Trish Hessey Autographs

John Davison Rockefeller
was born July 8, 1839 on a farm in Richmond, New York. He was the second child of six born to William Avery and Eliza Davison Rockefeller. The family lived modestly, John’s father being a “pitch man” charging up to $25.00 for treatments for cancers. His father traveled and was gone for months at time and John’s upbringing fell mainly on his mother, who was very religious and disciplined. She taught her children to work, to save and to give to charities. After moving to Moravia and later to Owego, New York, the family moved to Ohio in 1853. They bought a house near Cleveland, in Strongsville, Ohio and John attended Central High School in Cleveland. John left high school in 1855 and took a six-month business course at Folsom Mercantile College. He completed the course in three months and began searching for a job as a bookkeeper or clerk in Cleveland. In 1855, business in Cleveland was adverse and John had trouble finding a job. After six weeks, Hewitt & Tuttle, a small company of produce shippers and commission merchants employed him as an assistant bookkeeper. Rockefeller worked hard and impressed his employers, arranging complicated transportation deals moving freight by railroad, canal and lake boats. He began to trade for his own account and his combination of caution; precision and resolve brought him to the attention of the Cleveland business community.

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MICHAEL FARADAY AUTOGRAPH

MICHAEL FARADAY MINT CONDITION LETTER FROM APRIL 21ST 1862 TO THEATRE DIRECTOR, FREDERICK GYE.
LETTER SAYS:
TO THE GREAT THEATRE DIRECTOR, FREDERICK GYE. “I HAVE KEPT YOUR TICKETS (I HOPE YOU WON’T SCOLD ME) THOUGH I DO NOT THINK IT POSSIBLE I CAN GO TONIGHT BUT I COULD NOT PERSUADE MYSELF TO RETURN THEM.  I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CALL ON YOU AS I INTENDED NOR CAN I DO SO THIS WEEK FOR I AM GOING OFF TO NEWCASTLE…”

LETTERHEAD EMBOSSED WITH SEAL THAT SAYS ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN
MEASURES 4-3/8 BY 7 INCHES

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Victoria Woodhull

VICTORIA “TERRIBLE SIREN” WOODHULL
AUTOGRAPHED LETTER SIGNED 12/04/1895
MEASURES 8 X 10 INCHES

EXCELLENT CONDITION AND EXTREMELY RARE!
THE ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS GIFT

PLACE OF BIRTH: Homer, Licking County, Ohio

FAMILY BACKGROUND: Victoria was born fifth among seven children to Reuben Buckman (”Buck”) Claflin and Roxanna (Hummel) Claflin. Buck was a gristmill operator, but had a get-rich-quick streak that led him to gambling, scheming and lawsuits. Roxanna was fiery tempered, quick-witted and inclined toward clairvoyance. She brought her children often to camp revivals in the woods by traveling preachers, especially Rev. Lyman Beecher (father of Victoria’s later adversary), and would get caught up in religious ecstasy, whirling and speaking in tongues.

EDUCATION: Victoria was mostly self-taught.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:  Victoria inherited much of her mother’s fiery personality, and was imitating preachers at a young age. She also showed signs of clairvoyance. At the age of 10, Victoria had visions in which Demosthenes (a prominent Greek statesman and orator of 4th century Athens) appeared as her patron saint. Her sister Tennessee (”Tennie”) also shared the gift of “second sight.” Their father saw his opportunity, changing his name to “Dr. R.B. Claflin, American King of Cancers,” and taking his daughters on the road as psychic healers, and holding seances, complete with rapping sounds and moving furniture. She spent most of her youth traveling with her family’s medicine show, telling fortunes, selling patent medicines, and performing a spiritualist act with her sister Tennessee.

APOLLO 11

Buzz Aldrin’s USAF aerospace research pilot school jumpsuit, worn in training. Beautifully signed “Buzz Aldrin Apollo XI July 20th 1969.” Patch on jumpsuit reads; “USAF aerospace research pilot school” the rank insignia is for col. (silver eagles). Name tag inside suit “E. ALDRIN.” Certificate from Odyssey Group dated June 3, 1997 and signed by CEO Bill Miller

Edwin Eugene “Buzz” Aldrin (born 1930) and fellow American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins received world-wide recognition for their “Apollo 11″ lunar spaceflight in July of 1969. Aldrin, who followed Armstrong from the lunar landing module “Eagle”, became the second person to ever walk on the moon.

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TWO ITEMS IN THIS LISTING FOR SALE:

THE 2ND ITEM IS THE PINK RETAIN LOG BOOK COPY OF THE REPAIRS DONE TO THE LISA MARIE, AIRCRAFT NO. N880EP ON JULY 1, 1977

UNDER MECHANICAL DISCREPANCIES THERE ARE SIX REPAIRS THAT WERE PERFORMED AND IN THE NEXT COLUMN ARE ACTION TAKEN AND THIRD COLUMN IS MECH. SIGNATURE.

1. #1 LOCALIZER SHOWS FLAG
2. #1 VHF TX INOP
3. #1 BRAKE LEAKING
4. REMOVED SMART BOY FOR REPAIR - CAPT WARN LIGHT INOP
5. #4 AND #5 TIRE WORN
6. NOSE STEERING PULLS LEFT

EXERPT from Lisa Marie Boarding Pass:

FACTS:

THIS NECKLACE WAS GIVEN TO CHARLIE STONE BY ELVIS PRESLEY

TCB 14k GOLD LIGHTNING BOLT NECKLACE GIVEN TO CHARLIE STONE, ACCOMPANIED WITH  A LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY BY LAMAR FIKE, ONE OF THE ORIGINAL MEMPHIS MAFIA  
(Memphis Mafia is the nickname given to the group of men who were with Elvis Presley everyday from 1956 until the day he died on August 16, 1977)  

Charles Stone, from Dallas, Texas, who, in the l970’s, worked with Elvis, Colonel Parker, and the rest of the Elvis crew to produce Elvis’ tours and to arrange his touring schedule and security.

“READ ABOUT THE MEMPHIS MAFIA BELOW, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY BLACKSHEEP.COM

THE MEMPHIS MAFIA”

The Memphis Mafia is the nickname given to the group of men who were with Elvis Presley everyday from 1956 until the day he died on August 16, 1977.

There were eight original members; although at times, they numbered between four and thirteen. The core group of original guys (Sonny West, Red West, Billy Smith, Marty Lacker, and Lamar Fike) was considered to be the closest to Elvis and became his confidants throughout the years.

The name “The Memphis Mafia” was bestowed on the group in an unusual way. In the early 1960’s, Elvis and the guys frequently wore black mohair suits. One afternoon in Las Vegas on a two-week pleasure trip, Elvis and the guys went to meet someone at the Riviera Hotel.

Elvis and the guys usually stayed at The Sahara Hotel. Their normal routine for Las Vegas was to stay up all night and sleep during the day. Elvis and the guys normally started their day about 5 p.m. However, on that day, the appointment at the Riviera Hotel was at 1 p.m. Four hours earlier than they normally got up.

There was a crowd of people in front of the Riviera Hotel when the two big black limousines pulled up. Elvis and about ten guys, all wearing black mohair suits and sunglasses, got out of the limousines. Because they normally didn’t get much in the sun during the day, their skins were pale white. It was a scary sight to behold, and someone in the crowd yelled: “Who are they, The Mafia?”

It just so happened that there was a reporter from a Las Vegas newspaper there. So, the next day, a story ran about what she saw. She dubbed them “The Memphis Mafia.” Elvis loved his guys being called that, and the name stuck.

The guys became known throughout the world as “The Memphis Mafia.” Like the real mafia, there was always a code of silence within the group while Elvis was alive. Throughout all the years of his life, they protected Elvis’ name and image.

Now is the first time that this many of the original members of The Memphis Mafia have gotten together to relate to you, the public, what those many years with Elvis Presley were really like. Today, The Memphis Mafia is comprised of the following men:

Buzz Aldrin’s USAF aerospace research pilot school jumpsuit, worn in training. Beautifully signed “Buzz Aldrin Apollo XI July 20th 1969.” Patch on jumpsuit reads; “USAF aerospace research pilot school” the rank insignia is for col. (silver eagles). Name tag inside suit “E. ALDRIN.” Certificate from Odyssey Group dated June 3, 1997 and signed by CEO Bill Miller

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Trish

GIFFORD PINCHOT 1911 SIGNATURE

TOP RIGHT IS SS. CELTIC, MARCH 13, 1911
ADDRESSED TO A PERSON IN CLEVELAND, OHIO

DEAR SIR, I AM DELIGHTED TO SEND YOU WITH THIS “????” MY BEST “????” FOR YOUR LETTER WHICH REACHED ME MARCH 6TH, AND WOULD HAVE BEEN ANSWERED EARLIER HAD I NOT BEEN ABOUT TO SAIL.  IT GAVE ME REAL PLEASURE.  SINCERELY YOURS, GIFFORD PINCHOT.

BIOGRAPHY OF GIFFORD PINCHOT:
(August 11, 1865 – October 4, 1946) was the first Chief of the United States Forest Service (1905–1910) and the Governor of Pennsylvania (1923–1927, 1931–1935). He was a Republican and Progressive.

Pinchot is known for reforming the management and development of forests in the United States and for advocating the conservation of the nation’s reserves by planned use and renewal. He called it “the art of producing from the forest whatever it can yield for the service of man.” Pinchot coined the term conservation ethic as applied to natural resources.

Asked how to say his name, he told The Literary Digest “as though it were spelled pin’cho, with slight emphasis on the first syllable.”

JFK RECEIPTS

JFK Receipts

BONWIT TELLER RECEIPT DATED 4/19 NO YEAR.  CHARGE TO MRS. JOHN F. KENNEDY, THE WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, D.C. MEASURES 4″ X 6-11/16″

WOODWARD & LOTHROP WASHINGTON D.C. RECEIPT, CHARGE TO MRS. JOHN F. KENNEDY, 1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVE., D.C., $2.29 FOR QUANTITY OF 7 PAPER NAPKINS.  MEASURES 7-3/8 X 3-1/4″

HISTORY OF BONWIT TELLER:

Bonwit Teller was a department store in New York City founded by Paul Bonwit. Now defunct, it was one of a group of department stores that catered to the carriage trade on Fifth Avenue, including Peck & Peck, Saks Fifth Avenue and B. Altman and Company.

HISTORY OF WOODWARD & LOTHROP:

Woodward & Lothrop was a department store chain headquartered in Washington, D.C. Woodward & Lothrop was Washington, D.C.’s first department store, opening in 1887. Woodies, as it was often nicknamed, maintained stores in the Mid-Atlantic United States. Its flagship store was a fixture of the shopping district in downtown Washington, with Garfinckel’s, and in the late 1990s the center of controversy over competing visions for DC’s urban renewal.

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1947 LETTER FROM WHITE HOUSE

1951 LETTERS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE

LETTER 1947:
FROM WHITE HOUSE ADDRESSED TO MR. LEONARD LYONS DATED OCTOBER 20, 1947
MEASURES 9-1/4 X 6-1/4 WHITE HOUSE LETTERHEAD SIGNED BY PRESIDENTS SECRETARY MATTHEW J. CONNELLY
ENVELOPE 1947:
MEASURES 6-1/2″ X 3-5/8″ RETURN ADDRESS “THE WHITE HOUSE” POSTMARKED OCT. 20, 1947

LETTER 1951:
FROM WHITE HOUSE ADDRESSED TO MR. LEONARD LYONS DATED JULY 20, 1951 SIGNED BY PRESIDENTS SECRETARY JOSEPH SHORT
MEASURES 9-1/4 X 6-1/4 WHITE HOUSE LETTERHEAD
ENVELOPE 1951:
MEASURES 6-1/2″ X 3-5/8″ RETURN ADDRESS “THE WHITE HOUSE” POSTMARKED JULY 21, 1951

BIOGRAPHY AND INFO ON LEONARD LYONS:

Leonard Lyons (born Leonard Sucher; 10 September 1906, New York City; died 7 October 1976, New York City[1]) was an American newspaper columnist.

Leonard Sucher grew up in a large family of Jewish immigrants from the town of Horodenka in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His father Moses, a tailor, died when he was six. His mother sold cigarettes and candy on the Lower East Side. He graduated from the High School of Commerce, where his classmates included Lou Gehrig. He graduated from the City College of New York and was in the first class of graduates from St. John’s University School of Law. He was admitted to the New York State bar in 1929, and practiced law for five years.

http://www.trumanlibrary.org/hstpaper/lyonsl.htm#top
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH FROM HARRY TRUMAN LIBRARY WEBSITE
1906 (September 10)
Born, New York, N. Y.
1924-1925
Attended City College of New York
1928
Received his Bachelor of Law degree from St. John’s University College of Law
1928
Admitted to the New York Bar
1929
Admitted to the Federal Bar
1929-1934
Practiced law in New York City
1934 (November 29)
Married Sylvia R. Schonberger
1934-1974
Wrote “The Lyons Den,” a syndicated column for the New York Post
1954-1968
Special Assistant Attorney General in New York
1976 (October 7)
Died, New York, N. Y.