Record Price for Button Gwinnett Signature Shatters Autograph Market
An autograph of Button Gwinnett sold for 22,500 dollars at a sale of Part 1 of the James Manning collection in Albany. A. W. Rosenbach of New York purchased it, highlighting the enduring demand for signatures of Signers of the Declaration of Independence. The article lists prices fetched for other signatures in the Manning sale, including Bartlett, Whipple, Adams, and Sherman, illustrating supply and demand dynamics in historical autographs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dickinson Sherman
Wendy-Pwo
Button Gwinnett
A. 8. W. Rosenbach
New York
James H. Manning
Albany
N.Y
Colony of
Georgia
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
Gwinnett
Henry E Huntington
Louis Bamberger
Mr. Manning
Danforth
Manning
Mat
Aryland Samuel Chane
William Pace
Thomas Stone
Charles Carrall
Carrollton
Virginia George Withe
Richard Henry Lee
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Harrison
Thomas Netton
Francia Lightfoot
Carter Br
Tefft
Joshua Cohen
Baltimore
Anderson Henry Goldsmith
Thomas
John Martyn
Virgil
London
Lynch
Wold
Arthur Brddleton
Georgia Founding Patriot Button Gwinnett Legendary Life
A long catalog lists signatures and prices of colonial figures including John Hart Abraham Clark Caesar Rodney and George Read, then centers on Button Gwinnett of Georgia. It recounts his meteoric rise in politics, the feud with Lachlan McIntosh, the 1777 duel, and Gwinnett’s death after a single early morning shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hart
Abraham Clark
Delaware
Caesar Rodney
Thomas Rodney
Thia
George Read
Morris
Thomas PeKcan
Caesar Aug. Rodney
Henkels Rodney
Fame
McKean
Delaware Resgiotons
Gwinnett
Georgia
Continental Congress
Parish of
St. John
Lyman Hall
Connecticut
Liberty
Bavannah
Doctor Hall
George Walton
Georgia Council of Safety
John Adams Treutien
Button Gwinnett
Hugh McCall
Gwinett
Bia Ife
Savannah
Congress
John Hancock
Lachlan Mclntosh
St Andrew's Parish
McIntoshes
Scotland
Oglethorpe
Lachlan McIntosh
Council of Safety
George McIntosh
Manning
George Wells
John Werent
James Wright
Colonel Martin
McIntosh
Beavers Build Love Nest at Night in Zoo Tale
A playful tale follows Mr. Beaver courting Miss Charlotte Beaver at the zoo. He builds a home with an underground canal while they work by night, avoiding daytime watchers, and the beaver couple expresses happiness and mutual admiration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Beaver
Jennie Beaver
Charlotte Beaver
Charlotta Beaver
Miss Beaver
Beaver
Beavers
Hidden animal puzzle in grown ups line
My first Is In wheat but not in oats My second is in weasels but not in stoats My third is In blue and also in red My fourth is in pallet but not in bed My fifth is In hand but not in arm My sixth is In danger and also in harm My seventh is In no but not In yes My eighth Is in greater but not in less And when you have read my puzzle through My whole is an animal at the x0 Answer Try this one on the grown ups They might guess that it is ale phant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alephant
Teacher and pupil test counting apples in odd riddle
A classroom exchange presents a playful arithmetic puzzle about apples. The teacher prompts Willie and James with a mixed expression, asking how many apples would remain when distributing a set between them. The fragment hints at a teaching moment but lacks full clarity.
New Turn Away Phrase In Wall Street Office
A witty note from The Outtook describes a secretary in Wall Street inventing a new excuse for busy office men. Instead of "he's in conference" she uses "he's in a temper" to avoid interruptions. The quip highlights office culture and quick, practical deceptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Textiles: man-made fibers join natural materials list
The article notes artificial sik and wool from cellulose join natural materials like cotton flax and wool. It describes cotton growing on bushes, silkworms producing silk, flax providing linen, and sheep yielding wool as traditional textile sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Tanlac endorser touts vitality and strength routine
A marketing claim extols Tanlac as nature s greatest tonic made from root bark and herbs. It promises revitalized blood toned digestive organs and overall improved health. Millions reportedly benefited and readers are urged to visit their druggist for Tanlac and Tanlac Vegetable Pills for constipation.
Also Mentioned on This Page
New Hampshire
Jozlph Bartlett
William Whipple
Matthew Thornton
Massachusetts
Formuol Adama
Jona Adama
Robert Treat Paine
Elbridge Gerry
Rhode Island
Stephen Hopkins
William Euery
Miller
Wasiington
Roger Sherman
W. Willams
Lexington
Samuel] Huntington
William Willams
Oliver Wolcott
William Ployd
Philp Livingston
Francis Lewis
Lewis Morris
Clinton
New Jersey
Richard Stockton
John Witherspoon
Vrancie Hopkinson
Rell Wilegh
Pennsylvania
Robert Morris
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Franklin
Jon
Williamson
USA
John Morton
George Clymer
James Smith
George Taylor
James Wilson
George Ross
Georgia Button Gwinnett
Bristol
Button
Burton
Bouton
England
Hampton L. Carson
Wlness
MR. Beaver’s
Willie
James
Wrigleys
Wrigley
Tonelac
F. N. Vance
3Rd St
Burlington, Iowa
Green
Iors
Rwick
Salt Lake City
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!