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| Helen Keller Typed Letter Signed Re Recent visit with actress, Katherine Cornell [Famous Women]
Typed letter signed “Helen Keller” to Katherine Cornell, the noted actress, two and one-half pages; Newmarket, New Hampshire, January 21, 1939.7.25 x 10.5 in.
Truly a magnificent woman in any age! Excellent condition.
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| Pearl S. Buck Review of "Hallet Absurd" Signed [Famous Women]
Signed "Pearl S. Buck". One and one-half pages. Circa June 1941. Fine condition. 8.5 x 11 inches.
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| Clara Barton’s Tribute to Julia Ward Howe Signed [Famous Women]
Signed "Clara Barton". Three pages. New Year, 1911, Glen Echo, Maryland. Very fine condition. Rare. 5.25 x 6.75 inches. Printed tribute to Howe given at the Memorial Meeting held by the League for Political Education at the Hudson Theater, New York, November 12, 1910.
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| Abigail Adams Autograph Letter Signed regarding the nature of politics [Famous Women] [First Ladies]
Autograph letter signed by Abigail Adams to Mrs. Hannah Cushing, February 3, 1802. "The golden age is past. God grant that it may not be succeeded by an age of terror"."the ax is already laid to the root of the Tree; if it destroyd only those which brought forth bad fruit; we ought to rejoice, but when we see a spirit of party, deaf to all reasoning, all argument, determined with rooted malignity to destroy all that is good wise and just, merely to glut their resentment; what a hopeful prospect for the future!... The golden Age is past - God grant that it may not be succeeded by an age of terror ..."
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| Clara Barton Autograph Letter Signed on the Scarcity of Her Book, "The History of the Red Cross" [Famous Women]
Signed “Clara Barton” to Edward Peterson. Three pages with original envelope. August 28, 1910, Oxford, Massachusetts. Good condition, Excellent signature. 5.24 x 6.75 inches.
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| Pearl S. Buck Manuscript of Short Story , " Little Joe", Signed [Famous Women]
Signed “Pearl S. Buck”. Twenty-eight pages. August 20, 1966, Madison, New Hampshire. Manuscript for original short story about a woman who discovers her Army officer husband fathered a child while stationed in Korea.
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| A. Mitchell Palmer, Attorney General, Typed Letter Signed Supporting “The Woman Suffrage Amendment” [Famous Women]
Signed “A. Mitchell Palmer", as U.S. Attorney General, to Robert H. Hollet. One page. March 18, 1920, Washington. Good condition. 20.1 x 26.3 cm.
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| ww: Clara Barton Typed Letter Signed Regarding Her Desire to Help the First Aid Association [Famous Women]
Signed “Clara Barton” to General Roscoe G. Wells, First Aid Association of America. Three and one-third pages. February 17, 1910, Glen Echo, Maryland. Fine condition.
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| ww: Willa Cather Signed Book "Obscure Destinies" [Arts & Entertainment] [Famous Women]
Signed Willa Cather. "Obscure Destinies" Copy #244 of 260. Printed on Nihon Japan Vellum.
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| Clara Barton Autograph Letter Signed Thanking Her Secretary for a Report [Famous Women]
Signed “Clara Barton” to “My dear Secretary”. Five pages. July 28, 1906, Oxford [Massachusetts]. Good condition. 11.1 x17.6 cm.
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| ww: Mary A. Livermore Autograph Letter Signed. Framed [Famous Women]
Signed "Mary A. Livermore" to Mr. Peck with card. October, 1871. April 12, 1892.
In sample frame. Add $150 for shipping framed.
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| Belva Lockwood Card Signed. Framed [Famous Women]
Signed "Belva A. Lockwood" with printed photograph card.
In sample frame. Add $150 for shipping framed.
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| Alice Stone Blackwell Sending Christmas Wishes [Famous Women]
Good condition. Beautiful Christmas design on front. 9cm x 14cm
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| Janet Scudder, Sculptor and Painter, Autograph Manuscript Signed Regarding Suffrage and Women’s Work [Famous Women]
Signed “Janet Scudder”. Three pages. n.d.
With autograph letter signed “Janet Scudder” to Mrs. Scribner. Two pages. April 28, [no year.], [New York].
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| Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, 1852 edition [Famous Women][African American]
Both volumes are inscribed, “The Crawford’s/ Ithaca/ New York/ Presented in 1881 by Mrs. Ann Lewis, a colored friend, as her choice treasure.” With later pencil inscription, “Given to Mr & Mrs E.M. Newton by Mrs Crawford/ Setp 16 1924.” Boston: John P Jewett & Company, and Cleveland, Ohio: Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, 1852. The first edition was issued in Boston by the same publisher earlier in the same year. Its immediate success is witnessed by an additon to the imprint above the publisher’s name”: “Seventieth Thousand.” Both volumes in original brown cloth binding with embossed image of a slavery scene, each in new brown cloth archival case. Spines have discreet archival repair at tops and bottoms.
A pivotal work, often cited as a book that helped change the course of human events. This is a fine and early set, with an interesting association.
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| ww: Alice Stone Blackwell Women’s Suffrage Association Stock Certificate Signed. Framed. [Famous Women] [Finance]
Signed by Alice Stone Blackwell to National American Women’s Suffrage Association. October 31, 1910. One share of “The Woman’s Journal” stock.
In sample frame. Add $150 for shipping framed.
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| America the Beautiful [Famous Women]
Very rare autograph transcript signed, complete four verses of the final edition of the poem. One page. Exhibit Information:
11/2003- Atlanta History Center
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