(Autograph Material) Lot. Autograph Material - political and other...

(Autograph Material) Lot. Autograph Material - political and other American Public Figures, ca. 1850-1920: Bartlett, (Judge) Edward T. Autograph Letter Signed. New York, Jan. 18, [18]93. 1 page, 12mo. To John S(ergeant) Wise. * Blaine, James G(illespie). Autograph Letters Signed (7). Washington, 1885 and ca. 1885. 4 pages and shorter, 4to and smaller. To John S(ergeant) Wise. Includes 3 addressed covers. * Bliss, C(ornelius) N(ewton). Autograph Letters Signed (2). New York, Dec. 5 and 13, 1888. 2 pages, 8vo and 3 1/4 pages, 4to. To John S(ergeant) Wise. * Cadwalader, John L(ambert). Autograph Letter Signed. (New York), [November 17, 1892?]. 1 page, 12mo. To John S(ergeant) Wise. With hand addressed postal cover. * Choate, Joseph H. Autograph Letters Signed (2). (New York), Nov. 17, 1893 and Stockbridge, Mass., July 4, 1894. 3 pages and 1 page, both 8vo. To John S(ergeant) Wise. * Washburn, W(illiam) D(rew). Autograph Letter Signed. Minneapolis, [?] 4, 1885. 2 pages, 8vo. To John S(ergeant) Wise. * Elkins, S(tephen) B(enton). Autograph Letter and Typed Letter Signed, New York, March 24, 1885; Washington, June 18, 1892. 2 pages, 4to and 1 page, 4to. To John S(ergeant) Wise - the March 24, 1885 ALS in hand addressed cover. * Everett, Edward. Autograph Letter Signed. Boston, May 31, 1858. 2 1/4 pages, 8vo. To Mrs. [Henry Alexander] Wise. In postal cover hand addressed to Governor Wise for Mrs. Wise. * Hay, John. Typed Letter Signed. Washington: Department of State, March 1, 1902. 1 page, 8vo. To John S(ergeant) Wise. With hand addressed postal cover. Also 2 official Department of State Typed Letters of Introduction to U.S. Diplomatic and Consular Officers signed by John Hay, Washington, February 1, 1900 and April 19, 1902 (introducing Colonel Thomas P. Ochiltree). * Henderson, D(aniel). Autograph Letter Signed. Washington: Speaker's Room, House of Representatives, Dec. 13, 1901. 4 pages, small 4to. To Colonel Thomas P. Ochiltree. * Lansing, Robert. Typed Letter Signed. Washington: The Secretary of State, November 14, 1918. 1 page, 4to. To Richard S. Hungerford, "No one can be more thankful than I am that no more American blood is to be shed in overthrowing the ambitious autocrats of Germany who sought to master the world... To tell the truth, Dick ...I am anxious over the question of how we can check Bolshevism... It is the worse form of anarchism. * Lodge, H(enry) C(abot). Autograph Letter Signed. East Point, Nahant [Mass.]. 3 pages, 8vo. To John S(ergeant) Wise. * Miller, Warner. Autograph Letters Signed (2); Letter Signed. Washington, 1885. 1 page and 2 pages, 8vo - ALSs; 1 page, 4to - LS. * Morton, L(evi) P. Autograph Letters Signed (2); Typed Letters Signed (2). New York, March 14, [18]87; Ellerslie, Rhinecliff-on-Hudson, no date [ca. 1894]. 2 pages, 8vo and 2 1/2 pages, 12mo; Ellerslie, Rhinecliff-on-Hudson, Sept. 21 and Nov 9, 1894. 1 1/2 pages and 1 page, 12mo. All to John S(ergeant) Wise. Also ALS, Paris, Dec. 7, [18]93, 1 page, 12mo. To John S(ergeant) Wise in hand addressed postal cover. * Pendleton, Geo(rge) H. Cincinnati, February 3, 1878. 1 1/2 pages, 4to; splitting along old folds. * Proctor, Redfield. Typed Letters Signed (3). Washington: War Department, Office of the Secretary, June 27, 1889, January 24 and June 10, 1891. Each 1 page, 4to. To John S(ergeant) Wise. Signature of June 10, 1891 TLS smudged. * Reid, Whitelaw. Autograph Letter and Typed Letters (2) Signed. (New York), February 24, 1888. 1 1/2 pages, 12mo, in pencil, to John S(ergeant) Wise; New York, May 28, 1900 and Purchase, New York, July 25, 1900, 1 page and 1 1/4 pages, both 4to, both TLSs to Thomas [P.] Ochiltree. * Reed, Thomas B. Short Typed Letter Signed. Faded. Also (3) Signed slips. * Root, Elihu. Autograph and Typed Letter Signed. (New York), Nov. 17, 1898. 1 page, 12mo. ALS to John S(ergeant) Wise; Washington: War Department, December 5, 1900. 1 page, 12mo. TLS to John S(ergeant) Wise in Typed addressed War Department cover. * Stewart, J(ohn) W(olcott). Autograph Letters Signed (2). Middlebury, Vt. April 25 and June 24, 1885. 1 1/2 pages and 1 page, 4to; creased, some wear and small paper losses at edges. To John S(ergeant) Wise. * Young, John Russell. Autograph Letters Signed (3). Philadelphia: Union League, Dec. 9, 1886; New York: Lotos Club, February 16 and March 2, 1891(?). Each 1 page, 8vo. The Philadelphia letter to Thomas P. Ochiltree; the New York letters to John S(ergeant) Wise.
Approximately 50 Autograph Pieces. All showing light to moderate creasing along old folds, signatures clean but often traversed or touched by creases; more egregious faults included in the body of the descriptions above.
John Sergeant Wise (1846-1913), U.S. Congressional Representative from Virginia, candidate for Governor of Virginia in 1885, practiced law in New York; son of Henry Alexander Wise (1806-1876), U.S. Congressional Representative from Virginia, last antebellum Governor of Virginia - signed John Brown's death warrant, Confederate General.
Thomas P. Ochiltree (1837-1902), Texas Ranger, Confederate officer, U.S. Congressional Representative from Texas.