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Four-line medical prescription in Latin
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Two years after her resignation from the "lifelong Presidency" of the
American Red Cross amidst charges that she had diverted relief donations to
personal uses, Barton, her lawyer, another Red Cross official and a wealthy
contributor, sign an agreement to waive financial claims against each
other.
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17x14 Required Corporate Clinton Wire Cloth Co., a required 1879 annual filing with
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, signed by corporate officers and Massachusetts
state officials
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Aquatic engineer Bivens joins the actors' union in order to appear on
Kingdom of the Sea, which featured his wife, diver and actress Zale
(Parry) Bivens.
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Benjamin C. Brodie signs an autograph prescription.
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Benjamin C. Brodie signs a prescription for his wife.
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$220.00
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The English surgeon and author writes a prescription in Latin with an
English postscript.
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He prescribes a medication in Latin, and stipulates dosage in
English.
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Horticulturalist Luther Burbank signed and dated this corrected copy
of his entry in Who's Who in America in 1923. With numerous handwritten
corrections and notations.
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Two-page contract regarding the film director's investment in a
device for recording secret messages, invented by Walker and his partner,
Sheldon K. Johnson.
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The President of Mexico congratulates his Costa Rican homonym for winning the
Presidential Election and ensures him the brotherhood between their countries
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The President of Mexico pens a letter to his homonym in Costa Rica
reassuring him the fraternity and sympathy between their countries and informing
him of the good proceeding of the Costa Rican Plenipotentiary Minister in
Mexico
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The eight signatories assign their rights to specified oil leases in Oklahoma to two
drilling companies for "the sum of ten dollars and other good and valuable
considerations."
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Elizabeth Colt signed this document to order a copy of a limited
edition book, Venice Today. Signed with the name of her and her husband
Samuel Colt's Hartford, Connecticut home, Armsmear.
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Elizabeth Colt signed this document to order The Complete Works of
Charles Dudley Warner. Signed in 1905, the year of her death, with the name
of her and her husband Samuel Colt's Hartford, Connecticut home,
Armsmear.
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Certificate awarded to a student who took Cast Drawing at his free night
school.
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Cooper signed this dated New York Public School award for Maria Nunns in
1842.
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Cooper signed this dated New York Public School award for Maria Nunnst in
1843.
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Cooper signed this dated New York Public School award for Maria Nunnst in
1843.
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As a school committee member, he signs an award certificate to a student
(1842)
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Cooper signed this dated manuscript document in New York in 1836 to
acknowledge that he had received an $8.32 payment from William Conley for
merchandise received.
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Stock transfer certificate signed by pioneering transportation mogul
Cord, accompanied by the 100 shares of Pan American Airways stock originally
issued to him. Cord, who started as a race car driver and mechanic, would
eventually control major portions of the US aviation industry, and produce the
classic Cord automobiles.
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The editor of the Saturday Review signed this document in 1968 to give the
editor and book publisher permission to reprint one of his quotes about war
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Charles H. Crane signs a manuscript document about Charles Fischer's
services in the Medical Department of the U.S. Army
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$320.00
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Charles H. Crane signs a manuscript document about Otto Weber's
services in the Medical Department of the U.S. Army
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$320.00
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Charles H. Crane signs a manuscript document about Seth A. Holton's
services in the Medical Department of the U.S. Army
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$320.00
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Charles H. Crane signs a manuscript document about August Hoesten's
services in the Medical Department of the U.S. Army
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$320.00
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Charles H. Crane signs a manuscript document about Aristides
Rodrigue's services in the Medical Department of the U.S. Army
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Charles H. Crane signs a manuscript document about Calvin Payne's
services in the Medical Department of the U.S. Army
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$320.00
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Charles H. Crane signs a manuscript document about Joseph Ross'
services in the Medical Department of the U.S. Army
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$360.00
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Charles H. Crane signs a manuscript document about Augustus Pohlers'
services in the Medical Department of the U.S. Army
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$320.00
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Charles H. Crane signs a manuscript document about William H. Hyers'
services in the Medical Department of the U.S. Army
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$320.00
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Charles H. Crane signs a manuscript document about William Wuenz's
services in the Medical Department of the U.S. Army
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$320.00
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The English chemist, as Secretary of the Royal Society, regrets that the
prestigious organization cannot publish a paper by mathemetician Robert
Woodhouse at the moment, but it will be put into the Archives of the Society.
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He signs his support for the Bricker Amendment
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The vacuum tube inventor signed this document in 1954 to give Ken
Murray permission to photograph him and record his voice for the TV series
Where Were You?
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Aviator and aeronautical engineer who invented the bombsight.
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$650.00
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The controversial Mexican President, remembered for his advocacy of foreign
investment, signs this property title in favor of Mr. Cooper Shapely over the mine of
copper "Don Samuel" located in the State of Durango. It is co-signed by government
employees
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The controversial Mexican President, remembered for his advocacy of foreign
investment, signs this property title in favor of Mr. Harry Johnson over the mine of gold
“Socorro no. 3” in the State of Baja California. It is co-signed by government employees.
Also included is an original map of the said mine. A document set of historical interest!
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Alexis I. DuPont signs a duplicate copy of a document between the
Maine Central Railroad Company and E.I. DuPont De Nemours Powder
Company.
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$600.00
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George Eastman signs letter of agreement for construction of a new
building at Kodak Park
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The famous inventor penned a section of answers on this questionnaire!
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$15,000.00
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THE YEAR BEFORE HIS DEATH, THE FAMED INVENTOR ANSWERS INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
ABOUT HIS WORK ON HIS LAST RESEARCH PROJECT - AN ALTERNATE SOURCE TO IMPORTED
RUBBER
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Partly printed historic Manuscript DS:
"T.A.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMPANY THAT LIT UP HOMES, HOTELS, STORES, AND SHIPS
ACROSS THE NATION IN THE EARLY 1880s
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Typed DS: "Thos A Edison" as
Director, 1¼p, front and verso, 8x11. West Orange, N.J., 1925 June
11.
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$4,000.00
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Typed DS: "Thos A Edison", "Charles
Edison", "Henry Lanahan", "H.F. Miller" and "J.V. Miller" as
Directors and "J.
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Eleven leading scholars and scientists sign an attendance roster.
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$7,000.00
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PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER - DOCUMENT SIGNED CO-SIGNED BY: IVY BAKER PRIEST, WILBER M. BRUCKER, CHARLES S. THOMAS, DONALD A. QUARLES, EZRA TAFT BENSON, JAMES CAMPBELL HAGERTY, HERBERT BROWNELL JR., MARION B. FOLSOM, CHARLES E. "ENGINE CHARLIE" WILSON, JOHN FOSTER DULLES, ARTHUR E. SUMMERFIELD, FIRST LADY MAMIE DOUD EISENHOWER, PRESIDENT RICHARD M. NIXON, FREDERICK A. SEATON, GEORGE M. HUMPHREY, JAMES P. MITCHELL, SINCLAIR WEEKS - HFSID 32098
Ink signatures of the President and First Lady, along with 14 other original signatures of
important members of the Eisenhower administration, accompanied by autopen
signatures of Vice President Nixon and two others, all framed in the Gallery of History
style to 42x24.
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Encke handwrote and signed this autograph document in un-translated
Latin.
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Contract to rent a furnished ocean front home in Santa Monica from
Hollywood super-agent Jules C. Stein. Fairbanks, in failing health, would live
in this home until his death the following year.
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Civil War Archive including: new soldier Ambrose Cummings' letter to his
father, describing army life; a letter from a fellow soldier, reporting that
Cummings is ill but expected to recover; a letter from a New York undertaker
sending Cumming's dad a bill for funeral arrangements; and a telegram from the
undertaker: the youth's body is on its way home.
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As President of Pennsylvania (1786), the Founding Father of the United States signed
this pay warrant for the Council door keeper
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Fulton signed this document - buying 32 lots of land in the town of Jersey, New Jersey
for $1,000 - in 1809. He signed it the same year that he filed his first patent for
improvements in navigation by steam and one year after marrying his wife Harriet
Livingston. Pieces by Fulton are rare in any form, and legal documents, like this, are
doubly so. Accompanied by an unsigned engraving of Fulton based on an Alonzo
Chappel portrait.
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Inventor signs contract giving partner 10% ownership of patent for new
explosive bullet in the midst of the Civil War
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Gatling and his attorney signed this document regarding a 1857 Marion County
lawsuit against Martin Robbins. This document was signed before the Gatling gun
was patented and offered a rare glimpse of Gatling's life before the creation of
his most famous invention.
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Gillmore signed this requisition in 1862 for clothes and forage for the 7th
Connecticut Volunteers during the American Civil War. Quartermaster Rufus Saxton
dated this document less than a month before he was promoted to Brigadier
General of U.S. Volunteers.
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As Chief Engineer of the US Army, he signs a monthly statement of academic
performance for the parents or guardian of a West Point cadet.
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Remarkable, detailed drawing of his design for an improved
grindstone, explained in his handwritten poem!
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The author and editor best known for helming "National Geographic Magazine"
signs an appointment to the Washington Conference Committee at the 13th Annual
Meeting of the American Child Hygiene Association.
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$120.00
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As a member of a scientific commission (1788), the man the guillotine is named after
signed this report alongside four other prominent members of a medical commission.
Extremely Rare!
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The explorer, philanthropist, and alleged umbrella pioneer signed this
payment receipt
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Patent application for a multipurpose navigational instrument called
the sumner written and signed by Thomas Hill, president of Harvard University.
With 14¼x9¾ schematic drawing. This appears to be an early version of an
instrument that he patented in 1875.
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Partly printed
DS: "W.E.
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Hughes loans actor Louis Wolheim to Samuel Goldwyn for The Awakening.
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As President of KWJJ Broadcasting in Portland, radio pioneer Jerman
signs Elmel's orchestra to perform Monday through Friday on the station for
$45.10 per week.
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PYOTR L. KAPITSA - DOCUMENT SIGNED 06/23/1955 CO-SIGNED BY: LEV D. LANDAU, N. E. ALEKSEEVKA, EVGENY M. LIFSHITZ, M. P. MALKOV, IVAN V. OBREIMOV, V. P. PESHKOV, N. R STRELKOV, VLADIMIR A. FOCK, V. T. KHOZYAINOV, ISAAK M. KHALATNIKOV, ALEKSANDR I. SHALNIKOV - HFSID 276486
Roster of Soviet scientists at the Moscow Institute of Physics (1955)
includes 2 Nobel laureates
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The finder of "objects under ground which may have some value"
contracts with Lake to help him recover the objects and dispose of them to best
advantage in return for a 50-50 split of the proceeds.
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$2,000.00
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Simon Lake signs an agreement to form a new corporation to raise
capital and acquire license for certain Lake patents.
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The actress pens her name on this contract agreeing to serve as a guest host on the
musical variety show Shindig! (1964-1966)
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Partly Printed DS: "Wm. P. Lear", 2p, 8½x11. Wichita, Kansas, 1965 April 9.
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$420.00
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He signs a handwritten inventory of bird parasite specimens (1885)
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HENRY M.
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Document signed in Russian, untranslated: "Lev
Landau", 1p, 8x11½. No place, no date, likely Moscow 1944.
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State leaders send correspondence to raise money for the Revolutionary War effort
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An Employment of Day Player contract for Max Balchowsky's appearance
in Magnum Force, signed by him and casting director Nessa Hyams.
Extremely rare signature from the "Old Yeller" inventor!
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An Employment of Day Player contract for Dar Robinson's appearance in
Magnum Force, signed by him and casting director Nessa Hyams. Extremely
rare signature from the record breaking stuntman!
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$216.00
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An Employment of Day Player contract for Roger Prices's appearance in
Mame, signed by him and casting director Nessa Hyams
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Partly Printed DS: "Senatore Guglielmo"
and "G. Marconi" in pencil, 1p, 6x3¾.
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The Marx brother signs a document regarding membership at the Friar's
Club of California in Hollywood
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His signature originally attached to a sworn statement to a British
court
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$480.00
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Carbon Typed DS: "Cary Middlecoff" in ink,
1p, 8½x11. Memphis, Tennessee, 1951 October 29.
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$280.00
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Typed DS: "Linus Pauling", 1p, 8½x11. No
place, 1960 October 24. In letter form to Newsmaker Productions, Inc.
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$800.00
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Document unsigned, 2 p, 7x10¼. Data update
form for Who's Who, stamped date of 1948 October 7.
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$100.00
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Document unsigned, 2 p, 7x10½.
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$100.00
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$90.00
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This item is signed by the two authors in ink!
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Both sign a document requiring full insurance coverage on equipment leased by
Gottschalk's Panavision to Preminger's Sigma Productions.
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As head of the medical staff at the Royal Military Hospital in
Havana, he signs a manuscript document granting convalescent leave to a soldier
in the Naples Regiment (1839). A rare signature!
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Autograph Document signed in the third person. An autobiographical account of
his achievements, with outstanding scientific content!
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Consent form authorizing the Motion Picture Relief Fund to reproduce
Simms' signature and likeness for a series of stamps raising money for needy
film industry veterans. However his name has been written by his guardian,
Margaret Simms White. An interesting document of the youngster who grew up in in
the Blondie movies!
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$540.00
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Extremely rare document bearing the signatures of both of the legendary firearms
manufacturers: a certification of stock in their Springfield and New London Rail Road
Company, used in the transport of their weapons to the port of New York. The
document, also signed by the other Directors and Officers of the Railroad, has been
framed with an antique Smith and Wesson top break revolver to an overall size of
15¼x24!
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Edward R. Squibb signs a document listing items bought from
him.
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$1,800.00
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Edward Stanley signs an autograph document.
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Taylor and his aide-de-Camp and son-in-law Wood, sign a requisition
for cords of wood for the hospital at Fort Crawford (1834).
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Manuscript DS: "Seth Thomas" and 91
others, 2p, 7¾x12½, front and verso.
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Partly Printed DS: "Jno. T. Thompson/1
Lieut-Ord. Dept-U.S.A./Ordnance Officer", 1p, 8x11. Lakeland, Florida,
1898 May.
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The prestigious physician grants a lot of land in Salem, Massachusetts in this document
co-signed by the Essex County representative, in iron gall ink
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$260.00
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$234.00
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Signed data sheet describing the first US space satellite and its
launch vehicle. Explorer discovered the radiation belts named for Van
Allen.
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