Price: $8,500 American inventor of the telephone. Letter Signed, two and one-half pages, quarto, Northampton, Massachusetts, March 15, 1906. To Dr. A. L. E. Crouter, president of the American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf. Also signed by three witnesses. “As I am about to sail for Europe, and since I … [ Read More ]
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Carnegie, Andrew
Price: $12,500 Scottish-born American industrialist; merged Carnegie Steel Co. with United States Steel Corp. Typewritten Letter Signed, one page, quarto, New York, January 24, 1913. On his name-imprinted stationery, to Duffield Osborne, a representative of the Authors Club. “I wish to put on record my deep appreciation of, and grateful thanks for, the kind notis … [ Read More ]
du Pont de Nemours, Pierre-Samuel
Price: $15,000 French economist; leading member of the Physiocratic school and author of many economic treatises. Autograph Letter Signed, du Pont de Nemours, one full page, octavo, New York, December 24, 1800. In French, to Félix Faulcon, an old friend in Paris. On the verso is a letter written by one of his daughters-in-law. “You … [ Read More ]
Ford, Henry
Price: $12,500 American automobile manufacturer. Superb oversize Photograph, showing Ford examining an automobile engine, signed and inscribed to “Mrs. Cameron” in the light lower portion. The black & white photograph measures 11 inches wide by 14 inches high. Henry Ford’s aversion to farm work and his interest in mechanical things, caused him to leave home … [ Read More ]
Fouquet, Nicolas
Price: $17,500 French finance minister; confidential agent of Cardinal Mazarin; the last surintendant whose career ended with his conviction for embezzlement. Document Signed, Foucquet N, one page, Paris, March 15, 1661. “Order is given to Mr. Nicolas, carpenter contractor of the Paris dams, to pay cash with the funds he was allocated for the year … [ Read More ]
Law, John
Price: $12,500 Scottish financier and speculator; founded Banque Générale in 1716, the first bank of any kind in France which issued paper currency and prospered; created for the development and colonization of Louisiana in 1717 the Mississippi Scheme; fled on collapse of the Scheme due to overissue of paper currency and hostile government action (1720). … [ Read More ]
Morgan, J P
Price: $4,500 American financier. Document Signed, on the verso of a bond certificate for the New Jersey Junction Railroad Company, undated. A “Trustees Certificate” guaranteeing the bond in the name of the company. The engraved, brown and cream certificate is decorated with vignettes and scrolled borders, including a large scene of an industrial harbor.
Morris, Robert
Price: $4,750 Signer of the Declaration of Independence. Autograph Letter Signed, Robt. Morris, one and a half pages, quarto, Philadelphia, August 6, 1786. To Messrs Carey & Tilghman in Baltimore, with integral address leaf attached. Ink erosion affects signature and text. “…I have chartered a ship for Messrs J.H. Stone & [C]o. to load by … [ Read More ]
Ricardo, David
Price: $17,500 British economist considered one of the most influential of the Classical Economists whose contributions dominated economic thinking throughout the 19th century. Autograph Letter Signed, one page, quarto, February 24, 1822. “Please to give Mr. David Wilkinson a ticket of admission to the Lectures to be delivered at the London Institution on his producing … [ Read More ]
Rockefeller, John D
Price: $5,000 American oil magnate. Standard Oil Trust Stock Certificate, printed in brown, for 100 shares Signed by John D. Rockefeller and Henry Flagler, April 2nd, 1885. A highly ornate partly engraved stock certificate Signed by John Rockefeller as President and countersigned by Henry M. Flagler as Secretary. A scarce variety, printed in brown, black … [ Read More ]
Roosevelt, Franklin D
Price: $4,750 President. Autograph Letter Signed, two pages, quarto, Hyde Park, New York, September 14, no year. On his name-imprinted stationery, to Dear Mr. Roberts. “I’m sorry, but still I don’t understand about the certificates. These are for 6,000 shares, the full amount to go to the organizers-and I understand that while they were to … [ Read More ]
Voyageurs
Price: $2,750 A Partly Printed Contract in which Louis Rocquebrune is engaged by the firm McTavish, McGillivray & Co. and their associates, John Ogilvy and Thomas Thain, “to make the journey both to and from Fort William on the River Kaministiguia; pass through Michilimakinac and go to the Rain Lake, if he is so required … [ Read More ]
Westinghouse, George
Price: $7,500 American inventor and industrialist; chiefly responsible for the adoption of alternating current for electric power transmission in the United States. Autograph Letter Signed, Geo. Westinghouse Jr, four pages, octavo, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 11, [1880s]. On his monogrammed stationery, to his mother, Mrs. Emeline Westinghouse in Schenectady, New York. With the original envelope. “I … [ Read More ]