Historical Autographs and Americana

Lot of 4 items reading the important fortress in NH Fort Constitution,  -Autograph Letter Signed. Fort Constitution, July 24, 1807. 1 pp. 7...

CHARLES GUITEAU (1841 - 1882). Assassin of President James Garfield. An interesting ADS in which Guiteau, serving as an attorney for his client who ha

LOUIS B. MAYER (1884-1957) Early film producer best known for as co-founder of the Hollywood film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Typed Document Signed, “

OTIS SKINNER (1858-1942) American actor best known for his Shakespearean roles. Autograph Letter Signed, “Otis Skinner,” on his Tour of Otis Skinner l

PHINEAS T. BARNUM (1810-1891). American showman. Autograph Letter Signed, “P.T. Barnum,” on stationary bearing a profile of Abraham Lincoln. One page

James Curley. DS. 2pp. 10 3/4" x 7". New York. 1933. A Irving Trust Company stock issed to and signed by Boston Mayor James Curley on a ...

Juan Trippe. DS. 1pp. 10 3/4" x 7 3/4". Delaware. April 15, 1929. An "Aviation Corporation of the Americas" stock certificate ...

James Roosevelt Roosevelt. DS. 1pp. 10 1/4" x 7". New Jersey. December 20, 1905. An Office of the United New Jersey Railroad and Canal C...

Grover Loening. DS. 2pp. 11 1/4" x 8". Delaware. August 22, 1932. A Pan American Airways Corporation stock issued to and signed by aviat...

William L. Elkins. DS. 1pp. 10 3/4" x 7". New York. June 14th 1892. A Twenty Third Street Railway Company stock certificate for five sha...

Jack Chrysler. DS. 1pp. 14 3/4" x 9 1/4". New York. September 23, 1947. A "State of New York Loan for Highway Improvement" bon...

Paul Hayne. DS. 2pp. 9 3/4" x 7". Charleston. 27 Mch 1852. A Bank of Charleston stock certificate signed by poet Paul Hayne on the verso...

FREDERICK WEYERHAEUSER. 1911, Arkansas. A Warren And Ouachita Valley Railway stock certificate for 1 share signed "F Weyerhaeuser" as pr...

THOMAS A. SCOTT. 1872, n.p. A Southern Trans-Continental Railway Company certificate for 100 shares signed "Thomas A. Scott" as presiden...

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN JONES. 1873, Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston Railway Company stock certificate for two shares signed "B F...

1887, Ohio. Stock certificate for 100 shares of the Cleveland and Marietta Railway Company. Brown/Black. Engraved vignette of a steam locomotive. Iss

SHERMAN FAIRCHILD. 1930, Delaware. Certificate for 100 shares of the Aviation Corporation of the Americas issued to and signed "Sherman M Fai...

1945, Delaware. Certificate for 10 shares of the William R. Warner and Company, the forerunner of Warner-Lambert. Issued to and signed by Gustavus A

JAMES C. FARGO. 1890, New York. A certificate for 143 shares of the Merchants Despatch ransportation Company signed "Jas. C. Fargo" once...

JACK CHRYSLER. 1945, New York. A 20 year, $5,000 bond for the State of New York bearing 4.25% interest issued to and signed by "Jack F. Chrys...

GARDINER G. HUBBARD. 1850, Boston. Stock certificate for 300 shares of the Boston and Chelsea Railroad Company issued to and signed "Gardiner...

L.L. BEAN. 1937, Delaware. Certificate for 40 shares of the Pan American Airways Corporation issued to and signed by "Leon L. Bean" on t...

1891, Pennsylvania. Stock certificate for 1 share. Orange/Black. Fine vignette of the library building with horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians in f

1888, Michigan. $1000 bond bearing interest at 5%. Brown/Black. Engraved vignette of state seal flanked by Elk. Signed as president by JEPTHA WADE (18

CYRUS BUSSEY (1833-1915) American politician and Union General during the Civil War. During the Seige of Vicksburg, Bussey served as chief of Calvary

Benjamin Brewster. DS. 1pp. 13" x 9". Illinois. December 3, 1889. A "Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific" bond for $5,000 issued ...

George Getty. DS. 1pp. 10 3/4" x 8 1/4". Arizona. June 28 1921. An "Oklahoma Oil Corporation" stock signed by George Getty as ...

CORNELIUS VANDERBILT WHITNEY. 1928, Delaware. Green/Black. An Aviation Corporation of the Americas stock certificate signed twice by CORNELIUS VANDERB

Thomas A. Scott. DS. 1pp. 11 1/2" x 8 1/4". Pennsylvania. July 1, 1873. A "Pennsylvania Company" stock certificate for 75 shar...

Spencer Penrose. DS. 1pp. 10" x 14 3/4". n.p. 1901. An "United States Reduction and Refining Company" bind for $1,000 signed b...

1930, Illinois. A Columbian Bank Note Company stock certificate for 100 shares issued to and signed twice by John Nuveen on the verso and on the att

William Elkins. DS. 1pp. 10 3/4" x 7". New York. 1892. A "Twenty Third Street Railway Company" stock signed by William Elkins ...

THOMAS FORTUNE RYAN. 1892, New Jersey. A $1,000 bond for the Kentucky Mineral and Timber Company bearing 5% interest for 15 years. It is signed by

COLLIS P. HUNTINGTON. 1882, Ohio. A stock certificate for 100 shares of the Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad Company signed by C P Hunting

Printed Document. One page, 20” x 16”. Maine. October 1847. The document lists the Bank’s date of incorporation, funds due from each bank, resources o

Wall Stree Daily News. New York. Wednesday July 7, 1886."" Four pages, 9 3/4"" x 13 1/2"". First page headlines includ...

1829, New York. 8 1/2” X 13 1/2”. Early 7 piece group of printed acts to extend bank charters in New York state in 1829. The acts are for the followin

Printed Document. One page, 6” x 91/4”. No place. No date [mid-1830s]. The document concerns “ AN ACT IN ADDITION TO THE ‘ACT TO PROHIBIT THE CIRCULAT

JAY COOKE (1821-1905) Railroad magnate and Financier. Autograph Letter Signed, “Jay Cooke,” on "Edward W. Clark & Co. Bankers” letterhead. ...

1798, Connecticut. Interest certificate ordering Andrew Kingsbury, Treasurer to "Pay to Jonathan Gilbert, Three Dollars & Sixty-six Cents, ...

1794, Connecticut. Commissioner's Office certificate of transfer of old notes "being in part of a Balance due on Taxes amounting to sevent...

WILLIAM IMLAY (Died 1807). DS. 1 page. Hartford, Connecticut. May 22, 1790. Partly-printed Comptroller’s Office certificate issued to and signed on ve

DS. 4 pages. New York. May 27, 1904. Partly-printed document signed by John D. and Laura Rockefeller and witnessed by Laura’s sister Lucy Spelman. The

4 3/4" x 2 3/4". Tipped onto a cardboard backing paper. London, February twenty fifth 1820. LORD PALMERSTON (1784 - 1865) British Statesm...

LAFAYETTE FOSTER. Free Franked envelope. Addressed to J. F. Gaylord in his hand. Fine.

5 ¼” x 3 ¼”. Addressed to Chileon Lukens, 930 Marshall St., Philadelphia, Penn. Free Franked by C.H. Van Wyck, M.C. CHARLES HENRY VAN WYCK...

WILLIAM GLADSTONE (1809 - 1898). British Prime Minister. Front panel of an envelope addressed to American financier Cyrus Field. Signed by Gladstone

ASBURY DICKENS from North Carolina signed as Secretary of the Senate (1836-1861). “Free Asbury Dickens, Secretary of the Senate.”

OLIVER WOLCOTT, JR. (1760-1833). Secretary of the Treasury under Washington and Adams; Governor of Connecticut. Son of a Signer of the Declaration

William A. Crabb, Senate. Addressed to J. M. Bell, Esq., Hungtington, Pennsylvania. Fine.