Historic and Military Autographs, & Militaria

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Our Fall, 2012 Auction is a two-part auction: Day One will offer important military documents and militaria; Day Two has a fine selection of historic letters, documents and manuscripts in other fields of collecting.
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RONALD REAGAN1204 - RONALD REAGAN
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(1911 - 2004) Fortieth President of the United States who served for two terms (1981-1989) and contributed to the fall of European Communism. T.L.S. a
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
Sold to floor for (280.00) = 280.00
 
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GEORGE H. BUSH1205 - GEORGE H. BUSH
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"Suspending my campaign was the toughest decision I ever had to make..." (b. 1924) Forty-first President of the United States who ordered...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
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GEORGE H. W. BUSH1206 - GEORGE H. W. BUSH
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(b. 1924) 41st President of the United States (1989–93). He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States, a congressman, an a
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (70.00) = 70.00
 
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WILLIAM J. CLINTON AND HILLARY CLINTON SETTLE A POTENTIALLY DISASTROUS LAWSUIT1207 - WILLIAM J. CLINTON AND HILLARY CLINTON SETTLE A POTENTIALLY DISASTROUS LAWSUIT
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The Clinton's settle a scandalous lawsuit alleging illegal fundraising practices Fascinating signed document witnessing the end of the only civ...
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Estimate : 5,000.00 - 7,000.00
Sold to floor for (2,500.00) = 2,500.00
 
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WILLIAM J. CLINTON1208 - WILLIAM J. CLINTON
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(b. 1946) Forty-second President of the United States, the first elected president to be impeached. T.L.S. as Governor of Arkansas on official letterh
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
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WILLIAM J. CLINTON1209 - WILLIAM J. CLINTON
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(b. 1946) Forty-second President of the United States, the first elected president to be impeached. Fine signed campaign poster measuring 19" x...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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WILLIAM J. CLINTON1210 - WILLIAM J. CLINTON
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(b. 1946) Forty-second President of the United States, the first elected president to be impeached. T.L.S. as President on White House letterhead, 1p.
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
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GEORGE W. BUSH1211 - GEORGE W. BUSH
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"After eight years of Clinton/Gore, this fall Americans will ratify the status quo or vote for a fresh start…"" (b. 1946) Forty-thir...
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Start Price : 2,000.00 | Estimate : 4,000.00 - 5,000.00
 
 
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GEORGE W. BUSH1212 - GEORGE W. BUSH
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An exceedingly rare A.L.S. as President (b. 1946) Forty-third President of the United States who won his office after a hotly-contested election. Ver
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Estimate : 3,000.00 - 4,000.00
Sold to floor for (1,900.00) = 1,900.00
 
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GEORGE W. BUSH1213 - GEORGE W. BUSH
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(b. 1946) Forty-third President of the United States who won his office after a hotly-contested election. His book, Decision Points (New York: Crown P
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (260.00) = 260.00
 
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BARACK H. OBAMA, JR.1214 - BARACK H. OBAMA, JR.
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"I believe in the 2nd Amendment, and the rights of Sportsmen like you. Period." (b. 1961) The 44th and current President of the United St...
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Estimate : 6,000.00 - 7,000.00
Sold to floor for (3,500.00) = 3,500.00
 
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ENGRAVING OF AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENTS1215 - ENGRAVING OF AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENTS
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Ca. 1845 engraving depicting eleven Vice Presidents of the United States, 10" x 16 1/4", also showing George Washington, well-executed and...
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
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INAUGURAL INVITATIONS1216 - INAUGURAL INVITATIONS
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A group of four pieces, including an invitation to the 1961 inauguration of John F. Kennedy, 1p. 4to. Offered together with a 1969 inauguration of Ric
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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FELIX FRANKFURTER1217 - FELIX FRANKFURTER
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A fine archive of 29 letters from Frankfurter to a fellow member of the Council on Foreign Relations (1882-1965) Supreme Court Associate Justice, fou
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Estimate : 3,500.00 - 4,500.00
Sold to floor for (1,900.00) = 1,900.00
 
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LOUIS D. BRANDEIS1218 - LOUIS D. BRANDEIS
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(1856 - 1941) Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, remembered for his powerful devotion to the freedom of speech. A pair of legal documents pertain
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
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WILLIAM BRADFORD1219 - WILLIAM BRADFORD
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(1755 - 1795) American Revolution military officer and veteran of Valley Forge, a close friend of Madison and Washington who appointed him Attorney Ge
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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(JERRY BROWN)1220 - (JERRY BROWN)
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(b. 1938) American politician and repeated Governor of California. Fine original pen and ink political cartoon by cartoonist and editor GUERNSEY LE PE
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
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HENRY CLAY1221 - HENRY CLAY
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(1777 - 1852) American politician, the "Great Pacificator" who supported the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 which sought t...
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Start Price : 100.00 | Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
 
 
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HENRY CLAY1222 - HENRY CLAY
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(1777-1852) American politician, the "Great Pacificator" who supported the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 which sought to ...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (220.00) = 220.00
 
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THE HAIR OF HENRY CLAY1223 - THE HAIR OF HENRY CLAY
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HENRY CLAY (1777-1852) American politician, the "Great Pacificator" who supported the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 which...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
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DEWITT CLINTON1224 - DEWITT CLINTON
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(1769 - 1828) American politician, Mayor of New York, and ardent campaigner for the construction of the Erie Canal. D.S., oblong folio, New York, Apri
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
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GEORGE W. CRAWFORD1225 - GEORGE W. CRAWFORD
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(1798 - 1872) Governor of Georgia, Secretary of War from 1849 to 1850. Scarce partly-printed D.S. as Secretary of War, 1p. oblong 4to., Washington, Ju
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (120.00) = 120.00
 
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WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS1226 - WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS
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(1898 - 1980) Associate Justice of the Supreme Court known for his consistently liberal rulings. Lot of two signed items, includes a T.L.S. as Associa
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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EDWARD EVERETT1227 - EDWARD EVERETT
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(1794 - 1865) American clergyman and statesman, a brilliant orator who spoke prior to Lincoln at Gettysburg. A.Q.S. on slip of paper: "Washingt...
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
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HAROLD ICKES1228 - HAROLD ICKES
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(1874 - 1952) Secretary of the Interior and responsible for implementing F.D.R.'s "New Deal". Fine political content T.L.S. on his let...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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ROBERT H. JACKSON1229 - ROBERT H. JACKSON
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(1892-1954) Supreme Court Associate Justice who also took on the role of chief U.S. prosecutor at the Nurnberg war crimes trials. T.L.S. signed with i
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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EDWARD M. KENNEDY1230 - EDWARD M. KENNEDY
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(1932-2009) American senator who served four terms for the state of Massachusetts. Bold signature on the sweet spot of an official American league bas
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
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ROBERT F. KENNEDY1231 - ROBERT F. KENNEDY
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(1925 - 1968) American politician who successfully managed his brother John's presidential campaign and was later appointed Attorney General. He...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
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ROBERT F. KENNEDY1232 - ROBERT F. KENNEDY
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(1925 - 1968) American politician who successfully managed his brother John's presidential campaign and was later appointed Attorney General. He...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (300.00) = 300.00
 
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LEVI LINCOLN1233 - LEVI LINCOLN
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(1782 - 1868) American politician, Jefferson's Attorney General and Governor of Massachusetts, elected a member of the Continental Congress but ...
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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ROBERT TODD LINCOLN1234 - ROBERT TODD LINCOLN
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(1843- 1926) American lawyer and son of Abraham Lincoln, served with Grant and was Secretary of War. A.L.S. 1p. 8vo., Chicago, Feb. 11, 1900, to Miss
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (220.00) = 220.00
 
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KARL MUNDT1235 - KARL MUNDT
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(1900-1974) Liberal U.S. Senator from South Dakota who served from 1948-1973, including a stint as adjudicator of hearings held between anti-Communist
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Start Price : 50.00 | Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
 
 
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HARRISON GRAY OTIS1236 - HARRISON GRAY OTIS
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(1765 - 1848) American politician, Mayor of Boston and U.S. Senator who led the Hartford Convention. A.L.S. 2pp. 4to. Boston, Jan. 7, 1818 to William
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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REDFIELD PROCTOR1237 - REDFIELD PROCTOR
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(1831 - 1908) 37th Governor of Vermont, Secretary of War from 1889 to 1891. Manuscript L.S. as Secretary of War on official letterhead, 1p. 8vo., Wash
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
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DEAN RUSK1238 - DEAN RUSK
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"The attempted Coup in Moscow...greatly strenthened Mr. Yeltsin's hand…" Secretary of State under John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johns...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (100.00) = 100.00
 
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WILLIAM SEWARD1239 - WILLIAM SEWARD
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(1801 - 1872) American politician and Lincoln's Secretary of State, responsible for preventing official European recognition of the Confederacy....
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
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FRANCIS E. SPINNER1240 - FRANCIS E. SPINNER
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"Women have done more to bring about this accursed rebellion than men…" (1802-1890) Treasurer of the United States under three presidents...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
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DANIEL WEBSTER1241 - DANIEL WEBSTER
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(1782 - 1852) American lawyer and statesman who verbally jousted with Calhoun in the Senate and later supported Clay's compromise measures on sl...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (160.00) = 160.00
 
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DANIEL WEBSTER1242 - DANIEL WEBSTER
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(1782 - 1852) American lawyer and statesman who verbally jousted with Calhoun in the Senate and later supported Clay's compromise measures on sl...
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold to floor for (90.00) = 90.00
 
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DANIEL WEBSTER1243 - DANIEL WEBSTER
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(1782-1852) American lawyer and statesman who verbally jousted with Calhoun in the Senate, and later supported Clay's compromise measures on sla...
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (160.00) = 160.00
 
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DANIEL WEBSTER1244 - DANIEL WEBSTER
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(1782 - 1852) American lawyer and statesman who verbally jousted with Calhoun in the Senate and later supported Clay's compromise measures on sl...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
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GIDEON WELLES1245 - GIDEON WELLES
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(1802-1878) Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy who proposed the blockade of Southern ports and the construction of an ironclad fleet. A.L.S. 1p. 4t...
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Start Price : 37.50 | Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
 
 
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EDWARD D. WHITE1246 - EDWARD D. WHITE
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(1845 - 1921) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1910-21), known for his enunciation of the "rule of reason" in interpreting antitrust la...
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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(IMPEACHMENT OF SAMUEL CHASE)1247 - (IMPEACHMENT OF SAMUEL CHASE)
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Fine content manuscript D.S. "Jno Smith, Marshal" 1p. 4to., [Philadelphia, n.d., but ca. late January 1805], a certification that "… ...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 500.00
Sold to floor for (180.00) = 180.00
 
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NINETEENTH-CENTURY POLITICIANS1248 - NINETEENTH-CENTURY POLITICIANS
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A lot of eight signatures of politicians, each executed on a small slip and mounted. Includes: ADLAI STEVENSON, W. A. WHEELER, SCHUYLER COLFAX, ELLEN
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
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NINETEENTH-CENTURY POLITICIANS1249 - NINETEENTH-CENTURY POLITICIANS
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A lot of twelve signatures of politicians, includes ELIHU ROOT, signature on his Secretary of War card; GEORGE CORTELYOU, signature on an Executive Ma
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Start Price : 75.00 | Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
 
 
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POLITICAL LEADERS1250 - POLITICAL LEADERS
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A group of 31 items by political leaders, in various formats (noted). Includes; ROBERT S. MCNAMARA (signed bound copy of a speech and S.P., a Bachrach
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
Sold to floor for (120.00) = 120.00
 
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POLITICIANS1251 - POLITICIANS
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Lot of items signed by important politicians, includes: WILLIAM A. RICHARDSON, Sec. of the Treasury under Grant, an 1887 A.Q.S. quoting Longfellow: ...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold to floor for (80.00) = 80.00
 
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POLITICIANS1252 - POLITICIANS
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A large collection of over 45 signatures of American and international politicians and heads of state, most on small cards mounted, includes: CHARLES
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Start Price : 125.00 | Estimate : 250.00 - 350.00
 
 
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POLITICIANS...AND WANNABES1253 - POLITICIANS...AND WANNABES
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Lot of eleven signatures on cards of noted politicians...and fame-seekers, includes: HENRY WILSON, SALMON P. CHASE, THURLOW WEED, BENJAMIN H. BRISTOW,
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Estimate : 75.00 - 100.00
Sold to floor for (30.00) = 30.00
 
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