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Sale 52
Manuscript, Collectibles and Aerospace Auction
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Lot 135 |
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Bryant, William Jennings - LS as Secretary of State (1860-1925) Secretary of State; three-time presidential candidate. Letter signed as Secretary of State, 1p, 10½ x 8", on letterhead engraved "Department of State / Washington," Jan. 9, 1914. To Mr. George Bakhmeteff, Ambassador of Russia, asking that he grant an audience to Miss Annabel Lee, who has "a plan for the expansion of trade relations with our respective countries through the medium of the motion picture machine….The [U.S.] Department of Commerce will exhibit the films at the Pan-American Exposition at San Francisco…." Very good; some wear and overall toning.
Estimated Value $200 - 250.
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Lot 136 |
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Clay, Henry (1777-1852) American politician from Kentucky; known for his oratorical skills and called "The Great Compromiser. He served as U.S. senator, member of the House of Representives, Secretary of State, and was the Whig presidential nominee in 1832 and 1844. Autograph letter signed ("H. Clay"), 3¼ pp, 10 x 8", Ashland, Nov. 21, 1829. Great political content, written to P[hillip] R[ichard] Fendall, who was editor of The National Journal in Washington, D.C. from 1824 to 1830. Clay praises Fendall's paper as "standing unquestionably at the head of the papers which are arrayed against the military despot," referring to President Andrew Jackson. In part: "On the subject of a nomination, I think my friends generally in the West have settled down on its inexpediency this winter, unless some event should occur to recommend it. In lieu of that measure, it is thought more advisable to express, in the form of resolutions…the disapprobation of the Legislators of the manner in which the patronage of the general government has been recently excercised, attachment to the American System, &c….I do not think that any discouragement ought to [?] out of the results of the late Elections. The last Presidential contest was too recent, and the next is too remote…." More interesting content. Jackson was the first President to use the spoils or patronage system, whereby loyalists from his party were rewarded with government positions. The American System to which Clay refers, was his program for federally financed internal improvements, primarily roads and canals, and a high protective tariff.
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,250.
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Hoover, J. Edgar (1895-1972) Controversial director of the FBI from its inception (1935) until his death in 1972. Correspondence from J. Edgar Hoover to Sergeant Emile Valle, who attended the Third Training Class of the FBI National Police Academy in 1936 and went on to work for the Seattle Police Department. The group is comprised of six typed letters signed (five "J.E. Hoover" and one "J. Edgar Hoover"), on Federal Bureau of Investigation letterhead, from July 24, 1936 to September 9, 1940, four 11 x 14" photos of the group of men (three have a typed list of all of the names of the men affixed to the back) who attended the 1936 FBI National Police Academy--one signed and inscribed to Emile Vallet on 8-11/36 by Hoover), and nine 8 x 10" publicity photos of Hoover, FBI agents, etc. Very good to fine.
Estimated Value $500 - 1,000.
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[Supreme Court] Earl Warren Court. A lovely lithograph of the Supreme Court building by Ernest C. Daly signed by the nine Supreme Court justices, c. 1965-67: Earl Warren, Tom Clark, Bryan R. Roberts, Hugo L. Black, Wm J. Brennan, Jr., W.O. Douglas, Potter Stewart, J. Marshall Harlan, and Abe Fortas. The signatures are in a variety of green, blue, brown, and black. Beautifully matted with a bronze plaque and framed to an overall size of 19½ x 22¼".
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,300.
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