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Merchant and soldier (1696–1759) in Colonial Massachusetts, remembered for organizing, financing, and leading the 1745 expedition that captured the Fr

Vintage ink signature, “John J. Pershing, Feby 9, 1927,” on an off-white 4.5 x 2.5 lightly-lined page, with binder holes across the top edge. In very

Civil War-dated LS, one page, lightly-lined, 7.5 x 10.5, Memphis, September 5, 1863. Letter to two surgeons. In full: “You will hold a careful survey

Signed book: Operation Overflight. Later printing. NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6 x 8.5, 375 pages. Signed on the

Grandson of King Louis-Philippe of France. He fought for the Union in the American Civil War, and then for France in the 1870 Franco-Prussian War. Ori

Vintage ink signature, “Capt. E. V. Rickenbacker,” on an off-white 4.5 x 2.5 page, with typed collector’s notations and binder holes across the top ed

Vice admiral in the US Navy (1808–1890) who commanded the broadside ironclad New Ironsides on blockade duty off Charleston. Original 2.5 x 4 carte-de-

Career soldier and an accomplished painter (1824–1891). Original 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite bust portrait of Seymour in uniform, signed at the bottom of

Army officer (1828–1868) during the Seminole Wars, Civil War, and Old West. Original 2.25 x 4 carte-de-visite bust portrait of Slemmer in uniform, sig

US naval officer (1826–1862) who was killed in action while in acting-command of the USS Congress when she was destroyed by the Confederate ironclad C