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). John Suratt (1844-1916) was the son of Mary Suratt, convicted of conspiracy in the assassination of President Lincoln and the first woman executed (hanged) by the US government. read more...
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ROBERT B. ANDERSON Robert Anderson signs a series 1957 Silver Certificate One Dollar Bill. Dollar Bill signed: "Robert B. Anderson", 6x2½. Series 1957 Silver Certificate One Dollar Bill bearing facsimile signatures of U.S. Treasurer Ivy Baker Priest and Secretary of the Treasury Robert B. read more...
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DOUGLAS DILLON and ELIZABETH RUDEL SMITH Dollar bill signed by Douglas Dillon and Elizabeth Rudel Smith, U. S. Secretary of the Treasury and U. S. Treasurer under President John F. Kennedy Dollar bill signed "Elizabeth Rudel Smith" in blue ink and "Douglas Dillon" in black ink. 6x2½. read more...
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HENRY FOWLER. Currency signed: "Henry H. Fowler" above his facsimile signature on front of a $1.00 U.S. Federal Reserve Note, 6x2½, Series 1963 A. Henry H. Fowler (1908-2000) of Virginia was read more...
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GEORGE C. WALLACE George Wallace signs a facsimile of a $100 State of Alabama Confederate Treasury Note. Facsimile of a $100 State of Alabama Confederate Treasury Note, 7¼x3¼, signed: "George C. Wallace." Wallace a Democrat, was Governor of Alabama from 1963-1967, 1971-1979 and 1983-1987. read more...
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BRIGHAM YOUNG. Partly Printed DS: "B. Young" as President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 3¾x2, irregularly cut. Great Salt Lake City, Utah, 1849 January 20. Note for "Two DOLLARS on demand" to "N.K. Whitney or bearer read more...
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BRIGHAM YOUNG, HEBER C. KIMBALL, THOMAS BULLOCK and N.K. WHITNEY Three dollar Mormon currency. Currency signed: "B. Young", "H.C. Kimball", "Thos. Bullock" and "NK Whitney", 3¾x2. Great Salt Lake City, 1849 January 20. read more...
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BRIGHAM YOUNG, HEBER C. KIMBALL, NEWELL K. WHITNEY and THOMAS BULLOCK. Partly Printed Note signed: "B. Young" as President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, "H.C. Kimball" as First Counselor, "N.K. Whitney" as Trustee and Bishop and " read more...
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