Authors starting with T from Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc.

TDS. 1pg. 8” x 10”. February 18, 1910. The White House. An unusual typed document signed “Wm H Taft” as President. The order, delivered to the Secretary of the Interior, states “A public exigency having occurred in the death of St. Clair A. Mulholland, United States Pension Agent at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, HOWARD V. SICKEL, Chief Clerk of that Agency, is hereby designated to perform the duties of that office, under the provisions of an Act of Congress approved March 8, 1878 (20 Stat. L., 26)... more information

PS. 14 ½” x 18 ½”. April 19, 1909. The White House. A massive photograph signed “For Lincoln’s Inn Club with best wishes of Wm H Taft The White House April 19, 1909.” One can imagine President Taft sending this to Harvard Law School. The image was taken in 1908 by Moffett Studio of Chicago. The image has faded slightly, probably from being in the sunlight but the writing is dark and bold. There is a water stain in the upper left, slight damage to parts of the lower margin, and a crack to th... more information

Signature. 1pg. 8” x 10”. September 26, 1917. New York. A pencil signature “Vice Admiral Isam Takeshita, I.J.N.”, followed by his autograph in Japanese. It is on a typed letter signed “Geo. T. Wilson” to Walter Scott, informing Scott that he was “appointed on the Committee to receive the Imperial Japanese Commission on its arrival in New York. The Committee will assemble in the office of the Dock Commissioner…The members of the Committee will please wear top hats and black tail coats…�... more information

Atkinson was an American industrialist and economist. He wrote "Cheap Cotton by Free Labor", "The Collection of Revenue", and "Argument for the Conditional Reform of the Legal-Tender Act". TMS. 7pg. 8 ½" x 11". Dec. 29, 1899. Boston. A typewritten manuscript signed "Edward Atkinson" and accompanied by a slew of handwritten notes between lines and in margins. The manuscript is entitled "A Single Tax Parable. A very simple story" and reads, in part: "... Away down to the West of the Indian Territory there l... more information

DS. 1pg. 5” x 8”. February 27, 1860. New York. A document signed “Bayard Taylor” with a handwritten postscript “It is entirely too late – my time is all taken up.” Taylor signed at the conclusion of a partly printed document declining an invitation. The paper has folds and is in fine condition.... more information

ALS. 1pg. 5” x 8”. March 31, 1893. No place. An autograph letter signed “C. Thaxter” to Mrs. Goodwin: “I send you this grandmother’s literature & the Maize, with much love to you all from your affectionate C. Thaxter”. The Thaxter poem “Maize for the Nation's Emblem” was first published in May 1893 in New England Magazine. The letter has a central fold and is in fine condition.... more information

An unengrossed stock certificate for the Boston Rubber Company. Black on white paper. Uncancelled and in extremely fine condition.... more information

A specimen stock for the Danforth Corporation of Pennsylvania. It appeared to be a Pittsburgh based record distributor. It has a “Specimen” stamp cancellation in the center, and is in fine condition.... more information

ALS. 7pp. 5” x 8”. Dec 10, 1876. Poland, Ohio. An autograph letter signed “Hallie M. Curry” concerning the disputed Hayes-Tilden election of 1876: “…have been waiting to hear definitely that Hayes was elected in order to be able to express my satisfaction and to congratulate you in the happy termination of the suspense of the past few weeks. Even yet, we cannot feel sure, that victory is certain, there is as you know, a possibility that what is justly ours may be wrested from us by fraud, let ... more information

The Last Leaf: Voices of History’s Last Known Survivors (Prometheus Books, 2010), by Stuart Lutz, contains nearly forty interviews with the final survivor of, or last eyewitness to, historically important events. The book is written by author and historical document expert Stuart Lutz. The chapters include the last Civil War widows (the last only died eighteen months ago), the final American World War I soldier (he just turned 109), the last living person to have flown with Amelia Earhart, Houdini’s f... more information

ALS. 3pg. 8” x 10”. July 20, 1913. Balboa. An autograph letter signed “James” to his mother. James was working on the Panama Canal: “…We are having real nice weather here in Balboa. I got up rather early this morning and it is now 6:30 A.M. – and the thermometer is just 76, so that it [is] really comfortable – as you can imagine. Some of the boys that are new-comers here want me to go across the canal to a native village with them as I talk Spanish and they thought I could guide them a l... more information

A stock certificate for the Westinghouse Broadcasting Company, Inc. of Maryland. The certificate is unengrossed, but it is number 24. It is in very fine condition.... more information

ALS. 1pg. 6” x 8”. February 24, 1807. Weston [Connecticut]. An autograph letter signed “B.W. Lyon” to the actress Miss Lucy Hall of Fairfield: “After respects I would inform you that I had some conversation with Mr. Crocker, this morning concerning his exhibition. There have been a number of appointments for speaking the tragedy, but the inclemency of the weather & some other occurrences have hitherto prevented the attendance of those who have taken the several parts in it. Thursday evening thi... more information

ANS. 1pg. 8” x 10”. July 3, 1855. New York. An autograph note signed “Fras C. Wemyss” two times. He penned at the bottom of a petition by the actress Mary Holl Cramer: “I Fras C. Wemyss, Secretary of the American Dramatic Fund Association do certify that Ms Mary Hill Cramer the Claimant has paid all money due to the fund, according to the Rules & Regulations of our Association up to this date. Fras C. Weymss Secretary A D F Association.” Above is an autograph letter signed “Mary Hill Crame... more information

A native of Indiana, Dreiser attended Indiana University-Bloomington for a year before he flunked out. He then began a career as a newspaper columnist, writing for the Chicago Globe and then The St. Louis Globe-Democrat. After being fired from editing women's magazines because of an inter-office romance, Dreiser began writing novels which dealt with social inequality and the "nitty-gritty" of American life, such as Sister Carrie and An American Tragedy. So controversial were some of his writings that the li... more information

PS. 10” x 8”. January 21, 1909. No place. A photograph signed “To Fred Emery with the regards of Theodore Roosevelt Jan 21st, 1909” on the lower mat; this was signed when TR was President. The image was taken in 1907 by Clinedinst of Washington, DC. It shows the President, sitting at a desk, staring into the camera; he holds papers in his hands and there are flowers on the desk. A note on the back says the Emery was from Providence, Rhode Island. The writing is dark and the signature is large a... more information

TLS. 1pg. 8 ½” x 11”. December 28, 1898, Oyster Bay. A typed letter signed “T. Roosevelt” as New York Governor-elect to Miss Benton of Perth Amboy, New Jersey: “I thank you heartily for your letter. It gave me a great deal of pleasure.” The letter has three folds, including a vertical one through the signature.... more information

Signature. 3 ½” x 2 ½”. No date. No place. A signature “Respectfully Elihu Thomson” on a small card. There are mounting remnants on the verso that affect little.... more information

ALS. 2pg. 7” x 9”. July 8, 1813. Boston. An autograph letter signed “Elisha Ticknor”: “…I was on a journey in the country to visit my Merinos. Having been absent nearly six weeks I hope this late reply will not be thought dilatory or neglectful. My sheep in general appeared in very good order, especially the Merinos. The wool has increased in weight, in value and cleanliness, I think for the last two years. I have a fine growth of lambs and their number is greater than that of their…The p... more information

A French aeronaut, Tissandier made many ascensions beginning in 1868. In 1883 Gaston Tissandier invented an electric motor capable of delivering 1.5 horsepower to move his balloon, the forerunner of the dirigible. Document. 4" x 5 ½". No date (circa 1880). No place. An unused bookplate or flight ticket for "Messierus Albert Et Gaston Tissandier". It has an attractive design of a balloon powered by a propeller. According to my semi-literate French translation, it states: "Messierus Albert Et Gaston Tissand... more information