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Third-person ALS signed within the text “The Queen,” one page, 4.5 x 7, black-bordered personal letterhead, Buckingham Palace, February 24, 1840. Lett

Scottish chemist (1852–1916) who discovered the noble gases and won the 1904 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Three untranslated multi-page ALSs in French: t

British banker and politician (1840–1915), the 1st Baron Rothschild, from the international Rothschild financial dynasty. ALS signed “Rothschild,” one

Rudolf (1858–1889), son and heir of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, who died at the age of 30, together with his mistress, under mysterious circums

Mexican general and politician (1794–1876) best known in the US for his role in the Mexican-American War and the slaughter of scores of Americans at t

An archive of 41 ALSs, all signed “Albert Schweitzer” or “A. Schweitzer,” sometimes adding “Dr” to his signature, each letter signed more than once, 5

ALS signed “Rob. F. Scott,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.25 x 6, personal letterhead, November 2. Letter to Mrs. Noble. In full: “Very many

Vintage glossy 3.25 x 5.25 real photo postcard portrait of Shackleton in formal attire, signed in black ink, “E. H. Shackleton.” Shackleton has also a

Imperial Trans-Atlantic Expedition bank check, 8.25 x 4.25, filled out in another hand and signed by Shackleton, “E. H. Shackleton,” as expedition com

Belgian chemist, industrialist, and philanthropist (1838–1922). Solvay, who created the famous ‘Solvay conferences’ where Einstein, Marie Curie, Bohr,

American politician (1811–1874) and Massachusetts senator best known as a radical Republican and a staunch opponent of slavery. In 1856, Sumner was se

Personal physician (1700–1772) of the Austrian Empress Maria Theresa, who helped to transform the country’s health services and education. ADS in Fren

Rare ALS signed “B. T. Washington,” one page, lightly-lined both sides, 6 x 9.5, Tuskegee Normal School letterhead, February 21, 1884. Letter to a wom

LS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute letterhead, March 31, 1911. Letter to Edwin C. Lewis of Boston. In part: “Our student

Signed book: The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume I. First edition, subscriber’s copy. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1851. Hardcover, 6.5

Ink signature, “Your friend & obedient servant, Dan’l Webster,” on an off-white 5.5 x 2.5 slip clipped from the close of a letter. Two vertical ...

Free franked mailing envelope, 5.5 x 3.25, addressed to “Messrs. Washburn & Woodman, Mineral Point, Wisconsin Territory,” and franked in the upp...

America’s ‘first’ economist (1726–1795), said to have developed the entire basis for the Constitution by himself in 1783, four years before the Consti

American social reformer (1860–1935) who shared the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize. TLS, one page, 6 x 9.5, Hull House letterhead, January 8, 1931. Short lett

Austrian psychologist (1870–1937) who founded the school of ‘individual psychology.’ Vintage 3.25 x 5.25 postcard photo of Adler, signed vertically in