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King, Martin Luther. Original speech relating to King’s last March on Washington, 1967-8, which he dubbed “The Poor People’s Campaign,” cut short due to his assassination. First Edition. Original press statement, 5 pages. This speech, dated March 4, 1968 comes on the cusp of the campaign “We will begin this.....
Prime Minister of England during World War II. Typed statement, signed "Winston S. Churchill," one page, 7.25 x 9.5, dated February 1957. Having led his nation through the perils of World War II, Churchill watched as an expansive arms race grew during the Cold War, once again threatening the peace.....
Carrie Chapman Catt. Leader in women's rights, protégé of Susan B. Anthony, and founder of the International Women's Suffrage Alliance (IWSA), which continues today to advocate on behalf of women's and girls' rights worldwide. 1 page Autograph Letter Signed on International Woman Suffrage Alliance letterhead circa 1906. Catt founded the.....
Elizabeth Cady Stanton. American Suffrage Leader. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED on the publication of Stanton's memoir "Eighty Years and More." Feb. 19 [n.y. but circa 1898]. 26 West 61st St., New York, NY. 2 pages, on front and back of a single sheet. 8-1/2" x 11" inches. A bold suffragist-content letter.....
32nd President typed letter signed on White House letterhead, Washington, January 4, 1937, to Nevada Governor Richman Kirman. As the United States industrialized, factory and mine owners hired children for a variety of tasks, as they were especially useful in fixing machinery and navigating the small areas that fully grown.....
35th US President. Restless in the House, Kennedy challenged incumbent Republican senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., in 1952. Although the Republican presidential candidate, Dwight D. EISENHOWER, won in Massachusetts as well as the country as a whole, Kennedy showed his remarkable vote-getting appeal by defeating Lodge for the Senate seat.....
U.S. President. Fascinating handwritten autograph letter signed. ALS signed “Dutch,” one page, 6.25" x 4.25," on "Ronald Reagan" letterhead with presidential gold seal, July 11, 1991. Letter to his longtime friend Lydia ‘Hup’ MacArthur. In full: “Have your letter and assure you I’m saying some prayers for you and will.....
Richard F[rancis] Burton. First Footsteps in East Africa. Or, an Exploration of Harar. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856. First edition. Octavo. [4], [vii]-xk, [2], 648 pages. Four chromolithographic plates, two maps. Half calf over marbled paper-covered boards; front and back decoratively ruled in blind; spine ruled in gilt.....
American activist, and lecturer. She was the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. The story of Keller and her teacher, Anne Sullivan, was made famous by Keller's autobiography, The Story of My Life,In 1904, at the age of 24, Keller graduated as a member of Phi.....
Eleanor Roosevelt. First lady through the Great Depression and World War II. Eleanor writes about her organization USCOM, which rehoused thousands of children orphaned by the war. Typed letter signed "Eleanor Roosevelt" on her personal letterhead. April 28th, 1947. New York, New York. 1 page. In 1940 Eleanor and Franklin.....
32nd President. Typed Letter Signed, one page, 7.25" X 10.5", dated November 6, 1930, Albany, New York, addressed to Darwin P. Kingsley, [President] New York Life Insurance Company. In part, " I have accepted the State Chairmanship in New York of the Committee which is making an appeal on behalf.....
(KING, MARTIN LUTHER.) Honor His Memory, April 2, 3, 4, Stop the War Now! Poster, 17 x 11 inches; minimal wear, laid down on linen. Washington, DC: National Peace Action Coalition, 2 April [1971] Notes: This poster promoted a series of protests against the Vietnam War: local demonstrations planned for.....
Emmeline Pankhurst Signed Photo. The vintage silver gelatin photo is signed in ink by Pankhurst on the lower white border, giving it excellent contrast. Pankhurst herself was imprisoned at Holloway in 1908 for obstruction after trying to enter Parliament to deliver a protest resolution to Prime Minister H. H. Asquith.....
Leader in women's rights and the founder of the International Women's Suffrage Alliance, which continues to work on behalf or women's and girls' human rights today. Autograph Quotation signed in full by Catt: "Women vote on equal terms / with men in 26 countries / of the world. / Carrie.....
Richard F[rancis] Burton. Wit and Wisdom from West Africa. Or, a Book of Proverbial Philosophy, Idioms, Enigmas, and Laconisms. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1865. First edition. Octavo. [8], [xi]-xxx, [2], 455, [1] pages. Original purplish-red publisher's cloth; boards stamped in blind; spine stamped in gilt. All edges trimmed. Later endpapers. Rebacked.....
Abraham Lincoln. "The Gettysburg Address” contained in “Report of the Select Committee Relative to the Soldiers' National Cemetery, Together with the Accompanying Documents, as reported to the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, March 31, 1864." Harrisburg: Singerly & Myers, State Printers, 1864. Lincoln’s famous speech was originally.....
KING JR., Martin Luther. Report on the Montgomery movement featured in the second issue The Liberation. April 1956. The story of King’s discovery of a “new and powerful weapon—non-violent resistance.” King, according to this report, sees a “new Negro” emerging in the South: “The extreme tension in race relations in.....
Belva Lockwood. The first woman to appear on a US Presidential ballot. Autograph letter signed by Belva Lockwood, to Mark Bennitt, publicity director of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. April 30, 1903. 1 page, 7 x 5 ¾ in. In black ink, Lockwood writes: “Wash. D.C. Apr. 30. 1903.....
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Boston Hymn.” First Edition. Contained in an original issue of The Atlantic Monthly; A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art and Politics. February 1863. Boston, Ticknor and Fields. Issue No. 64. Continuously paginated 146- 272 plus ads. One of the country's oldest and most respected literary magazines. This.....
Very Scarce 4 page handwritten speech prepared for Malcolm X, African American Civil Rights leader of the 1960s, covering the African-American struggle in the United States, the joining of Muslims around the world, and the teachings of Elijah Muhammad. Speech includes 4 consecutive pages, legal size 8x14 inches. Written in.....
American reformer; best known for her work on behalf of woman suffrage. Autograph Quotation Signed. 1 page. March 16, 1945. N.p. Catt writes in her hand a moving quote, "Despite crime, war and bloodshed, the human race is marching toward a better world." She signs in full “Carrie Chapman Catt”.....
William Lloyd Garrison’s. Thompson’s Lectures and Debates on Slavery, With a Full Report of the Discussion Between Mr. Thompson and Mr. Borthwick,the Pro-Slavery Agent, Also A Brief History of His Connection With the Anti-Slavery Cause in England.Isaac Knapp, Boston: 1836., 1836. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. 190 pages. Bound in.....
Keller, Helen. Typed letter signed. New York, 1964. Approx. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4" inches. A two paged letter on Keller's personal 16th Street New York Address Stationary with matching envelope soliciting donations for the American Foundation for the Blind, signed by her in blue ink. She mentions that she.....
40th President of the United States. 1 pg TLS signed "Ronnie" to his childhood friend, Mrs. Francis Welch. Dated February 9, 1965 on his personal stationary. Reagan writes: "I have been holding your letter hoping that in some way I could tie a trip out of the city while I......
The first prime minister of Israel and its leading personality during the first 15 years of the Jewish state. Typed Letter Signed, 1 page, Letter is written while Ben - Gurion is head of The Jewish Agency and written 4 days after the "Biltmore Conference". The Biltmore Conference was called.....