Historical Documents

AUGUSTUS II (1670-1733) King of Poland, called "Augustus the Strong"; made alliance (1701) with Russian Czar Peter the Great; forced by Sw...

LUDWIG I (1786-1868) King of Bavaria. LS, "Ludwig", as King, 1p, Feb 13, 1834, small 4to, Munich, to von Heintel, untranslated. VG. $200-300

ISABELLA I (1451-1504) Queen Isabella 'the Catholic', wife of Ferdinand V and co-ruler of Aragon and Castile; joint patron of Columbus. Manu...

ISABELLA I Manuscript DS, as Queen, signed "Yo La Reyna" ("I the Queen"), 1p, small folio, to her Chamberlain Sancho de Paredes,...

PHILIP IV (1605-65) King of Spain (1621-65); ruled Portugal (to 1640) as Philip III. DS, as King, signed "Yo el Rey" (I the King), 1p, May...

PHILIP IV DS, as King, signed "Yo el Rey" (I the King), 2pp, June 20, 1651, legal folio, Madrid, to the Viceroy of Mexico (Nueva Espana), ...

ALFONSO XIII (1886-1941) King of Spain (1886-1931); agreed to municipal elections (1931), which returned overwhelming Republican majority; lived in ex

ALFONSO XIII Letter of State, signed as King, 1p, Feb 8, 1917, folio, Madrid, to the President of Peru. "...As I have considered convenient to ...

FRANCISCO FRANCO (1892-1975) Generalissimo, Spanish dictator. Letter of State, signed as Head of the Spanish State, 2pp, Sept 10, 1945, folio, Madrid,

THOMAS G MASARYK (1850-1937) Czechoslovakian statesman and philospher; 1st President of Czechoslovkia (1918-35). Letter of State, signed as President,