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32230 - ANDREW JACKSON POLITICAL WALLET, 7" X 4", embossed leather with a view of the Hermitage in Nashville, the home of Andrew Jackson and two large Federal eagles on the verso side. Complete with the leather closing strap, identified in ink and dated on the interior. "Burrill Tifft, Smithfield, R.I. December 21st, 1839." The interior has compartments for currency an documents, marbleized boards. Ink date on interior puts its manufacture during the Jackson era. Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 - June 8, 1845) was the seventh President of the United States (1829 - 1837). Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend (1814), and the British at the Battle of New Orleans (1815). As president, he dismantled the Second Bank of the United States and initiated forced relocation and resettlement of Native American tribes from the Southeast to west of the Mississippi River. His enthusiastic followers created the modern Democratic Party...........................................................$450.00

32231 - PRESIDENT ZACHARY TAYLOR, Ceramic and brown glazed smoking pipe head, 3" with a character head of General/President Taylor. Wooden stem includes for display. Very fine......................................................$100.00

32232 - PRESIDENT U.S. GRANT, Ceramic and brown glazed character head of President U.S. Grant, 3" wooden stem included for display. Very fine condition......................................................$115.00

THE LOG CABIN, POLITICAL NEWSPAPER OF THE ELECTION OF 1840 SUPPORTING WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON

22821 - 15" X 20" complete 4 page issue, published by Horace Greeley in New York promoting the candidacy of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler of the Whig Party in the election of 1840 which Harrison won only to die a shortly after his inauguration address. Excellent masthead with the symbol of the Whig Party the Log Cabin promoting their theme for the good of the common man. Very fine. Issues of 1840.........................................$40.00/each

ANDREW JACKSON'S HAIR

22503 - A STRAND OF ANDREW JACKSON'S HAIR, 8" X 10", ready to frame, a small strand of the actual hair of President Andrew Jackson encased in a decorative small metal frame with colored prints of Jackson. Certificates of authenticity provided with the display. We have three to sell of this display. "Old Hickory" earned fame with his military exploits against the Creeks and against the British at the Battle of New Orleans and eventually became the 7th President of the United States. Unframed..................................................$150.00

VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPHS OF PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON, WARREN G. HARDING, CALVIN COOLIDGE AND OTHER NOTABLES BY UNDERWOOD AND UNDERWOOD, WASHINGTON, D. C.

1301 - WOODROW WILSON SPEAKS TO FRIENDS AT HOME, 5" X 7", taken November 12th, 1923, Wilson tearfully greets hundreds of well wishers in the steps of his home, U & U, imprint, full description of the event on the verso, fine [3]........................................$30.00

1302 - WOODROW WILSON IN MOTORCAR, 5" X 7", taken September 29th, 1922 by U & U [imprinted], Ex-President Wilson out on his daily ride seated in the front of the motor car, fine [2]..................................................$35.00

1303 - WILSON AND WIFE IN CARRIAGE, 7" X 8", taken November 11th, 1921 by U & U, Wilson tips his hat to the crowd from a carriage, his wife is seated next to him, his first public outing since Harding's Inauguration, top border trimmed, otherwise very good...............$35.00

1304 - WOODROW WILSON'S HOME, 10,000 PEOPLE GREET WILSON, 6.5" X 7", taken November 12th, 1923 in front of Wilson's home on the 3rd Anniversary of the WWI Armistice in Washington. Very fine...............................$30.00

1305 - PRESIDENT WARREN G. HARDING, collection of 10 different Underwood and Underwood vintage photos ranging in size from 5" X 7" to 7" X 9", all with the Underwood & Underwood copyright marks and all described as to the personages in the photographs with President Warren Harding also included is Mrs. Harding. Condition is very good to very fine. Mostly group photos, Mrs. Harding alone the lot of 10 different photographs of the Harding years........................................................$165.00

1306 - A COLLECTION OF 5 DIFFERENT PHOTOS OF PRESIDENT WARREN G. HARDING, Underwood and Underwood vintage photos ranging in size from 5" X 7" to 7" X 9", all with the Underwood & Underwood copyright marks and all described as to the personages in the photographs with President Warren Harding also included is Mrs. Harding. 5 different...........................................$95.00

1307 - A COLLECTION OF 13 DIFFERENT PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE CABINET MEMBERS OF THE HARDING ADMINISTRATION AS WELL AS OTHER NOTABLES OF THAT ADMINISTRATION, mostly 7" X 9" Underwood & Underwood photographs of Harding cabinet members and notables including the following: Secretary of War Weeks and Attorney General Harry Daugherty, Charles Dawes at the State Dept, 1923, Leland Harrison Sec. of State of Labor Davis with many Latin American ambassadors 1922. Officials at the tomb of the unknown soldier, Harding with others, Vice President Marshall, Secretary of the Navy Denby with Admiral Henry Jones, Andrew Mellon Chairman of the Federal reserve board, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of State Hughes presenting T. Roosevelt's chair, Secretary of the Navy Denby and Secretary of War Weeks, Secretary of War Weeks decorating soldiers, the Fed Reserve Board in session, blind soldiers present Mrs. Harding with a hand-made basket, plus five other photos of notables of the period, taken 1920 - 24...................................................................$100.00

1308 - WORLD WAR 1 FOREIGN DIPLOMATS 1920 - 26, 5" X 7" and 7" X 9", Underwood & Underwood, Washington photos, include:  Sweden's future King and Queen arrive in NY 1926. Several photos of French Ambassador Jusserand leaving the White House and two other views, Stanley Baldwin a member of Lloyd George's Cabinet, 6 different photos......................................$45.00

1309 - PRESIDENT CALVIN COOLIDGE, 7" X 9", Underwood & Underwood, Coolidge standing with members of the New Jersey Republican Club near the White House. Coolidge was elected as the 29th Vice President in 1920 and succeeded to the Presidency upon the sudden death of Warren G. Harding in 1923. Elected in his own right in 1924, he gained a reputation as a small-government conservative, and also as a man who said very little...................................$30.00

1310 - PRESIDENT CALVIN COOLIDGE, 7" X 9", Underwood & Underwood, Coolidge standing with members of the Republican National Committee near the White House. Coolidge was elected as the 29th Vice President in 1920 and succeeded to the Presidency upon the sudden death of Warren G. Harding in 1923. Elected in his own right in 1924, he gained a reputation as a small-government conservative, and also as a man who said very little....................................$30.00

1311 - ROBERT LAFOLLETTE, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OF THE PROGRESSIVE PARTY, 7" X 9", Underwood & Underwood, taken 9/20/1924, photographed in his room at the Waldorf in NYC after a speech in Madison Square Garden. Robert Marion "Fighting Bob" La Follette, Sr. (June 14, 1855 - June 18, 1925) was an American Republican (and later a Progressive) politician. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, was the Governor of Wisconsin, and was also a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin (1906 to 1925). He ran for President of the United States as the nominee of his own Progressive Party in 1924, carrying Wisconsin and 17% of the national popular vote Samuel Gompers, President of the American Federation of Labor, congratulates Lafollette after his speech and pledges to support him in the election of 1924. Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL), and served as that organization's president from 1886 to 1894 and from 1895 until his death in 1924. He promoted harmony among the different craft unions that comprised the AFL, trying to minimize jurisdictional battles. He promoted "thorough" organization and collective bargaining to secure shorter hours and higher wages, the first essential steps, he believed, to emancipating labor. He also encouraged the AFL to take political action to "elect their friends" and "defeat their enemies." During World War I, Gompers and the AFL openly supported the war effort, attempting to avoid strikes and boost morale while raising wage rates and expanding membership..............................................................$35.00

1313 - GENERAL JOHN A. LEJEUNE, 7" X 9", General Lejeune seated at his desk, taken October 4th, 1921, Lieutenant General John Archer Lejeune, (January 10, 1867 - November 20, 1942) was the 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps. Known as the "greatest of all Leathernecks" and the "Marine's Marine". He served for nearly 40 years. His service included commanding the U.S. Army 2nd Infantry Division during World War I and culminated with his service as the 5th Superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute......................$35.00

1314 - LARGE ELECTION BALLOT OF THE ELECTION OF 1896, 24" X 24" election polling station wall ballot, McKinley, Bryan, Palmer, Matchett, and other fringe candidates listed, in excellent condition...................$50.00

1315 - POLITICAL MAP OF THE ELECTION OF 1920, 10" X 20" paper backed booklet by Rand McNally Political Atlas for the Election of 1920, colored map of the states, biographies of all candidates, political platforms, fine..................................$30.00

1316 - WOODROW WILSON, June 14th, 1917, New York Times Pictorial, complete issue, President Wilson on cover making a Memorial Day speech at Arlington, Very fine..............................................$25.00

1317 - THE ARCHIVE OF COMMANDER GEORGE A. FOX, RE: FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Personal friend of FDR and Mrs. Roosevelt, consists of the following. His passport issued at Paris in 1928 with photo, White House envelope with card of Mrs. Roosevelt and the President's card, another with just the "President's card", Embossed cared "The President and Mrs. Roosevelt at home", Car windshield White Houses passes for 2/6/1936, 2/4/37, 1/20/41. Admit card and W. H. envelope 1/5/39 "The President and Mrs. Roosevelt", 3/22/45 card for White House Correspondence Assoc. at the Hotel Statler, Invitation to Hyde Park, 5/30/1955 by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt RSVP with stamped free frank of Mrs. Roosevelt, the group.............................................$250.00 [photo not all of lot]

1318 - FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Democratic National Convention 1936, attractive booklet with the nomination speech by John E. Mack in behalf of Franklin D. Roosevelt for President of the United States. Very fine.......................................$45.00

1320 - THOMAS DEWEY, almost beat Truman in 1948, 8" X 10" typed letter signed by Dewey giving his autograph to a well wisher in 1937 on letterhead as Deputy Asst. District Attorney, fine.................................$40.00

1321 - DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, a set of six different complete Time magazines showing Eisenhower from General during WWII to President of the United States, 1942, 43, 45, 51, 51, 52, all very fine in plastic, lot of 6...................................$59.00

A FEW POLITICAL BUTTONS FROM OUR STOCK...

1322 - GROVER CLEVELAND/THURMAN 1888 CAMPAIGN, large 1" white metal medal, bust of Grover Cleveland/Allen Thurman, Cleveland lost to Benjamin Harrison in this election as an incumbent candidate, choice..............................$90.00

1323 - WILLIAM MCKINLEY, 1896, Celluloid 22mm political button, McKinley/Hobart, Very good..................................................$55.00

1324 - TEDDY ROOSEVELT, 1904 CAMPAIGN, Celluloid 15mm TR bust in brass mount, sepia, very fine.........................................$80.00

1325 - WOODROW WILSON, Election of 1916, 22mm full color button of Wilson, scarce as such, fine.................................$75.00

1326 - WARREN G. HARDING, Election of 1920, 20mm button..............................$45.00

42909A - JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, Carte de Viste by Anthony from an original Brady negative, 6th President of the United States, near mint condition, super card..........................................................$165.00

42910 - ANDREW JACKSON, Carte de Viste, 7th President of the United States, taken from a fine engraving or painting of Jackson, no imprint, large view within an oval. Very fine............................................................$49.00

42911 - WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, Carte de Viste by Anthony, 9th President of the United States. First President to die in office. One of the Brady/Anthony series of former US Presidents produced by that photographic company during the Civil War era. From a quality painting or engraving of Harrison. Very fine, SCARCE..................................................$79.00

42912 - MILLIARD FILLMORE, Carte de Viste by Anthony/Brady, 13th President of the United States, from life seated view of Fillmore as President. One of the Brady/Anthony series of former US Presidents produced by that photographic company during the Civil War era. A high quality photographic image................................................$175.00

42913 - JAMES BUCHANAN, Carte de Viste by Anthony/Brady, 15th President of the United States. One of the Brady/Anthony series of former US Presidents produced by that photographic company during the Civil War era........................................$150.00

34020 - PRESIDENTIAL CLAY PIPE, GEORGE WASHINGTON, 2" X 1.5", red terracotta clay pipe bowl, c 1850's, effigy of the head and face of President George Washington, excellent facial details, 1st President of the United States, George Washington (February 22, 1732 - December 14, 1799) was the first President of the United States of America, serving from 1789 to 1797. Very fine..........................................$95.00

34021 - MARTHA WASHINGTON, CLAY PIPE, 2" X 1.5", red terracotta clay pipe bowl, c 1850's, effigy of the head and face of Martha Washington, excellent facial details, wife of 1st President of the United States George Washington. Very fine and very scarce.........................................................$125.00

34022 - PRESIDENTIAL CLAY PIPE, ZACHARY TAYLOR, 2" X 1.5", red terracotta clay pipe bowl, c 1850's, effigy of the head and face of President Zachary Taylor, excellent facial details, Zachary Taylor (November 24, 1784 - July 9, 1850) was the 12th President of the United States (1849 - 1850) and an American military leader. Very fine, some blackening from use....................................................$95.00

34023 - PRESIDENTIAL CLAY PIPE, MILLARD FILLMORE, 2" X 1.5", red terracotta clay pipe bowl, c 1850's, effigy of the head and face of President Millard Fillmore, excellent facial details, some blackening from use. Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800 - March 8, 1874) was the 13th President of the United States (1850 - 1853) and the last member of the Whig Party to hold the office of president. As Zachary Taylor's Vice President, he assumed the presidency after Taylor's death...........................................$89.50

111101 - PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON, 12" X 16" overall in a gold frame. A specimen of his hair encapsulated in a small gold frame. Presented with a colored print of Jackson with certificate of authenticity. Just purchased from a New Orleans estate sale.......................................................$425.00 ON HOLD

P1 - JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, 1825-1829, Carte de Viste by Brady of the first US President to be photographed. Anthony/Brady back mark. McAllister of Philadelphia as seller's label applied. Card is MINT except for the bottom corners being rounded off to allow for album insertion..................................$125.00

P2 - JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, 1825-1829, Carte de Viste by Brady. Pose taken by Brady with Anthony/Brady back mark. Trifle trim at bottom, otherwise crisp card............................$125.00

P7 - FRANKLIN PIERCE, 1853-1857, Carte de Viste. Bust pose of Pierce by Anthony. Nice copy photo.................................$125.00

P8 - FRANKLIN PIERCE, 1853-1857, Carte de Viste. Seated pose taken by Matthew Brady with Brady back mark and sold by Earle's of Philadelphia. Mint condition with bottom of tips rounded off to allow for album insertion....................................$150.00

P42 - THOMAS JEFFERSON AND JAMES MADISON, Washington City, May 20th, 1806. A land grant for lands in the Territory Northwest of the Ohio and above the mouth of the Kentucky to John Stapler of Bucks County, PA. 10" X 20", partly printed and filled-in on vellum, huge paper seal. Thomas Jefferson signs as President and James Madison as Secretary of State. Both signatures are clear and Jefferson especially bold for a vellum document. Light usual folds non-detracting in any respect. Jefferson's signatures is becoming extremely difficult to purchase on entire documents.....................................$7,750.00 

P54 - WOODROW WILSON, Signature of Wilson framed with a portrait of him. Overall 11" X 14", bold signature.......................................$350.00 ON HOLD

For President Lincoln, see Lincoln Items

1312 - ROBERT LAFOLLETTE, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OF THE PROGRESSIVE PARTY AND SAMUEL GOMPERS, AFL PRESIDENT, 7" X 9", Underwood & Underwood, taken 9/20/1924, photographed in his room at the Waldorf in NYC after a speech in Madison Square Garden. Robert Marion "Fighting Bob" La Follette, Sr. (June 14, 1855 - June 18, 1925) was an American Republican (and later a Progressive) politician. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, was the Governor of Wisconsin, and was also a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin (1906 to 1925). He ran for President of the United States as the nominee of his own Progressive Party in 1924, carrying Wisconsin and 17% of the national popular vote Samuel Gompers, President of the American Federation of Labor, congratulates Lafollette after his speech and pledges to support him in the election of 1924. Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor (AFL), and served as that organization's president from 1886 to 1894 and from 1895 until his death in 1924. He promoted harmony among the different craft unions that comprised the AFL, trying to minimize jurisdictional battles. He promoted "thorough" organization and collective bargaining to secure shorter hours and higher wages, the first essential steps, he believed, to emancipating labor. He also encouraged the AFL to take political action to "elect their friends" and "defeat their enemies." During World War I, Gompers and the AFL openly supported the war effort, attempting to avoid strikes and boost morale while raising wage rates and expanding membership......................................SOLD

42907 - JOHN ADAMS, Carte de Viste by Anthony, 2nd President of the United States. One of the Brady/Anthony series of former US Presidents produced by that photographic company during the Civil War era. From a quality painting or engraving of Adams. Very fine....................................................SOLD

42908 - THOMAS JEFFERSON, Carte de Viste by Anthony, 3rd President of the United States. One of the Brady/Anthony series of former US Presidents produced by that photographic company during the Civil War era. From a quality painting or engraving of Jefferson. Very fine.......................................................SOLD

42909 - JAMES MONROE, Carte de Viste by Anthony, 5th President of the United States. One of the Brady/Anthony series of former US Presidents produced by that photographic company during the Civil War era. From a quality painting or engraving of Monroe. Very fine...............................................SOLD

34025 - PRESIDENTIAL CLAY PIPE, FRANKLIN PIERCE, 2" X 1.5", red terracotta clay pipe bowl, effigy of the head and face of President Franklin Pierce, excellent facial details. Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804 - October 8, 1869) was the 14th President of the United States   (1853 - 1857) and is the only President from New Hampshire. Scarce.................................................................SOLD

34026 - WASHINGTON AND ZACHARY TAYLOR PRESIDENTIAL FLASK, 7" pontil light green glass flask. Embossed images of George Washington and Zachary Taylor. Mottos are, "THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY", "GENERAL TAYLOR NEVER SURRENDERS." Exceptionally nice................................................................SOLD

2000 - WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, Carte de Viste, Fredericks of New York of Harrison. Bust pose, a copy photo of good quality. Indian Fighter, US Army General, President for the shortest period of time. Crisp card......................SOLD

12120 - JOHN ADAMS 2ND PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, FREE FRANK ADDRESSED TO DR. BENJAMIN RUSH IN 1810, John Adams (October 30, 1735 - July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, diplomat and political theorist. A leading champion of independence in 1776, he was the second President of the United States (1797 - 1801). A New England Yankee, he was deeply read and represented Enlightenment values promoting republicanism. A conservative Federalist, he was one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States.

Free Frank folded cover addressed to Dr. Benjamin Rush at Philadelphia and franked "J. Adams" manuscript noted sent from Quincy [Mass]. Marked "FREE" by Adams and John Adams' name is noted quite possibly by Rush as the sender vertically to the left of the address.

Benjamin Rush (December 24, 1745 - April 19, 1813), a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was the most celebrated American physician and the leading social reformer of his time. He was a close friend of both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson and corresponded with many of the prominent figures of the revolutionary generation. Rush attended the Continental Congress. He was also a staunch opponent of Gen. George Washington and worked tirelessly to have him removed as the Commander-In-Chief of the Continental Army. Later in life, he became a professor of medical theory and clinical practice at the University of Pennsylvania. Despite having a wide influence on the development of American government, he is not as widely known as many of his American contemporaries. Rush was also an early opponent of slavery and capital punishment. Despite his great contributions to early American society, Rush may be more famous today as the man who, in 1812, helped reconcile the friendship of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams by encouraging the two former Presidents to resume writing to each other.

This cover was sent and signed by Adams during the period Rush was corresponding with Adams working on the reconciliation of Adams and Jefferson. Signatures of Adams are quite rare today even scarcer than Jefferson. Fine..............................SOLD

4212 - GENERAL ZACHARY TAYLOR, Presidential Campaign of 1848. Button to be worn on a coat with an image of Taylor along with the motto "Rough & Ready". Complete with shank. Taylor ran as a Whig candidate against Lewis Cass in 1848 and defeated him for President. Very fine..............................SOLD

P3 - ANDREW JACKSON, 1829-1837, Carte de Viste. Excellent, very late pose of Jackson by Brady before his death. View posing facing left. Card is MINT with the exception of the top two tips slightly trimmed to allow for album insertion.................................SOLD

P51 - ANDREW JACKSON, Montgomery County Alabama in Cahaba, AL, April 10th, 1829. As President, vellum land grant for land given to John B. Hutchinson. Framed with a portrait of Jackson. Nice bold signature, overall 20" X 24" framed. Fresh vellum............................SOLD

P52 - JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, Huntsville, AL, October 4th, 1825. As President, vellum land grant giving land in Alabama to Abram Ricks. Nicely framed with portrait of Adams. Top right corner near border slight trim, bold signature of Adams as President. An excellent presentation...........................SOLD

1309 - GEORGE WASHINGTON, 1732-1799, Commander-in- Chief of the Continental Army, 1st President of the United States. Signature framed, a bold signature taken from a dated 1768 Mountain Road Lottery ticket. A nice dark signature that is tastefully framed in a royal blue suede mat with Florentine gold trim. Custom framed with a 200th Anniversary of his birth colored lithograph. Overall 11" X 14". A most difficult signature to obtain today as many clips are suspect, this one retains the date from the lottery ticket...........................SOLD 

1310 - GEORGE WASHINGTON, 1732-1799, Commander-in- Chief of the Continental Army, 1st President of the United States. An autographed note from General George Washington to Mrs. Bland. "General Washington presents his respectful compliments, and thanks to Mrs. Bland for the perusal of the book herewith returned...Sunday March 9th". (undated, but March 9th fell in the Revolution and post Revolution years on a Sunday in 1777, 1783, and 1788). Mrs. Bland was the mother-in-law of Reverdy Johnson, Sr. father of the famous Maryland jurist of the 19th Century Reverdy Johnson, Jr. She was Martha Dangerfield Bland, wife of Colonel Theordorick Bland, a Virginia Colonel. Mrs. Bland spent time with the Washington's and knew them well. A boldly written note by Washington with his pre-presidential title of "General Washington". Nicely presented in an 11" X 14" gold frame with blue suede matting with Florentine gold trim, a vintage 200th Anniversary colored lithograph print of Washington is included. Over twenty words in Washington's hand...................................SOLD

11300  - PRESIDENT JAMES MADISON, 8" X 14", vellum Land Grant signed by Madison as President on August 13th, 1812 for land in the Indiana Territory to William Royse of Harrison County, Indiana Territory, complete with seal. A strong signature of Madison, very fine with no blemishes of significance. Madison grants are extremely scarce and this one is a nice one to exhibit.....................................SOLD

11301 - PRESIDENT JAMES MONROE, 9" X 16", Land Grant signed by Monroe as President, dated March 6th, 1822 for land in Washington County, Indiana to James Royse. Complete with applied seal and with an unusually large signature of Monroe. Fine with no stains or damage usually seen with these vellum documents............................SOLD

P57 - BENJAMIN HARRISON, Signature of Harrison framed with a portrait. Overall 11" X 14", a nice presentation, bold signature..................................SOLD

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