BENJAMIN FRANKLIN – PENS A RECEIPT FOR 30 POUNDS PAYMENT, FOR ONE YEAR’S INTEREST ON A BOND
FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. Attractive Autograph Document Signed, “B. Franklin”. One page, oblong octavo. [Philadelphia]. July 3, 1789.
JOHN AMHERST TO JEFFERY AMHERST — BEST KNOWN FOR HIS SUCCESSFUL SERVICE DURING THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR, AND DURING THE PONTIAC REBELLION, AMHERST AGREED TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF SMALL POX INFECTED BLANKETS AMONG THE NATIVE AMERICAS, THE ONLY RECORDED CASE OF BRITISH SOLDIERS GIVING SMALLPOX-CONTAMINATED BLANKETS TO NATIVE AMERICANS.
AMHERST, JOHN (1718- 1778). Brother of Lord Jeffrey Amherst, Admiral in the British Navy who went on to serve as Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth. Uncommon Autograph Letter Signed, “John Amherst.” Two very full pages, large quarto. “Thatched House, St. James Street, [London] April 10, 1760”. Very fine condition. To his brother JEFFERY AMHERST, 1ST BARON AMHERST (1717-1797).
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE PENS A VERSE IN MEMORY OF JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER, BY QUOTING OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES’: “EULOGY IN VERSE”
STOWE, HARRIET BEECHER. (1811-1896) American author, abolitionist; best known for her anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Choice Autograph Quotation Signed, “Harriet Beecher Stowe”, One page, small octavo. [ 4” x 5”] January 17, 1893.
SIR WINSTON S. CHURCHILL — A BOLDLY PENNED, EARLY ALS AT THE START OF CHURCHILL’S BUDDING POLITICAL CAREER
CHURCHILL, SIR WINSTON S. (1874-1965). British politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1940-1945, 1951-1955). Early Autograph Letter Signed, “Winston S. Churchill”, on his imprinted 105, Mount Street, W. stationery. Two pages, octavo. London, September 10, 1901.
RARE OFFPRINT PAMPHLET SIGNED BY PAVLOV
PAVLOV, IVAN. (1849–1936). Russian physiologist, psychologist, and physician; best known for his investigation of conditioned reflex through the use of experiments involving salivating dogs. Exceedingly rare, Original German offprint of Pavlov’s article titled: “Die normale Tatigkeit und allgemine Konstitution ser Grosshirnrinde [The normal Activity and General Constitution of the Cerebral Hemispheres]. Skandin Archive of Physiology, 1923. Vol XLIV, Walter de Gruyter & Co, Berlin and Leipzig. Approx 6 x 9 inches, octavo. 10 pages. Boldly Signed by Pavlov, on the upper right corner “Vom Verfasser” [from/by the author].
CHECK SIGNED BY LONGFELLOW
LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH. (1807-82). American poet. Partly-printed Check Signed, “Henry W. Longfellow”, with internal printed Internal Revenue stamp. 7″ x 2.75″ inches, Cambridge, Massachusetts. September 6, 1881.
DID RALPH WALDO EMERSON BELIEVE IN THE ‘SCIENCE’ OF PHRENOLOGY?
EMERSON, RALPH WALDO. (1803 -1882) Author, poet, and philosopher; leader of the Transcendentalist movement. Autograph Letter Signed “R.W. Emerson”. Two pages, small octavo. Cincinnati, Ohio. December 7, 1852.