Fine Autographs and Artifacts Featuring Art and Literature

Partly-printed DS, signed “W. M. Tweed,” one page, 8.5 x 7, December 10, 1868. Receipt from the Bureau of Wharves, Piers and Slips S

The second president of Poland (born 1943) and the first to be democratically elected; he helped end communism in Europe as the leader of the freedom-

TLS, one page, 5.5 x 6.75, Tuskegee Institute letterhead, May 6, 1915. Letter to L. Kahn of Cincinnati, Ohio, in full: "I am not writing to ask...

Neat ink signature, "Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee, Alabama, Feb. 24, 1900,” on an off-white 3.25 x 2.25 card. In fine condition. Accomp...

Partly-printed DS, signed “Dan'l Webster,” one page, 7.75 x 10.5, January 27, 1842. As secretary of state, Webster certifies "t...

Partly-printed DS, signed “Henry Wells" and "Wm. Fargo,” one page, 10.25 x 6.5, March 10, 1854. Handsomely engraved stock cert...

Chinese diplomat and politician (1842–1922) who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and briefly as Acting Premier during the early years of

Revolutionary War–dated ADS, signed “B. Arnold, M. Genl.,” one page, 7.25 x 12.25, September 17, 1778. As senior officer in

Revolutionary War general, first United States Secretary of War, and founder of the military school that became West Point (1750–1806). LS as

ALS in French, signed “Lafayette,” one page, 5.5 x 3.25, July 5, 1811. A handwritten letter addressed from “La grange,