Online Inventory

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A

Arthur, Chester A. - large postmaster appointment document signed with a beautiful 4½” signature, 2-24-1885

B

Queen Beatrix - beautiful photograph of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and her consort, the late Prince Claus

Black, Hugo L. - rare, extra fine Autograph Note Signed as Associate Justice, unframed

Bradley, Omar N. - inscribed, signed photograph by Fabian Bachrach

Bradley, Omar N. - inscribed, signed photograph

Brandeis, Louis D. - autograph letter signed as Associate Justice, with excellent associational content regarding Palestine, 7-1-1918, unframed

Brandeis, Louis D. - signature, place, and date as Supreme Court Justice, together with original Supreme Court envelope addressed by Brandeis

Brandeis, Louis D. - autograph sentiment

Brennan, William J., Jr. - scarce autograph note signed to the clerk of the Supreme Court expressing condolences on his father’s death, unframed

Bridges, Styles - typed note signed

Burger, Warren E. - exceptional book containing Burger’s selection of his most significant Supreme Court opinions, boldly inscribed and signed

Bush, George H. W. - political content typed letter signed 4-1-1980

Butler, Pierce - autograph letter signed, as Associate Justice, with original autograph envelope, unframed

Byrd, Harry Flood, Sr. - typed letter signed 3-6-1958

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Cabell, Edward Carrington - autograph letter signed 1-5-1851

Cardozo, Benjamin N. - autograph note signed 10-28-1937, with original hand-addressed envelope also initialed by Cardozo

Chandler, Albert B. "Happy" - typed letter signed 2-26-1940

Churchill, John, 1st Duke of Marlborough - manuscript document appointing a laborer in the Office of Ordnance, 2-1-1702/3, unframed

Clark, Tom C. - magnificent 3/4 length portrait photograph of Clark, as Associate Justice, by Fabian Bachrach, inscribed and signed to Truman aide Clark Clifford and his wife, Marny, December 1949

Clark, Tom C. - signed cacheted first day cover honoring the 175th anniversary of the adoption of the Bill of Rights

Cleveland, Grover - choice very early legal document, filled out and signed by Cleveland in 1858

Cleveland, Grover  - post-presidential autograph letter signed with excellent content regarding Cleveland’s reluctance to comment on public issues

D

Daniel, Margaret Truman - rare set of three vintage matching The White House cards signed by Harry S. Truman, Bess W. Truman, and Margaret Truman, unframed

Dirksen, Everett McKinley - typed letter signed 1-12-1959

Dirksen, Everett McKinley - typed letter signed 7-28-1961

Dirksen, Everett McKinley - typed letter signed 4-16-1962

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Edison, Thomas A. - Edison’s own stock certificate for shares in the Edison Portland Cement Company, signed twice, once with the very scarce signature “Thomas A Edison” and once with “Thos A Edison”

Edison, Thomas A. - excellent content autograph letter signed, 1-19-1923, discussing Edison’s storage battery, his most profitable product

Edison, Thomas A. - typed letter signed 9-15-1924

Eisenhower, Dwight D. - excellent political content typed letter signed as presidential candidate, 8-20-1952, to maverick Oregon Senator Wayne Morse, mentioning Nixon and the “tough fight we are facing,” unframed

Eisenhower, Dwight D. - typed letter signed as President-Elect 12-23-1952, referring to the “high privilege” of being President

Eisenhower, Dwight D. - typed letter signed as President-Elect 1-14-1953

Eisenhower, Dwight D. - rare White House typed letter signed, “Uncle Ike,” to his great niece, 3-11-1957, with artist content, unframed

Eisenhower, Dwight D. - rare post-presidential typed letter signed, “Uncle Ike,” to his great niece, 4-4-1956, unframed

Eisenhower, Dwight D. - typed letter signed to The New York Times’ Washington correspondent, declining comment on the pending mutual security bill, 8-4-1961, unframed

Eisenhower, Dwight D. - excellent political content letter in which Eisenhower backtracks on his admitted suggestion that he favored Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., for the 1964 Republican presidential nomination, 12-19-1963, unframed

[Eisenhower, Dwight D.] - Kay Summersby - scarce World War II dated typed letter signed as aide to General Eisenhower

Eisenhower, Mamie Doud - 8” x 10” black-and-white photograph, boldly inscribed and signed, unframed

Ellsworth, Oliver - Very nice Revolutionary War-dated Connecticut pay warrant signed by Ellsworth, later Chief Justice of the United States, 10-29-1777, unframed

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Farley, James A. - typed letter signed 3-3-1955

Ford, Gerald R. - excellent content typed letter signed, 7-12-1957, referring to the greatness of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and anticipating the 1960 election

Ford, Gerald R. - outstanding typed letter signed, complaining that society overemphasizes individual rights at the expense of individual responsibility, 4-19-1965

Ford, Gerald R. - typed letter signed as House Minority Leader, 5-11-1971

Ford, Gerald R. - typed letter signed as vice presidential nominee, 10-31-1973, sending regrets that he cannot furnish an autographed copy of the Warren Commission report

Frankfurter, Felix - typed letter signed 2-21-1940 declining to comment on an issue

Frankfurter, Felix - World War II content typed letter signed on Supreme Court stationery, 11-27-1940

Fuller, Melville W. - autograph letter signed to Elbridge T. Gerry, grandson of the signer of the Declaration of Independence, 8-14-1907

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Garfield, James A. - scarce, magnificent 4” x 6” cabinet photograph boldly signed

Garfield, James A. - excellent election content manuscript letter signed, as the Republican presidential nominee, shortly before the 1880 election, 9-30-1880

Gatty, Harold, and Wiley Post - photograph signed in person by both Post and Gatty just after their record setting 8-day around-the-world flight in 1931

King George III - manuscript document signed authorizing a court martial, 5-26-1768, unframed

Glenn, John H., Jr. - inscribed, signed photograph as Mercury astronaut

Gruenther, General Alfred M. - typed letter signed 2-4-1957

Gruenther, General Alfred M. - typed letter signed 4-10-1957

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Harrison, Benjamin - typed letter signed refusing an interview with McClure’s Magazine, probably about the Spanish-American War, 5-28-1898

Harrison, Benjamin - typed letter signed declining to attend a dinner out of concern for being quoted, 2-14-1900, unframed

Hayes, Rutherford B. - postmaster appointment document 2-16-1881

Hershfield, Harry - original cartoon sketches, boldly signed and inscribed

Heydrich, Reinhard - Heydrich’s personal copy of Nazi Führer Adolf Hitler’s book Mein Kampf, with the bookplate from Heydrich’s library, signed by Heydrich

Heydrich, Reinhard - rare early signed book from Heydrich's personal library, with his bookplate and a signature predating his membership in the Nazi SS

Himmler, Heinrich - excellent dual association autograph letter signed to his mistress, written from Hegewald, his headquarters in the Ukraine, 8-9-1942, unframed

Himmler, Heinrich - rare and important association book, inscribed and signed in 1943 to Adolf Hitler's former bodyguard, SS brigadier general Ulrich Graf, who likely saved Hitler's life

Himmler, Heinrich - personal calling card signed as Reichsführer SS, sending birthday greetings

Hitler, Adolf - scarce early Nazi party document expelling a member for failure to attend an SA meeting, signed by Hitler and Nazi party Supreme Court president Walter Buch, 3-31-1927, unframed

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. - very scarce legal content autograph letter signed as Massachusetts justice, 11-1-1894, unframed

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. - crisp autograph letter signed as Justice to the editor of The Congregationalist 7-16-1911, unframed

Hoover, Herbert - typed letter signed referring to his speech on the Communist threat to the United nations, 8-25-1962, unframed

Houdini, Harry - typed letter signed 4-4-1922, unframed

Hughes, Charles Evans - signed formal Harris & Ewing portrait photograph

Humphrey, Hubert - typed letter signed 12-9-1959

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Irwin, James B. - excellent inscribed, signed color photograph of Irwin, the 8th man on the moon, saluting the American flag on the lunar surface

J

Jackson, Robert H. - typed letter signed 9-4-1939

Johnson, Lady Bird - extra fine condition signed White House engraving with an inscription promoting her pet beautification projects

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Kennedy, Jacqueline B. - poignant typed letter, on black bordered mourning stationery, signed thanking the president of Continental Air Lines for a substantial contribution to the John F. Kennedy Library fund, 5-4-1964, unframed

Kennedy, John F. - with Robert F. Kennedy and Edward M. Kennedy - outstanding trio of vintage pieces, one signed by each, all obtained by the same collector, unframed

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No current online images.

See the Presidents, Supreme Court, American History, and World History pages for available items not imaged online.

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MacArthur, Douglas - typed letter signed to a congressman as Army Chief of Staff, 5-5-1932, unframed

Duke of Marlborough, John Churchill, 1st Duke - manuscript document appointing a laborer in the Office of Ordnance, 2-1-1702/3, unframed

Marshall, John - autograph letter signed to his nephew, noting that “Almost all the eminent men of our country are lawyers,” 4-10-1820, unframed

Marshall, John, Jr. - outstanding political content autograph letter signed relating to Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, and Andrew Jackson, 8-27-1831, unframed

Mayo, Charles H. and William J. Mayo - pristine dual signed composite photograph of the renowned physicians, co-founders of the world-famous Mayo Clinic, unframed

Mayo, William J. - book inscribed and signed by the co-founder of the Mayo Clinic

McKinley, William - beautiful large document signed as Governor of Ohio 4-6-1895

McReynolds, James C. - typed letter signed on Supreme Court stationery, 7-10-1917

Minton, Sherman - autograph letter signed 12-14-1939

Morgan, J. P., Jr. - manuscript note signed sending thanks for condolences on the death of his wife, 8-25-1925

Morgan, J. P., Jr. - typed letter signed, on stationery of 23 Wall Street, thanking a correspondent, 1-29-1929

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