Historic Autographed Letters

A selection of 19th-century letters from notable authors and figures, featuring personal correspondence with unique handwriting.

Morgan, Edwin D. New York. To Warren T. Worden., 1839-12-23., 1 page

Charles de Gonzague, Duc de Nevers, attached letter 16th-17th century Thomas de Leu French. Charles de Gonzague, Duc de Nevers, attached letter 399375

Mary Anne Day Brown autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Eagleswood, Perth Amboy N.J., 15 November 1859 , Abolitionists, United States, Antislavery movements, United States, History, 19th century, Harpers Ferry W. Va., History, John Brown's Raid, 1859, Brown, John, 1800-1859, M'Kim, J. Miller James Miller, 1810-1874. John Brown- Correspondence relating to John Brown and the raid on Harpers Ferry

Letter to Anonymous, Johannes Engel Masurel, 1866 letter Amsterdam paper. ink writing (processes) / pen drawing. exhibition ~ art. money

A letter addressed to Thomas Sim Lee, dated March 12, 1780, from Frederick Town, Maryland. The letter is an autograph letter signed (A. L. S.) and consists of two pages. It is endorsed

Letter to Philip Zilcken, Elsevier, 1897 letter Amsterdam ink writing (processes) / pen / printing printed matter. historical persons (portraits and scenes from the life)

George Coffin to Joel Wellington, 28 June 1826 , Public land sales, United States, Massachusetts, Politics and government, 1775-1865, Maine, Politics and government, 1775-1865, United States, History, Revolution, 1775-1783, Claims, Canada, Boundaries, United States

BRIEF AAN PAS ALEBBE, CAREL VOSMER, 1888 - 1888 Letter dated November 30. paper. ink writing (processes) / pen Amsterdam Letter dated November 30. paper. ink writing (processes) / pen Amsterdam

Deed of property in Barnstable sold to Ezikel Chase of Harwich by John Gould of Barnstable ,. Stanley Smith Deed Collection

Henry Cary Baird, Philadelphia, PA., autograph letter signed to R. W. Griswold, 16 December 1848 , American literature, 19th century, History and criticism, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Authors and publishers, Poets, American, 19th century, Correspondence. Rufus W. Griswold Papers

A letter from Abraham Yates, Jr. in Albany addressed to Governor George Clinton, dated April 30, 1782. The document is three pages long

Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to James Thomas Fields, The Wayside Concord, 3 October 1864 , Authors' spouses, Women authors, American, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Bright, Henry Arthur, 1830-1884, Hawthorne, Julian, 1846-1934

A. H. Bean, New York, autograph letter signed to R. W. Griswold, 29 January 1857 , American literature, 19th century, History and criticism, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Authors and publishers, Poets, American, 19th century, Correspondence. Rufus W. Griswold Papers

Letter from John Jubb, Camp Hamilton, Fortress Monroe, to Jabez Jubb, West Chelmsford, Mass., February 3, 1862 , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865. Jubb Brothers Civil War Letters

Meade, Richard Kidder. Headquarters. To Morgan, 1778-05-18, 1 page

John Neal to George Coffin, 10 December 1836 , Public land sales, United States, Massachusetts, Politics and government, 1775-1865, Maine, Politics and government, 1775-1865, United States, History, Revolution, 1775-1783, Claims, Canada, Boundaries, United States

Letter to Philip Zilcken, Louise Faure-Favier, 1895 letter Dated November 7. Kortrijk ink writing (processes) / pen Christian religion. passions, emotions, affections

Salmon Stocks.Laxå Brukskensology.ur Carl Sahlin's mountain history collection.

Letter to Reinier Craeyvanger, Pierre Louis Dubourcq, 1842 letter Amsterdam paper. ink writing (processes) / pen painting (including book-illumination, miniature-painting). art trade, art shop. money

George Coffin to Moses Greenleaf, 3 March 1828 , Public land sales, United States, Massachusetts, Politics and government, 1775-1865, Maine, Politics and government, 1775-1865, United States, History, Revolution, 1775-1783, Claims, Canada, Boundaries, United States

Charles Fenno Hoffman, New York, autograph letter signed to R. W. Griswold, 27 May 1844 , American literature, 19th century, History and criticism, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Authors and publishers, Poets, American, 19th century, Correspondence. Rufus W. Griswold Papers

Letter to Ary Johannes Lamme, David Bles, 1895 letter The Hague ink writing (processes) / pen printed matter. painting (including book-illumination, miniature-painting). criticizing and discussing art, art criticism

Forward of Account, George Downes, 27 December 1826 , Public land sales, United States, Massachusetts, Politics and government, 1775-1865, Maine, Politics and government, 1775-1865, United States, History, Revolution, 1775-1783, Claims, Canada, Boundaries, United States

Horatio Greenough, Washington, DC., autograph letter signed to R. W. Griswold, 19 November 1851 , American literature, 19th century, History and criticism, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Authors and publishers, Poets, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851. Rufus W. Griswold Papers

William Henry Cuyler Hosmer, Avon, NY., autograph letter signed to R. W. Griswold, 18 October 1843 , American literature, 19th century, History and criticism, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Authors and publishers, Poets, American, 19th century, Correspondence. Rufus W. Griswold Papers

Letter to Anonymous, Taco Mesdag, 1875 letter Groningen paper. ink writing (processes) / pen

Geo. L. Stearns autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Boston, 8 September 1859 , Abolitionists, United States, Antislavery movements, United States, History, 19th century, Harpers Ferry W. Va., History, John Brown's Raid, 1859, Sanborn, F. B. Franklin Benjamin, 1831-1917. John Brown- Correspondence relating to John Brown and the raid on Harpers Ferry

Frederick William Thomas, Washington, DC., autograph letter signed to Edgar Allan Poe, 10 November 1841 , American literature, 19th century, History and criticism, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Authors and publishers, Poets, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Brackenridge, H. M. Henry Marie, 1786-1871, Poe, Virginia, 1822-1847. Rufus W. Griswold Papers

Manusci from hello cenuschi. Papier. Musée Cernuschi, Musée for 200e de la Ville.

Letter from Prince Willem V to Pieter Hendrik Reijnst, 1788, Willem V (Prince of Oranje-Nassau), 1788 letter Letter from Prince Willem V van Oranje to P.H. Reijnst with red paint stamp on the envelope. Dated October 19, 1788. Netherlands Paper. ink. Seal: Sealing wax writing (processes)

P. W. Perkins to Samuel Warner, 29 September 1853 , Public land sales, United States, Massachusetts, Politics and government, 1775-1865, Maine, Politics and government, 1775-1865, United States, History, Revolution, 1775-1783, Claims, Canada, Boundaries, United States

Cook, John D.S, 1885

Letter to Anonymous, Pieter Stortenbeker, 1861 letter The Hague paper. ink writing (processes) / pen art trade, art shop. drawing. money

Letter to Isabel, Trinidad de Cuba, from aunt, Elvira H. Henchman, June 23, 1847 ,. Isabelle Peirce Collection

BREFIF AAN LEAN ALEE RUGE, Young the Veider Victoré Louisian Louis de Stine, 1892 paper. ink writing (processes) / pen paper. ink writing (processes) / pen

Letter by Magdalena (Nina) Łuszczewska to Aleksander Lesser concerning the pick-up from an exhibition of a portrait of Marcin Łuszczewski painted by Marcello Bacciarelli. Łuszczewska, Magdalena (Nina) (1806-1869), sender

Perkins, Norman C, 1888

Parke Godwin autograph letter signed to John Sullivan Dwight, New York, December 8, 1848 , Brook Farm Phalanx West Roxbury, Boston, Mass.. John Sullivan Dwight correspondence regarding Brook Farm

Letter to John McIntosh, Frederica Ga., 1789-05-22, Savannah, Ga., A. L. S. 1 page. 4o

Langden, John. Portsmouth. To Nicholas Gilman., 1787-12-23., 3 pages

Letter to Frans Buffa and Zonen, Wouter Verschuur (1812-1874), 1873 letter paper. ink writing (processes) / pen painting (including book-illumination, miniature-painting). art trade, art shop

Letter to Christiaan Kramm, Jan Karel Jacob de Jonge, 1864 letter The Hague paper. ink writing (processes) / pen historical persons (portraits and scenes from the life). the graphic arts. printed matter

Andrew Jackson to William B. Lewis, 1815-05-08

Samuel G. Drake letter to William L. Andrews., 1866-03-03

James William Otis, New York, autograph letter signed to R. W. Griswold, 25? February 1854 , American literature, 19th century, History and criticism, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Authors and publishers, Poets, American, 19th century, Correspondence. Rufus W. Griswold Papers

Letter to Anonymous, Albert Neuhuys (1844-1914), 1854 - 1914 letter Letter dated July 21. Son paper. ink writing (processes) / pen workshop, studio of the artist (in general). exhibition ~ art Hilversum

Letter to Ary Johannes Lamme, Jan Adam Kruseman, 1861 letter The Hague paper. ink writing (processes) / pen

Receipt for French Buffa and Sons, Wally Moes, 1866 - 1918 Receipt dated October 25. Amsterdam paper. ink writing (processes) / pen money. painting (including book-illumination, miniature-painting)

1776 March 5, Letter, historical correspondence. Time captured in script.

Francis Lieber, Columbia, SC., autograph letter signed, 20 December 1851 , American literature, 19th century, History and criticism, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Authors and publishers, Poets, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851. Rufus W. Griswold Papers

Letter to the committee of the exhibition of living masters in Utrecht, Cornelis Kimmel, 1866 letter Middelburg paper. ink writing (processes) / pen drawing. exhibition ~ art. money

Mary Clemmer autograph letter signed to Carl Schurz, 12 January 1882 , Abolitionists, United States, History, 19th century, Women, Suffrage. Thomas Wentworth Higginson Correspondence

A Southerner (pseud.) autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Tuskaloosa, Ala., 1 November 1859 , Abolitionists, United States, Antislavery movements, United States, History, 19th century, Harpers Ferry W. Va., History, John Brown's Raid, 1859, Brown, John, 1800-1859. John Brown- Correspondence relating to John Brown and the raid on Harpers Ferry

Deed of property in Barnstable sold to Ezikel Chase of Harwich by John Gould of Barnstable ,. Stanley Smith Deed Collection

Letter to Frans Buffa and Zonen, Willem Maris, 1874 letter The Hague paper. ink writing (processes) / pen painting (including book-illumination, miniature-painting). art trade, art shop. exhibition ~ art Amsterdam

Letter to the committee of the exhibition of living masters in Utrecht, Jan Bedijs Tom, 1848 letter Harmelen paper. ink writing (processes) / pen painting (including book-illumination, miniature-painting). exhibition ~ art. money

Sophia Hawthorne autograph letter signed to James Thomas Fields, Concord, 24 February 1866 , Authors' spouses, Women authors, American, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence

John Read to Samuel Phillips, 30 October 1789 , Public land sales, United States, Massachusetts, Politics and government, 1775-1865, Maine, Politics and government, 1775-1865, United States, History, Revolution, 1775-1783, Claims, Canada, Boundaries, United States

Letter to Johannes Jacobus Franciscus WAP, Adrianus David Schinkel, 1853 letter The Hague paper. ink writing (processes) / pen the graphic arts. art collecting. diseases

Letter to Ary Johannes Lamme, Jean Zacherie Mazel, 1862 letter The Hague paper. ink writing (processes) / pen sculpture

Mary Clemmer autograph letter signed to Carl Schurz, 12 January 1882 , Abolitionists, United States, History, 19th century, Women, Suffrage. Thomas Wentworth Higginson Correspondence

Henry F. Harrington, Lawrence, MA., autograph letter signed, 16 December 1851 , American literature, 19th century, History and criticism, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Authors and publishers, Poets, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Osgood, Samuel Stillman, 1808-1885. Rufus W. Griswold Papers

Letter to Frans Buffa and Zonen, Willem Bastiaan Tholen, 1888 letter The Hague paper. ink writing (processes) / pen painting (including book-illumination, miniature-painting). photography, cinematography. drawing. exhibition ~ art

Letter to Philip Zilcken, 1894 letter New York (city) ink writing (processes) / pen / printing the graphic arts. art trade, art shop Paris

Letter to the committee of the exhibition of living masters in The Hague, Charles Tschaggeny, 1847 letter Brussels paper. ink writing (processes) / pen painting (including book-illumination, miniature-painting). exhibition ~ art

John Stevens Cabot Abbott, 53 Bleecker St., autograph letter signed to R. W. Griswold, 12 March 1849 , American literature, 19th century, History and criticism, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Authors and publishers, Poets, American, 19th century, Correspondence. Rufus W. Griswold Papers

1776 May 21, Letter, historical correspondence. Time captured in script.

Una Hawthorne autograph note signed to James Thomas Fields, Concord, 2 April 1865 , Authors' spouses, Women authors, American, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893

Letter to Frans Buffa and Zonen, Hendrik Willem Mesdag, 1875 letter The Hague paper. ink writing (processes) / pen painting (including book-illumination, miniature-painting). art trade, art shop

Kinney, H.N., 1887

Åkers stuffbruk's chronology.ur Carl Sahlin's mountain historical collection.

Letter to August Allebé, Rijksakademie van Visual Arts, 1890 Amsterdam paper. ink writing (processes) / pen / printing Amsterdam paper. ink writing (processes) / pen / printing

Henry William Herbert, The Cedars., autograph letter signed to R. W. Griswold, 14 January 1853 , American literature, 19th century, History and criticism, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Authors and publishers, Poets, American, 19th century, Correspondence. Rufus W. Griswold Papers

Letter to Pieter Haverkorn van Rijsewijk, art trade C.M. Van Gogh, 1892 letter Amsterdam paper. ink writing (processes) / pen / printing exhibition ~ art. printed matter. painting (including book-illumination, miniature-painting). photography, cinematography. the graphic arts

Letter to Christiaan Kramm, Cornelis Gerrit Verburgh, 1833 letter Rotterdam paper. ink writing (processes) / pen painting (including book-illumination, miniature-painting)

Letter to Jan Veth, Cornelis Hofstede de Groot, 1874 - 1925 letter Letter dated 20 September by Schrijver, with addition 99 In a later hand. Zeist paper. ink writing (processes) / pen printed matter Scheveningen. Berlin

Letter to Philip Zilcken, Johan Marinus Schalekamp, 1895 letter Abdominal ditch paper. ink writing (processes) / pen passions, emotions, affections

Susan Archer (Talley) Weiss, Richmond, VA., autograph letter to Edgar A. Poe, 29 November 1848 , American literature, 19th century, History and criticism, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Authors and publishers, Poets, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Valentine, Mann S., 1824-1892. Rufus W. Griswold Papers

Sophia Hawthorne autograph note signed to James Thomas Fields, Concord, 17 June 1862 , Authors' spouses, Women authors, American, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862, Thoreau, Sophia E.

Mary T. Bean, 13 May 1850 , American literature, 19th century, History and criticism, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Authors and publishers, Poets, American, 19th century, Correspondence. Rufus W. Griswold Papers

Brief Aan ary johannes lamme, Josephodor-mainville, 1822 - 187 letter Letter dated 24 August. Saint-Genis-Laval paper. ink writing (processes) / pen family life. photography, cinematography Paris. Passy. Lyon

Letter from John Jubb, Camp Hamilton, Fortress Monroe Va., to William Jubb, West Chelmsford, Mass., March 9, 1862 , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865. Jubb Brothers Civil War Letters

Letter to Pieter Lost from Themaat, Paul Joseph Constantin Gabriël, 1866 letter Brussels paper. ink writing (processes) / pen drawing. money. exhibition ~ art Utrecht. Holland. Schaerbeek

John Sartain autograph letter signed to R. W. Griswold, 8 March 1850 , American literature, 19th century, History and criticism, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Authors and publishers, Poets, American, 19th century, Correspondence. Rufus W. Griswold Papers

Charles Plummer Tidd autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, 8 December 1859 , Abolitionists, United States, Antislavery movements, United States, History, 19th century, Harpers Ferry W. Va., History, John Brown's Raid, 1859, Brown, John, 1800-1859. John Brown- Correspondence relating to John Brown and the raid on Harpers Ferry

Joel Tyler Headley, Burlington., autograph letter signed to R. W. Griswold, 1 August 1846 , American literature, 19th century, History and criticism, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Authors and publishers, Poets, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Headley, J. T., 1813-1897. Rufus W. Griswold Papers

Herman Hooker autograph letter signed to R. W. Griswold, October - December 1854 , American literature, 19th century, History and criticism, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Authors and publishers, Poets, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Wallace, H. B. Horace Binney, 1817-1852. Rufus W. Griswold Papers

Unsigned letter to Isabel, July 29, 1849, from Boston ,. Isabelle Peirce Collection

Letter to J.W.A. Van Sijpesteijn, Secretary of Society of Drawing Art, Kunst Zy Ons Doel, Petrus Johannes Schotel, 1846 letter Medemblik paper. ink writing (processes) / pen travelling; tourism

Richard Rush, Sydenham, near Philadelphia, PA., to Dr. Francis Lester Hawkes and R. W. Griswold, 27 September 1854 , American literature, 19th century, History and criticism, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Authors and publishers, Poets, American, 19th century, Correspondence. Rufus W. Griswold Papers

Letter to Adrianus van Everdingen, Cornelis Lieste, 1861 letter Haarlem paper. ink writing (processes) / pen art trade, art shop. money. painting (including book-illumination, miniature-painting)

James Thomas Fields, Boston, autograph letter signed to R. W. Griswold, 14 March 1844 , American literature, 19th century, History and criticism, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Authors and publishers, Poets, American, 19th century, Correspondence. Rufus W. Griswold Papers

Horace Greeley letter to J.S. Redfield, 1855-11-03

Brief Aan Philipo tessaro, Willem Maris, letter The Hague paper. ink writing (processes) / pen drawing. art trade, art shop. money Amsterdam. Abcoude

Letter from Edward E. Brown, Harrisons Landing, James River Va., to Thomas Jubb, West Chelmsford, Mass. , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865. Jubb Brothers Civil War Letters

Letter to Ary Johannes Scheffer, August Sträter, 1886 letter Aken paper. ink writing (processes) / pen / printing family life

Greeley & McElrath, Tribune Office, autograph letter signed to R. W. Griswold, 25 May 1843 , American literature, 19th century, History and criticism, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Authors and publishers, Poets, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Disraeli, Isaac, 1766-1848. Rufus W. Griswold Papers

Letter Aan Jan Veth, Royal Museums in Berlin, 1902 letter Berlin paper. ink writing (processes) / pen / printing

Hemera (pseudonym) manuscript poem, May 1850: 'The Balance of Life.' , American literature, 19th century, History and criticism, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Authors and publishers, Poets, American, 19th century, Correspondence. Rufus W. Griswold Papers

E. W. Osgood, New York, autograph letter signed to R. W. Griswold, 4 August 1848 , American literature, 19th century, History and criticism, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Authors and publishers, Poets, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Graham, George R., Taylor, Bayard, 1825-1878. Rufus W. Griswold Papers

Letter to Anonymous, Jan Hendrik Willem Hoedt, 1848 letter paper. ink writing (processes) / pen painting (including book-illumination, miniature-painting). exhibition ~ art. money

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