Search Results: Authors starting with C from Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc.

ELIZABETH CADY STANTON (1815-1902). Stanton was an influential American suffragette and civil rights activist. ALS. 2pgs. November 5, 1893. 26 West 61st St. An autograph letter signed “Elizabeth Cady Stanton”. Stanton wrote to Dr. Charles E. Rice about early abolitionists. “Dear Sir Many thanks for the perusal of enclosed letter. It shows what struggles in the great battle for freedom…early abolitionists had in order to raise money to carry on the work. I am sorry that I cannot help you to any letters from the persons you mention. With kind regards. Yours cordially Elizabeth Cady Stanton”. It is in fine condition with light folds.

Three letters from early California about the time of the Civil War; the Lehmans may have been a Jewish family that moved out West, but I cannot find absolute proof of this: ALS. 1pg. 8” x 12”. January 18, 1859. San Carlos. An autograph letter signed “H B Lehman” to his brother: “…they complain of not having received any letters from me since I left home the fault is not mine for I have written several out for the last three years have not been able to write on account of having lost William’s last letter in which he says that he had moved into another house…have been doing rather bad for the last two years but now have hopes of doing better…Uncle Robert’s daughter Yves was married to a young man named Jose…I can see no motive for not maintaining correspondence with you as I say above I have answered all the letters…”. The letter has mailing folds and is in fine condition. ALS. 2pg. 5” x 8”. February 17, 1861. Yuba County. An autograph letter signed “Saml R.… Read More

RICHARD CALL (1792-1862). Call was a Territorial Governor of Florida. ALS. 1pg. April 27, 1831. Tallahassee, Florida Territory. An autograph letter signed “R. K. Call”. It concerns depts owed and paid. “…on the next page your will find a copy of a letter from the Cashier of the United States Bank acknowledging the receipt of certain sums of money remitted by me, which completed the payment of the money…Adam is now ready to pay one half of the amount of his note in discharge of the whole, which was to have been paid in Kentucky paper. This he says is the discount to which he is entitled. Should you approve of it the arrangement shall be made and the money forwarded…”. A contemporary copy of a missive from the Bank of the United States, dated March 12, 1831, appears on verso, and the second page is docketed over the address. In very good condition.

SIMON CAMERON (1799-1889). Cameron was an important nineteenth-century politician. In addition to serving as a Senator from Pennsylvania for eighteen years in three separate periods, he was Lincoln’s Secretary of War from 1861 to 1862. Archive. 39 pieces. 1831-1889. An archive of letters and other documents signed by Simon Cameron, including numerous signed as U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania. There is also one letter written to Cameron as Secretary of War. The recipients are primarily fellow politicians, particularly those with Pennsylvania origins. Topics include business, politics, law, and pleasantries. Letters date from the beginning of his political career through the last year of his life. All are signed “Simon Cameron” unless otherwise noted. All are in very good condition or better unless otherwise noted.

JOHN CAMPBELL (1720-1790). Campbell was a British naval officer rising to the rank of Rear Admiral, navigational expert, and colonial governor of Newfoundland. LS. 2 pg. 7” x 10”. July 28, 1783. Leicester fields. A letter signed “Jn: Campbell” to “Right Honble Lord North”: “My Lord Having been informed by Mr. William Newman a Principal Merchant trading to Newfoundland that an American vessel arrived at St. John’s from Boston in May last, laden with Rice and Flour And that the Customhouse had refused to admit her to an Entry and come to a resolution of detaining her until the Governor’s arrival; I think it my Duty to communicate to your Lordship this information and to request that your Lordship will be pleased to furnish me with Instructions how to Act in this Affair”. This letter from John Campbell, the Governor of Newfoundland, to Frederick North, British Home Secretary, reflects the continued distrust and disagreement between Britain and the United States as the American… Read More

DANIEL AMMEN (1820-1898). Ammen served in the Navy between 1836 and 1878, achieving the rank of Rear Admiral and running the bureaus of Navigation and Yards and Docks. As a child, he saved his neighbor, Ulysses S. Grant, from drowning. JOHN C. TRAUTWINE (1810-1883). Trautwine was a civil engineer who works on many canal projects; he proclaimed that a Panamanian canal was impossible but did not live to see it accomplished. An archive of five letters and one map, most by Daniel Ammen, soliciting support for an oceanic canal through Nicaragua in the 1870s. They are: a) ALS. 6 pg. 8” x 10”. June 16, 1879. Steamer St. Laurent. An autograph letter signed “Daniel Ammen” to “My dear Mr. Childs”, with the subject immediately turning to the canal project: “No doubt you have read with interest the general proceedings as given in the newspapers of the Inter-Oceanic ship Canal ‘Congress’ at Paris, and from your knowledge of the subject have in a great measure been able to sift the facts… Read More

ALS. 1pp. 8" x 10". Jan 12th 1898. Albany. An autograph letter signed "Arthur G C Fletcher Supervising Arch N.Y. State Capitol" to "Charles H Haynes". This was written the year before the Capitol was finally completed: "Thanks to your careful packing, your picture of the West Portico of our Capitol, reached me in good condition, and needless to say I am very much pleased to find that you had not forgotten my request. I was particularly anxious to have a picture of this portico while the stage your picture presents and it may interest you to know that the portico is now finished and the large flat stones upon which you see the men working, now form the ceiling. Thanking you very much for sending the picture and also for the kindly expressions in your letter... ". The piece is in fine condition overall with the usual folds

(WASHINGTON CITY CANAL). The Washington City Canal was a public works project in early Washington D.C. that was meant to cultivate commerce and industry in the city. The canal connected the Eastern Branch (Anatostia River) to the Potomac River and Tiber Creek. The canal was began in 1810 and opened in 1815. Unfortunately, it was never a big success, and it was filled in 1871 after having fallen into disrepair. It passed through what is now the National Mall. DANIEL CARROLL OF DUDDINGTON (1764-1849). Daniel was the son of Charles Carroll of Duddington and he a major landowner in Washington D.C. who owned the land that would become Capitol Hill. DS. 1pg. 4 ¼” x 1 ¾”. No date. No place [likely Washington, DC]. A printed lottery ticket signed “Danl Carroll of Duddn”. The ticket reads: “This Ticket will entitle the Possessor to such Prize as may be drawn to its Number, in Lottery No. 1, for cutting the Canal through the City of Washington to the Easter-Branch Harbour”. Lotteries were… Read More

JIMMY CARTER (1926- ). Carter was the Thirty-Ninth President. Signed White House engraving. 8” x 6”. No date. No place. An engraving of the White House signed “Jimmy Carter” on the lower margin. It is in mint condition.

JAMES EARL “JIMMY” CARTER (1924-). Carter was the Thirty-Ninth President. Photograph. 8.5” x 11”. A photograph signed “Best wishes, Jimmy Carter & Rosalyn Carter”. President Jimmy Carter wrote the note and his signature, and First Lady Rosalyn Carter signed her name. The photograph is in color and shows them sitting in the Oval Office. Rosalyn Carter is sitting on a chair, and President Carter is sitting on the arm of the chair with his hand on his wife’s shoulder. They are both smiling at the camera. Though there is no date, it was clearly taken during his presidency. The photograph is printed on thick cardstock and is in fine condition.

PS. 10” x 8”. No date. No place. A color photograph signed “Best wishes to Faith Baptist Church, Jimmy Carter” on the lower margin. The image shows Carter grinning. The photograph is in mint condition.

Signed White House engraving. 8” x 6”. No date. No place. An engraving of the White House signed “Jimmy Carter” on the lower margin. It is in mint condition.

JIMMY CARTER (1924-). Carter was the Thirty-Ninth President. DS. 1pg. N.d. N.p. A typed document signed “J Carter”. The document is a souvenir copy of the Presidential Oath of Office: “I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protext and defend the Constitution of the United States. So help me God. J Carter”. It is in fine condition.

TLS. New York. A typed letter signed "John J. Carty" to the Secretary of the Carnegie Corporation: "To commemorate your safe return from your recent travels in Africa, and in acknowledgement of your narrative of them which you sent to me, I am sending to you an account of his own African travels by Mungo Park, Surgeon, published in the year 1799. This distinguished African explorer was born in Selkirkshire, Scotland, and was educated at the University of Edinburgh, your own native city. It is the thought that this record of his travels may therefore be of special interest to you in connection with the expedition to Africa which you undertook, I may well say, under the patronage of that distinguished countryman of Mungo Park, your old friend Mr. Andrew Carnegie... ". The letter is in very fine condition overall.

TLS. He served as a Mississippi state legislator and assistant attorney general under President Grover Cleveland. Later he was a judge on the United States Court of Claims. TLS. 2pp. 8" x 10". July 27, 1894. Washington, D.C. A typed letter signed "Charles B. Howry" on "Department of Justice" letterhead. It is addressed to "John A. Robinson" of San Francisco, concerning Indian depredation cases: "Your communication of the 19th instant relating to the taking of testimony in the Indian depredation case of Spring & Hendry, is at hand. There are requests on file in this office for the taking of testimony in several thousand cases and I have heretofore explained to you that the force of the office is too limited to meet these requests promptly. I beg to again state, that I cannot name a time when proof can be taken in any case from California outside the preferred cases. The Spring & Hendy case is not a preferred case. The pending deficiency bill carries an item providing an appropriation for the… Read More

DANIEL H. CHAMBERLAIN (1835-1907). Chamberlain was the governor of South Carolina from 1874 to 1877, and the last Republican governor until the late 20th Century. He was a Northerner who had served in the Massachusetts contingent of the Union army, and was considered a Carpetbagger by his constituents. He was also an author, professor, and lawyer. ALS. 2pg. 5” x 8 ¼”. Jan 1, 1899. West Brookfield, Mass. An autograph letter signed “D.H. Chamberlain” addressed to his cousin “Frank H. Sprague, Esq.”. In part, the letter reads: “…I think your letter is the first and only knowledge at first hand which I have had for at least 40 years, of my cousin Alfred or his family. I am heartily glad to know the little your letter gives me of his history. I had known the…fact of his change of name, but neither of his life or death. Now that I have discovered you, or rather you have discovered me, will you not have the great kindness to tell me more of your father – his life, family,… Read More

PAULINE CHASE (1885-1962). Chase was an American actress best remembered for her portrayals of Peter Pan. Signature. 1913. Bristol. A fountain pen signature and inscription “’I ran away the day I was born’ Peter Pan Pauline Chase 1913”. It is laid at the top to another sheet, has a faint mailing fold and is in fine condition on hotel stationery.

SALMON P. CHASE (1808-1873). Chase was Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Governor of Ohio, Senator from Ohio, and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. DS. 1pg. November 3, 1859. Columbus, Ohio. A large commission document signed “S P Chase” as Governor of Ohio. Chase appointed Benjamin Inman Commissioner for Sandusky County for three years. “In the Name and by the Authority of the State of Ohio. Salmon P. Chase, Governor of Said State TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE PRESENTS, GREETING: Know Ye, That Benjamin Inman having been duly elected to the Office of Commissioner within and for the County of Sandusky and State aforesaid: Therefore, By virtue of the power vested in me by the Constitution and Laws of said State, I do hereby COMMISSION him, the said Benjamin Inman, as Commissioner as aforesaid, authorizing and empowering him to execute and discharge, all and singular the duties appertaining to said office, and to enjoy all the privileges and immunities thereof, for Three years,… Read More

FATHER ROBERT CLEMENT (b. 1925). Now retired, Clement is an openly-gay Catholic priest who founded the Church of the Beloved Disciple, the first church dedicated to serving the LGTBQ community in New York City. He later became an Archbishop. ANS. 1pg. 1972. N.p. An autograph note signed “Fr. Robert (Robbie)” inside a religious notecard with a Nativity scene. The full message reads “Darling, A friendship that in great pain can support and strengthen, so that our church’s greater Christmas (1972) was produced in love and pride, for our people, the ‘gay men and women of God’ at Beloved Disciple. Thank you ‘ad multas anno’ Your beloved Fr. Robert (Robbie)”. In very good condition, with minor tears along the edges.

(CONFEDERATE CIRCULAR). D. 1pg. 7 ¾” x 12”. October 1, 1864. Richmond. A manuscript circular letter with the secretarial autographs of Secretary of War James Seddon, Major S.B. Brown and a third officer. The document states “The limited supply of meat available for our Armies in the Field requires that an immediate reduction be made in the issue to troops in garrison, reserve forces where not in active movement, prisoners and hospitals. It is therefore directed that wherever Sorghum and Syrup in sufficient quantities can be obtained they shall be issued alternatively with meat and the ration be fixed at (3) three gills per day to the man. All Officers of the Subsistence Department are hereby required to Execute the provision of this circular without delay, and will notify the Chief Commissary of their respective states of these events.” In the autumn of1864, the noose was tightening on Confederate forces around Petersburg. Lee’s troops ran out of corn and were saved by a raid on… Read More