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2000. Marion Denman - ALS, no year, 2pp. She was the wife of Chief Justice Felix Frankfurter. In 1919, Frankfurter married Marion Denman, a Smith College graduate and the daughter of a Congregational minister. They married after a long and difficult courtship, and against the wishes of his mother, who was disturbed by the prospect of her son marrying outside the Jewish faith. Frankfurter was a non-practicing Jew, and regarded religion as "an accident of birth". Frankfurter was a domineering husband and Denman suffered from frail health. She suffered frequent mental breakdowns. The couple had no children.
2001. Edmund J. Moffat -
Consulate General of the United States. ALS, 1889, 2pp.
2002. City Hall, Holyoke, Mass. - late 19th century engraved
view. VG
2003. Rod Carew - Hall of Fame Baseball. Signed 4x5 photo.
2004. Louis McLane (1786-1857) was an American lawyer and
politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware,
and Baltimore, Maryland. He was a veteran of the War of 1812
and a member of the Federalist Party and later the Democratic
Party. He served as the U.S. Representative from Delaware,
U.S. Senator from Delaware, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury,
U.S. Secretary of State, Minister Plenipotentiary to the
United Kingdom, and President of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad. Antique graved portrait of McLane. Image
approx. 4/5 x 3.5 in. plus margins.
2005. Letitia "Tish" Baldrige (1926-2012) was an American
etiquette expert and public relations executive who was most
famous for serving as Jacqueline Kennedy's Social Secretary.
Signed 1963 cover honoring John F. Kennedy. She inscribes
saying "We still mourn him."
2006. James B. Stockdale (1923-2005) American naval vice
admiral. He was awarded the Medal of Honor in the Vietnam War
where he was a prisoner of war for over seven years. Stockdale
was a candidate for Vice President of the United States in the
1992 presidential election, on Ross Perot's independent
ticket. Signed printed magazine article.
2007. Robert Southey (1774-1843 in London) was an English
poet. An 1814 engraved portrait. Image approx. 4 x 3-1/8 in.
plus margins.
2008. RAILROADING - 1898 printed government document No.
140. Safety Appliances on Cars and Engines, 51 pages,
plus a foldout map.
2009. Robert Young Hayne (1791-1839) was an American political
leader who served in the United States Senate from 1823 to
1832, was Governor of South Carolina 1832–1834, and as Mayor
of Charleston 1836–1837. He was notable as a proponent of the
states' rights doctrine, in collaboration with John C. Calhoun
and James Hamilton, Jr. Antique 1835 engraved portrait, image
approx. 4-1/4 x 3-1/2 in.
2010. Album page signed Grover Cleveland, dated March 4th
1885. The other signed is also signed by someone
[?]. 7-1/2 x 4-3/4 in. Stained. This signature
does not look like a typical Grover Cleveland signature but
you judge for yourself.
2011. Mark
Hatfield (1922-2011) a
Republican, he served for 30 years as a United States Senator
from Oregon. Signed, inscribed 8x10 photo dated 1984. VG.
2012. LORD JOHN MANNERS (1818-1906) 7th duke (1888); a Conservative
leader in Parliament (1841-88); a leader of Young England
party (1843-47); held offices in Conservative ministries
(between 1852 and 1892); postmaster general (1874-80,
1885-86); advocate of factory reform, general system of
allotments, Irish disestablishment. Author of England' s Trust
and other Poems (1841), English Ballads and other Poems
(1850), and notes on Irish and Scottish tours (1848-49).
Autograph Letter Signed, nd, written in the 3rd person. Begins
with "Lord John Manners presents his compliments...."
2013. [NAVAL] William Sowden Sims (1858-1936) was an admiral in the United States Navy who fought during the late 19th and early 20th centuries to modernize the navy. During World War I he commanded all United States naval forces operating in Europe. He also served twice as president of the Naval War College. Signed card dated May 15, 19190, 5-1/4 x 4-1/4. VG.
2014. James Truslow Adams (1878-1949) American writer and historian. He was not related to the famous Adams family (though he wrote a book about the family in 1930). He was not an academic, but a freelance author who helped to popularize the latest scholarship about American history and his 3-volume history of New England is well regarded by scholars. Brief TLS, 1949, approx. 5-1/4 x 6-1/2 in. Fine..
2016. [BOXING] Chuck Wepner (b. 1939) as a world ranked contender he went fifteen rounds with world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali in a 1975 title fight. Wepner claimed that he was the inspiration for the movie Rocky. Signed newspaper clipping; also Joe Louis Jr. signed 3x5 card.
2017. Richard
Gordon Hatcher (b. 1933, Michigan City,
Indiana) became on January 1, 1968, the first African-American
Mayor of Gary, Indiana. He was the first Black candidate elected
mayor of a U.S. city larger than 100,000 people and the first
elected Black mayor in the state of Indiana. Carl Stokes was
elected days later as the mayor of Cleveland, and was sworn into
office prior to Hatcher's inauguration. Signed 8x10 photo
as Mayor. VG.
2018. Maynard Holbrook Jackson,
Jr. (1938-2003) was an American politician, a member of the
Democratic Party, and the first African American mayor of
Atlanta, Georgia, serving three terms (1974–82, 1990–94).
Signed 8x10 photo, 1978. VG.
2022. [FILM] Ann Sothern (1909- 2001) American stage, radio, film and television actress whose career spanned six decades. Signed 3x5 card.
2023. Leonard Andrew Scheele (1907-1993) American physician and public servant. He was appointed the seventh Surgeon General of the United States from 1948 to 1956. TLS, Federal Security Agency, 1949, 1p, as Surgeon General, to Philip J. Philbin, US congressman from Mass. Accompanied by TLS by Vlado A. Getting MD, and 4 telegrams. VG.
2024. [ART] ALFRED
JOS. STOTHARD [1793-1864]
British artist, medallist; he executed medallions of
George IV, Byron, Canning, and Sir Walter Scott,
exhibiting twenty works at the academy between 1821 and
1845. He designed the grand staircase in Buckingham
Palace. ALS, [1823], 1p, approx. 7 x 5". To Mr.
Pickering asking that the bearer be permitted to see the
Satin Wood Frame....Canterbury....."in order that he may
make one for me...." Rather than attempt to describe
faults we will picture both sides below. Very uncommon
British art autograph.
2025.
[TV] Polly Holliday
(b. 1937) is an American actress. She has appeared on
stage, television and in film. She is best known for her
portrayal of sassy waitress "Flo" on the hit 1970s
sitcom Alice, and her starring role in its short-lived
spinoff, Flo. Flo's signature line was "Kiss my
grits!". Warner Bors. paycheck, 1985, endorsed by
her on verso. VG.
2026.
Edward "Ed" Martin (September 18, 1879 – March 19, 1967)
was an American lawyer and Republican party politician
from Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. He served as the 32nd
Governor of Pennsylvania from 1943 until 1947 and as a
United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1947 until
1959. TLS, 1951.
2027. Francis Joseph Kernan (1859-1945) Major-General. A veteran of the Spanish-American and First World Wars, General Kernan had served with distinction in the Phillipines, in Cuba, with the AEF in France and as technical military advisor to the American Commission to negotiate peace in Paris in 1918-1919. His Phillipine service began in 1898 when he went ashore with the first landing party, and continued to include two tours of duty on the staff of General Douglas MacArthur, and finally three years as commander of the Department of the Phillipines from 1919 until his retirement in 1922. Signed 3x5 card, dated 1924. Toned.
2028. A small 1799 document from Wrentham, Mass., signed Jacob Man. 4-3/4 x 2-1/2 in.
2029. Alexander Vraciu (1918-2015) was a U.S. Navy
fighter ace, a Navy Cross recipient, and a Medal of
Honor nominee during World War II. At the end of the
war, Vraciu ranked fourth among the U.S. Navy's flying
aces, with nineteen enemy downed during flight and
twenty-one destroyed on the ground. After the war he
served as a test pilot and was instrumental in forming
the post-war Naval and Marine Air Reserve program. From
1956 to 1958 Vraciu led his own fighter squadron, VF-51,
for twenty-two months. He retired from the U.S. Navy
with the rank of commander on December 31, 1963. Signed
bio. sheet.
2030. Douglas Volk (1856-1935) American artist.
Signed bank check dated 1922.
2031.
[ART] John Kay (1742-1826), Miniature painter and
caricaturist. original etching, image 5-3/4 x
3-3/4 in. VG
2032.
John Doolittle - signed New Hampshire document dated
1789, 8x5 in. VG
2033. John
Doolittle - signed New Hampshire document dated
1789, 7.5x5 in. VG
2034. David Duval - golfer. Signed magazine cover.
2035.
Jose Maria Olazabal - golfer. Signed cover [not
postmarked].
2036.
George Augustus Henry Sala (1828-1895), was an English
journalist. Signed card [mounted].
2037. Bill Griffith (b. 1944) American cartoonist
who signs his work Bill Griffith and Griffy. He is best
known for his daily comic strip Zippy. Signed page.
2038. Jos. Doe - Signed 1815 document from New
Hampshire. Approx. 8 x 7.5 in. Rough right edhe.
2039. Connie Mack III, is an
American attorney and Republican politician. He served as a
member of the United States House of Representatives from
Florida (1983-89) and then as a Senator (1989-2001).
Signed cover.
2040. [Massachusetts] Edward
Dickinson (1803-1874) Representative from Mass. Signature.
2041. [KANSAS] EDWARD H. FUNSTON (1836-1911) Representative from KANSAS. He taught school for a
while and then during the Civil War entered the Union Army in
1861 as lieutenant, Sixteenth Ohio Battery. He participated in
the principal engagements along the Mississippi River and
mustered out in 1865. Signature.
2042. [MASS.] Artemas Hale (1783-1882) Representative from Mass. Signature.
2043. [KANSAS] Alexander Caldwell (1830-1917) was a U.S. Senator
from Kansas. Signature.
2044. Arthur Holbrook Wellman (1855 – 1948) was a member of the
Massachusetts General Court and a professor at Boston University
School of Law. Signed pamphlet 1900, 19 pp. THE TOWN OF
MALDEN [Mass.].
2045. [MASS.] Winthrop Murray
Crane (or just Murray Crane, 1853-1920) Governor of
Massachusetts 1900-03. In 1904 he was appointed by his successor
John L. Bates to fill a vacated United States Senate seat, which
he held until 1913. Crane was an advisor to Presidents Theodore
Roosevelt and William Howard Taft, and served as a political
mentor to Calvin Coolidge. TLS, 1909, 1p. Mounting taces
on verso.
2046.
[MAINE] John Lynch (1825-1892) was a nineteenth-century
politician, merchant, manufacturer and newspaper
publisher from Maine. Signature.
2047. [ART] Doris Reynolds (1912-1978) American
artist. Doris Reynolds did many illustrations for books
published by Doubleday & Co. She was also an
exhibiting artist, having work shown at the Krausharr
Gallery in New York in 1949. Other exhibitions
include: Wilmington Museum, Delaware 1940-45; Maracaibo
1936-39; Barbizon Plaza, NYC 1940; Lake Placid Club, NY
1940, etc. She studied at the Art Students League with
Jules Gotlieb, Bridgman & Brackman. During World War
II, she was one of Jackie Corcorano's Girls, ferrying
airplanes throughout the United States. Offered here is
an original drawing, unsigned. 6x4 in.
2048.
[ART] Doris Reynolds (1912-1978) American artist. Doris
Reynolds did many illustrations for books published by
Doubleday & Co. She was also an exhibiting artist,
having work shown at the Krausharr Gallery in New York
in 1949. Other exhibitions include: Wilmington
Museum, Delaware 1940-45; Maracaibo 1936-39; Barbizon
Plaza, NYC 1940; Lake Placid Club, NY 1940, etc. She
studied at the Art Students League with Jules Gotlieb,
Bridgman & Brackman. During World War II, she was
one of Jackie Corcorano's Girls, ferrying airplanes
throughout the United States. Offered here is an
original drawing, unsigned. 4 x 5.5 in.
2049. Ink drawing signed ?BB, signed, 7 x 3-3/4 in.
Fine.
2050.
[CANADA] Noris Black - Agent. ALS, 1866, 1p, to the
Singer Manufactuiring Co. Sewing machine business.
2051.
Frank Gilman Allen (1874-1950) was the 51st Governor of
Massachusetts. TLS, 1932, 1p. Two mounting traces on
verso.
2052. [ART] Roy Charles Fox (1908-1993) American
painter, etcher and engraver, Roy Fox studied under
Ernfred Anderson at Elmira College and at Illinois
Wesleyan. Roy Fox began exhibiting his art in the early
1930's and during the following years his work was
included in exhibitions of the Society of American
Etchers, Audubon Artists, Philadelphia Print Club,
Oakland Art Gallery, Laguna Beach Art Association and
the Northwest Print Makers. Roy C. Fox was a full member
of the Bloomington Art Association, Elmira Art Club and
the Print Council of America. Small original
sketch signed with initial;s. 4 x 5-3/4 in.
2053.
Early Movie Picture broadside, c. 1915, approx. 4-5/8 x
9-1/2 in. VG.
2054. Abel Charles Thomas (1807-1880) Universalist evangelist, minister, journalist, and historian. Although he served the Universalist church in Philadelphia in two separate pastorates totaling nearly twenty-five years and there wrote two of the most celebrated pieces of nineteenth-century Universalist controversial literature, he is most remembered for his short pastorate in Lowell, Massachusetts, where, as one of the founders and editor of the literary magazine, the Lowell Offering, he was a mentor to aspiring writers amongst the young women working in the textile mills. Closing line and signature removed from letter. VG.
2056. [SPACE] group of six NASA Tracking
station covers from the 1980s. Various countries. VG.
2057. [SPACE] group of six NASA Tracking
station covers from the 1980s. Various countries. VG..
2058. Alexander William Kinglake (1809-1891)
was an English travel writer and historian. The town of Kinglake
in Victoria, Australia, and the adjacent national park are named
after him. ALS, 1888, 1p. Attacked is a signed lengthier page.
VG.
2059. [BASKETBALL] George Yardley (1928-2004) Basketball HOF. Sig. on lined card.
2060. [BASKETBALL HOF] Dave Tobey (1898-1988 ) American basketball referee. He refereed many notable pro games in New York between 1918 and 1925. In 1926 he refereed the Syracuse vs. West Point game, which featured two future Hall of Famers, Vic Hanson and John Roosma . After that game he became popular and refereed many important games from 1926 to 1945, such as the first game with a three-man officiating crew (Georgetown vs. Columbia). He was enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1961. Signed & inscribed 2-1/2 x 6-1/2" card with his picture & bio. information.
2061. [U.S. GRANT] Message from the President of the United States, April 4, 1876, government document, House of Rep. Ex. Doc. No. 154, 12 pages, signed in type by Grant. Regarding Pawnee Indians. VG..
2064. Charles H. King - Admiral. Signature.
2065. [OLYMPIC SKATERS] BONNIE BLAIR & NANCY KERRIGAN - both have signed OLYMPIC HEROES page from some publication. 5-1/2 x 8-1/4.
2067. Bobby Bass (1936- 2001) American actor, stunt performer, and stunt coordinator. Bass made a career in movies and television in a variety of genres working with Burt Reynolds, Sylvester Stallone, and John Wayne. He taught martial arts and weapons handling to Geena Davis, Michael Douglas, Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Susan Sarandon, and Kathleen Turner. Bass appeared in TV commercials and TV series such as Fantasy Island, McGyver, Mission: Impossible, Star Trek: The Original Series, The A-Team, and The Twilight Zone. Warner Bros. 1985 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.
2068. Paul Monash (1917-2003) American producer and screenwriter. Monash won early acclaim for his writing for television, including his work on the pioneer anthology series Studio One, Suspense and Playhouse 90. Monash wrote and produced the pilot for the TV series The Untouchables (1959). After the success of The Untouchables, Monash was asked to create Peyton Place (1964–1969), an ABC-TV series that was the first prime-time serialized drama on American television. His film production credits include Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), Slaughterhouse-Five (1972), The Front Page (1974) and Carrie (1976). Monash produced the feature film The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973), a dark, critically acclaimed crime drama starring Robert Mitchum, and also adapted the George V. Higgins novel for the screen. Warner Bros. 1985 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.
2069. Dick O'Neill (1928-1998) American stage, film and television character actor best known for playing Irish cops, fathers, judges and army generals. He began his acting career as an original company member of Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. Warner Bros. 1984 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.
2070. Joel Siegel (1943-2007)
American film critic for the ABC morning news show Good Morning
America for over twenty-five years. Warner Bros. 1984 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.
2072. Dee Barton (1937-2001) American jazz trombonist, big band drummer, and prolific composer for big band and motion pictures. Barton is known for his horror-esque style of composing in action thriller films. He created the soundtrack to the Clint Eastwood films Play Misty for Me, and the eerie soundtrack to the 1973 film High Plains Drifter. Warner Bros. 1985 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.
2073. Alvin Sargent (b.1927) American screenwriter. He has won two Academy Awards(R) in 1978 and 1981 for his screenplays of Julia and Ordinary People. He has been involved in the writing of all the movies to date in the Spider-Man film series. Warner Bros. 1984 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG..
2074. Terrence Malick (b.
1943) American film director, screenwriter, and producer.
In a career spanning over four decades he has directed six
feature films. He made his directorial debut with the drama
Badlands in 1973. Malick released his second film, Days of
Heaven, in 1978, after which he took a long hiatus from
directing films. His third film, the World War 2 drama The Thin
Red Line, was released in 1998. Warner Bros. 1984 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.
2075. [PORTRAIT] of Thomas
Erskine [1750-1823] engraved by Richard Woodman
(1784-1859) English engraver and miniature portrait
painter. Approx. 5 x 4" plus margins. VG..
2076. [PORTRAIT] of Thomas Cecil
: first earl of Exeter (1542-1623) engraved by John
Cochran (active 1821-1865) was a Scottish portrait
miniaturist, a stipple and line engraver and a painter of
watercolours. Cochran exhibited his portraits at the Royal
Academy between 1821 and 1823, and at the Suffolk Street Gallery
from 1821 to 1827. Image approx. 5x4" plus marghins. VG.
2078. [FILM] Sunset Carson (1920-1990)
American B-western star of the 1940s. Signed &
inscribed card showing as cowboy riding horse. 5-1/4 x
3-1/4". VG.
2079. Larry Kasdan (b.1949) American film producer, director, and screenwriter. He is best known as the co-writer of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. Kasdan has been confirmed to be a consultant for the upcoming third trilogy of Star Wars. Warner Bros. 1985 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.
2081. Anne Marie Pohtamo (b. 1955, Helsinki, Finland) was the second woman from Finland to capture the Miss Universe crown. She claimed the Miss Universe crown in 1975 at the pageant held in El Salvador. Warner Bros. 1985 check made out to her but not signed by her. VG.
2082. Gerald McRaney (b. 1947) American television and movie actor. McRaney is best known as one of the stars of the television shows Simon & Simon, Major Dad, and Promised Land. He was a series regular for the first season of Jericho, and the final season of Deadwood. Warner Bros. 1985 check made out to him but not signed by him. VG.
2085. David Stewart (1800-1858) American Senator. Stewart was born in
Baltimore, Maryland, completed preparatory studies, and attended
the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University). He
graduated from Union College of Schenectady, New York in 1819.
He later studied law, was admitted to the bar about 1821, and
commenced practice in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1849, Stewart was
appointed as a Whig to the United States Senate to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of Reverdy Johnson and served
from December 6, 1849, to January 12, 1850, when a successor was
elected. He was not a candidate for election to fill the
vacancy, and resumed the practice of his profession in Baltimore
soon thereafter. ALS, not dated but appears to be as a senator,
written on both sides to Robert P. Anderson about having books
sent to him. VG.
2086.
[MUSIC] Henry Russell (1812-1900) English pianist, baritone singer
and composer. In an eventful life on both sides of the
Atlantic, Russell wrote the songs "A Life on the Ocean Wave"
and the tune to George Pope Morris's poem Woodman, Spare
that Tree while living in the United States from 1835 to
1841, before settling in London to produce musical
extravaganzas until he retired in 1857. Many of his songs
championed social causes like abolition, temperance, and
reform of mental asylums. CLIP SIGNATURE with sentiment.
2088.
[PHOTOGRAPHY]
Jack Dempsey - Boxing Champion. Original c. 1964 vintage
UNSIGNED 8x10 photographer of Dempsey in business suit,
photographer A. Bryce Currie. VG.
2089. [WESTERN AMERICANA]
H. Webster - Frontier veterinarian. Document signed,
Leadville, Colorado, 1882. Vetinary Bill that to early
Colorado statehood. Approx. 8-1/2 x 4-1/4".
2090. "Barnard" Hughes
(1915- 2006) American actor of theater and film. Hughes
became famous for a variety of roles; his most-notable
roles came after middle age, and he was often cast as a
dithering authority figure or grandfatherly elder. Warner Bros. 1984 check made out to him
but not signed by him.
VG..
2091. [MASONS]
2 printed Masonic docyments from the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of
the District of Columbia, 1878 and 1881. Each approx. 5x8
in. VG.
See above
2092. [ART] William
Brassey Hole RSA (1846-1917) was an English
artist, illustrator, etcher and engraver, known for his
industrial, historical and biblical scenes. He was
educated at Edinburgh Academy, then served an apprenticeship as
a civil engineer for 5 years, although he really wanted to be an
artist. In 1869, he sailed from Swansea to Genoa, and
spent the next 6 months travelling and sketching around Italy.
In Rome he made the acquaintance of Keeley Halswelle who gave
him practical advice on art. It was Halwelle whose criticism
encouraged Hole to endeavour to become a professional
painter. On returning to Edinburgh, Hole entered the
School of Design, then won admission to the life school of the
Royal Scottish Academy, first exhibiting there in 1873; in 1878
he was elected an associate of the Academy. Around this time he
took up etching and was accepted into the Royal Society of
Painters and Etchers (RE) in 1885; he was already a member of
the Royal Scottish Watercolour Society (RSW) from 1884. He
eventually became a full member of the Academy (RSA). Original
etching, title MASTER HOLDENOUGH'S STORY, approx. 5.5 x 3.5
in. plus margins. Fine.
See above
2093. Charles Jared
Ingersoll (1782-1862) American lawyer and
Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from
Pennsylvania. Clip Signature.
2094. [ENGLAND] John Mason Good (1764-1827) English writer on medical, religious and classical subjects. In the autumn of 1784, he began to practise as a surgeon at Sudbury in Suffolk. There he was an acquaintance of Nathan Drake, a fellow writer and student of Shakespeare. n 1794 John Good became a member of the British Pharmaceutical Society, and in that connection, and especially by the publication of his work, A History of Medicine (1795), he did much to effect a greatly needed reform in the profession of the apothecary. OFFERED HERE is clip signature. Accompanied by a clip signature of Nathan Drake (1766-1836) English essayist and physician. Drake's works include several volumes of literary essays, and some papers contributed to medical periodicals, but his most important production was Shakespeare and his Times, including the Biography of the Poet, Criticisms on his Genius, and Writings; a new Chronology of his Plays; a Disquisition on the Object of his Sonnets; and a History of the Manners, Customs and Amusements, Superstitions, Poetry and Elegant Literature of his Age (2 vols., 1817). Click below to see portrait of Nathan Drake, which does NOT come with this lot. Two signatures.
2095. [OPERA] John Dudley [1905-1994] Between December 1940, when he made
his debut as a student in Louise , and May 1944, he appeared in
235 performances at the Metropolitan Opera House and elsewhere,
taking 28 roles in 24 different operas. He may be heard on
several recordings of live Met productions. SIGNED, inscribed [someone tried to erase name inscribed to], 8x10 vintage photo. Photograph by James Abresch, NYC.
2096. [MASS] Henry Joseph Gardner [1819-1892] Governor of Massachusetts from
1855-58. Gardner was the candidate of the Know-Nothing movement,
and was elected governor as part of the sweeping victory of
Know-Nothing candidates in the Massachusetts elections of 1854.
In line with the nativist and anti-Catholic politics of the
Know-Nothing movement, Gardner proposed an amendment to the
Massachusetts state constitution banning appropriations of tax
funds to Catholic schools, which was passed by the state
legislature and ratified after it was approved by referendum.
During Gardner's term in office, Anthony Burns was arrested in
Boston under the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. Edward G. Loring, a
Suffolk County probate judge who also as served U.S.
commissioner of the Circuit Court in Massachusetts, ordered that
Burns be forced back into slavery in Virginia, outraging
abolitionists and the increasingly antislavery public in
Massachusetts. Under the pressure of a public petition campaign
spearheaded by William Lloyd Garrison , the legislature passed
two Bills of Address calling for Judge Loring to be removed from
his state office, in 1855 and 1856, but in both cases Gardner
declined to remove Loring. (A third Bill of Address to remove
Loring from office was later approved by Gardner's Republican
successor, Nathaniel Prentice Banks.) SIGNATURE.
2097. [NY] BEACH,
Lewis, a Representative from New York; born in New York City
March 30, 1835; was graduated from the Yale Law School in 1856;
was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in
New York; took up residence in Orange County, N.Y., in 1861;
member and treasurer of the Democratic State central committee
1877-1879; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-seventh,
Forty-eighth, and Forty-ninth Congresses and served from March
4, 1881, until his death at his home, "Knoll View," Cornwall,
Orange County, N.Y., August 10, 1886; chairman, Committee on
Expenditures on Public Buildings (Forty-ninth Congress);
interment in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. CLIP SIGNATURE.
2098. Beatrice
(BOYD) TLS, May 31, 1979. To Charles "Buddy" Rogers. Written 2
days after Mary Pickford died. Well composed uplifting words:
"rejoice for Mary's having achieved this life, in having run
her course and completed all that God willed for her
here......" With envelope..
2099. Hiram Corson (1828-1911) American professor of literature. ALS,
Utica, NY, 1907, 4 pages, 4to. To Miss Whiting. Begins by saying
he has sent a photo of him taken by Frederick Robinson "It is
regarded as the most artistic photograph taken of me..."
Followed by good content. Two file holes o/w VG.
2100. [ENGLAND] Herbert
Marsh (1757–1839) was a bishop in the
Church of England. CLIP SIGNATURE [1821] as the Bishop of
Peterborough. Mounted to large
paper. VG.
2101. [MUSIC] Helen Pickens (1910-1984)
with her two sisters Patti Pickens and Jane Pickens a
popular radio and recording vocal trio in the
1930s. ALS, nd, on Pickens Sister
stationery, 2pp. VG..
2102. William Lindsay
Scruggs (1836-1912)
American author, lawyer, and diplomat. He
was a scholar of South American foreign
policy and U.S. ambassador to Colombia and
Venezuela. He played a key role in the
Venezuela Crisis of 1895 and helped shape
the modern interpretation of the Monroe
Doctrine. Signed bank check, 1903.
VG.
2103. [DELAWARE] Bill Roth (1921-2003) U.S. Senator from Delaware. Signed & inscribed color 8x10 photo..
2104. [OKLAHOMA] Don Nickles (b. 1948) US Senator from Oklahoma from 1981-2005. SIGNED & INSCRIBED color 8x10 photo..
2105. [KENTUCKY] Wendell Ford (b. 1924) the longest-serving US senator in
Kentucky history. Signed & inscribed color 8x10 photo..
2106. [ART] Peter Blume (1906-1992)
American painter and sculptor. His first major recognition
came in 1934 with a first prize for South of Scranton at a
Carnegie Institute International Exhibition. Signed 3x5
card. VG.
2107. [TV] Chris
Cluess is a producer and writer,
known for Saturday Night Live (1975), MADtv (1995) and Night
Court (1984). Signed [endorsed on verso] 1984 Warner Bros. pay
check. VG.
See check
See
signature on verso
2108. 1846 PRINTED GOV. DOC.
regarding Indian affairs, 3pp. Toned evenly.
Scan 1
Scan 2
2109. [FILM] William
Caskey Swaim is an American television
and film actor, best known for having played Staff Sergeant
Harry Fitz in the 1978-1979 television series, Project
U.F.O. Signed Warner bros. check made out to Swaim in
1985, endorsed by him on the verso. VG..
2110. [PORTRAIT]
George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, KB
(1718-1792) British naval officer. He is best known for
his commands in the American War of Independence, particularly
his victory over the French at the Battle of the Saintes in
1782. It is often claimed that he was the commander to have
pioneered the tactic of "breaking the line". Original
antique engraved portrait of Lord Rodney, image
about 4 x 5" plus wide margins. The engraver was Edward Scriven (1775-1841) was
an English engraver. He was born, according to his own
account, at Alcester, Warwickshire, though his name does not
appear in the parish register. He was a pupil of Robert Thew,
and became known as an engraver of portraits, in the stipple
and chalk manner. He was a supporter of the Artists' Annuity
Fund, in the establishment of which, in 1810, he took a
leading part. He died on 23 August 1841, leaving a widow and
five children. He was buried in Kensal Green cemetery, where a
stone was erected to his memory by the members of the Artists'
Fund. VG.
See engraved
portrait
2111. [GOLF] Ben Crenshaw (b.
1952) American professional golfer. In 1973, Crenshaw became the
second player in Tour history to win the first event of his
career. SIGNED & INSCRIBED 8x10 color photo. Fine.
2112. [US NAVAL] Ellsworth
Davis [1892-1946] American naval officer.
He served on the U.S.S. Florida as a signal officer, official
uniform inspector and flag lieutenant. During the U.S.
occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico on April 1914, Davis led a
company onshore and overtook the town's postal service building.
In addition to his service on the U.S.S. Florida, Davis served
in the Mediterranean and off of the U.S. Atlantic Coast on the
Brooklyn and the Fairfax. He was commanding officer of the USS
Fairfax from 1934 to 1936. The Fairfax was a Wickes-class
destroyer in the United States Navy during the World War I,
later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Richmond (G88), as a
Town class destroyer. The Fairfax took part in the Presidential
Review taken by Franklin D. Roosevelt in San Diego in March
1933, and then sailed for the East coast, where she continued
her reserve training duty. She also patrolled in Cuban waters,
and in the summers of 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, and 1940 sailed
out of Annapolis training midshipmen of the Naval Academy.
Between October 1935 and March 1937, she served with the Special
Service Squadron out of Coco Solo and Balboa, Canal Zone,
operating primarily on the Atlantic side of the Canal Zone. Offered
here is a signed 1934 bank check, The Annapolis Banking
& Trust Co. He signs "E. Davis USN." VG.
2116. ENGRAVED PORTRAIT of JEREMIAH DAY [1773-1867] NOTED YALE CLERGYMAN. Clean.
2119. (MASSACHUSETTS) CENTRAL PART OF CONCORD, MASS. - original 1839 wood-engraved view, 6-1/2 x 3-1/4 plus margins. Part of the court house is seen on the left. Burying-ground Hill [a post of observation to the British officers in the invasion of 1775] is seen a short distance beyond. VG.
2120. (MASSACHUSETTS) LENOX, MASS. - original 1839 wood-engraved view, 6-1/2 x 3-1/4 plus margins. VG..
2121. [MUSIC] Ivor Foster (1870-1959) Baritone and teacher of singing. SIGNATURE ON ALBUM PAGE, HE DATES IT MARCH 1/1902. SIGNED BELOW BY H. LANE WILSON.
2123. MARY WILSON - singer., best known for her work as a founding member of The Supremes. Signed 3x5 card..........20-30
2127. JOHN SCHNEIDER - actor. ISP, color 8x10.
2128. PETER BROWN - actor. SP, 4x6. Signed 1997.
2130. DEAN JONES - actor. ISP, 3-1/2 x 5-1/4.
2131. MITZI GAYNOR - actress. Sig/inscribed 6x4 picture.
2133. [ENGLAND] Major-General Sir John Hanbury-Williams GCVO,
KCB, CMG. (1859-1946 ). He served in South Africa
between 1899 and 1900. He was Military Secretary to Sir A
Milner from 1897 to 1900 and Military Secretary to Secretary of
State for War 1900 to 1903. He was Governor-General's Secretary
and Military Secretary in Canada from 1904 to 1909. He was
Brigadier-General in charge of Administration Scotland between
1909-1914. In 1911 he was elected as a member of the
International Olympic Committee to represent Canada and served
on the IOC until 1921. He was employed on General Staff in 1914.
During the First World War he was head of the British military
mission at Russian Stavka and was mentioned in despatches. He
was in charge British Prisoners of War Department at the Hague
from August 1917 to March 1918 and at Berne from April 1918 to
December 1918. He retired from the Army in 1919. He was Her
Majesty's Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps in the Royal Household
of the Sovereign of England from 1920 to 1934. Hanbury-Williams
was Colonel Commandant of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry from 1918. He was Extra Equerry to the King from
1934. Signed 3.5 x 2.5" card, he adds 1922 and Major
General. Lightly sun toned edges.
2134. [BENJ. HARRISON] Message from the President of the United States, Feb. 19, 1890, government document, Senate Ex. Doc. No. 66, 29 pages, signed in type by Harrison. A report relative to the purchase and release of the surplus lands in the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation.
2135. [BENJ. HARRISON] Message from the President of the United States, Dec. 18, 1889, government document, Senate Ex. Doc. No. 14, 91 pages, signed in type by Harrison. "A letter of the Secretary of the Interior relative to the purchase of a part of the Coeur d'Alene Reservation". Disdound but all present. Contains one foldout diagram.
2136. [NORTH DAKOTA] Kent Conrad (b.1948) US senator from North Dakota. In April
2006, he was selected by Time Magazine as one of "America's 10
Best Senators." Signed & inscribed color 8x10 photo.
2138. James Duff, 4th Earl of Fife KT, GCH (1776-1857) was a Scot who became a
Spanish general. On 9 September 1799 he married Mary Caroline
Manners (second daughter of daughter of John Manners and Louisa
Tollemache, 7th Countess of Dysart ), who died on 20 December
1805 without children. Thereupon Duff sought distraction in 1808
by volunteering to join the Spaniards in their war against
Napoleon . His assistance was gladly received, especially as he
came full of enthusiasm and with a full purse, and he was made a
major-general in the Spanish service. He served with great
distinction at the battle of Talavera , where he was severely
wounded in trying to rally the Spanish runaways, and was only
saved from becoming a prisoner by the gallantry of his lifelong
friend, Major (afterwards Lieutenant-general Sir) S. F.
Whittingham. In that year, 1809, he became Viscount Macduff on
his father's accession to the Irish earldom of Fife, but he
still continued to serve in Spain, and was present during the
defence of Cadiz against Marshal Victor, and was again severely
wounded in the attack on Fort Matagorda in 1810. On 17 April
1811 he succeeded his father as fourth Earl Fife, and as Lord
Lieutenant of Banffshire, and returned to Britain, after being
made for his services a knight of the order of St. Ferdinand. He
was elected M.P. for Banffshire in 1818, and made a lord in
waiting in the following year. He was created a peer of the
United Kingdom as Lord Fife on 27 April 1827, in which year he
was also made a knight of the Thistle. He soon afterwards
retired altogether to Scotland, where he lived at Duff House ,
Banffshire. SIGNED address panel
postmarked 1833. Tipped to
page from book mentioning him..
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![2117. [MEDICAL] ENGRAVED PORTRAIT of JOHN WAKEFIELD FRANCIS [1789-1861] one of the most distinguished American physicians. Clean.](http://home.gwi.net/%7Eecbart/francis-442.jpeg){kind=link}