Sale 2502 - Autographs, March 21, 2019

132 c   ADAMS, JOHN. Two Autograph Documents Signed, in the third person within the text, receipts, each concerning payment for services in various lawsuits. The first, for £4.4.11 in Tirsell[?] v. Daniel White. The second, for £5.0.7 in a case against Eleazar Thayer. Each docketed in holograph on verso, additionally signed by recipient. Each approximately 2 1 / 2 x6 inches; faint scattered staining, irregular edges, folds. [Quincy], 9 July 1764; 19 July 1765 [1,500/2,500] 133 c   ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY. Partly-printed vellum Document Signed, “J.Q. Adams,” as President, granting 154 acres in the District of Detroit to Charles Little. Countersigned by Commissioner of the General Land Office George Graham. 9 1 / 2 x15 1 / 2 inches; deep folds, paper seal intact. Washington, 10 May 1826 [400/600] Charles Little (d. 1842) was a physician who practiced in Livingston County, NY, until he settled in the Michigan Territory in the 1820s, where he and his descendants developed various areas in the Saginaw Valley including much of what has become the East Side of the present-day city of Saginaw. 134 c   BUSH, GEORGE HERBERT WALKER. Two color Photographs Inscribed and Signed, “George Bush,” to actor Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. The first, “To Douglas Fairbanks Jr, a former / Naval Peson, with Warm Personal Regards,” half-length portrait showing him seated and holding his eyeglasses. The second, “To Douglas Fairbanks Jr / You would have loved Malta. We Naval / Persons must stick together,” showing a small boat at sea with a large military ship in the background. Each signed in the blank lower margin. Each 8x10 inches oblong or vertical; scattered soiling verso. Np, nd [200/300] PRESIDENTS LOTS 132 - 174 132