Autographs - Poet
New York
615 Joyce Kilmer Signed Letter, 1916.
March 4, 1916, Joyce Kilmer
signed letter on New York Times letterhead. Letter was to actress
Viola Allen whom he writes a letter of praise to. VF condition ALS.
Kilmer (1886-1918) was a poet who gained fame with his poem
“Trees”, 1913. Kilmer died 5 years later in WWI. ........
Est $800-1600
Autographs - Political
Massachusetts
616 Daniel Webster Signed Letter & Free Frank with 2
Lithographs, 1830, U.S. Politician.
Boston, 1830, Daniel
Webster, lot of 2 autographs, signed letter dated Mar 22, 1830, VF
condition ALS. Letter with postage stamp and red wax seal includ-
ed along with 2 Lithograph prints of Webster. Webster (1782-1852)
an alumni of Dartmouth was a U.S. politician and member of the
U.S. House of Representatives for New Hampshire and
Massachusetts between 1813-1827, Massachusetts State Senator
from 1845-50, and the 14th and 19th U.S Secretary of
State. ........................................................................
Est $300-600
Texas
617 John Connally Typed Letter signed and on Governor of Texas
Letterhead, 1966.
San Antonio, Texas. 1966, John Connally
signed letter on Governor of Texas letterhead, Letter was regarding
a citizens request for information regarding a JFK memorial tree, VF
condition letter. Connally (1917-1993) was the 39th Governor of
Texas (1963-1969) and the 61st US Secretary of the Treasury (1971-
1972). Connally was in the same car as J.F.K. when he was assassi-
nated and was seriously wounded. (Photo in Back) ...
Est $50-100
Autographs - Presidential
Millard Fillmore Presidential Autograph
New York
618 Millard Fillmore Courtesy Autograph on Buffalo, June 9, 1868
Dated Card.
Buffalo, NY, 1868. 4 x 2.25 inches, Fillmore’s signature
is bold and clean and in excellent condition. Fillmore was president
from 1850 to 1853 due to the death of Zachary Taylor suddenly in
office in 1850. He was 13th president of the U.S. .......
Est $150-300
615
616
618
Autographs &
Correspondence
Important and Historic Francis Spinner
Political Correspondence
New York
619 Francis Spinner, 1856 Holographic Autographed Historic
Letter With Spinner Calling Himself a Black Republican.
Mohawk, NY, September 8, 1856, One page letter in Spinner’s hand
and also signed by him. Congressman Spinner discusses the fact
that: “ I should commit to it in writing – I therefore say to you and to
all such as infer from my votes in congress that I am a Republican ,
that the inference is true and hereby not only avow myself one, but
if more agreeable be wishing to be called a “Black One”. VF condi-
tion but the letter was evidently split on the bottom horizontal fold
and reinforced with archival tape that does not detract from the
appearance and is very difficult to make out. Amazing declaration
from Spinner and possibly not seen in any other of his
writings. ....................................................................
Est $600-1200
620 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 the free and slave states leading up to the U.S. Civil War.
Though it was rejected in a territorial election (January 1858), Pres.
James Buchanan subsequently recommended statehood for Kansas
under its provisions. Congress balked, and a compromise was
offered calling for resubmission of the constitution to the territory’s
voters. Kansas again rejected it the following August and was
admitted to the Union as a free state on Jan. 29, 1861. The letter
mentions: “… the people of the (territory) are authorized and
empowered to form for themselves a constitution and state govern-
ment by the name of the State of Kansas according to the Federal
Constitution, and may elect delegates…for a member of the House
of representatives of the Congress of the United States”. XF condi-
tion with very minor foxing, Historic letter written by
Spinner. .....................................................................
Est $1000-2000
619
620
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Archives International Auctions, Part XV
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Archives International Auctions
