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CIVIL WAR (CONFEDERATE): PORTER ALEXANDER, ALEXANDER LAWTON and OTHERS Typed document on which a roster of former Confederates from Savannah, Georgia pledge money for the relief of Mrs. Jefferson Davis and her children. A very important postwar document! Document signed: "E. P. Alexander", "T. M. Cunningham", "Geo. J. Baldwin", "W.Sale Price $1,700.00
$2,000.00
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WILLIAM WIRT ALLEN Fighting on after Lee's surrender at Appomattox, Allen endorses the discharge paper of a Confederate soldier. War-dated Confederate signatures from so late in the conflict are very rare. Autograph Endorsement signed: Headquarters Allen Cavalry/April 18/65/Approved &forwarded./Wm. W. Allen/Brig. Gen.Sale Price $935.00
$1,100.00
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JOSEPH REID ANDERSON Joseph Reid Anderson writes a document about 14 Confederate Generals. Autograph Document not signed, 1p, 5½x8. "Richmond Dec 20 1890" at bottom in unidentified hand. Evidently, Anderson was asked about 14 Confederate Generals. In full: "Genl R.L. Page Norfolk Va/A.L.Sale Price $450.00
$500.00
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DAVID RICE ATCHISON David Rice Atchison signs an autograph document. Legal Autograph Document Signed: "Atchison & Hood for Deft.", 1p, 8¼x5½. Docketed on verso: "March 28 1840".In full: "M. D. Taylor Agt Z.Sale Price $765.00
$900.00
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DAVID R. ATCHISON David R. Atchison signs an autograph document. Autograph Document Signed: "Atchison Atto for/Defd" on verso, 1¼p, 7¾x12½, front and verso. No place, 1839 April 20.Concerning the case of "Hill vs Allen".Sale Price $765.00
$900.00
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DAVID R. ATCHISON David R. Atchison signs an autograph document. Autograph Document signed: "Atchison Atto. For pltf", 3p, 8¼x13¼. Clay County (Missouri), 30 April, 1832. Declaration filed by Atchison on behalf of plaintiff Samuel Mundy in the case of Samuel Mundy vs.Sale Price $1,190.00
$1,400.00
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DAVID RICE ATCHISON David Rice Atchison signs an autograph document. Autograph Document Signed: "Atchison Attorney/for plaintiff", 1p, 7¾x12½. Lafayett Circuit, (Missouri), 1833 June 25.Sale Price $765.00
$900.00
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As plaintiff's attorney, in a breach of contract suit, the future US Senator signs an 8x12 brief on behalf of himself and his partner, Alexander Doniphan. Atchison and Doniphan, close friends, would have a falling out over the issue of secession, but gave their names to adjacent counties in Kansas.Sale Price $765.00
$900.00
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DAVID RICE ATCHISON David Rice Atchison signs an autograph document. Autograph Document Signed: "Atchison Atto fr Defd" as Attorney for Defendant, 1p, 7½x8¾. No place, 1840 December 17. Declaration in the case of Glasgow & others vs. James Allen.Sale Price $765.00
$900.00
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DAVID R. ATCHISON David R. Atchison signs an autograph document. Autograph Document Signed: "Atchison Atty/for Defendant", 1p, 6¼x8. No place, no date. In full: "Hill vsSale Price $637.50
$750.00
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DAVID RICE ATCHISON Unsigned draft of Atchison's petition for aninjunction restraining a defendant from collecting a judgment for damages. Autograph Document, unsigned. 1p, 8x10½. No place, no date.Sale Price $680.00
$800.00
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CHRISTOPHER C. AUGUR The General signs his name in black ink Document fragment signed: "C. C. Augur", 8x3¼. July 14, 1813. A fragmented document regarding payment from the Paymaster in the U.S. Army. General Christopher C.Sale Price $360.00
$400.00
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CHRISTOPHER C. AUGURAs commander of the 22nd U.S. Army Corps, he orders the release on parole of an imprisoned paymaster Document Signed: "C. C. Augur" as Major General, commanding, 7x4. Headquarters Department of Washington, August 14, 1865.Sale Price $680.00
$800.00
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NATHANIEL B. BAKER and THOMAS DUNCAN Iowa's military authorities discuss discharge of a deserter at the end of the Civil War Manuscript Document signed: "N.B. Baker" as Adjutant General of Iowa, 1p, 7¾x9¾ Clinton, Iowa, 1865 August 14.Sale Price $552.50
$650.00
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CIVIL WAR: STEPHEN S. BALK. Partly Printed Document filled out and signed: "Stephen S. Balk" as 1st Lieutenant 6th Cavalry, 1p, 17x11. No place, 1864 January 5.Voucher for paymentSale Price $162.00
$180.00
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MASSACHUSETTS ELECTORAL COLLEGE MEMBERSNathaniel P. Banks and all fourteen other prominent Bay State Republicans who cast their Electoral Votes for Benjamin Harrison in 1892 have signed this page Signatures: "Nathaniel P. Banks", “John D. Long”, "Joseph Griswold", "Geo. W.Sale Price $680.00
$800.00
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Two years after her resignation from the "lifelong Presidency" of the American Red Cross amidst charges that she had diverted relief donations to personal uses, Barton, her lawyer, another Red Cross official and a wealthy contributor, sign an agreement to waive financial claims against each other.Sale Price $637.50
$750.00
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PIERRE G. T. BEAUREGARD Pierre G. T. Beauregard signs a manuscript document for the estimate of the cost of running Fort Philips in Louisiana for the fiscal year 1860. Manuscript Document signed: "Respectfully Submitted/G. T. Beauregard/Capt Bvt Maj. Eng.", 1p, 7¾x12. Fort St. Philips, Louisiana, circa 1860.Sale Price $2,040.00
$2,400.00
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FRANCIS BLAIR JR. A slave-owner who supported Lincoln, expended his fortune in the Union cause and won Grant and Sherman's praise for his generalship, he opposed Reconstruction and ran for Vice President as a Democrat. Document Fragment signed: "Frank P Blair Jr/Maj Gen" as Commander of the XVII Corps.Sale Price $552.50
$650.00
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This unsigned 1898 U. S. Army pension voucher for $72 was for an invalid member of 28th New Jersey Volunteers Regiment, which fought at the Battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville and lost over 80 of its men to wounds and disease.Sale Price $162.00
$180.00
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WILLIAM G. BROWNLOW. Manuscript Document signed: "W. G. Brownlow/Gov. and Commander in Chief/of the militia", 2 p, 8¼x12¾. Signed on second page. Nashville, Tennessee, 1867 June 5. Docketed on verso. Proclamation of the Governor.Sale Price $1,360.00
$1,600.00
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GEORGE P. BUELL Ordering payment to a clerk for services during a Texas court-martial; two years later, Buell fought the Comanches and later the Apaches. Manuscript DS: "Approved:/Geo. P. Buell/L. Col. 11th Infy-/President", 1p, 7¾x11¾ . Fort Richardson, Texas, 1872 November 16.Sale Price $552.50
$650.00
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HIRAM BURNHAM Hiram Burnham signs a document authorizing the requisition for 50 pairs of leggings. Partly printed Document Signed: "Hiram Burnham" as Colonel, 1p, 8x10. Camp near Potomac Creek, Va., 1863 March 9.As Commanding Colonel of the 6th Maine Volunteers.Sale Price $488.75
$575.00
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Union General Benjamin F. Butler signed this railroad pass for a disabled soldier to travel from Washington, D. C. to Baltimore, Maryland. Accompanied by a 5¼x8 full-length engraving of Butler in uniform.Sale Price $552.50
$650.00
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BENJAMIN F. BUTLER Union General Benjamin F. Butler signed this railroad pass for a disabled soldier to travel from Washington, D. C. to Baltimore, Ohio. Document signed "Benj F Butler" as Manager N. A. D. V. S. 1 page, 4x2¼. Headed: "Coupon to be Detached by Railroad Official".Sale Price $552.50
$650.00
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GENERAL BENJAMIN F. BUTLER Benjamin F. Butler signed this document in 1873, when we was a U. S. Representative from Massachusetts, to order copies of his speech on the Alabama claims. Document signed "Benj F Butler" as Subcriber. With five other unknown signatures.Sale Price $552.50
$650.00
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BENJAMIN F. BUTLER As Governor of Massachusetts, he certifies Samuel B. Spooner's election as Register of Probate for Hampden County. Also signed by Henry B. Peirce as Secretary of State. Document signed: "Benj Butler" as Governor, "Henry B.Sale Price $552.50
$650.00
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CHARLES H.B. CALDWELL As Captain of the USS Lancaster, in duty in the South Atlantic, he writes to the Fleet Commander about necessary repairs to his vessel. Manuscript LS: "C.H.B. Caldwell" as Captain, 1p, 8¼x13¼. U.S. Flag Ship Lancaster, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1872 August 23.Sale Price $342.00
$380.00
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ROBERT A. CAMERON. Partly Printed DS: "R.A. Cameron/Col. Morton Rifles, 34 Ind. Inft.", 1p, 11x8½. Helena, Ark., 1862 December 20. Discharge papers of Private Stephen C. Falconburg of Captain Francis M. Hunter's Company E, 34th Regiment of Indiana foot volunteers "by reason of Disability".Sale Price $414.00
$460.00
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SIMON CAMERON He signs receipt of an $833 draft, to serve as guaranty for a bank loan Autograph Document signed: "Simon Cameron Cash[ier?], 1page, 7¾x5½. Middleton (Pennsylvania), 1849 July 26. In full: "Received of A. J. Glossbrenner a draft drawn by Joseph C.Sale Price $360.00
$400.00
