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
CARNEGIE ON A LITERARY HONOR “…I WOULD NOT FORGO IT FOR MILLIONS.” 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 … [ Read More ]
Fouquet, Nicolas
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 1660, to … [ Read More ]
Law, John
AN EXTREMELY RARE LETTER OF THE CREATOR OF THE “MISSISSIPPI SCHEME” FIVE DAYS BEFORE THE BUBBLE BURST JOHN LAW. 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 … [ Read More ]
Morgan, J P
J. P. MORGAN. 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 … [ Read More ]
Ricardo, David
BRITISH ECONOMIST CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL OF THE CLASSICAL ECONOMISTS WHOSE CONTRIBUTIONS DOMINATED ECONOMIC THINKING THROUGHOUT THE 19TH CENTURY DAVID RICARDO. 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 ]
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. 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 … [ Read More ]
Voyageurs
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 to do, … [ Read More ]
Westinghouse, George
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 know how … [ Read More ]