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HOOVER, LOU HENRY (1874-1944)# 6533
U.S. First Lady - 1929-33
Signed White House Card, 2 ¾” x 4 ¼”, as First Lady, “Lou Henry Hoover.”
Overall condition is very good, both front and reverse, with light, even toning and an area or two of very minor soiling.
The card is sold with the transmittal envelope and a typed letter from Mrs. Hoover’s secretary, dated January 27, 1933, sending the autograph. Both pieces bear White House embossing and the typewritten address, “Mrs. J.G. McCreery, East Lawn Sanitarium, Northville, Michigan.”
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POLK, SARAH CHILDRESS (1803-91)# 6481
U.S. First Lady - 1845-49
Signed Card, 2” x 3 ¾”, “Mrs. James K. Polk,” dated in another hand on reverse, “May 4, 1887.”
Lightly and evenly toned, with minor bleeding of ink at the “P” in the last name.
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ROOSEVELT, ANNA ELEANOR (1884-1962)# 6866
U.S. First Lady - 1933-1945
Typed Letter Signed, 6” x 7”, on Mrs. Roosevelt’s imprinted personal stationery.
“New York, January 6, 1950. My dear Mr. Hallman: I have received your letter and I appreciate your writing. I am glad to know of the celebration that was held in Mexico. With many thanks and best wishes, Very sincerely yours, Eleanor Roosevelt.”
Condition is excellent, with a horizontal fold at the center.
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STANTON, ELIZABETH CADY (1815-1902)# 6480
American Social Reformer; Author, Lecturer & Early Suffrage Movement Leader
Signed Card, 2 ¼” x 3 ½”, “Elizabeth Cady Stanton.”
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STOWE, HARRIETT BEECHER (1811-96)# 6681
American Abolitionist Writer – Authored “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
Signed Card, 2 ¼” x 4 ¼”, with date and sentiment from Stowe’s Hartford, Connecticut home.
“Jan[uar]y 22, 1885. Very Truly Yours, H.B. Stowe, 49 Forest St., Hartford, Conn.”
The card is lightly and evenly toned, with a few superficial stains.
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STOWE, HARRIETT BEECHER (1811-96)# 6981
American Abolitionist Writer – Authored “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
Signed Gold-Edged Card, 2 ¾” x 3 ¾”, with date and sentiment from her Hartford, Connecticut home.
“Truly Yours, H.B. Stowe, 49 Forest St., Hartford, Conn., Jan[uar]y 26, 1885.”
The card is lightly and evenly toned, with surface loss along the upper and lower edges, presumably from past mounting, and there are old glue stains on the reverse.
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VAN NESS, MARCIA BURNS (1782-1832) Philanthropist & Founder of the Washington, D.C. Orphan Asylum; Interred in the Van Ness Mausoleum; Wife of John Peter Van Ness, U.S. Representative – New York – 1801-03 & Mayor of Washington, D.C. – 1830-34 # 8133
Original Engraving, 6 ¾” x 9 ½” overall, with a printed facsimile signature beneath a 3 ¾” x 4 ½” image of Mrs. Van Ness, imprinted “Engraved by T.B. Welch from a Painting by F. Alexander.”
Lightly and evenly toned, with a few superficial stains.
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