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Lot 391 - autographs political -  Archives International Auctions International Sale, Part XIX

Lot 391 - autographs political - Archives International Auctions International Sale, Part XIX

Francis Spinner Autographed Letter Trio (1853-1855). New York, Lot of 3 letters all signed by and entirely in Spinner's hand. Francis Elias Spinner was an American politician from New York. These Letters were written during his term as President of the Mohawk Bank. He was Treasurer of the United States from 1861 to 1875. Mostly VF with his distinctive signature. Contents is banking related matters.

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Lot 395 - autographs scientists -  Archives International Auctions International Sale, Part XIX

Lot 395 - autographs scientists - Archives International Auctions International Sale, Part XIX

Samuel F.B. Morse Autographed Letter dated August 3, 1816. Boston, Massachusetts. 1 full page, small 4to, American artist and inventor. He was a pioneer photographer in America using the Daguerre technique taught to him by the French inventor and photographer, Daguerre. Achieved fame and fortune for the invention of the Morse code. To augment his income as a painter, he became a pioneer photographer bringing the daguerreotype to America, he was appointed professor of painting and sculpture at the University of New York and later professor of the literature and art of design. Early autographed 1816 letter to his friend and fellow artist Charles Bird King. Morse relates his current endeavors to King "I leave tomorrow morng on a sketching tour through Vermont, N.Hampshire & N.York to be gone 2 or 4 mo(nths). .....I hope one day to paint some large historical pictures...I can't get Delaplaine to pay me, I shall not paint any more for him till he does...", Important letter from this historical figure.

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Lot 397 - autographs ww ii -  Archives International Auctions International Sale, Part XIX

Lot 397 - autographs ww ii - Archives International Auctions International Sale, Part XIX

Important Presidentially Autographed Short Snorter with President Truman's and Many Other Signatures. ND ca. 1941-45, $1, Series 1935 A Silver Certificate used as a Short Snorter. Possibly the most significant and historic example of a Short Snorter known with over 14 signatures including President Harry Truman; Joe E. Brown, Actor; Dwight D. Eisenhower, General of the Armies, Five Star, Commanding General SHAEF; Omar N. Bradley, General, Four Star; George C. Marshall, General of the Armies, Five Star, Chief of Staff, Combined Staff, United Nations; H.H. Arnold, General of the Armies, Five Star, Commander in Chief, Army Air Force; William H. Leahy, Admiral of the Fleet, Five Star, Chief of Staff to the President; James Byrnes, Secretary of State;; A.C. McAuliffe, Lieutenant General "Nuts to You" - Bastogne; Evangeline Booth, Salvation Army and other high ranking military officers. Amazing and historic Short Snorter with the autograph of Truman right above the "ONE" on the back. VF condition with most signatures strong and legible. (Ex-R.M.Smythe, Nov. 2002, Public Auction 225, Lot # 484, Sold for $4,600).

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Lot 735 - scripophily autographs -  Archives International Auctions Part XVII

Lot 735 - scripophily autographs - Archives International Auctions Part XVII

Philip Lehman Signed Irving Bank-Columbia Trust Co. Stock Certificate. NY, 1923, 100 Shares, I/C, S/N 247. ITASB Philip Lehman. Philip Lehman was an American investment banker. He was born in New York City to Emanuel Lehman and Pauline Sondheim, Emanuel was a co-founder of investment bank, Lehman Brothers. Philip became a partner in the family-owned firm in 1887 and was the firm's managing partner from 1901 to 1925. He was also the first chairman of the board of the Lehman Corporation.

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Lot 20 - autographs  -  Archives International Auctions Wall Street Auction #XXI, Session 1

Lot 20 - autographs - Archives International Auctions Wall Street Auction #XXI, Session 1

J.P. Morgan Signature as Trustee on New Jersey Junction Railroad Co., Issued Bond. New Jersey, 1886, $1,000. Issued and uncancelled. Brown border w/ ferry and harbor scene vignette. Back has J.P.Morgan autograph as trustee. ABNCo. w/coupons, XF. Rare autographed bond with banker who saved our financial system a little over 100 years ago, J.P.Morgan.

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Lot 21 - autographs  -  Archives International Auctions Wall Street Auction #XXI, Session 1

Lot 21 - autographs - Archives International Auctions Wall Street Auction #XXI, Session 1

Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Stock Allotment Receipts, One signed by Henry Clews. New York, ca.1903, I/C, Beautiful Receipts of a long gone era from the Pennsylvania Railroad General Office Library bookplate included, AU/UNC

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Lot 390 - autographs political -  Archives International Auctions International Sale, Part XIX

Lot 390 - autographs political - Archives International Auctions International Sale, Part XIX

Francis E. Spinner 1855 Handwritten and Signed Letter from Mohawk Valley Bank. Francis Elias Spinner was an American politician from New York. He was Treasurer of the United States from 1861 to 1875. He was the first administrator in the federal government to use women for clerical jobs. Written and signed banking letter.

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Lot 384 - autographs literary -  Archives International Auctions International Sale, Part XIX

Lot 384 - autographs literary - Archives International Auctions International Sale, Part XIX

William Wordsworth, ALS, March 23, 1843 With Interesting Historic Content. William Wordsworth (April 7, 1770 - April 23, 1850) was a major English poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped launch the Romantic movement in English literature with their 1798 joint publication, Lyrical Ballads. Romanticism emerged in the late eighteenth century in reaction to the rationalism of the Enlightenment. W. Wordsworth and other Romantics emphasized the vitality of everyday life, the importance of human emotions, and the illuminating power of nature. (Adapted from the New World Encyclopedia™). This lot contains a letter written and signed by Wordsworth (Portions Archivally Backed), The letter to Mr. George Prentiss, (In Memoir of S.S. Prentiss) discuss the fact that family members of Mrs. Wordsworth, her mother and sister who can ill afford the loss of principle have purchased bonds from Mississippi and it appears that the legislative body has repudiated the debt. “ on account of the sum of money at stake…they have no funds…All that you say both respecting the depth and extent of the indignation excited in your country by this shameless dishonesty…” Supporting documentation as well as a 5x7 lithograph of Wordsworth accompanies the letter. Lot was last sold in Christie’s East Auction November 24, 1998. Lot # 112.

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Lot 378 - autographs  -  Archives International Auctions International Sale, Part XIX

Lot 378 - autographs - Archives International Auctions International Sale, Part XIX

Boston Mexican Petroleum Trustees, 1919 Stock Signed by L.Sherman Adams, Governor of NH. Massachusetts and Mexico. 30 Shares, I/U, Oil pipes on piers, green border, XF. John A Lowell.

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Lot 394 - autographs presidential -  Archives International Auctions International Sale, Part XIX

Lot 394 - autographs presidential - Archives International Auctions International Sale, Part XIX

Calvin Coolidge Signed Cancelled Check Dated 1911 from the Hampshire County National Bank. Coolidge was the 30th President of the United States from 1923–1929. Check mounted on bond paper XF-AU

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