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. 
GENERAL GEORGE C. MARSHALL Rare, over-sized, vintage matte-finish photograph of the general in full-uninform! Autograph Inscribed Photograph: " To Captain Timothy Donohue USN, with appreciation/ and warm regards of G. C. Marshall.", vintage, 11x13½. George Catlett Marshall (1880-1959) served on General Pershing's staff during World War I, helping to plan the Meuse-Argonne offensive which hastened the defeat of Germany. He was Army Chief of Staff (1939-1945) and President Roosevelt's principle military advisor throughout World War II. He took charge of the weak, poorly-equipped US Army in 1939 and expanded it 40-fold en route to victory. Marshall, whom Winston Churchill called "the architect of victory," became the first General of the Army (5 stars) in 1944. President Truman sent Marshall in 1945 to mediate between the Communist and Nationalist forces in China, a mission which failed, and which led to attacks on the General by Senator Joseph McCarthy 8 years later. As Secretary 
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.
ERWIN ROMMEL. TLS: "Rommel" as Major, in pencil, 1p, 8¼x7½. Dresden, 1933 April 3. In German with full English translation. To publishers Mittler & Sons, Berlin. In full: "Due to overwhelming work and my absence from the city, I am finally able to answer your letter from April 16 today. I thank you for forwarding the pre-war correspondences. For the final selection of Zug & Company correspondences, I have looked at your choices and will come to a final decision on which to use. I would be happy to receive a new copy of F.u.G. Even though I had worked with this in the beginning, the final version is not that familiar to me. The new F.u.G. brings many new things especially names, terms or possibly drawings. With our pre-discussed business contract, I am still in agreement. I doubt I can get to it before mid-June with my work set to begin. When would you like the final draft?" In World War I, Rommel distinguished himself as a great front-line leader. By the time of this letter, he was considered a fine teacher.
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.
FIDEL CASTRO and JUAN ORTAThe Cuban dictator signed this 4¾x7 black and white photograph that includes a letter signed by his private secretary Photograph signed: "Fidel Castro/ Hab. Nov 19, 59" as Prime Minister. B/w, 4¾x7. Fine condition. Accompanied by TLS: "Juan Orta", Chief of the Prime Minister's Office, 1 page, 8½x10¾. On official letterhead. Havana, Cuba, 24 October, 1959 "Año de la Liberacion". To Eugenio Von Boeck, Chargé d'Affaires, Embassy of Bolivia, Montevideo, Uruguay. In Spanish, loosely translated: "On behalf of the Prime Minister, Dr. Fidel Castro, I am pleased to send you the photograph which you amicably requested in your letter dated the 15th of the current month." Date stamp in lower right corner. Lightly creased. Binder holes in left margin. Otherwise, fine condition. The letter is dated 26 days before the signature on the photo and was presumably forwarded to Castro to accompany it. On January 1, 1959, Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista fled the country, and Castro 
ANDREW JOHNSON Signed 12½x15¼ photo mount dated by him October 5, 1867, and containing an albumen copy (10x11½) of a photograph of Johnson as President, seated at a writing desk Photograph Mount signed: "Andrew Johnson/Washington City/Oct. 5th 1867". Sepia, matted 12½ x 15¼ overall, 10 x 11½ image (two surfaces). Signed below photo, on the mount. Johnson represented Tennessee in the U.S. House (1843-1853) and Senate (1857-1862, 1875) and served twice as that State's Governor (1853-1857, 1862-1865). His second term was as a Military Governor appointed by President Lincoln. A pro-war Democrat fiercely opposed to secession but also opposed to imposition of a stringent Reconstruction regime on the defeated South, Johnson was nominated and elected in 1864 as Lincoln's second Vice President on a National Union ticket. Following Lincoln's assassination, Johnson succeeded to the highest office for a stormy term (1865-1869) in which he was increasingly at odds with the Republican majority in Congress
ABRAHAM LINCOLNWhile defending a woman accused of murdering her husband (1857), the future President added six lines of text in his own hand to the written deposition of a witness.Autograph Statement unsigned at the conclusion of Manuscript Document Signed: "J.L. Springgate", 2 pages, 7¾x12¼. Woodford County, [Metamora, Illinois], c. 1845-1857.AT THE CONCLUSION, SIX LINES IN THE HAND OF LINCOLN DIRECTLY ABOVE SPRINGGATE'S SIGNATURE, NOT SIGNED BY LINCOLN WHO WROTE,IN FULL: "Re-cross examination by defendants- The morning of the sale, Laws said that he wanted to go and buy horses, and wanted Vandike to go with him and be his security, and then they both, and this witness went to the sale together (The plaintiff objects to the last piece of evidence)". The names of the plaintiff and defendants are spelled differently throughout the document. Headed: "Deposition of Witness to be used in evidence on the trial of the case now pending in the Circuit Court of Woodford County where John A. Minahan is Plff & J J Lass & Wm G Vandike are defts pursuant to agreement representative of the parties.
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON As the Whig Party candidate for President, Harrison devotes 3 pages to defending his conduct at the Battle of the Thames (War of 1812). He is so anxious to vindicate his military record that he is traveling to Cincinnati to have copies of depositions made and published! Harrison's signature is rare, especially so close to the date of his brief Presidency! Autograph Letter signed: "W. H. Harrison", 3 pages with integral address leaf, 7¼x12½. North Bend (Ohio), 1840 February 14. To Moses B. Corwin, House of Representatives of Ohio. In full: "Your letter of the 10th was brought to me yesterday from Cincinnati. I had seen an article in the journal that Flood was charged with having written in his place, an assertion that I was not in the sortie of the Thames. I immediately addressed a note to him which I enclosed to General [Joseph] Vance demanding to know whether he had made such an assertion and the ground upon which it was made. In answer to my letter 
GENERAL JOHN BUFORD The Union cavalry commander, whose decision to "hold the high ground" on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg may have saved the Union, prepares to inspect the 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry in the first year of the war. Double-matted and framed with a biographic plaque to an overall size of 20½x22½. Buford died less than five months after Gettysburg. A very scarce war-dated document! Autograph Letter signed: "Jno Buford/Asst. Insp. Gen, USA", 1 page (lightly lined), 5x8. Louisville, Kentucky, 1861 December 14. To Colonel Edward C. Williams, 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, in full: "I am instructed by the Genl-in-Chief to inspect the troops of the Dept. of the Ohio. Please have your Regt. In line of battle by 1 o'clock P. M. on Monday. The inspection will be conducted as prescribed by the Army Regulation. The men equipped as for the field." Matted and framed with a portrait of Buford and a biographical plaque to an overall size of 20½x22½. John Buford (1826-1863) a West Pointer (1848), 
GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTERImportant, 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.
FRANK JAMES Awaiting his second trial in a year, the famous outlaw writes a loving letter to his 7 year old son Robert ("My Dear Little Man") Autograph Letter signed: "Your Father/Frank James" in pencil, 1 pages, 5½x8½. No place, 1884 February 29. Written in block letters to "My Dear Little Man", in full: "I want you to hurry up and learn to ride so you can get you a new saddle. I want you to learn to write and write me a letter. Addressed in verso to "Robert F. James/at home". This letter was enclosed with a letter James wrote to his wife Annie. Accompanied by printed chart titled "The Deaf and Dumb Alphabet", showing the appropriate hand signals. Notation in Frank James' hand: "For Rob". FRANK JAMES (1843-1915) and his brother Jesse James fought as Confederate guerrillas in Missouri ("Quantrill's Raiders") during the Civil War. They joined Cole Younger and others in 1866 to form a gang led by Jesse, robbing banks and trains. Frank and Jesse survived and escaped the failed Northfield, Minnesota bank heist of 1876, forming a new gang.Military | Quotations
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COLONEL BUZZ ALDRIN - INSCRIBED QUOTATION SIGNED - HFSID 157233BUZZ ALDRIN. Quotation inscribed and signed: "To George Torres/Best Wishes/Buzz Aldrin", 8½x11. Commemorative sheet honoring the Apollo 11 Mission with printed quotation from mission commander Neil Armstrong: "'Houston, Tranquility Base Here. The Eagle has landed.Sale Price $270.00
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CLARA BARTON - AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED - HFSID 167013CLARA BARTON Clara Barton signs an autograph quotation while in Washington D. C. Autograph Quotation Signed: "Clara Barton/Washington D.C.", 4½x2¼ lined card. In full: "Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,/Lest we forget -- lest we forget.Sale Price $765.00
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CLARA BARTON - AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED 03/23/1911 - HFSID 4370CLARA BARTON Clara Barton signs an autograph quotation. Autograph Quotation Signed: "With best wishes for all your future,/Most Sincerely Yours,/Clara Barton", 7½x4½. Dated by Barton: "March 23, 1911". In full: "Try in your life to make two blades grow/where was only one before.Sale Price $765.00
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CHUCK BEDNARIK - TYPED QUOTATION SIGNED - HFSID 169559CHUCK BEDNARIK He signs on this 6x4 card barring a typed quotation Typed Quotation signed: "Chuck/Bednarik", 6x4 card. Comparing one-platoon football to two-platoon, in full: "They couldn't do it. Before the half, they'd be suckin' and huffin' and puffin'. We keep hearing how great they are.Sale Price $108.00
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VICE ADMIRAL GEOFFREY BLAKE - AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED 03/30/1921 - HFSID 73453GEOFFREY BLAKE The Royal Naval Vice Admiral signs his name above handwritten inspiring quote in black ink Autograph quotation signed: "Captain Geoffrey Blake/ of the/ Royal Navy" in black ink. 1 page, 5½x3. March 30, 1921. In full: "Time changes & we with Time,/ but not in ways of Friendship".Sale Price $324.00
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MAJOR GENERAL ROY D. BRIDGES JR. - AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED - HFSID 303556ROY BRIDGES The space shuttle Challenger pilot signs below the quotation "study well and travel to the stars" Autograph Quotation signed: "Study well and travel to the stars,/Roy D. Bridges, Jr./Pilot/Challenger, STS 51-F", 6x4 card. Roy D. Bridges (b.Sale Price $198.00
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WILBER M. BRUCKER - TYPED QUOTATION SIGNED 11/18/1930 - HFSID 300004WILBER M. BRUCKERTyped quotation from the Bible, signed the month he was elected Governor of Michigan Typed Quotation signed; "Wilber M. Brucker", 1 page, 5x6½. Lansing, Michigan, 1930 November 18.Sale Price $108.00
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ART BUCHWALD - TYPED QUOTATION SIGNED - HFSID 190189ART BUCHWALDThe famous political satirist who managed to snag a substantial interview with Elvis Presley in Paris signed this card that features a typed quotation Typed Quotation signed: "Art Buchwald", 6x4 card.Sale Price $144.00
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MAJOR GENERAL BENJAMIN F. BUTLER - AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED 08/09/1878 - HFSID 177214GENERAL BENJAMIN F. BUTLER Quotation from Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem Maud, signed and dated by Union Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler in 1878 Autograph quotation signed "Benj. F. Butler/Mass/Aug. 9th 1878". Pencil notations at bottom edge in unknown hand. 1 page, 6½x8.Sale Price $405.00
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GEORGE WASHINGTON CABLE - AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED 03/30/1886 - HFSID 27812GEORGE WASHINGTON CABLE Cable signs his view of "Acadian maidens.." Autograph Quotation signed: "Yours truly/Geo. W. Cable/March 30 1886.", 4¼x3½ card, in brown ink. In full: "Acadian maidens are shy as herons. They always see you first.Sale Price $198.00
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JOHN CARTER - AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATION SIGNED - HFSID 192789JOHN CARTER Autograph Musical Quotation signed: "John Carter", 1 page, 8½¼. He has drawn a line of notes on music paper and titled it "A Love Phrase". Tenor John Carter was awarded first prize in the Metropolitan Opera Auditions of the Air (1938).Sale Price $108.00
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GENERAL MARK W. CLARK - QUOTATION SIGNED CIRCA 1942 - HFSID 266575MARK W. CLARK Mark W. Clark signs a 9x12 quotation. Quotation Signed: "Mark W. Clark", 9x12. In calligraphy, in full: "We are not here to sit on our back ends and be on the defensive. We are here on the offensive. They talk about a Second Front. All I can say is - the sooner the better.Sale Price $337.50
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SIR ALAN J. COBHAM - AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED 03/08/1937 - HFSID 174785ALAN COBHAM 1937 signature with his motto, "Keep on flying." Autograph Quotation signed: "Alan J. Cobham/'Keep on Flying'/3-8-37". 5x3 card. Accompanied by 5x8 printed note: "With the compliments of Sir Alan Cobham/Ford Aerodrome/Yapton, Arundel/Sussex".Sale Price $180.00
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SIR ALAN J. COBHAM - AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED 04/14/1953 - HFSID 81428ALAN J. COBHAM The aviation pioneer signs with his motto, "Keep on Flying" Autograph Quotation signed: "Alan J. Cobham/'Keep on Flying'/14/4/53", 2¼x2¼. Alan J. Cobham (1894-1973) a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps in World War I, became De Havilland's first test pilot in 1921.Sale Price $180.00
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SIR ALAN J. COBHAM - AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED 10/01/1934 - HFSID 146288ALAN J. COBHAM Signing with his motto, "Keep on Flying", during his barnstorming years Autograph Quotation signed: "Alan J. Cobham/'Keep on Flying'/1/10354", 4¼x3¾. Alan J.Sale Price $180.00
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SIR ALAN J. COBHAM - AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED 12/27/1954 - HFSID 159992ALAN J. COBHAM The aviation pioneer signs with his motto, "Keep on Flying". Autograph Quotation signed: "Alan J. Cobham/'Keep on Flying'/27/12/54", 5x4½. Alan J. Cobham (1894-1973) a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps in World War I, became De Havilland's first test pilot in 1921.Sale Price $180.00
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WILLIAM F. "BUFFALO BILL" CODY - AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED - HFSID 345620The rider known as "heartless" and who murdered thousands of buffalos pens his signature on this 4¼x2 card. Accompanied with a 3¾x5 black and white photograph of himself!Sale Price $1,700.00
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JOSEPHUS DANIELS - TYPED QUOTATION SIGNED CIRCA 1920 - HFSID 291653JOSEPHUS DANIELS His ink signature on a typed excerpt from a speech or written statement by Daniels, praising New York's contribution to the World War and its remembrance Typed Quotation signed in ink: "Josephus Daniels" as Secretary of the Navy, 1 page, 7¾x10¾. On official War Department letterhead.Sale Price $324.00
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JACK DEMPSEY - TYPED QUOTATION SIGNED 1973 - HFSID 178066JACK DEMPSEYThe boxer pens his name alongside this typed quotation Typed Quotation Signed: "Best of Luck/ Jack Dempsey/ 1973", 1p, 5x3¾ card. In full: "My mother had always wanted me to be a 'good citizen.Sale Price $202.50
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JAMES DICKEY - AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED - HFSID 181583JAMES DICKEY Signed autograph quotation, two sentences from his famed novel Deliverance Autograph Quotation signed: "James Dickey", 5x3 lined card. In full: "I went back down to the spillway and stood next to the water for the last time. I stooped and drank from the river".Sale Price $270.00
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ROBERT J. "BOB" DOLE - TYPED QUOTATION SIGNED - HFSID 179948ON SENSE & SENSIBILITY: BOB DOLE Bob dole signs a typed quotation comparing the U.S. Senate to a zoo. Typed Quotation Signed: "Bob Dole", 1p, 5x3 card. In full: "'If your (sic) hanging around with nothing to do and the zoo is closed come over to the senate.Sale Price $180.00
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WILHELM E. DORR - AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED - HFSID 286527WILHELM DORR Autograph Quotation praising fellow airship pioneer, Count Zeppelin Autograph Quotation signed: "W. E. Dorr", 5¾x3½. In German, fully translated: "Count Zeppelin was a role model of German toughness; his blimp [Luftschiff] is an expression of German skills.Sale Price $378.00
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BRIGADIER GENERAL NEAL DOW - AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED 03/20/1895 - HFSID 261540NEAL DOW Neal Dow signs an autograph quotation. Autograph quotation signed: "Neal Dow", 1p, 4½x7. 1895 March 20, on a sheet headed "The Autograph Collection of Howes Norris, Jr.".Sale Price $360.00
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ENOLA GAY CREW (PAUL W. TIBBETS) - QUOTATION SIGNED - HFSID 207758ENOLA GAYCREW: PAUL TIBBETS Paul Tibbets signs a printed quotation of his reflections on Hiroshima. Printed Quotation signed in ink: "Paul W. Tibbets", 1p, 8x10. Printed text: "General Paul Tibbets Reflections on Hiroshima: '... the morality of dropping that bomb was not my business.Sale Price $198.00
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ENOLA GAY CREW (PAUL W. TIBBETS) - TYPED QUOTATION SIGNED - HFSID 179947ENOLA GAY: PAUL W. TIBBETS Paul W. Tibbets signs a typed quotation in blue ink on an index card. Typed Quotation signed: "Paul Tibbets", 1p, 5x3 index card. In full: "Fellows, you have just dropped the first Atomic bomb in history." United States Army Air Force Colonel Paul W.Sale Price $108.00
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COLONEL JOHN M. FABIAN - AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED - HFSID 303561JOHN M. FABIAN The NASA astronaut signs underneath his handwritten quote "Space is the Place" Autograph Quotation signed: "'Space is the Place' ", 6x4 card. Air Force pilot John M. Fabian (b.Sale Price $108.00
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PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD - TYPED QUOTATION SIGNED - HFSID 258845GERALD R. FORDThe first VP to succeed a President who resigned speaks to the American people. Typewritten Quotation signed: "Gerald Ford", 6x4 card. Noted to be from his "Inaugural address/August 9, 1974".Sale Price $342.00
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RONALD FRANKAU - AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED CIRCA 1951 - HFSID 160986RONALD FRANKAUThe British comedian pens his name along with a quotation on this card Autograph Quotation signed: “Yours sincerely/ Ronald Frankau/ 'Only people of small moral stature need to stand on their dignity” in black ink, 3½x2.Sale Price $252.00
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PETER RACINE FRICKER - AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATION SIGNED 3/1979 - HFSID 201532PETER RACINE FRICKER The English composer signs an autograph musical quotation. Autograph Musical Quotation signed: "Peter Racine Fricker/March 1979", 1p, 5¼x3 ½. One bar of music penned by Fricker who has titled it: "(Sinfonia for Seventeen Wind Instruments 1977)".Sale Price $288.00
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WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON - AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED - HFSID 76290WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISONThe social reformer signed this handwritten quote espousing his opposition to slavery Autograph Quotation signed: "Wm. Lloyd Garrison", 4¾x2¼ lined sheet.Sale Price $1,020.00
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