Nov 08, 2018 - Sale 2492

Sale 2492 - Lot 163

Price Realized: $ 1,105
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(POLITICIANS--AMERICAN.) Group of 25 items Signed, or Signed and Inscribed, including mostly letters and 9 signatures on slips of paper. Format and condition vary. Vp, vd
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J. Edgar Hoover (2). Two TLsS, each to Robb Sagendorph, the first suggesting a caption for a photograph of FBI Special Agent Joseph A. Smith to be reproduced in Yankee Magazine, the other thanking for sending materials relating to the unsolved murder of Dr. William K. Dean. Each 1 page, 4to, "Federal Bureau of Investigation" stationery; some scattered staining and cello tape to first. Washington, 6 November 1951; 5 March 1959 Thaddeus Stevens. Brief ALS, as Representative, to "H.C. Corey[?]: "I did not visit Lancaster as I expected. I shall be glad to hear from you." 1/2 page, 4to, ruled paper. Np, 29 October 1861 Alexander James Dallas. ALS, "A.J. Dallas," as Secretary of War, to Commissioner General of Purchases, recommending that Mr. Gammond's request be granted for credit on notes given him for purchases at the War Department. 1/2 page, 4to. Np, 18 May 1816 Sam Rayburn. TLS, as Representative, to John W. Snyder, thanking him for birthday wishes. Washington, 6 January 1961 Albert Gallatin. Printed LS, as Secretary of the Treasury, to Collector William Heth, circular letter requesting that only perfectly accurate certificates of health be issued in order to alleviate damage done to commerce from Europe's quarantine laws. 1 1/2 pages, tall 4to, written on the recto and verso of a single sheet. "Treasury Department," 15 July 1801 Benjamin Williams. Partly-printed DS, "BWilliams," as Governor, granting 300 acres in Burke to Thomas Pain. 13x16 inches; markedly foxed, nearly complete separations at folds. Raleigh, 6 December 1799 William Henry Harrison. LS, "WHHarrison," as Senator, to Secretary of the Navy Samuel L. Southard, a petition recommending that James Noble be appointed purser in the U.S. Navy. Additionally signed by Richard Mentor Johnson, Thomas Hart Benton, and 14 others. 1 1/4 pages, 4to, with integral address leaf. Washington, 14 January 1828 A. Mitchell Palmer. Brief TLS, as Attorney General, to Ashley T. Cole, sending his autograph. 1/2 page, 4to, "Office of Attorney General" stationery. Washington, 18 May 1920 George Henry Williams (2). Two ALsS, "GeoHWilliams": The first, as Senator, to George Alfred Townsend, mentioning the death of William P. Fessenden, the other to George M. Johnson, giving the date of his appointment as Attorney General. Together 3 pages, 8vo, ruled paper. Washington, 22 December 1869; 18 January 1879 Nicholas Longworth. Brief TLS, as Representative, to Gerald Walker, sending his autograph. 1/2 page, 4to, "Speaker's Rooms" stationery. Washington, 1 July 1929 William Harris Crawford. Partly-printed LS, twice ("Wm H Crawford," one as Franking Signature), as Secretary of the Treasury, to Collector Joshua Wingate, requesting outstanding debentures for Bath. 1/2 page, 4to, with integral address leaf. [Washington], 3 February 1817 Mahlon Dickerson. Brief ALS, "M. Dickerson," as Secretary of the Navy, to James Barron, requesting the discharge of James Jackson for being a minor. 1/2 page, 4to. [Washington], 2 October 1836 Andrew Volstead. AQS, "A.J. Volstead," three lines from Byron's poem "Don Juan": "The drying up a single tear has more Of honest fame, than shedding seas of gore." 1 page, 3 1/2x4 1/4 inches. Granite Falls, MN, [14 April 1923] Elihu B. Washburne. Franking Signature, "ElihuWashburne," on an address panel addressed to Benjamin Rush Stoddard in another hand, mounted to a larger sheet. 3 1/4x6 inches. Washington, nd.

Signatures, mostly clipped, 4 1/2x6 inches or smaller: John C. Calhoun John Sherman William Sprague George William Curtis Langdon Cheves Reverdy Johnson William Blount Frances Perkins Clement L. Vallandigham.

From the Collection of William Wheeler III.