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Alfred Smith Signs A Check As New York Governor
SMITH, ALFRED E.
ALFRED SMITH. DS. 1pp. 8" x 3". Albany, N.Y. April 28, 1924. An official check signed "Alfred E Smith" as New York Governor. Drawn on the "Commission on State Arsenal in New York City" account, the check paid "A. D. R. Sullivant...Four hundred thirteen and 43/100 Dollars". It is in very fine condition.
Catalog: # AM-0148
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Alice Morse Earle Writes To An Old Neighbor
Alice Morse Earle (1851 - 1911) American historian and author. Her writings focused on small sociological details, including a number of books on Colonial America. She was a passenger aboard the RMS Republic in January, 1909 when it collided with the SS Florida in dense fog. She nearly drowned during the transfer of passengers when she fell into the icy Atlantic. After the accident her health was weakened and she died two years later. ALS. 1 page. 7” x 9 ¼”. 1909. Written to the Daughters of a childhood friend and neighbor;
“Dear Jessie - It is given to many woman to be good daughters, wives and mothers - to be loving to all kinsfolk; but (?) women are good neighbours. Your Mother and I lived a stones-throw apart for many years in a neighbourhood which was (?) in city life - a neighbourhood of friends. And she was the best neighbour of all those friends. She was quick with sympathy for others sorrows, with rejoicing for happiness, with interest for success with appreciation of all that was noble and beautiful, with equal humor to see all that was amusing. To the daughters of that Mother - so loved and so loving, though we live now many miles apart, I am still in heart, their affectionate neighbour, Alice Morse Earle, 1909” Very Fine.
Catalog: # AM-1583
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Als Signed By Amos Kendall To Lewis Cass
KENDALL, AMOS
AMOS KENDALL A journalist, Kendall also served as Jackson and Van Buren’s Postmaster General. ALS signed by Amos Kendall to Lewis Cass. 1 page. Washington, June 23rd, 1859. 8” x 10”. Letter of recommendation for J.C. Lewis and signed by Amos Kendall. Two punch holes at left border. Ideal for framing.
Catalog: # AM-0971
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Amasa Walker Als
AMASA WALKER (1799-1875) businessman, economist, and U.S. representative. He was the father of Francis Amasa Walker. Walker helped found Oberlin College and lectured there (and at other colleges) on political economy for many years. During the panic of 1857 he had an opportunity to put his monetary theories to the test and his experiment saved many Boston banks. Walker was elected as a Republican to Congress to fill a vacancy in 1862 and 1863. In 1866 he published his widely read work “The Science of Wealth: A Manual of Political Economy.” Throughout his life he devoted himself to temperance, world peace, and abolition. Autograph Letter Signed from North Brookfield, 1845. Addressed to William Hyde regarding a lecture before the Lyceum. Integral address leaf with red postal stamp. On the seal is a tiny 1” x ¾” green printed stamp that reads “do good to them that despitefully use you” Says the Saviour. “Trample them in the dust” cries the Warrior. War is contrary to the Spirit of the Gospel.” Fine.
Catalog: # Am-1145
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American Artist Peter Hurd Signed Photo
Peter Hurd (1904 – 1984). American artist, studied with N. C. Wyeth. Signed Photo. 3 5/8” x 4 5/8”. A photo of Hurd and his dog boldly signed “Peter Hurd”. Excellent condition.
Catalog: # WT-15
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American Banker T.W. Lamont TLS
THOMAS WILLIAM LAMONT, JR. (1870-1948) was an American banker and the great-grandfather of 2006 Democratic Party nominee for the United States Senate, Ned Lamont.
He became a partner of J.P. Morgan & Co., and served as a U.S. financial advisor abroad in the 1920s and 1930s. During the 1919 Paris negotiations leading up to the Treaty of Versailles, Lamont the US Treasury Dept. representative. On Black Thursday in 1929, he was acting head of J.P. Morgan & Co. He tried to inject confidence back into the stock market through massive purchases of blue chip stocks. Following the reorganization of J.P. Morgan & Co. in 1943, Lamont was elected chairman of the board of directors. Typed Letter Signed. One page on “23 Wall Street” Stationary. Oct 17, 1925 to Emanuel Cohen, Editor of Pathe News regarding an invitation of Cohen to dinner: “I should be happy to attend…which you are good enough to invite me, if O am so fortunate at to be in town at the time, but I have been planning with my wife a brief holiday trip…I greatly fear…it may keep me away. However, I shall live in hopes!…T.W. Lamont.” After his Editorial stint with Pathe News, Emanuel Cohen would go on to be placed in charge of production for all of Paramount’s Studio films before WWII. A scarce autograph, all the more desirable with the current rise of his grandson’s political career. 5 ½” x 8”. Very Fine. Catalog: # AM-1132
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American Museum Of Natural History Admission Card Signed By Cyrus W. Field
FIELD, CYRUS W.
CYRUS FIELD (1819-1892) American businessman and financier who led the Atlantic Telegraph Company, the company that successfully laid the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean in 1858. American Museum of Natural History card signed “Cyrus W. Field.” Circa 1880. 4” x 2 1/2” In near mint condition.
Catalog: # AM-1420
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American Surgeon Charles W. Mayo
Charles W. Mayo (1898 – 1968). American surgeon. Son of Mayo Clinic co-founder Charles H. Mayo. Signed card. 5” x 3”. “Good Luck! Charles W. Mayo”. Accompanied by a typewritten note on Mayo’s imprinted memo stationary, “Sorry, no photographs available.” Excellent condition.
Catalog: # WT-02
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American Unitarian Leader Henry Ware
Henry Ware (1764 – 1845). Preacher and theologian. Influential in the formation of Unitariansim and the American Unitarian Association in the United States. ALS. 1 page. 5” x 8”. May 18, 1836. To Dr. Pierce; “I received yesterday from Mr. Clarke of Sherburn a note, asking me to give the charge at his Ordination, and if it should not be in my power, to request you to perform that service. It was my intention to attend the ordination, being very desirous to visit my brother there. But I was served on Sunday with a very violent cold, which has confined me ever since to the house and mostly to my bed….I can have no hope of being well enough by Thursday to make it prudent for me to attend the Ordination. I am dear sir, with great regard, yours Henry Ware.” Extremely Fine.
Catalog: # AM-1523
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