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FRANKFURTER, FELIX . (1882 -1965) Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
Typed Letter Signed, on “Supreme Court” Stationery, Washington D.C., Nov. 15, 1940.
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McKenney, Thomas L. (1785-1859) Commissioner of Indian affairs who recommended removal of the Cherokee and other major Southern tribes west of the Mississippi. McKenney also complied and published, together with James Hall, History of the Indians Tribes of North America (1838-1844).
Scarce A.L.S., 4to, 2pp on one sheet, hand written “Office Indian Trade”, May 22, 1820.
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ARENDT, HANNAH. (1906-75) German political theorist.
Typed Letter Signed, in German, two pages on one 4to sheet of printed personalized stationery, New York City, December 8, 1970.
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ASTOR, JOHN JACOB . (1763-1848) German born, American multimillionaire. Through lucrative dealings in fur, real estate, and opium, Astor became the first millionaire in the United States.
Manuscript Letter Signed, 4to, New York, September 23, 1837.
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BARTON, CLARA. (1821–1912) American teacher and humanitarian best known for organizing the American Red Cross.
Autograph Letter Signed, 8vo, 4pp, Oxford, November 29, 1905.
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BEARD, MARY RITTER. (1876-1958) Influential American historian and archivist, who played an important role in the women's suffrage movement and was a life-long advocate for social justice through educational and activist roles in both the labor and woman's rights movements.
Typed Letter Signed, 4to, 2pp., New Milford, Connecticut, August 2, 1936.
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BERKMAN, ALEXANDER. (1870-1936) Russian immigrant who became an American writer, radical anarchist, and would-be assassin. Berkman was a leading member of the anarchist movement. He was the lover and close associate of Emma Goldman, a Lithuanian-born anarchist with whom he collaborated frequently and organized civil rights and anti-war campaigns.
Autograph Note, Unsigned, on Typed Letter Unsigned, folio, Paris, March 5, 1925.
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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.
Autograph Letter Signed, in German, 8vo,Tubingen, Germany, October 30, 1962.
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BRUCE, BLANCHE KELSO. (1841-98) American politician, born into slavery, and after the Civil War became the first African-American Senator to serve a full term and the second elected to the U. S. Senate. He was elected as a Republican from Mississippi, serving from 1875-81. Following his Senate term, he became Register of the Treasury appointed by Pres. Garfield, and recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia 1891-1893.
Document Signed, 2 pp on one folio, Washington, D.C. September 20, 1890 .
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BUBER, MARTIN. (1878-1965). A renowned Jewish philosopher, storyteller, and pedagogue.
Typed Letter .Signed., in German, 8vo, Jerusalem, July 20th, 1961.
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CETEWAYO. or CETSHWAYO. (1826– 1884) Last King of the Zulu nation, ruled the Zulu Kingdom from 1872 to 1879.
Sepia toned Photograph, unsigned, on carte-d-visite.
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CHURCHILL WINSTON SPENCER . (1874-1965). British politician known chiefly for his leadership of the United Kingdom during World War II. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. A noted statesman and orator, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a historian, a Nobel Prize winning writer, and an artist.
Typed Letter Signed, on “Chartwell” stationery, 4to, Westerham, Kent, November 4, 1946.
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CHURCHILL, WINSTON SPENCER. (1874-1965) British politician known world wide for his leadership of the United Kingdom during World War II. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. A noted statesman and orator, Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a historian, a Nobel Prize winning writer, and an artist.
Typed Letter Signed, on “Chartwell” stationery, 4to, Westerham, Kent, November 4, 1946.
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DANTON, GEORGES JACQUES. (1759-1794). French Revolutionary Leader.
Manuscript Document Signed, certified true copy of a ruling by the National Assembly reinstating Pierre Marie Maurice, formerly of the National Guard, who had been dismissed by Lafayette. Two pages folio in French, with vignette of the figure of justice,
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DIX‚ DOROTHEA LYNDE. (1802-1887)‚ American humanitarian‚ crusader for the reform of the treatment of the insane. Throughout the Civil War she served as a superintendent of women nurses.
Autograph Letter Signed, 3 pages on one 8vo sheet of lined stationery, Newport, August 22, 1880.
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DOUGLAS, WILLIAM O. (1898-1980). Supreme Court Justice. Taught corporate law at Columbia and Yale before joining Securities & Exchange Commission.
Photograph Signed with large white borders 4to, n.p., n.d.
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DOWNING, GEORGE. (1624-84) English soldier and diplomat, nephew of Gov. John Winthrop of Massachusetts, sutdiedstudied
6 Manuscript Documents signed, on vellum, from his position in the Exchequer, various dates.
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DU BOIS, WILLIAM EDWARD BURGHARDT. (1868 -1963). American civil rights activist, public intellectual, Pan-Africanist, sociologist, educator, historian, writer, editor, poet, and scholar.
Original Typed Document Signed, 4to, N.Y., n.d.
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DUPONT de NEMOURS, PIERRE SAMUEL. (1739 – 1817) French noblemen, writer, economist, and government official, who was the father of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont, the founder of E.I. duPont de Nemours and Company, patriarch and progenitor of one of America's richest business dynasties of the 19th and 20th centuries.
A.L.S. on Administration of Hospices for Civilian of the City of Paris stationery, Paris, Sep 31, 1812.
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ESTRADA, THOMAS.
Printed Document Signed, 8vo, bank check, Newburgh, New York, April 3, 1904.
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