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Rare Autograph Letter Signed, in Arabic, 8vo, n.p., N.d
ABD-EL-KADER (1808-83). Emir of Oran tribal area and Algerian military leader.
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Autograph Quotation unsigned, 8vo, n.p., n.d.
AGNEW, SPIRO (1918-96) The thirty-ninth Vice President of the United States, serving under President Richard M. Nixon, and the fifty-fifth Governor of Maryland. He is most famous for his resignation in 1973 after he was charged with the crime of tax evasion. He is also noted for his quick rise in politics - going in six years from County Executive to Vice President
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Autograph Letter Signed, on his name printed stationery, in Norwegian, 4to, Christiania, August 26, 1912.
AMUNDSEN, ROALD (1872-1928) Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He led the first Antarctic expedition to the South Pole between 1910 and 1912. He was also the first person to reach both the North and South Poles. He is known as the first to traverse the Northwest Passage. He disappeared in June 1928 while taking part in a rescue mission with Douglas Mawson, Robert Falcon Scott, and Ernest Shackleton. Amundsen was a key expedition leader during the Age of Antarctic Exploration.
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Autograph Quotation Signed, oblong 12mo, n.p., February 18, 1906.
ANTHONY, SUSAN BROWNELL (1820-1906). American civil rights leader who played a pivotal role in the 19th century women's rights movement to secure women's suffrage in the United States. She traveled the United States and Europe, and gave 75 to 100 speeches per year on women's rights for some 45 years.
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Autograph Letter Signed, 8vo, 4pp, Oxford, November 29, 1905.
BARTON, CLARA (18211912) American teacher and humanitarian best known for organizing the American Red Cross.
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Autograph Letter Signed, in Hebrew, 2 separate pages 8vo (one page shortened), Tel Aviv, Feb 15, 1966. An angry letter to L.
BEN GURION, DAVID (1886-1973). Polish-born Israeli politician. Proclaimed independence of Israel in 1948 and became head of the provisional government 1948-49.
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Autograph Letter Signed, 8vo, in Hebrew, n.p., March 1938.
BEN-ZVI, YITZHAK (1884-1963) Jewish historian, Labor Zionist leader, and the second and longest serving President of Israel.
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Typed Letter Signed, 4to, on Bethune-Cookman College stationery, Daytona Beach, Florida, March 25, 1939.
BETHUNE, MARY MCLEOD (1875-1965) American educator born to former slaves, she is best known for founding a school in 1904 that later became part of Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida.
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Autograph Letter Signed, in French, on one page both sides, 8vo, n.d. (integral leaf docketed July 16, 1853).
BLANC, LOUIS (1811-1882) French statesman and historian who was forced to abandon his post as a member of the provisional government and flee to England after the Revolution of 1848.
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Autograph Letter Signed, in German, 8vo,Tubingen, Germany, October 30, 1962.
BLOCH, ERNST (1885-1977) German Marxist philosopher influenced by Hegel and Marx, believed that in a utopian world without oppression and exploitation, there would always exist a truly revolutionary force.
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Manuscript Letter Signed, in French, Paris, 9th of Floreal, 8th year of the French Republic (April 29. 1800).
BONAPARTE, LAPAGERIE .(1763-1814). The first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte, and thus the first Empress of the French.
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Autograph Letter Signed, 4to, on "Warren and Brandeis" letterhead, Boston, September 18, 1884.
BRANDEIS, LOUIS D. (1856-1941) American litigator, Supreme Court Justice (191639), and advocate of privacy. In addition, he was a leader in the American Zionist movement.
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Early A.L.S. on "Warren & Brandeis" stationery, 8vo, Boston, May 14, 1884.
BRANDEIS, LOUIS D. (1856-1941). American jurist and associate justice of the United States Supreme Court.
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Early A.L.S., on "Warren & Brandeis" stationery, 8vo, Boston, April 1, 1885.
BRANDEIS, LOUIS D. (1856-1941). American jurist and associate justice of the United States Supreme Court.
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T.L.S. on personalized stationery, 4to, Boston, February 5, 1907.
BRANDEIS, LOUIS D. (1856-1941). American jurist and associate justice of the United States Supreme Court.
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Document Signed (2), folio, Washington, D.C. September 20, 1890 and August 9, 1890.
BRUCE, BLANCHE KELSO (1841-98) American politician and first African-American Senator.
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Autograph Letter Signed. 8vo, 2 pp., on New York Evening Post stationery, New York, February 24, 1864.
BRYANT, WILLIAM CULLEN (1794 -1878) American romantic poet, journalist, political adviser, and homeopath.
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Typed Letter .Signed., in German, 8vo, Jerusalem, July 20th, 1961.
BUBER, MARTIN (1878-1965). A renowned Jewish philosopher, storyteller, and pedagogue.
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Autograph Letter Signed two and a fraction 4to pages, Beaconsfield, January 8, 1794.
BURKE, EDMUND (1729-97). British Member of Parliament and vigorous supporter of the rights of the American colonists; author of Reflections on the Revolution in France published in 1790 and a member of Samuel Johnsons circle.
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Autograph Letter Signed, on black bordered stationery, 3 pages 8vo., Washington, May 15, 1880.
BURNSIDE, AMBROSE E. (1824-81). American army officer. Resigned army in 1865, after a trial by the court of inquiry. Lent his name to type of side whiskers such as he wore, "burnsides".
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Autograph Letter Signed, on a beautiful lithographic letterhead depicting possibly "Portobello Road," 8vo, "The Windsor Hotel," London, July 18, 1904.
CATT, CARRIE CHAPMAN (1859-1947) Woman's suffrage leader. She was elected president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) twice; her first term was from 1900 to 1904 and her second term was from 1915 to 1920. Her second term coincided with the climax of the woman suffrage movement in the U.S., and culminated in the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920. NAWSA was by far the largest organization working for woman suffrage in the U.S.
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Seven Typed Letters Signed, 4to, on personalized stationery, New Rochelle, N.Y. November 9, 1932, June 10, 1925, April 14, 1927, January 30, 1926. August 17, 1922. November 28, 1928, February 5, 1932.
CATT, CARRIE CHAPMAN (1859-1947) Woman's suffrage leader. She was elected president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) twice; her first term was from 1900 to 1904 and her second term was from 1915 to 1920. Her second term coincided with the climax of the woman suffrage movement in the U.S., and culminated in the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920. NAWSA was by far the largest organization working for woman's suffrage in the U.S.
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Typed Document Signed, 8 times, on 4 folio sheets, Sasines, Ypres National Projectile Factory, County of Renfrew, Scotland, August 14, 1919.
CHURCHILL, WINSTON (1874-1965). Great Twentieth century British statesman, Prime Minister during World War II, author and artist; awarded Nobel Prize in literature, 1953.
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Autograph Letter Signed,, on Headquarters, Dept. of Texas 4to, stationery, San Antonio, Texas, April 11, 1902.
CLEM, JOHNNY, THE DRUMMER BOY OF CHICKAMAUGA (1851-1937). United States Army general who had served as a boy in the Union Army in the American Civil War. He gained fame for his bravery on the battlefield, becoming the youngest noncommissioned officer in Army history. He retired from the Army in 1916, having attained the rank of major general, as the last veteran of the Civil War still on duty in the Armed Forces.
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Autograph Letter Signed, in French, 8vo, n.p., May 24, n.y.
CONDORCET, MARQUIS DE (MARIE JEAN ANTOINE NICOLAS DE CARITAL) (1743-94). French philosopher, mathematician, and early political scientist who devised the concept of a Condorcet method. Autograph Letter Signed, in French, 8vo, n.p., May 24, n.y
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A.L.S., 8vo, in French, on "Mistre de La Marine" professional stationery, n.p., February 18, 1934
DARLAN, FRANOIS (1881-1942). French naval officer and politician; served under Ptain's German-influenced Vichy Government. During WWII he ordered cessation of the French resistance, and assumed authority as chief of state in French Africa; later assas
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Autograph Letter Signed, 4 pages 8vo, House of Commons, 'Friday', no date but ca 1840.
DISRAELI, BENJAMIN (1804-81). British Conservative statesman and literary figure. He served in government for three decades, twice as Prime Minister the first and thus far the only Jew to do so.
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Photograph Signed with large white borders 4to, n.p., n.d.
DOUGLAS, WILLIAM O. (1898-1980). Supreme Court Justice. Taught corporate law at Columbia and Yale before joining Securities & Exchange Commission.
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Original Typed Document Signed, 4to, N.Y., n.d.
DU BOIS, WILLIAM EDWARD BURGHARDT (1868 -1963). American civil rights activist, public intellectual, Pan-Africanist, sociologist, educator, historian, writer, editor, poet, and scholar.
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A.L.S., on lined paper 8vo, Lynchburg, Virginia, July 21, 1879.
EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-94). Fierce Civil War general on the Confederate side, though he had opposed secession.
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Typed Letter Signed, 2 separate pages, on elaborate stationery of the "The USA Northeastern churches and Connections Under The Peace Mission Movement," stationery, 4to, n.p., December 3, 1954
FATHER DIVINE (1880-1965) Controversial African American spiritual leader who founded the International Peach Mission Movement
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Autograph Letter Signed, on "Supreme Court of the United States" 4to stationery, 2 pp, New Milford, CT, July 20, n.y.
FRANKFURTER, FELIX (1882-1965). American jurist. Helped found the American Civil Liberties Union in 1920. Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court, 1939-62.
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Manuscript Document Signed, in German, folio, Berlin, Sept. 18, 1742.
FREDERICK II (1712-86). Third King of Prussia (1740-1786). Displayed great military genius and perseverance. Notable patron of literature. Invited Voltaire to live at his court. Usually favored French culture, but was indifferent to German writers.
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A.L.S., 8vo, Boston, June 14, 1850.
GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-79). American abolitionist.
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Autograph Letter Signed, 8vo, Boston, Oct. 10, 1863.
GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-79). American journalist and reformer; fought against slavery and woman's suffrage.
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Typed Letter Signed, on Office of the Gatling Gun Company stationery, 4to, Hartford, CT., April 26, 1890. Also included is the autograph corrected printed biography published by George Routledge.
GATLING, RICHARD JORDAN (1818 -1903). American inventor best known for his invention of the Gatling gun, the first successful machine gun.
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Typed Letter Signed, 4to, on Gatling Gun Co. stationery, Hartford, Conn., April 26, 1890.
GATLING, RICHARD JORDAN (1818-1903) American inventor best known for his invention of the Gatling gun, the first successful machine gun.
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T.L.S., 4to, on "United States Shipping Board" letterhead, Washington, May 5, 1917.
GOETHALS, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1858-1928). African American Lieutenant Colonel in the Engineer Corps. Appointed by Roosevelt as the chief engineer of the Isthmian Canal Commission, he also governed the Panama Canal Zone.
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Attractive Document Signed, in Arabic, 12mo, Khartoum, April 25, 1884.
GORDON, CHARLES (1833-85). British soldier. Governor General of Sudan Equatorial Provinces (1877-80), credited with establishing communications, developing natural resources, and suppressing the slave trade; killed in the fall of Khartoum, thus becoming a martyr and hero.
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A.L.S. on verso of a note to him, 8vo, n.p., January 27, 1868.
GORDON, CHARLES (1833-85). British general and colonial administrator; also known as "Chinese Gordon" or "Gordon Pasha".
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A.L.S., 3 pp 4to, New York, Aug. 31, 1842.
GREELEY, HORACE (1811-72). American journalist, editor, and politician.
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Early Autograph Letter Signed, 4 pages 8vo, N.Y., March 30, 1868.
GUITEAU, CHARLES (1841-1882) An American lawyer and frustrated office seeker who assassinated President John Garfield on July 2, 1881. He was executed by hanging.
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Typed Letter Signed, on his personal Judge Learned Hand's Chambers" stationery, 4to, New York, March 21, 1956. To Edward Blotnick, of the Columbia University School of Law.
HAND, LEARNED (1872-1961) Famed American Judge. Hand served for many years as Chief Judge and intellectual leader of the United States Court of Appeals of the Second Circuit headquartered in Manhattan after prior service on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He is remembered in connection with early cases construing the free speech clause of the First Amendment and as a pioneer in applying economic reasoning to American tort law. Hand is considered by many to be the most influential American judge never to have served on the Supreme Court of the United States. Considered one of the greatest of his day.
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Circular Printed Letter Signed, in German, 4to, Vienna, April 3, 1902. This is a form letter sent to a few colleagues for the Zionist Organization, Action Committee.
HERZL, THEODOR (1860-1904). Hungarian Zionist leader. Wrote "Der Judenstaat" in 1896, advocating founding of a Jewish state in Palestine. President, Zionist Organization from 1897 to 1904. Considered the founder of organized Zionist movement.
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Printed Document Signed, in German, 4to, Vienna, March 4, 1903.
HERZL, THEODOR (1860-1904). Viennese Jewish journalist and founder of Political Zionism. His pamphlet "The Jewish State" acted as a political rally against anti-semitism that led to the formation of the Zionist Congress.
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A.L.S., in German, 8vo, Frankenstrasse 9, Feb. 3, 1904.
HERZL, THEODOR (1860-1904). Viennese Jewish journalist and founder of Political Zionism. His pamphlet 'The Jewish State' acted as a political rally against anti-semitism that led to the formation of the Zionist Congress.
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Typed document signed, in German, 4to, Vienna, June 18, 1903.
HERZL, THEODOR (1860-1904). Viennese Jewish journalist and founder of Political Zionism. His pamphlet 'The Jewish State' acted as a political rally against anti-semitism that led to the formation of the Zionist Congress.
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