Signature, “Ebenezer Hazard,” on a 1 ¼” x 3 ¼” slip of paper, an uncommon full signature removed from a larger letter or document.

Lightly and evenly toned, with a slightly irregular right edge; old pencil biographical notations on the reverse.

Signed Card, 2 ½” x 3 ¾”, “Charles E. Hughes.”

Lightly and evenly toned, with minor staining.

Document Signed, 7 ¾” x 9 ¾”, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 14, 1828, “H. Johnson,” as governor on an imprinted form with a beautifully embossed seal at lower left, appointing a judge in West Feliciana Parish.

A seldom-seen document, with light, even toning; minor separation, with no loss of paper, at the usual vertical and horizontal folds; a few chips at the uneven left edge.

Signature, as U.S. Senator, “Cha[rle]s W. Jones, Fl[orid]a,” on a 2 ½” x 4” portion of an album page.

Lightly and evenly toned.

Signature, as U.S. Representative, “F.C. Le Blond, Celina, Ohio,” on a 2 ¾” x 5” portion of an album page.

Lightly and evenly toned.

Autograph Letter Signed, 6 ¾” x 8”, as U.S. Congressman, to one Augustus Gamble.  The attached leaf of the same dimension, stamped “FREE” and bearing a Chillicothe, Ohio postmark, is franked and addressed by McArthur: “Free.  D. McArthur, M[ember] C[ongress].  Augus[tus] Gamble, Esquire, x roads Ann Arundel County, Maryland.”   

“Chillicothe [Ohio], Nov[embe]r 8^th 1824 

Dear Sir,

Your favour of the 4^th Ult[imo] came duly to hand.

The surveys in the name…Young Wilkins have been made…ground and the plats forwarded…office of Col[onel] Richard C. Anderso…principal surveyor who resides ne[ar]…Louisville, Kentucky, for record.  So soon as recorded, he has been requested to forward them, to the Gen[era]l Land Office at the City of Washington.

I trust that you will…your Patents in the course of the ensuing winter, and be ready to convey to my son the part which will be due for his services.  respectfully yours, Duncan McArthur.”

Moderately toned throughout, with general soiling and wear.  The upper edge is somewhat irregular, having been hand torn for use.  Paper separation at the usual folds has resulted in the loss of paper at the right edge, containing words from six lines of text.

Signed First Day Cover, 3 ¾” x 6 ½”, “Joe McCarthy,” with an October 8, 1956, Appleton, Wisconsin postmark and an ironic “PRAY FOR PEACE” cancellation.  Co-signed beneath by local Postmaster Francis H. Sumnicht and two other notables.

Excellent, with light, even toning.

Signed First Day Cover, 3 ¾” x 6 ½”, “Joe McCarthy,” with an October 8, 1956, Appleton, Wisconsin postmark and an ironic “PRAY FOR PEACE” cancellation.  Co-signed beneath by local Postmaster Francis H. Sumnicht and two other notables.

Excellent, with light, even toning.

Signed Card, 2 ½” x 4 ¼”, imprinted as U.S. Postmaster General, “H.C. Payne.”

Lightly and evenly toned, with old mounting traces on the reverse.

Letter Signed, 5 ¼” x 8”, as company president on official stationery, a pass for one Hattie Fitch from Chicago to New York.

“PULLMAN’S PALACE CAR CO., OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, CHICAGO, Oct[ober] 15^th, 1879.  To the Conductor Hotel Car via Pittsburgh: This will be presented by Miss Hattie Fitch, who is on her way to New York.  Please make her journey as comfortable as possible, and on arrival send a Porter with her to the Windsor Hotel.  Geo. M. Pullman, President.”

Lightly and evenly toned, with vertical and horizontal folds at the center.

Signed Card, 2 ½” x 4”, “Alfred A. Smith.”

Barely discernible, slightly lighter toning at the right edge.

Signed Card, 2” x 3 ¼”, “Harlan F. Stone.”

Excellent, with light, even toning.

Document Signed, 8 ¼” x 10”, an early manuscript Frederick County, Maryland court filing, recommending the admission of a man as an attorney; docketed “15^th February 1811” on the reverse.         

“To the Hon[ora]ble the Judges of Frederick County Court.  The subscribers appointed by the court to report on the application of Mr. Addison White to be admitted as a member of the Bar, do hereby respectfully certify to the court that it is their opinion Mr. White should be admitted to qualify as an attorney of Frederick County Court.  John Harison Thomas.  R.B. Taney.”

Exhibiting the usual folds and light toning, with heavier wear, staining, and chipping at the corners and edges.

Document Signed, 8” x 12 ½”, Chatham County, Georgia, December 14, 1785, “Geo. Walton,” as Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court, a manuscript legal document regarding the payment of a debt.

The document is evenly toned, with several stains and a few insignificant edge chips and tears.  One word of text is affected by a small area of paper loss near the right edge, along the uppermost of three horizontal folds, another of which has been repaired on the reverse.  Detachment of the upper one-fourth of the document at the uppermost fold could easily be repaired by a professional conservator.

Signed Card, 2 ¼” x 3 ¼”, “John G. Whittier,” in violet ink.

Excellent, with light, even toning.

A Streetcar Named Desire

Autograph Document Signed, a partly printed 2 ¾” x 6” check, “Tennessee Williams, 632 ½ St. Peter.”  From his New Orleans residence, early in the year when the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, “A Streetcar Named Desire,” undoubtedly Williams’ most notable work, was first performed to critical acclaim. Drawn on the Whitney National Bank of New Orleans, also dated and engrossed in his hand: “Jan[uary] 4 1947,” payable to Waguesback [sic] -Pratt Co.” for “Seventy five no/100” Dollars.  

Reverse bears the recipient’s stamped endorsement. The signature is unaffected by hole-punch cancellation, as well as several minor creases.

Document Signed, 2 ¾” x 7 ¼”, Washington, D.C., December 2, 1918, “A.V. Zane,” an imprinted check also accomplished by Zane just a month before his death, drawn on The Riggs National Bank for twenty dollars.

Hole-punch cancellation, well away from the signature.