1859. 3 pages (front and back) each measuring 5.25 x 8.25 inches, no place, April 28, 1859. Written at the height of his literary success while exiled to England, enclosing a book on behalf of the "Gazette des Beaux Arts," and offering encouragement concerning a friend's financial misfortunes, in part: "Charles will solve things...I do not doubt you've done your best...but I fear that the newspaper is not well suited for inserting an article..." One horizontal fold and tiny pieces..... More

Philadelphia: 1814. 1 page, 10 x 8 inches, [Philadelphia], March 29, 1814, sending funds to cover an outstanding note, in part: "Your favor of the 16th which I received on the 20th, covering a check for one hundred and fifty three dollars, is before me." Small loss of paper at the left hand margin as a result of the opening of the address leaf; natural folds; several small stains and discoloration on the right side. Good condition. American publisher and..... More

Brooklandwood: 1819. 3 pages (front and back), 10 x 7.75 inches, Brooklandwood, January 17, 1819. Written to General H. Welles concerning the political atmosphere and the economic situation of the country, in part: "Mr. L.A Jones, having called on me like a wandering Jew...offers me an opportunity of writing to you...with further communication of current events..." Several folds and pencil notations; foxing in several spots; one small piece of paper missing from the removal of the wax seal on the..... More

Chicago: 1900. 1 page, 5.5 x 8.25, Chicago, December 19, 1900. In this letter, Deering advises the firm of Tice and Lynch (who would complete the International Harvester merger) that a package was received by Adams Express when his preference would be that all future shipments be sent by American. Signed in full at the conclusion with the addition of nine words in his hand. Near fine condition. Industrialist who merged Deering Harvester Company, founded by his father, with the..... More

Paris: 1925. Interesting A.L.S. by an unnamed American Financier vacationing France, providing his observations of the French economic situation in post-war Europe. 8vo. 4 pages, Boulevard Raspail, Paris, France, Dec. 17th 1925, in part: "The French Franc is now 27.50 to a dollar, which is about 3 4/10 cents each. The French people are beginning to have a hard time with their money so depreciated and there is current talk of Financial Revolution. The Socialists here are very strong and..... More

Washington, D.C. Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2005. 216 pages, 8vo, blue boards, dust wrapper. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, Inc., (2005). First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Inscribed on the title page with a blue felt tip pen: "To Phyllis, Best Wishes! Steve Forbes." More

Hawkhurst, Kent: 1912. Autographed manuscript signed -- a gloomy view of Great Britain's economic future. 15 lines, folio, written on a sheet of pure vellum, measuring 12 x 15.5 inches, in part: "In my 81st year...with profound pain I foresee an era of calamities for our anti-social industrial system, and also for our abnormal British Empire. The universal unrest of Labour will not cease..." Together with two autographed letters signed by Harrison, one submitting the manuscript, but Not For Publication;..... More

Topeka: 1937. Fine T.L.S. 4to. 1 page, personal letterhead, Topeka, May 1, 1937, to Frederick R. Coudert, international law attorney and political powerbroker, just six months after being defeated by Franklin D. Roosevelt, in part: "...It was the Chamber of Commerce that first proposed the NRA, and now that the President is frightened at the threat of inflation, the natural tendency is to follow the course that I believe all governments have followed under like circumstances, - the attempt to..... More

New York: 1852. 3 pages, 10 x 8 inches, New York, January 20, 1852, signed "Richard." Richard Morris and his brother Jacob -- the addressee of the letter -- were members of the Morris family dynasty and grandchildren of the signer of the Declaration of Independence and a drafter of the Constitution. As slave traders, the Morris family was facing economic difficulties and a very uncertain political atmosphere in the South, and thus made plans to dispose of some plantation..... More

1976. 20 pages, 11.75 x 8.25 inches, titled "A Worried America" -- his speech at the annual meeting of the Lutheran Council, U.S.A., March 11, 1976, best remembered for the following passage: "...You have chosen me as one who identifies with a Lutheran heritage. That characterization touched a chord in my heart, as most surely I know that it is true. I belong to that generation of Swedes who had read the Bible and Lutheran Catechism in school -- that..... More

Philadelphia: 1879. 4 pages (front and back) on lined notebook paper, 12.25 x 7.75 inches, Philadelphia, November 8, 1879. The first three pages are written in a secretarial hand; the last page, signed by Reading, is written in another hand. This document outlines the purchase of a major tract of land in Pennsylvania which would ultimately be the expansion of Reading's vast railroad and real estate holdings. Also signed by Pennsylvania Senator Wallace. Small closed tear along one of the..... More

1868. 1 page, 10 x 8.5 inches, no place, January 1, 1868. Partly printed document signed "G. A. Trenholm" -- a coupon bond between merchants Theodore D. Wagner and William L. Trenholm of Charleston on behalf of John Fraser and Co. and James Robb and Charles T. Lowndes. Boldly signed on verso guaranteeing payment of the bond by his son William L. Trenholm, who later became Controller of the Currency in the Cleveland Administration. The recto contains the signed contract..... More