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Manuscript LS: "Henry L. Abbot" as Major
of Engineers Commanding, 1p, 7½x10.
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Signature of the Illinois Congressman
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He signs "Yours truly" on his Senate Card
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Signatures of three U.S. Senators from Rhode Island, one of them a major
architect of America's modern financial system.
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Iowa politician William B. Allison wrote this letter to James S.
Lehmaier, Chairman of the Committee for the New York Republican Club.
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Album leaf signed by American politicians William B. Allison and
Julius Caesar Burrows and Cuban revolutionary Gonzalo de Quesada y Aróstegui in
1899
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The Civil War Veteran adds the state of Ohio to his signature
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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
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Carte de visite, shown as a major general, signed on the front and
also inscribed by him on verso on the Fourth of July
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Robert Anderson inscribes his signature on a card.
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In command of Fort Sumter the day the Civil War began.
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2½x4 carte de visite with a uniformed bust view of the Union
commander of Fort Sumter
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Manuscript Letter signed by him as Governor of Massachusetts, writing to
Governor Fenton of New York to vouch for a woman seeking pardon of a
convict
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Clipped signature affixed to a 3½x2 sheet
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Letter to Chicago real estate develop Samuel E. Gross, praising his
wife's appearance at a Washington, D.C. event held in honor of Anthony's
eightieth birthday. She has added a handwritten postscript, remembering to thank
him for a gift.
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Signed Carte de Visite, showing him in uniform
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The Union Brigadier General writes a note concerning the well-being
of a friend
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ALS: "DR Atchison", 1p,
7¾x9½. Washington, 1853 March 30. "To the Hon Sec.
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Signature of the Union army surgeon turned lawyer and
politician
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The General signs his name in black ink
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As commander of the 22nd U.S. Army Corps, he orders the release on parole of an
imprisoned paymaster
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The Civil War Union officer penned this handwritten letter and signed it in ink
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John T. Averill, a U. S. Representative from Minnesota, wrote this
letter on his paper business' stationery in 1873. In it, he answers the
recipient's question of whether he was ever a member of the Minnesota State
Legislature.
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Grant's chief of staff, involved in many of the scandals of that
Presidency and indicted in two of them, requests a $110 check from Jay Cooke
& Co., whose bankruptcy would later trigger the Panic of 1873.
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Orville E. Babcock, President Ulysses S. Grant's secretary, signed
this letter on White House stationery in 1871. In it, he says that Grant
couldn't attend a ball in honor of Russia's Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich, who
was in the United States as a goodwill ambassador.
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Signature: "Very respectfully,/Your
ob.nSert./Hartman Bache/Genl Eng , 4½x1½.
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Rare signed photograph of the Union Army officer posed in a seat,
adding his rank as a Brevet Brigadier General under his name (4½x6¼)
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The humorous journalist and Civil War veteran signs his handwritten
note
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THEODORUS BAILEY
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Iowa's military authorities discuss discharge of a deserter at the end of the
Civil War
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Partly Printed Document filled out and
signed: "Stephen S. Balk" as 1st Lieutenant 6th Cavalry, 1p,
17x11.
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The politician and soldier from Massachusetts signs this handwritten
letter to a Mr. Bright
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Banks sends a letter to Governor Ramsay in regards to introducing a
constituent
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Nathaniel P. Banks wrote this letter from his lifelong home of
Waltham, Massachusetts in 1889, at the beginning of his last term in Congress,
about his appointments and to apologize for not being able to make it to
Washington, D. C. that week.
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Banks sends a letter in regards to the volumes of Perry's Japan
Expedition
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Banks sends a letter in regards to Prisoners that attended the State
Reform School
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As US Representative, he orders the Printer to preserve a
manuscript
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NATHANIEL P. BANKS
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Handwritten note signed on the day he delivered an address.
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Handwritten sentiment from the close of a letter, also showing the
addressee's name
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His gubernatorial appointment of a Justice of the Peace for Plymouth County,
Massachusetts, also signed by Oliver Warner, Secretary of the
Commonwealth
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MAJOR GENERAL NATHANIEL P. BANKS - DOCUMENT SIGNED CIRCA 1893 CO-SIGNED BY: JOHN SHAW, JOHN D. LONG, JOSEPH GRISWOLD, GEORGE W. JOHNSON, EDWARD BRODIE GLASGOW, HENRY A. GOODRICH, PETER SMITH, FRANK COUSINS, GEORGE W. WALKER, JOHN R. BULLARD, JONATHAN A. LANE, EDWARD GLINES, BENJAMIN S. LOVELL, JOHN SIMPKINS - HFSID 283569
Nathaniel P. Banks and all fourteen other prominent Bay State Republicans who cast
their Electoral Votes for Benjamin Harrison in 1892 have signed this page
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Banks signs a document for General James Shields, regarding the Union
men taken prisoners
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Nathaniel P. Banks signed this manuscript letter to a friend in 1870
to say that "I was glad to get your letter assuring me, that you were still
in the land of the living."
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Full-length image of Banks in uniform, posed with his saber, affixed
to the original 2¼x4 carte-de-visite
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Civil War-dated 2½x4¼ carte de visite of the general and governor,
shown in uniform
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Signature: "N.P.
Banks/Waltham/Massachusetts.", 3½x1¾.
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Former congressman and Governor signs on a 7x4 paper
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Signature: "N.P. Banks", 3x1¾.
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Signature of the Union General and Massachusetts statesman
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Nathaniel Banks signs a 4½x1½ piece of paper
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Signature: "J.G. Barnard", 2¼x¾.
Superintendent of the U.S.
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Signature: "J.G. Barnard/Brig. Genl",
4x2½. Superintendent of the U.S.
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Letter written as Chief Marshall of the Garfield Memorial
Association
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As President of Cleveland's First National Bank, the Union veteran
writes about a matter affecting the Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home, of which
he was a Director.
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Signed autograph quotation from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, a
play Barrett performed to much acclaim
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Signed autograph sentiment from the closing of a letter
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Signature: "Respectfully/William F.
Barry/Capt. 2nd Art.", 3x1¼.
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Album page containing two items signed by Barton: a 4x6 photo and a 4x7
autograph letter circa 1895. On verso is a typed letter signed by general and
politician Benjamin F. Butler in 1890.
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Signature of the Arkansas Reconstruction governor
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John Beatty signs a piece of paper.
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The Pennsylvania Governor signs his name on a card, and dates it
1888
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Beaver writes a letter saying he would be glad to be at the first
Annual Dinner of the Republican Club, if nothing else comes up
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A letter from the Pennsylvania Governor saying he will be unable to
attend a Republican Club of New York dinner due to a prior engagement in
Ohio
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A letter from the Governor on Executive Department letterhead to an
associate, saying he will be unable to meet for dinner due to prior
engagements
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War-dated letter to a US Paymaster about a payment owed a soldier's
dependent, and offering to help locate deserters
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Letter from the Secretary of War dated 1875, transcribing a previous
letter sent confirming the shipment of seeds to a Captain in Wisconsin
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ALS: "Wm. W. Belknap" as Grant's
Secretary of War, 1½p, front and verso, 5x7¾.
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Just a year before his resignation and impeachment, the Secretary of
War declines an invitation to speak to the Chamber of Commerce.
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William W. Belknap sends an autograph letter forwarding
information.
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Writing to a former foe, Confederate General M. J. Wright, Belknap
looks forward to a veterans' reunion. Discredited politically, he could still
find satisfaction in the fellowship of fellow soldiers.
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He signs a short sentiment on a 3¾x1¾ lined sheet.
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Calling Card signed: "Wm. W.
Belknap/Dec.14.72" as Grant's Secretary of War, 3½x2½.
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Two weeks before Congress launched the investigation which would lead
to his resignation and impeachment, the Secretary of War signed this transmittal
letter to the Attorney General.
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Manuscript LS: "Wm. W.
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As Secretary of War, he signs a conditional appointment to West
Point, subject to examination, for George M. Brodhead
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Shown in uniform on this 2½x4 carte de visite, signing as a brigadier
general.
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The Secretary of war signs on this 3½x2 card
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Signature: "Wm. W. Belknap/Sec'y. of
War./Dec. 8. 1869", 5x2¾ printed autograph card.
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The American Rear Admiral pens this letter in which he discuss the value of
some belongings, in iron gall ink
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As Commander of the US East India Squadron, he issues orders to the
commander of the flagship Hartford to read a General Order to all
officers and crew.
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Admiral Henry H. Bell signed this manuscript letter, written in Hingo
Japan in 1868, as commander of the U. S. Navy's Asiatic Fleet. In it, he
instructs a ship commander to send all future communications to him to Hong
Kong. Bell was Fleet Captain of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron for two years
during the American Civil War. He wrote this letter less than two weeks
before drowning near Hyogo, Japan.
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The Civil War Brigadier General and U.S. Congressman signs his name
in black ink
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Paper signed by the Grand Lodge officer of Washington, District of Columbia, dated
January 12, 1889
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The politician and statesman who served as Lincoln's Minister to France pens this letter
arranging a appointment
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Signature of the famed newspaper editor, publisher of Benjamin Franklin's
autobiography, and proponent of the New York Public Library
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The American statesman, Lincoln's ambassador to France, writes as President of the
New York Public Library, trying to track down old associates. A rare signature!
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Civil War-dated letter to Secretary of War Stanton, recommending the
appointment of a Presbyterian minister and classics instructor as a military
hospital chaplain. (The applicant's son was a Union Major-General.) As a legal
advocate for President Lincoln's emergency war measures, Binney had a right to
expect that his recommendation would carry some weight.
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Signature: "William Birney/Brigadier General
U.S.V.", 4¾x1¼, cut from letter.
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TLS: "William H. Bisbee", 1p, 6½x9.
Brookline, Mass., 1939 February 14. To John E.
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Black expresses his sentiment in black ink
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Congressman Black responds to an invitation to attend a function
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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
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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.
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He signs as a Major General in a faded black ink
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A signature from the Major General dated for 1869
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Signatures of two Democrats who gave vital support to President Lincoln
during the Civil War
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Ink signature, to which he has added his home state (New Hampshire)
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Signatures of both of New Hampshire's US Senators (1884)
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