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TLS as Governor of New York
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Typed Letter Signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt as Governor of New York, on Executive Mansion letterhead from the Albany State...
Eleanor Roosevelt Signed Engraving of the White House
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Official vignette engraving of the south portico of the White House circa 1940, signed in black ink by Eleanor Roosevelt,...
Original Senate Photograph Signed
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Original 8" x 10" glossy Senate photograph personally signed by Obama in blue Sharpie, in excellent condition. BARACK OBAMA (born...
Signed Presidential Memoir
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Former President Richard Nixon's bestselling autobiography, First Edition, Second Printing, signed in-person. Very good condition, dust jacket very good with...
ALS to Thomas Ewing re George Rives
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Autograph Letter Signed by and in the full hand of Abraham Lincoln, dated 15 December 1849, Springfield, Ill., to Honorable...
Richard M. Nixon Signed Presidential Library Program
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A rare and unusual item of presidential history, this is the Official Program for a private luncheon welcoming then-ex President...
The President Resigns from Office
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The resignation of President Richard Milhous Nixon (1913-1994) remains one of the darkest moments in American History. As the Watergate...
Ulysses S. Grant Carte de Visite
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Original antique carte de visite (CDV) of the great American General and soon-to-be President Ulysses S. Grant. This is one...
Barack Obama Signed “The Audacity of Hope” – Full Signature
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This is a True First Edition and rare First Printing of President Barack Obama's The Audacity of Hope, signed in...
Letter to PT-59 Navy Crewmate
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was a prolific letter writer his short lifetime, many of the more important ones written while he...