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2021A
$7,865.00

19TH CENTURY AUTOGRAPH ALBUM OF MAGGIE MALLORY, DAUGHTER OF CONFEDERATE SECRETARY OF NAVY, STEPHEN R. MALLORY.

Autograph book is bound in full gilted green Moroccan leather. Numerous signatures are mostly from Mallory’s time as Senator in Washington, DC in the 1850s, including such notables as President James Buchanan (signed twice, June 1858), President James K. Polk, President Franklin Pierce, future Confederate President Jefferson Davis, Sam Houston (signed twice), Judah P. Benjamin, John Slidell, Edward Everett, Hamilton Fish, Jonathan Bell, William Seward, Robert Toombs, Hannibal Hamlin, John C. Calhoun, Stephen A. Douglas, John Crittenden and an especially nice future President Andrew Johnson. Signed with fourish. Numerous senators, house members, cabinet members, judges and other politicians, especially from the Southern states are represented. All signatures are signed directly on pages in book with exception of a clipped signature of her father which is neatly pasted on first page. There are also two laid-in engravings with facsimile signatures of Robert E. Lee and Mary Custis Lee. Interested parties should view. SIZE: About 9-1/2″. PROVENANCE: Direct Mallory family descent. CONDITION: Good to very good overall. Signatures all dark and well discerned. Binding solid, though covers bend outward. Spine is chipped, corners scuffed and front board starting. 51416-2 (2,000-4,000) – Lot 2021A


Auction: Fine Art, Asian & Antiques - Winter 2017
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