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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 this outstanding Cold War collection of letters and documents
that has never before been offered for sale on the autograph market.
It contains 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
John Tyler - rare land
document in which Tyler approves the transfer of land from a member of the
Creek Indian tribe, 9-21-1841, 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
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
Woodrow Wilson - beautifully framed presidential appointment
document for a District of Columbia judge, 10-16-1917
Ellen Axson Wilson
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very rare, very fine condition autographed letter
signed, 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 - beautiful warm handwritten letter to his close
friend Jeremiah Milbank, February 1948, 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
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 - the former President exercises “a bit of
discretion” in declining comment on the pending Foreign Assistance Act,
8-4-1961, 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
John F. Kennedy - Heavily
hand-corrected pages from JFKʼS reading copy of a 1953
Jefferson-Jackson Day speech, early evidence of his effort to make himself
known nationwide and position himself to seek the White House, 5-14-1953,
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 - soon to be President himself, Ford writes of the
relationship between the President and the Congress, 2-12-1973, unframed
Gerald R. Ford - photograph of President Ford with a large 4¼” inscription and signature,
unframed
Gerald R. Ford and Betty Ford - very fine glossy color
photograph of President and Mrs. Ford, signed by both, 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 - official White House color portrait of Bush in
the Oval Office, almost certainly signed as President,
inscribed “Best wishes” to no one in particular, 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
Laura Bush -
encouraging typed letter signed as First Lady, mailed the day after the 9/11
attacks, thanking an organization for its work with pediatric cancer
patients, 9-6-2001, unframed
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