Historical Documents

LYLE MENENDEZ DS, his personal check, Dec 21, 1989, drawn on United Jersey Bank, Princeton, NJ, completed in his hand for $190.00 to Tarbell Realtors,

(Wells Fargo) HENRY WELLS (1805-78) & WILLIAM G FARGO (1818-81), organizers of Wells, Fargo & Co and the American Express Co. DS, 1p, Jan 2,...

WILLIAM G FARGO Partly printed DS, signed "Wm G Fargo", 1p, June 18, 1869, oblong folio, stock certificate for 100 shares in the "Ame...

(Wells Fargo) Original reward poster, 9"X12", 1876. Reads in part, "$800 REWARD! In addition to the $300 offered by the Sheriff of th...

HOWARD HUGHES (1905-76) American industrialist. DS, "Howard R Hughes Pres", 17 separate pages, July 12, 1932, legal folio, agreement betwe...

ANDREW CARNEGIE (1835-1919) American industrialist. His book, "James Watt", Doubleday, Page & Co, New York, 1905, 1st Edition, 241pp. ...

DANIEL DREW (1797-1879) American capitalist. His greatest business battle was the "Erie War" with Cornelius Vanderbilt (1866-68), which he...

CYRUS W FIELD (1819-92) American financier; promoter of the First Atlantic Cable. LS, 2pp, Feb 25, 1880, 8vo, London, declining an invitation. VG. $10

JACOB H SCHIFF (1847-1920) German/American financier and philanthropist; partner in Kuhn, Loeb & Co. He was benefactor of several Jewish seminar...

WILLIAM WALDORF ASTOR (1848-1919) American financier, great grandson of John Jacob Astor. He moved to England, 1890, becoming a British subject, 1899,

(J Paul Getty) American oil magnate. His personal desk telephone book, 6"X10", tan colored, leather, with rigid flaps that open to alphabe...

SEBASTIAN S KRESGE (1867-1966) Merchant; formed S S Kresge Company, which became the largest chain-store company in the country. In 1961 he approved a

NATHAN STRAUS (1848-1931) American businessman, owner of R.H. Macy & Co. ALS, 1p, Feb 5, 1923, 4to, The Breakers letterhead, Atlantic City, to D...

JOHN PIERPONT MORGAN (1837-1913) American banker & financier; used his genius to wage dramatic financial battles and build a railroad empire. DS...

JOHN PIERPONT MORGAN DS, "J Pierpont Morgan", 1p, 1886, folio, New Jersey Junction Railroad Company, $1,000 1st Mortgage Bond, guaranteed ...

WILLIAM H VANDERBILT (1821-85) American financier & railroad magnate. ALS, signed "W H Vanderbilt", 2pp, April 7, 1869, 8vo, Hudson Ri...

(Railroad) Collection of approximate 300 DsS, Union Pacific Railroad pay vouchers, mostly 1p each, 1897, 4to, "Union Pacific System" lette...

JOHN D ROCKEFELLER (1839-1937) American oil magnate. SP, sepia, image size 7"X9", seated pose. Signed in pencil on photograher's mount...

JOHN D ROCKEFELLER TLS, 1p, Nov 24, 1920, 8vo, personal letterhead, Pocantico Hills, New York, to Mrs Sally McCampbell. "...Thank you for the b...

HENRY FORD (1863-1947) American automobile pioneer. SP, b/w, 10"X8." Showing him with 6 members of the pennant-winning 1938 Chicago Cubs: ...