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Historic Autographs
Lot	Image	Description
Lot: 1 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	“Jimmy Carter” Signed Document as President for James C. Schulz as National Highway Safety Advisory Committee Member and Countersigned by “Warren Christopher” JAMES EARL “JIMMY” CARTER (1924-2024). 39th President of the United States serving from 1977 to 1981. In 2002, he was Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the Carter Center for work to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development. Estimate: $800 - $1,000 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 2 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	“Winfield S. Schley” American Naval Hero of the 1898 Spanish-American War Battle of Santiago Bay, Cuba, President Grover Cleveland’s Signed Naval Appointment to the Rank of Commodore GROVER CLEVELAND (1837-1908). 22nd and 24th President of the United States. (WINFIELD S. SCHLEY) (1839-1911) was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy and the hero of the Battle of Santiago Bay de Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Commanding of the armored cruiser U.S.S. Brooklyn during the battle, his quick thinking resulted in the complete destruction of the Spanish fleet, ensured the independence of Cuba from Spanish rule, and brought the Spanish-American War to a quick close Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 3 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	"DeWitt Clinton" Clipped Signature Together With His Original "DeWitt Clinton" Copper-Plate Engraved Bookplate DEWITT CLINTON (1769-1828), served in the U.S. Senate from New York, 1802-1803; Mayor of New York City on 3 occasions, 1803-1807, 1808-1810 and 1811-1815; Governor of New York, 1817-1823 and 1825-1828, and was largely responsible for the construction of the Erie Canal. Estimate: $500 - $600 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 4 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	Colonel Thomas Dawes (Cousin of William Dawes Patriot Who Rode With Paul Revere On His “Midnight Ride”) Boston Architect and Builder of the Old Street House and the Brattle Street Church and many of the Notable Buildings COLONEL THOMAS DAWES (1731-1809). American Revolutionary War Patriot who served as a Massachusetts Militia Colonel; afterward assumed prominent positions in Massachusetts's government; Architect and Builder designing many of the most notable buildings in Boston, including the Old Street House and the Brattle Street Church. The cousin of William Dawes who rode to warn “The British Are Coming,” along with Paul Revere On His “Midnight Ride”. Estimate: $800 - $1,200 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 5 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	Rare Declaration of Independence, First Miniature Printing Published 1836 by L. H. Bridgham, Boston, Massachusetts Rare First Miniature Printing of the Declaration of Independence - On Coated Card Stock, Published 1836 by L. H. Bridgham, Boston, Mass, Fine or better. Estimate: $1,200 - $1,800 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 6 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	1958 Typed Letter Signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower who Thanks a Friend for Giving him Crabs! DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (1890-1969). 34TH President of the United States (1953-1961); During World War II he served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe, achieved the Five-Star rank as General of the Army. Estimate: $400 - $500 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 7 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	David G. Farragut Union Rear Admiral Civil War Date Letter Signed March 23, 1863 “U.S. Flag Ship Hartford / Below Warrenton” to Lt. Commander A. Adams Commanding the U.S. Sloop Vincennes DAVID G. FARRAGUT (1801-1870). Flag Officer of the United States Navy during the American Civil War; the First Rear Admiral, Vice Admiral, and Admiral in the United States Navy; hest remembered for his order at the Battle of Mobile Bay usually paraphrased as: "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead". Farragut’s Naval service began when he was just nine years old and culminated when he was named the nation’s First Full Admiral in 1866. Estimate: $800 - $1,000 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 8 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	1878 Cyrus West Field of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, 1st Telegraph Cable across the Atlantic Ocean Check Signed CYRUS WEST FIELD (1819-1892). American Businessman and Financier, who, along with other entrepreneurs, created the Atlantic Telegraph Company and laid the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean in 1858, over which Queen Victoria sent a Morse Code greeting to President James Buchanan. Estimate: $300 - $400 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 9 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	Benjamin Harrision Document Signed “Porter & Harrison” BENJAMIN HARRISON (1833-1901). 23rd President of the United States, serving one term (1889-1893), Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General, US Senator, the Grandson of President William Henry Harrison, and Great-grandson of Benjamin Harrison, a Signer of the Declaration of Independence. Estimate: $600 - $800 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 10 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	Esek Hopkins the First American Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Navy Framed Clipped Signature and Portrait ESEK HOPKINS (1718-1802). First American Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Navy, from the outset of the Revolutionary War from 1775 to 1777. Estimate: $600 - $800 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 11 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	Union General OLIVER OTIS HOWARD Typed Letter Signed as President of the “Lincoln Memorial University” OLIVER OTIS HOWARD, (1830-1909). Civil War Union Army Major General and Medal of Honor Winner, who led his division at the Battles of Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, and was Senior Commander at Gettysburg; given charge of the Freedmen's Bureau in mid-1865 missioned to Integrate the former Slaves into Southern society. Estimate: $500 - $600 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 12 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	James Russell Lowell Signed Check & Engraving Framed JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL (1819-1891). American Poet, Essayist, and Diplomat. He is associated with the “Fireside Poets,” a group of New England writers who were among the first American poets that rivaled the popularity of British poets. Estimate: $300 - $400 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 13 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	ANTHONY C. MCAULIFFE Signed Photograph U.S. Army General Who Told the Germans “NUTS” Regarding the Surrender of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge GENERAL ANTHONY C. MCAULIFFE (July 2, 1898 - August 11, 1975). U.S. Army officer best known for his leadership during World War II. He is most famous for his role in the Battle of the Bulge, where, as acting Division Commander of the 101st Airborne Division, he famously responded "Nuts!" to a German surrender demand. Estimate: $1,200 - $1,600 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 14 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	April 21st, 1865-Dated Letter - One Week After President Lincoln’s Assassination - to Union General Nathaniel C. McLean stating "Your resignation has been accepted by the President of the United States, to take effect the 20th day of April, 1865." Being the Official Acknowledgment Notice Regarding his Resignation (Accepted by President Lincoln) NATHANIEL C. McLEAN, (1815-1905), Union Army Brigadier General; colonel of the 75th Ohio Infantry in Sept., 1861, and led that regiment in Western Virginia; he commanded a brigade at the Battle of Cross Keys on June 8, 1862; his Brigade's heroic defense of Chinn's Ridge at the Second Battle of Bull Run saved the Union Army of Virginia from disaster, and he was promoted to Brigadier General on Nov. 29, 1862; McLean commanded a Brigade in the XI Corps, Army of the Potomac, at the Battle of Chancellorsville; Commanded Brigades in the Atlanta & Carolina Campaigns under General Sherman. Estimate: $800 - $1,200 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 15 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	Governor Thomas Mifflin Signed Land Grant to Influential American Statesman & Financier William Bingham in 1796 THOMAS MIFFLIN (1744-1800). Major General in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, a member of the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly, a Continental Congressman from Pennsylvania, Fifth President of the U.S. Congress under the Articles of Confederation, and a Delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1787. He served as Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, President of the Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council and was the First Governor of Pennsylvania. Estimate: $600 - $800 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 16 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	“Pickett and His Men” Book Signed by Lasalle Corbell Pickett Author & Wife of Confederate General George E. Pickett LaSALLE CORBELL PICKETT (1843-1931). Prolific author and lecturer, and the third wife of George E. Pickett (1861-1865), the Confederate General best known for his participation in the doomed frontal assault known as “Pickett’s Charge” during the American Civil War at Gettysburg. Estimate: $400 - $500 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 17 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	David Porter Signed as Navy Board Commissioner “FREE” Frank 1822 Postal Cover to Capt. William Bainbridge, Phila Commodore DAVID PORTER (1780-1843). U.S. Naval Officer; as a Midshipman in 1798 he served in the Quasi-War with France; was taken Prisoner in the First Barbary War; Gained fame in the War of 1812, when as Commander of the USS Essex, he captured the first British warship of that conflict the HMS Alert; Served as a Member of the Board of Navy Commissioners, Died in Constantinople while serving as US Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. Estimate: $800 - $1,000 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 18 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	Franklin D. Roosevelt Commends a Sailor for his Bravery FRANLIN D. ROOSEVELT (1882-1945). Franklin Delano Roosevelt, commonly known by his initials FDR, American politician, served as the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. The longest serving U.S. president, he is the only president to have served more than two terms (1933-1945); Assistant Secretary of the Navy (March 17, 1913 - August 26, 1920). Estimate: $300 - $400 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 19 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	1864 Endorsement Signature of Union Cavalry General Phil Sheridan with CDV and a Patriotic Letter Sheet "Sheridan's Ride PHILIP H. SHERIDAN, (1831-1888). Union Army Major General who Commanded the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac; After the Civil War, he Waged War on the Native Americans During the Indian Wars of the Great Plains; was Commanding General of the U.S. Army from 1883 until his death in 1888 at age 57. Estimate: $600 - $800 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 20 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	General Thomas West Sherman 1851 ALS As He Tries to Save Mexican-American Service War Horses and Record THOMAS WEST SHERMAN (1813-1879). Civil War Union General who served in the Mexican-American War; graduated from West Point on July 1, 1836; he fought against the Seminoles in the Indian Wars from 1836-38; distinguished himself in the Mexican-American War at the Battle of Buena Vista on February 23, 1847; Civil War was Appointed Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers on August 6, 1861 by President Abraham Lincoln. Estimate: $600 - $900 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 21 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	Classic JOHN PHILIP SOUSA Signed Photograph of the American "March King" JOHN PHILIP SOUSA (1854-1932). American composer and conductor known primarily for his military and patriotic marches; Sousa composed over 130 marches, some of his most famous marches include; "The Stars and Stripes Forever," "Semper Fidelis," "The Washington Post March," and "El Capitan." He earned the nickname "The March King" for his prolific output and mastery of the genre. Estimate: $1,000 - $1,200 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 22 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	Union General Charles P. Stone Manuscript Signed Field Orders, the Reported First Union Army Civil War Volunteer Who Then Oversaw Security for President-elect Abraham Lincoln's Inauguration, Imprisoned For the Defeat at Ball's Bluff; Post-War In Charge of the Construction of the Base of the Statue of Liberty UNION GENERAL CHARLES POMEROY STONE (1824-1887). 1845 West Point Graduate, served with distinction in the Mexican War; Resigned his Commission in the Army in 1856; Reportedly the First Volunteer to enter the Union Army At the Outbreak of Confederate States Secession and Civil War, Stone was in Washington DC, and after a dinner with his former commander Winfield Scott, Stone was requested to be Inspector General of the District of Columbia Militia at the rank of colonel as of January 1, 1861, and was thus reputed to be the First Volunteer Officer Mustered into the Union Army before the Civil War. In this role, he secured the Capital for the arrival of President-elect Abraham Lincoln, and was personally responsible for security at Lincoln's Presidential Inaugural. During the Civil War he first served as Col. Commanding the 14th U.S. Infantry, and was promoted to Brigadier General of Volunteers shortly after. Noted for his involvement at the Battle of Ball's Bluff in October 1861. Held responsible for the Union defeat, Stone was arrested and imprisoned for almost six months, mostly for political reasons. Stone never received a trial, and after his release he would not hold a significant command during the war again. Postwar, he served 13 years as Chief of Staff of the Army of the Khedive of Egypt, and later was the Chief Engineer for Constructing the Base of the Statue of Liberty. Estimate: $600 - $800 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 23 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	Jonathan Trumbull as Connecticut “Captain-General and Commander in Chief” Signed 1803 Militia Document JOHNATHAN TRUMBULL (1740-1809). Governor of Connecticut for 11 terms, from 1769 to 1784 and again from 1797 to 1809, making him the Longest-serving Governor in Connecticut's history; had a close relationship with General George Washington, serving as his military secretary during the Revolutionary War; Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives and as a deputy to the Continental Congress; nicknamed "Brother Jonathan." Estimate: $300 - $400 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 24 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	1800 Jonathan Trumbull, Jr as Governor of Connecticut Appointment of a Judge for our County of Litchfield JONATHAN TRUMBULL (1740-1809). Paymaster General in the Continental Army and Aide-de-Camp to General George Washington; American soldier and politician; he later Served as Governor of Connecticut and as the Second Speaker of the US House of Representatives. Estimate: $600 - $800 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
Lot: 25 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.	“Jon. Trumbull” Signature mated with an 1863 Engraving Displaying His Perfectly Matching Signature in Facsimile JONATHAN TRUMBULL (JR.) (1740-1809). General George Washington’s Personal Secretary (1781-1783) during the American Revolutionary War, Military Officer serving as Major, First Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury (1778-1779), later Comptroller of New York military payments to 1781 for the Continental Army at New York, 20th Governor of Connecticut from 1797 until his death in 1809. Estimate: $250 - $350 CLICK HERE for additional information and extra images.
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