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Sherman turns down an invitation to a "Grand Reunion of the Western Armies at Chicago."
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN. Autograph Letter, to an unnamed general. Annapolis, Maryland, December 8, 1868. 2 pp., quarto. Sherman originally wrote this content as part of a longer letter; he marked this leaf "copy" and ends it with marks that show this section to be complete.
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U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis Md. Dec 8, 1868
Dear General,
I had already received an invitation to the Grand Review of the Western Armies at Chicago, when I received your letter of Dec 2.
I am however too unwell to go any where, and am now under the care of a physician who has put me under a certain course of treatment that I have to comply with.
I assure you that I would be most happy to witness your Reunion which I expect will be a very pleasant affair, and I should be much pleased to meet there, the officers of the army with whom I have been at different times associated. I would not be surprised if this were… Read More

"You understand that the Yiddish edition of the World arose from the need to reach those social strata that were not reached by the German World. It was absolutely necessary to create a periodical which would in a reliable and faithful manner report on Zionist events and the Zionist requirements."

Though his newspaper Die Welt linked together supporters across three continents. Herzl recognized that, for his vision of a Jewish homeland to become a reality, Western and Eastern Jews would need to join forces, as would the literati and the Yiddish-speaking man-in-the-street. This letter supports Di Velt, the short-lived Yiddish edition launched in 1900, one of Herzl's attempts to bridge class, cultural and linguistic gaps. THEODOR HERZL.
Typed Letter Signed, on the need to support the Yiddish version of the Zionist Paper Die Welt. One page, in German, to his "colleagues" of the Zionist movement. Countersigned by Oskar Marmorek, the secretary of the Actions Committee. March 3, 1901, Vienna.… Read More

RACISM. [THEODORE ROOSEVELT].
Drawing. 1p, 5 x 6¼ in. Transcript

"To hear how Roosevelt is carrying on? I would like to give him a swift kick & see him full of holes, I wish the nation would make Alice marry Booker T Washington, don't you?"

[Followed by drawing of Alice Roosevelt marrying Booker T. Washington].

Historical Background

In 1901, Roosevelt invited Washington to dine with him at the White House, making him the first black man ever to do so. Whoever wrote this racist note and drawing apparently did not approve of the gesture, suggesting that Roosevelt's eldest daughter Alice marry the Civil Rights pioneer.

Washington, 1861. No binding. Fine. Autograph Letter Signed, to Thomas Ewing, his father. Washington, May 22, 1861. Written in pencil. 6 pp., 4 7/8 x 7 3/4 in. ""Genl Scott is in bad humor with the administration for appointing Reeder Brig Genl in regular army ... We have the idea he will not favor Cump's appt, except as Colonel...""Ewing informs his father of political machinations in Washington and early Civil War plans and appointments. He painstakingly weighs the chances of his foster brother (and brother-in-law), William T. ""Cump"" Sherman, obtaining a general's commission. He also offers a sober analysis of the relative strengths of the Union and Confederate armies in the Eastern theater. ""The general impression is the first battle, after Pickens, will be at Norfolk. The Govt. is not ready. Genl Scott says Genl Impatience is the only opposing General he fears. At present, it is plain the enemy can put man for man in the field anywhere in eastern Virginia with us."" Complete… Read More

In 1785, the state of Massachusetts instituted a stamp tax on newspapers but soon replaced it with a tax on newspaper advertisements. To protest the tax on advertisements, Thomas suspended his weekly newspaper, Thomas's Massachusetts Spy; or, the Worcester Gazette, at the end of March 1786. In April 1786, Thomas began publishing the Worcester Magazine, which was not subject to the tax, as a substitute for the Massachusetts Spy. Although a magazine in name, the Worcester Magazine
continued the same kind of news as Thomas had printed in his newspaper. Its most valuable features were political pieces and "intelligence," including essays for and against the new proposed U.S. Constitution. It also included a series entitled "The Worcester Speculator" (16 essays from September 1787 to March 1788), along with agricultural articles, medical notes, recipes, anecdotes, and other items.

Thomas continued publishing the Worcester Magazine for twenty-four months (approximately 104 issues) until… Read More

[THOMAS JEFFERSON, WILLIAM CRANCH].
Pamphlet. An Examination of The President's Reply to the New-Haven Remonstrance; with …the President's Inaugural Speech, The Remonstrance and Reply … a List of Removals from Office and New Appointments. 1801. New York: George F. Hopkins. FIRST EDITION. Octavo. 69pp. "Of the various Executive duties, no one excites more anxious concern than that of placing the interests of our fellow citizens in the hands of honest men, with understandings sufficient for their station…In the case of Samuel Bishop however, the subject of your remonstrance, time was taken, information was sought, and such obtained as could leave no room for doubt of his fitness. From private sources it was learnt that his understanding was sound, his integrity pure, his character unstained …The will of the nation, manifested by their various elections, calls for an administration of government according with the opinions of those elected; if, for the fulfilment of that will,… Read More

Headington, Oxford, England, 1955. No binding. Fine. Autograph Letter Signed, to Naomi Mitchison. Headington, Oxford, England, December 8, 1955. 4 pp on 2 leaves of wove paper with Pirie's/ Crown Bond watermark. 5 5/16 x 7 1/8 in. (13 1/2 x 18 cm). The first page is embossed ""76 Sandfield Road/ Headington/ Oxford."" With original autograph addressed envelope. In a letter peppered with references to Middle Earth and its inhabitants, an exhausted Tolkien takes his first lengthy holiday in four years-in Italy. He returns and writes to Naomi Mitchison, a fellow novelist and his proofreader, for failing to provide feedback for her novel, To the Chapel Perilous. Tolkien discusses the demands on his time, ranging from his teaching load, thesis advising, and publishing, to reading critical reviews. Tolkien's dissatisfaction with radio adaptations of Lord of the Rings occupies a prominent place: I think poorly of the broadcast adaptations. Except for a few details I think they are not well done... I thought… Read More

EDWARD D. TOWNSEND.
Document Signed, printed Special Orders No. 41, Jan. 27, 1864. Creating and Appointing Abbot to a Board of Engineers to review Sea Coast Fortifications, especially New York Harbor.
Henry L. Abbott (1831-1927) commanded the Army of the Potomac's siege artillery at Petersburg. For this and other recognizable services during the war, he was brevetted brigadier general.

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Before John F. Kennedy could defeat Richard Nixon in the election of 1960, he had to win his party's nomination against veteran Senator Lyndon Johnson and perennial candidate Adlai Stevenson. Kennedy did so handily, on the first ballot of the convention. HARRY S. TRUMAN.
Pamphlet Inscribed and Signed. 1960 Democratic National Convention program, Los Angeles, signed in 1964. "To Robert William Bean Kindest regards 1/22/64 Harry Truman / It's a great platform!" 3¾ x 8½ in.
Excerpts:

In 1796, in America's first contested national election, our Party, under the leadership of Thomas Jefferson, campaigned on the principles of "The Rights of Man." Ever since, these four words have underscored our identity with the plain people of America and the world. In periods of national crisis, we Democrats have returned to these words for renewed strength. ...

The common danger of mankind is war and the threat of war. Today, three billion human beings live in fear that some rash act or blunder may… Read More

1956. No binding. Fine. Typed Document Signed as former President, March 21, 1956. 1 p. ""She lived in the White House / With her Dad and Mother / For her father was President / Better than any other..."" Three years removed from the presidency, and a month before her daughter's marriage, Truman signs a lyrical tribute to Mary Margaret Truman, intended to be sung to the tune of the ""Missouri Waltz.""Historical BackgroundMissourian Harry Truman, it was widely reported, loved to play the ""Missouri Waltz"" in the White House. In 1949, after Truman's comeback victory over Thomas Dewey in the 1948 presidential election, the Missouri legislature adopted it as the official state song. ""Missouri Waltz"" was written by Tin Pan Alley lyricist James Royce Shannon in 1916 over a 1914 composition by Frederick Knight Logan.Mary Margaret Truman Daniel (1924- ) is the daughter of President Harry Truman and a writer of… Read More

In the first fugitive slave law case, which came before his cousin Commissioner Gardiner: "The fugitive was promptly dealt by and restored to his owner in Baltimore. Mr. Gardiner has proven himself to be a faithful public servant, an honest man, and a Patriot. And yet, by a certain class of Editors in New York he is sneered at…"

Tyler criticizes two NY editors in particular: "Now what jackasses are Mssrs Herricks and Ropes… These would-be somethingarians [a colloquialism, usually used as an insult] in the first place, deem it a matter of censure in a judge, to execute the law—and, in the next they show their ignorance … by ascribing to Mr. Tyler under their witty soubriquet of Captain (a title he is well content to wear since he enjoyed it during the war of 1812 with Great Britain)…" JOHN TYLER.
Autograph Letter Signed and Autograph Manuscript Signed several times in the third person. Sent to S. Cunningham, from Sherwood Forest, October 12, 1850, 1 p., 9â…œ x 7¼ in. on blue… Read More

"The States are emphatically the constituents of this Government...." JOHN TYLER.
Broadside. State of the Union Message. National Intelligencer—Extra, June 1, 1841. Washington, DC: Gales and Seaton. 1 p., 18 x 23 in.William Henry Harrison took office in 1841 while the nation was still suffering from a depression sparked by the Panic of 1837, causing many banks to fail and unemployment to reach then-record levels. Though Harrison took ill almost immediately after giving his lengthy March 4 inaugural address, on March 17 he summoned Congress into a special session that would convene on May 31, 1841. On April 4, Harrison became the first President to die in office. John Tyler delivered his own inaugural address on April 9, but opponents in Congress, including John Quincy Adams, refused to accept Tyler's claim to be president and considered him instead the "acting president," arguing that he had to follow Harrison's policies.

When Congress convenes, it appoints a joint committee "to wait on… Read More