Sale 2461 - Autographs, November 7, 2017

137 c   TYLER, JOHN. Partly-printed vellum Document Signed, “J Tyler,” as President, appointing Charles Bordman Carpenter in the Navy. Countersigned by Secretary of the Navy Abel P. Upshur. 8x11 1 / 2 inches; vertical folds, minor foxing to folds and at upper right, tiny hole at upper right, embossed seal. Washington, 14 July 1842 [700/1,000] 137 WRITING FROMTHE PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE 138 c   WILSON, WOODROW. Typed Letter Signed, as President, to Private Harry Brown, thanking him for his help in providing documents during the Confer- ence. 1 page, 4to, “American Commission to Negotiate Peace” stationery; separations at folds expertly repaired verso with tissue, some loss at center horizontal fold ends repaired with paper, moderate scattered soiling, remnants of prior mounting at upper edge verso, Paris, 4 February 1919 [400/600] “I have learned of the very late hours you have been keeping in order to print important docu- ments, which it has been necessary for me to have with the least possible delay in connection with my work in the Peace Conference. . . .” 138