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SIGNED CABINET PHOTOGRAPH OF GROVER CLEVELAND
CLEVELAND, GROVER. (1837-1908). Twenty-second and twenty-fourth President of the United States (1885-9, 1893-7). Albumin octavo Cabinet Photograph Signed, “Grover Cleveland”, underneath his image, possibly as President.
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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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FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE — WRITES OF HER HEAVY WORK LOAD
NIGHTINGALE, FLORENCE. (1820-1910). British nurse, hospital reformer and humanitarian. Partial Autograph Letter Signed, “F. Nightingale”. One page, oblong octavo. [Approximately 4 1/2 x 7 inches] No place, April 7, 1891.
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JAMES MADISON, CAESAR RODNEY AND ROBERT SMITH — A VERY EARLY ‘LETTERS PATENT’ ISSUED FOR AN IMPROVEMENT IN “THE STEAM STILL” — USED IN 18/19TH CENTRY WHISKEY AND SPIRIT PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES
MADISON, JAMES. (1751-1836). Fourth President of the United States (1809-1817). Partly-printed Document Signed, “James Madison”, as President, and countersigned by ROBERT SMITH as Secretary of State. Additionally signed by CAESAR RODNEY, Attorney General of the United States. Madison’s and Smith signatures are dark and boldly penned. Rodney’s is light, but readable.
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JOHN ADAMS ~~ AN EXCEEDINGLY-RARE PRIVATEER’S COMMISSION SIGNED DURING THE UNDECLARED “QUASI-WAR” WITH FRANCE
ADAMS, JOHN. (1735-1826). Second President of the United States; Signer of the Declaration of Independence; Vice President; and Minister to Holland and England. Exceedingly-rare Partly-Printed Document Signed, as President. One page, large folio. [approximately 16 x 13 inches]. Philadelphia, November 14, 1799. Countersigned by TIMOTHY PICKERING, Secretary of State.
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SIR WINSTON S. CHURCHILL — A SIGNED WALTER STONEMAN PHOTOGRAPH OF THE WAR-TIME PRIME MINISTER TAKEN IN 1941
CHURCHILL, WINSTON (1874-1965). Prime Minister of Great Britain. Vintage matte-finish Walter Stoneman photograph taken in November of 1941, depicting Churchill in a full face, 1/2 length bust pose seated, with his right hand on the Cabinet War Room table.
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KING GEORGE III — BOLD SIGNATURE OF THE “MAD” KING — IN THE 50TH YEAR OF HIS REIGN – 1810
GEORGE III. (1738-1820). King of England, he reigned: (1760-1820); In 1811 it was acknowledged that he was violently insane with the doctors continuing to hope for recovery, but Parliament enacted the Regency Act whereby the Prince of Wales (the future George IV) essentially ruled. Interesting fragment of a Manuscript Document Signed, “George R”, as King. One page, oblong small quarto. [approx 7 x 10 inches].
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