GENERAL COURTNEY H. HODGES Photograph signed in 1946 by the Commanding Army General that was first to enter Paris in World War II! Autographed Photograph Signed: " Courtney H. Hodges/Gen. U.S. Army/Dec. 1, 1946.", 8x10. Reverse bears a Signal Corps credit stamp. Hodges (1887-1966) was the Commanding General of the Third U.S. Army from February 16, 1943 to January 25, 1944, when he turned it over to Lieutenant General Patton. First Army soldiers commanded by Hodges were the first Americans to enter Paris on their way across Northern France and through the Ardennes Forest. They were also the first to cross the Siegfried Line into Germany in September 1944 and reach the Rhine in March 1945. Minor surface creasing and slightly creased and worn at corners and edges. Ink stamps and notes (unknown hand) on verso. Fine condition. Accompanied by PSA/DNA LOA. 
JOSEPH STILWELL Vintage matte-finish 8 x 10 photo of General Stilwell wearing his four-star uniform Photograph signed: "Joseph W. Stilwell/Gen., U.S.A.", 8x10. Collector's notations to reverse date the autograph to May 28, 1946. Joseph Warren Stilwell (1883-1946) was a tactically skilled US Army officer who, at the date of this letter, was training the newly formed US Seventh Division. If assigned to the European or Pacific Theaters when World War II commenced, Stilwell might have been remembered as a gifted corps commander. Instead, President Roosevelt sent him in 1942 to the China-Burma-India Theater, where he led British and Chinese forces in combat and served as Chief of Staff to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek. Stilwell, who reveled in the nickname "Vinegar Joe," was not a talented diplomat. Although he led British troops on foot in a daring escape from Burma, he soon antagonized British commanders and Chiang himself.(Stilwell came to believe, not unreasonably, 
ALFRED T. TORBERT Exceedingly rare carte-de-visite photo of Torbert in uniform by Mathew Brady! Autograph Signed Photograph: "Yours truly/A. T. A. Torbert, Brig. Genl: Vols." 2½x4 carte-de-viste with backstamp of Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries, New York & Washington. Alfred Thomas Archimedes Torbert (1833-1880), an 1855 graduate of West Point, was appointed a First Lieutenant in the Confederate States Army on March 16, 1861, just before the start of the American Civil War, but the Delaware native declined the appointment and remained a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. By August 1862, he was a Brigade Commander of the VI Corps of the Army of the Potomac, and Torbert was promoted to Brigadier General on November 29, 1862. On April 10, 1864, he was given command of the 1st Division of the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac. During Major General Philip Sheridan's Valley Campaigns (1864), Torbert commanded the Cavalry Corps of the Army of Shenandoah. He later commanded the Army of the Shenandoah from April 22, 1865-June 27, 1865.
WILLIAM BARCLAY "BAT" MASTERSONHe pens a letter in correspondence to an individual stating they are relatives in which Masterson quickly replies with otherwise! Autograph Letter Signed: "W.B. Masterson". 2 pages, 8x10, loosely placed in 9½x11½ folio. Accompanied by original mailing envelope; heavily toned, soiled and worn. December 31, 1905, New York City, written to "Mr. Watson F. Masterson" of Ramsey, West Virginia. In full: "Dear Sir. Without going into details can assure you that we are not related; even remotely. My father was born in this state eighty years ago and moved to Illinois where I was born fifty one years ago. There are a great many families of Mastersons in Missouri and Iowa none of whom are related to mine. My father had but one brother and he was several years the eldest and has been dead about forty years and died without issue. Very respectfully." Masterson (1853-1921) was an American frontier gambler and buffalo hunter and a scout for the United States Army.
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.
GENERAL DANIEL H. HILL Important Civil War-dated letter. Confederate Major General Daniel H. Hill wrote this letter from Goldsboro, North Carolina in 1863 complaining about Brigadier General Joseph Wheeler and his cavalry. Autograph letter signed "DH Hill". 1 page, 7¾x11½, ruled paper. Goldsboro, North Carolina, March 28, 1863. Addressed to Major G. M. Sorrell, Confederate States Army. "The picket line from Mt. Roanoke to Wilmington is about 175 miles being a curved line. I have written to Genl. [Beverly] Robertson to know what is the least force which can cover it. The rest, I will order to Bertie [County, North Carolina]. They will not fight & the only use which can be made of them is as [illegible] and Pickets ... I wrote to the Sec. War in reference to dismantling G. J. Wheeler's bogus Regt. He has but four companies, very worthless & the time allowed him for the completion of his regt 15th March has expired. His Field and Staff have not been commissioned. The govt might buy the horses for the boat train & artillery & put the men in an Infantry Regt. I hope that this matter will be attended to promptly.
GENERAL GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER 3-page text, unsigned but entirely in his hand, explaining the rules of croquet. While it is extremely unusual to find Custer writing on a sport not directly related to his military duties, Custer, his wife Libbie, and his soldiers did entertain themselves with croquet and similar sports in idle times at their military posts. Autograph Manuscript, unsigned, 3 pages, 7½x9½. No place, no date. In full: I. In commencing to play, each player, in their proper turn, places their ball at a distance from the starting post equal to twice the length of their mallet. II. The order of the wickets is as follows. Leaving the starting post players will take the 1st wicket, then the middle wicket from left to right, then the three wickets on the right of the table in their proper order. Then the middle wicket from right to left, then the wicket nearest to the turning post. Then the turning post, then the wicket nearest the turning post. Then the middle wicket from right to left. Then the three wickets in left side of table in their proper order. Then the middle wicket from left to right, then the wicket nearest starting post. III.
FUTURE CONFEDERATE PRESIDENT WRITES TO FUTURE CONFEDERATE OFFICER ABOUT THE STAFFING OF THE ARMORY AT HARPER'S FERRY, WHICH WAS RAIDED THREE YEARS LATER BY JOHN BROWN. JEFFERSON DAVIS. Manuscript LS: "Jeffn Davis" as Secretary of War, 2p, 7½x9¼ front and verso. War Department,(Washington), 1856 January 17.TO HON. C. J. FAULKNER.In full: "I find an unexpected delay has occurred in the completion of the new models; but have assurance that they will be finished this week, so as to be ready for inspection at the beginning of next week when those designed for Harper's Ferry will be sent thither after which we shall be able to resume full work at that Armory. That class of community who have been for a time suspended from employment will I hope then be relieved from this embarrassment to which you have called my attention. As to the number of clerks required atHarper's Ferry, I have made some 
WILLIAM F. CODY The famous Wild West showman pens a hopeful letter to his friend, stating "New England was never big for me. But wait till we start west. I predict a big season." The letter was written during the downfall of Cody's show empire due to outside expenses draining the immense profits from his show Autograph letter signed: "Col.", 1 page, 8½x11 framed to an overall size of 25½x18½. Buffalo Bill's Wild West combined with Pawnee Bill's Great Far East. May 29, 1911. Portsmouth, [New Hampshire]. In full: "Dear Mayor Glad Light, Your letter which found me is fine health. We had two bad towns last week. Fitchburg & Newburyport. No one ever done business in either. The week hurt us at least $2000 in Lowell-sent your bank 5100 today to take up one of my notes. Been getting good deposits from the mines. Been getting in shape [illegible] or any one. I believe I'll walk a sale of the [illegible]. Note if good are doing. [illegible]. While I telegraph you for now we are all OK here-now. And barring accident we will be OK. New England was never big for me. But wait till we start west. I predict a big season.
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.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, JR.The jurist handwrote, signed, and dated this letter in 1898, shortly after the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, to longtime correspondent Lady Castletown Autograph letter signed "OWH" as Justice of the Massachusetts State Supreme Court. 4 pages, 15½x9¾, framed in Gallery of History style to 39½x21½. Boston, Massachusetts, June 1, 1898. In the letter, he writes about his fear - common at the time - that the Spanish fleet would shell Boston and his doubts about how Secretary of the Navy John Long would perform in the upcoming war. He also writes about Karl Marx: "With some misgivings, I am inclined to believe K. Marx a great man". On letterhead of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to Lady Castletown. Begins: "Dear Hibernia". In full: "I received yesterday a dear irritable letter from you on your return from your Expedition which only worried me because you say you are not well. Be quick to tell me that you are all right again.
EMPEROR HIROHITO, CO-SIGNED BY: EISAKU SATO and SHIINA ETSUSABUROIn this very rare and important 1965 document, Emperor Hirohito notified Bolivian President René Barrientos that he was recalling Japan's ambassador to Bolivia. Also signed by Prime Minister Eisaku Sato and Foreign Minister Shiina Etsusaburo Document signed "Hirohito", "Eisaku Sato" and "Shiina Etsusaburo", with red ink seals. 2 pages, 9¾x13¼, 1 sheet folded, front and verso, on cardstock, with embossed Imperial Seal of Japan at top edge of page 1. With two binder holes at left edge. Dec. 21, 1965. Addressed to René Barrientos, President of Bolivia. In Japanese, partially translated: "The important mission of Mr. Eiji Kawasaki is at an end, the Japanese government having recalled him, whom it had accredited Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary…" Lightly toned. Light impressions on letter (do not touch sigangures). Show-through from seals on page 2. Otherwise in fine condition. Accompanied by: Untranslated Japanese language letter of transmittal. Lightly toned and creased. Irregular right edge.Military | Letters
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BRIGADIER GENERAL HENRY L. ABBOT - MANUSCRIPT LETTER SIGNED 11/18/1871 - HFSID 101517HENRY L. ABBOT. Manuscript LS: "Henry L. Abbot" as Major of Engineers Commanding, 1p, 7½x10. Headquarters, Battalion of Engineers, Willet's Point, N.Y.H., 1871 November 18. To Second Auditor of the Treasury, Washington, D.C.Sale Price $108.00
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MAJOR GENERAL ABREU - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 05/02/1900 - HFSID 218052ABREU (MAJOR GENERAL) The Major General requests status of civil and military elements, dated 1900! Autograph Letter Signed: "Abreau" in iron gall ink. 12½x8¾. Fully Translated in English: "Cobre, May 2, 1900. General Juan Pablo Cebreca.Sale Price $680.00
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MAJOR GENERAL ANDREW J. ADAMS - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 11/02/1972 - HFSID 171627A. J. ADAMS Typed Letter signed as head of the American Battle Monuments Commission in 1972 Typed Letter signed: "A. J. Adams", Major General and ABMC Secretary, 1 page, 8x10. Washington, D.C., 1972 November 2. On letterhead of the American Battle Monuments Commission to Thomas Alford, Sr.Sale Price $162.00
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FRANCISCO VICENTE AGUILERA - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED - HFSID 218110FRANCISCO VICENTE AGUILERA The Cuban Revolutionary pens an affable letter to a friend regarding the organization of an army of hundreds of men with the appropiate armament Autograph Letter Signed: "Aguilera" in iron gall ink. Fully Translated in English: "Carlos Juan Manuel Maria. London, July 22, 1872.Sale Price $1,360.00
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FRANCISCO VICENTE AGUILERA - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED - HFSID 218111FRANCISCO VICENTE AGUILERA The Cuban Revolutionary pens a letter to a friend regarding the departure of a Spanish general from the island and the victories the revolutionaries are accomplishing. Autograph Letter Signed: "F.V. Aguilera" in iron gall ink. 7x4½, 3 pages.Sale Price $1,360.00
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FRANCISCO VICENTE AGUILERA - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED - HFSID 218112The Cuban Revolutionary pens a kind letter to a friend informing him about his plans for going to New York, the realization of a project and the neccesary immediate action of one of the revolutionaries Generals.Sale Price $1,360.00
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FRANCISCO VICENTE AGUILERA - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED - HFSID 218114FRANCISCO VICENTE AGUILERA The Cuban revolutionary pens a respectful letter to another revolutionary asking him to look after the wife of one of the bravest Generals who is in deep misery! Autograph Letter Signed: "F.V. Aguilera" in iron gall ink. 8¼x10½.Sale Price $1,360.00
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FRANCISCO VICENTE AGUILERA - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED - HFSID 218116FRANCISCO VICENTE AGUILERA The Cuban Revolutionary pens a letter regarding his experience living in a megapolis and his struggling with the English language. Autograph Letter Signed: "F.V. Aguilera", in iron gall ink. 7x4½.Sale Price $1,360.00
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FRANCISCO VICENTE AGUILERA - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 03/20/1865 - HFSID 218115FRANCISCO VICENTE AGUILERA The Cuban Revolutionary pens a letter to a friend to inform him about his health condition, plans for meeting with him and to reassure his willingness to solve problems peacefully. Autograph Letter Signed: "Aguilera" in iron gall ink.Sale Price $1,190.00
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CLAUDE AKINS - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 04/20/1992 - HFSID 192251CLAUDE AKINSThe skilled actor responds to a letter from a fan Autograph Letter Signed: "Claude Akins" in black ink, 1p, 8½x11. No place, 1992 April 20. To Mr. Barch. In full: "First, I apologize for taking so long to answer, but, you did ask me a difficult question.Sale Price $324.00
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CLAUDE AKINS - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 07/02/1984 - HFSID 36445CLAUDE AKINSThe actor writes a letter regarding the television series Legmen (1984) Typed Letter signed: "Claude Akins" in black felt tip, 1p, 6¼x8½. No place, 1984 July 2. On his personal letterhead to Todd M. Axelrod, Las Vegas, Nevada.Sale Price $252.00
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RALPH ALBERTAZZIE - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 04/10/1972 - HFSID 333AIR FORCE ONE: RALPH ALBERTAZZIE Flew President Nixon on his historic first visit to China. Typed Letter signed: "Ralph Albertazzi" as Presidential Pilot, 1p, 7¼x10½. "Aboard Air Force One", 1972 April 10. On Air Force One letterhead with imprinted Presidential seal.Sale Price $198.00
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BRIGADIER GENERAL JAMES L. ALCORN - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 05/23/1873 - HFSID 33783JAMES LUSK ALCORN James Lusk Alcorn wrote this letter to an autograph hunter from Friars Point, Mississippi in 1873. This letter includes his term as Governor of Mississippi. Autograph letter signed "J.L. Alcorn". 1 page, 5x8 ruled paper, mounted to a 5¼x8¼ sheet of orange paper.Sale Price $324.00
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COLONEL BUZZ ALDRIN - TYPED LETTER FRAGMENT SIGNED - HFSID 256816BUZZ ALDRIN Fragment of a letter to Air France about travel from Paris to Guadalupe Typed Letter Fragment signed: "Buzz Aldrin". 1p, 8½x11. No place, no date. To an unnamed recipient, in full: "We need to depart Los Angeles on Friday, April 22nd. Our main interest is the flight back from France to Guadalupe.Sale Price $306.00
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COLONEL BUZZ ALDRIN - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 03/18/1990 - HFSID 217580BUZZ ALDRINThe second man on the Moon invites a film producer to a shuttle launch.Important TLS: "Buzz", 1½p, 7¼x10¾. Laguna Beach, California, 1990 March 18. To Producer David Geffen (now with Dreamworks), The Geffen Company, Los Angeles.Sale Price $595.00
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MAJOR GENERAL H. LETHBRIDGE ALEXANDER - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 06/21/1935 - HFSID 175052HENRY ALEXANDER. Autograph Letter signed: "H. Lethbridge Alexander", 1p, 5¼x6¾. Aldermoor, Beaulieu, Hants (England), 1935 June 21. On personal letterhead. To "Dear Sir". In full: "I regret the delay in replying to your letter of 18th but I have only just returned fromWales.Sale Price $180.00
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TERENCE ALEXANDER - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED - HFSID 44385TERENCE ALEXANDER The actor is glad his correspondent enjoyed a play, even though he confused Alexander with another actor, Tony Britton. Autograph Letter signed: "Terence Alexander", 2 pages (front and verso), 7x5½ Vaudeville Theatre, Strand WC2 [London], no date, circa 1971. To "Dear Mr.Sale Price $198.00
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WILLIAM ALFRED - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 05/28/1979 - HFSID 223392WILLIAM ALFRED In a typed letter, "The Professor" talks about the opening of his new play and about what makes a piece of writing important. Typed Letter signed: "Your Brother, William Alfred", 1 page, 8½x11. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1979 May 28. On his imprinted stationery to "Dear Mr. Norbutt".Sale Price $288.00
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RUSSELL A. ALGER - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 04/10/1886 - HFSID 321467RUSSELL A. ALGER As Governor of Michigan, he humbly receives his honor from the Northwestern Literary and Historical Society Autograph Letter signed: "R. A. Alger", 1 page. 8x10. Detroit, Michigan, April 10, 1886. On official letterhead of the Michigan Executive Office to Mr. B.W. Austin, Sioux City, Iowa.Sale Price $680.00
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RUSSELL A. ALGER - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 01/30/1888 - HFSID 13789RUSSELL A. ALGER. Letter from Alger declining an invitation to a dinner party, dated 1888 while serving as Commander of the Michigan Department of the Grand Army of the Republic Typed letter signed: "R.A. Alger", 1p, 8x10. Detroit, Mich., 1888 January 30.To New York Republican leader James S. Lehmaire.Sale Price $342.00
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RUSSELL A. ALGER - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 06/18/1890 - HFSID 44685RUSSELL A. ALGER Letter from Alger dated 1890, asking that a friend inquire about a lithograph of Joseph B. Foraker seen in a local barber shop Typed letter signed: "R.A. Alger", 1p, 7¾x10½. Detroit, Michigan, 1890 June 18. On personal letterhead to Comrade John M. Dalzell, Caldwell, Ohio.Sale Price $324.00
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RUSSELL A. ALGER - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 07/16/1895 - HFSID 56691RUSSELL A. ALGER Brief letter from Alger, stating there is nothing to be said about him politically as he is simply "in the ranks" Typed Letter signed: "R A Alger", 1p, 5¼x8 with blank integral leaf. Detroit, Michigan, 1895 July 16. On personal letterhead to Colonel Darwin C.Sale Price $324.00
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RUSSELL A. ALGER - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 10/12/1898 - HFSID 291718RUSSELL A. ALGER Soon to be fired by President McKinley for mismanagement of the Spanish-American War, Secretary of War Alger authorizes discharge of a New York volunteer corporal. Typed Letter signed: "R. A. Alger" as Secretary of War, 1 page. 5x7¾. War Department, Washington, 1898 October 12.Sale Price $378.00
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WILLIAM A. "BILL" ALLAIN - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 02/11/1985 - HFSID 89373BILL ALLAIN The Governor of Mississippi sends his photograph and a brochure on the history of his state to a young collector in Nevada. TLS: "Bill Allain" as Governor of Mississippi, 1p, 8½x11. Jackson, Mississippi, 1985 February 11.Sale Price $90.00
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HERVEY ALLEN - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 02/08/1940 - HFSID 168517HERVEY ALLEN. TLS: "Hervey Allen", 1p, 8¼x11. Coconut Grove, Florida, 1940 February 28. On his personal letterhead from "The Glades" to John Black, Esq., Long Island, New York.Sale Price $288.00
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HERVEY ALLEN - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 05/03/1935 - HFSID 273075HERVEY ALLEN. TLS: "Hervey Allen", 1p, 8½x11. Bonfield, Oxford, Talbot County, Maryland, 1935 May 3. To William Kimberly Palmer, Esq., Chicopee, Mass. In full: "I am greatly in your debt for your exceedingly nice letter to me of March 31 last.Sale Price $252.00
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HERVEY ALLEN - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 10/26/1923 - HFSID 273115HERVEY ALLEN. TLS: "Hervey Allen", 1p, 8½x6¾. Charleston, S.C., 1923 October 26. To Mrs. Anna Catherine Markham, Secretary, The Poet Society of America, West Brighton, New York. In full: "Attached you will find an announcement which may be of interest.Sale Price $252.00
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MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM W. ALLEN - MANUSCRIPT LETTER SIGNED 02/21/1865 - HFSID 262766This rare Civil War-dated letter was signed by Confederate General William Wirt Allen in 1865, less than two months before the Confederacy's surrender. It was written for a soldier who accompanied Union prisoners-of-war, at a time the Confederacy didn't take too many enemy soldiers prisoner.Sale Price $1,275.00
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JEFFERY AMHERST - MANUSCRIPT LETTER SIGNED 10/10/1793 - HFSID 285032Signed Manuscript Letter as Commander in Chief of the British Army (1793) informing a Major Alexander Hume that he has been appointed to a post in the Scotch Brigade. Framed with an engraving of Amherst to an overall size of 18½x15½.Sale Price $1,020.00
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ADMIRAL GEORGE W. ANDERSON JR. - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 05/25/1963 - HFSID 24007GEORGE W. ANDERSON George W. Anderson as Chief of Naval Operations types a letter to a fan. Typed Letter Signed: "George Anderson" as Chief of Naval Operations, 1p, 5¾x7½. No place, 1963 May 25. Begins: "Dear Miss Stephens".Sale Price $180.00
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