International Sale, Part XIX

Roycrofters, 1902 Stock Certificate Signed by E. Hubbard as president. New York, June 4, 1902. 4 Shares, S/N 3, Issued and ink cancelled stock certificate, Signed by Elbert Hubbard as president and Elbert Hubbard II as treasurer. XF condition. Roycroft was a reformist community of craft workers and artists which formed part of the Arts and Crafts movement in the USA. Elbert Hubbard founded the community in 1895 in the village of East Aurora,...

Washington Irving Autographed 1 Page Letter ca.1822. Washington Irving (American author, short story writer, essayist, poet, travel book writer, biographer, and columnist. Irving has been called the father of the American short story.) Autographed letter on engraved stationary, former Spink Sale June 18, 2008. Letter archivally backed.

Robert Morris, Jr., Declaration of Independence Signer, 1796 Autographed Indenture. Robert Morris, Jr. was a Liverpool-born American merchant, and signer of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution. Signed Indenture for the payment to Jeremiah Parker for £977 and 14/- Shillings, at the present current rates “payable in 5 years with lawful interest.” Dated May 6, 1796. Bond exhibits...

Ferdinand Marcos (President of Philippines) Autograph on Stamped Cover.

Edison Autograph Signed Note on Letterhead. Lot of 3 Edison related Ephemera items; 1). Letter to Edison Pioneers with membership form. Edison pioneers was a group formed by and for associates and employees of Thomas Edison; 2). 191x, 2 Northwestern Electric Equipment Co. Specimen Stock certificates, VF condition; 3). 1890, Letter written in pencil and signed by Edison discussing expenses written on the back of "Central Station Construction...

Hale and Kilburn Co., 1913 Stock Certificate ITASB Henry Cabot Lodge. 100 Shares, I/C. Henry Cabot "Slim" Lodge, (1850-1924) was an American Republican Senator and historian from Massachusetts. He was also a friend and confidant of Theodore Roosevelt. He had the role of the first Senate Majority Leader. Signed stock certificate. VF condition.

Francis E. Spinner 1854 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 requesting funds. VF.

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.

Francis Spinner, 1858 Holographic Autographed Historic Letter Discussing the 1858 Lecompton Constitution. Mohawk, NY, October 9th 1858, 2 page letter in Spinners hand, discusses the Lecompton Constitution, (1857), the document was framed in Lecompton, Kansas by Southern pro-slavery advocates of Kansas statehood. It contained clauses which protected slaveholding and a bill of rights excluding free blacks. This added to the frictions between...

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...

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,...

Rolls-Royce of America 1931 Letterhead, Relating to Military Aviation Work. Rolls-Royce of America, Inc. Office of the Chairman H. J. Fuller, signed by same dated June 29, 1931. Letter discusses uses of” stainless steel being extremely interesting and holds great promise.” Letter also continues to outline the fact that while Rolls-Royce of America, Inc. “is in the frame of mind to consider disposing of the Aircraft Division…producing parts...