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 ]
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: $22,500 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: $8,500 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 ]
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: $5,750 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 ]
Nimitz, Chester W
Price: $4,750 Commander in chief of the U.S. Naval forces in the Pacific during World War II. Signed Photograph of the admiral in uniform signing the Japanese surrender on board the U.S.S. Missouri in Tokyo Bay on September 2, 1945, with General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral William Halsey standing behind him, and other officers in … [ Read More ]
San Martin, Jose de
Price: $2,500 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: $1,250 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: $12,500 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 ]