American History

Rare Letter by the Editor Who Sent Stanley in Search of Livingstone

Original Signed Drawing with a Quotation from the U.S. Army’s WWI Chief of Staff

American Supreme Court Justice to his Recently Arrived Cousin from War-Torn Austria

John Burroughs Photographed Outside of his Cabin “Slabsides”

A Signed Photograph of the Famed Naturalist

The President is a Strong Believer in Social Security

Autograph Letter about Being Refunded for his Investments in Cotton and Lands in the Western United States

The President of the Confederate States Writes a Historic, Lengthy and Bitter ALS to His Wife, Varina

Fine Autograph Letter Declining to Ask a Wealthy Southern Cotton Planter for a Contribution

Excellent and Rare Autograph Letter Signed on Financial Matters by the “Merchant Prince” of Wall Street

Rare Signed Photo of the American Businessman Who Financed the First Transatlantic Cable

Autograph Letter Signed by the Supreme Court Justice about His Good Friends, Playwright Garson Kanin and Justice Learned Hand

Oversize Philippe Halsman Photograph Signed by “Mr. Conservative,” Senator Barry Goldwater

Benjamin Harrison’s Widow Writes about American Youth

Gracious and Grateful Typed Letter Signed by Art Collector, Plutocrat and Patron of New York’s Metropolitan Museum

Herbert Hoover Letter to the Editor of the Saturday Evening Post: “… A way that always amazes the layman”

Typed Letter from Herbert Hoover about the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, the Most Destructive River Flood in the History of the United States

Herbert Hoover Recommends a “Very Warm Friend” to The Saturday Evening Post

The Secretary of Commerce and Future U.S. President Writes High Praise for a Saturday Evening Post Editorial: “We are having them reproduced in thousands…”

Letter of Thanks on his Personal Stationery to The Saturday Evening Post’s Editor George H. Lorimer

Herbert Hoover to his Friend and Supporter: “I cannot but think that you have had a very large part in bring [sic] about this result and you will have to bear with me part of the responsibilities that arise from it.”

Former U.S. President Herbert Hoover Advises on How to Get Tickets to his Upcoming Speech in Philadelphia

Herbert Hoover Thanks his Friend, Saturday Evening Post Editor George Lorimer, for Complimenting his Speech

Herbert Hoover Thanks the Wife of Publishing Giant George H. Lorimer for her Compliments on his Speech in Cleveland

President-Elect Joseph Biden Couldn’t Have Said It Better; America’s First Democratic President, Andrew Jackson, Toasts Pennsylvania on Independence Day 1834

The U.S. Senator from New York Defends his Support of the U.N.: “I firmly believe the United Nations to be the single most important agency available to keep world peace”

In a Framed Autograph Letter, RFK Jokes about Gangsters to Pioneering Washington Journalist Sarah McClendon

Charming and Lengthy ALS to her Mother Mentioning Friends, Family and her Husband

Influential Rabbi Writes about Aiding a Jewish POW in Italy During WWI

Rare ALS by the “Father of American Geography” Referring to the Political Troubles of Virginia’s Governor Edmund Randolph and his Famous Vindication

Letter Regarding His Meeting with China’s Delegation on its Historic 1915 Trip to New York City

An Original Sketch Signed with His Motto of Perseverance

Early and Rare ALS to John Rodgers while Patrolling the Mediterranean Sea

Remarkable Letter about the Lecompton Constitution and its Political Consequences

Unusual Signed Builder’s Contract for Publishing Magnate’s “St. Louis Post-Dispatch” Building that Housed the Newspaper from 1888-1902

Typed Letter Signed by Scandalous Son of FDR Mentioning a Portrait of his Mother, the Former First Lady

Oversize Photograph of the President Flanked by His Press Secretary and His Longtime Private Secretary, Companion and Possible Mistress Marguerite “Missy” LeHand

Outstanding Lengthy TLS as Presidential Candidate on his Progressive Platform

Signed Copy of His Commissioned Report on the 1934 Textile Industry Crisis

Fighting for his Platform, Shortly Before the First Progressive Party National Convention

ALS on Grant and the 1879 Army of the Tennessee Chicago Reunion

Rare Presidential Pardon for a Louisiana Food Distributor Who Violated the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942

Autograph Manuscript Signed by the Co-Founder of the “Jewish Daily Forward:” “The Pinkerton in America is a striking proof that vicarious atonement is indeed Christian…”