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Versailles Treaty Allied Leaders Signed. Sold for Nearly $40,000.
Here are some items to WWI that we have sold:
President Woodrow Wilson Signed Speech Asking for a Declaration of War Against Germany — Most Important Wilson Content One Could Hope to Own
Incredible signed speech by President Woodrow Wilson, triggering the start of World War I. Historic speech printed in booklet form, “Address of the President of the United States, Delivered at a Joint Session of the Two Houses of Congress, April 2, 1917″ in which Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany. Signed at the conclusion in black ink by Wilson. Booklet measures 6″ x 9”, runs ten pages, issued by the Government Printing Office. Two horizontal folds, partial separation to front cover, mounting remnants to back cover and mild handling wear; overall very good condition. An important piece of Presidential, American and world military history. Sold for $3,000.
Woodrow Wilson Cabinet Photo, Signed by All 11 Men Including Wilson — From Early in Wilson’s First Term — Measures 17.5″ x 15.75″ — With JSA COA
Very large photo of Woodrow Wilson and his cabinet, shortly after taking office in 1913. Signed upon the photographic border by President Woodrow Wilson, Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan, Treasury Secretary William McAdoo, Secretary of War Lindley Garrison, Attorney General James McReynolds, Postmaster General Albert Burleson, Navy Secretary Josephus Daniels, Interior Secretary Franklin Lane, Agriculture Secretary David Houston, Commerce Secretary William Redfield, and Labor Secretary William Wilson. Embossed with Harris & Ewing’s photographer’s copyright mark at lower left, matte silver gelatin photo measures 17.5″ x 15.75″. A few abrasions to photo, though discreet due to color, some chips to margin, minor dampstaining to left edge and a few tape remnants. Overall in very good condition. With JSA COA. Sold for $2,000.
Fiery speech draft at the height of WWI, hand-annotated by President Woodrow Wilson who would deliver the speech on July 4, 1918. This ”Four Minute” speech was made by Wilson on Independence Day as part of a series of speeches four minutes in length that ran between reels at movie theatres. Wilson makes several corrections to the speech in pencil, inserting words and crossing others out. It reads in part, ”…with all its ancient cruelty and injustice, military autocracy has again armed itself against the pacific hopes of men. Having suppressed self-government among its own people, by an organization maintained in part by falsehood and treachery, it has set out to impose its will upon its neighbors and us…We find ourselves fighting again for our national existence…” Two page speech is mounted to board measuring 14.75” x 11”. Chip to upper left of board, overall very good condition. Accompanied by the final version of the speech, typed and with a printed signature by Wilson. Sold for $1,875.
President Woodrow Wilson & FDR Naval Appointment Signed
President Woodrow Wilson and Acting Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt document signed, dated 1 August 1919. Naval commission appoints Vice Admiral Stuart Elliot, who won the Medal of Honor in Veracruz, to the rank of Medical Director of the Navy (equivalent to Captain). Document is signed, ”Woodrow Wilson” and ”Franklin D. Roosevelt / Acting” and measures 16” x 20” with official blue seal intact at lower center. Some toning and scuffing, else very good condition. Sold for $1,511.
President Woodrow Wilson here signs this important WWI-dated speech, delivered on 19 April 1916 in response to Germany’s unrestricted naval warfare, particularly in response to neutral vessels being attacked in waters around England and Ireland. Printed and bound speech is titled, ”Address of the President of the United States / Delivered at a Joint Session of the Two Houses of Congress / April 19, 1916”; in it, Wilson threatens to sever diplomatic relations with Germany citing the German attack on the French steamer ”Sussex” as flouting the post-”Lusitania” exchanges. After this speech, Germany abandoned its U-boat campaign around Britain and the Mediterranean in response. When they reintroduced the policy the following February, the U.S. declared war on Germany on 6 April 1917. Speech reads in part: ”Gentlemen of the Congress: A situation has arisen in the foreign relations of the country which it is my plain duty to inform you very frankly. It will be recalled that in February, 1915, the Imperial German Government announced its intention to treat the waters surrounding Great Britain and Ireland as embraced within the seat of war and to destroy all merchant ships owned by its enemies that might be found within any part of that portion of the high seas, and that it warned all vessels, of neutral as well as belligerent ownership, to keep out of the waters it had thus prescribed or else enter them at their peril. The Government of the United States earnestly protested…” Wilson then speaks to Germany’s disregard of the law of nations, ”…the commanders of German undersea vessels have attacked merchant ships with greater and greater activity, not only upon the high seas surrounding Great Britain and Ireland, but wherever they could encounter them, in a way that has grown more and more ruthless…” Signed boldly, ”Woodrow Wilson” at the close on page 7. Issued by the Government Printing Office, speech is bound in blue cloth boards measuring 5.75” x 9.25” and runs 7pp. with additional blank endpapers. Minor toning to pages, else near fine. Sold for $1,250.
We also sold the following historical documents:
President Harry Truman Hiroshima Signed the Original Press Release Announcing the First Use of Atomic Weaponry — “…Hiroshima…may expect a rain of ruin from the air…”
Harry Truman Hiroshima signed press release, publicly announcing the very first use of the nuclear bomb, dropped upon Hiroshima on 6 August 1945. Document signed “Harry Truman” is the press release of Truman’s announcement, the gravest and most controversial decision of his Presidency, perhaps of any 20th century President. Four page press release reads in part, “Sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima, an important Japanese army base. That bomb had more power than 20,000 tons of T.N.T. It had more than two thousand times the blast power of the British ‘Grand Slam’ which is the largest bomb ever yet used in the history of warfare. The Japanese began the war from the air at Pearl Harbor. They have been repaid many fold. And the end is not yet. With this bomb we have now added a new and revolutionary increase in destruction to supplement the growing power of our armed forces. In their present form these bombs are now in production and even more powerful forms are in development. It is an atomic bomb. It is a harnessing of the basic power of the universe. The force from which the sun draws its power has been loosed against those who brought war to the Far East. Before 1939, it was the accepted belief of scientists that it was theoretically possible to release atomic energy. But no one knew any practical method of doing it. By 1942, however, we knew that the Germans were working feverishly to find a way to add atomic energy to the other engines of war with which they hoped to enslave the world. But they failed. We may be grateful to Providence that the Germans got the V-1’s and the V-2’s late and in limited quantities and even more grateful that they did not get the atomic bomb at all. The battle of the laboratories held fateful risks for us as well as the battles of the air, land and sea, and we have now won the battle of the laboratories as we have won the other battles. Beginning in 1940, before Pearl Harbor, scientific knowledge useful in war was pooled between the United States and Great Britain and many priceless helps to our victories have come from that arrangement. Under that general policy the research on the atomic bomb was begun. With American and British scientists working together we entered the race of discovery against the Germans…We have spent two billion dollars on the greatest scientific gamble in history – and won…What has been done is the greatest achievement of organized science in history. It was done under high pressure and without failure…We are now prepared to obliterate more rapidly and completely every productive enterprise the Japanese have above ground in any city. We shall destroy their docks, their factories, and their communications. Let there be no mistake; we shall completely destroy Japan’s power to make war. It was to spare the Japanese people from utter destruction that the ultimatum of July 26 was issued at Potsdam. Their leaders promptly rejected that ultimatum. If they do not now accept our terms they may expect a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth…It has never been the habit of the scientists of this country or the policy of this Government to withhold from the world scientific knowledge…But under present circumstances it is not intended to divulge the technical processes of production of production or all the military applications, pending further examination of possible methods of protecting us and the rest of the world from the danger of sudden destruction. I shall recommend that the Congress of the United States consider promptly the establishment of an appropriate commission to control the production and use of atomic power within the United States. I shall give further consideration and make further recommendations to the Congress as to how atomic power can become a powerful and forceful influence towards the maintenance of world peace.”
Boldly signed “Harry Truman” on fourth and last page of document which measures 8″ x 12.5″. Some toning, staple mark to upper left corner, folds and small tears to edge. Overall in very good condition, housed in a blue cloth clamshell box. With a typed cover letter signed “S. Tucker” on National Press Club letterhead, presenting the document. Sold for $54,000.
Rare V-E Day proclamation signed ”Harry Truman” as President, given by Truman to his White House staff at the 1945 White House Christmas party. Dated 8 May 1945, printed document formally announces the Victory of Europe and surrender of Nazi Germany. Text reads in part, ”The Allied Armies, through sacrifice and devotion and with God’s help, have wrung from Germany a final and unconditional surrender. The Western World has been freed of the evil forces which for five years and longer have imprisoned the bodies and broken the lives of millions upon millions of free-born men. They have violated their churches, destroyed their homes, corrupted their children, and murdered their loved ones. Our Armies of Liberation have restored freedom to these suffering peoples, whose spirit and will their oppressors could never enslave…” Single-page Proclamation is beautifully decorated in red, blue and gilt. Measures 14.75” x 21.75”. Shallow crease to upper right and light buckling, but overall in near fine condition. Proclamation is cited in the Seeley reference book as having been issued as a Christmas gift to White House staff in 1945, and one example remains in the collection of the Truman Library. Sold for $9,375.
Harry S. Truman Speech Manuscript
Harry S. Truman autographed manuscript with more than 1,000 words composed in Truman’s own hand. Undated speech manuscript circa 1938 during Truman’s term as U.S. Senator. Extensive 11pp. speech delivered before a meeting of World War I veterans in Larchmont, New York, regarding Truman’s policy and political views in the years prior to Pearl Harbor. A unique glimpse at the future wartime President before he dropped the atomic bomb In part: “…We are a peace loving nation and all of us hate the very thought of war. None of us wants to see another World War in which we are likely to be involved…But we must not close our eyes to the possibility of another war because conditions in Europe have developed to a point, likely to cause an explosion at any time…In the coming struggle between Democracy and Dictatorship, Democracy must be prepared to defend its principals [sic] and its wealth…” The American people “…went rather hysterical on disarmament…after 1918…” Truman continues, “…We refused to sign the Treaty of Versailles [and] did not accept our responsibility as a world power…Andrew Jackson, the fighting old president from Tennessee said, ‘We shall more certainly preserve peace when it is understood that we are prepared for war’…The world knows…” he concludes, “…that we can and will fight for our rights in spite of a small and vociferous pacifist group. The World knows our honorable record in the World War…We fought for liberty and honor, just as we always have and just as we always will when occasion demands it…” 11pp. composed in ink on Biloxi, Mississippi stationery. Punch holes to top edges slightly affect text. An exceptionally rare Truman speech manuscript in excellent condition. From our Harry Truman memorabilia auction. Sold for $6,840.
Harry Truman Twice-Signed 10″ x 8″ Photograph, Famously Showing Truman Holding Up the “Dewey Defeats Truman” Newspaper — Original UPI Press Photo — With University Archives COA
Rare UPI press photo twice-signed by Harry Truman, showing the newly elected President holding up the famous “Chicago Daily Tribune” newspaper that erroneously proclaimed his defeat. Truman signs “Harry Truman” across the white newspaper, and again on his sleeve “Harry Truman”, where he also inscribes the photo. Upon the verso is the United Press-International stamp, transferring the photo to the Truman Library. A piece of paper from the Truman Library is also taped to the verso. Satin-finish silver gelatin photo measures 10″ x 8″. Mild buckling to lower portion and some fading to black ink signatures, otherwise near fine condition. An exceptionally rare photo as signed by Truman. With University Archives COA. Sold for $4,200.
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