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TLS. 1pg. 8 ½” x 11”. February 12, 1945. No place. A typed letter signed “Frank Wagner” to the Secertary of the Navy James Forrestal. Wagner wrote on “United States Fleet Aircraft, Seventh Fleet” letterhead: “Your letter of 29 December 1944, regarding Douglas Dillon, has just reached me. Your letter asks whether I can make him available for assignment by you sometime in the next two or three months. Unfortunately for me the answer is obvious. If you need Doug Dillon I shall make him avai... more information

AQS. 1pg. 7 ¼” x 9”. No date [likely Civil War date based on the content]. Oswego, New York. An autograph quotation signed “Mary E. Walker, M.D.”: “Yours in the name of our dear old flag. Mary E. Walker, M.D. Oswego, N.Y. U.S.A.” It is written on an album page, and on the verso is an AMQS by the composer Henry R. Allen. The page has light toning to the extreme margins and a couple of minor foxing spots. A fine patriotic quote by the prominent woman doctor.... more information

Wanamaker launched his Philadelphia store in 1877, and won over customers by offering them a full money-back guarantee on all purchases. The chain quickly grew to one of the largest in the nation. Archive. 5pp. 1881-1884. Philadelphia. An archive of five pieces related to the purchase of Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company stock by John Wanamaker. The origins of the company began in 1879, when the Union Passenger Railway Company purchased the Continental Passenger Railway Company. The grouping pieces includ... more information

Wanamaker launched his Philadelphia store in 1877, and won over customers by offering them a full money-back guarantee on all purchases. The chain quickly grew to one of the largest in the nation. EDWARD WILLIAM BOK (1863-1930). Bok was an American editor and Pulitzer Prize-winning author; he is best associated with The Ladies' Home Journal. ALS. 2pg. 4" x 5 ¼". 25 May 98. Philadelphia. An autograph letter signed "Jno Wanamaker" to Edward William Bok: "Yours of the 23rd was in my morning mail - I have go... more information

1pg. 5 ¾" x 9 ¼". Dec. 12, 1864. Lynchburg. An autograph letter signed "William P. Percival" addressed to Captain Shelby A.A.G. CSA: "I have twenty bushels of corn to be delivered to me at Shawsville Montgomery Count Va. the corn is for my own family use and not for speculation. I am no trader and have never in my life speculated in any thing. Please send a permit for transportation." Percival lived in Lynchburg and was able to send food to his family since Jubal Early had recently driven Union troops fro... more information

L. 1pg. 7 ½” x 9 ¾”. March 7, 1862. Washington, D.C. A letter from the Bell and Green National Claim Office about missing Civil War soldiers. The company wrote on their letterhead to Alexander Gardiner of Claremont, New Hampshire: “…The list of prisoners taken has not yet been received from the South, and until it is obtained no complete rolls authoritative exist in the Department. When it is received those unaccounted for will be presumed to be dead. You can send the claim however, accompanie... more information

ALS. 4pg. 5” x 8”. February 21, 1862. Camp Augar. An autograph letter signed “Fred”, who was Fred E. Ranger of Glens Falls, New York. He wrote in pencil to his wife: “I recd yours…at 9 oclock the regiment started for picket, and a muddy old time we had of it. Our Co was stationed on reserve so we did not have to go to clean to the front by a mile. Smith & myself had a first rate bough house. We detailed two choppers & soon had a rousing fire of hickory logs & a bed of cedar boughs made & ev... more information

ALS. 4pg. 5” x 8”. June 18 [1864]. 27 Wall Street. A partial autograph letter signed by a man who worked at 27 Wall Street. It is addressed to a colonel: “I received your note 15 minutes since…the enthusiasm for predicted case to pass. My cap has been in the air figuratively ever since, and I have been shaking hands, a imagination, a great many time with you & Col. Rockwell. I congratulate you tremendously. I also congratulate your mother…also President Lincoln, also the Secretary of War, als... more information

DS. 1pg. 8 ½" x 14". October 22nd 1884. A partly printed document granting James Collins American citizenship. Collins, of New York, had "applied to the said Court to be admitted to become a Citizen of the United States of America pursuant to the directions of the Act of Congress of the United States of America, entitled 'An Act to establish an uniform rule of Naturalization, and to repeal the Acts heretofore passed on that subject,' passed April 14, 1802; and the Act entitled 'An Act to define the Pay and... more information

ALS. 2pg. 8" x 10". March 25, 1847. Carlisle. An autograph letter signed "F. C. Stevenson" to Charles L. Heiziman, regarding a man who must dispose of his store possessions on the way to the Mexican War: "Mr. Mchaffey having received a commission in the army has sold out his store to Misters I & W. B. Fleming of this place. Before he left he request me to write to you to know what shall be done with your stock of musical instruments, a memorandum of which I hereunto annex. He also desired to state to you th... more information

(1786-1857). Marcy was a New York Governor and Senator, and Secretary of War during the Mexican War. ALS. 1pg. 7 ½" x 9 ½". Novr 24th 1846. Philada. An autograph letter signed "Thos Oliver Goldsmith M.D." two times to Secretary of War William Marcy. After the start of the Mexican War, Goldsmith appeals to be sent to Mexico: "As a Regt of Volunteers is called from Pennsylvania, and as many of my friends will be in said Regt, I desire the appointment of Surgeon for Regt. I do not know whether the Col will ... more information

ALS. 1pg. 8” x 10”. February 11, 1840. Washington. An autograph letter signed “John Sergeant” to Thomas Wistar and Samuel Bettle, two prominent Quakers: “I have received your favor of the 8th, and the accompanying remonstrances from the representatives of the religious Society of Friends against the war in Florida, and especially against the barbarous and recently proposed to be used in it. It will give me pleasure to present to the House a paper coming from a source entitled to such high respec... more information

ALS. 1pg. 5” x 7”. October 20, 1910. Venice. An autograph letter signed “T A Watson” to George: “I enclose some bills with checks. Please pay them and keep the receipts till I return. How about selling the house…Have you done anything about selling them? There is no probability that I shall be at home until next Spring. Tell the Braintree Observer and Braintree Bee men not to send the papers after my subscription expires. You can give those that come to Mr. Kimball. Did you tell the Elect... more information

D. 1pg. 7 ½” x 8”. No date. No place. Two copied documents mentioning General George Weedon’s land in northwest Ohio; both are signed by Richard C. Anderson. The top one states “General George Weedon enters 2,000 acres of land as part of a military warrant No 91 on the waters of Siota [Scioto] beginning at the Southeast corner of John Harrison’s entry…”. The bottom one also concerns Weedon’s 2,000 acres on Eagle Creek. Neither of these pieces are signed or in the handwriting of General ... more information

PS. 8 ½” x 6 ¾”. No date. No place. A black and white candid photograph signed “Ch. Weizmann” in the upper left corner. It shows Weizmann sitting with a distinguished looking gentleman. There are two short tape strips in the upper and lower left corner, and it is in fine condition otherwise. The signature is dark and has fine contrast.... more information

Welles was Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy from 1861 until well after Lincoln's death in 1869. He is remembered for his foresight in the development and use of ironclads, as well as urging the enlistment of blacks and blockading the Confederate coast. ADS. 1pg. 8" x 5 ¾". 7th April 1840. Hartford, CT. An autograph document signed "Gideon Welles P.M" while the future Naval Secretary was Post Master of Hartford. The document reads: "S.M. Mitchell, P.M. [Post Master] at Plymouth... has deposited in t... more information

(1828-1898). A prominent American economist, Wells began as an inventor and a member of the G.P. Putnam publishing firm. In 1864, he became famous after publishing Our Burden And Our Strength, a widely read economic work. In the late 1860s, he turned his attention to taxes, and printed The Reports Of The Special Commissioner Of The Revenue. He was later made the chairman of the New York state tax commission, and continued to publish many tax works. ALS. 2pp. 5" x 8". Jany 8. Norwich, Conn. An autograph let... more information

An archive of two Dorothy West pieces: a) TLS. 1pg. 8 ½” x 11”. No date. [circa 1997] Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts. A scarce typed letter signed “Dorothy West” to Professor William Plumley of the University of Charleston: “I would like to apologize for my delay in responding to your letters. I did phone you in June to let you know of my regret that I am unable to attend ‘Blues In America.’ Due to my writing schedule and age I no longer travel or lecture. I am deeply honored of your interest... more information

ALS. 3pg. 5 ½” x 8 ¼”. November 23, 1903. Cleveland, Ohio. An autograph letter signed “Joseph Wheeler” to his daughters: “My darlings, I wish you dears a sweet happy Thanksgiving & I wish so I was with you. Thank Anne for letter just received. I enclose…invitation I lost it & have just found it. I hope all is well with you. I will start to New York Wednesday night & will be with Sister Lucy for one night. That is I expect so. With all my love Devotedly your father Joseph Wheeler Have re... more information

White was a notes folk blues guitarist; he often appeared with Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie, and heavily influences Bob Dylan. TLS. 1pg. 8 ½" x 11". September 10, 1945. No place. A scarce typed letter signed "Josh White" addressed to Marty Melcher; Melcher was a music manager, and later was Doris Day's manager and husband. White wrote: "In accordance with your request, I hereby confirm telephone conversation with you wherein I agreed to appear on the Newspaper Guild broadcast of October 14th, 1945 for th... more information