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SUSAN B. ANTHONY — DETAILS A PIVOTAL MOTIVATING EVENT IN HER EARLY LIFE AND CAREER: “I HAVE NEVER HAD A MISGIVING AS TO THE RIGHTFULNESS OF AIDING MRS. P[HELPS] TO PERSONAL FREEDOM – AND ONLY HAVE TO REGRET THAT IT HAS BEEN SO VERY LITTLE AID AND COMFORT IN MY POWER TO RENDER.”
ANTHONY, SUSAN B. (1820-1906). American woman-suffrage advocate. Scarce, early, and Important Autograph Letter Signed, “Susan B. Anthony”. Four very full pages, octavo. Rochester, N.Y., October 30, 1861.
$16,500.00
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IKE TO MAMIE – A WAR-TIME ALS
EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D. (1890-1969). Thirty-fourth President of the United States (1953-61). Uncommon Autograph Letter Signed, “Ike”. Two full separate pages, quarto. No place, July 23, no year [1945]. Very fine condition. To “Darling” [his wife, Mamie].
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ROBERT E. PEARY, THE FIRST MAN TO CLAIM TO HAVE REACHED THE NORTH POLE, PROTECTS HIS PUBLICATION RIGHTS TO HIS BOOK: ”THE LURE OF THE POLE”
PEARY, ROBERT, E. (1856-1920) Rear Admiral, North Pole Explorer. Document Signed “R. E. Peary”. One page, oblong octavo. May 8, 1905.
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WINSTON CHUCHILL — SOON TO BECOME PRIME MINISTER OF ENGLAND, PENS AN ATTRACTIVE ONE PAGE ALS, JUST 7 MONTHS AFTER ENGLAND HAD DECLARED WAR AGAINST GERMANY, THUS FULLY ENTERING INTO WWII
CHURCHILL, SIR WINSTON S. (1874-1965). British politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1940-1945, 1951-1955). Choice Autograph Letter Signed, “Winston S. Churchill”, on crested Admiralty, Whitehall stationery. One full page, octavo. London, April 1, 1940. Very fine condition.
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JIMMY CARTER ALS DURING HIS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
CARTER, JIMMY (b 1924) President of the United States and Nobel laureate. Scarce Autograph Letter Signed “Jimmy” on his name imprinted “Jimmy Carter / 1 Woodland Drive / Plains Georgia 31780” stationery. Full page, large octavo. February 17, 1976. To “Bob Boch”. Pristine condition.
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GROVER CLEVELAND, WRITING AS PRESIDENT ON HIS PERSONAL ‘GRAY GABLES’ STATIONERY STATES: HE HAS NO POWER TO PARDON A BIGAMIST CONVICTED IN THE SATE OF NEW JERSEY. AS IT WAS A VIOLATION OF NEW JERSEY STATE LAW, AND NOT UNDER HIS JURISDICTION
CLEVELAND, GROVER. (1837-1908). Twenty-second and twenty-fourth President of the United States (1885-89, 1893-97). Scarce Autograph Letter Signed, “Grover Cleveland”, as President, on his personal imprinted Gray Gables Buzzards Bay, Mass. stationery. Two pages, octavo. July 15, 1896. Very fine condition. To “Mrs. M. E. Calvan”.
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CALVIN COOLIDGE, IN AN EXTREMELY RARE PRESIDENTIAL ALS WRITES TO THOMAS COCHRAN, THE MAN WHO HELPED COOLIDGE GET NOMINATED FOR VICE PRESIDENT IN 1920, AND REFERENCES THE ‘CALLES-MORROW AGREEMENT’ WITH MEXICO THAT CEMENTED FOREIGN OIL COMPANY RIGHTS IN MEXICO FOR DECADES TO COME
COOLIDGE, CALVIN. (1872-1933). Thirtieth President of the United States (1923-1929). Extremely-rare Autograph Letter Signed, “Calvin Coolidge”, as President, on imprinted The White House, Washington letterhead. Two very full separate pages, quarto. Washington, D.C., February 10, 1928. To Thomas Cochran, New York City. Fine condition.
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