January 15th & 16th 2010 Auction

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508

President Andrew Johnson signed letter dated July 28, 1865 addressed to Secretary of the Navy Gideon Wells, asking him to release any...

 

$400 - $800

$1755

509

Two Andrew Johnson signed military appointments to William C. Church, both dated July 24, 1867, conferring to him the rank of...

 

$500 - $1000

$176

510

William Cullen Bryant handwritten and signed letter dated 1869 in which he submits his brother John's poem titled Approach of old...

 

$300 - $500

$380

511

Two William W. Belknap handwritten and signed letters as Secretary of War on War Department stationary dated October 7, 1873 and April...

 

$150 - $250

$90

512

Three William Howard Taft signed typed documents dated April 20, 1906, September 15, 1908 and April 26, 1915.

 

$600 - $900

$878

513

Important George Armstrong Custer handwritten and signed letter dated October 22, 1874, discussing the virtues of the Rigby rifle and...

 

$8000 - $12000

$19890

514

Chester A. Arthur signed document dated 1882, appointing William Church as Commissioner to examine and report upon twenty five miles of...

 

$400 - $600

$644

515

Two William Tecumseh Sherman signed handwritten letters dated 1871 and 1883.

 

$400 - $600

$819

516

William Tecumseh Sherman signed handwritten letter dated May 22, 1889, together with his calling card, funeral notice, and a copy of a...

 

$400 - $600

$556

517

John Ericsson (1803-1889) handwritten and signed letter dated November 27, 1877, discussing the cost of submarine torpedoes, 8 1/4" x 5...

 

$300 - $500

$585

518

William McKinley typed and signed letter dated July 18, 1896, addressed to William Church, discussing Church's favor of the 13th...

 

$150 - $250

$380

519

Group of signed letters by various military figures to include one from Alexander Brydie Dyer, one from Rear Admiral Louis Malesherbes...

 

$300 - $600

$117

520

Group of signed letters by authors and editors to include five from Richard Watson Gilder, Edward Everett Hale, and six from Henry Holt.

 

$300 - $500

$176

521

Group of signed letters by authors, writers, and novelists to include five by Richard Harding Davis, one by Frederick Samuel...

 

$200 - $400

$117

522

An important Theodore Roosevelt signed typed letter from the Headquarters 2nd Birgade (sic) Cavalry Division in camp near Santiago de...

 

$8000 - $12000

$25740

523

Handwritten signed Theodore Roosevelt letter en suite with previous letter dated August 27th, 1898 in response to Colonel Church's...

 

$800 - $1200

$1287

524

Theodore Roosevelt signed typed letter dated May 1, 1899 on State of New York Executive Chamber stationary in regards to an editorial...

 

$1000 - $1500

$0

525

Theodore Roosevelt signed typed letter dated November 13, 1899 on State of New York Executive Chamber stationary.

 

$300 - $500

$117

526

Theodore Roosevelt signed typed letter dated June 23, 1903 on White House, Washington stationary regarding a promotion for Mayor Parker.

 

$500 - $1000

$819

527

Theodore Roosevelt handwritten and signed letter dated April 24, '89, apologizing to Colonial Church for his inability to help him in a...

 

$400 - $800

$1053

528

Theodore Roosevelt signed and typed letter of thanks dictated at Oyster Bay, Long Island, September 29, 1898.

 

$300 - $500

$146

529

Theodore Roosevelt signed typed letter dated June 8, 1899, on State of New York Executive Chamber stationary.

 

$300 - $500

$146

530

Theodore Roosevelt signed typed letter dated March 14, 1899 on State of New York Executive Chamber stationary.

 

$300 - $500

$117

531

Theodore Roosevelt signed typed letter dated June 30, 1910 on The Outlook office of Theodore Roosevelt stationary thanking Mr. Church...

 

$300 - $500

$351

532

Mexican President Porfirio Diaz signed letter dated June 14, 1902, discussing Church's dedication to U.S. Military History, especially...

 

$500 - $1000

$0

533

Two George Dewey typed and hand signed letters dated April 5, 1904 and March 15, 1907, the first concerning an appeal issued by the...

 

$300 - $500

$176

534

Booker T. Washington signed typed letter dated August 7, 1911 on Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute stationary.

 

$300 - $500

$351

535

John Pershing signed handwritten letter dated Dec 27 1915, together with a print of Pershing.

 

$200 - $400

$234

536

Three explorer Robert Peary signed letters, one discussing Peary's notes on icebergs. Peary is best known as purported to be the first...

 

$400 - $600

$293

537

Group of signed letters by authors and novelists to include John Burroughs, eight by Winston Churchill, F.M. Colby, and Wilkie Collins...

 

$200 - $400

$497

538

Group of signed letters by military personnel to include two from O. Tasker Howard Bliss, six from Captain Karl Boy-Ed, one from...

 

$300 - $500

$0

539

Twenty John Bigelow signed letters, both handwritten and typed and dated between 1875 to 1910, together with eight Poultney Bigelow...

 

$200 - $400

$120

540

Eight Elihu Root signed letters between 1884 and 1914, one handwritten, the others typed, together with an invitation to Dwight Alumni...

 

$400 - $800

$0

541

Three Thomas Nast hand written and signed letters, together with a letter from Tiffany & Co. regarding the cost of the "Nast base" and...

 

$300 - $500

$702

542

Group of ephemera relating to actor Edwin Booth (1833-1893), to include a printed invitation to his daughters marriage, handwritten and...

 

$300 - $500

$585

543

Group of ephemera relating to Sir Robert Baden-Powell (British, 1857-1941, English soldier and founder of the Boy Scouts of America to...

 

$300 - $500

$644

544

Samuel Langhorne Clemens handwritten and signed letter to William Church dated 1868 in which he chastises Church for not replying to an...

 

$1500 - $2500

$3042

545

Samuel Langhorne Clemens handwritten and signed letter discussing several articles including Sad Sad Business and The Miners Poem,...

 

$1000 - $1500

$3276

546

Samuel Langhorne Clemens handwritten and signed letter to William Church discussing his desire to change his article History Repeats...

 

$1000 - $1500

$2340

547

Two Samuel Langhorne Clemens handwritten letter fragments, the first discussing the teachings of his grandmother with a caricature of a...

 

$800 - $1200

$4680

548

Two $7 revolutionary notes printed by Hall & Sellers, one 1776, and the other 1778, together with a letter dated 1773 for a summons to...

 

$200 - $300

$322

549

Group of miscellaneous ephemera from the collection of William Church to include sketches, letters, photographs, Frederic Remington...

 

$200 - $400

$468

550

Group of twenty Confederate notes to include 50¢ note from Milledgeville, Ga, $500 note from Richmond, $5 note from Mechanics Savings...

 

$200 - $400

$5850

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