Stuart Lutz From: [email protected] Sent: Friday, June 10, 2016 9:28 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. monthly newsletter Dear autograph collector, I hope you are having a fine start to the summer. This month's newsletter features a handwritten Dwight Eisenhower letter to Barry Goldwater, a Richard Nixon letter about a Congressional vote on the Vietnam War, an Alex Haley inscribed Roots, signed books by Gerald Ford and Lucretia Garfield, and an interesting, early forensic science archive that resulted in a murdered being executed in Pennsylvania's electric chair. In news about manuscripts, one of the most famous Twentieth Century literary letters, a lengthy Neal Cassady letter to Jack Kerouac that helped inspire On The Road, is about to be auctioned;. Last month, a few clients knew that John Tyler was the only President ever listed as a sworn enemy of the Federal government; it occured when he was elected to the Confederate Congress. This month's trivia question is, "What major league player hit the greatest number of home runs in his final season?" By now, you probably know the reward for the first correct answer. Sincerely, Stuart Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. 784 Morris Turnpike, PMB #161 Short Hills, New Jersey 07078-2698 Toll Free Phone 1 (877) I-BUY-DOCS [428-9362] Toll Free Fax 1 (877) 9-FAX-DOCS [932-9362] www.HistoryDocs.com Member of the Professional Autograph Dealers Association, the Manuscript Society, the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, the Appraisers Association of America, the Universal Autograph Collectors Club (Registered Dealer #166) and the Ephemera Society. DWIGHT EISENHOWER Stock# 3946 $2500.00 A RARE DWIGHT EISENHOWER HANDWRITTEN LETTER TO BARRY GOLDWATER 1 DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (1890-1969). Eisenhower was the Thirty-fourth President and the Supreme Allied Commander of European forces World War II. BARRY GOLDWATER (1909-1998). Goldwater was a five term Senator from Arizona. He was also the Republican Presidential candidate in 1964, where he was badly beaten by Lyndon Johnson. ALS. 1pg. 10 ½” x 7 ¼”. No date [circa summer of 1968]. No place [likely Walter Reed Army Hospital]. An autograph letter signed “Dwight D Eisenhower” addressed to Barry Goldwater. The former President wrote: “Dear Barry, Word was brought to me at the hospital today that I was being quoted as being antagonistic to you. I have just included a public [statement] as follows: Good luck in your campaign. Dwight D. Eisenhower”. Eisenhower’s staff composed the middle of the statement, and the entire thing was sent as a telegram. The letter comes with a photocopy of the telegram Ike sent Goldwater, which states “Dear Barry, Word was brought to me at the hospital today that I was being quoted as being antagonistic to you. I have just issued a public statement as follows: Quote. Regardless of any assertions or insinuations to the contrary, I have the highest respect and the warmest personal regards for Barry Goldwater. I earnestly hope to see him back in the U.S. Senate as a result of the coming election. End Quote. Good luck in your campaign. Dwight D. Eisenhower.” On the back of the Eisenhower handwritten letter was taped a clipping from The Washington Post, dated July 23, 1968; the article states in part: “Former President Eisenhower considered Sen. Barry Goldwater ‘nuts’ during Goldwater’s 1964 campaign for the Presidency, a former White House consultant and speech writer said…the former President had ‘softened his judgment’ of Goldwater somewhat by 1967, stating: ‘You know, Goldwater’s quite a nice guy; he’s got everything but brains.’”. In 1968, Goldwater was running for the United States Senate; he had given up his Senate seat in 1964 when he was running for the Presidency. Goldwater was successful in his 1968 campaign, and served in the Senate until 1987. Eisenhower was, at this time, in poor physical shape. From April through August 1968, the former President had four heart attacks and fourteen cardiac arrests. Despite his health issues, he managed to remain politically active and aware, and he supported Nixon for President in 1968. The Eisenhower letter has two vertical folds, dark ink, a staple rust stain, and some tape show-through from where The Washington Post article was glued to the other side. A fine letter between two powerful Republicans. RICHARD NIXON Stock# 3947 $750.00 2 PRESIDENT NIXON THANKS A NORTH CAROLINA CONGRESSMAN FOR HIS PRO-VIETNAM WAR VOTE: “THE NATION IS AGAIN IN YOUR DEBT FOR PUTTING COUNTRY ABOVE PARTY IN THE VOTE ON VIETNAM IN THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS THURSDAY” RICHARD NIXON (1913-1994). Nixon was the Thirty-Seventh President of the United States. ALTON LENNON (1906-1986). Lennon was a North Carolina Democratic politician; he was an United States Senator from 1953 to 1954, and a Congressman from 1957 to 1973. TLS 1pg. 6 ¾” x 9”. April 24, 1972. The White House. A typed letter signed “RN” by Richard Nixon as President. He wrote on embossed “The White House” letterhead to the conservative North Carolina Congressman Alton Lennon about his pro-Vietnam War vote on April 20, 1972. The President wrote: “Dear Al, The Nation is again in your debt for putting country above Party in the vote on Vietnam in the Democratic Caucus Thursday. I believe events to come will prove the wisdom of your courageous act.” Nine month later, the United States completed a peace treaty with North Vietnam. The letter is in very fine condition with a central mailing fold. ALEX HALEY Stock# 3948 $200.00 ALEX HALEY SIGNS ROOTS ALEX HALEY (1921-1992). Haley, a writer, is best remembered for The Autobiography of Malcolm X and Roots. SB. September 17, 1984. No place. An edition of Roots inscribed by author Alex Haley in 1984 on the front endpage. The dustjacket has light wear and chipping, and the interior pages are in fine condition. 3 HOWELL COBB Stock# 3949 $250.00 FUTURE CONFEDERATE GENERAL HOWELL COBB SIGNS A LETTER AS SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY HOWELL COBB (1815-1868). A Georgian, Cobb served in the House of Representatives and as Governor of Georgia. In 1857, President Buchanan appointed him the Secretary of the Treasury. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he gave up his Unionist sentiments and urged his state to secede. He was appointed a general and served in his state throughout the war. LS. 1pp. 8” x 10”. December 18, 1860. Treasury Department. A letter signed “Howell Cobb” as Secretary of the Treasury; he wrote to “Victor & Achelis” of New York regarding an appeal of customs rates on cotton hosiery. Just a few months after signing this, Cobb resigned from the Cabinet and urged secession. The letter is in very good condition with very dark ink (thought a little bit of the ink has spread) and a few short fold separations. SARGENT SHRIVER Stock# 3950 $150.00 AN ARCHIVE OF SARGENT SHRIVER LETTERS, INCLUDING ONE AN EARLY ONE PRAISING THE NEWLY FORMED PEACE CORPS SARGENT SHRIVER (1915-2011). Sargent married famed Kennedy sister Eunice Kennedy and worked for his father-in-law Joseph P. Kennedy before his appointment as the first director of the Peace Corps in 1961. His effectiveness in this position prompted Lyndon Johnson to name him director of the Office of Economic Opportunity in 1964. Shriver served in both of these posts until 1966, when he resigned from the Peace Corps and devoted himself to the OEO. In 1968 he was appointed Ambassador to France, and in 1972 he became George McGovern’s running mate on the Democratic ticket. Archive. 1961-1995. Various locations. An archive of ten letters signed by Sargent Shriver; all are to Harry McLaughlin of the Harrisburg, PA Patriot-News. The earliest 4 one is a 1961 letter on "Peace Corps" letterhead (with a lengthy handwritten postscript), and they continue throughout the mid-1990s. There is also a photograph of Shriver at a baseball game. The overall condition is fine. (ESKIMO LETTER) Stock# 3951 $150.00 DANISH MUSEUM DIRECTOR SOPHUS MÜLLER ADVISES AMERICAN CURATOR WALTER HOUGH ON AN ESKIMO STONE LAMP, RECOMMENDS ARTICLES BY DANISH EXPERTS ON GREENLAND WALTER HOUGH (1859-1935). Hough was an American ethnologist and a curator at the United States National Museum in Washington D.C., which is now The Smithsonian Institution. SOPHUS MÜLLER (1846-1934). Müller was a Danish archaeologist and director of the National Museum of Denmark. LS. 1pg. February 17, 1897. Copenhagen. A letter signed “Sophus Müller” as Director of Denmark’s National Museum, on museum letterhead. Müller writes to Walter Hough, who was then an assistant curator of ethnology at the United States National Museum. The letter concerns a stone lamp from Greenland owned by the U.S. National Museum. To reply to your favored of January 17, I very much regret not being able to furnish any exact information respecting the locality of the Eskimo stone lamps in your museum. That they are from the west coast of Greenland is quite certain, but a more precise indication of the spot, where they have been collected, does not exist in our catalogues. These lamps are common in West Greenland; our collection contains a great number. For the form of East Greenland lamps I can refer to the figure No 14 Plate XXIV of Capitain Holms ‘Ethnografisk Skizze af Angmagsalikerne’ in the ‘Meddelelser om Gronland’ vol 10. Yours truly Sophus Müller”. After Greenland became a Danish colony in 1814, Danish scholars and explorers took a great interest in studying its history, culture, and geography. Meddelelser om Gronland was a periodical on the subject; it was established in 1879 by Danish scientist Johannes Frederik Johnstrup (1818-1894).