Postmaster General, Signed (13 results)

Loose Leaf. Condition: Very Good. Date uncertain (ca 1955) ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1 pages; Signed by Notable Personage, Related.

Cards. Condition: Very Good. Date uncertain (ca 1955) ; Summerfield's title printed above signature in cursive script; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1 pages; Signed by Author.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine (small fault). The sale catalogs and prices realized, nicely bound by the auction house as a presentation copy to Michael Laurence, Editor of Linn's Stamp News, whose name is impressed in gilt on front cover. Front board slightly bowed. Short letter from Fox, signed "John," laid in. Size: Large Octavo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. (1928), stated First Edition; Very Good/no dj, octavo, 200pp., brown cloth hardcover, binding tight, text unmarked, Presented & Signed on endpaper: "With the hope for many more happy hours with Margaret and James Baker, Ruth Butler, March 28th, 1942.". Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible - Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by author on front free endpaper. Stated First Edition. Hardcover with brown cloth covers. Light wear at spine tips and corners. Tight binding. 9x6 with 200 pp. Signed By Author.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Assez bon. Edition originale. First edition; original red cloth binding, tight, moderate stains on cover, second cover sunned, gilt title; inscribed and signed by the author on front end paper for her secretary (?) Winifred Harle; pp. xxiii, (i), 343, (i). Portrait frontispiece, 15 plates (2 folding). inside very good condition; Dédicacé par l'auteur.

Condition: Good. Measures approximately 14 x 17.5 inches, with the embossed seal of the Post Office Department, a bit soiled, with upturned corners. Appointing William W. Schmidt as Postmaster of Wanatah, LaPorte County, Indiana.

Partially printed commission measuring 18 x 13", headed "Joseph Holt Postmaster General of the United States of America," filled out in manuscript to appoint John Able as postmaster of Lightwood Creek in Lexington County, South Carolina. Signed by Holt in ink at the bottom. Holt was a leading member of the Buchanan administration as Secretary of War, Postmaster General, and the prosecutor in the Lincoln Assassination trial. In very good condition with folding creases and mild toning.

unbound. 4 pages, written front and back with each two-page spread measuring 10 x 16 inches, Baltimore, March 11, 1837. Written to an unidentified business partner who disappeared for several months without explanation, leaving a trail of unpaid bills. Skinner chooses to admonish the recipient while suggesting that he should try to regain his reputation, in small part: ".After waiting four months! I have at last your long 'private and confidential' letter, but not the one promised in it, to be sent to the company. I cannot describe to you how much I have been embarrassed by your long & unaccountable silence.I have been exceedingly disappointed especially after such long silence that you did not come on, as you told me you certainly would before the 4th of March. Nothing but some improbability should prevent you doing so now. I entreat that you will - for besides maintaining your high standards and standing with the company unimpaired, you may achieve other ends that will fully indemnify you for any expense of money. The Postmaster General cannot be pestered to grant to inferior 'hirelings of the Government' that indulgence which he denies to himself. Let me again entreat you to come on immediately. It is not to be imagined how intense is my anxiety that we suffer." Much more excellent content. Several folds; very good condition. American patriot, U.S. agent for prisoner exchanges during the war of 1812, and one of the foremost agriculturists of the 19th century. On September 13, 1814 Skinner and his close friend Francis Scott Key were held captive aboard the H.M.S. Minden where they witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry -- the event that inspired Key to write the poem "The Star Spangled Banner." In later years Skinner established the "American Farmer," the first regularly published agricultural newspaper in the U.S., and served as Chief of the Agriculture Bureau of the American Patent Office. His book "Elements of Agricultural Chemistry, from the French" remains in print to this day.

HARRY S. NEW (1858-1937). New was a Senator and Postmaster General.PS. 8 x 10. N.d. N.p. A photograph signed Harry S. New as Postmaster General. The black-and-white photo depicts New, wearing a luxurious fur coat, outside in the snow with the blurry image of a black dog next to him. New appears to be tapping a tree for syrup. To Harry Vantine with the best wishes of his friend, the Postmaster General Harry S. New. New seems to have also signed as his dog in the lower right corner. The photo is in fair condition, with several chips.

No Binding. Condition: Good. In this part-printed document, Granger appoints "Morgan Long, Esq. of Durham in Bucks County, State of Pennsylvania" to be Deputy Post-Master. Gideon Granger (1767-1822), politician and lawyer, was the longest serving Postmaster General, occupying the post from 1801 to 1814 during the presidencies of Jefferson and Madison. 10" x 16 1/4", boldly signed with a 4" signature.  Condition: Fold lines with short separations reinforced with archival tissue/tape on verso, two remnants of mounting tape on verso corners with some bleed-through. Generally, good condition. Signed by Author(s).

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Washington, October 7, 1889. 12mo. Together with holograph stamped envelope postmarked Washington, October 8, 1889. Signed by Author(s).

With only 8 days to go before the 1892 presidential election Cleveland was the consummate politician. He had lost his previous re-election bid in 1888 to Benjamin Harrison but came back to win in 1892, becoming the first president to serve two separate terms.?"As Cleveland?s 2nd great-grandson, this letter exemplifies his tenacity. That trait has been passed down through the generations," writes presidential descendant Massee McKinleyAutograph letter signed, two pages, New York, October 31, 1892, just eight days before the election, to Donald Dickinson, almost surely his former Postmaster General Donald M. Dickinson, head of the Michigan delegation to the Democratic National Committee in 1892 who had helped secure Cleveland?s first nomination eight years before. ?I am sorry the committee has reached the conclusion you announce. I don't guess and I don't think but I know it is a mistake for me to speak anywhere up to tomorrow night. With such a settled conviction on my mind you cannot shame me if I only partly agree with the committee. If it is invited me I will go to Jersey City next Friday evening if a meeting is to be held there. That is all I can do. I am half sick and have an all night job before me. I wish the committee could see the matter differently. If I go the responsibility must be on them.?It seems clear that Cleveland was tired and overworked by the end of the 1892 campaign, and felt the need to limit his campaigning. He won the election held just eight days after he wrote this letter.