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 29.
(George Washington) and (John
Adams). 7 ½” x 11” Printed
Act of Congress, signed
in type by George Washington as
President and John Adams as Vice
President, Philadelphia, February 9,
1791. An Act titled, “An Act
declaring the Consent of Congress to a
certain Act of the State of Maryland.”
“…Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress
assembled, That the consent of Congress
be and is hereby granted and declared to
the
operation of an Act of the General
Assembly of Maryland... act to empower
the wardens of the ports of
Baltimore to levy and collect the duty
therein mentioned”...”.
The
General Assembly of Maryland sought to
collect a duty of up to two cents
per ton for each vessel that entered the
harbor at Baltimore. Overall light
toning, trivial damp stains at the
extreme lower margin.
$2,500 to
$4,000
 30.
James Madison (1751-1836) 4th
President. 11 ¾” x 14 ¾” partially
printed vellum document signed,
Washington, April 4, 1810. The document
is a patent for “…improvement in
making Earthen or Clay Tubes for
Aqueducts…” and has been
countersigned by Robert Smith
(1757-1842) Secretary of State, and
Caesar A. Rodney (1772-1824)
as
Attorney General, one page, attached
with green ribbon to a two page, 11 ¾” x
14 ¾” (front and back) description
of
the patent. “…Whereas
James Ramsey a Citizen of the United
States, hath alleged that he has
invented a new and
useful
improvement in making Earthen or Clay
Tubes for Aqueducts…
These are therefore to grant, according
to law, to the said James Ramsey
his heirs, administrators, or assigns,
for the term of fourteen years, from the
fourth day of April 1810 the full and
exclusive right and liberty of making,
constructing, using, and vending
to others to be used, the said
improvement-, a description whereof is
given in the words of the said James
Ramsey….”
There
is a 2 ¼” diameter embossed paper seal
affixed with red wax to the ribbon at
the lower
left
of document. There is a water stain and
light soiling on text and heavy folds do
not touch signatures. Mouse-eaten
at right corners.
$2,800 to
$4,500
 31. James Monroe (1758-1831) 5th
President. Franking signature as
Secretary of State, “Dept of State
Jas Monroe,” on a 5 ½” x 3” (folded)
8” x 13”, two page autograph letter
signed by William Thornton
(1759-1838), Washington, January 20,
1812, to John W. Godfrey. “…I
received your two letters… when
confined by sickness to my bed… I
went to the Treasury for information
there-in requested, found on record the
certificate which you described, and
made at the time the following minutes
for your further satisfaction. –‘his
embraced amongst the
claims submitted to
Congress of the 12th Febr.
1793’ - I am in hopes from what I
have
heard of the present disposition of
Congress, that this claim will be paid…
If I can serve you in any respect I
shall do so with great pleasure. I
advise you to write a
few lines to your representative in Congress & I will urge him to demand
payment of your claim…”
William Thornton
was an early American inventor, painter
and architect who designed the United
States Capitol. He also served as the
first Architect of the Capitol and first
Superintendent of the United States
Patent Office. When Washington was
burned by the British in 1814, Thornton
convinced them not to burn the Patent
Office because of its importance to
mankind. The letter has numerous
breaks in the folds, many of which are
repaired with archival tape.
$2,000
to $3,800
 32. John
Quincy Adams (1767-1848) 6th
President. 7 ½” x 1 ½” autograph letter
signed, no place or date. “Mrs. Adams
desires me to take this occasion of
requesting to be respectfully remembered
to your Lady in which I cordially
join…my warm attachment and respect.
John Quincy Adams.”
$800 to
$1,400
 33. Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) 8th
President. 7 ½” x 3” cut, apparently
from a financial document signed,
“April 6, 1807 Pd. The above in full –
M. V. Buren.”
$200 to
$400
 34. John Tyler (1790-1862) 10th
President. 4 ¾” x 2 ½” postal cover free
franked. The envelope has been addressed
to “Miss Rebecca Jones…Richmond, Va,”
and has a cancellation from Norfolk,
Virginia dated April 13, 1861. A
semi-circle is drawn around Tyler’s
signature and written “Supposed to be
the
 autograph of Ex Pres Tyler.” The
letter, which is included, was written
and signed by “Nannie Tyler.” It
is 4 ½” x 7”, four and one-third pages,
Sherwood Forest, April 9, 1861. “…three
of the children here have measles and
two of the colored people, so that I am
daily dreading Martha’s breaking out
with it, before I can get away. ...
That is going on more now in Richmond.
Though legislature has adjourned, and it
is thought the convention will soon;
and what will Virginia do? I wonder! We are in a terrible fix I think….”
The Civil War began on April 12,
1861 when Confederate forces attacked a
Union military installation at Fort
Sumter in South Carolina.
$1,800
to $3,000
 35. Millard Fillmore (1800-1874) 13th
President. 7” x 8 ½” autograph letter
signed, Buffalo, mourning stationery,
January 5, 1854, to “Heaven.” “…
Abbie received a letter from Minnie
today, and I was gratified to hear that
you had all arrived safely in
Washington, and that Minnie had seen a
New Year’s jam at the
Executive Mansion. She will not probably
desire to repeat it…I
wish you to obtain a copy of John A.
Rockwell’s Rept…. on ‘Canals
& Rail Roads between the Atlantic &
Pacific oceans’….”
“Abbie” was his daughter,
Mary Abigail Fillmore, who died suddenly
seven months after this letter was
written.
$1,000 to
$1,800
 36.
James Buchanan (1791-1868) 15th
President. Book from his library,
Isthmus of Darien Ship Canal by
Edward Cullen, London: Effingham Wilson,
1853, with three folding
maps
and views, signed “15 December 1853.
Received from the Author
for the President of the United States.
J. B.” I ncredibly rare book from
President James Buchanan’s library. It
is signed and inscribed by him, and was
apparently received by him for President
Pierce. The book is housed in a custom
linen slipcase.
$2,500
to $4,000
 37. James Buchanan. 6 ¼” x 3 ¼”
free franked postal cover, signed
“Free James Buchanan” and addressed
by Buchanan to: “William Welch Es.
Johnston, Cambria County, Penna.”
The cover unfolds to 13” x 8 ¼”, there
is no cancellation, there are four small
stains away from the address and
signature.
$500 to
$900
 38. Andrew Johnson (1808-1875) 17th
President. 5 ½” x 3” postal cover
addressed and franked, cancelled at
Greenville, Tennessee, December 7
(1872). Addressed to: “Mr. Chas. A.
McCullough, 61 Barrow Street, N. Y.”
and is signed in the upper right corner,
“From Andrew Johnson Ex Pres. U. S.”
$1,000 to
$1,800
 39. Ulysses
S. Grant (1822-1885) 18th
President. 3 1/3” x 2 ¼” autograph note
signed, in pencil, both sides of a card.
“Direct Sec. of the Treas. to give
Capt. Slicer, Rev. Service three months
extension of leave. He is the only
remaining child of old Mr. Slicer, for
fifty years a Methodist preacher and his
presence is necessary with his father
during his remaining days, which can not
extend beyond
 the time ordered. U. S.
Grant.” Dated in purple ink,
“2/9/74.” Reverend Henry Slicer, who
died on April 23, 1874, had been the
chaplain of the Senate.
$1,200
to $2,000
 40. Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893)
19th President and
Lucy Hayes (1831-1889) First Lady.
Two 5 ¾” x 8 ½” typed quotations signed,
December 16, 1887. “…The
deep
sincerity of the speakers who are
agitatinh social, not political
questions, and who are studying how to
secure a fair share of bread to every
man, and to get God’s justice done
through the land, is very good to hear,”
signed “Rutherford B. Hayes” and
“He serves his Party best who
serves his Country best.’ In vain shall
we expect to redeem society in
any way but through the integrity of the
individuals who compose
it….”
signed by “Lucy W. Hayes.”
There is light toning overall,
and a narrow strip of tape along the top
edge on the reverse. Hayes has written,
 “Please look inside” on the
reverse of his page.
$1,200 to
$2000
 41. James Garfield (1831-1881) 20th
President. 5” x 8” autograph letter
signed, “J. A. Garfield,” two
pages, Hiram, Ohio, May 9, 1869, to H.
Villard. “…I am glad to know that the
Association will so generously take hold
of the week of the Census…and shall be
very glad to add…the resume of the
History of Ancient and Modern
Censuses….” Six small holes in the
center margin not affecting the text or
signature.
$650 to
$1,200
 42. Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) 22nd
and 24th President and
Frances F. Cleveland (1864-1947)
First Lady. 10” x 15” sepia toned
portrait photographs
signed, “Grover Cleveland Dec. 1,
1896” as President, and “Frances
F. Cleveland”, no place, but
Washington D. C., copyright by
photographer C. M. Bell. The
photographs are displayed together in a
large decorative 24 ½” x 20 ½” frame.
The left edge of frame is lightly
scuffed and the photographs are lightly
soiled. C.M. Bell was an established
Washington D.C. photographer on
Pennsylvania Avenue with a reputation
rivaling that of Mathew Brady.
$1,500 to
$2,500
 43. Grover Cleveland. 9” x 5 ½”
autograph note signed, “G. C.,”
in pencil, Washington, September 2,
1887, to William L. Scott. “…Carlisle
is here when can you come….” The
letter is, no doubt, written for a
secretary to type.
$150 to
$250
 44. Frances F. Cleveland
(1866-1948) First Lady. Check written
and signed, The Seaboard National Bank,
October 11, 1911, payable to
“Franklin Simon & Co.” The
cancellations do not touch the
signature.
$50 to
$100
 45. Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901)
23rd President. 6” x 2 ¾”
check, written and signed, Fletcher and
Sharpe’s Bank, June 21, 1879, payable to
“Pettis, Ivers & Co.” matted with
an 8” x 10” portrait and framed in a
simple black frame to 18” x 22”. There
are no cancellation markings on the
check.
$250 to
$450
 46. Benjamin Harrison. 7 ¼” x 3”
check written and signed, Fletcher’s
bank, October 31, 1887, payable
to “P. Ehrlich & Co.” A faint
oval cancellation stamp touches the
signature.
$200 to
$350
 47. William McKinley (1833-1901) 25th
President. 23” x 18 1/5” partially
printed document signed, Washington,
August 28, 1899. The document is an
appointment of
Gustavo V. Brecht, “…Consul of the
Argentine Republic at St. Louis,
Missouri”…”…I do hereby recognize him as
such, and declare him free to
exercise and enjoy such functions,
powers and privileges as are allowed to
the Consuls of the most favored Nations
in the United States….” The
appointment is countersigned by
Secretary of State John Hay
(1838-1905). Folds and light creases.
$700 to
$1,200
 48. Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)
26th President. 5 ¼” x 8”
autograph letter signed, in pencil,
dated in another hand “Feb. 18,
1909,” to “Mr. Neuberg.” “…Can’t
H. M. S. Pearce be appointed chaplain
before I leave? Will you consult with
the bishop about the Honolulu
matter?....” There are two small
water spots away from the text and
signature and the letter has been
mounted to another sheet.
$1,800 to
$2,800
 49. William Howard Taft (1857-1930)
27th President and Helen
Taft (1861- 1943) First Lady. 7” x
9” typed letter signed “Wm. H. Taft,”
personal stationery, March 19, 1917, to
“My dear Madame.” “…Thank you for
your courtesy in sending me a copy of
your book entitled ‘Soul Shadows’”
and an envelope addressed and free
franked, “Helen H. taft. Free.”
Interestingly, Mrs. Taft has addressed
the envelope to “Pointe au Pic
Association..Pointe au Pic” and the
envelope bears a Pointe au Pic, Quebec,
Canada post mark. She was using her
franking privilege in Canada!
$300 to
$500
 50.
William Howard Taft. 9 ¼” x 12 ½”
sepia portrait photograph (image 6” x
9”) signed, “For Mrs Lloyd Bowers
from one who loved and valued her
husband -
Wm H
Taft, Oct 5th
1910.”
Lloyd Bowers was Taft’s Solicitor
General and probable Supreme Court
appointee who had died suddenly 26 days
earlier; four years later, Taft’s eldest
son married Bowers’ daughter.
Soiled in blank margin, peeling and
stains at lower edge.
In
addition an 8” x 10 ½” typed letter
signed by Robert A. Taft
(1998-1953) United States Senate, July
21, 1939, to George Albert Ingham
regretting he is “…unable to comply
with your request for an autograph of my
father, but I am sending you a picture
of him….” The unsigned 8” x 10”
sepia photograph of Taftby Baker Art
Gallery is included. Modest silvering.
Also, a typed letter signed by Robert
Taft’s wife, Martha B. Taft.
$750 to $1,200
 51. Woodrow Wilson
(1856-1924) 28th
President. 5 ¼” x 7 ¾” autograph letter
signed, four pages, Princeton, June 30,
1891, to “My dear Friend.” “…If you
miss me in church, how much more do I
miss you, do you suppose? Last Sunday I
had to hear a man preach who made the
most dismal failure imaginable trying to
do the very thing in which you always
succeed to admiration... You can take
selected texts and make them, each
contributing its own note, speak a
meaning whole and vital, as if
they had been combined according to
their nature… it provokes in my heart an
un-Christian envy, of the
congregation of the First Church in
Middletown….”
Religion played a prominent role in
Wilson’s life, since
both
his father and grandfather, as well as
his
 first father-in-law had been
practicing ministers. This letter was written
by Wilson at the completion of his first
year as a professor at Princeton
University. Pristine condition.
$1,800
to $2,800
 52. Warren G. Harding (1865-1923)
29th President. 7” x 8 ¾”
typed letter signed, The White House,
May 2, 1922, to Arthur J. Berry, Marion
County Telephone Company. “…I assume
the program adopted contemplates a
little more generous disposition of
earnings else you would not have
included me in the remittance of
Directors’ fees….”
$400 to
$700
 53. Warren G. Harding. 5” x 8”
autograph letter signed “WG. Harding”,
with a ¾ page postscript signed “WGH”,
five separate pages numbered 1-3 and 5-6
(page number 4 missing), United States
Senate, December 4, (no year), to “Van.”
“…Late Saturday night I... saw
Frank the pressman, and had a final
report on going to press... I am
concerned that the hour is too late and
the cause of much of the complaints
about delivery...
Washington papers have their finals in
process of printing at 3. If we should
start the press at 3:20 we would avoid
the annoyance of winter time which came
of the noisy delivery crowd. Let’s do
it. You will be less annoyed, the public
will be better served and the paper will
gain by it... Shift pages in the late
ads ... leave out those which
can’t be scheduled essentially on time
... I discovered there is a bit of
friction all around... Sorry I did not
realize and understand earlier so I
could have undertaken the reform. But
you will lead the way...” There are
tape stains on the reverse side of each
page on the right margin.
$1,500 to
$2,800
 54. Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) 30th
President. 8 ¼” x 11” typed letter
signed, personal stationery, November
17, 1931, to Thomas Buckner. “…I am
in receipt of your letter…advising that
major General James G. Harbord has
accepted the invitation to become a
member of the Board of Directors….”
Toned with two small holes at the top
where a “Coolidge/Dawes Clubs” button
(present) had been attached.
$150 to
$250
 55. Calvin Coolidge. 6 ¾” x 8 ½”
autograph letter signed, The
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, June 17,
1916, to Reverend James Sherwin. “…I
am very sorry I have to be at the Smith
College commencement Tues. A. M. and at
Amherst Wed. A. M. 105 miles away so I
cannot reach you Tues. evening. Please
give my warmest regards… to your church,
may it prosper – the realization it is
founded on The Rock of Ages….” The
original envelope addressed by Coolidge
is included.
$1,000
to $1,800
 56. Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) 31st
President. 7 ¼” x 10 ¾” typed letter
signed, personal stationery, January 28,
1929, thus as President-elect, to
Hamilton Holt. “…I am trying to get a
little recreation and rest before
undertaking a considerable
responsibility, and while I do not want
to be selfish in the matter, I feel that
if I once start from Miami in response
to one of the many invitations I have, I
will be entirely engrossed in that
occupation….” Hoover would be
inaugurated as the 31st
President on March 4, 1929. Hamilton
Holt (1879-1951) was the president of
Rollins College.
$250 to
$450
 57. Herbert Hoover. 7” x 10” typed
letter signed, personal stationery,
January 10, 1943, to R. E. Haugan.
“…I am delighted to have the Annual.
Every year it has been one of our New
Year’s satisfactions….”
$150 to
$250
 58. Herbert Hoover. 5 ½” x 3 ½”
sheet of blue stationery from the
Waldorf Astoria, signed.
$100 to
$200
 59. Franklin D. Roosevelt
(1882-1945) 32nd President. A
book from his library, Old Glory,
by Albert Elias Maltby, published by the
author, 1897. Roosevelt has written on
the first blank page: “Given me by
James D. Maltby at Fayetteville N.Y.
July 17 1930. Mr. Maltby is the Brother
of the author of this book. Franklin D.
Roosevelt.” The spine is tight, the
book is toned and the spine has browned.
There is no dust jacket.
$1,000 to
$1,800
 60. Franklin D. Roosevelt. 7” x 9”
typed letter signed, The White House,
January 20, 1936, to C. W. Drepperd.
“…Ever so many thanks for your kind
thought in sending the print…I hope very
much that I shall have the pleasure of
showing you some of my early Naval
prints some day….” The original
envelope is included.
$750 to
$1,200
 61. Franklin Roosevelt. 6 ½” x 9”
engraved presentation card from the 1936
Democratic Convention, Philadelphia,
June 22, 1936, signed. The card, with
Roosevelt’s image at the upper left and
Independence Hall in the center was a
recognition presented to Abe Schoenfeld
who had been an usher at the convention,
by “The Executive Officers of the
National Committee.” Roosevelt has
signed at the bottom, also signed by
Postmaster General James A. Farley.
Farley’s signature is faded, FDR’s is
dark and clear.
$1,000 to $1,800
 62. Franklin D. Roosevelt. 8” x 10 ½”
autograph message, in pencil, signed,
“Roosevelt,” and labeled as
“Restricted,” to “…Secretary
Treasury (Henry Morgenthau).
Think I approve your suggestion about
Lockheed but in view of fact nomination
cannot possibly go in till my return
please hold everything.” This
message was written to be radioed while
the President was aboard the cruiser USS
Houston. Written on lined paper evenly
age toned. Morgenthau was a very
powerful man in the Roosevelt
administration. Although technically the
Secretary of the Treasury, he acted in
spheres outside his portfolio. In
effect, he also acted as Secretary of
War and Secretary of State.
$1,700 to $2,800
 63. Franklin D. Roosevelt. 6 ½” x 2 ¾”
check, written and signed, as president,
Guaranty Trust Company of New York, June
1, 1944, payable to “Kate Jenny.”
A circular cancellation stamp and
cancellation holes touch the “Frank”
of the signature.
$1,000 to $2,000
 64. Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) First
Lady. 6” x 6 ¾” typed letter
signed, personal stationery, January 21,
1957, to Bernard Baker. “…I sincerely
regret that I do not have a photograph
to send you, but my supply is
exhausted….”
$150 to $250
 65. Eleanor Roosevelt. 5” x 3” card
signed. Included is the original mailing
envelope with her printed free frank
“Anne Eleanor
Roosevelt.”
$100 to $200
 66. Eleanor Roosevelt. 6” x 7” typed
letter signed, personal stationery,
September 23, 1960, to Mr. Whittemore.
“…I will gladly sign your book but I
cannot be responsible for its safe
delivery….” Matted with two printed
black and white photographs to 16” x
20”.
$150 to $250
 67. Eleanor Roosevelt. 5 ½” x 6 ¾” typed
letter signed, personal stationery,
December 1, 1952, to R. E. Haugan.
“…Thank you so much for sending me a
copy of ‘Christmas’. I…wrote about it in
my column for publication
today….”
$150
to $250
 68. Harry S. Truman (1994-1972) 33rd
President. 8” x 3 ½” check signed,
Treasurer Jackson County, Missouri,
April 4, 1934. Cancellation holes
surround but do not touch the signature.
$250 to $450
 69.
Harry S. Truman. Two typed letters
signed, The White House, to Senators
John L. McClellan and George D. Aiken.
The letter to McClellan measures 8” x 10
½” and contains wonderful content about
Truman’s view of the Presidential power,
July 31, 1951. “…As for the
provisions of the bill dealing with the
organization of the Executive Office of
the President, I
agree
thoroughly with your Committee that the
measure is not consistent with the
recommendation of the Hoover
Commission that the President ‘should be
given complete freedom to adjust the
internal relationships of the
President’s Office’ and that he
‘should not be prevented by statute from
reorganizing the
 President’s office… I
also agree with your view that the
adoption of a standard nomenclature for
the various types of organizational
units of the executive branch can best
be
left to administrative action…In your
letter you referred to the
reorganization plans rejected by the
last Congress relating to the
Interstate Commerce Commission, the
Federal Communications Commission, the
National Labor Relations Board and the
Department of Agriculture...Since the plans rejected by the 81st
Congress were substantially identical
with other plans which became effective
for most of the other executive
departments and regulatory commissions,
I should be much
interested in any suggestions you may be
able to offer on the modifications… I hope that your Committee will succeed in developing a bill which
will carry out for that
Department the basic recommendations of
the Hoover Commission on Departmental
organization and management already
applied to other civil departments by
the plans and legislation of the last
two years….”
An
earlier 7” x 9” typed letter signed on
the same topic is also included. The
letter, dated March 20, 1948, to Senator
George D. Aiken. “…Thanks a
lot for your thoughtfulness in sending
me a copy of the latest chart and report
on the Organization of the Executive
Branch of the Government….”
$2,500 to $4,500
 70. Harry S. Truman. 5 ½” x 8 ½”
printed document signed, Washington,
June 29, 1948. The document is a rare
signed Joint Resolution of Congress
authorizing the issuance of Gettysburg
Address commemorative stamps. “Public
Law 809 – 80th
Congress/Chapter 707 – 2d Session/S.J.
Res. 158/Joint Resolution. To authorize
the issuance of as special series of
stamps commemorative of the eighty-fifth
anniversary of Lincoln’s Gettysburg
Address… That the Postmaster General is
authorized and directed to
prepare for issuance on November 19,
1948, a special series of 3-cent postage
stamps, of such design as he
shall prescribe, in commemoration of the
eighty-fifth anniversary of Lincoln’s
Gettysburg Address”.
Double
matted with a 4.5” x 7.5” studio
photograph of the President and framed
under glass to 18 ¾” x 15”.
$1,600 to $2,800
 71. Harry S. Truman. 7” x 10 ½” typed
letter signed, “H. S. T.,” with
an autograph postscript, personal
stationery, November 3, 1953, to John R.
Steelman. “…Your comment ‘not so
good!’ is as correct as it can be….”
Truman has added a postscript: “Hope
to see you some time soon. My best to
your ‘lady boss.’” Steelman was the
first Assistant to the President of the
United States serving President Harry S.
Truman from 1946 to 1953.
$200 to $400
 72. Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969) 34th
President. 7” x 9” typed letter signed,
The White House, October 21, 1957, to
Richard Spencer. “…I understand
arrangements have been made to assure
that, at the completion of the present
Administration, the Tregor bust of me
which you presented to the American
Embassy in Paris, will be transferred to
the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship…how
delighted I am that you are making this
gift possible….”
Mounted.
$400 to $700
 73. (Dwight D. Eisenhower). 6” x 4”
autograph note, not signed, October 13,
1945. “I wrote him…in congratulation
upon his address at the installation
yesterday…upon the fundamentals of
democracy.” There is no addressee,
there is a paper clip stain in the upper
center.
$150 to $250
 74. Mamie Eisenhower
(1896-1979) First Lady. 7 ¼” x 10 ½”
typed letter signed, “Mamie,”
with an autograph postscript, personal
stationery, December 3, 1952, to Mrs.
Alvin Schrepferman. “…we did receive
your wire of congratulations…we left
immediately for Augusta where we spent a
wonderful ten days at the Bobby Jones’
cottage…Regarding the Inaugural gown: I
have received several letters from
Neusteter’s, as well as offers from
many, many shops and designers all over
the country….” He has added a
postscript: “Thank you for
your…birthday card too - -M-.”
The original envelope is included.
$100 to $200
 75. John F. Kennedy
(1917-1963) 35th
President. 8” x 10” black
and white portrait photograph, matted to
11” x 14” signed on the mat under his
image,“To Elliott Roosevlt with warm
personal regards, John Kennedy.”
Framed to 15” x 19”. Elliott
Roosevelt (1910-1990)
was the fourth of Franklin and Eleanor
Roosevelt’s six children. He was a
bombardier in the United States Army Air
Forces during World War II. In August,
1944, he witnessed the death of
Kennedy’s eldest brother, Joseph P.
Kennedy, Jr., over Blythburgh, England.
He was in a deHavilland Mosquito to film
the mission, and while the explosion
damaged his
 plane, he and his crew were
able to return to base.
$6,000 to $9,000
 76. Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.
(1915-1944) Eldest brother of President
John F. Kennedy. Kennedy left Harvard
Law School to join the Navy and served
as a bomber pilot in World War II. He
died when his plane, loaded with
explosives for an attack on German V-2
rocket site, exploded shortly after
takeoff. He was posthumously awarded the
Navy Cross and the Air Medal for
heroism. 7” x 10 ½” autograph letter
signed, “Joe Kennedy,” one-one
third pages, front and back, U.
S. Naval Air Station, Jacksonville,
Florida, August 22, 1941, to John
Bratton Davis. “…I am stationed down
here at the present, but I may be sent
on to Corpus Christi any day. I am
hoping however to be stationed here to
finish my course…I will certainly stop
in to see you if I am around South
Carolina way….”
 Includes the
original envelope which has been
addressed by
Kennedy.
$2,500 to $4,500
 77. Kennedy’s Appointment Log – January 21,
1961. 8” x 10 ½”, three pages,
original carbon copy of President
Kennedy’s activities during his first
day in office. This document was
obtained by the collector from President
Kennedy’s secretary, Evelyn Lincoln. The
original typed pages, one and two, are
in the Kennedy Library on Columbia Point
in Boston. The original of third page,
the carbon of which is offered here is
not in the Library’s collection and is
thought not to have survived. JFK’s day
was full, beginning at 2:00 AM at a
dinner party at the home of Joseph W.
Alsop and ending at 7:00 PM when “The
President departed the White House and
motored to the Statler Hotel to attend
the Alfalfa Club  Dinner.” His day
including meetings with former President
Truman, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley,
meetings with staff and attending the
swearing-in ceremony of his cabinet. A
fascinating account of the first
twenty-four hours of Kennedy’s
Presidency. There are three file holes
in the left margin.
$1,800 to
$3,500
 78. (John Kennedy).
5" x 8" unsigned handwritten notes,
United States Senate, with significant
content. “World Bank loan & amount to
150 mil—Total loan 800 mil—40% of
Export-Import bank to Latin America. In
all it has authorized 3 bill 5 mill with
current outstanding commitments
1,800,000,000. Had Congress recommend 5
billion 27 mil—Increase in population.”
This was apparently written in June 1954
during a discussion of proposed
expansion of the authority of the
Export-Import Bank and trade
agreements.
$700 to $1,200
 79. John F. Kennedy. His book,
Profiles in Courage, Harper &
Brothers, 1956, first edition, signed on
the first blank page, “For Harold
Miller with my best regards John
Kennedy.” The book is in very good
condition, showing modest shelf wear,
the dust jacket is a little soiled and
worn.
$5,000 to $8,000
 80. John F.
Kennedy. 3” x
1 ½” signature cut from a typed letter
signed. Matted with a 8”x 10” black and
white photograph and a descriptive
plaque.
$800 to $1,200
 81.
(John F. Kennedy). Bill-signing pen
used by Kennedy to sign HR 6028, a bill
“…To assist in the provision of
housing for moderate and low income
families, to promote orderly urban
development, to extend and amend laws
relating to housing, urban renewal…and
for other purposes…. The bill was
enacted on June 30, 1961. The pen is
framed together with the
government-printed bill and public law
act which are matted to an overall size
of 18” x 15”. Included is a form letter
from Kennedy, United States Senate,
April 21, 1958 regarding the
unemployment insurance system, an
acknowledgement from Senator and Mrs.
Kennedy on the birth of their
son,
John, Jr., a candid photo 5” x 7” of
Kennedy making a. speech, an
11” x 13” black and white photograph of
Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, and
typed papers on bills introduced by
Kennedy on unemployment.
$1,800 to $2,800
 82.
John F. Kennedy. 4 ½” x 7 ¼” card
stock menu from “The President’s
Birthday Dinner,” May 23, 1963, The
Presidents Club of New York, signed.
Includes the original engraved
invitation, engraved greetings from the
Chairman and Committee who hosted
the event. Small staple holes in the
documents.
$1,500 to $2,800
 83. (John F. Kennedy) Original “Wanted
for Treason” Handbill. On
November 21, 1963 “Wanted for
Treason” handbills were distributed
on the streets of Dallas, before
Kennedy’s scheduled visit. These
handbills bore a reproduction of a front
and profile photograph of the President
and set forth a series of inflammatory
charges against him.
Robert A.
Surrey was eventually identified as the
author of the handbill. Surrey, a
printing salesman employed by Johnson
Printing Co. of Dallas, had been closely
associated with General Edwin Walker.
Walker was known for his right wing
political views and for having been an
assassination target of Lee Harvey
Oswald in April 1963. Bernard Wiessman,
responsible for the black-bordered
"Welcome Mr. Kennedy" advertisement in
the November 22 Dallas Morning News,
also
an associate of Walker’s and a prominent
John Birch Society member, testified to
The Warren Commission that he saw a copy
of one of these handbills on the floor
of Walker’s car shortly after November
22nd. The commission found
no evidence of any connection between
those responsible for the handbill and
Oswald or the actual assassination.
However, Oswald attended a meeting held
by Walker in Dallas one month before the
assassination.
An original 9” x 12” “Wanted for
Treason” handbill, has uneven toning and
age spotting. These handbills are
excessively rare there are only three
others known to exist.
$5,000 to
$10,000
 84. (John F. Kennedy) “Texas Welcome
Dinner.” 8 ½” x 14” one page program
for the dinner scheduled for the evening
of November 22, 1963 at the Municipal
Auditorium in Austin, Texas. This is the
dinner President Kennedy was scheduled
to attend during the evening on the day
he was assassinated. The program has the
printed signatures and seals of
President Kennedy, Vice President Lyndon
B. Johnson and Texas Governor John
Connally at the top and their respective
images at the bottom. The condition is
pristine.
$500 to $900
 85. (John F. Kennedy) “Texas Welcome
Dinner.” 4” x 2 ½” ticket, (# D
9801) for the dinner scheduled for 7:30
in the evening of November 22, 1963 at
the Municipal Auditorium in Austin,
Texas. The gold colored ticket is
flawless.
$400 to $800
 86.
Reverend Oscar Huber (1929-2005)
Roman Catholic priest. Father Huber
administered the last rites of the
Catholic Church to the mortally wounded
President John Kennedy in the Parkland
emergency room. An original
pencil sketch of President Kennedy with
“John-John” Kennedy saluting drawn and
signed by “Kalinsky,” with the
JFK commemorative stamp affixed bearing
a first day of issue cancellation,
signed “Fr. Oscar L. Huber,
C.M.”
$150 to $250
 87.
(John F. Kennedy). The Arrest of Lee
Harvey Oswald. 8 ½” x 11”
contemporary typed copy of the official
police report, November 22, 1963, to
Dallas Police Chief J. E. Curry,
regarding “Apprehension of suspect in
the Death of the President…and Officer
J. D. Tippit,” signed at the
conclusion by: Gerald L. Hill,
Sergeant of Police, Ray Hawkins,
Acc. Investigator, Paul Bentley,
Detective and M. N. McDonald,
Patrolman.
$100 to $200
 88. Sarah T. Hughes (1896-1985) Jurist.
Hughes was a federal
judge who swore in Lyndon B. Johnson as
President on Air Force One after the
Kennedy assassination. She is the only
woman in U.S. history to swear in a U.S.
President.
3 ½” x 1 ½” card signed.
Double matted with a 6” x 4” black and
white photograph of Hughes administering
the presidential oath to Lyndon Johnson
to 14” x 11”.
$100 to $200
 89.
(John F. Kennedy) President Kennedy’s
Funeral Procession. President
Kennedy’s funeral was held at St.
Matthews Cathedral, in Washington, on
Monday, November 25, 1963. A
distinguished group of mourners followed
the horse-drawn caisson
bearing the President’s coffin
and the riderless black horse, with
boots reversed in the stirrups, to the
cathedral. They were led in procession
f rom the White House by Mrs. Kennedy and
the President’s brothers, Robert and
Edward. The formal procession consisted
of two hundred and
twenty foreign dignitaries, including
nineteen heads of state and government,
and members of royal families, from
ninety-two countries. Most of the
dignitaries passed unnoticed, strolling
respectfully behind the former first
lady and the Kennedy family.
She walked briskly, her
brothers-in-law on either side, the new
President behind. The
 representatives of
the world followed, a phalanx arranged
in the alphabetical order of their
countries. This is an unissued,
engraved 5” x 4” formal invitation,
embossed “The White House” at the top, “…to
join the procession on foot leaving the
White House at 11:30 o’clock for the
Pontifical Requiem Mass at St. Matthew’s
Cathedral….” It includes the
original envelope which is black
bordered, and embossed on the back flip.
Given the nature of the event and the
stature of those invited to participate,
this invitation is extraordinarily rare.
This one was obtained from a White House
military aide. It has been matted with a
printed color photograph of Mrs. Kennedy
and the Kennedy brothers and framed to
20 ½” x 16”.
$3,000
to $5,000
 90. Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968)
President Kennedy’s younger brother.
“Bobby” was one of John F. Kennedy's
most trusted advisers and worked closely
with the president during the Cuban
Missile Crisis. He also made a
significant contribution to the
African-American Civil Rights Movement.
He was the Attorney General and a United
States Senator from New York until his
assassination. 7” x
 4 ½” autograph
letter signed, The Attorney General
folded note card, no date but 1964, to
“Mr. Jones.” “…My deep appreciation
for your push on my coming to the state
and running for the Senate. I shall try
to live up to your words of
confidence….”
$1,200 to $2,000
 91. Jacqueline Kennedy (1929-1994) First
Lady. The book The Kennedy Years,
The Viking Press, 1964, 10” x 13”,
second printing, inscribed on the first
blank page, “For John with love from
Mummy.” John F. Kennedy, Jr. was
born sixteen days after his father was
elected as the 35th
President. “John-John” will
 always be
remembered in one of the most famous
film clips of the 1960s, saluting his
father’s casket after the president was
assassinated in 1963, only three days
before his third birthday. This book was
a gift from his mother when he was four
years old. Kennedy was
killed in 1999 at the age of 38 along
with his wife and his sister-in-law,
when the aircraft he was piloting
crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near
Martha’s Vineyard. The book
measures 10” x 13” and is in very good
condition the dust jacket shows wear.
$3,500 to $6,000
 92.
(Jacqueline Kennedy) A book from her
library, One Brief Shining Moment,
1983, Little Brown, by William
Manchester (1922-2004). The book is
signed by Manchester, not inscribed or
numbered but one of eighty-five copies.
Manchester was a friend and confidant of
the President Kennedy and in 1962
published Portrait of a President:
John F. Kennedy in Profile, an
account of Kennedy’s first year in
office. Two years later Jacqueline
Kennedy commissioned him to write a book
about the president’s assassination, but
she then sought to block the publication
of The Death of a President
over concerns that it revealed private
 family matters. The public quarrel was
resolved when Manchester removed several
passages and the book was published in
1967. This book was obtained from a
former staff member of Mrs. Kennedy’s.
$750 to $1,200
 93. (Jacqueline Kennedy). 5 ½” x 4”
envelope addressed by Jackie to: “Mr.
Michael Bouvier…” she has added her
name and return address “Onassis –
1040 5th Ave – N.Y.C. – USA.”
Some surface soiling. Double matted
with a printed 6” x 8” photograph to 16”
x 12”.
$200 to $400
 94. Jacqueline Kennedy.
5” x 3” card with a Jane Adams stamp
affixed that has been signed over the
stamp. A typed transmittal letter on
White House stationery dated May 16,
1962 from Mrs. Kennedy’s secretary is
included.
$300 to $500
 95.
(Jacqueline Kennedy) A 6 ¾” diameter
clear salad plate, originally belonging
to the Kennedy family. There is an oval
sticker that identifies the plate as
part of the February, 2005 Sotheby’s
auction of material from the Kennedy
family homes.
$100 to $200
 96. Rose Kennedy (1890-1995) Kennedy
family matriarch. Rose Kennedy married
Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. in 1914. They had
nine children including President John
F. Kennedy and Senators Robert and
Edward Kennedy. 8” x 10” black and white
photograph signed, “With warmest
Regards to Johnnie Hutchens Rose F.
Kennedy.” Double matted to 11” x
14”.
$250 to $500
 97.
Lyndon Baines Johnson
(1903-1973)
36th President. 5
¾” x 9” typed presidential oath of
office with a gold presidential seal,
“Aboard Air Force One…November 22, 1963
2:40 P. M. Central Standard Time,”
signed.
$1,200 to $2,000
 98. (Lyndon B. Johnson) A suit jacket
that belonged to, and was presumably
worn by Johnson. The tag in the coat
indicates that it was “designed and
tailored” for Johnson by Oviatt’s Mens
Store of Los Angeles and Beverly Hills
on November 30, 1955. A letter of
provenance, which will accompany the
jacket, indicates that Lady Bird Johnson
gave the coat to their ranch foreman
when LBJ died in 1973. The jacket passed
to the brother-in-law of the foreman who
owned it until his death in 1987, when
it was obtained by the consignor.
$500 to $750
 99. Lyndon B. Johnson.
8” x 10 ½” typed letter
signed, “Lyndon,” United States Senate,
July 30, 1958, to Adrian Spears. “…I am
very much pleased to know of Franklin’s
election to the State Legislature…He
certainly made a wonderful showing in
carrying all but two of the 154
precincts and losing those by such a
slim vote….”
$100 to $200
 100. Lady Bird Johnson
(1912-2007) First Lady. 8” x 10” black
and white photograph signed, “For
Edward Quinn - all best wishes Lady Bird
Johnson.”
$100 to $200
 101. (Richard Nixon) (1913-1994) 37th President. 6 ¾” x 9” typed letter
signed believed to be secretarial, The
White House, April 16, 1969, to Mrs.
Ismael F. Horneias. “…It
is with great sorrow that I have learned
of the death of your husband, Private
First Class Ismael F. Horneias. Of all
the hardships of war, the cruelest are
the losses of men such as your husband.
The only consolation I can offer is the
profound respect of the nation he died to serve, and the humble recognition of a
sacrifice no man can measure and no
words can describe. Those who
give their own lives to make the freedom
of others possible live forever in
honor. Mrs. Nixon joins me in extending
our own sympathy, and in expressing the
sympathy of a saddened nation. You will
be in our prayers, and in our hearts….”
The original envelope is included.
By April 30th there would be
543,400 United States troops in Viet Nam
and 33,641 American personnel would be
killed, a total greater than the Korean
War.
$300 to $500
 102. Richard Nixon.
Unique postal cover signed, limited
issue (20 of 30), Nixon had signed a
postal cover and a Presidential cachet
was added after his death and the Nixon
commemorative stamp affixed and
cancelled on the first day of issue,
April 26,
$200 to $300
 103. Richard Nixon.
5
½” x 8” printed photograph signed,
“To Reggie Emmett – with best wishes
from Richard Nixon.” There is a
printed signature under the image,
double matted to 11” x 14”.
$150 to $250
 104. Richard Nixon.
Inauguration Day postal cover, January
20, 1973, with a cachet of Nixon,
signed.
$150 to $300
 105. Gerald R. Ford (1913-2006)
38th President.
7” x 9” typed letter signed “Jerry
Ford”, one page, The White House, May
27, 1976, to Robert Rasmussen. “It is
thoughtful of you to invite me to make
an appearance at the quarterly board
meeting of the National Home Improvement
Council here in Washington ... while I
cannot be certain of my exact schedule
for those days I will discuss this
possibility with the Director of
Scheduling... He will get in touch with
you to advise whether or not such an
appearance can be
included in my schedule...” Includes
the original envelope.
$400 to $600
 106. Gerald R. Ford. 6 ¾” x 9” typed
letter signed, “Jerry Ford,” The White
House, June 27, 1975, to Fred Wilson. “…Although
I'm certainly most appreciative, I
really don't understand your feelings
that there was need for an apology! I
fully expected to pay the caddy fees. In
any event, thank you so much for
returning the check. It is a typical
example of your tremendous generosity
and superb hospitality. I am deeply
grateful….”
$500 to $900
 107. Gerald R. Ford. 6 ¼” x 8 ½” typed
letter signed, “Jerry Ford,”
personal stationery, April 25, 1986, to
Don Gibson. “…I look forward to
seeing you during my annual visit to
Ohio for the Muirfield Tournament….”
$150 to $250
 108. Gerald R. Ford. 6 ¼” x 8 ½” typed
letter signed, “Gerald R. Ford,”
personal stationery, October 5, 1987, to
Don Gibson. “…Mrs. Ford and I were
pleased to comply with your recent
autograph request on the beautifully
calligraphied prayers….”
$150 to $250
 109. Gerald R. Ford. The book,
Assassination Report of the Warren
Commission, Flat Signed Press, 2004,
limited edition (249/2948) leather bound
edition, signed on the limitation page.
$150 to $250
 110. Gerald R. Ford.
8” x 10” printed color
photograph signed, “To James Martin,
with best wishes. Gerald R. Ford.”
This lot includes White House typed
letters signed with autopen signatures
of Ford (2) and Ronald Reagan and an
autopen signed photograph of George H.
W. Bush. Also a typed letter signed with
an autopen signature of Robert Kennedy
and a photograph and typed letter signed
with an autopen of Edward Kennedy.
$150 to
$250
 111. Jimmy Carter (1924- ) 39th
President. The second sentence of
Carter’s Inaugural Address, delivered on
January 20, 1977 was “...In this outward
and physical ceremony we attest once
again to the inner and spiritual
strength of our Nation. As my high
school teacher, Miss Julia Coleman, used
to say: ‘We must adjust to changing
times and still hold to unchanging
principles’....” This is the 6¾" x 8½"
eighteen page copy of a hand written
letter from Miss Coleman that inspired
this line. There is an autograph note
signed “JC,” in the upper right
corner: “To Pat Anderson: Keep this –
Important. Will use in a major speech. P
7–8.” Julia Coleman (1889–1973) was
a teacher in Plains, Georgia for fifty
years and taught both President and Mrs.
Carter. She exposed the students of
Plains to literature, art, music,
theater, composition and, more
importantly, citizenship, community
service and patriotism, which served as
a means of bringing the world to this
agricultural community. Anderson was
Carter’s principal speechwriter.
$500 to $900
 112. Jimmy Carter. His book, Always a
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