Price: $12,500 Union general in the Civil War and Indian fighter; killed at the battle of Little Big Horn. Autograph Letter Signed, G.A. Custer, full page, quarto, West Point Barracks, [New York], September 20, 1857. As a cadet of the U.S. Military Academy, to Cha[rle]s C. Wil[l]son. “In my conversation with you on the cars … [ Read More ]
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Custer, George Armstrong
Price: $17,500 Union general in the Civil War and Indian fighter; killed at the battle of Little Big Horn. Autograph Document Signed, G.A. Custer, one page, oblong octavo, Boonsboro, Maryland, July 10, 1863. In pencil. “Recd from William Miller (2) two tons of hay for the war of the United States.” Appointed Brigadier General on … [ Read More ]
Dreyfus, Alfred
Price: $5,500 French Army officer, convicted of treason and imprisoned; conviction later set aside largely due to the efforts of Emile Zola. Bust-length postcard portrait photograph of Alfred Dreyfus in formal military attire, Signed on the mount below, A Dreyfus, undated. The black and white image measures 3 * wide by 4 * inches high. … [ Read More ]
Farragut, David G
Price: $1,750 American admiral; served extensively in the Civil War. Autograph Letter Signed, D.G. Farragut, two full pages, quarto, U.S. Ship Brooklyn Pensacola N[aval] Yard, July 19, 1859. To Ed. G. Tilton, with the integral blank leaf attached and the original envelope. Together with Tilton’s letter to T. Carroll’s father informing him of David Farragut’s … [ Read More ]
Jackson, Thomas “Stonewall”
Price: $27,500 Confederate General, accidentally killed by his own troops at Chancellorsville in 1863. Autograph Note Signed, one page, no date but circa May/June 1862, on lightly lined paper measuring 7 5/8 inches wide by 2 7/8 inches high, to an unidentified recipient. “My information is that Fremonts troops or (15000 ) of them have … [ Read More ]
Knights Templar
Price: $47,500 THE ‘DA VINCI CODE’ AND THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR FOURTEENTH CENTURY CONFIRMATION OF THE ROYAL CHARTERS TO THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS Confirmation of the Royal Charters to the Knights Templars by King Charles IV of France, July 1326, officially transcribed by the Garde de la Prevoste de Paris, Hugues Aubirot, February 20, 1372. On vellum, … [ Read More ]
Lawrence, T E
Price: $9,500 Lawrence of Arabia. British archaeologist, soldier and writer. Document Signed, T.E. Shaw A/c, two pages, quarto, September 6, 1933. A Royal Air Force engine test form, recording data concerning oil pressure, water and oil temperature, and fuel consumption. The sheets were used in the testing of marine engines that powered dinghies used to … [ Read More ]
Lee, Robert E
Price: $12,500 Confederate general. Carte-de-visite photograph of the General, facing right, wearing a suit, vest and tie, Signed, “R E Lee.” The sepia tone photograph measures 2 3/8 inches wide by 4 inches high. Stamped below the signature, “Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1866, by A. Gardner, in the Clerk’s Office … [ Read More ]
Marlborough, Duke John Churchill
Price: $8,750 First Duke of Marlborough; English military commander, noted for numerous successes against the French during the War of Spanish Succession; virtually regent of England during the reign of Queen Anne. Letter Signed, two pages, quarto, March 3, 1718/9. To the Earl of Cadogan. “I cannot refuse the request of Col. Symonds to recommend … [ Read More ]
Marlborough, Duke John Churchill
Price: $7,500 English military commander, noted for numerous successes against the French during the War of Spanish Succession; virtually regent of England during the reign of Queen Anne. Autograph Letter Signed, with his paraph, two-thirds page, quarto, Hague, March 19, 1709. To the Right Honorable Coningsbey. With the integral address leaf attached, and with a … [ Read More ]
Napoleon I
Price: $10,000 Emperor of France. “…THE STEPS BEING TAKEN ARE WEAK…THE STUDENTS AND INHABITANTS OF UTRECHT WHO JEERED AT THE PATROLS BE ARRESTED AT ONCE AND TRIED BY A MILITARY COMMISSION.” Letter Signed, Np, one page, quarto, Paris, March 18, 1811. To the minister of war [General Henri Jacques Guillaume Clarke], the Duke of Feltre. … [ Read More ]
Napoleon I
Price: $12,500 Emperor of France. Letter Signed, one page quarto, Paris, May 15, 1815. To his longtime ally, Hugues Maret, then the Duc de Bassano. Napoleon had abdicated at Fontainebleau April 6, 1814 and was exiled to Elba. He escaped from Elba the end of February, 1815, and arrived in Paris on March 20 and … [ Read More ]
San Martin, Jose de
Price: $3,500 South American statesman. Letter Signed, Jose de Sn. Martin, one page, legal folio, Santo Headquarters, June 6, 1817. Notated in the left margin, Visit to the Fiscal Ministry. With the response of three officers on two additional pages. “The Printer’s property brought by the Andes Army that Your Honor is asking me about … [ Read More ]
Wellington, Duke of
Price: $650 British general; defeated Napoleon at Waterloo. Address panel from a letter addressed and free franked by the Duke of Wellington, “Deal May twenty third / 1831 / Algernon Greville by / No. 31 George Street / Free Wellington Hanover Square / London.” This item is associated with the following category in our inventory: … [ Read More ]
Wellington, Duke of
Price: $1,750 British Army commander during the Napoleonic Wars; defeated Napoleon at Waterloo; later Prime Minister. Autograph Letter Signed, Wn, (Duke of Wellington) three pages, quarto, London, February 23, 1829. From the Duke of Wellington. To Betsy. “You are in good health and moreover you are a reasonable woman; and I therefore select you as … [ Read More ]
Wolfe, James
Price: $25,000 British general; killed at Quebec in battle against the French under Montcalm, thereby winning Canada for England. Document Signed, Jam: Wolfe, one page, narrow oblong quarto, Glasgow, June 27, 1752. A check, addressed to William Adair, Pall Mall, London, authorizing payment of £30 “eight days after Sight…to the order of Robert Finlay…for value … [ Read More ]