Major General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
MAJOR GENERAL JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN
Born: September 8, 1828 in Brewer, Maine
Died: February 24, 1914 in Portland, Maine
Died: February 24, 1914 in Portland, Maine
JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN (1828-1914), formerly a college professor, commanded the 20th Maine regiment at the Battle of Gettysburg, where he held the extreme left flank on Little Round Top, a service for which he was later awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Assigned to brigade command in June 1864, he was wounded 12 days later in the assault on Petersburg. Chamberlain was promoted to Brigadier General on the spot by General Grant, and then carried to the rear, where a surgeon declared that he would certainly die from the wound; he did, 50 years later. At Appomattox, Chamberlain was given the honor of commanding the troops that formally accepted the surrender of the Confederate Army. (He ordered a salute to the defeated Confederate troops as they filed past, a gesture much appreciated in the South but used against him later by political foes in Maine.) After the war he served as Governor of Maine (1866-1870) and President of Bowdoin College (1871-1883). Chamberlain, a great success as a soldier, scholar and statesman, proved a poor businessman. His investment in Florida railroads and hotels proved unsuccessful. In 1914, the wound received at Petersburg in 1864 finally claimed his life, making him the last Civil War veteran to die from his war wounds. Chamberlain is lionized in the historical novel The Killer Angels, by Michael Shaara, and in the film Gettysburg, based on it.
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MAJOR GENERAL JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN - AUTOGRAPH LETTER DOUBLE SIGNED 08/19/1894 - HFSID 309245JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN As president of an artists' institute, he writes a professor about two students and about the school's future. Autograph Letter Double signed: "Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain", 4 pages, 5x8. Also initialed "J. L. C." at the end of a footnote. Brunswick, Maine, 1894 August 19.
Sale Price $2,337.50
$2,750.00
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MAJOR GENERAL JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 08/25/1895 - HFSID 309246JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN Four-page invitation for a trip on his yacht, eloquently describing the joys of the Maine coast Autograph Letter signed: "Joshua L Chamberlain", 4 pages (integral leaf), 10¼x7¾ Open flat, 5¼x7¾ folded. Brunswick, Maine, 1895 August 2. To "Dear Mr.
Sale Price $2,337.50
$2,750.00
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MAJOR GENERAL JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 09/15/1894 - HFSID 309247JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN Four-page letter strongly supporting an art student's hopes of joining a New York company Autograph Letter signed: "J. L Chamberlain", 4 pages (integral leaf), 9¾x8 Open flat, 5x8 Folded. Brunswick, Maine, 1894 September 15. To "Dear Mr.
Sale Price $2,337.50
$2,750.00
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MAJOR GENERAL JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 09/23/1871 - HFSID 285952JOSHUA L. CHAMBERLAIN He signs a handwritten letter in 1871 responding to a bill for nautical equipment, complaining that some of it was faulty. ALS: "J L. Chamberlain", 2 pages, 5x8. Brunswick, Maine, 1871 September 23. To C.S. Donnelly, Esq.
Sale Price $3,612.50
$4,250.00
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MAJOR GENERAL JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 09/26/1868 - HFSID 262815JOSHUA L. CHAMBERLAIN As Governor of Maine (1868), he solicits agricultural statistics to include in an upcoming speech. ALS: "J.L. Chamberlain" as Governor of Maine, 1 page, 5x8. Brunswick, 1868 September 26. To S.L. Goodale Esq.
Sale Price $2,380.00
$2,800.00
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MAJOR GENERAL JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED - HFSID 179489JOSHUA L. CHAMBERLAIN He signs an autograph 1883 note on a postcard, arranging to meet someone at the depot. ANS: "J.L. Chamberlain," 1 page, 5x3. No place, 1883 February 7. On verso of U.S. penny postcard addressed by another hand to: "J.L.M. Willis/Eliot/Maine." In full: "Eliot Depot 2.
Sale Price $2,337.50
$2,750.00
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MAJOR GENERAL JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 10/12/1867 - HFSID 179488JOSHUA CHAMBERLAIN Check to a local stonecutter. Partly Printed Check signed: "J.L. Chamberlain", 7x2¾. Brunswick, Me., 1867 October 12. Drawn on the First National Bank of Brunswick. Payable to D.M. Melcher for $65.00. Affixed at left is a 2-cent U.S. Internal Revenue stamp picturing Washington. D.
Sale Price $2,337.50
$2,750.00
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MAJOR GENERAL JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN - COLLECTION - HFSID 277583Chamberlain handwrote, signed and dated this letter in 1892 as president of the Florida West Coast Improvement Company "constructing the Silver Springs, Ocala and Gulf Railroad". Accompanied by unsigned b/w photograph of Chamberlain.
Sale Price $2,337.50
$2,750.00
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MAJOR GENERAL JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN - STOCK CERTIFICATE SIGNED - HFSID 283510JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN Stock Certificate of the Ocala and Silver Springs Company, signed by Chamberlain as company President in 1892. Stock Certificate signed: "Joshua L. Chamberlain" as President, 11¾x9½. $10 common stock certificate issued to W. L. Perham on March 7, 1892.
Sale Price $2,040.00
$2,400.00