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BRIGADIER GENERAL EDWARD PORTER ALEXANDER - DOCUMENT SIGNED WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 263244Typed 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. S. Lawton", "Geo.…"
Sale Price $1,695.00
$2,000.00
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BRIGADIER GENERAL JOSEPH R. ANDERSON - AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT UNSIGNED 12/20/1890 - HFSID 78981Joseph 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.…"
Price: $500.00
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DAVID R. ATCHISON - AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED 03/28/1840 - HFSID 13151David Rice Atchison signed 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.…"
Price: $1,200.00
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DAVID R. ATCHISON - AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED 04/23/1839 - HFSID 67665David R. Atchison signed 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".
Price: $1,600.00
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DAVID R. ATCHISON - AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED 06/25/1833 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 68093David Rice Atchison signed an autograph document. Autograph Document Signed: "Atchison Attorney/for plaintiff", 1p, 7¾x12½. Lafayett Circuit, (Missouri), 1833 June 25.
Price: $1,600.00
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DAVID R. ATCHISON - AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED 10/10/1837 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 31063As a plaintiff's attorney, in a breach of contract suit, the future US Senator, David Atchison signs an 8x12 brief on behalf of himself and his partner, Alexander Doniphan.
Sale Price $1,350.00
$1,600.00
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DAVID R. ATCHISON - AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED 12/17/1840 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 67964David Rice Atchison signed 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 $1,350.00
$1,600.00
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DAVID R. ATCHISON - AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 68012David R. Atchison signed an autograph document. Autograph Document Signed: "Atchison Atty/for Defendant", 1p, 6¼x8. No place, no date.
Price: $1,200.00
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DAVID R. ATCHISON - AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT UNSIGNED - HFSID 323846David R. Atchison's unsigned draft petition for an injunction, that restrained a defendant from collecting a judgment for damages. Autograph Document, unsigned. 1p, 8x10½. No place, no date.
Sale Price $1,350.00
$1,600.00
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MAJOR GENERAL CHRISTOPHER C. AUGUR - DOCUMENT FRAGMENT SIGNED - HFSID 320141The 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 $325.00
$400.00
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GOVERNOR NATHANIEL BRADLEY BAKER - DOCUMENT SIGNED 08/14/1868 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 174678Iowa'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. Manuscript Letter on verso, signed: "Thos.…"
Price: $650.00
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STEPHEN S. BALK - DOCUMENT SIGNED 01/05/1864 - HFSID 22183Partly Printed Document filled out and signed: "Stephen S. Balk" as 1st Lieutenant 6th Cavalry, 1p, 17x11. No place, 1864 January 5.
Price: $180.00
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MAJOR GENERAL NATHANIEL P. BANKS - DOCUMENT SIGNED CIRCA 1893 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 283569Nathaniel 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.…"
Price: $1,400.00
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CLARA BARTON - MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT SIGNED - HFSID 350434Eloquently demands protection of the Red Cross symbol. Manuscript Signed: "Clara Barton" circa 1893, three typed pages, 8 x 10½.
Price: $2,500.00
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GENERAL PIERRE G.T. BEAUREGARD - MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT SIGNED CIRCA 1860 - HFSID 265827Pierre 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.
Price: $2,400.00
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MAJOR GENERAL FRANCIS P. BLAIR JR. - DOCUMENT SIGNED 01/15/1865 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 276888FRANCIS 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.
Sale Price $545.00
$650.00
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JAMES T. BOICE - DOCUMENT UNSIGNED 12/1898 - HFSID 79440This 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. Document unsigned.
Sale Price $150.00
$180.00
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WILLIAM G. BROWNLOW - MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT SIGNED 06/05/1867 - HFSID 157789Manuscript 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.
Price: $1,600.00
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BRIGADIER GENERAL GEORGE P. BUELL - MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT SIGNED - HFSID 252668Ordering 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.
Price: $650.00
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BRIGADIER GENERAL HIRAM BURNHAM - DOCUMENT SIGNED 03/09/1863 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 177238Hiram 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.
Price: $575.00
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MAJOR GENERAL BENJAMIN F. BUTLER - DOCUMENT SIGNED - HFSID 253859Union 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. Document signed "Benj F Butler" as Manager N. A. D. V. S.
Sale Price $545.00
$650.00
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MAJOR GENERAL BENJAMIN F. BUTLER - DOCUMENT SIGNED - HFSID 253860Union 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".
Price: $650.00
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MAJOR GENERAL BENJAMIN F. BUTLER - DOCUMENT SIGNED 02/14/1873 - HFSID 87577Benjamin 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.
Price: $650.00
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MAJOR GENERAL BENJAMIN F. BUTLER - DOCUMENT SIGNED 12/01/1883 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 177218As 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.…"
Price: $650.00
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COMMODORE CHARLES H. B. CALDWELL - MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT SIGNED 08/23/1872 - HFSID 174657As 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.
Price: $380.00
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MAJOR GENERAL ROBERT A. CAMERON - PRINTED DOCUMENT SIGNED IN INK 12/20/1862 - HFSID 174697Partly 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.
Price: $460.00
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SIMON CAMERON - AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED 07/26/1849 - HFSID 286523He 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.
Price: $400.00
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SIMON CAMERON - AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED 11/15/1848 WITH CO-SIGNERS - HFSID 286524Document allocating shares in the Pottsville Gas Company, also signed fellow investors A. J. Glossbrenner and Alex Small Document signed: "Simon Cameron", "A. J. Glossbrenner", "Alexr Small", 1 page, 8x6½.No place, 1849 April 15.
Price: $500.00
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RAMON CARDONA - DOCUMENT SIGNED 10/01/1863 - HFSID 273028Partly Printed DS: "Ramon Cardona" as First Lieutenant, Commanding the Company, 1p, 24x10, folded into thirds. Bivouac near Rapidan River, 1863 October 1.
Price: $1,400.00
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CIVIL WAR - UNION - AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED 01/04/1866 - HFSID 251769The US Army Provost Marshal' Office in Anderson, South Carolina, details the rules for employment contracts for Freedmen. A fascinating look at how the Army sought to manage the transition from a slave economy.
Sale Price $175.00
$220.00