Search Results: Titles starting with F from Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc.

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT (1882-1945). Roosevelt was the Thirty-Second President. TLS. 1 pg. 8” x 10”. November 8, 1940. The White House, Washington. A typed letter signed “Franklin D. Roosevelt” to “Honorable Mon C. Wallgren”: “Please accept my sincere thanks for your message of congratulations. I appreciate it more than I can say. May I, in turn, congratulate you on your election to the Senate!” This letter was signed and sent by Roosevelt just days after his landslide re-election to an unprecedented third term as President of the United States in 1940. The letter was sent to Monrad Wallgren, who was then serving as a Democratic U.S. Congressman representing Washington. As Roosevelt mentioned, Wallgren had just been elected to an open U.S. Senate seat in Washington. Wallgren would serve as a U.S. Senator until 1945, when he resigned upon election to a single term as Governor of Washington. The letter has a mailing fold and is in very fine condition with a giant autograph.

FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT (1882-1945). Roosevelt was President of the United States. BASIL O’CONNOR (1892-1972). O’Connor was Franklin Roosevelt’s longtime friend and law partner until Roosevelt became President. TLS. 1pg. December 2, 1935. Warm Springs, Georgia. A typed letter signed “FDR” as President on “The White House” letterhead. Roosevelt wrote to his former law partner, Basil O’Connor, in New York. “Dear Doc: - Will you keep Miss Wallace in mind? I cannot begin any cataloguing until I have unpacked the records and that will be work for about one year more. She sounds thoroughly qualified. As ever yours, FDR”. The letter has a stamp in the upper right-hand corner indicating when it was received at the offices of O’Connor & Farber and a handwritten notation by O’Connor. There is a mailing fold and it is in very good condition.

An archive of four letters to Frederick F. Cornell, a student at Princeton. Cornell was the pastor of The Reformed Dutch Church of Manhattan: a) ALS. 4pg. 7 ¾” x 9 ½”. November 8, 1823. No Place. An autograph letter signed “Anna N. Cornell” to Frederick Cornell. In part: “You know I so dearly love to bring an absent friend near—whether by event or thought—or the pleasing medium of expository contact. That your indulgent mind will urge it as an apology for my troubling year at this late hour of the evening. Sister has written to you and nothing particular occurred since you left us, yet I am not willing either of these circumstances should thwart my design or rob me of this interview. The heart, my dear F., receives and entertains those we love and amidst its overflowing, the pen need not rest on casual incidents to give it utterance.” The letter is in very good shape, with fold separations that do not affect legibility. b) ALS. 2pg. 7 ¾” x 12”. December 24, 1824. No… Read More

ARTHUR W. MITCHELL (1883-1968). Mitchell was the first Black Democrat elected to Congress. He served Illinois from 1935 to 1943, and he was the only Black member during that time. Born in Alabama, he attended the Tuskegee Institute, Columbia University and Harvard University. Although Mitchell was a Republican early in life, he switched parties in 1932 with the election of Franklin Roosevelt. In 1934, he defeated the Black Congressman Oscar De Priest. Much of his time in Congress was spent introducing anti-lynching and anti-discrimination bills. Scrapbook. Approximately 50 pages. Circa mid 1930s. A scrapbook covering the early political career of Congressman Arthur W. Mitchell; it was kept by Harriet Mitchell in Birmingham, Alabama (this is likely his sister, as Congressman Mitchell was from Alabama). The scrapbook mostly consists of press clippings, many with original halftone images of Mitchell. The origin of the clippings is clearly marked, and many of them are from prominent Black… Read More

TLS. New York. A typed letter signed "John J. Carty" to the Secretary of the Carnegie Corporation: "To commemorate your safe return from your recent travels in Africa, and in acknowledgement of your narrative of them which you sent to me, I am sending to you an account of his own African travels by Mungo Park, Surgeon, published in the year 1799. This distinguished African explorer was born in Selkirkshire, Scotland, and was educated at the University of Edinburgh, your own native city. It is the thought that this record of his travels may therefore be of special interest to you in connection with the expedition to Africa which you undertook, I may well say, under the patronage of that distinguished countryman of Mungo Park, your old friend Mr. Andrew Carnegie... ". The letter is in very fine condition overall.

Archive. Moon was a famous journalist, writer and NAACP executive. He attended Howard University and got his masters from Ohio State University before becoming the Director of Public Relations at Tuskegee Institute. He briefly worked at New York's The Amsterdam News before becoming the NAACP's director of public relations in 1948. He wrote the classic Balance of Power: The Negro Vote and his writing also appeared in The New York Times, The New Republic, The London Tribune, and The Chicago Defender. He served as The Crisis magazine's editor from 1966 to 1974. THE NEW YORK AMSTERDAM NEWS. Founded in 1909 in Harlem, NY, it is a news publication geared toward the black community of New York City. At its height in the 1940s, its circulation reached 100,000 and was the fourth largest African-American newspaper in the United States. It published the works of such notables as W.E.B. Du Bois, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., and Malcolm X. a) TLS. 1pg. 8 ½" x 11". March 17, 1932. New York, NY. A typed letter… Read More

ALS. No place. An autograph letter signed "R.S. Storrs" to "W.E. Robinson": "I enclose a cheque for $131 22/100, my payment of my own income tax; and another for $44 97/100, my payment of Mrs. Gray's. Making them payable, according to your suggestion, to the order of the collector. Please have the receipts sent to my house. Thanking you for your kindness in the matter... ". The letter is in very fine condition overall.

FERDINAND MARIE, COUNT DE LESSEPS (1805-1894). Lesseps was a French diplomat who was involved in the creation of the Suez Canal. LS. 1pg. October 28, 1867. Paris. A letter signed “Ferd. de Lesseps” as Secretary General of the Universal Company of the Maritime Suez Canal, written on the company’s letterhead. Lesseps wrote in French, and the translation is as follows: “Dear Sir, I hasten to inform you, in response to the letter you wrote me on the 21st of this month, that the Company Administration can put at your disposal as many maps as you may wish to peruse, a specimen of which is enclosed herewith. The cost of this map is 5 centimes. Very truly yours, The Secretary General Ferd. De Lesseps”. It is in fine condition.

(TEMPERANCE). ALS. 3pgs. N.d. N.p. An autograph letter signed “N. G. Townsley” two times. In this fiery letter, Townsley argues that intemperance is worse than slavery. The author is unidentified but may have been related to a Gad Townsley, who published a temperance-related book entitled The Temperance Family Almanac in 1835: “Resolved That the evil of intemperance is greater than that of slavery Mr. President I think that the evil of intemperance, is greater than that of slavery, because it induces the whole human race from a state of respectability, and honor, to that of sorrow and suffering, and finally to an untimely grace. The evil of intemperance has seized men, and ushered them into eternity, men who might have been ornaments to society, and benefited the world by their existence, and example but this cause of intemperance goes about mutilating, destroying, and preparing victims for the asylum and the gallows, rendering wives to become widows, and children orphans, and making homes… Read More

CARL SCHURZ (1829-1906). Schurz was a German-American revolutionary, politician, and Union Army General. ALS. 3pgs. March 19, 1877. Washington. An autograph letter signed “C. Schurz” and “C. S.”. It regards the 1863 Battle of Chancellorsville, in which Schurz commanded a unit of the 11th Corps that was devastated in a surprise attack. Despite his presence, Schurz declines to give any real comment on the events. “My dear sir, In reply to your kind note of the 14th inst. I regret to say that I cannot give you any information about the ?? written in defense of the 11th Corps at the Battle of Chancellorsville. I remember to have seen it at the time. I have among my papers a long and detailed report giving all the facts connected with that affair, but cannot get at it, it being in a box filled with similar documents at St. Louis. My official report which is probably in your possession, throws much light on the subject. I think Gen. Boynton the Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette,… Read More

JOHN GIBBON (1827-1896). Gibbon was a Union Army General. DS. 1pg. March 16, 1895. Seattle, Washington. A financial document signed “J.G” on the verso. The body of the document, which concerns the terms of a loan, was written in anther hand and bears a secretarial signature: “One (1) year after date without grace for value received, I promise to pay to the order of John Gibbon, Brig. Genl. U.S.A. Retired, the sum of Two hundred and fifty -- $250 – Dollars with interest at the rate of six – 6 – per cent per annum from date hereof until paid. Interest payable semi-annually at maturity…Jno. Gibbon”. The document is on the letterhead of the Agency for Royal Exchange Assurance, Pacific Coast Branch. In fine condition.

July 1863-March 1864. A set of six financial documents relating to two ships. The barque Texas and the barque Alamo were owned by Oliver H. Perry, a shipping merchant from Southport, Connecticut. The Texas was lost at sea in late 1862 while serving the Union cause during the American Civil War. Five of the six documents report Perry’s earnings on the ships. These are from Connecticut shipping company Wakeman, Dimon & Co., who operated Perry’s ships. The sixth letter is from the Atlantic Insurance Company. It concerns Perry’s insurance policies on the ships. The documents are in very good condition overall with folds.

Stock. No date, Boston. An unissued and uncancelled Burlingame Telegraphing Typewriter Company stock. There is a fine vignette of a city, a steamship and the globe crossed by wires. It is in mint condition overall.

CHARLES LINDBERGH (1902-1974). Lindbergh was the first man to fly solo and non-stop across the Atlantic. His 1927 flight to Paris in The Spirit of St. Louis took him thirty-three hours and created a hero. His later life was controversial, as his first child was kidnapped and Lindbergh advocated American neutrality during World War II. ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH (1906-2001). Anne, the wife of pilot Charles Lindbergh, was a writer and an aviatrix. SB. 274pg. 1938. Illiec [France]. A first British edition of Listen! The Wind signed “Anne Morrow Lindbergh” and “For Mrs. Otto Hopp from Charles A Lindbergh 1938” on the half-title page. She was the author of the book and her husband wrote the foreword. It is in blue cloth with gilt stamping, including an image of a pontoon plane; there is no dust jacket. The interior pages are in fine condition and the binding is tight. A fine copy.

CALVIN COOLIDGE (1872-1933). Coolidge was President of the United States from 1923 to 1929. HERBERT HOOVER (1874-1964). Hoover was the President of the United States from 1929 to 1933. Signatures. 4” x 5”. July 5, 1929. Jackson, Michigan. A first day cover signed by “Calvin Coolidge” and “Herbert Hoover” and addressed to Wm. L. Reynolds of Lakewood, Ohio. The stamp highlights the 75th anniversary of the birthplace of the Republican Party at Jackson, Michigan on July 6, 1854. The envelope and first day cover are in very good condition.

RUTH ELDER (1902-1977). Elder was an actress and female aviation pioneer who helped found the Ninety-Nines. In October 1927, she set the then-record for the longest flight made by a woman. Signature. 4” x 5”. February 15, 1930. New York, New York. An autographed first day cover signed by “Ruth Elder Camp” and addressed to H. Appel of Santa Barbara, California. The stamp highlights The New York Aviation Show and its sponsor, American Legion Aviators’ Post No. 743, the only aviation American Legion Post. The envelope and first day cover are in very good condition.

WILL ROGERS (1879-1935). Rogers was the pre-eminent American vaudeville performer, actor, and humorous social commentator of the early Twentieth Century. Signature. 4” x 5”. July 6, 1930. Fort Garland, Colorado. A first day cover signed “Will Rogers” and addressed to Wm. L. Reynolds of Lakewood, Ohio. A first day cover is an envelope bearing a stamp or stamps postmarked on their day of issue. This stamp highlights the founding of Fort Garland in 1858 in what was then the New Mexico Territory. Though the fort was abandoned in 1883, on July 4, 1930, an airport was opened nearby, which the first day cover also spotlights. The envelope and first day cover are in very good condition, though the Fort Garland postmark is a bit faded.

ANNA HARRISON (1775-1864). Harrison was the briefest serving First Lady. ALS. 1pg. 8” x 12”. August 5, 1848. North Bend [Ohio]. A lengthy autograph letter signed “A Harrison” with an integral address leaf bearing two franking signatures by her; both “Free / Anna Harrison”. She wrote to her grandson, J. Cleves S. Harrison [I left in her phonetic spelling]: “The Month has arived, in wich you thought, you could visit us. I hope you have not given up your intended visit, you must remember, that I am very old, & as none of us know the time of our death, yet to one, threescore & ten of course, but a few Months, perhaps days are alotted to them. My health has been quite poor, most of the summer, but I am now better. It will afford all your relations, in this part of the Country, very great pleasure to see you again. I have not heard a word, from your dear Mother, since I received your letter, you should not my dear, wait for me to answer every letter, but remember I am too old, to write… Read More

FLORENCE HARDING (1860-1924). Harding was married to President Warren Harding from 1891 to 1923 and served as First Lady of the United States from March 4, 1921, until his death on August 2, 1923. PS. 5” x 7”. A photo signed “Florence King Harding” inscribed to “Mr. William Straus” writing “With appreciation of your faithful services”. The photo shows Florence Harding in a Girl Scout uniform on the White House balcony with her dog Laddie Boy, the first White House dog to receive regular coverage by the press. The photo is in good condition, with some tears and other faults.

GRACE COOLIDGE (1879-1957). Coolidge was First Lady of the United States from 1923 to 1929. ALS. 3pgs. February 28, 1928. The White House. An autograph note signed “Grace Coolidge” as First Lady, on White House letterhead. She wrote about her hopes in seeing the recipient soon, as well as her mother’s poor health. “Dear Mrs. Walker: For a long time I have been looking forwards to a little visit with you and have kept your note tucked into a former of my blotting pad. It has seemed an immeasurably long season. Then, when I had to miss seeing you at the Army and Navy reception it seemed like adding one straw too many – but the camel’s back is still unbroken and the camel is getting its legs under it again. So much so that I hope to make the trip to Northampton to-morrow night to have a few days with my mother who has been in the hospital over eleven weeks. She grows more weak but suffers no pain and her courage is undaunted. Please continue to hold me in loving thought and in your prayers… Read More