During the War, Albert Einstein Assists an Old Friend and Relative to Get a Visa to Leave Europe and Immigrate to Mexico
by Albert Einstein
20/12/1941. Brigitte Kaufmann was born in Germany, but when the Nazis came to power in 1933 she fled to Paris. In France, Kaufmann worked as an actress under the name of Brigitte Châtel, and translated documents. She met her future husband, Alfred Alexander-Katz in Paris, and they married in 1939; the following day, her husband was taken to an internment camp. He was given the choice of being interned in a labor camp or joining the Foreign Legion and... Read More
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Mere Weeks After Hitler's Rise to Power, Einstein Speaks on the Growing Global Chaos and Threat to Minorities: “The main thing is that minority groups should be allowed security in the community.”
by Albert Einstein
15/02/1933. He revises the typescript of his interview with the War Resisters League, of which he was Honorary Chairman, and calls out William Randolph Hearst and the head of the press and film empire in Germany, who aided Hitler’s rise On philosophy: “The intellect without the emotions is insignificant”; On racism: “The main thing is that minority groups should be allowed security in the community.” They ought to be “accepted with friendliness as equal members” On the press: He criticizes William... Read More
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Dwight D. Eisenhower Endorses the Boy Scouts, Saying They “have done so much for American youth and for the entire nation”
by Dwight D. Eisenhower
6/1/46. Dwight D. Eisenhower became a member of the National Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America in 1948, but had been a staunch supporter of Scouting ever since his son was a Scout in the 1930s. He would say that “The Boy Scout movement merits the unstinted support of every American who wants to make his country and his world a better place in which to live. Its emphasis on community service and tolerance and world friendship... Read More
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From the Russians to Americans: The Gift of State & Peace from Premier Nikita Khrushchev on the First Visit of any Soviet Leader to the US - A Magnificent and Ornately Engraved Long Gun Meant to Convey to the US the Russian Desire that ""The firearms used in the future by our two countries need be no longer than this shotgun for the preservation of world peace""
by Dwight D. Eisenhower
1959. Perhaps the most historically important gun to reach the market; Gifts of state are themselves rare, as since an Act of Congress in 1978, they have belonged to the nation and not the recipient; The magnificent shotgun, another one of which was given to President Eisenhower, comes with a copy of the thank you letter from McElroy to Khrushchev Khrushchev’s visit lessened Cold War tensions and was a major reason the Cold War did not turn hot ""This gun is... Read More
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NATO Head Dwight D. Eisenhower Announces That He is Going to Turkey for the Official Reception of Turkey into NATO
by Dwight D. Eisenhower
1/3/52. Justice Owen J. Roberts resigned from the Supreme Court to advocate for a Federal Union of democracies, and to unite one group favoring world government and the other favoring Union of the DemocraciesFrom 1951-52, Eisenhower was the Allied Supreme Commander in Europe, which title included the post of head of NATO. In 1952, Turkey joined NATO, and Ike traveled to Ankara, Turkey, to seal with his presence the membership of Turkey in Europe.Justice Owen J. Roberts resigned from... Read More
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The First Major Cuban Refugee Program: With Just Four Days Left in Office, President Dwight D. Eisenhower Thanks Henry Ford II for Lending Senior Ford Motor Company Personnel to Establish and Run the Cuban Refugee Emergency Center, and “making its work a success.”
by Dwight D. Eisenhower
16/01/1961. Ike wrote that asked “for help in dealing with this crisis, your company at once furnished…the same team - Mr. Leo C. Beebe and Mr. Charles A. Pink - who did so much to make a success of our work…for the Hungarian refugees four years ago.”In the wake of the Cuban Revolution in 1959, a Cuban exodus began as the new government allied itself with the Soviet Union and began to introduce communism. Tens of thousands of Cubans... Read More
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Former President Eisenhower Writes Henry Ford II, Indicating His View That Automation Does Not Cost Jobs, but Encourages Americans to Be Self-Reliant
by Dwight D. Eisenhower
30/01/1962. Ford had taken that position as a member of the President's Advisory Committee on Labor-Management Policy “I, too, feel that automation can result in increased productivity if intelligence is applied to the problem, and if we encourage the initiative and self-reliance of the American citizen (instead, as seems to be the case) lulling him into letting the central government take over.”In the waning days of 1960, President Eisenhower prepared to leave office and hand the presidency to John F.... Read More
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Eisenhower, In Work Meant to Bridge the Gap Between His Military Past and Educational Position, Looks to the Future of Warfare and the Emotional Trauma War Inflicts on the Fighting Young Soldiers
by Dwight D. Eisenhower
18/12/1948. The Founding Letter of the Renowned Eisenhower Center for the Conservation of Human ResourcesYet, during the war, rejections and discharges of men for mental defects reached a total of more than two million.This type of problem would affect industry as well, and Ike sought to establish an entity to research causes and solutionsIn December 1948 Eisenhower was called to Washington where he met with Averill Harriman, Omar Bradley and Harry Truman. The leadership of the military had not... Read More
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Ike Returns to the United States Victorious After V-E Day: Large Signed Photograph of Eisenhower Upon His Arrival Home on June 18, 1945, Heading to the White House to Meet with President Truman
by Dwight D. Eisenhower
18/06/1945. An extraordinary photo and the only one we have ever seen portraying Eisenhower returning home in victoryFor the General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Supreme Allied Commander, the last two years of the war would be his most challenging. Eisenhower would oversee the gargantuan plan for the invasion of Europe: the largest air, sea, and land assault in history. He would be the one to give the ultimate order that he knew would send thousands of young men to... Read More
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President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower Tells a Major Supporter That His Contribution Helped Enable Ike to Bring His “Crusade” to the American People
by Dwight D. Eisenhower
14/01/1953. “Since November 4th my thoughts have turned often to those whose faith and support - and financial contributions - helped to make victory possible. In the task of bringing the message of our Crusade to all of our follow Americans, we would have failed without their much-needed help.”The 1952 United States presidential election was held on Tuesday, November 4, 1952. Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower won a landslide victory over Illinois Democratic Governor Adlai Stevenson, becoming the first Republican... Read More
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General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander in World War II, Sends a Copy of His Sleeve Patch in 1945
by Dwight D. Eisenhower
30/10/1945. During World War II, Ike received requests for him to send one of his sleeve patches as a souvenir. He never seems to have had one on hand, but instead sent a printed color facsimile patch, with a description of its meaning below the image, and which he signed above the description. The description makes clear that the sword on the insignia “represents avenging justice by which the enemy power will be broken in Nazi-dominated Europe”. The black... Read More
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As World War II in Europe Draws to a Conclusion and He Liberates Nazi Concentration Camps, General Dwight D. Eisenhower Is Grateful to the American People for Their Support of the Troops in the Field
by Dwight D. Eisenhower
6/4/45. “It is always encouraging to be reassured that the people at home are 100% behind us and appreciate the sacrifices of our troops.”General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe, orchestrated the defeat of Germany’s Third Reich during World War II. He could only have done so with the support of the American people, for which he was eternally grateful, and of his courageous soldiers, many of whom were killed in action.April... Read More
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Valedictory to Henry Ford II, President of the Ford Motor Company
by Dwight D. Eisenhower
27/12/1960. “I doubt if you realize just how much you have helped me carry on the official work of government…”In the waning days of 1960, Eisenhower prepared to leave office and hand the presidency to John F. Kennedy. Henry Ford II was a close confidant of Eisenhower’s, and during his presidency provided Ike with important assistance. So as he said farewell to the presidency, Ike wanted to tender to Ford his heart-felt thank you.On three occasions, Ford lent one... Read More
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A Rare Autographed First Day Cover Honoring the First Expansion of NATO, Along with America's First NATO Stamp, Signed by Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower
by Dwight D. Eisenhower
4/4/52. Ike signed this as president and sent it to a Navy veteranOn April 4, 1949, twelve nations from Western Europe and North America signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C. A key feature of this treaty is Article 5, in which the signatory members agreed that ""an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all.” Initially, however, the alliance was not very well prepared... Read More
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Launches His Career: Perhaps America's First Great Lecturer, He Signs on to Give His First Ever Lecture Series
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
17/06/1835. One of the earliest letters ever to reach the public marketRalph Waldo Emerson is remembered today as an essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist, and poet who led the Transcendental movement of the mid-19th century. His ideology is disseminated to us through his voluminous writings.To his contemporaries, he was best known as a lecturer, and he delivered some 1,500 addresses In the United States and Great Britain over the course of his career. Over the period 1833-1871, Emerson often spent... Read More
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Accepts an Invitation to Deliver a Lecture in Andover, Mass.
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
11/11/1870. Ralph Waldo Emerson is remembered today as an essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist, and poet who led the Transcendental movement of the mid-19th century. His ideology is disseminated to us through his voluminous writings.But to his contemporaries, he was best known as a lecturer, and he delivered some 1,500 addresses In the United States and Great Britain over the course of his career. Over the period 1833-1871, Emerson often spent four to six months a year on the lecture... Read More
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Works to Organize the Great Town and Country Club, Which Brought Together Thoreau, Emerson, Longfellow and Many of the Leading Transcendentalists of the Era in Conversation and Debate
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
09/02/1850. This unpublished letter, written at the time of debates around the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, comes from the collection of Dr. Otto O. Fisher, who bought primarily in the 1930s and 1940s, and thus has not been offered for sale in nearly a centuryIn the middle of the 19th century, Massachusetts brought together men and women who gathered to form perhaps America's first prominent literary movement. It was a flowering of literary artistic creation, and the image... Read More
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William Faulkner Writes His Mother on His Family, Fox Hunting, and His Horse, ""Powerhouse""
by William Faulkner
30/11/1959. It is dated 1959; we have found no later letter of Faulkner having reached the marketWilliam Faulkner is among the greatest American writers of the 20th century, and a Nobel Prize winner. Perhaps his most well known work is ""The Sound and the Fury"".By the time he was a teenager, Faulkner was an accomplished hunter and was already displaying some of the characteristics that would mark him as a hunter for the rest of his life. He was... Read More
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President Millard Fillmore Appoints a Naval Surgeon
by Millard Fillmore
30/12/1852. After he was graduated from Rutgers College, James Jeffray Brownlee studied medicine, and then entered the naval service of the United States after passing a term of months in practical work at the New-York Hospital. When the Civil War broke out, Dr. Brownlee joined his ship and left a brilliant record as a surgeon and an efficient officer. He was with the USS Connecticut during her most successful cruises, and found himself in possession of a considerable fortune... Read More
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President Millard Fillmore Appoints the U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain to Settle Claims the Two Nations Had Against Each Other
by Millard Fillmore
28/12/1852. In 1852, President Millard Fillmore appointed Joseph R. Ingersoll U.S. ambassador to Great Britain. At that time, trade was common between the nations, but so were difficulties. In the lead-up to the War of 1812 the British seized American ships, the owners of which had claims against the British government for their losses. By 1852, claims against the U.S. by British subjects and against Britain by Americans had accumulated and grown to the point that the two nations... Read More
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President Millard Fillmore Instructs His Secretary of the Interior to Manage the Water and Streets Improvement Project in Washington DC
by Millard Fillmore
15/09/1852. In his State of the Union message to Congress delivered on December 6, 1852, Fillmore made a special point of emphasizing that a reliable supply of clean water for the nation’s capital, Washington, DC. must be a top priority. The lack of such water had been a problem in the past and posed a public health risk besides.The President’s stated, “Permit me to invite your particular attention to the interests of the District of Columbia, which are confided... Read More
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President Millard Fillmore Reads a Book on Shays’s Rebellion in Massachusetts, and Passes It on to the Attorney General
by Millard Fillmore
28/07/1851. An ALS as PresidentIn August 1786, Shays’s Rebellion broke out in western Massachusetts. Initially, debt-ridden farmers petitioned the government in Boston to issue paper money, to halt foreclosure of mortgages on their properties, and end their own imprisonment for debt as a result of high land taxes. Anger was particularly high against the commercial interests who controlled the state senate, a body they condemned as aristocratic and inappropriate in a representative republic. When the state senate failed to... Read More
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Shortly after taking office President Millard Fillmore appoints a temporary Solicitor of the Treasury
by Millard Fillmore
23/07/1850. Document Signed as President, July 23, 1850 appointing Chief Clerk of the Treasury Department Benjamin F. Pleasants to take charge as Solicitor of the department during the illness of John C. Clark. Very good condition, signed just 2 weeks after assuming the presidency on the death of Zachary Taylor. Clark was a former Congressman and was Solicitor of the Treasury from 1849 to 1852. Pleasants served in the Treasury Department for almost 50 years and was occasionally called... Read More
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Rare Signed Photograph of Millard Fillmore, from the Famed Signed Photograph Collection of Jerome Shochet
by Millard Fillmore
01/01/1867. A self-made man, Millard Fillmore grew up in near poverty and began his working career as a cloth maker’s apprentice. He taught himself reading, spelling, arithmetic, and geography, studied law and became a lawyer, then won election to the New York State Legislature and to the U.S. House of Representatives. He did not become known nationally, however, until the Whig Party chose him to be Zachary Taylor’s vice-presidential running mate in 1848; in 1850, he became the second... Read More
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Former President Millard Fillmore On What Sustains American Democracy: A ""patriotic duty to the country that gave them birth, in maintaining in all their purity the free institutions that they have inherited from their ancestors, and which only free men know how to prize.""
by Millard Fillmore
05/12/1856. Buchanan chose future Confederate Howell Cobb instead of CorningErastus Corning & Co. became important in Albany and the surrounding area, as it supplied iron products, nails, stoves, and farming equipment, and most likely supplying the needs of the Erie Canal. To help corner the market, in 1826 he purchased an iron foundry. Around 1831, quite early, Corning perceptively became interested in the railroad industry as his foundry could produce all the metal tracks and nail required for their... Read More
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