William Ellery Autograph Letter Signed ("W. E.")

ALS with sketch, signed “WMT,” one page, 4 x 6, no date. Handwritten note to "Mr. Wall," in full, "For what are we going to receive the Lord make us truly thankful," with a large and detai

ALS signed “Wm. Ellery, Coll'r,” one page, 6.5 x 3, February 15, 1804. Handwritten letter to his grandson Walter Channing, in full: "The following is a copy of a letter received from t

William Smallwood autograph letter signed ("W Smallwood"). One page, 8.25" x 13.25", "James Mechlans [Machlin's] Tavern", [Pennsylva

William Pitt the YoungerWalmer Castle, Kent, UK, October 9, 1805William Pitt the Younger ALS as Prime MinisterALSWilliam Pitt (1759-1806). Autograph Letter Signed, "W. Pitt", as Prime Minist

SHERMAN, WILLIAM TECUMSEH. 1820-1891. Autograph Letter Signed ('W.T. Sherman') to Admiral David D. Porter, requesting assistance at Annapolis for the son of General John T. Slough, who had been recent

* [U. S. MILITARY LEADERS]. A group of 3 manuscripts, comprising: SHERMAN, William Tecumseh (1820-1891). Autograph letter signed ("W.T. Sherman"), to Geo. S. Gideon. Washington, D.C., 17 August 1858.

* [AMERICAN AUTHORS]. A group of 3 manuscripts, comprising: BRYANT, William Cullen (1794-1878). Autograph letter signed ("W.C. Bryant"), to Mr. Orange Ferriss. New York, 3 May 1836. 1 page, 4to, creas

MAUGHAM, William Somerset (1874–1965). Autograph letter signed (“W.S. Maugham”), to Albert Fenton, 17 November 1962. One page, 8vo (190 x 121 mm), framed and matted with a printed ph

THACKERAY, William Makepeace (1811–1863). Autograph letter signed (“W. M. Thackeray”) to Mr. Heath, 11 April 1860. One page, 8vo (191 x 114 mm), on embossed Garrick Club stationery.

GLADSTONE, WILLIAM E. Autograph Letter Signed, "WGladstone," to former editor of The Daily Telegraph Thornton Leigh Hunt, sending copies of legislation relating to annuities and life assurances [not p

William Gladstone Autograph Letter Signed as Prime Minister "W. Gladstone." Downing Street, Whitehall letterhead, December 4, 83. The English Prime Minister thanks the correspondent Sir Henry Richard

CODY, William F. (BUFFALO BILL) (1846-1917). Autograph letter signed (“W.F. Cody”). St. Louis: May 18, 1901. On a 4to sheet of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West gilt-embossed letterhead, to H

GLADSTONE, WILLIAM E. Two Autograph Letters Signed, "WEGladstone," to diplomat Charles K. Tuckerman, concerning Ireland. The first, on a postcard, acknowledging an obligation to him, mentioning a spee

(SLAVERY & ABOLITION.) Letter tracking the sale of an enslaved man just as the Civil War broke out. Autograph Letter Signed "E.G. Vaughan" to W. Watkins, with the response of Watkins on verso. 2 pages

WAR: "WE ONLY HOPE THAT . . . GOD IS LEADING US THROUGH DEATH TO THE IMMORTAL" TAGORE, RABINDRANATH. Autograph Letter Signed, to writer Ernest Rhys, consenting to the use of his own photograph and aut

ALS in French, signed “L. Pasteur,” one page both sides, 5.25 x 8.25, October 30, 1888. Handwritten letter to a friend with important scientific content about cholera, in part: "We have ju

WE . . . HAD A VIEW OF . . . THE BATTLE WITH THE MERRIMACK & MONITOR" (CIVIL WAR--BUSINESS.) CORNING, ERASTUS. Autograph Letter Signed, to his wife Harriet Weld ("My dear Wife"), describing his trip t

James Garfield ALS With Political Content: "Perhaps we were a little over confident and needed this check to make us work well" A 1p autograph letter signed by James A. Garfield (1831-1881), future 20

ALS, one page, 6 x 11, postmarked January 26, 1982. Handwritten letter to Robert F. Allen, Jr., in full: "Fame is foolish and fleeting, and so will the human race go down the tube if we can't find

War-date Union sailor’s Autograph Letter Signed by Louis N. Stodder, U.S. Steamer ‘Monitor’ Off Newport News, November 27, 1862, and reads in part: “...There is not much of anything going on b

[FLORIDA] DUVAL, WILLIAM POPE. Long autograph letter signed to Secretary of the Navy Abel P. Upshur. St. Augustine: 5 September 1842. A long autograph letter signed "W.P. Duval" on the recto and verso

Bess Truman (1885 to 1982) First Lady.6 ¼ x 9 ¼ autograph letter signed, The White House, no date, to Mrs. Harry Falk. It now looks as if we may be able to watch you burn your Church Mor

British general (1729-1814) who, despite defeating George Washington in a number of battles, could not force a surrender and returned to England in 1778. ALS signed “W. Howe,” one page, 7.

British statesman (1809-1898) who served as prime minister on four separate occasions between 1868 and 1894. ALS signed “W. Gladstone,” one page both sides, 4.25 x 6.5, March 4, 1895. Hand