Notables and the Notorious
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#1055:
WESLEY, JOHN
1055. JOHN WESLEY (1703 –1791) Anglican minister and Christian theologian who was an early leader in the Methodist movement. Methodism had three rises: the first at Oxford University, the secon...(more)
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#1056:
MELANCHTHON, PHILIP
1056. PHILIP MELANCHTHON (1497 - 1560) German professor and theologian, a key leader of the Lutheran Reformation, a friend and associate of Martin Luther and a father of the Lutheran Church. Me...(more)
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#1057:
SERRA, JUNIPERO
1057. JUNIPERO SERRA (1713 - 1784) Franciscan priest, founder of the California missions, which were the first settlements of western civilization in California. In 1769 he established a missio...(more)
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#1058:
YOUNG, BRIGHAM
1058. BRIGHAM YOUNG (1801 - 1877) Leader of the Mormon church who succeeded Joseph Smith as head of the church and led the mass migration to Salt Lake Valley. Young was also the first go...(more)
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#1059:
OAKLEY, ANNIE
1059. ANNIE OAKLEY (1860 - 1926) American trick shot specialist able to outshoot any rival, she toured with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show from 1885 to 1902 and was one of Cody's prime attractio...(more)
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#1060:
ANTHONY, SUSAN B.
1060. SUSAN B. ANTHONY (1820 - 1906) American reformer active in suffrage, temperance and abolitionist movements instrumental in obtaining women the right to vote. Superb signed book, The Hi...(more)
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#1061:
BADEN-POWELL, ROBERT
1061. ROBERT BADEN-POWELL (1857 - 1941) English soldier and the savior of Mafeking who later founded the Boy Scouts. Superb association I.S.P., 8" x 10" b/w, a stunning close-up of the Chief Sc...(more)
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#1062:
BADEN-POWELL, ROBERT
1062. ROBERT BADEN-POWELL Good content A.L.S. "Robert Baden Powell Chief Scout" on "The Boy Scouts Association" letterhead, 1p. 4to., London, Apr. 6, 1928 addressed: "To the Sc...(more)
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#1063:
BADEN-POWELL, ROBERT
1063. ROBERT BADEN-POWELL Fine association signed book, Baden Powell's Lesson of a Lifetime, Henry Holt & Co., New York, 1933, first edition, boldly inscribed on the front flylea...(more)
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#1064:
BAKER, GEORGE (FATHER DIVINE)
1064. GEORGE BAKER (FATHER DIVINE) (1877 - 1965) American religious leader and founder of the Peace Mission movement, a communal religious society. T.L.S. "Rev. M. J. Divine" on his chur...(more)
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#1065:
BARTON, CLARA
1065. CLARA BARTON (1821 - 1912) American nurse who tended the wounded in the Civil War and later founded the American Red Cross. Good content A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo., Glen Echo, Jan. 11, 1807 to the ...(more)
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#1066:
BARTON, CLARA
1066. CLARA BARTON A.L.S. 4pp. 8vo., Glen Echo, May 12, 1906 to Mr. Wells. In part: "...Let the [financial] request go to others for the headquarters - and fund, & whatever else, ...(more)
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#1067:
BENTLEY, WILLIAM
1067. WILLIAM BENTLEY (1759 - 1819) American Unitarian minister, scholar, columnist, and diarist. Bentley spoke twenty-one languages, seven fluently, and was an inexhaustible reader and boo...(more)
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#1068:
(CELEBRATING AUTHOR JIM BISHOP)
1068. CELEBRATING AUTHOR JIM BISHOP A nice lot of seven letters, each to noted author and columnist Jim Bishop from 1958-1974, each with personal and/or congratulatory content. Includes: MAR...(more)
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#1069:
FISCHER, BOBBY
1069. BOBBY FISCHER (1943 - 2008) Eccentric American chess champion, the first American to hold the world chess title. Signed magazine, a Russian chess periodical, 34pp. 4to., March, 1958, bold...(more)
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#1070:
KELLER, HELEN
1070. HELEN KELLER (1880 - 1968) American author who overcame her lack of sight, speech and hearing to write inspirational accounts of her life. Superb I.S.P. 8" x 10" sepia, showing Keller sea...(more)
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#1071:
KING, REV. MARTIN LUTHER
1071. REV. MARTIN LUTHER KING (1929-1968) Clergyman and civil rights leader who advocated nonviolent but active and massive confrontation in order to obtain rights for blacks. Bold signature an...(more)
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#1072:
LILIENTHAL, DAVID
1072. DAVID LILIENTHAL (1899 - 1981) American lawyer and first chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, the author of the Lilienthal-Acheson Report adopted by President Harry Truman. Fine cont...(more)
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#1073:
MONTEFIORE, MOSES
1073. MOSES MONTEFIORE (1784 - 1885) British Jewish philanthropist who devoted his life and his fortune to the betterment of Jews in Palestine, Morocco, and Rumania. Large, bold full subscripti...(more)
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#1074:
MOODY, DWIGHT L.
1074. DWIGHT L. MOODY (1837-1899) American evangelist, made two tours with Ira D. Sankey and was widely popular. Scarce T.L.S. "D.L. Moody" 1p., 4to., on imprinted stationery of The ...(more)
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#1075:
NORTON, JOSHUA, AKA EMPEROR NORTON I
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#1076:
PAVLOVA, ANNA
1076. ANNA PAVLOVA (1882 - 1931) Russian ballerina famed for her dance creations and school for the teaching of dance. S.P., 3O" x 5O", postcard photograph, by Mishkin, New York, an exuberant p...(more)
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#1077:
POPE PIUS VI PAPAL BULL
1077. POPE PIUS VI PAPAL BULL (1717-1799) Pope from 1775 to 1799, captured by Napoleon's forces and died in captivity. His tragic pontificate was the longest of the 18th century. Manuscript D.S...(more)
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#1078:
PIUS X
1078. PIUS X (1835 - 1914) GIUSEPPE M. SARTO Pope and saint greatly involved in social issues, particularly concerning the poor, revised the ecclesiastical laws, canonized in 1954. Rare,...(more)
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#1079:
PIUS XII
1079. PIUS XII (1939 - 1958) Pope who maintained neutrality in World War II, opposed Catholic collaboration with the Communists and maintained traditional Catholic social doctrine. T.L.S. "E...(more)
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