NAVY SECRETARY GIDEON WELLES ORDERS THE NAVY TO TRANSPORT CAPTURED FUGITIVE JOHN SURATT BACK TO THE US TO STAND TRIAL FOR CONSPIRING TO ASSASSINATE PRESIDENT LINCOLN GIDEON WELLES Telegram, unsigned, 1 page, 8½x11. 1866 December 6. Telegram partly printed in Portuguese, received from Gideon Welles in Washington, D.C., for transmittal to Admiral Goldsborough, American Squadron at Lisbon, Portugal. Manuscript text of Welles' message (unknown hand): "Send steamer to Alexandria, Egypt to receive Surautt [sic] from Consul Hale and bring him to Washington." [Welles' name has also been misspelled by the telegraph office.] Docketed on verso: "Hon. G. Welles/Secy of the Navy/6th Dec. 1866/Send steamer to/Alexandria, Egypt". Gideon Welles (1812-1878), a Jacksonian Democrat who joined the new Republican Party in 1854 because he detested slavery, was Secretary of the Navy throughout the Presidencies of Abraham Lincoln (who called him "Neptune") and Andrew Johnson (1861-1869).
JAMES A. GARFIELD Garfield, as President, signed the day before his 1881 assassination Right portion of a blank check signed: "J.A. Garfield", 4½x2¾. Washington, D.C., 188_.Riggs & Co. check most probably signed as President. Left edge ragged. Horizontal fold crease above signature. Otherwise, fine condition. Accompanied by: a handwritten note of provenance by S. W. Cowles, which reads, "This check was signed by Genl. Garfield at the White House in Washington, D.C. July 1st/81, the day before his assassination. It was present [sic] to me by Mrs. Lucretia R. Garfield at Mentor, Ohio, Oct. 1881." Lightly toned and soiled. Otherwise, fine condition. The fact that this check is neither filled out nor dated, coupled with the fact that we have had completed checks of the same type filled out by another and signed by Garfield, indicates that President Garfield signed blank checks that were later to be filled out. This check was probably torn in half after he died to protect it from being used by an unauthorized party or, more likely, to be given by Mrs. Garfield to admirers of her late husband requesting his autograph.
JAMES GARFIELD The 20th President of the United States signed this 5¾x2¾ piece of paper less than two months before being assassinated in office. Signature: "James A. Garfield/May 21 1881" 5¾x2¾ piece of paper. James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) rose to the rank of Major General in the U.S. Army during the Civil War, participating in the battles of Shiloh and Chickamauga, before resigning his commission to take a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives (1863-1880). A political moderate, Garfield was the compromise choice of a deadlocked Republican Convention in 1880, nominated on the 36th ballot and elected President by a narrow margin. Garfield's assassination by a disappointed office seeker helped advance the cause of civil service reform which he had advocated. Shot on July 2 1881, Garfield died on September 19, only 200 days into his term. Signatures of Garfield as President, are thus extremely rare. Fine condition. 
THOMAS J. "STONEWALL" JACKSON In this rare, war-dated letter, Jackson handwrote and signed a recommendation that cavalry commander W. E. Jones be promoted to brigadier general during the American Civil War. Jackson wrote this letter less than eight months before his death at Chancellorsville and two years before Jones' death at the Battle of Piedmont. Neither man would live to see the end of the war. Autograph letter signed "T.J. Jackson" in pencil, 2 pages (front and verso), 7¾x9¾ ruled paper. Sept. 24, 1862. Addressed to General S. Cooper, "Adjt. & Insp. General CSA". In full: "Headquarters V. Dist./Sept 24th, 1862/General,/I respectfully recommend/that Colonel W. E. Jones of the 7th Va. Cavly./be promoted to a brigadier general/of cavalry and assigned to the brigade/lately commanded by Brig. Genl. B. H./ Robertson of which Col. Jones regt. formed/a part. Col. J. graduated at West Point/in 1848, was for several years in 
JEFFERSON DAVIS Five days after General Lee's surrender, the Confederate President, determined to fight on, signs instructions to General Beauregard, framed in the Gallery of History style to 37x21. ALS: "J.D." as President of the Confederacy,on verso in lower ¼ page of 8½x5 telegraph form,South of Yadkin River, 1865 April 14. On telegram form headed "The Southern Express Company/Forward Packages by Passenger trains and Steamers, and Dispatches by Telegraph,/to all parts of the Confederate States". Telegram from Brigadier General S.H. Ferguson to General Beauregardcompletely in the hand of a telegraph clerk, including signature.In full: "Have Crossed Almost all my horses on RR bridge with a little work wagons Can be brought over by hands will push on after enemy & have advised Genl Johnston to put his Command at work to repair Rail Road if this is approved orders had better be given = neither find passable today. S.H. Ferguson Brig Genl". Initialed "DH" by the telegraph clerk.
FITZ JOHN PORTER Court-martialed after Second Bull Run, the Union officer defends his actions to Robert E. Lee's biographer and tells of his long friendship with the Confederate General. Important ALS: "F.J. Porter", 3¼ p, New York, 1870 January 22. To General Robert E. Lee's former Aide-de-Camp, Colonel Charles Marshall, who at the time was in the midst of writing an autobiography of his experiences with the General: An Aide-De-Camp of Lee, Being The Papers of Colonel Charles Marshall. Marshall corresponded with many of Lee's subordinates in an effort to collect their correspondences with Lee for reference and publication in the book. Porter had known Lee since his boyhood and was "close to him" in the Mexican War and "at West Point, where for a time I [Porter] was his adjt".General Lee died just nine months after this letter. Porter writes, in full: "I have yours- and thank you. The opinions quoted in my 'data' are all from original letters - I had Genl Lee's written permission to use his letters, whenever I deemed it necessary - I withheld on account of delicacy to him, and to prevent his name, during life, being banded about by Radical hounds.
FRANK JAMES Extremely rare autograph letter written by Western outlaw Frank James to his wife and son from an Alabama jail (1884), discussing the hardships of imprisonment, his feelings of betrayal by "my pretended friends", and family attendance at his coming trial. Contained in a 9x14½ brown leather folio with a b/w photo of James. Autograph and signed material by James is extremely rare and highly desirable! Rare autograph letter signed "Frank James". 2 pages, 8½x14, 1 sheet, front and verso, ruled paper. Comes in a 9x14½ (27x28¼ unfolded) brown leather folio with a 5¼x6¼ b/w photo of James and a Charles Hamilton letter of authentication. Dated: Mar. 12, 1884. James wrote this letter to his wife and son after surrendering and awaiting trial for bank robbery. "My Dear Wife and Robert... I am truly in hope I may not be ill any more while in jail at least... the only money I spend is for stamps and tobacco... As I write it rains and the heavy peals of thunder and vivid flashes of lightning very nearly raises me out of my chair... I have scarcely any fire and think I will let it die...
GENERAL GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER General Custer requests that attention be given to the case of Captain Peter Casey of Chicago's Irish Legion, the 90th Illinois volunteers, for absence without leave. Manuscript Endorsement Signed. War-dated. signed "G. A. Custer / Brig Gen Vols / President of Ex Board". 3 ¼ x 3. September 11, 1863. In part: “Respectfully forwarded by the Examining Board recommended attention requested to enclosed ? from ? of this Board in case of Capt Casey.” Signed by Custer as Brigadier General Volunteers and president of the Examining Board. He requests that attention be given to the case of Captain Peter Casey of Chicago's Irish Legion, the 90th Illinois volunteers, for absence without leave. Dublin-born Casey was a Chicago saloon owner who suffered a series of run-ins with Army authority. In this particular case, he had suffered from a severe case of fever and was given a legitimate furlough which he extended without leave.
SEVEN WEEKS AFTER SURRENDERING FORT SUMTER, COLONEL ROBERT ANDERSON WRITES TO GENERAL LORENZO THOMAS ABOUT A RECENT MEETING WITH PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S LIFELONG FRIEND, JOSHUA SPEED ROBERT ANDERSON. Important ALS: "Robert Anderson/Col. USA", 1p, 7¾x9¾. Cincinnati, Ohio, 1861 June 4.To General Lorenzo Thomas, Adjutant General USA, Washington, D.C. In full: "I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Genl Orders (Adjt Genls Office) No 25.6&7 and G.O. No. 7 Hd Qrs of the Army, and also of a letter from the Hon. J.K. Moorehead to the Hon. Secy of War, with enclosures, referring to certain parties in Louisville Ky reported to be engaged in furnishing or forwarding, Revolvers, Tents, Knapsacks &c to the rebels, Mr. Joshua Speed, a firm Union Man and a man of sound judgement, to whom I showed these papers, advises that no steps be now taken in this matter-greater harm than benefit to the cause would result from it. A letter from Surgeon Wright USA. the Senior Medical Office in this Dept. is, herewith, forwarded.
JEFFERSON DAVIS, JOHN H. WINDER and THOMAS J. GREEN Davis signs an autograph endorsement forwarding to Confederate Secretary of War Benjamin a handwritten letter from Green, a former general in the army of independent Texas, warning that Confederate soldiers were carrying CSA weapons home with them. General Winder adds a handwritten note to the same document, ordering that guards be posted at depot and they confiscate these weapons. Civil War-date Autograph Endorsement signed: "Sec of War attention./J D", as President of the Confederate States of America in pencil in upper blank margin of letter to him. THOMAS J. GREEN. ALS: "Thos J Green", 1p, 7¼x9¼. Esmeralda near Warrenton North Carolina, 1862 March 17.To"HIS EXCL./JEFFERSON DAVIS/PRES. C.S.A.". In full, original spelling: "I feel it my duty to call your attention to what I believe is highly detrimental to the public service. From what I have 
MARY WALKER The first female recipient of the United States Medal of Honor provides a collector her signature. Signature: "Mary E. Walker, M.D./A.A. Surgeon, U.S.A./in War of 1861-5./[three dashes]", 1p, 6¼x8½. Beneath the signature, the person who obtained the autograph has typed a description of Walker, who was "a spectator at the trial of Mrs. Melbar, who was being tried for the murder of her five year old son." The collector continues: "After I asked for the autograph, a photographer asked permission posing in front of the building for him. Under her name she put three little dashes and told me that the represented the red, white and blue." In 1865, President Andrew Johnson presented Dr. Mary Edwards Walker a Medal of Honor for her work with the Union Army during the Civil War. After the war, Walker, an advocate of women's rights, temperance, and dress reform, became a controversial writer and lecturer. In 1917, at the height of the woman suffrage movement, a federal review board revoked the 85-year-old Walker's Medal of Honor, claiming she had never actually served in the Army. Walker refused to return the Medal, proudly wearing it until her death in 1919.
GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER Important, Civil War-dated ALS, enthusiastically endorsing a new saber shield and urging that the US Cavalry be equipped with it Autograph Letter signed: "G. A. Custer, Brig. Genl.", 1 page, 6¼x8. Washington, D.C., 1864 April 6. To Captain R. R. Moffatt, in full: "Having carefully examined your 'Sabre Shield,' and having considered its merits, as pertaining to my own branch of the service, I do not hesitate in pronouncing it a most invaluable acquisition to the cavalry arm of the service. I am firm in the belief that the possession of it by our cavalry would give confidence and increases courage to those wearing it. The trifling weight of the shield is such as to be almost unfelt by the wearer. I hope it will be adopted at once." George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876) graduated last in his class at West Point in 1858, but promptly redeemed himself through his brave and aggressive cavalry leadership during the Civil War.Civil War | Sentiments
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NELSON W. ALDRICH - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED 4/25 - HFSID 34216NELSON W. ALDRICH He signs "Yours truly" on his Senate Card Autograph Sentiment signed: "Apr 25/Yours truly/Nelson W. Aldrich", 1p, 5¼x2½. Senate Chamber, Washington, (no year) April 25. Nelson W. Aldrich (1841-1915) was Republican Congressman (1879-1881) and Senator (1881-1911) from Rhode Island.Sale Price $144.00
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MAJOR GENERAL NATHANIEL P. BANKS - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 156022NATHANIEL P. BANKS Handwritten sentiment from the close of a letter, also showing the addressee's name Autograph Sentiment signed: "Yours very truly/N. P. Banks". 5½x1. Irregularly trimmed from the close of a letter, with the addressee's name showing (Banks' hand): "B. W. Williams Esq".
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MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM W. BELKNAP - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 268126WILLIAM BELKNAP He signs a short sentiment on a 3¾x1¾ lined sheet. Autograph Sentiment signed: "Yours Very Respectfully -/Wm. W. Belknap/Bvt Maj. Genl. Vols.", 3¾x1¾ lined sheet, cut from letter.
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WARREN C. BICKFORD - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED 01/12/1889 - HFSID 87974WARREN C. BICKFORD Paper signed by the Grand Lodge officer of Washington, District of Columbia, dated January 12, 1889 Autograph Sentiment Signed: “Warren C. Bickord” 6¾x3 In Full: “Very Truly/Your Friend/Warren C.
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MAJOR GENERAL FRANCIS P. BLAIR JR. - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED 04/23/1860 - HFSID 316132FRANCIS P. BLAIR, JR. The Major General and Vice President nominee signs and dates his name for April 23, 1860. Shortly after this, Blair was seated to and subsequently resigned from the House of Representatives Autograph sentiment signed: "Respectfully/Ralph P. Blair, Jr./[illegible]April 23. 60", 4½x1¾.
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REAR ADMIRAL DANIEL LAWRENCE BRAINE - TYPED SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 262868DANIEL L. BRAINE Typed Sentiment signed as Commandant of the US Navy Yard, on a page also containing an engraved portrait of him Typed Sentiment signed: "Very respectfully,/D. L. Braine/Rear Admiral, U.S.N.
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MAJOR GENERAL JOSEPH C. BRECKINRIDGE - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 22281JOSEPH C. BRECKINRIDGE Autograph Sentimentsigned as Inspector General of the US Army Autograph Sentiment signed: "J. C. Breckinridge/Inspector General U.S. Army", 4x2½ card. Joseph Cabell
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GOVERNOR WILLIAM ALFRED BUCKINGHAM - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 3153GOVERNOR WILLIAM ALFRED BUCKINGHAM Small slip of ruled paper signed "Yours Truly" by William Buckingham, Governor of Connecticut during the American Civil War Autograph sentiment signed "Yours Truly/WmABuckingham". 5x2½ ruled paper.
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MAJOR GENERAL BENJAMIN F. BUTLER - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 43101GENERAL BENJAMIN F. BUTLER Closing clipped from a manuscript letter on ruled paper, signed by Union Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler Autograph sentiment signed "Yours Truly,/ Benj F. Butler". 5x1½ ruled paper.
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GEORGE WASHINGTON CABLE - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED 06/15/1886 - HFSID 18498GEORGE WASHINGTON CABLE G. W. Cable signs in 1886 Autograph Sentiment signed: "Yours truly/Geo. W. Cable/Worcester, Mass. June 15, 1886", 4¾x2¼ card signed in brown ink.
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JAMES CARDINAL GIBBONS - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT ON CALLING CARD SIGNED - HFSID 321353JAMES CARDINAL GIBBONS The second American Cardinal signs his name "Faithfully Yrs" on the verso of a calling card Autograph sentiment on calling card signed: "Faithfully Yrs/James Card. Gibbons", in black ink, 4½x3.
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JAMES CARDINAL GIBBONS - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 112383JAMES CARDINAL GIBBONS Autograph Sentiment signed on a 4x3 card Autograph Sentiment signed: "Faithfully yrs,/James Card. Gibbons", 4¼x2¾. James Cardinal Gibbons (1834-1921) was a chaplain at Fort McHenry during the Civil War, supporting the Union despite having been raised mostly in New Orleans.
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JAMES CARDINAL GIBBONS - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 23152JAMES CARDINAL GIBBONS Autograph Sentiment on a 5x2 slip Autograph Sentiment signed: "Faithfully yours in Christ/James Card. Gibbons", 4¾x2. James Cardinal Gibbons (1834-1921) was a chaplain at Fort McHenry during the Civil War, supporting the Union despite having been raised mostly in New Orleans.
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JAMES CARDINAL GIBBONS - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 40198JAMES CARDINAL GIBBONS Signed autograph sentiment on a 4x3 card Autograph Sentiment signed: "Faithfully yrs in JC/James Card. Gibbons", 4¼x2¾ calling card. Printed text on verso identifies Gibbons as the Archbishop of Baltimore.
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CHARLES C. CARPENTER - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 23125CHARLES C. CARPENTER Signature of the Civil War scout who led illegal attempts at settling on American Indian lands during the 1870s. Extremely rare! Autograph Sentiment signed: "very truly yours/C. C. Carpenter" 3x2 card. Charles C. Carpenter (dates unknown) was a scout for General John C.
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THOMAS C. CATCHINGS - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 285099THOMAS C. CATCHINGS His signed sentiment on this 4½x1½ page Autograph Sentiment signed: "Respectfully/T. C. Catchings", 4½x1½. Affixed to 3½x2 card. Thomas Clendinen
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CYRUS COBB - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 190414CYRUS COBB Autograph Sentiment signed in ink on a small card Autograph Sentiment signed: "Very Truly Yours/Cyrus Cobb", 4x2½.Boston sculptor and painter Cyrus Cobb (1834-1903) was closely linked throughout his life with his twin brother Darius. Both were artists, Cobb specializing in sculpture and Cobb in historical paintings.
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BRIGADIER GENERAL FRANCIS M. COCKRELL - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 67388FRANCIS MARION COCKRELL Signature of Confederate Army Brigadier General and United States Senator Francis Marion Cockrell, clipped from the closing of a letter on ruled paper Autograph sentiment signed: "Your friend/F. M. Cockrell". Pencil notations on verso in unknown hand. 5¾x1½ ruled paper.
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WILLIAM F. "BUFFALO BILL" CODY - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED 1889 - HFSID 345621WILLIAM F. "BUFFALO BILL" CODY Portrait of the famous Wild West showman with an autograph sentiment affixed underneath Autograph Sentiment signed: "Compliments of W. F. Cody, Buffalo Bill, 1889", in faded black ink, 4½x2½.
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GEORGE SIMMONS COE - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 23314GEORGE SIMMONS COE Handwritten sentiment signed by the influential New York banker Autograph Sentiment signed: "Yours very truly/Geo. S. Coe", 2¾x1¾. Clipped from the closing of a letter.
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ANTHONY COMSTOCK - TYPED SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 32672ANTHONY COMSTOCK His signature beneath a typed sentiment clipped from the closing of a letter Typed Sentiment signed: "Very respectfully,/Anthony Comstock", 3x1. Anthony Comstock (1844-1915) headed the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice.
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MONCURE D. CONWAY - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 274532MONCURE D. CONWAY. Autograph Sentiment signed: "Faithfully yours/Moncure D. Conway", 4x2¼ slip. Born into a slave owning Virginia family, Moncure Conway (1832-1907) became a prominent abolitionist, even organizing the escape of his father's slaves during the Civil War.
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MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE W. CULLUM - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 268117GEORGE W. CULLUM The Chief of Staff to General Henry W. Halleckduring the Civil War signs a 3¼x1¼ piece cut from a letter. Autograph Sentiment Signed: "Your Most Obdt./Geo. W. Cullum/Lt. Col. Engrs & Brig. Gen.", 3¼x1¼, cut from letter. George W.
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JOHN W. DANIEL - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED 04/22/1898 - HFSID 2931JOHN W. DANIEL Card signed "Very Truly Yours" in Washington, D. C. in 1898 by John W. Daniel as a U. S. Senator from Virginia Signature: "Washington DC./April 22. 1898/Very Truly Yours/Jno. W.Daniel/U.S.S- Va.". Black ink notations on verso in unknown hand. 3½x2 card.
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CHARLES DEVENS - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 33713CHARLES DEVENS Charles Devens signs an autograph sentiment on a lined piece of paper. Autograph Sentiment Signed: "Very Respectfully/Chas Devens/Attorney General", 7¾x4 lined piece of paper.
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COLONEL LUIGI PALMA "LOUIS" DI CESNOLA - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 285131LUIGI ("LOUIS") PALMA DI CESNOLA Very Rare! Autograph Sentiment signed as "L. P. di Cesnola" Autograph Sentiment signed: "Truly Yours/L. P. diCesnola", 4x2½ card. Italian-born Luigi Palma di
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MARK H. DUNNELL - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 101667MARK H. DUNNELL Signed as a Member of Congress Autograph Sentiment signed: "Yours Repectfully/Mark H. Dunnell/M.C. 1st Dis. Minn.", 2½x4½. Clipped from the close of a letter Mark Hill Dunnell (1823-1904) served briefly as a colonel in the Union Army (1861) before being named US Consul at Vera Cruz.
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MARK H. DUNNELL - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 34401MARK H. DUNNELL Signed on a 5½x3 slip Autograph Sentiment signed: "Respectfully Yours/Mark H. Dunnell", 5½x3 slip. Mark Hill Dunnell (1823-1904) served briefly as a colonel in the Union Army (1861) before being named US Consul at Vera Cruz.
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STEPHEN B. ELKINS - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 49299STEPHEN B. ELKINS Elkins signs as delegate to congress Signature: "Yours truly dc/S.B. Elkins", 4x2½. Stephen B. Elkins (1841-1911) was a Delegate to Congress from the Territory of New Mexico from 1873-1877, he moved to West Virginia where he founded Elkins, West Virginia in 1890.
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JAMES R. GARRISON - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 142017JAMES R. GARRISON Page signed "Truly Yours" by the Congressional Medal of Honor winner Autograph sentiment signed "Truly Yours,/J.R. Garrison". 6¾x2. Garrison (1838-1908, born in Poughkeepsie, New York) was a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Civil War.
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