Lot 1045
Eleanor Roosevelt. "free frank" signature on unaddressed allover flag patriotic cover, with U.S.S. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jul 2, 1952 ship postmark below, Very Fine.Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $65
Lot 1046
Jefferson Davis Autograph. On card, along with engraved likeness with signature reproduction and programme for his Memorial Service (date not noted) in Madison, Georgia.Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $325
Lot 1047
Presidential Widow Free Franks. 2 items; Mary Lord Harrison, widow of President Benjamin Harrison, signature on personal card with hand-written message on reverse, mailed from New York City on 28 April 1937, also Grace Coolidge, widow of President Woodrow Wilson. mailed from Road Forks, Northampton, Mass on 17 Sep 1946, and sent to President Roosevelt at the White House, Very Fine.Estimate $150 - 200.
Realized: $100
Lot 1048
Scott, Winfield. 1864 Free Frank endorsement "Winfield Scott, Lieut. Genl" addressed to a Mrs. E.C. Woodbridge, Washington, D.C., postmarked double circle "New.York / May 3"; ALS contents recommending a pension to her and stating her husband's accomplishments in the Mexican War with details of his death from diarrhea; letter excellent condition, cover some aging, an F.-V.F. cover.Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $250
Lot 1049
Sherman, William Tecumsah Free Frank. 1872 cover with "Headquarters Army of the United States / Official Business" imprint and manuscript Free Frank endorsement by "W.T. Sherman / General" and cds "Washington D.C. Free / Oct 9"; ALS on pristine Official stationery with contents to Mrs. Capt. O.E. Michaelis at Ordinance Department, Watertown Arsenal, Boston, Mass. regarding sending her husband to observe "experiments by Krupp" (presumably the German armaments manufacturer); interesting and perhaps historic; cover with some aging and small tear at upper right; letter is pristine, an F.-V.F. cover.Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $375
Lot 1050
Free Frank Covers, 1849-70's. 4 covers from Washington D.C.; 1849 Alexander Hamilton, M.C., 1872 Senator Charles Sumner, O.B. Agriculture covers with 1863 James Grinnell and Fredrick Watts, Very Fine, choice group.Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $125
Lot 1051
Samuel Osgood, Board of Treasury. Manuscript free frank signature and endorsement on 1785 folded letter sheet to Nathaniel Appleton commissioner of the Continental Loan Office of the State of Massachusetts, Very Fine.Estimate $200 - 300.
Samuel Osgood was an American merchant and statesman from Andover, Massachusetts. He served in the Massachusetts and New York state legislatures, represented Massachusetts in the Continental Congress and was the first Postmaster General under the United States Constitution.
Realized: $120