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A Song Finch by Audubon
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON,
Print. Song Finch, [1871]. 11½ x 15½ in. framed.
Best known for his seminal Birds of America, Audubon’s prints are among the world’s most recognized images.
Item #22114.04, $250
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A Swamp Sparrow by Audubon
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON,
Print. Swamp Sparrow, [1871]. 11½ x 15½ in. framed.
This is an original hand-colored Audubon lithograph
Item #22114.07, $300
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Jefferson Davis’ Hope for a Future Union
Based on Confederate Principles
JEFFERSON DAVIS,
Autograph Letter Signed, “Jefferson Davis”, to Mr. Clegg, Beauvoir, Mississippi, September 3, 1885. 2 pages.
Davis expresses his hope for a future Union based on Confederate principles: “…The sentiment to which you refer as ‘common,’ is I hope the utterance of time serving self seekers, rather than of the people who dared and did and sacrificed so much for principle, and the rights their Fathers left them. I trust your four boys will imbibe the patriotism of their Father and when in the fullness of time the restoration shall come that they may enjoy the blessings of liberty and community independence which the Constitution of the Union was designed to secure. With this I enclose the autograph for which you asked…”
After the North’s retreat from Reconstruction, Davis’s vision of individual rights, limited government, and white racial superiority still held great sway in the South.
Item #7543, $3,900
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Opposing “the Democratic Silver Scheme”
JAMES A. GARFIELD,
Manuscript Letter Signed, to Samuel B. Ruggles, Washington, D.C., August 12, 1876. 2 pp., 5 x 8¼ in.
Representative James Garfield writes to Samuel Ruggles, a New York lawyer, Canal Commissioner, and businessman regarding monetary policy.
Item #22564.01, $1,500
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English Sociologist and Novelist Martineau Signs a Note
HARRIET MARTINEAU,
Autograph Note Signed. Address leaf, n.p. n.d.
Item #21678.25, $100
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Early Electricity and the Spread of the Telephone from the Documents of George C. Maynard
GEORGE C. MAYNARD,
Archive. Journals, notebooks, notes, and related papers regarding the spread of telephone communications in the late 19th century. Nineteen items.
Item #23012, $4,500
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Frederick Douglass Encourages Writing on John Brown
FREDERICK DOUGLASS,
Autograph Letter Signed to unknown correspondent. Washington, D.C., November 28, [no year]. 1 p.
Douglass suggests to the author of a work on John Brown, the abolitionist crusader who attempted to incite a slave rebellion in Virginia in 1859, that she attempt to have her lines published in a popular magazine. “I know of no better way to have the value of your lines on John Brown tested and made available than by offering them for publication …”
Item #21439.03, $10,500
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Frederick Douglass Signed Deed
FREDERICK DOUGLASS,
Document Signed as Recorder of Deeds, Washington, D.C., 1881-1886. Approx. 3½ x 8½” folded.
Image shown is a sample. To request an image of the deed currently available please email us at info@sethkaller.com
While Douglass’s letters are scarce, documents signed during his tenure as recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia can be had very reasonably.
Item #20409u, $495
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Frederick Douglass Signed Deed
FREDERICK DOUGLASS,
Document Signed as recorder of deeds, Washington, D.C., 1881-1886. Approx. 3½ x 8½” folded. Sample Frame pictured.
While Douglass’s letters are scarce, documents signed during his tenure as recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia can be had very reasonably.
Item #20409, $895
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Civil War Hero David Dixon Porter
Expresses Support for the Chinese in a Time of Hostility
DAVID DIXON PORTER,
Autograph Letter Signed, to “Reverend Dr. Newman.” Washington, D.C., March 14, 1879. 3 pp., 5 x 8 in.
“As you and I have both expressed friendly sentiments towards the citizens of the Flowery Kingdom, we may hope to be in high favor should we live till that time.”
Item #22730, $950
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Large Signed Photograph of President Chester A. Arthur
CHESTER A. ARTHUR,
Signed Photo, as President, [1882], sepia, approximately 16 x 21 in., mounted on a larger-size board approximately 10½ x 24¼ in., matted and framed. Boldly signed and inscribed below the image, “To John Jameson, with sincere regard, / Chester A. Arthur.” The 3/4-length portrait shows the President standing in a heavy overcoat next to a table on which his top hat rests. The inscription is probably to John Jameson, an Amherst, Massachusetts lawyer, who was appointed postmaster in December 1876.
Item #22260, $15,000
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A Receipt Signed by Suffragette Carrie Chapman Catt
CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT,
Autograph Document Signed. Check. N.Y., December 31, 1899. 1 p.
Item #21678.22, $400
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Benjamin Guggenheim, Who Would Perish on the Titanic, Works in His Family Business
BENJAMIN GUGGENHEIM,
Autographed Document Signed. Pueblo, Colo. August 29, 1888. 1 p. 8 ¼ x 13 ½ in. With embossed Philadelphia Smelting and Refining Company Seal.
Item #22388, $3,500
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Belva Lockwood Signed Card
BELVA LOCKWOOD,
Autograph Endorsement Signed. Archivally framed with an image and brass plaque.
Item #23083, $900
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A Map of the Baruch College Area of New York City
ALEXANDER STEWART WEBB,
Autograph Letter Signed “Webb,” as President of City College of New York, to General F.A. Walker. New York, N.Y. March 20, 1888. 3 pp., 8 3/8 x 13 in. With holograph map.
Stewart sending thanks, urging General Walker to visit.
Item #22259, $1,250
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Blanche Bruce, The First Full-term African American U.S. Senator Signs a Deed
BLANCHE BRUCE,
Document Signed. Land deed. Washington, D.C. August 29, 1890. Signature panel 8¼ x 3½ in., overall dimensions 8¼ x 14 in.
Blanche Bruce was the first full-term African American to serve in the U.S. Senate, 1875-1881. He was then appointed by President James Garfield as Register of the U.S. Treasury in 1881. He later served as the Washington, D.C. Recorder of Deeds (a position earlier held by Frederick Douglass), 1890-1893 and again as Register of the Treasury from 1897 until his death in 1898.
Item #22945.13, $95
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