Collection of 37 autographs of 19th century notables from several fields—including politics and the arts—most comprised of letters, clipped signatures, and checks. Includes: William Jennings Bryan (signature), Daniel Webster (signature), Robert M. T. Hunter (signature), Richard Watson Gilder (signature), Redfield Proctor (ALS), Erastus Fairbanks (ALS), Horace F. Graham (TLS), Horace Fairbanks (ALS), Edward Everett Hale (ALS and AQS), Oliver Herford (AQS), James Redpath (signature), Chauncey Olcott (signature), William Dean Howells (ANS), Geraldine Farrar (signature), Charles Francis Adams Jr. (ALS), Samuel E. Pingree (ALS), Charles Plumley (TLS), Joseph Choate (ALS), Charlotte Cushman, Nora Perry (ALS), Whitelaw Reid (ALS), Richard Mansfield (ALS), Johnston Forbes-Robertson (ALS), George Opdyke (five checks), John A. Baker (signature), Edward Everett (signature), Leslie Combs (signature), Samuel Bowles III (signature), A. L. Russell (signature), T. S. Peck (check), John Barstow (check), and William Wells (check). In overall very good to fine condition.
