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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