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

ALS. 2pg. 4" x 6" . July 13, 1898. Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island. An autograph letter signed " V. Jefferson Davis" and initialed " V.J.D." addressed Edmund Zalinksi: " My daughter"Äôs novel comes out on the 15th July. I have heard so I wrote at her request to ask if you can get it reviewed for her. I suppose the Harpers will send a copy at your request to any one you indicate, and Winnie is afraid it may be a failure and says she will want all the ... more information

DS. 1pg. 8 ‰ˆ" x 2 ‰ˆ". July 2, 1792. No place [probably Philadelphia]. A document signed <I>"<B>Thos Bartow</B>"</I> for the <B>Lehigh Coal Mine Company</B>: <I>"Received July 2nd, 1792 of William Irwin Esq. Ten Dollars a Levy to that amount made on his two shares in the Lehigh Coal Mine <B>Thos Bartow</B>"</I>. It is docketed on the verso: <I>"Treasurer of the Coal Mine Recd July 2d -... more information

(WOMAN LETTER). ALS. 1pg. 5 ‰¾" x 4 ‰¾" . August 4, 1652. No place [but likely England]. A very early autograph letter signed " Sarah Deacon" to her cousin Sarah: " I received your letter and taken that you sent me and give you many thanks for your remembrance. I desire to be remembered to my uncle and aunt and the rest of my cousins. I sent that you small token here inclosed and would have sent you a better is at present I could have sent it. But&quo... more information

ADS. 1pg. 9" x 4 ‰¾" . March 28, 1721. Boston. An autograph document signed " Jona. Belcher" in the upper right corner. Belcher went on to engross the partly printed document, stating the a ship the Drake, captained by John Tucker, now at Marblehead, Massachusetts, was bound for Gibraltar. It contained 1,1716 quintal of cod and 84 quintal of other sundries. It is signed at the conclusion " John Tucker" . There is a vignette of a sailing ship in the upper lef... more information

ALS. 1pg. 8 ‰ˆ" x 11" . May 24, 1884. Philadelphia. An autograph letter signed " John Hoskin" on " The Edison Company for Isolated Lighting" letterhead. It was penned by Hoskin, the " Agent for the States of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware" to Henry A. Clark in Baltimore. As Edison patented the light bulb in 1880, this letter represents a very early mention of the invention: " " I note extension of time in re Mr. Singerly"Ä&... more information

ALS. 4pg. 4 ‰ˆ" x 7" . June 27, 1880. New York. An autograph letter signed " James" to his father Samuel Ruggles concerning politics and construction in New York City: " You can not sufficiently congratulate yourself that you left town as early as you did. The heat has been & is almost phenomenal. The nights have been (with occasional relaxation) quite oppressive and we are rather wilted by the temperature. I think you have escaped much suffering. I see by the ... more information

The telegraph was patented in the United States by Samuel F.B. Morse in 1837; he publicly demonstrated it in 1844. <P> D. 1pg. 5 ‰ˆ" x 8". October 16, 1848. Baltimore. A printed invitation from the Western Telegraph Company addressed to Charles J. Faulkner. The invite asks Faulkner to <I>"a general meeting of the subscribers... to organize a Company under the Act of Assembly of Maryland... as provided for in the said Articles of Subscription."</I> <B>CH... more information