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BRIGHAM YOUNG TO CHURCH ELDER GEORGE CANNON — VOICING HIS OUTSPOKEN REBUKE OF FEDERAL TROOPS BEING STATIONED IN UTAH IN 1859
YOUNG, BRIGHAM. (1801-1877). Fascinating and important Manuscript Letter Signed, “Brigham Young sen[ior]”. Three very full pages, quarto. Salt Lake City, June 23, 1859. Excellent condition. To Church elder George Cannon.
HERMAN MELVILLE’S VERY RARE SIGNATURE
MELVILLE, HERMAN. (1819-91). American novelist. His Signature, “Yours very truly / H. Melville”, as cut from a letter. One page narrow oblong 16mo. Slip of paper measures 1 x 4 1/4 inches. Small mounting strip on verso, else very fine condition.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS PENS A RECOMMENDATION FOR A SOUTH CAROLINIAN TRAVELING TO LONDON
ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY. (1767-1848). Sixth President of the United States (1825-9). Attractive, neatly penned Autograph Letter Signed, “John Quincy Adams”. One page, quarto. Washington, D.C., June 6, 1836. Very fine condition. To “Col. Thomas Aspinwall, Consul of the United States, London”.
J.M. BARRIE — A ‘PLAYFUL’ LETTER WHEREIN HE “ACKNOWLEDGES’ CO-AUTHORSHIP OF PETER PAN!
Autograph Letter Signed “J.M. Barrie,” on Adelphi Terrace House stationary. One page, octavo. [London]. September 21, 1924. With original transmittal envelope, stamped and postal marked.
JERRY FORD — MY APPEARANCE ON THE ‘MEET THE PRESS’ PROGRAM
FORD, GERALD R(UDOLPH). (1913-2006). Thirty-eighth President of the United States (1974-7); the only President elected neither President nor Vice President. Typed Letter Signed, “Jerry Ford”, on his name-imprinted Congress of the United States, Office of the Minority Leader, House of Representatives letterhead. One page, quarto. “Washington, D.C., 20515”, January 15, 1969.
THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON WILL ATTEND QUEEN VICTORIA’S CEREMONY
WELLESLEY, ARTHUR, 1ST DUKE OF WELLINGTON. (1769-1852). British soldier and statesman. Autograph Letter in the third person, as Commander-in-Chief of the British Army. One page, octavo. London, June 17, 1843.
EUGENE O’NEILL, EXPRESSES HIS ADMIRATION FOR PAUL ROBESON — BUT STILL POLITELY REFUSES TO WRITE THE INTRODUCTION TO THE BIOGRAPHY OF ROBESON, WRITTEN BY MRS. ROBESON
O’NEILL, EUGENE. Good Typed Letter Signed, “Eugene O’Neill”, on imprinted Le Plessis, Saint-Antoine Du Rocher stationery. One page, quarto. No place, February 19, 1930.