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TLS signed “Jim Watson,” one page, 5.5 x 8.5, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory letterhead, October 25, 1988. Letter to an admirer. In part: “I had no con

Scientist (1916–2004) known for his work on the structure of DNA; he was awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize along with James Watson and Francis Crick. Gloss

Manuscript DS, signed “Oliv. Ellsworth,” one page, 8.25 x 4.75, July 7, 1775. Pay order to Charles Webb, paymaster of “the first company in the Sevent

American statesman (1794–1865) renowned for his oratory, best remembered for giving the speech preceding Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Civil War–dated

American industrialist (1819–1892) who financed the first permanently operational transatlantic telegraph cable. ALS signed “Cyrus,” one page, 8 x 9.7

TLS signed “E. J. Flanagan,” one page, 8.5 x 11, Father Flanagan’s Boys’ Home letterhead, May 20, 1939. Letter to the director of the Kentucky Departm

Signed book: The Road Ahead. First edition. NY: Viking Press, 1995. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.25 x 9.25, 286 pages. Signed and inscribed on the ti

American businessman (1885–1966) who served as longtime chairman of the board of Gimbel’s Department Stores. TLS, one page, 7 x 10.25, Gimbel Brothers

Hand-addressed free frank panel, 3.5 x 2.25, addressed by Gladstone to “The Rev. H. Caswall, West Lavington, Wilts,” and franked in the lower left, “W

Tombstone surgeon who specialized in treating gunshot wounds, and a close friend of the Earp family. Rare ALS, nine pages, 8 x 10.25, no date. Lengthy