Autograph, Orlando Kellogg

United States Civil War Congressman from New York

(1809-65) Born in Elizabethtown, Essex County, N.Y. He was engaged in the carpenter's trade in his early youth; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1838, and commenced practice in Elizabethtown, where he served as surrogate of Essex County, from 1840-1844. He was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth U.S. Congress serving from 1847-49. Served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1860; was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth U.S. Congresses and...  

Autograph, William T. Lawrence

United States Congressman from New York

Fought in the War of 1812

(1788-1859) Born in New York City, he attended the area's common schools, and then became engaged in mercantile pursuits. During the War of 1812 with the British, he served in the Fourth Regiment, New York State Artillery. He later moved to Cayuga County, N.Y., in 1823, and engaged in farming. He served as Justice of the Peace in 1838. He was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth U.S. Congress serving 1847-49. He died at his country home near Cayutaville, N.Y., October...  

Autograph, Henry Nicoll

United States Congressman from New York

(1812-79) Born in New York City, he graduated from Columbia College in 1830, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1835, and opened up a law practice in New York City. He served as a delegate to the New York State constitutional convention in 1847. He was elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth U.S. Congress and served from 1847-49. After his time in politics ended, he resumed the practice of law, and died in New York City on November 28, 1879. He was buried in the family burial ground, at Mastic,...  

Autograph, Timothy Jenkins

United States Congressman from New York

Attorney for the Oneida Indians of New York

(1799-1859) Born in Barre, Massachusetts, he moved to Washington County, New York in 1817. He attended academies in Salem and White Creek, and then taught school while studying law with Samuel Beardsley and William H. Maynard in Utica, and Lauren Ford in Herkimer, N.Y. Jenkins was admitted to the bar in 1824, and resided in Vernon and Oneida Castle, where he practiced. In Oneida Castle he also served in local offices including that of postmaster, and...  

Autograph, Elias B. Holmes

United States Congressman from New York

(1807-66) Born in Fletcher, Vermont, he attended St. Albans Academy where he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1830, and practiced in Brockport, New York. He ws engaged in agricultural, transportation and ran canal packets between Rochester and Buffalo, N.Y. He later became a promoter and a director of the Rochester and Niagra Falls Railroad. Served as a Whig U.S. Congressman from New York, 1845-49. He died at Brockport on July 31, 1866, and is buried in the City Cemetery.

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Autograph, General John A. Dix

Famous for his 1861 American flag dispatch, "If anyone attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot!" This became a very famous clarion call in the Northern states during the American Civil War!

New York Secretary of State

United States Senator from New York

Governor of New York

(1798-1879) Joined the United States Army in 1813. He was the New York Secretary of State, 1833-39, and was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1845. In January 1861, President James Buchanan appointed him Secretary of the...  

Autograph, Stewart Lee Udall

United States Secretary of the Interior appointed by President John F. Kennedy in 1961

United States Congressman from Arizona

Card signature as Secretary of the Interior

World War II Air Force hero

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(1920-2010) Born in St. Johns, Arizona, Udall attended the University of Arizona for two years until World War II. He then served four years in the U.S. Air Force as an enlisted gunner on a B-24 Liberator, flying fifty missions over Western Europe from Italy with the 736th Bomb Squadron, 454th Bomb...  

Autograph, General John B. Gordon

Received five wounds at the Battle of Sharpsburg, Md. in 1862 and almost died

United States Senator from Georgia

Governor of Georgia

Endorsement on the reverse of a letter to Senator John B. Gordon

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(1832-1904) Born in Upson County, Ga., he had one of the most spectacular Civil War and postbellum careers of any civilian who fought for the Confederacy. His army service began shortly after the bombardment of Fort Sumter when he raised a company of mountain men from northwest Georgia, Alabama and...  

Autograph, Fernando Wood, Mayor of New York City

Mayor Wood suggested to the New York City Council in 1861 that the city should declare itself an independent city-state in order to continue its profitable cotton trade with the Confederate States of America

United States Congressman from New York

Member of the President Andrew Johnson Impeachment Congress

Mayor of New York City during the Civil War

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(1812-81) Born in Philadelphia, he entered politics in New York City, in 1834, and was active in Tammany Hall politics, serving as a member of the...  

Autograph, Thomas L. Clingman

Colonel of the 25th North Carolina Infantry

Severely wounded in 1864 at the Battle on the Weldon Railroad, Virginia

U.S. Congressman and Senator from North Carolina

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(1812-97) Born at Huntsville, North Carolina. He graduated from N.C. State University in 1832, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1834. He then started a political career, first in the North Carolina State Legislature, and then as a U.S. Congressman, 1843-45, and 1847-58. He was then elected U.S. Senator in 1860. When the Civil...  

Autograph, Governor William Sprague of Rhode Island

Colonel of the Rhode Island Militia he fought in the Civil War in 1861-62

Civil War Governor of Rhode Island

Civil War Senator from Rhode Island

Member of the President Andrew Johnson Impeachment Congress

Son-in-Law of President Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase

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(1830-1915) Born in the Governor's Mansion in Cranston, Rhode Island, he was from an extremely wealthy and politically influential Rhode Island family. His Uncle William Sprague was the Governor of Rhode...  

Autograph, General Nathaniel P. Banks

Rare war date General N.P. Banks letter from the 1862 Shenandoah Valley campaign to General John P. Hatch regarding the movements of his cavalry

United States Congressman from Massachusetts

Member of the President Andrew Johnson Impeachment Congress

United States Speaker of the House

Governor of Massachusetts

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(1816-1894) Born at Waltham, Massachusetts. He was Speaker of the Massachusetts House, presided over the Constitutional Convention of 1853, and the same year was elected to the...