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“J’Accuse…!” (French pronunciation: [ʒ‿a.kyz]; “I Accuse…!”) is an open letter that was published on 13 January 1898 in the newspaper L’Aurore by Émile Zola in response to the Dreyfus affair. Zola addressed President of France Félix Faure and accused his government of antisemitism and the unlawful jailing of Alfred Dreyfus, a French Army General Staff officer who was sentenced to lifelong penal servitude for espionage. Zola pointed out judicial errors and lack of serious evidence. The letter was printed on the front page of the newspaper and caused a stir in France and abroad. Zola was prosecuted for libel and found guilty on 23 February 1898. To avoid imprisonment, he fled to England, returning home in June 1899.
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Lawyer Pass to Attend 1899 Dreyfus Trial. Sold for $2,000.
Here are some Dreyfus Affair items we have sold in the past:
Captain Alfred Dreyfus Autograph Letter Signed — Regarding the Funeral of Author Emile Zola, Who Defended Dreyfus Publicly in the Dreyfus Affair
Alfred Dreyfus autograph letter signed, dated 2 March 1908. Letter, addressed to the widow of writer Emile Zola, discusses the ceremony and transfer of Zola’s body to the Pantheon in 1908. Letter, written in French, reads in part: “Dear Madam, I want to thank you for executing the plans for Captain Laurent and his Wife…at the ceremony at the Pantheon…Maggie and Lucille will be in Paris…I think they will be at the ceremony…” Signed, “A. Dreyfus”. Letter, measuring 5″ x 6.5″ has minor toning, else near fine. Sold for $1,800.
Dreyfus Autograph Letter Signed to Emile Zola’s Widow
Alfred Dreyfus autograph letter signed to Emile Zola’s widow. Dreyfus writes regarding an invitation Zola’s widow extended to him and his family and mentions, “our dear and regrettable E. Zola.” Single page French language letter composed in 1905, three years after Zola’s death from carbon monoxide poisoning caused by a stopped chimney. A celebrated writer and major figure in the political liberalization of France, Zola played a key role in the exoneration of Alfred Dreyfus who had been falsely accused and convicted of treason in 1894. Zola’s vehement support of Dreyfus in a Paris newspaper sparked public protestation that led to a re-opening of Dreyfus’ case and an eventual exoneration. Letter measures 4.5″ x 7″. Excellent condition. Sold for $1,712.
Emile Zola Letter Signed & Dated 1883
Emile Zola manuscript letter signed. Letter is written in French and is signed and dated by the author, “15 Octobre 1883 / Emile Zola”. One page document measures 7″ x 9.75″ with a watermark seal dated 1883 and two additional seals to upper left, one embossed, one printed. Minor folds and toning, else very good. Sold for $871.
Literary revolutionary Emile Zola autograph letter signed regarding his seminal work ”Germinal”. Zola’s bittersweet novel about coal miners striking in industrial France cemented the triumph of literary naturalism over its chief predecessor, romanticism. Letter from Medan, France is dated 20 November 1884 and addressed to Mr. W.F. Madge. Written in French, correspondence translates in full to: ”Sir, The matter is settled. I submit to you the full right for Great Britain to translate my book ‘Germinal’ into the English language under the condition that you pay in cash half of the sum we agreed upon, now, and the other half by February 18 of next year. I am delighted that we agreed upon the matter with such ease. Yours truly, Emile Zola”. Single-page letter measures 4.75” x 8” and comes mounted and framed beside an etching of Zola to an overall size of 19” x 17”. A translation is affixed to frame verso. Toning and trimming to edges of letter; scratching to frame glass, else near fine. Sold for $726.
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Albert Einstein typed letter signed during World War II, with moving content regarding helping Jewish refugees. Dated 10 June 1939 on his personal embossed letterhead from Princeton, Einstein writes to Dr. Maurice Lenz who worked on ”behalf of the refugees during Dedication Week.” Einstein continues, ”…The power of resistance which has enabled the Jewish people to survive for thousands of years has been based to a large extent on traditions of mutual helpfulness. In these years of affliction our readiness to help one another is being put to an especially severe test. May we stand this test as well as did our fathers before us.
We have no other means of self-defense than our solidarity and our knowledge that the cause for which we are suffering is a momentous and sacred cause.
It must be a source of deep gratification to you to be making so important a contribution toward rescuing our persecuted fellow-Jews from their calamitous peril and leading them toward a better future…[signed] A. Einstein”.
Single page letter measures 8.5” x 11”. Folds and light creasing, otherwise near fine condition. Accompanied by Einstein’s embossed mailing envelope, postmarked Princeton on 12 June 1939. Sold for $134,344.
Exceptional William Howard Taft typed letter signed with his hand-edits and an additional autograph note signed, dated 31 January 1916, just two days after President Wilson nominated Louis Brandeis to the Supreme Court. Addressed to his close friend and Washington journalist, Gus Karger (who also happened to be Jewish), Taft rips Wilson’s ”Machiavellian” and ”satanic skill” in his selection of Brandeis, whom he calls ”cunning”, a ”hypocrite” and a ”power for evil”. Brandeis was the first Jewish member of the Supreme Court, and Taft writes that the ”clannishness” of Jews will prevent them from opposing Brandeis, in addition to much other content focused on Brandeis’ religion. Taft famously opposed Brandeis’ nomination to the Court, and this is one of the first letters by Taft where he discusses it; scholars have painted much of Brandeis’ opposition to pure anti-Seminitism, which this letter elucidates. Taft gets right into the criticism, beginning the letter with, ”Our worthy President has developed more qualities of Machiavelli than even I, with a full appreciation of the admirable roundness of his character, had suspected. When I think of the devilish ingenuity manifested in the selection of Brandeis, I can not but admire his finesse. Of course, joking aside, it is one of the deepest wounds that I have had as an American and a lover of of the Constitution and a believer in progressive Conservatism, that such a man as Brandeis could be put in the Court, as I believe he is likely to be. He is a muckraker, an emotionalist for his own purposes, a socialist, prompted by jealousy, a hypocrite, a man who has certain high ideals in his imagination, but who is utterly unscrupulous [handwritten] in method of reaching them [], a man of infinite cunning, of marked ability in that direction that hardly rises above the dignity of cunning, of great tenacity of purpose, and, in my judgement, of [handwritten] much [] power for evil. He is only one of nine on the Court, but one on the Court is often an important consideration; and even if the [handwritten] rest of the [] Court is against him, he has the opportunity to attack their judgements and weaken their force by insidious demagoguery, and an appeal to the restless element that can do infinite harm. I sincerely hope that he can be defeated in the Senate, but I don’t think so. Your description of the outburst against him when nominated, together with the dark brown taste in the mouth of protesting Senators the next morning, is an indication of the satanic skill in his selection. The intelligent Jews of this country are as much opposed to Brandeis’ nomination as I am, but there are politics in the Jewish community, which with their clannishness embarrass leading and liberal and clear-sighted Jews. I venture to think that the leading Jews of New York, Boston, Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati and the other cities, who are not bound up in emotional uplifting, and who do not now tend to socialism, are as much troubled over this appointment and as indignant as any of us can be, but Brandeis’ foresight as to himself has strangled their expression lest they arouse bitter criticism against them [handwritten] selves [] by their own people. I talked with Isaac Ullman of New Haven, some little time ago about Brandeis. Isaac is on all the great Jewish committees, and he says there is a great feeling of antagonism toward Brandeis among the leading Jews, because his present superlative and extreme Judaism is a plant of very late growth. He says that he was no Jew until he was rejected by Wilson as Attorney-General, because the leading Jews of the country told Wilson that Brandeis was not a representative Jew. Since that time, Brandeis has adopted Zionism, favors the new Jerusalem, and has metaphorically been re-circumcised. He has gone all over the country making speeches, arousing the Jewish spirit, even wearing a hat in the Synagogue while making a speech in order to attract those bearded Rabbis whose invitation to the silver wedding in such numbers you promoted. If it were necessary, I am sure he would have grown a beard to convince them that he was a Jew of Jews. All this has made it politically difficult for not only the Jews but for anybody looking for office where there are Jews in the constituency, to hesitate about opposing Brandeis. The humor of the situation I can, not, even in the sorrow of the appointment, escape. When I consider the heartfelt indignation of [Senate Majority Leader Henry Cabot] Lodge and [Senator John W.] Weeks at having to alienate the Jews of Massachusetts, with their candidacies just before them, I derive some wicked amusement. Weeks is the candidate of the Shoe Machinery Company, and of all organizations in the country, Brandeis is anathema to them. Lodge’s friends in Boston, Major Higginson and others, regard Brandeis as the most exalted type of the dishonest trickster. Wilson has projected a fight, which with master art he will give the color of a contest, on one side of which will be ranged the opposition of corporate wealth and racial prejudice, and on the other side the downtrodden, the oppressed, the uplifters, the Labor unions, and all the elements which are supposed to have votes in the election. This will lead to the confirmation because of the white-livered Senators that we have. The Senate has been LaFolletized and Gomperized so that it has ceased to be the conservative body it was. But as so often happens in such a well devised Machiavellian scheme, the ultimate result is not going to be to Wilson’s advantage, if we nominate any man whose conservatism appeals to the business men. His willingness to put a socialist on the Bench, and a muckraker, will drive from him the element that he might call upon because he has saved us from war, and that is strong among the business men. This appointment will be remembered long after the excitement of the confirmation has passed away, and it will return to plague him, as it ought to. It is too ingenious and too unscrupulous. Machiavelli’s philosophy and policy were lacking in the same way. When you consider Brandeis’ appointment, and think that men were pressing me for the place, es ist zum lachen [it is laughable]. You know me well enough to know that my judgement on this subject is not in the slightest degree colored by the fact that men had suggested me for the place. I never for one moment credited the possibility of Wilson’s considering my name. The thoughts of the Judges of the Supreme Court, if they could be interpreted, would form interesting reading. I am coming down to Washington as you know, and I shall be glad to continue this subject when I meet you. It will probably have worked itself out then, thought there may be some people strong enough to continue the fight until then. Affectionately yours, [signed] Wm H Taft”. Taft continues the letter with an autograph note reading, ”Horace [Taft’s brother] writes he is delighted with the appointment but he would have preferred [labor lawyer Frank Walsh]. I have written him that he evidently doesn’t appreciate the perfectness of the nomination in all its phases. The only name in the same class is that of [Samuel] Gompers.” Four pages on 4 sheets, each measuring 8” x 10.5”. Discoloration and dampstaining to lower left of all pages, much of which can be framed out, uniform toning, and stain from paper clip on page 1, overall in fair to good condition. Sold for $10,000.
William Taft Supreme Court Signed Photo by All Nine
William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was the 27th president of the United States (1909–1913) and the tenth chief justice of the United States (1921–1930), the only person to have held both offices. Taft was elected president in 1908, the chosen successor of Theodore Roosevelt, but was defeated for re-election by Woodrow Wilson in 1912 after Roosevelt split the Republican vote by running as a third-party candidate. In 1921, President Warren G. Harding appointed Taft to be chief justice, a position in which he served until a month before his death.
9.5″ x 9″ matte photo of the Taft Supreme Court, circa 1921, signed by all nine justices. William Howard Taft was the only President to become a U.S. Chief Justice. Appointed in July 1921, he is shown here seated in the middle of the front row. He signs, “Wm H. Taft”. The remaining eight justices are (front row) William R. Day, Joseph McKenna, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Willis Van Devanter, (back row) Louis D. Brandeis, Mahlon Pitney, James C. McReynolds and John H. Clarke. Taft served as Chief Justice until his death in 1930. The sepia photo by Clinedinst Studio is matted and framed to an overall size of 18″ x 17″. Creasing in signature area, else very good. Chipping to frame; paper backing has been removed. Overall very good. Sold for $3,411.
1900 Theodor Herzl Typed Letter Signed
December 1900 German language typed letter signed by Theodor Herzl. Herzl’s ink signature appears to the lower right, while Herzl’s secretary appears to the lower left. The founder of modern political Zionism, Herzl is regarded as one of the greatest influences in the movement that led to the creation of the state of Israel. Letter shows even toning throughout. Two binder holes to left side, slight chipping to edges. Overall very good condition. Sold for $1,074.
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Lawyer Pass to Attend 1899 Dreyfus Trial