Fine Selection of Autographs - Session 1

(1745 - 1813) Pioneering American physician and signer of the Declaration of Independence. Partial A.D.S. "Benj'n Rush" but complete i...

American attorney and public official, court clerk during the Salem Witch Trials and brother of Judge Samuel Sewall. During the hysteria, Sewall also

(1613 - 1662) English statesman. Early converted to Puritanism, he went to New England in 1635 and became Governor of Massachusetts in 1636. His reli

(1730 - 1794) American Revolutionary general who reported to Washington at Valley Forge to undertake the training of troops, later led Continental Ar

(1745 - 1796) "Mad Anthony", American Revolutionary brigadier general who distinguished himself at Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, and ...

Exceptionally rare war-date A.D.S. 1p. 4to., Hartford, May 9, 1781 in which a group of Black soldiers, among others, are paid by the State of Connecti

A great ca.1790 Horseman's lion-head saber with leather scabbard, measuring 38 1/2" from the pommel to the tip of the blade. No maker'...

An important manuscript document concerning the Cherry Valley massacre, 1p. 4to., [n.p., n.d. 1778], an "…Examination of Moabory Owen taken by...

An unusual A.L.S. 1p. Folio , Aug. 1, 1788, in which Clement Biddle, signing: "C.B., Q.M.G." as Quartermaster General of the State of P

(1825 - 1875) Confederate major general who formed the brigades for the ill-fated charge on the fianl day at Gettysburg. Pickett never forgave Lee fo

(1821 - 1877) Confederate lieutenant general of Tennessee cavalry and arguably the greatest cavalry officer in history, he raided and harassed Union

GRANT, ULYSSES S. (1822 - 1885) Eighteenth President of the United States and Union Lieutenant General. War-date A.L.S. "U. S. Grant" add...

(1826 - 1885) Union major general and general-in-chief of the army whose hesitation in attacking Confederate forces caused him to be sacked by Lincol

(1825-1864) Confederate brigadier general known for cavalry raids in Tennessee, Kentucky and Ohio, killed in action near Greenville, Tenn. Excessivel

(1824 - 1863) "Stonewall", Confederate lieutenant general and a brilliant yet somewhat eccentric tactician, he gained his nickname from h...

(1831 - 1864) Confederate brigadier general who served at Vicksburg, Chickamauga, and Atlanta, one of the six Confederate generals killed at the battl

(1806 - 1864) Confederate lieutenant general who was a Bishop of Louisiana before the war, led with distinction at Belmont and Shiloh and was killed

(1837 - 1861) Union officer and a close friend of Lincoln, leader of 'Ellsworth's Zouaves" who was killed by a hotel owner in Alexandr...

(1843 - 1900) Confederate spy who served in the Shenandoah Valley for Generals Turner Ashby and "Stonewall" Jackson who made her an honor...

(1824 - 1865) Confederate major general who was in command of Fort Fisher when attacked by Federal forces. He was mortally wounded there and died as a