Archives International Auctions Auction 84 April 4, 2023

Archives International Auctions - Sale 84 93 April 4, 2023 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com EPHEMERA - POLITICAL & HISTORIC AUTOGRAPHS AND DOCUMENTS New York 485 485 Correspondence with Averell Harriman, Governor of New York, 1958 New York....., 1958. Lot of 2 letters with autograph of Averell Harriman on State of New York, Executive Chamber, letterhead. Harriman served as governor of New York for one term before losing to Nelson Rockefeller in 1958. As governor, he increased personal taxes by 11% but his tenure was dominated by his presidential ambitions. Harriman was a candidate for the Democratic Presidential Nomination in 1952, and again in 1956 when he was endorsed by Truman but lost (both times) to Illinois governor Adlai Stevenson. �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $55-110 486 486 Governor Herbert H. Lehman andSecretaryWalterT. Brown, 1937 Autograph Pair and Letter Trio New York, 1937. Group of 3 Typewritten letters, from Herbert H. Lehman or his secretary Walter T. Brown, and addressed to Lawrence H. Tasker on State of New York Executive Chamber letterhead. The January 6th letter thanks Tasker for his previous letter, and writes “I am very glad indeed that you and Mrs. Tasker were able to come to the Inauguration but regret that we did not see you at the reception;” The second letter, dated January 8th, thanking Tasker for sending a copy of an article he wrote on Mortgage Financing; The final letter, dated July 1st, is from Lehman’s secretary Walter T. Brown, and acknowledges an earlier letter on behalf of Governor Lehman. The two letters from Lehman are signed by him at bottom right, while the letter from Secretary Walter T. Brown is signed at bottom center. Herbert Henry Lehman (March 28, 1878 - December 5, 1963) was an American Democratic Party politician from New York. He served from 1933 until 1942 as the 45th Governor of New York and represented New York State in the U.S. Senate from 1949 until 1957. He was born to a Reform Jewish family in Manhattan, New York City, the son of Babetta (née Newgass) and German-born immigrant Mayer Lehman, one of the three brothers who co-founded Lehman Brothers financial services firm. VF condition. (3) ������� Est. $100-200 Washington D.C. 487 487 Homer Cummings, Attorney General, 1935, Pair of Autographs Washington D.C., 1935. Lot of 2 letters signed by Homer Cummings on Attorney General letterhead. Homer Stille Cummings (April 30, 1870 – September 10, 1956) was an American lawyer and politician who was the United States Attorney General from 1933 to 1939, being elected by President Roosevelt. Cummings transformed the Department of Justice by establishing uniform rules of practice and procedure in federal courts. He secured the passage of twelve laws that buttressed the “Lindbergh Law” on kidnapping, made bank robbery a federal crime, cracked down on interstate transportation of stolen property, and extended federal regulations over firearms. He strengthened the Federal Bureau of Investigation, called a national crime conference, supported the establishment of Alcatraz as a model prison for hardened offenders, and reorganized the internal administration of the department. (2). ������������������������������� Est. $35-70 Washington, D.C. 488 488 Averell Harriman Signed Photograph, ND (ca.1940-50s) Signed Portrait of Averell Harriman. ND, ca.1940-50s. Harriman was an American Democratic politician, businessman, and diplomat. During the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harriman served in the National Recovery Administration and on the Business Advisory Council before moving into foreign policy roles. After helping to coordinate the Lend- Lease program, Harriman served as the ambassador to the Soviet Union, and attended the major World War II conferences. Beginning in the spring of 1941, Harriman served President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a special envoy to Europe and helped coordinate the Lend-Lease program. In August 1941, Harriman was present at the meeting between FDR and Winston Churchill at Placentia Bay, which yielded the Atlantic Charter. The joint agreement would establish American and British goals for the period following the end of World War II—before the U.S. was involved in that war—in the form of a common declaration of principles that were eventually endorsed by all of the Allies. Harriman was subsequently dispatched to Moscow to negotiate the terms of the Lend- Lease agreement with the Soviet Union in September 1941, together with the Canadian publishing millionaire Lord Beaverbrook, who represented the United Kingdom. ��� Est. $40-80