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Must-Have
Reference
Charles Hamilton’s American
Autographs - scarce, first edition set of the renowned autograph expertʼs premier
two-volume American autograph reference set
Autographs from the Estate of Llewellyn E. Thompson, Jr.
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to see the remaining items from this outstanding Cold War collection of letters and documents
that has never before been offered for sale on the autograph market.
It contained letters from five American Presidents—Harry S. Truman,
Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and
Richard M. Nixon—as well as First Ladies Eleanor Roosevelt, Mamie
Eisenhower, and Jacqueline Kennedy and others such as Robert
F. Kennedy, Hubert H. Humphrey, Dean Rusk, and even Soviet Premier
Alexei Kosygin.
Presidents and
First Ladies
William Henry Harrison - partial
autograph letter signed in which Harrison, the 1840 Whig presidential
candidate, suggests funding to spread the circulation of a
friendly newspaper, which some of his supporters in Congress abused their franking
privilege to mail free, ca. 1840, unframed
John Tyler - rare genuinely
signed presidential document in which Tyler approves the transfer of land from a member of the
Creek tribe, 9-21-1841, unframed
John Tyler - very nice autograph letter signed as President
introducing the
16-year-old son of a prominent former Senator to the United States minister
to France, 9-28-1841, unframed
James A. Garfield - autograph note
signed early in the pivotal year of 1876, when Garfield’s political
power was on the rise, 2-25-1876, unframed
Grover Cleveland - signed Executive
Mansion card likely from Cleveland’s first term, unframed
Frances Folsom Cleveland -
very nice signed Executive Mansion card, unframed
William McKinley -
short but rare autograph note signed, with
an uncommon full signature, the closing of a letter that President McKinley
wrote to his wife, Ida Saxton McKinley, unframed
Theodore
Roosevelt - typed
White House letter in which TR expresses his
“fervent
belief in rifle clubs,”
which
“render
a real and great service to the nation,”
7-5-1904, unframed
Theodore Roosevelt - typed
letter signed to famed New York social worker John Adams Kingsbury thanking
him for a book, 7-12-1911, unframed
Theodore
Roosevelt - exceptional
content typed letter signed encouraging organization of the Progressive
Party in Rhode Island, 4-10-1913, unframed
Warren G. Harding - The White House card attractive for framing
with a nicely centered black ink Harding signature, unframed
Warren G. Harding - beautifully framed presidential appointment
document for a District of Columbia judge, 9-12-1922
Herbert Hoover - autograph letter signed to a friend about to
depart for Europe, with a rare form of Hoover’s signature, circa 1923, unframed
Herbert Hoover - signature of Hoover on a Stanford University
business card, unframed
Franklin D. Roosevelt -
outstanding typed letter signed by FDR, seeking
the Democratic presidential nomination, about
“the present tragic economic
condition” and the need for “a return to sanity and stability” near
the depth of the Great Depression, 5-6-1932, unframed
Eleanor Roosevelt -
signed The White House card, with original mailing
envelope postmarked 7-3-1940, unframed
Eleanor Roosevelt -
virtually
pristine free-franked envelope with Mrs. Roosevelt’s full signature, “Anna Eleanor Roosevelt,” 2-24-1949, unframed
Harry S. Truman - beautifully framed Senate letter in which
Truman sends condolences to a Kansas City widow on her husband’s death,
3-10-1936
Harry S. Truman - 1959 letter
with Trumanʼs classic signature in a stunning framed display
Harry S. Truman - President Truman awards the Legion of Merit
to a British signal officer for his work with communications for the
important Yalta Conference among Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin in
February 1945, unframed
Harry S. Truman - extremely rare signed reproduction of the
Chicago Daily Tribune’s 1948
election night front page boldly declaring
dewey defeats truman,
framed
Harry S. Truman - excellent content typed White House letter
signed commemorating the anniversary of the Civil Service Act and
presaging Trumanʼs controversial loyalty
program, 1-4-1947, unframed
Bess Truman -
very fine condition autograph letter signed, as First Lady, sending thanks
for a gift, 9-17-1949, unframed
Bess Truman -
excellent condition autographed letter signed to New
York Post columnist Leonard Lyons, with original autograph envelope,
unframed
Dwight D. Eisenhower - presidential letter by Eisenhower during his recuperation from
abdominal surgery to the Ward Master at Walter Reed General Hospital, where Eisenhower
was treated, 7-14-1956, unframed
Dwight D. Eisenhower - uncommon
unsigned typed letter to New York Times correspondent Felix Belair saying
that, after leaving the hospital, the former President would “again be on
the firing line,” 10-28-1964, unframed
Mamie Eisenhower -
typed letter
signed as First Lady thanking the Ward Master at Walter Reed Army Hospital
for his and the staff’s help during her hospitalization for a
hysterectomy, 8-30-1957, unframed
John F. Kennedy - Heavily
hand-corrected pages from JFKʼS reading copy of a 1953
Jefferson-Jackson Day speech—last-minute corrections not on the copy in the Kennedy Library—early evidence of his effort to make himself
known nationwide and position himself to seek the White House, 5-14-1953,
unframed
John F. Kennedy - Kennedy signs an excerpt from his declaration of
the New Frontier, a campaign brochure quoting his acceptance speech at the
1960 Democratic convention, unframed
[John F. Kennedy] - a new
discovery nearly 60 years after his assassination: the last color
photograph of President Kennedy before he left Andrews Air Force Base on his
fatal trip to Texas on November 21, 1963, unsigned and unframed
Lyndon B. Johnson - Johnson, as Vice President, writes of the
“full and difficult, but challenging” days of the Cuban Missile Crisis,
11-12-1962, unframed
Lyndon B. Johnson - typed letter signed as ex-president, from his
hospital in San Antonio, thanking a lady for get-well wishes, 3-9-1970,
unframed
Lyndon B. Johnson - heartfelt letter to Jane Thompson, Ambassador
Llewellyn Thompson’s widow, replying to her letter after Thompsonʼs death the previous
month, 3-8-1972, unframed
Lady Bird
Johnson -
extra fine condition signed White House engraving with
an inscription promoting her pet beautification projects, unframed
Richard M. Nixon -
typed letter signed as Vice President
attributing the “the important Republican victory in California” in the 1954
mid-term election to “grass roots campaigning,” 11-24-1954, unframed
Richard M. Nixon - signed photo of President Nixon at the height
of his power, delivering his acceptance speech at the 1972 Republican
National Convention
Richard M. Nixon - superb autograph note signed referring to his
“long climb upward on the comeback trail,”
7-7-1979, unframed
Richard M. Nixon - first edition,
first printing copy of Nixon’s book Leaders inscribed and
signed to a close friend
Richard M. Nixon - autograph letter signed thanking a friend for a
gift of California navel oranges, 3-21-1988, unframed
Richard M. Nixon and Julie Nixon Eisenhower - the former
President sends a signed first edition copy of his daughterʼs book
Special People (two pieces), 6-24-1977
Pat Nixon -
autographed letter signed sending thanks for a Christmas ornament, unframed
Pat Nixon -
official color White House photograph of President and Mrs. Nixon, inscribed
and signed by the First Lady, with her accompanying typed cover letter on
embossed White House stationery, 8-5-1971, unframed
Gerald R. Ford - scarce early
campaign letter in which Ford, facing reelection, courts votes in a
Democratic precinct that he previously lost 3 to 1, unframed
Gerald R. Ford - as the
Minority Leader of the House of
Representatives, Ford writes of his support for changing the electoral college system, 7-2-1968, unframed
Gerald R. Ford - soon to be President himself, Ford writes of the
relationship between the President and the Congress, 2-12-1973, unframed
Gerald R. Ford - Easton Press special leather-bound edition of President Ford’s
autobiography, A Time to Heal
Gerald R. Ford and Betty Ford - very fine glossy color
photograph of President and Mrs. Ford, signed by both, unframed
Jimmy Carter - scarce handwritten letter, with a huge, bold full
signature, sending thanks for the gift of a fishing rod, 10-2-1989, unframed
Jimmy Carter - excellent content
typed letter signed in which the former President explains his commitment to
the worldwide work that he and Mrs. Carter were doing through The Carter
Center, 3-15-1991, unframed
Ronald Reagan - captivating glossy black-and-white photo of a
grinning Reagan, nicely inscribed and signed, unframed
Ronald Reagan - in his only letter
with racist terms ever to come on the market, Reagan calls “the black community” the “enemy,” 5-8-1978, unframed
Ronald Reagan -
outstanding political
typed letter signed, dated the day after President Lyndon B. Johnson
signed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, discussing the effect of Johnson’s
show of force in Vietnam on the 1964 presidential campaign, 8-11-1964,
unframed
Ronald Reagan -
Reagan delivers an assessment of the 1968 Republican National Convention,
claiming credit for doing “much to keep our nominee from moving to the
left,” 9-13-1968, unframed
Ronald Reagan - handwritten notes for a Reagan speech about
voluntary income tax withholding, written as Governor of California,
unframed
George H. W. Bush - uninscribed, signed color presidential
portrait of a pensive Bush on the Maine coast, unframed
George H. W. Bush - ever the
politician, the father takes the opportunity to promote the presidential
candidacy of his son, George W. Bush, 12-6-1999, unframed
George H. W. Bush -
typed letter signed by former President Bush to congratulate a
recipient of the “Daily Point of Light” award, which he created to recognize volunteerism, noting that he “utilized
the power of the Presidency to call Americans to service,” 1-13-06,
unframed
George H. W. Bush - the former President cleverly sends his
autograph on his personal bookplate, incorporating the title of his book,
All the Best, unframed
Bill Clinton - shortly after the
appointment of Kenneth Starr as Independent Counsel to investigate the
Clintons’ Whitewater dealings—the appointment that led to his
impeachment—the President sends an upbeat letter to his Arkansas
cousin predicting that “the end will bring us out all right,” 8-24-1994,
unframed
Bill Clinton - color White House portrait of a youthful Clinton,
boldly signed beneath his preprinted signature, unframed
Hillary Rodham Clinton -
typed letter signed as First Lady of Arkansas supporting
the AFS / Arkansas Visiting Teachers trip to Costa Rica, 10-18-1989,
unframed
George W. Bush -
nearly pristine inscribed and signed first edition, first printing copy of
Bush’s memoir, Decision Points
Barack Obama - virtually pristine
bank check signed with a full “Barack” signature, 9-27-2002, unframed
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