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

Williams was an important American dramatists remembered for <I>Cat On A Hot Tin Roof</I>, <I>The Glass Menagerie</I> and <I>A Streetcar Named Desire</I>. <P> Signed portrait. 8 ‰ˆ" x 11". No date [after March 1962]. No place. A <I>Time</I> magazine cover signed <I>"<B>Tennessee Williams</B>"</I> on his left hand. The cover that was removed from the magazine is mounted to a dark brown board. The cove... more information

ALS. 1pg. 8" x 6 ‰ˆ" . July 5, 1833. No place. An autograph letter signed " Doct. Physick" to Mr. Alphonso Pageot, a French diplomat in the United States to mediate arrangements made by the July 4, 1831 treaty between America and France: " Doct. Physick presents his best complts. to Mr. Pageot. He will if possible visit Mrs. Trouvins this afternoon but if his numerous engagements prevent him today he will certainly wait on her tomorrow morning." The letter has da... more information

ALS. 3pg. 7 ‰ˆ" x 9 ‰ˆ" . May 24, 1860. Bennington [likely Vermont]. An autograph letter signed " John Dodge" to John and Hannah Fitch: " " as to Harriet Pages health it is managed in some degrees so that she can breathe more easily than she has done and can rest better and sleep better and lie on either side and not that moaning noise when sleeping and she may continue along in this way for some time but I do not think she will ever be well. I believe ... more information

Nast's political cartoons started in <I>Harpers Weekly</I> in the 1860s and were very pro-Union. He popularized the donkey as the symbol of the Democrats and the elephant for the Republicans. <P> LS. 1pg. 5" x 8". September 19th, 1882. Morristown, N.J. A letter signed <I>"<B>Th: Nast</B>"</I> to the Reverend F.A. Bisbie: <I>"I have not lectured since my first season of '73 & '74, and do not have any idea that I shall t... more information

DS. 1pg. 8" x 3" . November 4, 1892. Morristown, N.J. A First National Bank of Morristown check signed " Th: Nast" . He paid the bearer fifty dollars. The check is cut cancelled and the sea foam green paper is in very fine condition with a couple of faint folds. ... 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... more information

An archive of three Henry A.P. Carter letters to his cousin George R. Carter of Leominster, Massachusetts: ALS. 3pg. 5" x 8" . July 12, 1883. Sharon Springs [New York]. An autograph letter signed " HAP Carter" on " Hawaiian Legation Washington DC" letterhead: " " I would like very much to own the Carter homestead, but I am told that a man unless he is a practical farmer must be very rich to be able to afford to own a farm in Mass. You must not say anything to C... more information

LS. 1pg. 8" x 12 ‰ˆ" . June 11, 1673. Cologne. A letter signed " de Chaulnes" , " Courtin" and " Barrillon" as French ministers to Cologne. The letter, written in French, translates as: " We were hoping, Sir, to receive news from you here, since you were informed of the honor which His Majesty did us, and of our progress towards Cologne, where we entered on the 6th, after that city had been made completely neutral by the swearing of a new oath by ... more information

SB. 275pg. N.d. [2000 or later] N.p. A Oprah"Äôs Book Club edition of The Bluest Eye signed " Toni Morrison" on the title page. It is in a dustjacket and in very fine condition. ... more information

DS. 1pg. 10 ‰¾" x 4" . April 4, 1865. Troy, New York. A partly printed document signed " Jay Gould" approving the transfer of shares in the Saratoga & Whitehall Rail Road Company to himself, as part of his project to consolidate the railroads in Vermont and northern New York. The document is in fine condition. ... more information

TLS. 1pg. 7" x 9" . March 12, 1948. Washington. A typed letter signed " Harry S Truman" on White House letterhead. He wrote to The Reverend Samuel McCrea Cavert of The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, located in New York. Truman wrote " May I acknowledge with gratitude your letter of March ninth with which was enclosed copy of the petition to Congress in support of the European Recovery Program which has been signed by more than seven hundred church leader... more information

TLS. 1pg. 7" x 9 ‰ˆ" . June 8, 1944. No place. A typed letter signed " C.W. Nimitz" to Sister Magdalen at a Chicago monastery, the Monastery of St. Mary Magdalen: " Many thanks for your inspiring and friendly letter of May 30, with the Sacred Heart badge. I greatly appreciate your thoughtfulness in sending it to me. The spirit of your community of fifty-six Sisters in offering prayers for the officers in the armed forces is laudable, and I extend my thanks to all of ... more information

TLS. 1pg. 6 ‰¾" x 9" . July 22, 1969. Washington, DC. A typed letter signed " RN" as President to E. Perkins McGuire, affectionately referred to as " Perk:" " Before departing on our round-the-world trip, I wanted you to know that Pat and I are both pleased to learn that you are progressing rapidly since your recent hospitalization and that you are now back at your desk on a part-time basis. This is good news indeed. Although there is always a tendency t... more information

Invitation. 6 ‰ˆ" x 4 ‰¼" . November 20, 1963. Washington. An invitation to a White House Presidential reception two days before Kennedy was assassinated. The invitation has the Presidential seal at the top and is in mint condition. A fine Kennedy memento. ... more information

1pg. 8" x 12 ‰ˆ". 1st April 1870. Colonial Secretary's Office. A letter signed <I>"<B>Henry T. Irving</B> Col. Secy"</I> concerning a light ship near Sri Lanka: <I>"Notice to Mariners Bay of Bengal Temporary Light near the Great Basses. With reference to the Notice issued by the Trinity House, London dated 29th October, 1869, which appeared in the Ceylon Government Gazette, of the 4th December 1869, it is hereby notified, for general info... more information

Two items signed " Edward Gorey" . The first is an 8" x 10" black and white print of Dracula, entitled " Edward Gorey"Äôs Dracula" . The second is a playbill for Dracula signed on the cover in fountain pen. Both items are in fine condition and date from the 1977 Broadway play. ... more information

Two Eleanor Roosevelt signed letters in a first edition of her book This I Remember: a) TLS. 1pg. 6" x 7" . July 18, 1950. New York. A typed letter signed " Eleanor Roosevelt" on " Val Kill Cottage" stationery. She wrote to Marion K. Garrison of West Orange, New Jersey: " Dear Mrs. Garrison: You were very kind to send such lovely flowers to Mrs. Parish"Äôs funeral and I deeply appreciate your thought. It is sad to lose a member of the family. With ... more information

Two Presidential letters to Thomas V. O"ÄôConnor, the Chairman of the United States Shipping Board. The Shipping Board was organized in January 1917 to improve the country"Äôs shipping and built over one thousand ships. The letters are: a) TLS. 1pg. 7" x 9" . August 13, 1929. Washington. A typed letter signed " Herbert Hoover" on White House letterhead: " Has anything happened on the question of the refrigerator fruit line from the West Coast?&... more information

An archive of two Dorothy West pieces: a) TLS. 1pg. 8 ‰ˆ" 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 "ÄoBlues In America."Äô Due to my writing schedule and age I no longer... more information

Archive. 2pg. 8" x 10" . February 17, 1843. Navy Department. Two letters signed " A P Upshur" as Navy Secretary. Both deal with the appointment of Henry W. Eastman as a Midshipman. Both letters have folds and are in fine condition with dark signatures. ... more information