Beschreibung:

Lot of 14 members of the House and 12 Senators (or 14, 12 and 1 - see below). Includes: James Montgomery Beck (1861-1936; House, PA [1927-1934] and US Solicitor General [1921-1925]). Clipped signature. Martin Ingham Townsend (1810-1903; House, NY [1875-1897]) Clipped signature. Halbert Eleazer Paine (1826-1905; House, WI [1865-1871]) ALS, Milwaukee, Aug. 28, 1870. James Burnie Beck (1822-1890; House, KY [1867-1875]; Senate, KY [1877-1890]) Clipped signature with "Lexington, Ky." below. Samuel Wilson Parker (1805-1859; House, IN [1851-1854]) ALS, Michigan City, May 8, 1832. (Extensive rodent damage to corners of letter). William Henry Sowden (2) (1840-1907: House, PA [1995-1889]) TNS, Washington, DC, Sept. 15, 1888 and Jan. 6, 1889. James Thomas Begg (1877-1963; House, OH [1919-1929]). TLS, Washington: Feb. 18, 1925. John Charles Linthicum (1867-1932; House, MD [1911-1932]). TNS, Washington, Feb. 21, 1925. Henry Wilson Temple (1864-1955; House, OH [1915-1933]). TLS, Washington, Feb. 18, 1825. Robert Walton Moore (1859-1941; House, VA [1919-1931]; also served in State Dept.). TLS, Washington, 6 Mar. 1925. Edward Everts Browne (1868-1945; House, WI [1913-1930]). TLS, Washington, Feb. 18, 1925. Richard Steere Aldrich (1884-1941; House, RI [1923-1932]). TLS, Washington, Feb. 18, 1925. Noble Jones Gregory (1897-1971; House, KY [1937-1958]). TLS, Washington, 6 March 1950. John James Ingalls (1833-1900; Senate, KS [1873-1890]). TL, Washington, 7 Mar. 1890. Stamped signature. Henrik Shipstead (1881-1960; Senate, MN [1923-1946]). TLS, Washington, Feb. 18, 1925. George Higgins Moses (1869-1944; Senate, NH [1917-1932]). TLS, Washington, 7 Nov. 1928. Joseph Taylor Robinson (1872-1937; House, AR [1903-1912; Senate, AR [1913-1938]). TLS, Washington, 16 Feb. 1935 (on Senate letterhead). Robert Alphonso Taft (1889-1953; Senate, OH [1939-1954]). TLS, Washington, 11 July 1950. William Fife Knowland (1908-1974; Senate, CA [1945-1958]). TLS, Washington, 30 April 1956. James O'Connor (1870-1941l House, LA [1919-1931]) Interestingly, this TLS is on Senate stationery, Feb. 21,n.y. Cushman Kellogg Davis (1838-1900; Senate, MN [1887-1900]). TNS, Washington, 14 Jan. 1899. William Morris Stewart (1827-1909; Senate, NV [ 1865-1875]). ALS, Washington, 27 April 1887. Eugene Hale (1836-1918; Senate, ME [1881-1911]). ANS, Washington, n.d. Thomas Witherell Palmer (1830-1913; Senate, MI [1883-1888]). ANS, Washington, Jan. 15, 1889. James Asheton Bayard, Jr. (1799-1880; Senate, DE [1851-1864; 1867-1868]). Clipped signature. Plus a letter to "Jim" and envelope to Jas. Williams, Jr. in Washington. Postal cancel is for 1936, but none of the "James Williams" in the Congressional Directory were in Congress in 1936. Plus an American Express Company receipt and a concert program, neither of which we can tie to the congress, although it came to us in a folder with many of these civil servants.