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(ABRAHAM LINCOLN) $250.00 50334-1 Lot of five cartes de visite of Abraham and Mary Lincoln, various views, condition varies, some trimmed.

ARTHUR, CHESTER A. $500.00 35308-1 (1829 - 1886) Twenty-first President of the United States who took office following the assassination of James Garfield.Very rara manuscript D.S. "C. A. Arthur" as New York State Quartermaster General, 1p. folio, [n.p., ca. Jan., 1863], an abstract of stores issued by Arthur's department to various forces in the field, including handcuffs, shckles, nails, brooms, straw, etc., issued to among others Corcoran's Irish Brigade, the 1st N.Y. Vol. Sharpshooters, the 1st N.Y. Vol. Mounted Rifles, and others. A few very clean fold tears easily repaired, else fine. Arthur held the Quartermaster General's post for but six months!

EISENHOWER, DWIGHT D. $2,500.00 38946-1 (1890 - 1969) 34th President of the United States, Supreme Commander of Allied forces in Europe during World War II and largely responsible for the successful invasion on D-Day.Very rare, fine content A.Ms., unsigned AS PRESIDENT, 1p. 4to., [Washington, June 19, 1959], a statement penned by Eisenhower and incorporated in letters sent by him to each Senator who had voted in favor of the failed nomination of Lewis Strauss to serve as Secretary of Commerce. In full: "I cannot fail to recognize the courage, wisdom and spirit of fairness you demonstrated in the vote on the confirmation of Lewis Strauss. I am grateful". On the verso, Eisenhower has made numerous holographic corrections to a typed statement which was likely issued to the press. With his revisions, it reads: "Last night the Seante rejected the nomination of Admiral Strauss for Secretary of Commerce, a man who has served this nation under four different Presidents, both in war and peace. If the American people are to be denied the opportunity to have as their public servants men of his proven character, ability and integrity, then indeed I think it is a sad day for the nation". Strauss' pencil note at bottom indicated that Eisenhower penned the message on June 19, 1959. Fine condition. Eisenhower's holograph letters and documents as President are of the utmost rarity! In the first dozen years of the atomic age, few men played a more pivotal role in shaping U.S. nuclear policy than the former banker Lewis Strauss (1896-1974). An ardent champion of the hydrogen bomb, he was also a strong believer in the importance of maintaining a large nuclear stockpile. He chaired the Atomic Energy Commission from 1953-58, and later used his influence to strip Robert Oppenheimer of his security clearance. Over the years Strauss' arrogance and his insistence that he was always right made him unpopular on Capitol Hill. In 1959, after two months of exhausting hearings, the Senate rejected his nomination to be Eisenhower's Secretary of Commerce. The ordeal was publicly humiliating for Strauss, especially after he was caught lying under oath.

GRANT, ULYSSES S. $900.00 49036-1 (1822 - 1885) Eighteenth President of the United States and Union lieutenant general.His franking signature "U. S. Grant", as President, on an imprinted "Executive" envelope, 5¾" x 3", addressed in his hand to "Hon. A.E. Borie" in Philadelphia. Faint circular postmark. Ink smear over signature. Adolph E. Borie (1809-1880) was nominated as Secretary of Navy by President-elect Grant whom he had befriended, but served only a few months (March 9 to June 25, 1868) in the position. He returned to private life in order to resume his business interests, but remained close friends with Grant. Very good.

THOMAS JEFFERSON $11,000.00 49083-1 (1743 - 1826) Third President of the United States, author and signer of the Declaration of Independence, ceased the importation of slaves to America.Fine content A.LS. "Th: Jefferson" as President, 1p. 4to., Monticello, Sep. 13, 1808 to Samuel Harrison Smith, a prominent journalist and newspaper publisher who had founded the National Intelligencer in Washington in 1800. In full: "Sir I troubled you by the last post with an answer to the petitions against the embargo. I now inclose the copy of an answer to the Counter-Addresses, which being not likely to be to [sic] numerous, I will pray you to print me 50 copies & to send them by the post which will leave Washington on Monday the 19th inst. I salute you with esteem & respect. Th: Jefferson". Several words at left have bled from dampness yet all remain bold and easily legible, and with little effort could be restored by able hands. Nicely framed in gilt wood. The Embargo Acts were a series of laws passed by Congress between 1806-1808, during Jefferson's second term. They were instigated by the "Chesapeake incident", in which Britain attacked an American vessel. Britain and France were at war; the U.S. was neutral and trading with both sides, as both sides in turn tried to hinder American trade with the other belligerent. The acts passed by Congress sought to curtail trade with England and France, and grew increasingly restrictive, eventually banning all foreign trade. The last, signed into law on April 24, 1808, was nicknamed the "Enforcement Law". It decreed that port authorities were allowed to seize cargoes without a warrant, and/or to bring to trial any shipper or merchant who was thought to have merely contemplated violating the embargo. It also granted Jefferson the right and the duty to use both the Army and the Navy to enforce the embargo laws. Both military and naval units mobilized against the citizenry to enforce the Embargo, a clear violation of Jefferson's own republican ideals. In this letter, Jefferson clearly seeks to respond to the enormous outcry his strangling trade policies have caused, partly through the printing and distribution of his "answer to counter-addresses" to his actions.

(ABRAHAM LINCOLN WHITE HOUSE DESERT PLATE) $700.00 44056-1 A neat relic from the Lincoln White House, two large fragments of the Lincoln's dinner service, undoubtedly from a dessert plate. The larger fragment measures 5 1/2" x 3", the smaller is 3" x 2", both bearing hand-painted gold trim design against a mauve and white background. Sold with a replica of the original plate issued by the Woodmere China Co., in presentation box. Examples of Lincoln's White House china are very rare, and if this plate had been intact, it would be worth many thousands of dollars. A fine grouping for framing and display.

(KENNEDY ASSASSINATION) $100.00 51723-1 SID PIETZSCH Texas politician and media communications representative who rode in the motorcade two cars back with the mayor of Dallas.Fine content T.L.S, 1p. 4to., on personal letterhead, Dallas, July 3, 1973, to author Jim Bishop, in part "....Mayor Cabell was riding with his wife just two cars behind that in which rode the Kennedys and the Connollys...and recognized instantly the crack of the rifle that killed the President and wounded the Governor. While I personally believe that his story and that of his city is far more unusual than still another Ladies Home Journal parade of Kennedy legend, I believe also that his memory may still be too tender for exploration - -even now...". More fine content! Very good.

(KENNEDY ASSASSINATION) $50.00 51726-1 NORMAN COUSINS (1915 -1990) American author and world peace advocate.Excellent content T.L.S., 2pp., 4to., on World magazine letterhead, May 10, 1973, to fellow author Jim Bishop, in part: "...I was driving from New Canaan to New York...I turned the radio on....the announcer was saying something about a Governor having been shot. The announcers' voice was not particularly agitated...then suddenly it happened: The President had been shot and his car had broken away from the motorcade and was heading towards the hospital. Each statement more grave...more terrifying...I felt a great earthquake around me...everyone else seemed, too, know the world was not the same. The man at the toll booth on the Henry Hudson was sobbing. Some cars just beyond the toll booth had pulled over. The people in the cars were just sitting there, lifeless. A motorcycle cop was parked just behind one of the cars and seemed tamed and meek and out of character, as though there was nothing left for him to do. Everyone was driving more slowly now. The President's car had arrived at the hospital and everyone had a sense of the worst, even though the reports stopped short of finality. It was the noon hour when I drove into the parking lot on 44th street...the streets seemed devoid of people. The world hadn't come to an end but you had the feeling that this was what it might have been like..". Very good.

CALVIN COOLIDGE $170.00 23012-1 T.L.S. as Governor of Massachusetts, 1p. 4to., Boston, Sept. 16, 1919 to John Hays Hammond thanking him for a letter "...relative to the visit of Cardinal Mercier...". Usual folds, lightly wrinkled, otherwise very good.

FORD, GERALD R. $125.00 27605-1 (b. 1913) 38th President of the United States who assumed office upon the resignation of Richard Nixon, who Ford later pardoned for any involvement in the Watergate scandal.T.L.S. "Jerry" on his Congressional letterhead, 1p. 4to., [n.p.], Apr. 8, 1970 to Don L. Chaffee, father of astronaut ROGER CHAFFEE who died in the Apollo 1 launch pad fire. Ford explains his efforts to obtain a release of an airman who had enlisted and now seeks an occupational deferment. Fine.

JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION EUGENE MCCARTHY $200.00 50817-1 (1919 - 2005) American senator and presidential candidate. Fine content carbon copy typescript manuscript of his famous eulogy for John F. Kennedy, with a T.L.S. on Simon & Schuster letterhead, 1p. 4to., New York, May 3, 1973, to noted author Jim Bishop, who was writing a book about Kennedy, about his recollections on the fateful day of John F. Kennedy's death. The letter reads, in part: "...I was eating lunch near [powerful Washington lobbyist] Maurice Rosenblatt in the restaurant of the Plaza Hotel...when I received a phone call telling of the shooting. All members of the Senate were asked to come to the floor of the Senate to await further information and developments. I stopped at St. Joseph's church on the way to the Senate...and wrote what eventually appears as this eulogy...". McCarthy's eulogy was so stirring that the G.P.O. decided to print it for distribution to the public. Included is McCarthy's reading copy of the eulogy, with his holograph corrections, in part"...it is not for us to attempt to measure or assign the guilt for his assassination and death, for the burden of the act is too great to be borne by any one man. The act and its consequences must be related to all our actions, and the burden of guilt must be shared by all who through the years have excited and stirred the simple and the anxious...We cannot rest in the disillusionment or in grief. Instead, we must move on from these harsh realities, and we must seek to accomplish the things for which the President stood - things made clearer by his death...". Much more. Very good condition. A wonderful, indeed historic, piece.

NIXON, RICHARD M. $475.00 43532-1 (1913-1994) Thirty-seventh President of the United States who led during the Vietnam War, re-opened diplomatic ties with China and the U.S.S.R., resigned his office due to the Watergate scandal.Fine content T.L.S. with his typically encircled initials "RN" on his personal letterhead, 1p. 4to., New York, Feb. 22, 1985 to Hon. Bob Wilson sending his book No More Vietnams. In part: "...Since April 30th will mark the tenth anniversary of the fall of Saigon, we shall probably be inundated in the weeks ahead with scores of books, columns and television documentaries criticizing and lamenting the American role in Vietnam...after witnessing the reign of terror that has been imposed upon the people of Vietnam and Cambodia by the Communist regimes we opposed, fair-minded observers can reach only one conclusion: Whatever our mistakes, the United States tried and failed in a just cause in Vietnam...'No more Vietnams' can mean that we should not try [underlined] again. It should [underlined] neab we must not fail [underlined] again...". Fine, matted with a photo of Nixon greeting American soldiers.

EARLY REPORT OF LINCOLN ASSASSINATION $625.00 49912-1 Most desirable very early account of John Wilkes Booth's shooting of Abraham Lincoln, as reported in the New York Tribune, 8pp., New York, Apr. 15, 1865, uncut. The newspaper bears black-ruled borders with the late-breaking report printed on page four. The headline reads: "HIGHLY IMPORTANT! The President Shot! Secretary Seward Attacked". There follows ten dispatches from Washington, alternately reporting Lincoln as dead, then wounded, with Stanton as "assassinated". As the dispatches arrived, more and more details of the attacks became known, including a moment-by-moment account of events at Ford's Theater, Lincoln's slow death, the identification of Booth and efforts being made to effect his capture, and so on. At press time, the ditors indicate that they are still unceratin as to whether or not Lincoln was still alive. The coverage occupies three full columns, with light wear and soiling to folds on the front cover only, with two winy pinholes thereat, asmall collection label at top (could be removed), else very good. SOLD WITH: The New York Times, Apr. 17, 1865, 8pp. (uncut), further reporting on the assassination on page one, headed: "OUR GREAT LOSS…DETAILS OF THE FEARFUL CRIME…Closing Moments and Death of the President". The black-bordered columns ar efilled with details of the attack, the search for Booth, the inauguration of Andrew Johnson, church observances, and so on. Bottom half of front page is moderately foxed with a number of chips at margin, otherwise good. Two newspapers.

(JOHN F. KENNEDY) $600.00 23625-1 A wonderful Kennedy family relic, a charming 10" x 8" color photograph by White House photographer Cecil Stoughton, showing Caroline and little John -John ca. 1963, sitting on a bench on the White House lawn with their nanny Maude Shaw. This photograph hung in the White House for many years. Photographer's backstamp on verso of mount. Ex-Guernsey's John F. Kennedy sale, with a copy of the original auction invoice. Mounted to a stiff white board, photo a tad faded from display, with slight wear to edges, else very good. A fine item for display!

JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION GEORGE ROMNEY $150.00 51724-1 (1907 - 1995) American politician, Governor of Michigan and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Fine content T.L.S., 4to., on personal letterhead, April 19, 1973, to author Jim Bishop, in part: "...I was in Omaha, Nebraska, at the Strategic Arms Defense Center...when news came in that the President had been shot. Initially, there was no indication as to how serious the injuries might be...however, during lunch the full nature of his injuries were finally reported...and we all returned to our own states to deal with any problems that might arise. I was concerned whether this reported the action of an individual or whether it involved some conspiracy...domestic or international...". George Romney is the father of Mitt Romney! With the original envelope, very good condition.

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