Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 43

Manuscript and Collectibles Auction

Presidents

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 223		Adams, John (1735-1826) 2nd President of the United States; Signer of the Declaration of Independence; American Minister to Great Britain and the Netherlands. ALS as Minister to Great Britain, 1p, 10"x7¾", Grosvenor Square [London], 1787 Sept. 5. Fine; some uneven toning; minor damp stain at top edge, affecting nothing, and a few edge splits at lower margin. Boldly penned and signed; housed in a one-quarter-calf case with gilt lettering. To Charles William Frederick Dumas, agent for the United States at The Hague, who assisted U.S. diplomat William Short, Minister to France Thomas Jefferson's Private Secretary of Legation, in the ceremonies surrounding the execution and final settlement of a commercial treaty between Prussia and the U.S. which outlawed privateering and endorsed the principle of free ships-free goods. Adams had negotiated the treaty as Minister to the Netherlands in 1784, but was called to his post as Minister to Great Britain before the treaty could be completed and signed. Dumas' duty was to receive the duplicates of the treaty in Paris, where they were signed by Benjamin Franklin on July 9 and by Thomas Jefferson on July 28, and to carry them to London, where they were signed by John Adams on August 5, and, finally, to the Hague, where they were signed by Prussian Minister Baron Thulemeyer on September 10. Jefferson had agreed to bear Short's expenses - a guinea a day, excepting Sundays, but the legality of Dumas' salary remained in question. For Dumas to be paid, an order had to be issued by the Treasury and money had to be allocated to pay him. In this letter, Adams pens his apology for the long delay in payment and authorizes an immediate payment to Dumas. In full: "Dear Sir I am very much concerned that an absence in the Country should have so long delayed my answer to your Letter of the tenth of July. There is no Act of Congress which authorises me expressly, to order the Payment of your Salary: But the Representation in your Letter supported by the Extract from that of Mr. [Thomas] Jefferson to you of the 14. of June last, show such an absolute necessity of it that I have inclosed to you a Letter to Messrs Willniks and Van Haphorst, authorising them to pay your Salary once in Six Months, till further orders from Congress, the Board of Treasury or Sir, your most obedient, and most humble Servant John Adams." Estimated Value $10,000 - 15,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $10,800
Lot 224		Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848) Sixth President of the United States (1828-5-1829. ANS with nice full signature, 1½" x 7¾", n.p., n.d. In full: "Mrs. Adams desires me to take this occasion of requesting to be respectfully remembered to your Lady, in which I cordially join; intreating you to accept at the same time the tender of my warm attachment and respect. John Quincy Adams." Very fine. Accompanied by an engraved portrait of Adams. Estimated Value $850 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 225		Buchanan, James (1791-1868) 15th President of the United States (1857-1861). Partly printed DS as President, 1p, paper, 10¼" x 16", Washington, 1860 May 17. Appointing John A. Dix "Deputy Postmaster at New York City." Countersigned by Secretary of State Lewis Cass. Fine; normal folds; a couple of small folds tears in blank, lower left area. The paper seal is intact and the document is clean. Both signatures are bold. John A. Dix (1798-1879) was a veteran of the War of 1812 and served in the army until 1828. He became involved in New York State politics as a Jackson Democrat, serving as Adjutant General and Secretary of State. He was elected to the U.S. Senate from 1845-1849 and ran unsuccessfully for Governor in 1848, losing to Hamilton Fish. In 1859 Dix' free-soil policies caused him to switch to the Republican party and in 1860 President James Buchanan appointed him Deputy Postmaster for New York City. In 1861, Buchanan would appoint him Secretary of the Treasury. In this position, with the Civil War about to begin, Dix fired off his famous Flag Dispatch to a Treasury official in New Orleans: "If anyone attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot." The telegram was intercepted by the Confederates, but the message made its way into the press and Dix became a hero in the North. On August 7, 1861, President Lincoln commissioned Dix a major general of volunteers, to rank from May 16, 1861 [this commission is offered in this sale], making Dix outrank all other volunteer officers until the end of the war. At the age of 63, Dix was considered too old for field service; he performed department and garrison duties for the duration of the war, his most important contribution being the suppression of the New York draft riots in 1863. After resigning from the service in November 1865, Dix served as minister to France, then as governor of New York. He is buried in Trinity Cemetery in New York City. Estimated Value $2,000 - 4,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,409
Lot 226		Buchanan, James (1791-1868) 15th President of the United States (1857-1861). ALS as a member of the House of Representatives (1821-1831), 1p plus integral leaf with holograph address, 9¾" x 7¼", Lancaster (Pa.) 1827 Sept. 24. To Dr. Charles M. Yates regarding a deed received from W. Baldwin and related work Buchanan needs Yates to do for him, including obtaining and preserving "the first deed which was made to me if it has not been destroyed." He also inquires after Yates professional prospects in Meadville. Very good; old tears expertly repaired with japan paper backing; one break runs between "James" and "Buchanan." Nicely penned and boldly signed. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $276
Lot 227		Bush, George. BS on the half title page of All The Best, George Bush / My Life in Letters and Other Writings., New York: Scribner, 1999, 640pp. Signed in blue ink on a book plate engraved "George Bush." With original dust jacket. A nice clean copy. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $184
Lot 228		Bush, George & Barbara - 1989 Christmas Gift Print. Signed by the President and First Lady in blue ink, 16" x 11¾". The card is engraved, "With best wishes for all the joy and peace of Chrismas. The President and Mrs. Bush 1989." With an embossed Presidential Seal at lower left and housed in a navy folder with an embossed Presidential Seal on the cover. Also present is the bright red envelope (no markings) which held the card and folder. This image was painted by White House staff artist, William Gemmell, depicting the South Portico of the White House during a snowfall. The Christmas tree in the Blue Room is visible through a window. This was the Bush's first Christmas at the White House. Pristine. (See also unsigned Presidential Christmas cards in the Presidential Ephemera section). Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $920
Lot 229		Carter, Jimmy. Typed Letter Signed "Jimmy" on pale green The White House letterhead, one page, 9" x 6¾", Washington, 25 May 1978. To Virginia Senator William Lloyd Scott, thanking him for his support on the arms sales vote. "I strongly feel that these sales are in our national interest and will promote the prospects of peace in the Middle East." Extremely fine. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $483
Lot 230		Cleveland, Grover. Four Documents Signed by Grover Cleveland, three as Commissioner of Deeds for the City of Buffalo: a 2½ pp ADS, 7 Feb. 1862, being a supoena to Sarah Whalen to appear before the Supreme Court in Erie County; and two partly-printed DS (joined with an old straight pin), 17 June 1861 regarding an unpaid judgment issued by the Supreme Court. The fourth document is a one-third page ADS, written as a law student (in the office of Rogers, Bowen, & Rogers), on the verso of a partly-printed Supreme Court judgment, in which Cleveland swears that he served the judgment. All fine or very good. (1837-1908) 22nd and 24th President of the United States, 1885-1889, 1893-1897. Estimated Value $900 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $540
Lot 231		Cleveland, Grover. Three Documents Signed by Grover Cleveland, two as Commissioner of Deeds for the City of Buffalo: a 5½ pp ADS, 5 Nov. 1859, signed on page 5 as "Rowen & Rogers, Plaintiffs attorneys" and on p. 6 with his name as Commissioner of Deeds; and a 2 pp DS, 10 Aug. 1860, being a deed with one full 16x10" page written in Cleveland's hand. The third document is an ADS, signed once in the text and once at the end, 3 Mar. 1862, being a proof of service of a legal document for the Supreme Court. Fine condition. Estimated Value $900 - 1,200. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 232		Cleveland, Grover (1837-1908) 19th and 24th President of the United States. LS as President, 2pp plus blank integral leaf, 14" x 10¼", Washington, 1894 Oct. 15. Fine. To His Excellency Andrés A. Cáceres, Constitutional President of the Republic of Peru, congratulating him on his election. Countersigned by Secretary of State W.Q. Gersham. Caceres was twice President of Peru, from 1886 to 1890, and again from 1894 to 1895. He is considered a national hero in Peru for leading the resistance to Chilean occupation during the War of the Pacific (1879-1883). Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 233		Clinton, Bill (1946-) 42nd President of the United States (1993-2001). Extremely rare ALS "Best, Bill" as President, on "The White House Washington" letterhead with gold, embossed Presidential Seal, n.y. "6-22". Extremely fine. "Dear David Thanks for Gene Lyons' book. I love the inscription and need the memories." A Clinton ALS as President lists in Sanders at $2900. This is a very attractive example. Gene Lyons was a columnist atthe Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and published two books concerning the Clintons, either of which could be the book to which President Clinton refers: Fools For Scandal: How the Media Invented Whitewater (19960 and The Hunting of the President: The Ten Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and Hillary Clinton (2000). Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,760
Lot 234		Clinton, Bill - Signed Photo & Four Inaugural Badges. PS in black ink in the lower border, 8" x 10", n.p., n.d. The photo is of the newly-sworn-in President giving his inaugural address. Pristine. Matted and framed with four badges used by four different security forces, solely for the 1993 inauguration. One badge each is for the Uniform Division of the Secret Service, the U.S. Capitol Police; the U.S. Park Police; and the Metropolitan Police D.C. Each badge has "Inauguration of the President of the United States" and the year "1993," as well as the name of the service it represents. Each badge has some red, white, and blue enamel against the gilt background. Framed to an overall size of 19½" x 15". An exceptionally attractive presentation. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $930
Lot 235		Coolidge, Calvin (1872-1933) 30th President of the United States. LS as President, 2pp plus blank integral leaf, 14" x 9¾", Washington, 1924 April 22. To A.B. Leguia, President of Peru, regretting that he cannot attend the festivities for Peru's centennial celebration of the battle of Ayacucho, the battle that sealed the independence of Peru from Spain. Countersigned by Secretary of State Charles E. Hughes. Light toning and soiling; file holes in margin; Peruvian stamp at top of first page. Estimated Value $300 - 500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $173
Lot 236		Coolidge, Calvin. DS, 3" x 8¼", Northampton, Mass., 1932 May 21. A check to Pynchon Motor Sales Inc. for $2.20. Perforated cancellation stamp touches the top of the "C" in "Calvin," else fine. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 237		Coolidge, Calvin & Theodore Roosevelt. Partly printed DS by Coolidge as President, 19¼" x 15¼", Washington, 1926 Dec. 22. Countersigned by Secretary of the Navy Curtis D. Wilbur. Appointing Isaac S.K. Reeves as Medical Director in the Navy. Fine; lovely naval engravings at top and bottom; minor flaw to blue naval seal. Large presidential signature. Matted and framed (no glass) to an overall size of 28½" x 24¼". With a partly printed DS by Theodore Roosevelt as President, 19" x 15¼", vellum, Washington, 1903 Nov. 20. Countersigned by Acting Secretary of the Navy Charles H. Darling. Appointing Isaac S.K. Reeves as Assistant Surgeon in the Navy. Water damage to the document affects part of the lower half, including Roosevelt's signature. Matted and framed to an overall size of 28½" x 24¼". Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $360
Lot 238		Eisenhower, Dwight D. ALS on uncommon green printed "D D E The Eisenhower Farms Gettysburg, Pennsylvlania" stationery, 1p, 10½" x 7¼", 1967 Nov. 13. Very fine. To Delores Moaney, who was the Eisenhower's cook for 30 years and the wife of Master Sgt. John Moaney, who served as Ike's valet and close friend from 1942 until Eisenhower died in 1969. In full: "Dear Delores -- Happy birthday, and many more of them. I hope the next year will be one filled with true happiness and good health for you. With best withes and affectionate regard from Dwight D. Eisenhower." Delores Moaney's birthday was November 14th, the same day as Mamie Eisenhower's. A choice example with dark, bold penmanship and signature. This is the first use of this letterhead that we have seen. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 239		Eisenhower, Dwight D. TLS ("D.E.") on personal DDE stationery, 1p, 9½" x 6¾", Augusta, Georgia, 1954 Dec. 29. Very good; a few spots in blank margins. Nice content to Brig. Gen. Robert Cutler, his Special Assistant for National Security Affairs: "My finest Christmas present has been delivered all year long--the cooperation and the friendship of the members of the official family who daily help me on problems of the gravest import to our country and to our world…." Estimated Value $100 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $114
Lot 240		Ford, Gerald. BS on the half title page of A Time To Heal, New York: Harper & Row, 1979, 454pp. Signed in black ink on a book plate engraved "Gerald R. Ford 38th President of the United States of America" below a presidential seal. Original dust jacket has tiny creases at tips, price is clipped, and is lightly toned; otherwise, a nice clean copy. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $196
Lot 241		Garfield, James A. ALS ("J.A. Garfield") as a Member of Congress, 2pp, 8" x 5", Hiram, Ohio, 1869 May 9. To H. Villard, a journalist and financier in Boston. In part: "I am glad to know that the association will so generously take hold of the work of the census. I rely upon you solely forthe resume of the work of the International Statist[icians] Cong. and shall be very glad to add w[ith] that the resume of the History of Ancient and Modern Censuses….I should [be] greatly gratified if your Soc. would open up a correspondence with Foreign Statisticians…." Very good; minor wear in left margin. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 242		Harding, Warren G. TLS as President, on The White House letterhead, 1p, 8¾" x 7", Washington, 1922 May 2. Regarding earnings of the Marion County Telephone Company, of which Harding was a director. Minor marginal soiling, else fine. Estimated Value $500 - 700. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 243		Harding, Warren G (1865-1923) 27th President of the United States (1921-1923). Partly printed DS as President, 14" x 17½", Washington, 1921 June 2. Countersigned by Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty, who would survive an indictment for conspiracy to defraud the government and a bill of impeachment. Appointing Christian F. Kleinknecht as Notary Public for the District of Columbia. Fine; one horizontal fold; the outer edges of the document are toned from an earlier framing; the Department of Justice seal is intact, with dark toning around the edges. Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 244		Harrison, William Henry (1773-1841) 9th President of the United States (1841). Partly printed DS ("W H Harrison") as President, 1p, 10" x 15¾", Washington, 1841 March 25. Countersigned by Secretary of State Daniel Webster ("Danl Webster"). Two days before he became bedridden and ten days before his death, President William Henry Harrison appoints Thomas B. Johnson "Marshal of the United States for the Territory of Iowa." The document is expertly and imperceptibly reinforced on verso; some toning, mostly along edges and folds, and there are a couple of tiny, almost pin-prick, areas of paper loss along folds, one at the top of the document in the title, affecting the first "r" in "Harrison," but not touching the fine signature, which is clear and dark. Webster's signature is a little light, but legible, and the Presidential Seal at lower left is intact and in fine condition. Ironically, President John Tyler, who became President upon Harrison's death, had to renominate Johnson on June 17, 1841 because this March 25, 1841 appointment was made during a congressional recess and was never approved by the U.S. Senate, as required by the Constitution. The Senate had adjourned sine die (without definitely fixing a day for reconvening), on March 15, 1841, so President Harrison's appointments after that date had to be resubmitted by President Tyler in 1843. The Daniel Webster Collection at Brandeis University contains ten letters from February 4-March 23, 1841 to Secretary of State Webster recommending Johnson to be appointed Marshal of Iowa, the last one being from Johnson himself! Two dates later, President Harrison named him U.S. Marshal for the Iowa Territory. The "Journal of the House of Representatives" records that on May 27, 1850, Indiana Congressman William J. Brown presented "The petition of Thomas B. Johnson, praying compensation for services rendered by him as marshal of Iowa," leading one to suppose that Johnson was never paid for his two years as U.S. Marshal. William Henry Harrison came from a famous family. His father, Benjamin, was Governor of Virginia and a Signer of the Declaration of Independence; his grandson, Benjamin, would become the 23rd President of the United States. W. H. Harrison died at the age of 69 and was a fairly prolific writer throughout his life, so many of his letters and documents prior to the presidency were saved; however, while there are documents signed by Harrison as President in the National Archives, only a few are known to exist in private hands. William Henry Harrison is the rarest of all Presidential signatures. Estimated Value $60,000 - 70,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $69,000
Lot 245		Harrison, William Henry. War of 1812 DS ("Willm Henry Harrison"), as brigadier general and commander of the Northwest, 1p, 8¼" x 7½", Headquarters, Franklinton, 1812 Nov. 21. Fine. Harrison authorizing the quartermaster to pay thirty-three dollars on account of David Harmon, who rode "express from Dayton to Urbanna & from threre to Franklinton & St. Mary & Chillicoth for Genl. Wm. Harrison from the 14th to the 25 October 1812 11 days @ $3…." Detroit and Lake Erie were under British control at the time of this document. Only after Oliver Hazard Perry defeated the British fleet on Lake Erie in September 1813 was Harrison able to take the offensive and recapture Detroit (September 29) and defeat the fleeing British and their Indian allies at the Battle of the Thames River in Ontario on October 5. Estimated Value $600 - 800. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 246		Hayes, Rutherford B. 1822-1893) 19th President of the United States (1877-1881). Booklet signed with sentiment, "With Compliments of R.B. Hayes," 9" x 5¾", n.p., n.d. "Annual Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the Third Session of the Forty-fifth Congress," Washington: Government Printing Office, 1878. Bound together with the President's Feb. 28, 1878 message to the House explaining his veto of "The Bill entitled 'An Act to Authorize the Coinage of the Standard Silver Dollar and to Restore Its Legal-Tender Character'." Covers are present but separated, with a few edge chips and minor paper loss at corners. Signature a little light but legible. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $460
Lot 247		Hoover, Herbert (1874-1964) 31st President of the United States (1929-1933). The first known volume on the art of fishing, "A Treatise on Fishing with A Hook," with a presentation TLS, on personal letterhead, 1p, 10½" x 7¼" (Palo Alto, CA), 1937 Aug. 24. The ex President thanks Mr. William Bayard Sturgis of Chicago for a book he wrote on trout fishing and notes, "I am sending you a little book on fishing which somewhat anti-dates your essay…." The book, "Treatise On Fysshynge With An Angle" was authored by Juliana Berners, the Prioress of the Nunnery of Sopwell and first printed by Wynkyn de Worde in 1496; the book was translated into modern English by William Van Wyck and printed by the Van Rees Press, New York in 1933; it is ¾" x 5½", has 54 pages, and green cloth covers with a gilt rendition of the original frontispiece from 1496 (also used as the frontispiece of this edition). Hoover's business card is affixed to the inside cover; the flap of the envelope with Hoover's letter is affixed to the first fly leaf, with the remainder of the envelope loose. Fine. Estimated Value $500 - 700. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $230
Lot 248		Hoover, Herbert. Partly printed DS as President, 15" x 18¾", Washington, 1932 July 30. Countersigned by Acting Secretary of State Isaias White (Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson was attending the Geneva Disarmament Conference). Appointing Samuel S. Sandberg of California a member of the U.S. Shipping Board. Extremely fine. The large paper seal is intact, having one tiny dark speck at the very bottom. Handsomely matted and framed to an overall size of 24" x 27½". Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $299
Lot 249		Hoover, Herbert. TLS as President-elect, 1p, 10¾" x 7¼", Miami, Florida, 1929 Jan. 28. To Hamilton Holt, president of Rollins College, turning down an invitation because "…I am trying to get a little recreation and rest before undertaking a considerable responsibility…." Fine. Estimated Value $250 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 250		Hoover, Herbert - 1931 Christmas Present. Photograph of the Washington monument signed as President on the mount, 9½" x 7½" (visible portion but the length is at least 10½") (Washington, 1931). Attractively matted and framed to an overall size of 15½" x 13". According to Mary Seeley's book Season's Greetings From The White House, four photographs of the Washington monument from different perspectives were among the Christmas gifts the Hoovers gave to their staff in 1931. The photographs were signed, matted and framed. We are told that part of the lower mount of this particular photograph is covered because President Hoover did not like the way he had signed his name, so he blotted it out, rewriting it at lower right. In any event, a beautiful photograph, in very fine condition and rare. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 251		Hoover, Herbert - 1935 Commencement Address At Stanford University. AMsS in blue ink on the title page of a ten-page speech Hoover delivered at the Stanford University commencement exercises on June 16, 1935, 11" x 8½". Fine; one paper clip mark in upper left margin of title page. Hoover, who graduated from Stanford in 1895 with a degree in geology, discusses the "social securities" of freedom and "the capacity to produce a plenty ofgoods and services with which to give economic security…." and gives his thoughts on how to safeguard those securities. Most interesting. Estimated Value $150 - 200. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $115
Lot 252		Jackson, Andrew. Autograph Letter Signed as President, 2 pp, 9" x 7½", Washington, 1 July 1836. Addressed to Wm. J. Crane, Esq., which is marked through in pen, and a penciled notation added, "Thos D. Grover Esqr, Cols. J. Thompson & others comitte." The letter begins "Sir," which is crossed through and "Gentlemen" added in pencil. These changes, along with the docket, "from President / 1st" would seem to identify this letter as a first draft/retained copy. Very good; light toning and some small archival fold repairs. Very boldly penned and signed; Jackson's signature is over 4½" in length, crossing over on to the blank integral leaf. President Jackson writes: "I have received your polite note of the 20th ulto. on behalf of the Democratic citizins of the first congressional District of Pennsylvania, inviting me to participate with them in the celebration of the anniversary of our Independence. It being out of my power to unite with you on this occasion except in the indulgence of those sentiments of joy and gratitude which it is so well calculated to inspire, I can only tender you my thanks for the honor conferred upon me by the invitation. In compliance with your request I offer the following toast: The state of Pennsylvania -- she has been called the Key stone of the Union. Well has she proved herself to be so…." Estimated Value $3,000 - 4,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $3,680
Lot 253		Jackson, Andrew. LS as major general, 1p plus integral address leaf, 9¾" x 8", Washington City, 1819 Feb 2. Fine; light toning and a few tiny edge chips; seal tear on address leaf affects nothing; manuscript postage. To Mr. Joseph Delaplaine in Philadelphia. In part: "…I regret extremely my inability to comply with your request…it would give me much pleasure to serve you but a pressure of business and a slightindisposition will prevent me from devoting that time to Mr. King which would be necessary forhim to take my portrait…." The business which detained Jackson prabably had to do with defending himself against the possibility of a congressional motion of censure for Jackson's actions in Florida in 1818, when he invaded Florida, destroyed Seminole villages, captured Pensacola, overthrew the Spanish governor, and executed two British citizens, all wthout presidential authorization. Estimated Value $1,300 - 1,600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,380
Lot 254		Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875) 17th President of the United States (1865-1869). Partly printed DS as President, 1p, vellum, 19¾" x 15¾", 1865 May 1. Fine; normal folds and light toning. Two weeks after the assassination of President Lincoln, Andrew Johnson appoints "Nathan A.M. Dudley of the U.S. Volunteers…Brigadier General By Brevet…." Countersigned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. The light blue seal is intact. It is interesting to note that the docket at top left was written on April 1, 1865, and the signature of Asst. Adjt. Gen. E.D. Townsend is signed in a different color ink from the rest of the docket. Nathan Augustus Munroe Dudley was a Union officer from Massachusetts. He was Captain of the 10th U.S. Infantry (7 May 1861) and Colonel of the 30th Mass. (1 Mar. 1862). He was mustered out of the U.S. Volunteers in February 1865. He received brevets for Baton Rouge, and Pt. Hudson, Louisiana. Estimated Value $1,700 - 1,900. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,955
Lot 255		Johnson, Lyndon B. November 23, 1963 copy of The Dallas Morning News, carrying the news of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, signed and inscribed by Johnson as President: "To Doug with best wishes, Lyndon B. Johnson / July 30, 1965." LBJ signed in black ink on the front page, at the top left of his picture and by the article reporting that he had been sworn in as the 36th President on Air Force One. Paper is toned but otherwise fine. Estimated Value $300 - 400. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $414
Lot 256		Johnson, Lyndon B. BS in black ink on the half title page, being The Professional / Lyndon B. Johnson by William S. White, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1964, 273pp. Some wear to dust jacket edges, else fine. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $192
Lot 257		Johnson, Lyndon B. BS on the half title page of The Vantage Point, Perspectives of the Presidency 1963-1969, New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971, 636pp. Signed in black ink on a book plate engraved "L.B.J." below a presidential seal. Light toning to original dust jacket; otherwise, a nice clean copy. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $230
Lot 258		Johnston, Lyndon B. Exceedingly rare ALS as Vice President, exactly one month before President Kennedy's assassination, in black ink, on a 3¾" x 5¼" card embossed "the Vice President Washington," 1963 Oct. 22. Extremely fine. LBJ writes to Dorothy (Jackson) Nichols, on the occasion of her 50th birthday. LBJ hired then Dorothy Jackson in the late 1030s. She was his first female assistant and she stayed with him until the end of his presidency; she and her husband, Judge Phil Nichols, were close friends with the Johnsons. Vice President Johnson writes: "A lady turning 50 needs to fire up now and then - so here it is with our love and gratitude always. Lady Bird and Lyndon B. Johnson." The gift was probably a cigarette lighter, so that she could "fire up" and, given LBJ's sense of humor and his affection for Mrs. Nichols, there is certainly some sexual innuendo in the wording. The Vice President signed for himself and Lady Bird and also addressed the accompanying official Vice Presidential transmittal envelope. Lyndon Johnson is unquestionably the rarest of all Presidents in ALS form, especially during his brief term as Vice President, as he strongly disliked writing in longhand. Virtually no handwritten letters have appeared on the market. This pristine example is the only one we have seen as Vice President. Estimated Value $4,000 - 5,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $4,370
Lot 259		Kennedy, John F (1917-1963) 35th President of the United States (1961-1963). DS as President in black ink, 19" x 23", Washington, 1961 March 21. Countersigned by Postmaster General J. Edward Day. Appointing Richard James Murphy as Assistant Postmaster General. Fine; slight bleeding to JFK's signature; gold foil Post Office Department seal is intact. Kennedy presidential appointments are uncommon. Estimated Value $3,500 - 4,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $4,080
Lot 260		Kennedy, John F. Kennedy-John Campaign Dinner Program signed by the following: John Fr. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, Congressman Hale Boggs (D-Louisiana), Governor G. Mennen ("Soapy") Williams (D-Michigan), and Senator John McClellan (D-Arkansas). The Kennedys and McClellan signed in blue ink, the other two in green ink. The 24 page program features left-profile head shots of Kennedy and Johnson in a circle with six stars and the slogan "New Horizons." One spot on cover, else fine. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,150
Lot 261		Kennedy, John F (1917-1963) 35th President of the United States. Original 1961 Inaugural Committed Program signed in ink at the upper left corner of the cover, 3pp, 9½" x 6½". Very fine. The "Reception in honor of The Governors of the States…" was held at the Sheraton-Park in Washinton on January 19, 1961, the day before Kennedy's inauguration. An insert shows the seating for the event. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. Collection of Senator Jennings Randolph of West Virginia. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $2,040
Lot 262		Kennedy, John F. & Jacqueline. Cardstock image of an American flag with a patriotic sentiment signed and inscibed, "best wishes Jacqueline Kennedy" and "Thanks John Kennedy," in blue ink, 12" x 10", n.p., n.d. Both signed hurriedly, possibly on the campaign trail. Fine. With a 10" x 8" color photo reprint of the attractive couple. Estimated Value $800 - 1,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,553
Lot 263		Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) 16th President of the United States (1861-1865). Partly printed DS as President, 1p, vellum, 17½" x 13¾", Washington, 1861 Aug. 7. Appointing John A. Dix Major General of Volunteers. Countersigned by Simon Cameron as Secretary of War. Fine; some age yellowing; manuscript portion of the text is light but legible. Cameron's signature is slightly faded but Lincoln's signature is strong. The orange seal is intact at upper left and Adj. Gen. Lorenzo Thomas recorded the appointment at upper left. John A. Dix (1798-1879) was a veteran of the War of 1812, which he entered as an ensign at the age of 14. He retired as captain from the regular army in 1828, after which he trained as a lawyer and settled in Cooperrtown, New York, running his father-in-law's affairs and becoming involved in New York State politics as a Jackson Democrat. He served in the U.S. Senate from 1845-1849, then ran two different railroads and practiced law in New York. In 1859 Dix' free-soil policies caused him to switch to the Republican party and in 1860 President James Buchanan appointed him Deputy Postmaster for New York City [that appointment is also offered in this catalogue]. As Buchanan's last Secretary of the Treasury and with the Civil War about to begin, Dix fired off his famous Flag Dispatch to a Treasury official in New Orleans: "If anyone attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot"; the telegram was intercepted by the Confederates, but the message made its way into the press and Dix became a hero in the North. With the outbreak of the War, President Lincoln commissioned Dix a major general of volunteers, to rank from May 16, 1861, making Dix outrank all other volunteer officers until the end of the war. At the age of 63, Dix was considered too old for field service; he performed department and garrison duties for the duration of the war, his most important contribution being the suppression of the New York draft riots in 1863. After resigning from the service in November 1865, Dix served as minister to France, then as governor of New York. He is buried in Trinity Cemetery in New York City. Fort Dix, New Jersey, a U.S. Army post, is named after Dix. Estimated Value $12,000 - 15,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $11,500
Lot 264		Lincoln, Abraham. AES ("A Lincoln"), cut from a larger sheet, 1¾" x 2¾", n.p., 1864 Feb. 1. The President writes, "Let this man take the oath of Dec. 8 and be disharged." Very fine. Some interesting fragments appear on the verso: "of irreproacha[ble]…the rebel…he never will…[u]nion man…[unc]onditional…A.H. Buckner…[McCle]llan of the…." On December 8, 1863, President Lincoln issued a Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction whereby Confederates who took an oath of loyalty were granted full pardon. Exceptions were civil, diplomatic and specified defense agents of the Confederate government, and anyone guilty of mistreating Negro prisoners of war. The Federal government was overwhelmed by requests for amnesty, to the extent that on March 26, 1864, President Lincoln had to issue a second proclamation to clarify "which insurgent enemies are entitled to the benefits of the proclamation" of December 8, 1863. Estimated Value $4,000 - 6,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $5,175
Lot 265		(Lincoln, Abraham) Gold-headed Presentation Cane. A 36" walking stick with a 2½" gold head and a wooden, black-lacquered body with a brass tip. The cane bears three separate engravings. The original one, one on the head, says: "J.A. McClernand To Hon. A. Lincoln June 1857". A 3/4"gold band just below the original 2½"gold head is engraved "Presented to the Revd. Jas. Smith, D.D.BY THE FAMILY OF THE LATE PRESIDENT LINCOLN in memoriam of the high esteem in which he was held by him and them as their pastor and dear friend. 27th April 1868"; and a 1" gold band, 5" below the first one, is engraved: "Bequeathed by the Rev. Dr. Smith, U.S. Counsul, Dundee, to the Right Hon. John Bright Hill, in recognition of his tried friendship to the United States." Housed in a custom-made wooden box, 41" x 4¼" x 4¼". John A. McClernand (1812-1900), the future Union general, was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1832 and worked on many of the same cases that Lincoln did, sometimes on the same side and sometimes on opposing sides. In Lincoln Day By Day (Vol. II: 1849-1860), McClernand's name appears twice during the chronology for June, once on June 8th, as lawyer for the defendant in Tallman v. Harvey, while Lincoln represented the plaintiff; and on June 11, Lincoln and McClernand were appointed by the court as defense attorneys in U.S. v. Andrew J. Sloan. The outstanding event of June for Lincoln was his speech in the House of Representatives against the Dred Scott decision. We don't know the motivation for this gift, whether for a particular reason, or just out of respect for a colleague. The Reverend Dr. James A. Smith (1801-1871), a native of Glasgow, Scotland, was pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Springfield, Illinois, beginning in 1849. At the time of the death of Lincoln's second son, Edward Baker Lincoln (February 1, 1850), Mary Todd Lincoln attended the Protestant Episcopal Church, where the Reverend Charles Dresser, who had married the Lincolns, was minister. Since Dresser was out of town at the time, Smith was asked to officiate at the services, which were held at the Lincoln's home. Mrs. Lincoln began attending the Presbyterian Church and became a member on October 13, 1852; Tad Lincoln was baptized there on April 4, 1856. Lincoln sometimes attended services with his family but never formally joined. Lincoln was often away riding circuit, but he paid $50 annually for the rent of Pew No. 20. Lincoln read a book written by Smith called The Christian's Defense I in 1843, and Smith was often a guest in the Lincoln home. Although Dr. Smith left Springfield in 1856 for employment with the American Sunday School Union, he remained in contact with the Lincoln family and is known to have visited the Lincolns in the Executive Mansion in June 1861. When Smith's son, Hugh, was appointed Consul at Dundee, Scotland, Dr. Smith went with him; when his son resigned shortly thereafter because of ill health, Dr. Smith took over his duties and, after appealing to Mrs. Lincoln, was appointed Consul at Dundee on February 18, 1863. After Lincoln's death, Mrs. Lincoln remained in contact with Smith. During the three years that she and Tad spent in Europe (1868-1870), they visited Smith in Scotland for several weeks during 1869. John Bright (1811-1889), the third recipient of the cane, was a member of Parliament, a Quaker, and a great orator. He was instrumental in the repeal of the repressive corn laws and in the passage of the 1867 Reform Act, which enfranchised two million additional men. He admired the style of government in the United States, so much so that he was sometimes referred to in the House of Commons as the Honorable Member for the United States. During the American Civil War, he took the side of the North because of the issue of slavery, which was abhorent to him. It was surely Bright's known admiration and friendship for the United States that motivated Dr. Smith to bequeath to Bright his precious relic from the venerated and martyred President Lincoln. Estimated Value $10,000 - 15,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $33,350
Lot 266		McKinley, William. Partly printed DS as President, 15" x 18½", Washington, 1899 May 18. Countersigned by Secretary of War Russell A. Alger ("R.A. Alger") who would resign his position the same year because of reported inefficiency, including a scandal involving the sale of tainted meat to U.S. troops during the Spanish American War; he was cleared of criminal activity after an investigation. Appointing Joseph F. Huston as Major of Infantry. Fine; normal folds. Attractively matted and framed to an overall size of 24½" x 27¾". Estimated Value $500 - 750. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $384
Lot 267		Monroe, James (1758-1831) 5th President of the United States(1817-1825). ALS, 1p, 10" x 8", New York, 1831 Jan. 16. With integral address leaf addressed in Monroe's hand to Representative Charles Mercer in Washington and using Monroe's franking privilege. Fine; uneven toning around edges from a previous framing; seal tear affects nothing. In part: "The more I have reflected on a suggestion in your last letter, the more confirmed I am in the sentiment which I expressed in my reply, that the transfer of the settlement of my claims to the accounting dept. of the govt., on principles of justice & equity, under the control of the President, could not operate to my prejudice…." The former President had retired to New York in 1825. His retirement was plaqued by financial difficulties, which were somewhat alleviated by two sums of $30,000 voted him by Congress in 1826 and 1831. This letter probably pertains to his efforts to receive the latter sum. Monroe died on July 4, 1831. Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,680
Lot 268		Nixon, Richard. Two copies of Nixon's book Real Peace. A Strategy for the West signed in blue ink on the half-title page. Fine except one dustjacket has some creasing. With three one-page TLsS on his personal letterhead, one with a holograph salutation, two from 1985 and one from 1989, 10½" x 7¼". To the teacher of a Russian language honors class regarding various topics. Very fine. (5 items). Estimated Value $400 - 600. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $408
Lot 269		Nixon, Richard. BS on the half title page of In the Arena, Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1990, 384pp. The signature is in black ink on a book plate from the Richard Nixon Library, n.p., n.d. A beautiful presentation in dark gray, full-leather, with gilt borders and gilt presidential seals on front and back covers, three raised bands on spine, gilt-edged pages, and a mustard-colored satin page marker. Estimated Value $300 - 350. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $230
Lot 270		Nixon, Richard. IPS as Vice President, in blue ink at upper left, 10" x 8", n.p. Inscribed "To Fred Geffoniello with best wishes." New York Times photo showing Nixon with President Eisenhower; two Eisenhower stamps are affixed to photo at upper right. Very good; a couple of spots and one small ink mark in background; numerous ink scribbles and name plate on verso. Estimated Value $200 - 250. View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 271		Nixon, Richard M (1913-1994) 37th President of the United States. PSI, "To Paul Keyes with warm regards from Dick Nixon / 12-1-90", in blue ink, 8" x 10", n.p. A color photo of Presidents Reagan, Nixon, Bush, and Ford. Paul Keyes was a Hollywood producer (of shows such as "Laugh In" and "The Jack Paar Show") and Republican campaigner who was a close personal friend and confidant of Richard Nixon; he played an important role in Nixon's presidential campaigns. Estimated Value $200 - 300. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $120
Lot 272		Reagan, Ronald (1911-2004) 40th President of the United States (1981-89). Official 11" x 14" White House color photograph taken at the time of President Reagan's first Cabinet meeting at the White House on February 4, 1981 and personally signed by all 20 participants at the following Cabinet meeting. Stamped on verso: "Official Photograph / The White House / Washington / 4 FE 81 C487-02." Fine condition; one small ink smudge at right margin and faint corner creases. Three participants signed in blue ink; the remainder signed in black ink. Accompanied by the transmittal envelope, which has "The White House / Washington" engraved as the return address. The participants are: Ronald Reagan, President; George Bush, Vice President; Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary of Commerce; Donald T. Regan, Secretary of the Treasury; Drew Lewis, Secretary of Transportation; William French Smith, Attorney General; James Watt, Secretary of the Interior; James Edwards, Secretary of Energy; Mac Baldrige, Secretary of Commerce; Dick Schweiker, Secretary of Agriculture; John R. Block, Secretary of Labor; Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary of Defense; Al Haig, Secretary of State; Samuel R. Pierce, Jr., Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Ted Bell, Secretary of Education; Jeanne Kirkpatrick, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., Ed Meese, Counselor to the President; Bill Brock, U.S. Trade Representative; Dave Stockman, Director, Office of Management and Budget; and Bill Casey, Director of the C.I.A. This was the first time that a woman was named as U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. and the first time the C.I.A. Director was given Cabinet level status by a President. Estimated Value $6,000 - 8,000. From a former Reagan Administration staff member. View details and enlarged photo	Realized $6,038

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