ABRAHAM LINCOLN — AS A PRACTICING ATTORNEY ON THE ILLINOIS CIRCUIT COURT — FILES A SLANDER COMPLAINT AGAINST A DEFENDANT WHO “UTTERED AND PUBLISHED…FALSE, SCANDALOUS, MALICIOUS AND DEFAMATORY WORDS…”
LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. (1809-1865). Sixteenth President. “September, 1852”, “Tazewell County, Illinois” . 8” x 3 ½ inches. An autograph fragment of a legal complaint filed by Lincoln on behalf of his client. Nearly 90+ words in his hand.
SAMUEL RICHARDSON ASKS HIS CORRESPONDENT, [MOST LIKELY HIS WIFE ELIZABETH] TO SEND OCTAVO COPIES OF HIS CLASSIC PAMELA TO HIM
RICHARDSON, SAMUEL. (1689-1761). English novelist; author of Pamela; or Virtue Rewarded (1740). Exceedingly scarce Partial Autograph Letter Signed, “S. Richardson”. One page, oblong octavo.
ERWIN ROMMEL ~ “THE DESERT FOX” WRITING FROM NORTH AFRICA — “THE GERMAN SOLDIER, EVEN UNDER THE EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT DESERT CONDITIONS, HAS BEEN FIGHTING IN EXEMPLARY FASHION, BRAVELY AND IMBUED WITH A SENSE OF DUTY… FOR THE COMMON VICTORY”
ROMMEL, ERWIN. (1891-1944). German soldier; widely recognized as one of the finest tank commanders of WWII. Superb Printed Letter Signed “Rommel”, in strong indelible pencil, circa 1941.
ROBERT E. LEE & MARY CUSTIS LEE
A wonderful surviving original pairing of signed and further inscribed CDV photographs of the Lee’s.
LINCOLN’S ‘TEAM OF RIVALS’ AND MORE! A REMARKABLE PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM CONTAINING SIGNED C.D.V.’S FROM LINCOLN’S LATE MID-FIRST TERM ADMINSTRATION AND PRESIDENCY ~ CIRCA JANUARY 1864 — THIS FABULOUS ALBUM IS HIGHLIGHTED BY ALL OF LINCOLN’S CABINET, AND THE MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE AT THAT TIME
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN] [CIVIL WAR ERA PHOTOGRAPHY]. A remarkable and highly important civil war era photographic album containing 59 CDV’s, all [but 3] of which are either signed or bear the signature of the statesman depicted.
“THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. LINCOLN. AT HOME, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1864, FROM 9 UNTIL 12 O’CLOCK.”
[ABRAHAM LINCOLN]. Extremely-rare engraved presidential invitation to the White House. One page, 16mo. [4.5 x 2.5 inches]. No place, [Washington D.C.]. Printed probably late February 1864.
NOAH WEBSTER — ORNATE CHECK SIGNED BY THE CREATOR OF THE DICTIONARY
WEBSTER, NOAH. (1758-1843). American lexicographer; author of the modern Merriam-Webster dictionary that was first published in 1828 as An American Dictionary of the English Language. Exceedingly-scarce Partly-Printed beehive vignetted Check Signed, “N. Webster”, drawn on New Haven Bank. New Haven, April 20, 1839.