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VOLTAIRE  —  IN 1774  — CERTIFYING THE OWNERSHIP OF A SURGEON’S SURGERY

VOLTAIRE  — nom de plume of:   FRANCOIS-MARIE AROUET. (1694-1778)   French essayist and philosopher.    Very-scarce Manuscript Note Signed, ”Voltaire.”, in French.  One page, small octavo. Ferney, October 2, 1774.   

LONG LETTER FROM QUEEN MARY, CONSORT TO GEORGE V

MARY, PRINCESS. (1867-1953). Queen Consort of George V, Empress of Indian and Queen of Ireland.  Autograph Letter Signed, “Mary,” on White Lodge Richmond Park black-bordered mourning stationary. Four pages, octavo. No place. February 4, 1892.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT’S ADDRESS ON THE 100^TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF

ABRAHAM LINCOLN  —  BOLDLY INSCRIBED TO THE HEAD DOORKEEPER OF THE WHITE HOUSE, MAJOR CHARLES LOEFFLER

ROOSEVELT, THEODORE (1858-1919).  President of the United States.  Exceptionally scarce printed booklet by the Government Printing Office entitled: Address of President Roosevelt on the occasion of the Celebration of the Hundreth Anniversary of the Birth of Abraham Lincoln – Hodgenville, Ky.  February 12, 1909, boldly inscribed by TR, as President.

EARLY ALS OF BADEN POWELL, FOUNDER OF THE BOY SCOUTS, WRITTEN WHILE IN INDIA

BADEN-POWELL, ROBERT.   1^st BARON BADEN-POWELL (1857-1941).    “Hero of The Siege of Mafeking” in South Africa during the Second Boer War;   best remembered as the founder of the Boy Scout Movement.  Autograph Letter Signed, “R. Baden Powell,” on imprinted “Sialkot, Punjab” letterhead.  Four full pages, octavo.  “On route to Bombay. [India]”  April 29, no year.  [Circa 1897/8?]

A VERY RARE NAVAL APPOINTMENT SIGNED BY JOHN ADAMS, AS PRESIDENT

JOHN ADAMS.  (1735-1826)  Second President of the United States (1797-1801), first Vice President (1789-1797), and one of the leading Founding Fathers of the United States.  Uncommon Partially-printed Document Signed, “John Adams,” as President of the United States. One full page, vellum,  oblong folio. Philadelphia, December 2, 1799.

GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER WANTS HIS ‘ARMY AND NAVY JOURNAL’ DELIVERED TO HIS NEW POSTING IN THE DAKOTA TERRITORY

CUSTER, GEORGE ARMSTRONG (1839-1876)  U.S. Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars;  best remembered for his disastrous engagement at the ‘Battle of Little Bighorn’.  Boldly penned Autograph Letter Signed, “G.A. Custer, U.S. Army”.  Very full page,  quarto.  “Elizabethtown KY.,  “June 8, 1872.”

ALLEN GINSBERG DRAWS A CARICATURE

GINSBERG, ALLEN.  (1926-1997).  American poet, regarded as the spokesman for the Beat Generation of the 1950s.  Caricature Drawing Signed, “AG”, beneath the image.  Octavo.  Excellent condition.