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Auction CurrencyUSD Auction LocationUnited States In Person PreviewBy Appointment ONLY: 9AM-5PM EST September 6-13, 2002

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<p>With over 800 lots, Signature House is featuring a collection of early Presidents, including a Lottery ticket signed by George Washington, a full signature of the first President; a letter signed by Thomas Jefferson as secretary of state authorizing the first census and the first laws regarding immigration to the young nation. There is also a rare ALS by Zachary Taylor as President; an ADS by Lincoln as a practicing attorney; plus an ALS by John F. Kennedy as President and a separate lot signed by Kennedy and Maxwell Taylor regarding the CIA and John Foster Dulles.

<p>Our Colonial section includes several signers of the Declaration of Independence and features three AlsS by John Hancock. Our Americana highlights a full imperial albumen photograph of “Buffalo Bill” Cody plus a number of Western gunfighters, lawmen, Indians and other personalities.

<p>In our War Between the States category, there is a rare endorsement signed by both Stonewall Jackson and A. P. Hill; several R. E. Lee autographs in various forms; and a host of Confederate and Union generals.

<p>The Military category features the four-star staff flag belonging to Admiral Raymond Spruance; Maxwell Taylor’s very handsome dress blue visor hat; Chester Nimitz’ shoulder boards and wings.

<p>We have aviation pioneers, astronauts and explorers. Featured is an Airmail cover signed by fathers of modern transportation, both Orville Wright and Henry Ford.

<p>We have Heads of State & Royalty, artists, cartoonists, composers and classical musicians.

<p>Our Literature section features D. H. Lawrence, T.S. Elliott and many other literary luminaries such as Dickens, Hardy, Steinbeck, Kipling and Clemens.

<p>With over 60 lots in Entertainment, we have a SP of Marilyn Monroe, inscribed, writing “Love & Kisses” on a still from her film How to Marry a Millionaire, plus many other film and stage stars including Bogart, Gable, popular musicians including Presley, members of Alabama and Queen.

<p>There are two baseballs signed by Babe Ruth plus many other great sports figures and collectibles.
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[ROGER W. HANSON]152 - [ROGER W. HANSON]
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<b>152. [ROGER W. HANSON]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1827-1863). Confederate brigadier general known as “...
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THOMAS JORDAN153 - THOMAS JORDAN
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<b>153. THOMAS JORDAN</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1819-1895). Confederate brigadier general, a general sta...
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[GEORGE PROCTOR KANE]154 - [GEORGE PROCTOR KANE]
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<b>154. [GEORGE PROCTOR KANE]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1817-1878). Marshal of police endeavoring to pro...
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CHARLES E. LIGHTFOOT155 - CHARLES E. LIGHTFOOT
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<b>155. CHARLES E. LIGHTFOOT</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1834-1878). Confederate Colonel, 22nd NC, and lat...
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STEPHEN RUSSELL MALLORY156 - STEPHEN RUSSELL MALLORY
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<b>156. STEPHEN RUSSELL MALLORY</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1813-1873). US senator from Florida (1851-61) ...
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CHRISTOPHER G. MEMMINGER157 - CHRISTOPHER G. MEMMINGER
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<b>157. CHRISTOPHER G. MEMMINGER</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1803-1888). German-born Secretary of the Trea...
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HUGH W. MERCER158 - HUGH W. MERCER
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<b>158. HUGH W. MERCER</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1807-1877). Confederate brigadier general who commanded...
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[JOHN SINGLETON MOSBY]159 - [JOHN SINGLETON MOSBY]
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<b>159. [JOHN SINGLETON MOSBY]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1833-1916). Confederate colonel known as the “G...
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LUCIUS B. NORTHROP160 - LUCIUS B. NORTHROP
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<b>160. LUCIUS B. NORTHROP</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1813-1894). Confederate Commissary General. Both Be...
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[BALTIMORE MILITIA]161 - [BALTIMORE MILITIA]
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<b>161. [BALTIMORE MILITIA]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Before the “official” beginning of the Civil War at...
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WILLIAM YARNELL SLACK162 - WILLIAM YARNELL SLACK
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<b>162. WILLIAM YARNELL SLACK</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1816-1862). Confederate brigadier general who le...
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ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS163 - ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS
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<b>163. ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1812-1883). Vice President of the CSA; elected t...
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ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS164 - ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS
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<b>164. ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Free franked address leaf, adding “<i>MC<...
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[JAMES E. B. STUART]165 - [JAMES E. B. STUART]
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<b>165. [JAMES E. B. STUART]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1833-1864). Flamboyant and daring Confederate cav...
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[STEPHENS’ UNION SPEECH]166 - [STEPHENS’ UNION SPEECH]
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<b>166. [STEPHENS’ UNION SPEECH]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>stephens calls secessio...
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JOHN H. WINDER167 - JOHN H. WINDER
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<b>167. JOHN H. WINDER</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1800-1865). Confederate brigadier general who commanded...
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JOHN H. WINDER168 - JOHN H. WINDER
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<b>168. JOHN H. WINDER</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><b>War-date</b> ALS, 1p, oblong 12mo, Richmo...
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NATHANIEL LYON169 - NATHANIEL LYON
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<b>169. NATHANIEL LYON</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>first union general to die in the...
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WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN170 - WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN
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<b>170. WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>“war is hell”</h3>...
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WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN171 - WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN
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<b>171. WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>ALS, 2pp, 8vo, New York, Nov 6, [n.y.] To a fr...
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WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN172 - WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN
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<b>172. WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>ALS “<i>W. T. Sherman</i>” as majo...
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[176TH PENNSYLVANIA]173 - [176TH PENNSYLVANIA]
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<b>173. [176TH PENNSYLVANIA]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>will fight only for the uni...
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CLARA BARTON174 - CLARA BARTON
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<b>174. CLARA BARTON</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1821-1912). American nurse and humanitarian who tended th...
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[CAPTURED CONFEDERATE PAPER]175 - [CAPTURED CONFEDERATE PAPER]
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<b>175. [CAPTURED CONFEDERATE PAPER]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Letter penned on CSA watermarked paper cap...
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JOSHUA L. CHAMBERLAIN176 - JOSHUA L. CHAMBERLAIN
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<b>176. JOSHUA L. CHAMBERLAIN</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1828-1914). Union major general. A Bowdoin Colle...
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[CHARLESTON MOB]177 - [CHARLESTON MOB]
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<b>177. [CHARLESTON MOB]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>“get hold of a few of the leade...
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POWELL CLAYTON178 - POWELL CLAYTON
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<b>178. POWELL CLAYTON</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1833-1914). Union general who led cavalry units at Wils...
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JOHN DAHLGREN179 - JOHN DAHLGREN
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<b>179. JOHN DAHLGREN</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1809-1870). Union rear admiral; inventor of highly rated...
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[CONFEDERATE PRISONER]180 - [CONFEDERATE PRISONER]
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<b>180. [CONFEDERATE PRISONER]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Confederate prisoner <b><font size=-1&g...
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ABNER DOUBLEDAY181 - ABNER DOUBLEDAY
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<b>181. ABNER DOUBLEDAY</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>“ignorant men always the ready t...
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[CONTROVERSIAL UNION GENERALS]182 - [CONTROVERSIAL UNION GENERALS]
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<b>182. [CONTROVERSIAL UNION GENERALS]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Collection of five generals criticized f...
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JOHN ERICSSON183 - JOHN ERICSSON
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<b>183. JOHN ERICSSON</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1803-1889). Swedish-American engineer and inventor who d...
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[WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK]184 - [WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK]
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<b>184. [WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1824-1886). Union Major General who defended ...
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[IDENTIFIED AMBROTYPE I]185 - [IDENTIFIED AMBROTYPE I]
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<b>185. [IDENTIFIED AMBROTYPE I]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Uncommon sixth plate, a three-quarter-length s...
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[IDENTIFIED AMBROTYPE II]186 - [IDENTIFIED AMBROTYPE II]
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<b>186. [IDENTIFIED AMBROTYPE II]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Sixth plate ambrotype, a full-length portrait...
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[IDENTIFIED TINTYPE I]187 - [IDENTIFIED TINTYPE I]
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<b>187. [IDENTIFIED TINTYPE I]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Sixth plate tintype, a three-quarter length stan...
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[IDENTIFIED TINTYPE II]188 - [IDENTIFIED TINTYPE II]
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<b>188. [IDENTIFIED TINTYPE II]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Sixth plate tintype, a full-length standing por...
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[JOHNSON PARDONS REBELS]189 - [JOHNSON PARDONS REBELS]
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<b>189. [JOHNSON PARDONS REBELS]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><i>Harper’s Weekly</i>, Vol IX, No...
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GEORGE G. MEADE190 - GEORGE G. MEADE
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<b>190. GEORGE G. MEADE</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1815-1872). Union general, victor at Gettysburg as com...
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[MARYLAND]191 - [MARYLAND]
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<b>191. </b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>maryland gov. hicks argues against secession&l...
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NELSON MILES192 - NELSON MILES
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<b>192. NELSON MILES</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1839-1925). Union brigadier general who served at Frederi...
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BENJAMIN M. PRENTISS193 - BENJAMIN M. PRENTISS
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<b>193. BENJAMIN M. PRENTISS</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>planters to have arms to “k...
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[ROUSSEAU’S RAID REPORT]194 - [ROUSSEAU’S RAID REPORT]
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<b>194. [ROUSSEAU’S RAID REPORT]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>early “sherman necktie”...
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ALBIN F. SCHOEPF195 - ALBIN F. SCHOEPF
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<b>195. ALBIN F. SCHOEPF</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1822-1886). Polish-born Union brigadier general; foug...
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WINFIELD SCOTT196 - WINFIELD SCOTT
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<b>196. WINFIELD SCOTT</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1786-1866). Mexican War army officer whose role in the ...
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[SECESSIONVILLE]197 - [SECESSIONVILLE]
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<b>197. </b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899><h3 align=center>under heavier fire than “at the barbardment of...
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[SQUIRREL HUNTERS OF OHIO]198 - [SQUIRREL HUNTERS OF OHIO]
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<b>198. [SQUIRREL HUNTERS OF OHIO]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>The “Squirrel Hunters” were citizen voluntee...
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EDWARD S. STANTON199 - EDWARD S. STANTON
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<b>199. EDWARD S. STANTON</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1814-1869). Secretary of War in Abraham Lincoln’s ca...
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ALFRED H. TERRY200 - ALFRED H. TERRY
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<b>200. ALFRED H. TERRY</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>(1827-1890). Union brigadier general; postwar Indian fi...
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[THE SOLDIER’S HYMN BOOK]201 - [THE SOLDIER’S HYMN BOOK]
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<b>201. [THE SOLDIER’S HYMN BOOK]</b> <hr align=left size=5 width=33% color=#778899>Published by the Chicago Young Men’s Christia...
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