American leaders: Winfield Scott. Signature and date on a small card. 2¼x3½ inches. Np, 1858 • Theodore Roosevelt. Brief TLS, as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, to Mrs. Lila Decatur Mayo, promising to do what he could to "keep the name of Decatur in the Navy." ¾ page, 4to, "Navy Department" stationery. Washington, 26 April 1897 • William J. Donovan. TLS, "Bill," to Admiral Morten Deyo, mentioning legal battles in Hong Kong against the British. 1 page, 4to, "Donovan Leisure Newton Lumbard & Irvine" stationery. New York, 21 February 1950.
Writers: John Fox, Jr. Typescript, unsigned, with extensive holograph corrections, for "Larnin' on Greasy." 20 pages, 4to. Np, nd • Sydney Rosenfeld. Album leaf Signed and Inscribed, "'A House of Cards' / Baltimore / Md. Mar 11th 1896." 1 page, oblong 12mo. Baltimore, 11 March 1896 • Mary Roberts Rinehart. Brief TLS, to "My dear Mrs. Lehr," thanking for her sympathy, with Autograph postscript Signed: "I know you understand. To sorry to send a dictated note. MRR." 1 page, oblong 12mo, correspondence card with mourning border. [Washington], 5 November 1932.
Musicians: Pablo Casals. TLS, to Admiral Morton L. Deyo, concerning his efforts to preserve Ruth Lynda Deyo's opera, Diadem of Stars. 1 page, 4to, personal stationery. Santurce, 1 August 1967 • Emma Eames. Photograph Signed and Inscribed, "To Ruth Deyo with love / Emma Eames / Tosca IInd Act," bust portrait by Aimé Dupont. Inscribed in the image along lower edge. 7x5 inches. Np, nd.
Artists: C. Wellington Furlong. TLS, to Maria Deyo, describing his painting depicting the burning of the U.S. Frigate Philadelphia, mounted to verso of reproduction of the painting. 1 page, 8vo. Np, 18 October 1947 • Herbert Haseltine. Two ALsS, to "Dear Mrs. Hillen," each including a tiny doodle of a horse, recommending a furniture seller or assuring that he is busy with the horse. Together 6 pages, 12mo, written on two folded sheets. [London], 16 August 1908; [Paris], nd • Edmund Dulac. Two reproductions of illustrations by him, each Signed on mount, one additionally Inscribed, "To a dream Castle." 11x8½ inches overall. Np, nd.
Actors: Group of 5 album leaves, each Signed: Ethel Barrymore. Additionally dated, "1896"; Frank Worthing. Additionally dated, "'96"; William H. Crane. Additionally Inscribed, "Very Truly Yours / . . . Feb 4th '97"; Maxine Elliott. Additionally inscribed, "Yours sincerely / . . . Baltimore '96"; Madge Lessing. Additionally Inscribed, "Most Sincerely Yours / . . . 'Jack the Giant Killer'." Each 1 page, oblong 12mo. Vp, vd.
With--(Richard Nixon.) Typed Letter, with signature created by Autopen machine, to "Mrs. James H.P. Garnett" thanking for her letter on Vietnam. 1 page, 4to, White House stationery. Washington, 3 December 1969.