A Fine Selection of Manuscripts and Documents - Session 2

JAMES EARL RAY: (d. 1998) Assassin of Martin Luther King whom he killed in Memphis in 1968. Bold full ink signature on a small card, fine condition. $

CHARLES "KING" SOLOMON: (d. 1933) New England Prohibition era rackets boss, present at the first major gangster "conference" at ...

ROBERT STROUD: (1890 - 1963) "The Bird Man of Alcatraz", imprisoned for the murder of a man in Juneau and a prison guard, Stroud made his ...

WILLIAM M. "BOSS" TWEED: (1823 -1878) Mayor of New York and political boss. His construction of the New York Court House and the graft ass...

WILLIAM J. BURNS: (1861 - 1932) American detective who with the Secret Service cracked a number of major counterfeit and corruption rings. Bold signat

(SAM SHEPPARD): American neurosurgeon convicted in the 1954 murder of his wife despite his continual denial of any culpability. With the help of F. Le

(JOHN GOTTI): (1940 - 2002) Dapper American gangster who won the nickname "The Teflon Don" following his many acquittals, headed the Gambi...

PAUL VI: (1897 - 1978) GIOVANNI BATTISTA MONTINI Pope who issued the encyclicals for clerical celibacy and against birth control, an avid supporter of

HENRIETTA SZOLD: (1860 - 1945) American Jewish leader and founder of Hadassah, the first woman elected to the World Zionist Organization. Fine content

BRIGHAM YOUNG: (1801 - 1877) Leader of the Mormon church who succeeded Joseph Smith as head of the church and led the mass migration to Salt Lake Vall

MAUD B. BOOTH: (1865 - 1948) American religious leader, co-founder of the Volunteers of America and a founder of the P.T.A. T.L.S. on Volunteer Prison

JOSEPH FESCH: (1763-1839) Cardinal, the half-brother of Leticia Bonaparte and uncle of Napoleon. Fesch arranged for the consecration of Napoleon as Em

L. RON HUBBARD: (1911 - 1986) American science fiction writer and founder of Scientology, author of the Scientology guidebook Dianetics. Good Scientol

NORMAN VINCENT PEALE: (1898 - ?) American clergyman who gave immensely-popular radio sermons, author of The Power of Positive Thinking. Fine I.S.P. 11

PIUS XII: (1939 - 1958) Pope who maintained neutrality in World War II, opposed Catholic collaboration with the Communists and maintained traditional

MOTHER TERESA: (1910 - 1997) Yugoslav Catholic nun called the "Saint of the Gutters" for her work with the poor of Calcutta. Fine content ...

MOTHER TERESA: (1910 - 1997) Yugoslav Catholic nun called the "Saint of the Gutters" for her work with the poor of Calcutta. T.L.S. 1p. 16...

[JOHN PAUL II]: (b. 1920) Polish Pope and the first non-Italian to be elevated to the papacy in 455 years. A scarce and desirable Papal relic, an orig

(CLERGY): A large lot of 35 autographs by vintage clergymen, mostly in A.L.S. or T.L.S. format (exceptions noted), with many being mounted. Includes:

TY COBB: (1886 - 1961) Baseball Hall of Famer, "The Georgia Peach" led the American League in batting 12 times, possibly the greatest hitt...