Price: $75,000 THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION THE ONLY KNOWN PRIVATELY OWNED COPY OF THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR INAUGURATING GEORGE WASHINGTON THE THIRD DOCUMENT PRINTED BY THE NEW UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Printed Broadside, The Committees of Both Houses of Congress, appointed to take order for conducting the ceremonial of the formal reception, & of the President of … [ Read More ]
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Jackson, Andrew
“HOW IS IT TO BE LAMENTED THAT THE MORALS OF MEN RECENTLY ARE BECOME SO CORRUPT, THAT A MAN OF HIS WEALTH AND A HIGH STANDING… SHOULD BE GUILTY OF SUCH VILE CALUMNY FOR POLITICAL EFFECT.” ANDREW JACKSON. President. Autograph Letter Signed, two pages, quarto, Hermitage, November 30, 1844. To William Prescott, the American historian … [ Read More ]
Kennedy, John F and Jacqueline
Price: $17,500 President and First Lady. Their Christmas card for 1963, signed by each, “John Kennedy Jacqueline Kennedy” beneath the printed words, “With our wishes for a Blessed Christmas and Happy New Year.” The gold embossed presidential seal appears at the top of the card. The card shows on its front cover the crèche in … [ Read More ]
Lincoln, Abraham
Price: $12,500 President of the United States. Autograph Letter Signed, A. Lincoln, one page, octavo, Executive Mansion, May 5, 1864. To Hon. Jno. A.J. Creswell. “I shall be pleased to receive the gentleman named at 2 p.m. today.” Abraham Lincoln’s appointment was with one of his staunchest supporters. John Angel James Creswell of Maryland was … [ Read More ]
Reagan, Ronald
Price: $9,500 President of the United States. Autograph Letter Signed, “Love / Dutch,” as President, December 7, 1981, one page, quarto, on White House stationery. To “Hup” (the widow of the Iowa radio station program director who gave Ronald Reagan his first job 49 years earlier). With the original White House envelope [postmarked December 7, … [ Read More ]
Reagan, Ronald
THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY REACTS TO McCARTHY’S ANTI-COMMUNIST TACTICS RONALD REAGAN. President. Document Signed Ronald Reagan, ten pages, large quarto, June 18, 1952. Headed Minutes of the Meeting of the Motion Picture Industry Council. Held in the Board Room of the Association of Motion Picture Producers. Reagan signs the minutes as secretary of the MPIC. … [ Read More ]
Roosevelt, Franklin D
FDR’S DECISIVE ACTIONS TO STEM THE DEPRESSION “THAT 97% OF THE BANK DEPOSITORS OF THE NATION ARE INSURED WILL GIVE RENEWED FAITH.” FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. President. Autograph Letter Signed and Typewritten Letter Signed, each one page, small oblong quarto and quarto, January 1 and January 22, 1934. To Walter J. Cummings, Chairman of the Federal … [ Read More ]
Roosevelt, Franklin D
Price: $10,000 President. Partly printed Document Signed, one page, narrow oblong quarto, November 4, 1932. Franklin D Roosevelt signs a “Return Receipt” acknowledging that the candidate’s name is correctly placed on the ballot: “To Burt E. Burnett, County Clerk for the County of Jackson / I hereby acknowledge receipt by registered mail, of proof copy … [ Read More ]
Roosevelt, Franklin D
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. President. Typewritten Letter Signed, one page, quarto, April 7, 1932. On his name-imprinted State of New York Executive Chamber stationery, to Mr. J. Osborn Brink in Monrovia, California. Headed “Personal” at the top in Franklin D Roosevelt’s hand. With original envelope and a letter from Roosevelt to U.S. Senator Robert F. … [ Read More ]
Roosevelt, Franklin D
Price: $2,750 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 ]
Roosevelt, Franklin D
FDR ORGANIZES LIFE AT WARM SPRINGS ON THE EVE OF THE DEPRESSION FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. President. Typewritten Letter Signed, FDR, two very full pages, quarto, Hyde Park, August 10, 1929. As Governor of New York, to Carp. After thanking Carp for his letter, Franklin D Roosevelt notes that he is home for “three comparatively … [ Read More ]
Roosevelt, Theodore
“…A WORKING MAN…IS THE MAN… I AM MORE ANXIOUS TO REPRESENT THAN ANY OTHER IN AMERICAN LIFE.” THEODORE ROOSEVELT. President. Typewritten Letter Signed, one page, quarto, New York, May 9, 1918. On imprinted stationery of The Kansas City Star, to William M. Stuart in Canisteo, New York. “That’s a very kind and friendly letter. Believe … [ Read More ]
Roosevelt, Theodore
Price: $9,500 President. Typewritten Letter Signed, two pages, quarto, on White House stationery, dated from Oyster Bay, New York, July 2, 1908. With original envelope to the Rev. William Potts George, in Ocean Grove, New Jersey. The President sends an expression of his very deep appreciation of the action of the New York Preachers Meeting … [ Read More ]
Roosevelt, Theodore
Price: $7,500 President of the United States. Attractive sepia tone photograph of the twenty-sixth president of the United States, Signed on the mount (which is an integral part of the photograph) below, “Theodore Roosevelt / Sagamore Hill / 1918.” The photograph measures 4 inches wide by 6 inches high; overall measurements are 7 inches wide … [ Read More ]
Roosevelt, Theodore
Price: $17,500 President. Typewritten Manuscript, unsigned, sixty pages, small quarto, June 30, 1914. Entitled Speech of Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Pennsylvania Progressive Conference, with extensive corrections on one page in Roosevelt’s hand. ROOSEVELT OUTLINES THE PLATFORM OF THE PROGRESSIVE PARTY. Theodore Roosevelt’s holograph corrections appear on page 37, where he had made extensive revisions, in pencil, … [ Read More ]
Truman, Harry S
Price: $4,750 President. Typewritten Manuscript, twenty-one pages, large quarto, [Washington, D.C.], November 1, 1946. Entitled Memorandum on the Organization of Staff Assistance to the President. With corrections comprising seventeen words in Harry S Truman’s hand in red crayon (shown in italic), and with corrections in the hand of Dr. John R. Steelman in ink (shown … [ Read More ]