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JAMES A. GARFIELD WRITES SEC OF STATE, HAMILTON FISH, TO CLARIFY THE WORDING OF A RECENTLY PASSED LAW
GARFIELD, JAMES (1831-1881) 20th President of the United States. Intriguing and enlightening, Autograph Note Signed, “J.A. Garfield,” on Departmental Telegraph Lines stationery. One page, oblong large octavo. House of Representatives, U.S., December 8, 1874. Garfield writes to Secretary of State HAMILTON FISH:
P.T. BARNUM ON HIS SUPERB PICTORIAL LETTERHEAD
BARNUM, PHINEAS T. (1810-1891). American showman. Autograph Note Signed, “P.T. Barnum,” on a magnificent imprinted Headquarters of Barnum’s American Museum letterhead bearing an image of Barnum’s New York museum. One page, octavo. New York. “Sept[ember] 20 1865.”
WONDERFUL SIGNED SEPIA-TONED PHOTOGRAPH OF THOMAS EDISON
EDISON, THOMAS A. (1847-1931). American inventor. Handsome, sepia-toned Photograph Signed, “Thos A. Edison”, with his bold umbrella paraph, under his image, on the photographic surface.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES — AN ATTRACTIVE ALS ON SUPREME COURT STATIONERY
HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL. (1841-1935). American jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Autograph Letter Signed, “O.W. Holmes,” on Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C.. One page, octavo. May 19, 1924
“I AM SORRY THAT OUR WORK FOR EQUAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN COMES IN COLLISION WITH THE BIG RECEPTION – BUT THOSE EARNEST TO HELP IN THE CAUSE WILL GO TO OUR MEETING FIRST & TO THE RECEPTION LATER & SO TAKE IN BOTH”
ANTHONY, SUSAN B. (1820-1906). American woman-suffrage advocate. Autograph Letter Signed, “Susan B. Anthony”, on imprinted Woman Suffrage New York State Constitutional Convention letterhead. Four full pages, octavo. Rochester, N.Y., Feb 3, 1894. Minor edge wear, else very fine condition. To Ms Hawkins. Anthony writes: