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.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT This typed 1911 letter, addressed to a New York newspaper, contains numerous corrections in Roosevelt's hand. It's a scathing letter regarding a court decision and the newspaper's support for that decision - a decision that Roosevelt said violated one of the core philosophies of the Republican Party. This was written one year before Roosevelt tried to wrest the Republican presidential nomination from William Howard Taft - and, failing that, embarked on a third-party run under the Progressive banner. Public figures rarely commit such strong sentiments to writing, which makes this letter especially rare and significant. Superb content draftTyped Letter, heavily corrected with 216 words in Roosevelt's hand, not signed, on his personal letterhead, "The Outlook", "Office of Theodore Roosevelt", 2p, 7¾x9½, separate sheets. New York, May 30, 1911.To Mr. C.H. Betts, The Lyons Republican, 41 Williams Street, Lyons, N ew York. Most probably the final draft. In part: "Really it is hard to believe that 
JOSEPH STALIN, KLIMENT VOROSHILOV, and KIRILL MERETSKOVWith war looming in 1938, Stalin signs a key document reorganizing a Red Army recently beset by his devastating purges! Extremely rare! Document signed (in Cyrillic alphabet): "S", "K. Voroshilov", "K. Meretskov", 3 pages, 7½x12. Moscow, 1938 July 14. Initialed by Stalin on p1, countersigned by Voroshilov and Meretskov (as Secretary) on p3. Headed: "Top Secret Copy No 1 Protocol No 12 of the meeting of the Chief Council of War of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army". In Cyrillic script, with accompanying English translation. Decisions of a meeting held that day, attended by Stalin, Voroshilov, [Foreign Minister Vyacheslav] Molotov, and by five high-ranking army generals: [Efim] Shchadenko, [Boris] Shaposhnikov, [Aleksandr] Loktionov, [Dimitrii] Pavlov, and [Kirill] Meretskov (who also signed the document as Secretary). The document provides detailed instructions for reorganizing Soviet military commands in the Kiev Special Military Region and Byelorussian Special Military Region (the Western Republics of the USSR, which would bear the brunt of any German invasion).
GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTERHandwritten letter, signed in the text as "General Custer" (even though he had reverted to his pre-war rank), written in the Dakota Territory two years before his death at the Little Big Horn. Letter includes Custer's stab at poetry. Third Person Autograph Letter, 1 page, 7¾x6¼. Fort Lincoln, D.T. [Dakota Territory], 1874 June 5th. Unknown addressee. In full: "Gen Custers compliments his regrets likewise, in response to your kind invitation. His absence should never create surprise except from his own habitation. This being written his duty might end. With no fear of being called Alfred Tennyson. He simply desires, however to send you, the accompanying leg of venison." 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. Earning the confidence of cavalry commanders Pleasanton and Sheridan, he rose swiftly to the rank of brevet major general by war's end.
ANDREW JACKSON His Presidential signature (bold and 6 inches long) on an 1836 patent for an improved machine to make ship's thimbles, also signed by Secretary of State Forsyth and Attorney General Butler, 11½x15½, framed with a portrait and biographic plaque to 29x25. Accompanied by a 3-page handwritten description of the device by the inventor, Prentice White. Patent signed: "Andrew Jackson" as President, "John Forsyth" as Secretary of State, "B. F. Butler" as Attorney General, 1 page, 11½x15½. Washington, D.C., 1836 July 1. Patent issued to Prentice White for [in part] "a new and useful improvement in the Machine for making Ship's Thimbles which improvements he states has not been known or used before his application; [White] hath made oath that he does verily believe that he is the true inventor or discoverer of the said improvement; hath paid into the treasury of the United States the sum of thirty dollars." Archivally double matted and framed with a seated portrait and a biographical plaque, to an overall size of 29.5 x 25.25.
"BUFFALO BILL" CODYHandwritten letter to former rival - now partner - Pawnee Bill Lillie - outlining plans for a California tour of their wild west show. "And if all goes well we could clean up a wagon load of money." Autograph Letter signed: "Col.", 1 page, 8½x11. Saco, Maine, May 30 (circa 1908). On letterhead of Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Pawnee Bill's Far East to "Dear Major" [William Lillie]. In full: "The reason I would not sign up with Craft. They went back on the Contract they had Bacon draw and sent two of their own fixing. You see by the route of Sells Floto that they are playing all of the Country west of the Rockies and North West. And I think we should do it. I think the summer of the Great Panama Fair at San Francisco we could show all that Country. In the Spring three shows. San Francisco July, Aug. Sep. Then Southern Cal. Oct. And if all goes well we could clean up a wagon load of money." William Frederick Cody (1846-1917) earned the name "Buffalo Bill" for killing thousands of buffalo as a hired hunter in 1867 and 1868.
WILLIAM F. CODY: BUFFALO BILL 4¼x6½ cabinet card photo, signed both as W.F. Cody and as Buffalo Bill Cabinet Card Photograph signed: "W.F. Cody/'Buffalo Bill'". B/w, 4¼x6½. Superb portrait of William F. Cody with his desirable double signature. Photographer's imprint, "Gessford/238 Fifth Ave./N.Y.", at lower mount. William Frederick Cody (1846-1917) was a rider for the Pony Express in 1860, a scout for the Kansas Cavalry against the Indians (1863) and served in the U.S. Army in the Civil War (1863-1865). From 1867-1868, he furnished buffalo meat for the Union Pacific Railroad construction crews, earning his nickname, "Buffalo Bill". Cody was a scout for the 5th U.S. Cavalry from 1868-1872 and in 1876. From 1872-1883, he was on stage as an actor at first in E.Z.C. Judson's play, Scouts of the Plains. He organized Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show in 1883 and toured the United States and Europe successfully for over 30 years. Fine condition. 
JOHN HANCOCK His handwritten March 1783 letter as Governor of Massachusetts, instructing a garrison commander to forbid a ship full of Tories to disembark, requiring them to sail instead for New York (still in British hands) Autograph Letter, unsigned, 1 page, 7¾x12. Written as Governor. Boston, Massachusetts, 1783 March 27. To William Gordon, Commander of the Garrison in Dartmouth. In full: "I have this moment received your Letter by Express, giving information of the arrival of a Flag with a Number of Persons on board who were desirous of remaining some time at Dartmouth. I have laid the state of this Flag before the Council, & in consequence of their advice you are hereby Directed upon no pretense whatever, to suffer any of the Persons or any of the Effects brought in the Flag to be Landed at Dartmouth, or in any other place, but that you give immediate Directions for the Departure of the Flag with the Persons, & their effects to New York, and that after the Receipt of this Letter you make a point of Embracing the first fair wind to put her under Sail for New York, as no circumstance can possibly induce me to Deviate from this order. I am Sir your very humble servant.
JOHN HANCOCK Notes relating to payment. ANS: "Jo Hancock" at lower left of ADS: "Wm Winthrop", 1p, 7¼x3¾. Boston, 1772 June 7. Winthrop pens, in full: "Reced of Mr Joseph Ashley. Six pounds. Eight Shillings &4d by the Hand of Mr William Billings, to be indors'd on his Note or Bond, due to John Hancock Esq. for him." Hancock has crossed out the amount and written in full: "This Rec(eip)t not/yet Settled". Docketed on verso (unknown hand). John Hancock served as a member of the Massachusetts provincial legislature from 1766-1772. He was President of the Provincial Congress in 1774. A member of the Continental Congress (1775-1778), Hancock was President of Congress from 1775-1777 and was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence. Light show through at right margin from docket on verso. ½-inch separation at blank mid-horizontal fold, pinhead-size hole at cross folds touches 1 letter. Irregular bottom edge, nicked at top and right edges. Folds do not touch signature. Overall, fine condition. 
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.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 BARTONClara 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 $1,020.00
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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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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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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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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 DOLEBob 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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WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON - AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED 08/27/1874 - HFSID 56683WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISONSigned quotation of the social reformer who fought against slavery with his pen, dated 1874 Autograph quotation signed "Liberty for each, for all, and/for ever!/Wm. Lloyd Garrison./Boston, August 27, 1874." 7½x4¾ album leaf with rounded corners on right edge.Sale Price $450.00
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ROY J. GLAUBER - AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED 02/16/2006 - HFSID 272548ROY GLAUBER. Autograph Quotation signed: "Peabody is not so far from/Cambridge -/Roy Glauber Feb. 16, 2006", 5x3 card. Glauber was co-recipient of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his contribution to the quantum theory of optical coherence".Sale Price $90.00
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MAJOR GENERAL ADOLPHUS W. GREELY - AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED - HFSID 177307ADOLPHUS W. GREELY Established meteorological station in the Arctic. AQS: "A.W. Greely", 1p, 5x2¾. In full:"Do your work each/day as best you can--/then you will have no/regrets." In 1881, Greely commanded the U.S. expedition to establish an Arctic meteorological station.Sale Price $324.00
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MAJOR GENERAL ADOLPHUS W. GREELY - AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED - HFSID 174803ADOLPHUS W. GREELY. Autograph Quotation signed: "AW Greely/Major General/U.S. Army", 3¼x1½. In full: "Our voluntary service requires, Not our necessitated. [Milton]". Adolphus W. Greely (1844-1935) survived two years of Arctic winters without being re-supplied in 1882-1884.Sale Price $324.00
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