General John J. Pershing Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
GENERAL JOHN J. PERSHING
Born: September 13, 1860 in Laclede, Missouri
Died: July 15, 1948 in Washington, District of Columbia
John J. Pershing (1886-1948), a West Point graduate (1886), saw his first action against Geronimo's Apache Indians. Pershing led the 10th Cavalry, the famed African-American "Buffalo soldiers", in Cuba during the Spanish-American War, earning his enduring nickname, "Black Jack." Other combat commands included action against Moro insurgents in the newly annexed Philippine Islands and his politically constrained pursuit of Pancho Villa's raiders into northern Mexico. In 1917, after U.S. entry into World War I, Pershing was named, over several more senior U.S. generals, to command the American Expeditionary Force in France. There he organized the immense logistical effort to transport, equip and supply a 2.5 million man American army in Europe. He insisted that U.S. forces must fight as their own army, not be dispersed among British and French commands. This decision was vindicated when the major American victories of St. Mihiel and the Meuse Argonne (1918) helped turn the tide of war and hasten Germany's surrender. Promoted to General of the Armies and the Chief of Staff, Pershing served until 1924. His 1932 book, My Experiences in the World War, won a Pulitzer Prize. In 1940, with Europe again at war, the aged Pershing made a final important contribution to American security by strongly advocating active American support for beleaguered Britain.
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GENERAL JOHN J. "BLACK JACK" PERSHING - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 01/09/1935 - HFSID 259180TLS: "John J. Pershing", 1p, 7¼x10¾. Washington, 1935 January 9. To Dr. L.S. Rowe, Pan American Union, Washington.
Sale Price $450.00
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GENERAL JOHN J. "BLACK JACK" PERSHING - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 01/12/1934 - HFSID 24342TLS: "John J. Pershing", 1p, 7¼x8¼. Washington, 1934 January 12. To Colonel and Mrs. Innis Palmer Swift, San Antonio, Texas.
Sale Price $427.50
$475.00
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GENERAL JOHN J. "BLACK JACK" PERSHING - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 01/24/1933 - HFSID 286201TLS agreeing to lend his name to a committee dedicated to creating a monument to the memory of French Ambassador Jean Jules Jusserand, but attaching conditions Typed Letter signed: "John J. Pershing", 1 page, 7¼x10½. Washington, D.C., 1933 January 24.
Sale Price $427.50
$475.00
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GENERAL JOHN J. "BLACK JACK" PERSHING - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 02/08/1932 - HFSID 329The Pulitzer Prize winner signs an autograph for the Draper Autograph Collection of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Typed Letter signed: "John J. Pershing", 1 page, 7x10. Washington, D.C., 1932 February 8. On his personal letterhead, written to Richard L.
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GENERAL JOHN J. "BLACK JACK" PERSHING - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 07/05/1904 - HFSID 265671TLS: "John J. Pershing", 2p, 5½x7, front and verso. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory, 1904 July 5. On letterhead of "Headquarters/Southwestern Division." to Lieutenant George T. Bowman, 15th Cavalry, Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont. Begins: "My Dear Bowman".
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GENERAL JOHN J. "BLACK JACK" PERSHING - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 10/15/1928 - HFSID 257043General tells Senator he cannot attend bridge opening. TLS: "John J. Pershing", 1p, 7¼x10½. Washington, 1928 October 15. To Senator Simeon D. Fess, Cambridge, Ohio.
Sale Price $427.50
$475.00