Archives International Auctions Sale 50 The Milestone Auction U.S., Chinese & Worldwide Banknotes, Scripophily, Autographs and Security Printing Ephemera

Archives International Auctions - Sale 50 26 December 3-4,2018 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com 128 128 WILLIAM H. TAFT. 27th U.S. President. Partly Engraved Document Signed “Wm H. Taft” as President and “Robert Shaw Oliver” as Acting Secretary of War, 1p, 19 by 15 inches. Washington, D.C., December 19, 1910. Blue Seal of the Department of War affixed at lower left. Appointment of future World War I General James T. Dean as “Major of Infantry.” Robert Shaw Oliver (1847-1935) served as Assistant Secretary of War from 1902-1913. Patriotic vignettes of an eagle with wings spread at top center and flags, weapons, military accouterments, and a regiment horn and drum across the bottom. James T. Dean (1865-1939), West Point Class of 1887, served on frontier duty (1887-1888) and at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. In Puerto Rico and Cuba during the Spanish-American War (1898-1899), Dean was promoted to Captain in 1899, later serving in Alaska (1906- 1908). After his promotion to Major by the commission here offered, Dean served in Manila then on the West Coast. In World War I, promoted to Brigadier General, National Army, by President Woodrow Wilson in 1917, James T. Dean served in France, commanding the 156th Infantry Brigade, 78th Division, in St. Mihiel and in Argonne- Meuse Campaigns. He retired as Brigadier General, U.S.A. in 1930. ��������������������� Est. $400-800 129 129 WOODROW WILSON. 28th U.S. President. Partly Engraved Document Signed “Woodrow Wilson” as President and “Henry Breckinridge” as Acting Secretary of War, 1p, 19 by 16 inches. Washington, D.C., June 29, 1914. Blue paper Seal of the War Department at lower left. Patriotic vignettes of an eagle with wings spread at top center and flags, weapons, military accouterments, and a regiment horn and drum across the bottom. Appointment of Gooding Packard (1890-1965), West Point Class of 1914, as “Additional Second Lieutenant in the Coast Artillery Corps.” Henry Breckinridge (1886-1960) was only 27 when he was appointed Wilson’s Assistant Secretary of War in 1913. When Secretary of War Lindley M. Garrison resigned in 1916 as a result of bitter disagreements with President Wilson over America’s national defense strategies, Breckinridge also resigned his position out of loyalty to Garrison. He later practiced law where his most famous client and friend was Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh. Breckinridge was involved in the futile ransom negotiations with the kidnapper of Col. Lindbergh’s son and later, was one of the witnesses at the trial of Bruno Hauptmann.��������������������������������������� Est. $600-1200 EPHEMERA - HISTORIC EUROPEAN FINANCIAL EPHEMERA Italy & Italian States 130 130 Italy, Italian Bank Statement datedOctober 14th, 1427. Italy. A large folio sheet, endorsed as “Account of Simone and Brothers” “of Cosimo and Lorenzo de Medici and Company”, with a debit column running from 19 May 1427 to 14 October 1427, and a credit column running from 3 April 1427 to 9 August 1427. A neat and attractive manuscript in good condition. (John E. Herzog Collection) ���������������� Est. $300-600 Netherlands 131 131 A Museum Quality 1720 John Law Broadside. Featuring a well-executed wood cut entitled “Harlekin en Bombario in de Rouw ” (Harlequin and Bombario in mourning). 11/2” x 15”. 1720. Dutch text. The devil pours coin from a sack, promising prosperity to all who invest in John Law’s speculative Mississippi Land Company. Twenty-one satirical verses. The condition of this document is extraordinary. Believed by the consignor to be unique. (John E. Herzog Collection)������������������������������� Est. $500-1000 132 132 Broadside in Dutch, ca.1720, Satirizing John Law’s Mississippi Company Land Scheme. Amsterdam, Netherlands. MISSISSIPPI OF ‘T WYDEFAAMDE GOUDLAND DOOR DE INBEELDING, Amsterdam, 1720. 10” x 15”. Dutch text. Underneath the title, a well-executed woodcut depicts an artist’s conception of the Mississippi River Valley. There is a vertical fold, and a short repaired edge split, otherwise generally Very Fine. From a Dutch collection of broadsides entitled HET GROOTE TAFEREEL DER DWAASHEID (The Great Mirror of Folly). Like the South Seas Company, John Law’s Mississippi Company was a speculative land scheme that promised an investment in a virtual paradise, but delivered little or nothing for most investors. (John E. Herzog Collection) ������������������������������������������������������������������ Est. $325-650