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ULYSSES S. GRANT — AN OUTSTANDING AND LENGTHY PRESIDENTIAL AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, DEFENDING AND DEFINING HIS CIVIL SERVICE REFORMS
GRANT, ULYSSES S. (1822-1885). Union General and Eighteenth President of the United States. Excellent, important, and lengthy Autograph Letter Signed, as President. Four very full pages, quarto. “Long Branch, N[ew] J[ersey] / July 11th 1872.”
$18,500.00
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WALT WHITMAN “AT HOME” – SIGNED INVITATION 1887
WHITMAN, WALT. (1819-1892) American poet, essayist, journalist, and humanist. A very-rare, Partly-Printed Invitational Card for his: “At Home on Thursday Evening, / April 15th, 1887 / Westminster Hotel, N.Y.” to which Whitman has boldly signed his name at the top center.
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EMERSON QUOTES FROM HIS ‘BOSTON HYMN’ WRITTEN IN COMMEMORATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S ISSUANCE OF THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
EMERSON, RALPH WALDO. (1803 -1882) Author, poet, abolitionist, and philosopher; leader of the Transcendentalist movement. Choice Autograph Quotation Signed “R.W. Emerson”.
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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.
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AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS — THE DESIGNER OF THE US $20 GOLD PIECE
SAINT-GAUDENS, AUGUSTUS. (1848 – 1907). American sculptor, designed the $20 Saint Gaudens Double Eagle gold piece (1905–1907) for the US Mint, considered one of the most beautiful American coins ever issued. His scarce signature, penned on a 1 1/3 x 3 ½ [approx] slip of light green stationery. Very fine condition.
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JEFFERSON DAVIS — IN A LETTER TO A FORMER LOVER, PENNED JUST 7 MONTHS AFTER HIS MARRIAGE TO VARINA, RECALLS: “WHEN WE WERE TO EACH OTHER IN A DIFFERENT RELATION FROM THAT WHICH EXISTS NOW”
DAVIS, JEFFERSON. (1808-1889). First and only President of the Confederate States of America (1861-1865). Superb Autograph Letter Signed, “Jefferson Davis”. Four full pages, small quarto. Washington, D.C., September 24, 1854. Very fine condition.
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“THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT… HAS BEEN MADE SUBJECT OF SO MUCH EXCITEMENT SO AS TO SHUT OUT OF PUBLIC VIEW ALL OTHER QUESTIONS… AND HAS CONTRIVED TO TINGE ALL LEGISLATION WITH THE BLACK DEFILEMENT….”
MORSE, SAMUEL F.B. (1791-1872). American artist and inventor of the electric telegraph and Morse code. Superb Autograph Letter Signed, “Samuel F.B. Morse”. Two full pages, quarto. Poughkeepsie, New York, November 1, 1854.
$18,500.00
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