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Political
Session I: Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Estimate

735 /

American – Political, cont.

731

D 1848 POLLBOOK FOR PRESIDENTIAL &
REFERENDUM QUESTIONS ........................... PH $4000-6000

Ten pages from poll-book for Meredosia Precinct in Illinois,
for 1848 elections. Five blue sheets list the names of 220 citizens
who voted for proposed Electors for each party, showing 125
for the Cass and Butler ticket versus 92 for Taylor and Fillmore,
and just three votes for Van Buren and Adams. Several names
with Abraham Lincoln association including O.H. Browning
and A.G. Henry. Usual vertical fold, quite clean. Additional six
white pages of poll sheets from the March 6, 1848 election at
the same precinct, with voting for the state constitution
(passed), a new mill tax, and most significantly, ‘For the Article
in relation to Colored Persons.’ These last sheets include the
affidavits of the Clerks of the Election certifying that all was
correct. Usual folds fine condition. Provenance King Hostick
Historical Documents. (University Archives LOA).
732

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1900-70s VINTAGE POLITICAL BUTTONS (x23)
............................................................................... PH $200-300

Various covers with autographs of Big City mayors to
Congressional members to Cabinet members to Supreme Court
& more. About 260 covers. Three groups FDR related, JFK
related & Nixon-Watergate related with family members,
Cabinet members & other staff members. Includes: James &
Elliot Roosevelt, Charles Edison, James Farley, Sargent Shriver,
Pierre Salinge r, Pat Nixon & daughters, Henry Kissinger,
George Shultz, Alexander Haig, & more. Supreme Court
Justices with Hugo Black, Warren Burger, Potter Stewart,
William Douglas, William Rehnquist & others, Federal
government with Bess & Margaret Truman, Mamie, Milton &
John Eisenhower, Ivy Baker Priest, Lyndon Johnson (auto-pen),
Clark Clifford, C. Everett Koop, Members of Congress with
Ted Kennedy, Joe Lieberman, Barack Obama, Thomas
Eagleton, Bob & Elizabeth Dole, Thomas O’Neil, George H.W.
Bush, Geraldine Ferraro, Newt Gingrich, plus 59 Governors
with George Wallace, Adlai Stevenson, Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush,
Nelson Rockefeller, Jerry Brown & more. List included. Some
maybe auto-pen or secretarial.
736

/D 1922-24 FRED VINSON, CHIEF JUSTICE, SIGNED
CHECKS AS ATTORNEY (x8) ............................. PH $600-800

Fred Vinson (1890-1953), Supreme Court Chief Justice, signed
these 8 printed checks ‘FRED M. VINSON ATTORNEY AT
LAW’ during his years in private practice. Each measures
8¼”x3" and dated 1922-24, each entirely in Vinson’s hand.
Scarce signatures. Very fine.
734

/D 1928 JOSEPH P. KENNEDY SIGNED LETTER .. PH $350-500

Typed letter on Kennedy’s New York City office letterhead,
dated June 13, 1928, unusually and simply signed ‘Joe’ in black
ink. Letter to fellow business world big-wig Matthew Brush of
American International Corporation, and appears to be a
condolence letter on the death of Brush’s mother. Rather
personal content, very fine condition. Lot also includes
additional note on Kennedy’s Boston office letterhead, dated
April 11, 1924, typewritten but not signed, regarding an
invitation to lunch with Brush.

737

1950s-80s POLITICAL AUTOGRAPHS & MATERIALS
...................................................................................... $200-300

Box filled with hundreds of photos, covers, cards, stamps,
booklets, letters and more. Many signed by political notables
and personalities. Includes presidential families, cabinet
members, aides, etc. Mostly from the Truman to Johnson
administrations.
738

/D 1958 ELEANOR ROOSEVELT SIGNED LETTER
............................................................................... PH $200-300

Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt wrote this two short page note to Ralph
Cunfer, President of the Young Democrats shortly before his
resignation from that position. Two pages on her 6"x7"
letterhead. Horizontal mailing fold and signature in blue
fountain pen. Very fine.
739

/D 1967 MCNAMARA MEMO & JACQUELINE KENNEDY
SIGNATURE ...................................................... PH $2000-2500

Remarkable unpublished McNamara memo to himself about
Jackie pressuring Bobby to run for VP and her feelings toward
LBJ. Includes: (1) Typed memorandum SIGNED IN TYPE by
Robert S. McNamara, dated August 3, 1964. ‘MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD’ on stationery of The Secretary of
Defense. ‘EYES ONLY’ typed at top. Never folded. Fine
condition. Memo refers to rumors that Jackie has been
pressuring Robert Kennedy to run for Vice-President and that
she is bitter towards LBJ. (2) Rare envelope free franked by
Jacqueline Kennedy in ink at upper right, black-bordered
envelope addressed by Mrs. Kennedy to Mrs Robert S
McNamara in Washington, DC. Lightly hand postmarked
Hyannis Port, Mass., July 25, 1964. Fine condition. Material
from the estate of Robert McNamara. (University Archives
LOA).

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1941-53 J. EDGAR HOOVER SIGNED LETTERS
(x3) ........................................................................ PH $200-300

Three typed letters (8"x10½”) on FBI letterhead, all addressed
to William A. Johnson and each signed by J. Edgar Hoover.
Dates range from Feb 1941 to Aug 1953. Topics include a
promotion, a death in family and an appreciation letter.
Johnson began his career in the FBI as a messenger in 1935.
All 2-hole punched at top with two horizontal folds for envelope
insertion. Very fine.

Group of 23 political pin-back buttons, includes: 1910 Ohio
Delegate, McKinley ribbon, Wallace, Mondale, Johnson, Nixon
and more. Small bit of duplication and all look to be in very
fine condition. A few non-political buttons as well.
733

1940s-2000s U.S. POLITICAL FIGURES AUTOGRAPHS
ON COVERS ................................................................ $600-800

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