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Presidential Signatures and Signed Documents, 20th c., Nine Examples. Including: a card signed by Harry Truman dated January 5, 1959; a sheet of letterhead signed by Woodrow Wilson, November 24, 1910; a visiting card signed by Martin Van Buren; a typed letter to Vincent Astor signed by Herbert Hoover, June 3, 1925; a letter from an autograph seeker with two lines and a signature added by Harry Truman, April 26, 1957; a typed letter on White House letterhead signed by Warren G. Harding, March 25, 1921, accepting Rowland B. Mahany of the Department of Labor's resignation; a typed letter signed by William Taft to Albert Rosenthal, setting up a sitting for a charcoal sketch, August 24, 1921 (with a reproduction of the sketch); a typed letter signed by Calvin Coolidge, thanking the writer for anniversary congratulations, October 7, 1920; [and] a signed 8 x 10 in. black-and-white photograph of Dwight Eisenhower. (9)
Estimate $300-500
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Keywords
Calvin Coolidge, Dwight Eisenhower, Harry Truman, Martin Van Buren, Warren G. Harding, Woodrow Wilson, William Taft, Vincent Astor, Albert RosenthalJohn Dorfman
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