure candidate with little name recognition. However, favorable media coverage helped him win the New Hampshire primary, and Carter used his obscurity to his advantage, marketing himself as a fresh face and Washington outsider. His strategy that rocketed him to the forefront of the Democratic candidates despite an "Anybody But Carter" movement among northern and western Democrats.

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CLARA BARTON - MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT SIGNED - HFSID: 350434

Eloquently demands protection of the Red Cross symbol. Manuscript Signed: "Clara Barton" circa 1893, three typed pages, 8 x 10½. American Association of the Red Cross President Barton issues a call for a meeting of the Official Advisory Board to consider the protection of the Red Cross Insignia. Her fight had begun shortly after the First Geneva Convention attended by governments from around the world in 1864. Barton fought for the U.S. Congress to ratify the Convention but fearing foreign entanglements the government would not ratify and acknowledge the Convention until 18 years later. After the chartering of the society in 1882, the charitable and international neutral symbol was also used for everything from snake oils, cigars, alcoholic beverages and later, her fiercest adversary, the burgeoning conglomerate Johnson & Johnson Company. This overwhelming misuse and lack of congressional action led Barton to call the first meeting of the association's Board in 1893. Ultimately, the Red Cross would receive limited protection with the organization's official chartering in 1900. Barton's manuscript, in part: "...…"

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Humanitarians & Philanthropists | Sentiments

PHILIP D. "THE PORK BARON" ARMOUR - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 156661

Signature: "Sincerely/Philip D Armour", 4½x2¼ autograph card. Imprinted: "The Lincoln Collection/of Autographs/Started by Mr. Lincoln in 1863/John Sparhawk Wurts, Philadelphia".

Sale Price $545.00

$650.00
STEPHEN MOULTON BABCOCK - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 298726

Handwritten sentiment of the agrarian chemist and pioneer nutritionist Autograph Sentiment signed: "Very truly yours,/S. M. Babcock", 3x1¼.

Price: $320.00
HAROLD BAUER - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 225620

Small slip of ruled paper signed "Yours Faithfully" by pianist Harold Bauer Autograph sentiment signed "Yours faithfully,/Harold Bauer". Black ink and lead pencil notations on sentiment and mounting card, all in unknown hand.

Sale Price $135.00

$160.00
ELEANOR ROBSON BELMONT - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED 1940 - HFSID 28650

Actor Eleanor Robson Belmont signed this index card "Sincerely yrs" in New York City in 1940 Autograph sentiment signed "Sincerely yrs-/Eleanor Robson Belmont/New York City/1940". 5x3 index card.

Price: $120.00
ELEANOR ROBSON BELMONT - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED CIRCA 1907 - HFSID 171770

Handwritten Sentiment signed as Eleanor Robson, with a newspaper photo affixed at left edge Autograph Sentiment signed: "Sincerely -/Eleanor Robson/1907", 6¾x2¾. 2½x2¾ newspaper photo affixed to left edge.

Price: $100.00
MAUD BALLINGTON BOOTH - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 182703

Signature: "Yours truly in/the war for God/Maud B. Booth", 4¼x3½ card. Slightly soiled. Mounting paper remnants on verso show through faintly. Otherwise, fine condition. Accompanied by unsigned photo (sepia, 2¾¾) of a youthful Booth. Slightly soiled.

Price: $850.00
MAUD BALLINGTON BOOTH - TYPED SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 320315

The activist and Co-Director of the U.S. Salvation Army signs a typed sentiment Typed Sentiment Signed: "[below a printed Very Cordially Yours]Maud B. Booth", 4¾x1¾.

Sale Price $105.00

$120.00
DAME LILIAN BRAITHWAITE - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED 04/1942 - HFSID 143760

The English actress signs a 5½x3½ sheet of paper with her good wishes. Autograph Sentiment signed: "good wishes!/Lilian Braithwaite/April 1942", 5½x3½ sheet of paper. Dame Lilian Braithwaite (1873-1948) was an English actress born in Ramsgate, Kent.

Price: $160.00
VERA MARY BRITTAIN - TYPED SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 154561

Typed sentiment of the English pacifist writer, soon to be portrayed in a feature film Typed Sentiment signed: "Yours sincerely/Vera Brittain", 5x1¼, affixed to a 6x2¼ card, affixed to a 8x3¾ card (3 surfaces). Clipped from the closing of a letter.

Price: $80.00
FANNY BROUGH - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 304487

Handwritten sentiment of the English actress, supporter of indigent actresses Autograph Sentiment signed: "In great haste/Yours truly/Fanny/Brough", 4x3½. Paris-born English actress Fanny Brough (1852-1914) performed both dramatic and comedy roles, excelling at the latter.

Price: $80.00
ELMER ELLSWORTH BROWN - TYPED SENTIMENT SIGNED 04/21/1930 - HFSID 297592

The NYU Chancellor sends his autograph. Typed Sentiment signed: "Elmer Ellsworth Brown/New York University/April 21, 1930", 5x3. Typed message in full: "I am pleasured to furnish you with my autograph for your collection.…"

Price: $90.00
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED 03/27/1869 - HFSID 14072

Ruled cardstock signed by American poet and newspaper editor William Cullen Bryant in New York in 1869 Autograph signature signed "I have the honor to be/very respectfully yours/William Cullen BryantNew York, March 27, 1869.". 5x2 ruled card.

Price: $300.00
RALPH J. BUNCHE - TYPED SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 17725

Ralph J. Bunche signs the closing of a typed letter. Typed sentiment signed: "Ralph J. Bunche" as United Nations Under Secretary, 8½x6¼. Signed below typed closing, "Sincerely yours," on a letter fragment. Typed addressee, George R.

Price: $120.00
RALPH J. BUNCHE - TYPED SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 225704

Ralph J. Bunche signs the closing of a letter. Typed Sentiment Signed: "Ralph J. Bunche", 3½x1¾ piece of paper. Signed below typed sentiment: "Sincerely yours,/Ralph J, Bunche/Under-Secretary-General". Ralph J.

Price: $120.00
SAMUEL H. BUTCHER - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 297503

The classical scholar praises "a perfect bit of literary work". Autograph Sentiment signed: "is a perfect bit of literary work./With very many thanks/Yours truly/S. H. Butcher", 4½x2¼.

Price: $120.00
PRESIDENT JAMES E. "JIMMY" CARTER - TYPED SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 17608

Typed card signed by President Jimmy Carter, matted to an overall size of 20¾x12¾ in a brown imitation leather and blue cloth portfolio with a 5½x7½ color bust photo of Carter and bio plate Typed sentiment signed "Jimmy Carter".

Sale Price $245.00

$300.00
WILLIAM H. CHANNING - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 101698

Signed sentiment of the American clergyman who organized the first woman suffrage petition with Susan B. Anthony. Extremely rare! Autograph sentiment signed: "Your brother in humanity/Wm. H. Channing", in brown ink, 4¼x1. William H.

Sale Price $165.00

$200.00
JOE L CLARK - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 294783

The inspiration for Morgan Freeman's character in the 1989 film Lean on Me signs a 6½x3¾ piece of paper. Autograph Sentiment signed: "I hope I signed it in the right place- Joe Clarke", 6½x3¾.

Price: $100.00
NORMAN COUSINS - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED 12/1945 - HFSID 73440

Norman Cousins, editor of the Saturday Review, signed this slip of paper in blue ink and "With profound admiration" in 1945 Autograph sentiment signed "With profound admiration for/Jessie Wainwright and all/that she stands for/Norman Cousins December 1945" in blue ink.

Sale Price $115.00

$140.00
JACOB SECHLER "GENERAL COXEY" COXEY - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED 1929 - HFSID 224318

Reformer Jacob Sechler Coxey signed and dated this small card with holiday greetings and "Yours Truly" in 1929 as "Genl.J.S.Coxey". Coxey is best remembered for leading a band of jobless men called "Coxey's Army" on a march on Washington D. C.

Sale Price $175.00

$220.00
ANNA ELIZABETH DICKINSON - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED 03/12/1871 - HFSID 89971

The abolitionist speaker who began her crusade against slavery as a teenager signed this card affixed to a larger sheet Signature: "Yours Very Truly/Anna E. Dickinson/March 12. 1871", 4½x3, affixed to 8½x11 sheet.

Price: $320.00
EMILY FAITHFULL - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 225441

Signed sentiment of the English woman's rights activist and publisher. Extremely rare! Autograph sentiment signed: "Yours truly/Emily Faithfull", in brown ink, 4¼x2¼ attached to 5x3 card (2 surfaces). Emily Faithfull was an English women's rights activist of the 1860s.

Price: $160.00
MARSHALL FIELD - TYPED SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 167195

The American entrepreneur and the founder of Marshall Field and Company signs on this 4¼x1¼ typed sentiment signed in iron gall ink Typed Sentiment Signed: “Marshall Field” in iron gall ink. 4¼x1¼.

Price: $240.00
ELISABETH GILMAN - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED 10/30/1930 - HFSID 286893

Autograph Sentiment signed in October 1930, while she was the Socialist candidate for Governor of Maryland Autograph Sentiment signed: "With all good wishes/from/Elisabeth Gilman/Oct. 30, 1030", 3¾x1¾, paper, affixed to 5x3½ cardboard.

Price: $200.00
JOHN B. GOUGH - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED 04/02/1885 - HFSID 182705

Small card signed "most truly Yours" by temperance lecturer John B. Gough in 1885, one year before his death Autograph sentiment signed "most truly/Yours/John B. Gough/April 2, 1885". 4x2½ card.

Price: $200.00
SIR WILFRED T. GRENFELL - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 17953

Autograph Sentiment signed: "Truly Yours/Grenfell". 3x1¾, affixed to 4½x3 album leaf. Pencil note (unknown hand), "Lord Grenfell", below signature slip.

Price: $160.00
JOHN HAYS HAMMOND SR. - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED 12/1930 - HFSID 299841

He signs a short sentiment on a 5x3 card. Autograph Sentiment signed: "Very sincerely/John Hays Hammond/Washington D.C./Dec. 1930", 5x3 card.

Price: $200.00
GEORGE JESSEL - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED CIRCA 1938 - HFSID 165338

Signing "with love" on a question card distributed at a performance by "Myrus the Mental Marvel" Autograph Sentiment signed: "WITH LOVE/George Jessel" in pencil, 4x5 lined card. Palm Beach, Florida, circa 1938.

Price: $160.00
JOAN B. KROC - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 208196

The wife of McDonald's CEO Ray Kroc, known for her philanthropic efforts, signs this 5x3 card in blue ink Autograph Sentiment signed: “Best regards,/ Joan B. Kroc”, in blue ink, 5x3.

Price: $160.00
THOMAS J. LIPTON - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 23407

Autograph Sentiment signed: "Yours faithfully/Thomas J Lipton", 4½x3 card. Lipton (1850-1931) had already achieved great success as a Scottish grocery retailer, merchandiser and promoter before his name became associated with tea.

Price: $160.00