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	Autographs: U.S. Presidents a personal check for ten dollars drawn on the City Bank of Kansas City, 6.25" x 3", January 9, 1924, payable to the Kansas City School of Law. Truman took law classes at the school between 1923 and 1925 while he was serving as Judge of the County Court, Eastern District of Jackson County, Missour...
	Autographs: U.S. Presidents 7" x 9", one page, on White House letterhead, November 12, 1947, Washington, D. C.. Truman writes to his old friend Judge Brown Harris back in Missouri, in part, "It takes a long time for people to find out just exactly what the trouble is but I think they are learning like the people in Jackson ...
	Autographs: U.S. Presidents a printed color picture of Truman and Bradley at the White House, standing below a portrait of George Washington, 7.5" x 10.5", matted and framed (13.5" x 16.5" overall). The signatures are light and general fading, else, excellent. General Bradley served as the army chief of staff in 1948...
	Autographs: U.S. Presidents 8.5" x 10.5", one page, on County Court, Jackson County, Missouri letterhead, April 7, 1931, Independence, Missouri. Truman is writing as presiding judge. Boldly signed. Attractively framed with a printed picture of Truman and other county officials (18.5" x 27.5" overall). Choice.
	Autographs: U.S. Presidents 8" x 10.5", one page, on United States Senate letterhead, March 7, 1939, Washington, D. C.. Truman writes to his old friend Rufus Burrus about corruption back in Missouri, in part, "As you know, public service is a difficult thing for a man to carry out when he entirely interested in his private ...
	Autographs: U.S. Presidents 7" x 9", one page, on personal letterhead, May 21, 1969, Independence, Missouri. Truman writes, in part, "It was good of you both to again remember me on my eighty-fifth with a bottle of bourbon". Boldly signed. Attractively framed with a picture of Truman (18" x 15.5" overall) and the original t...
	Autographs: U.S. Presidents Beautifully displayed is this Senate Chamber card signed by Truman and a photograph of the then vice president. Although the signature is light it is still a fine example. The card measures 4" x 3" and the picture is 3.25" x 4.25" . Both are framed in a very appealing way.
	Autographs: Statesmen the words, For President American Liberty Smith". Framed (12" x 14.75" overall). Light toning to the card and slight wear to the sign, else both fine.
	Autographs: U.S. Presidents The twelve-stamp block, 5.75" x 4", is inscribed, "Bill, These are not so good. Harry S. Truman". Excellent.
	Autographs: U.S. Presidents Nicely framed with glass on both sides. The photo and front of card on one side, and the text along with a small 36-star cheesecloth flag on the other. Excellent condition, and a very attractive display.
	Autographs: U.S. Presidents A bold signature of the best-known Union general in the Civil War and President of the United States, 3.25" x 2". Framed (11.75" x 14.5" overall) with a period engraving of Grant. Very fine.
	Autographs: Military Figures stationary. The letter tells Mr. Hobbs that York is including a signed card. The signature, the same as on the letter, is on the verso of an Alvin C. York Agricultural Institute card. The card is encased in a plastic case. Included is the original transmittal envelope. All are fine.
	Autographs: Non-American 7" x 8.5", two pages, front and verso, in French, January 20, 1813, Fontainebleau. Writing to the Duc de Frioul, the Emperor orders the distribution of horses from the city of Paris. Matted and framed (18" x 32" overall) with a printed color picture of Napoleon. Usual creases, else fine.
	Autographs: Celebrities 8.25" x 3", front and verso, November 25, 1941, Florence, South Carolina. The check, for $80, is payable to the People's Federal Savings and Loan Association. With the usual cancellations, well away from the signature. Matted and framed (23" x 19.25" overall) with a printed picture of Purvis and ...
	Autographs: Celebrities 5.5" x 6.5", one page, February 2, 1978, Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary, Petros, Tennessee. Ray writes to a lady about securing a copy of Code Name Zorro: The Murder of Martin Luther King, written by Mark Lane (Ray's attorney) and Dick Gregory. Included are the original transmittal...
	Autographs: U.S. Presidents 8.2" x 12", professionally matted and framed (15.5" x 19" overall). The photo is embossed "Copyright 1908 by Harris & Ewing" and inscribed "For my friend Walter J. Ballard with best wishes of Wm. H. Taft / March 10, 1909". Modest silvering along the bottom and at Taft's left shoulder, ...
	Autographs: U.S. Presidents image 4.25" x 5.75", matted and in period frame (19.25" x 15.5" overall) contains plexi glass. Boldly signed McKinley photograph was copyright by C. Parker in Washington in 1900. The image is accompanied with an Executive Mansion letter signed by George B. Cortelyou, he continued in th...
	Autographs: U.S. Presidents Signed in black ink by Garfield on the mounting board below. The signature is strong and clean, but there are several trivial paper surface flecks at the bottom, one of which is on the "e" in Garfield. Such early-signed presidential photos, especially a Brady example, are always highly desirable....
	Autographs: Celebrities The photograph, 16" x 20.5", is framed (22.75" x 27.5" overall). Laid on top of the photograph, at the bottom, is a clipped signature on photographic card stock. The inscription reads, "H. C. de Mille with regards of Edwin Booth / 1891". Henry C. De Mille was a noted nineteenth century playwright...
	Autographs: Non-American A bold, clipped signature of one of the best-known figures of the French Revolution, 2.75" x 1". Framed (12" x 14" overall) with a printed color image of Robespierre. Very fine. Robespierre was an influential member of the Committee of Public Safety and was instrumental in the period of the Revol...
	Autographs: Celebrities wrapped in a silk cape. It bears the photographer's name "E. F. Foley, N.Y.". It is matted and framed (8" x 15.75" overall) with an autograph note, "Park Theater / pass three /3/ seats / Nance O'Neil". Light toning to the note, else fine. Nance O'Neil was a well-known American stage star ...
	Autographs: Celebrities the last 21 in the infamous high-security facility at Alcatraz. His nickname is misleading, because his significant studies of bird pathology actually took place while he was at Leavenworth, Kansas. After his transfer to Alcatraz in 1942, he was held under tight security and unable to pursue his ...
	Autographs: Statesmen 11" x 14", matted and in gilt frame (17.50" x 21.5" overall). Ink signed Very sincerely yours George B. Cortelyou December 7, 1907, photographed Prince foto studio Washington D.C., he continued in the office after the assassination of McKinley until President Roosevelt made him Secretary of Comme...
	Autographs: U.S. Presidents For one last time, TR was a presidential hopeful in 1916. While the boomlet went nowhere, 1916 items showing a mature Roosevelt have always been sought-after among political collectors. This is the first 1916-dated signed photo we can recall handling. The sepia-tone studio quality photo c...
	Autographs: Statesmen Bell (1797-1869) was a Tennessee plantation owner, attorney, and politician (secretary of war, member of both the Senate and House, and presidential candidate in 1860). He became known to Democrats as the "Great Apostate" because, after falling out with Andrew Jackson, he left the Democratic part...
	Autographs: Inventors The patent is secured by brown ribbon attached to an embossed green government seal. The interior pages pertain to the invention, one bearing the facsimile signature of Edison.
	Autographs: Celebrities including: a "Dixie Cup" signed "Bruno Richard Hauptmann", in pencil, also signed in ink by the warden of the Farmington, New Jersey jail and inscribed, "Used by Bruno Hauptmann Feb. 13, 1935", 4" high; press button and ribbon, 2.25"; Photograph of the Court House, Flemingto...
	Autographs: U.S. Presidents The signature, 3.5" x 1.4" and excised from a larger document, is matted and framed below a drawing reproduction showing General Grant (1822-1885) sitting in uniform. The overall size is 10.75" x 13.75". Near very fine.
	Autographs: Military Figures (1) William Tecumseh Sherman signature "W. T. Sherman/ General -". The signature (3.5" x 2") has been excised from a larger document. It rests, matted and framed to an overall size of 9.5" x 11.5", below a reproduced engraving of the general. (2) Philip Sheridan
	Autographs: U.S. Presidents (1) President Rutherford B. Hayes signature. The signature (3.25" x 1" with no date) has been excised from a larger document. It rests, matted and framed to an overall size of 9.5" x 11.5", below a reproduced image of the president. (2) Senator Henry Cabot Lodge signature...
	Autographs: U.S. Presidents The menus were signed for Al Schmitz, Superintendent of Commissary for Southern Pacific Railway Company, who made dinning arrangements for "Special" trains used for presidential campaigns and trips. The menus included are: "Trip of the President of The United States, Washington D.C. to San Franci...
	Autographs: U.S. Presidents W. J. Gallager, a senatorial messenger. The collection is in a scrapbook, 6" x 9". Most signatures are directly on the pages of the book, although some clipped signatures have been pasted onto the pages. The binding is very weak, but still, a fine collection.
	Autographs: U.S. Presidents -1937. -Minor wear, age toning, and paper-clip marks, else near fine to fine. This extraordinary, intimate lot includes the original signed handprints of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, other members of the First Family, Vice President John Nance Garner, and other members ...
	Autographs: U.S. Presidents A wonderful signed black and white photograph of FDR seated at his desk, right profile, fountain pen in hand with a scattering of papers on the desk in front of him. FDR inscribes the photograph in the lower margin to a former assistant and secretary to both FDR and his trusted aide Louis...
	Autographs: U.S. Presidents -February 16, 1932. Albany, New York. One page. 8" x 10.5". State of New York letterhead. -To: Reverend Adalbert J. Callahan, Holy Name College, Washington, D.C. -Original folds, else fine. In this typed letter mentioning Archbishop James Roosevelt Bayley, FDR adds the following ...
	Autographs: U.S. Presidents -5.75" x 4.75". On envelope with the Seal of the United States embossed in gold on the closure flap. -The ink on the addresses name has slightly faded and Roosevelt's signature has bloomed a bit, else near fine. FDR has boldly signed his name on the closure flap of this official envelop...
	Autographs: U.S. Presidents -6" x 8", attached to a sheet of black photograph album paper measuring 8" x 10". -Numerous horizontal creases and small cracks to the surface of the photograph. Small area of tape remnant along the right edge. Good condition. FDR has inscribed his photographic portrait at the bottom r...
	Autographs: U.S. Presidents -9.5" x 7.75". Black and white. Faint New York photographer's mark on the verso. -Moderate surface crazing mainly at the edges and lower portion of the photograph affecting only the legs of FDR and Merkel, otherwise very good. Roosevelt was rarely photographed wearing his leg braces, ma...
	Autographs: U.S. Presidents -May 10, 1959. New York, New York. Four pages. 6" x 7". On Eleanor's personal letterhead. -To: Elliott Roosevelt. -Ever-so-slightly wrinkled with a central horizontal fold crease, otherwise fine. A wonderfully intimate letter from a mother to her son thanking him for his recent Mothe...
	Autographs: U.S. Presidents -Postmarked March 21, 1936. Washington, D.C. Two pages. 6" x 7". On 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue letterhead. -To: Maude [Gray], Sarasota, Florida. -With a central horizontal fold crease and one small stain on the reverse not affecting text, else fine with the original transmittal envelope. <...
	Autographs: Celebrities -Postmarked August 29, 1935. Poughkeepsie, New York. One page. 6" x 7". On Val-Kill Cottage letterhead. -Maude Gray, Portland, Maine. -With only a central horizontal fold crease, otherwise fine with the original transmittal envelope addressed in Eleanor's hand. A wonderfully personal...
	Autographs: U.S. Presidents -May 13, 1961. New York, New York. One page. 6" x 7". On Eleanor's personal letterhead. -To: "Miss Matson", Greenwich, Connecticut. -One central horizontal fold crease, else fine. Sold with the original transmittal envelope. Eleanor was a prolific writer and wrote a number of month c...
	Autographs: U.S. Presidents -May 15, 1941. Washington, D.C. One page. 6" x 9.25". On White House letterhead. -To: Linnea Calder, Welshpool, New Brunswick. -With some slight toning to paper and two horizontal fold creases, else very good. With the original White House transmittal envelope. Sadly the envelope has not fa...
	Autographs: U.S. Presidents -October 14, [unknown]. [New York, New York]. Two pages. 4" x 5.5". On Eleanor's personal 49 East 65th Street letterhead. -To: "My dear Louise". -Slightly toned with a central horizontal fold crease, else bright and in very good condition. Eleanor extends an invitation to...
	Autographs: U.S. Presidents -No date or place. One page. 8" x 3.75". Likely clipped from a larger letter. -Paper slightly toned but the ink remains bright, in very good condition. FDR provides a reference on behalf of a "Dr. Granger". He writes: "Although I have never met Dr./ Granger, I have the opinion of/ va...
	Autographs: U.S. Presidents -April 19, 1945. Washington, D.C. One page. 5.5" x 6.75". On embossed White House mourning stationary. -To: Miss Julia A. Parker, Baltimore, Maryland. -With a central horizontal fold crease, otherwise bright and in fine condition with the original transmittal envelope. Written exactl...
	Autographs: U.S. Presidents -On gold-embossed State of New York Executive Mansion, Albany card. -Toned, else boldly signed and sold with the original transmittal envelope. Very good. Written circa 1929-1932 during her husband's tenure as Governor of New York.
	Autographs: Celebrities An interesting lot of autograph material from Sara Delano Roosevelt, mother of FDR including two 3.5" x 5.5" post cards, one with the preprinted Hyde Park address. Both postcards, one postmarked November 25, 1932 and the other June 1, 1936 are written entirely in Sara's hand and co...
	Autographs: U.S. Presidents -Postmarked March 11, 1932. 9" x 4". -To: Glenn W. Blodgett, Seattle, Washington. -Ghosting from the adhesive used to construct the envelope. Vertical crease at one end. Paper slightly toned with a few small stains and smudges, otherwise very good. A boldly addressed envelope in FDR...
	Autographs: U.S. Presidents -June 25, 1926. New York, New York. One page. 8.5" x 11". On Roosevelt & O'Connor letterhead. -To: Franklin D. Roosevelt in Marion, Massachusetts, from his law partner D. Basil O'Connor. -Slightly toned with two filing holes along the left margin (not affecting text) and two vertical and on...

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