Sale 2461 - Autographs, November 7, 2017

81 80 c   SINATRA, FRANK. Signature, on a wine list from the Dunes club in Palm Springs, CA. Signed vertically across printed text. 4x5 1 / 2 inches; deep crease across middle. [Palm Springs, circa 1960] [350/500] “I MUST SPEAK ACCORDINGTOTHE ‘WORD’ OFTHE CONSTITUTION” 81 c   (SUPREME COURT.) CHASE, SALMON P. Two Autograph Letters Signed, “SPChase,” one as Chief Justice, each to Judge Edwards Pierrepont. The first, expressing surprise at the rumor that he supports [Horatio] Seymour [in the race for Governor of New York], and wondering how John Van Buren obtained a copy of General [Winfield] Scott’s letter [to Secretary of State William H. Seward, advising the new president]. The second, denying Pierrepont’s claim that Chase is ambitious,mentioning how the Constitution guides him, and briefly discussing executive supremacy during wartime.Together 3 1 / 2 pages, 8vo or small 4to, with integral blank; folds, minor scattered staining. Washington, 22 October 1862; 2 January 1867 [700/1,000] 1862: “Our friendship is of many years & warrants me in asking of you if it is true that you go for Seymour? I hear so. “To me the question between [James S.] Wadsworth and Seymour is not merely a question between the friends of the Adm’n & its enemies & not at all a question between Democracy & Republicanism, but a question between War & Territorial Integrity & Peace with Disunion or Worse. . . .” 1867: “. . . I must speak according to the ‘word’ of the Constitution & the Law & the ‘testimony’ of the Judges & Sages, under the direction of my own conscience. If I should do otherwise there would be ‘no soundness’ in me. . . .”