October 12th Rare Autograph & Document Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/12/2023
A lot of 6 signed items.
James Byrnes 7" x 9" TLS with the Secretary of the State header. Signed "James F. Byrnes" and dated October 8th, 1945. In fine condition.
James Byrnes signed 3" x 5" card. Signed "James F. Byrnes". In fine condition.
Cordell Hull signed 2" x 3.5" card. Signed "Cordell Hull." In fine condition.
Edwasrd Stettinius signed 2.25" x 3.5" card. Signed "E Stettinius Jr." In fine condition.
James Forrestal signed 3.25" x 5.25" card with the Secretary of the Navy header. Signed "James Forrestal" and in fine condition.
Robert Patterson signed 3" x 5" card with the Secretary of War header. Signed "Robert Patterson" and dated September 28th, 1945. In fine condition.
James Francis Byrnes (May 2, 1882 – April 9, 1972) was an American judge and politician from South Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in U.S. Congress and on the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as in the executive branch, most prominently as the 49th U.S. Secretary of State under President Harry S. Truman. Byrnes was also the 104th governor of South Carolina, making him one of the very few politicians to have served in the highest levels of all three branches of the American federal government while also being active in state government.
Cordell Hull (October 2, 1871 – July 23, 1955) was an American politician from Tennessee and the longest-serving U.S. Secretary of State, holding the position for 11 years (1933–1944) in the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt during most of World War II. Before that appointment, Hull represented Tennessee for two years in the United States Senate and 22 years in the House of Representatives.
Edward Reilly Stettinius Jr. (October 22, 1900 – October 31, 1949) was an American businessman who served as United States Secretary of State under Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman from 1944 to 1945, and as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from 1945 to 1946.
James Vincent Forrestal (February 15, 1892 – May 22, 1949) was the last Cabinet-level United States Secretary of the Navy and the first United States Secretary of Defense.
Robert Porter Patterson Sr. (February 12, 1891 – January 22, 1952) was an American judge who served as Under Secretary of War under President Franklin D. Roosevelt and U.S. Secretary of War under President Harry S. Truman. He was a US circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit after he had been a district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
With One of a Kind Collectibles LOA
Secretary Lot - Byrnes, Hull, Stettinius, Forrestal, Patterson
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