Lots 131 - 140

Lot #131: LAFAYETTE, MARQUIS DE - TWO AUTOGRAPHED NOTES SIGNED.
Paris, 1800's. Two notes to Dr. Stevenson, discussing health care for an acquaintance. Lot also includes two other letters from the same period (not from Lafayette).
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $800

Lot #132: JAMES MADISON, JAMES MONROE - SIGNED DOCUMENT Washington, September 14, 1812. Privateer commision for Schooner Tompkins "to subdue, seize any armed or unarmed British vessel ..."
Estimate: $ 1500.00 - $ 2000.00 Sold at $1500

Lot #133: ROBERT, MORRIS, SIGNER FROM PENNSYLVANIA, DOCUMENT SIGNED - NORTH AMERICAN LAND COMPANY STOCK CERTIFICATE ISSUED TO DR. ENOCH EDWARDS.
Philadelphia, 4/18/1795. Size: 9 x 11 1/2" (sight). Countersigned by James Marshall, as secretary. Framed and matted.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $450

Lot #134: ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D. - DOCUMENT SIGNED AS PRESIDENT
Washington, 1942. Size: 11 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. (sight). Appointment of James Healy as Postmaster of Houghton, Michigan. Framed and matted.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 Sold at $375

Lot #135: ROOSEVELT, THEODORE - DOCUMENT SIGNED AS PRESIDENT
Washington, 1909. Size: 20 1/2 x 13 3/4 in. (sight). Appointment of Albert L. Miller as First Lieutenant in the Medical Reserve Corp. Nicely illustrated military commission with a large signature. Framed and matted.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $425

Lot #136: SIMMS, JEPTHA R. "HISTORY OF SCHOHARIE COUNTY, AND BORDER WARS OF NEW YORK , ..."
Albany, Munsell & Tanner, 1845. First edition, octavo. 5 lithographic plates and in text illustrations. A fine early American binding of full red gilt morocco. Heavily gilt borders and central gilt decoration. Spine lightly faded.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 Sold at $350

Lot #137: PRESIDENTIAL AND WORLD LEADERS' SIGNATURES
(1) Taft, William Howard - signature framed with photograph. (2) Cleveland, Grover - signature framed with photograph. (3) Balfour, Arthur - signature on reproduced photograph, framed. (4) George IV - signature framed with an engraved portrait.
Estimate: $ 400.00 - $ 500.00 Sold at $200

Lot #138: PRESIDENTIAL AND WORLD LEADERS - 6 SIGNED ITEMS
(1) Coolidge, Calvin - "Annual Message." Dec. 6, 1923, signed on last page. (2) Truman, Harry - "Mr. Citizen." New York, 1960, dust jacket. Signed on the 1/2 title. (3) Nixon, Richard - "Six Crises." New York, 1962. Soiled and chipped dust jacket, inscribed in the front free endpaper. (4) Roosevelt, Franklin - "Advance! No Retreat." Radio address of the President, 6/24/38. Signed on the lower left of front wrapper, "Roosevelt." (5) Gandhi, Mahatma - "His Own Story." London, 1930, second printing. Cloth is chipped and torn, signed by Gandhi on front free endpaper. (6) Book signed by Winston S. Churchill (P.M.'s grandson).
Estimate: $ 400.00 - $ 600.00 Sold at $1600

Lot #139: FIVE SIGNED PHOTOS AND LETTERS OF POLITICIANS
(1) Reagan, Ronald, typed note signed as President. (2) Kennedy, Robert, typed note signed, 1961. (3) Kennedy, Robert, signed photo. (4) Clinton, Bill, signed color photo. (5) Kennedy, Ted, signed photo.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 Sold at $500

Lot #140: AUBIGNE, THEODORE AGRIPPA. "L'HISTORIE UNIVERSELLE."
Maille, Jean Moussat, 1616-1620. First edition, quarto, 3 volumes. Bound in contemporary brown calf with gilt spines. Some damage is visible to the bottom and top of the spine. This is very rare as the book was condemned for its statements against Henry II and Charles IX. Many copies were burned.
Estimate: $ 1000.00 - $ 1500.00 Sold at $800