WILLIAM MACKY WHERRY. DS. 1pp. 6 3/4" x 9 1/2". San Francisco. May 20, 1871. A partly printed document signed by William Macky Wherry as Captain and Brevet General. The document gives orders for three soldiers. It is in very fine condition and a stamp touches one letter of the signature.

[CIVIL WAR SURGEON LETTER] WILLIAM HARRISON GITHENS (1827-1904) Surgeon in the Union army during the American Civil War. At the outset of the war, Githens enlisted as an Orderly Sergeant in the 16th Illinois Infantry. During this enlistment, he was stationed in Missouri, Tennessee and Pennsylvania and saw very little action. Following his re-enlistment in 1863, Githens was promoted to Assistant Surgeon and served with the 78th Regiment, Illinois Volunteers. As a member of the 14th Army Corp . during this second enlistment, he was very active, serving as an assistant surgeon in the Tullahoma operation, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, the Atlanta Campaign, the March to the Sea and the Carolinas’ Campaign. Following the war, Githens returned home to Hamilton, Illinois, where he owned a number of pharmacies. ALS. Four pages, 5” x 8” Headquarters 78th Ill. Vols. Near Alexandria, Va. Tuesday, May 23, 1865. William Githens writes his wife, in part: “ … I wrote you we were to have a grand Review - well it is to take place tomorrow and everybody is making preparations to have the thing go off on a grand scale - I went over to Washington yesterday - and was surprised to see what extensive preparations were being made - thousands of feet of staging are being built upon the principle streets for visitors use by paying a small fee can have a good view and be under shelter - I had formed an opinion of how the public building would look but I had not come near the reality of the capital is grand … The Senate Chamber is beautiful and it almost dazzles with gilding .. The President’s House is very fine also - in fact it is a much larger and more beautiful city than I had supposed … the Potomac is a grand River - larger than I had supposed the largest shipping Comes up to Washington. Alexandria is also quite a place but it shows that it has labored under the blighted influence of Slavery … I would like a good fat office in Washington long enough to see and get acquainted with all that’s interesting around here but I shall have to be contented with my humble Illinois home at any rate … I suppose the people at home will be willing to give Sherman’s bummer’s a welcome if they are pretty hard customers - I’ll write you how the big show goes off … ” Usual Folds. Overall Fine.

JAMES WATSON GERARD (1867-1951) U.S. lawyer and diplomat. Appointed to the NY Supreme Court in 1908. Under President Woodrow Wilson he served as the American Ambassador to Germany from 1913 to 1917. On the declaration of war by the United States, he was recalled from his post of minister at Berlin and took up the practice of law in New York City. Autograph Letter Signed. August 18th 1916. 2pp. On “Embassy of the United States of America” letterhead. To Walter H. Page and Henry Van Dyke: “My dear Colleague: This is to introduce Dr. Jose Legaspi, He is a Filipino, studying in Berlin – On account of the possible trouble here with Japan – and the fact that to a strange people he might look rather Japanese, I sent him out of Berlin. Please help him. Communicate with his father etc. & help him if necessary. …J.W. Gerard.” On verso he writes again: “Dear Colleague, Mr. Legaspi has just brought this note to me. Our instructions are to forward the return of all such cases to America via England. I therefore send, and commend Mr. Legaspi to your kind care…” Gerard’s views of Imperial Germany at this time fit neatly into an age which historian Merle Curti characterized as “a struggle between darkness and light, barbarism and civilization.” Gerard gained particular notoriety for a speech given in 1917. During the course of his speech he feared for the possibility of up to half a million German- Americans rising up and wreaking havoc within the U.S. once General Pershing’s American Expeditionary Force (AEF) took part in its first major offensive against the German enemy. His solution was startlingly simple: to hang German-Americans from lamp posts. Unsurprisingly Gerard was unsuccessful in his bid for the Democratic Presidential nomination in 1920.

Presidential electoral ticket promoting Democratic presidential candidate Martin Van Buren and his running mate Richard M. Johnson in the state of Virginia, with all 23 districts and their candidates listed. The 15th district has been amended with added paper and a manuscript alternation. 9” x 6" (“ Light age toning. Jeremiah McCulluck has signed the verso, and his signature bleed through the bottom edge of the paper, else Fine. Early and Rare

JAY COOKE (1821-1905). ) Railroad magnate and Financier. Document Signed, “Jay Cooke & Co,” by Jay Cooke. One page, 8” x 3 ½”. March 15, 1861. Check drawn from the “Banking Office of Jay Cooke.” Payable to Tyler Stone & Company “in Bankable Funds” atop “Messrs. Riggs & Co.,” a large Banking firm. This is perhaps the earliest example found of Cooke signing a check on his newly formed banking company that was about to profit wildly from the Civil War. With cross punch cancellation not affecting signature on blue paper in mostly fine condition. A superlatively rare example of the magnate in his early years.

ALEXANDER GARDNER (1821 –1882) was a Scottish photographer who moved to the United States in 1856 where he developed his profession. He is best known for his photographs of the American Civil War, American President Abraham Lincoln, and the execution of the conspirators to Lincoln's assassination. Document Signed. Partly-printed bank check drawn on Riggs & Co. payable to Rebecca J. Ashley in the amount of $400. Accomplished in his hand and signed by Gardner as Secretary of The Masonic Mutual Relief Association of the District of Columbia. Printed on blue paper with a nice orange imprinted revenue at center. Bank cut cancellation just slightly touches Gardner’s signature. A very scarce and desirable autograph from this important Civil War photographer. PASS-CO Certified, Graded EF and Encapsulated.

JOHN NANCE GARNER. S. 5 1/4" x 2 1/2". House of Representatives. 1932. A signature "Jno. N. Garner" on the back of a small "House of Representatives" card. The card states: "Admit Bearer to the Gallery of the House of Representatives Monday, December 5, 1932". It is printed on heavy stock and the signature is dark. Despite light soiling, the condition is fine.

PHILO REMINGTON (1816-1889) The son of the founder of the Remington gun company, Philo improved gun production and expanded into the manufacture of typewriters and other products. DS. 1 page. Illion, New York. April 4, 1866. Partly-printed Bond Of The Village Of Ilion issued to “J. M. Hyde…in the sum of $1,025.00...with interest payable on the first day of April in each year, at the Office of the Treasurer…” Signed by Remington as President of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Ilion. A few light age spots at left margin. Otherwise, fine.

Francis Preston (1765 – 1836). General. During the War of 1812 he commanded a regiment of Virginia troops. He commanded the Virginia state militia after the war and served as a congressman for two terms. ALS. Two pages, 7 1/2” x 9 1/4”. Salt Works. November 28,1797..” Preston writes to Col. Dana Henly of Knoxville, Tennessee, in part: “ … I gave you fifteen bushels of salt by a Mr. Shaddon intended more for you own private use than as it respected a supply to the public store for then I thought I could not procure wagons to carry the quantity intended … I must take this liberty to request you to have such a place made in the cellar as will contain about 300 bus the expenses of which I will cheerfully pay and that you will be so good as to keep the key until called for … ” Addressed on integral leaf. Usual folds. Slight paper loss at wax seal on address leaf. Overall Very Fine.