Carrie Chapman Catt (1859 - 1947) American woman’s suffrage leader. Lengthy TLS. 8 ½” x 11”. One page. On International Woman Suffrage Alliance Letterhead. Dated July 16, 1917, New York Office, 171 Madison Avenue. Carrie Chapman Catt sends a reminder for annual dues to a supporter. “Dear Friend:- This is a reminder that your annual dues for 1917 have not yet been received. I am hoping that they will come along soon. When the war broke out the International Alliance was among the first organizations in London to divert its staff and machinery from its regular activities to relief work. A special fund was raised for this purpose. Not a penny was diverted from the Alliance treasury for it. All through the strain of meeting the deluge of demands for relief, the great anxiety of the Alliance was to save our organization and our paper from being drawn into the vortex of war wrecks. By some hard driving we have been able to keep Jus Suffragii (now the International Woman Suffrage News) afloat, and thereby we probably have saved from threatened disintegration the organization which it has taken years for devoted service and patient sacrifice to build. The News has proven the faith we had in its power to keep our Alliance united. It is fulfilling its mission both as a medium of information of the most vital importance to our movement, and as the great welding force which through three years for devastating war strain has maintained our international bond unbroken. American women have helped splendidly in warding off what easily might have been disaster to the Alliance. You were one of those who responded to the call for financial help by becoming an associate member at $5. per year. The Alliance needs your support now as much as it did then, to maintain its existence and to insure the uninterrupted life of the International Woman Suffrage News. I urge you to stand by it. Cordially, Carrie Chapman Catt, President”. Catt’s Tireless efforts were at the forefront of the Woman’s movement and for decades her work placed her at the pivotal point of numerous successes in the cause of woman’s rights. A fine letter on a choice letterhead. Folds. Extremely Fine.

Al Smith (1902 – 1986). American cartoonist creator of Mutt and Jeff. Signed photo. 5” x 7 ¼”. Inscribed and Signed, “With Best Wishes to Bernard Baker, Al Smith”. Excellent.

Note Number 2457 for £12.18.67 issued to Cesar Sipio. Sipio, identified on verso as “Sesor Sippio,” has written his mark, “x,” on verso.

Sipio is known to have served as a private in the First Regiment of the Connecticut Line. Circular punch cancellation. Some edge wear. Tear at upper right edge. Overall Fine.

CHARLES CORNWALLIS 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738-1805) British Army officer and colonial administrator. Cornwallis’ surrender at the Siege of Yorktown brought about the end of significant hostilities in North America during the American Revolution. Autograph Letter Signed, 8” x 12 ¼”. “Cornwallis.” Two pages, Culford. February 10th 1804. To Charles Philip Yorke (1764-1834) British politician who served as Home Secretary from 1803-1804. Cornwallis writes: “Sir I have received the honor of your letter (circular) dated the 1st instant; In answer to which I have in the first place to observe that Mr. Wright, as Clerk of the Lieutenancy of the Tower Hamlets has received no money on account of Bounties for Substitutes in the Army of Reserve. The Money retained by him from the Bounties of men enrolled for the Militia, has been invariably transmitted to the Paymasters of the Regiments, conformably to the directions of the Act of Parliament. By the Return which I have received of the deficiency of the Tower Hamlets for the Army of the Reserve, dated in the beginning of the present month, it amounted to fifty five men only, out of eight hundred men, the quota allotted by the Act of the 43rd … Cap. 82 Sec 2 for the Tower Hamlets and Liberty of the Tower, and not as your letter states, ‘included in the County of Middlesex and London. The Parishes of St George Bethnal Green and Christ Church have engaged to enroll twenty men on this day, so that the Deficiency at the present moment amounts to thirty nine men, which I trust, you will consider as proof that the district under my charge has not been wasting in point of execution in the present most important … conjuncture of Public Affairs, I have the honor to be, Sir, your most obedient and most humble servant, Cornwallis” A few slight tears. Mounting tape present at left edge of first page. One slight mounting strip on second page. Very Fine.

(1833-1917). Grosvenor an Ohio Representative and a Civil War General. TLS 1pp 8” x 10 ½” Athens, O May 21, 1901. Signed “C. H. Grosvenor” on “Committee on The Merchant Marine, and Fisheries” letterhead. He wrote to “Gen. W. W. Blackmar”: I will come direct to the Parker House on arrival at Boston and I hope to get there on the morning of the 29th”. Fine condition accompanied by original envelope

(1856-1913). An American lawyer and novelist. Born to an upper-middle class Indianapolis family, Major developed in interest in both law and English history at an early age and attended the University of Michigan from 1872 through 1875, being admitted to the Indiana bar association in 1877. Shortly thereafter he opened his own law practice, which launched a short political career, culminating in a year-long term in the Indiana state legislature. Autograph Letter Signed “Charles Major” to “Miss Kimball” on his personal stationary: “I gladly send you my autograph and my kind greetings.” Mounting traces and fine

“…I AM SORRY THAT OUR MUSEUM CANNOT SECURE THE JARVIS COLLECT[ION], AS AN ILLUSTRATION OF ART IN EARLY DAYS…” CHARLES SUMNER (1811-1874). American statesman, abolitionist and Senator from Massachusetts. Autograph Letter Signed, “Charles Sumner,” as Senator. Four page, 5” x 8”. Washington. Dcember 31, 1871. Sumner writes, in part: “…Today the Sec’y was at my house, when I called his attention to the business. Whether dutiable or no, the articles must be examined. If done at Boston, an officer from the N.Y. Custom H[ouse] must accompany them being paid by the importer. For this, there must be authenticity…which he will give. On the Free list of Tariff are ‘Collections of Antiques especially imported & not for sale’, also ‘Paintings, statuary, fountains & other works of art expressly for presentation at Nat. institutions or to any State or to any municipal corporation.’ I think your articles must come under one of these heads. …I am sorry that our museum cannot secure the Jarvis Collect., as an illustration of art in early days. I would be a good beginning. I wish you a happy New Year! Charles Sumner.” Fine.

Chauncey M. Depew. (1834-1928). United States Senator from New York. Autograph Letter Signed, “Chauncey M. Depew,” on New-York and Harlem Railroad Co. Attorney’s Office, Grand Central Depot, East 42nd Street letterhead. One page, 5 ½” x 8 ½”. New York. January 9, 1873. Depew writes to request a copy of a two volume work be sent to him via express. Extremely Fine.

Vincent Leonard Price II (1911 – 1993) was an American actor, well known for his distinctive voice and serio-comic attitude in a series of horror films made in the latter part of his career. Partly printed bank check drawn on Bank of American payable to Sonoma County, Tax Collector in the amount of $178.07. Dated Dec. 31, 1973. Signed as maker by the actor most often identified with horror movies. Extremely Fine