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Autograph letters from historical figures, discussing personal and social matters, showcasing handwriting and correspondence styles from the 18th and 19th centuries.

A letter addressed to Henry Laurens, dated December 19, 1779, from Charleston. The letter is an A.L.S. (autograph letter signed) and is endorsed. The document spans 1 page
A letter addressed to Henry Laurens, dated December 19, 1779, from Charleston. The letter is an A.L.S. (autograph letter signed) and is endorsed. The document spans 1 page
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Clarke, George. New York. To Lieut. Gov. George Thomas of Pennsylvania., 1740-06-23., 2 pages
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Juliette Drouet to Victor Hugo; April 27 Sunday noon 1856; Victor Hugo house - Paris Autograph letter
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BRIEF AAN QUILPIP SPIRTS, EDOUARD TACELL, 1889 letter Amsterdam paper. ink writing (processes) / pen the graphic arts
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Outward letter: Provincial Secretary of New Plymouth : Page 512: Missing weight, 15 February 1868, by Sir James Hector.
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Wieland, Christoph Martin (1733-1813). Letter to Karl August Böntiger. Osmanino (= Oßmanstedt); 17.11.1797. Autograph; 18.5 x 11.3 cm. Page 1. Dresden: Slub MSCR.DRESD.H.37, Volume 224, No. 34
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Letter to Unknown, Louwrens Hanedoes, 1832 - 1905 letter The Hague paper. ink writing (processes) / pen family life The Hague
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George Coffin to Solomon Lombard, 9 August 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
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Teodora Matejkowa's letter to Jan's husband. Franzesnbad Monday beloved my Jaski dear! Despite the fact that you write such talkativeness () Dziatwa and our daddy is kissed by the mother Dora. Matejko, Teodora (1846 1896)
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Orangist fresh, 1795; Made a spring, on the so-called free-minded, on the Koningspleijn. Handwritten transcription of an orangist fresh from sixteen rules, past February stuck on the freedom tree established on Koningsplein, at the time renamed Burglein, in Amsterdam.
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Pamela (Dwight) Sedgwick , American literature, 19th century, History and criticism, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Authors and publishers, Poets, American, 19th century, Correspondence. Rufus W. Griswold Papers
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Emily Dickinson, Amherst, Mass., autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, 9 June 1866 ,
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Juliette Drouet to Victor Hugo; April 21 Friday afternoon 2 a.m. 1848; Victor Hugo house - Paris Autograph letter
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1776 May 13, Letter, historical correspondence. Time captured in script.
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Handwriting over Theodorus van Schelluynen, 1776, Anonymous, 1776 manuscript Handwriting with biographical data about Theodorus van Schelluynen, pastor of the Reformed Congregation in Amsterdam, died on March 9, 1776. With a verse by Schelluynen about the print with his portrait from 1768. Amsterdam paper writing (processes) Amsterdam
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Miscellaneous household receipts , Home economics. Letters and Miscellaneous Papers of the Winsor Family 1820-1915
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Letter to Ary Johannes Lamme, Robert van Eijsden, 1871 letter Rotterdam paper. ink writing (processes) / pen family life. historical persons (portraits and scenes from the life)
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Redfield, D. W., 1863
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Emily Dickinson, Amherst, Mass., autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, 9 June 1866 ,
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Davidson, F. L., Note from Davidson of Water Valley, offering his slave blacksmith for hire. Top reads "Water Valley August 23, 1861...". 1861. text. Documents. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. African Americans, African Americans , History, African Americans , Social conditions, Slavery, Blacksmiths, Slave labor, Slavery , United States
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George Washington Doane, Riverside, manuscript poem, 25 January 1852: 'Conversion of St. Paul. Robin Redbreast. ' , American literature, 19th century, History and criticism, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Authors and publishers, Poets, American, 19th century, Correspondence. Rufus W. Griswold Papers
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Manuscript poem: 'To Jenny.' , American literature, 19th century, History and criticism, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Authors and publishers, Poets, American, 19th century, Correspondence. Rufus W. Griswold Papers
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Letter to Jonkheer H.P.F. Hooft, secretary of the committee of the exhibition of living masters in The Hague, Frederik Hendrik Hendriks, 1849 letter Oosterbeek paper. ink writing (processes) / pen painting (including book-illumination, miniature-painting). exhibition ~ art. money
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Peregrine Wroth, Chestertown, MD., autograph letter signed to Horace Greeley, 14 February 1850 , American literature, 19th century, History and criticism, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Authors and publishers, Poets, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Rufus W. Griswold Papers
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Handwriting with biographical data about theodorus van Schelluynen, pastor of the Reformed Municipality in Amsterdam, died on March 9, 1776. With a fresh through Schelloyen about the print with his portrait from 1768.
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Letter or Poem; British, active India about 1843; England; 1843 - 1845; Holograph black ink; Sheet: 15.3 x 9.8 cm (6 x 3 7,8 in.)
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Letter from Sir Henry Moore, 1760 - 1769
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Juliette Drouet to Victor Hugo; 2nd sheet October 22 Monday evening 8 am 1849; Victor Hugo house - Paris Autograph letter
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Letter to Jan Veth, Cornelis Gerardus' t Hooft, 1889 letter Amsterdam paper. ink writing (processes) / pen family life. painting (including book-illumination, miniature-painting)
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Broadway 1775. Cartographic. Maps, Surveys, land surveys. Manuscripts and Archives Division
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Delafield, Lewis, 1874
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Handwriting about the cartoon on Taurinus (1615), Anonymous, 1800 - 1899 manuscript Handwriting about the cartoon on the Remonstrant pastor Jacobus Taurinus (FM 1356) from 1615. Short text in which the anonymous author belongs to the print that belongs to one of the writings against Taurinus. Netherlands paper. ink pen
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Letter to 'Mamma' from W. C. Peirce, Lincoln, March 2, 1873 ,. Isabelle Peirce Collection
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Letter from William Jubb, Camp Slough, Alexandra V.A., to Thomas Jubb, September 8, 1862 , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865. Jubb Brothers Civil War Letters
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Letter to Philip Zilcken, 1927 letter Paris paper. ink writing (processes) / pen drawing. exhibition ~ art. art trade, art shop. painting (including book-illumination, miniature-painting)
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Hugo, Victor (n.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), unused handwritten note (dummy title). Ink feather on brownish paper. House of Victor Hugo - Hauteville House.
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Letter to Surgeon James B. Bellangee. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljmem. Bellangee, James B, 1828-1864, Associated objects, Bellangee, Mary A, approximately 1828-approximately 1889, Associated objects, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Medical aspects, Union, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Social aspects, Union.
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John Biddulph Martin autograph note to Victoria Woodhull Martin, approximately 1883-1897 , Feminists, United States, Suffragists. Victoria Woodhull Martin Papers
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William Croswell Doane manuscript poem, 1855?: 'Fata Morgana.' , American literature, 19th century, History and criticism, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Authors and publishers, Poets, American, 19th century, Correspondence. Rufus W. Griswold Papers
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Deed of property in Harwich sold to Ebeniezer Rogers and Eleanor Rogers of Eastham by Samuel Freeman of Eastham ,. Stanley Smith Deed Collection
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JOSS or album Nicolle album (having belonged to Joséphine Nicolle, sister-in-law of the proscribed Bonnet-Duverdier). Poem. Ink on paper. Author: Limagarar, 1860s. Paris, house of Victor Hugo. 53635-20 JOSS album, Nicolle album, handwritten writing, ink on paper, exile, poem, poesie, signature, 19th XIX 19th 19th 19th century
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Letter from Clara Schumann to a doctor
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James Kirke Paulding autograph document , American literature, 19th century, History and criticism, Authors, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Authors and publishers, Poets, American, 19th century, Correspondence, Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1860. Rufus W. Griswold Papers
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Letter from William Jubb, Camp Slough, Alexandra V.A., to Thomas Jubb, September 8, 1862 , United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865. Jubb Brothers Civil War Letters
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Susquenhanna 1770 - 1800. Cartographic. Maps, Surveys, land surveys. Manuscripts and Archives Division
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Philip Zilcken Philip Zilcken, Anna Briogoub, 1922 letter The Hague ink writing (processes) / pen diseases. workshop, studio of the artist (in general) The Hague
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Margaret Fuller autograph letter to William Henry Channing, Chicago, Ill., 10 August 1843 ,
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Salmon Brown autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, North Elba, N.Y., 21 December 1859 , Abolitionists, United States, Antislavery movements, United States, History, 19th century, Harpers Ferry W. Va., History, John Brown's Raid, 1859, Brown, Owen, 1824-1889, Brown, Jason, 1823-1912, Brown, John, 1821-1895. John Brown- Correspondence relating to John Brown and the raid on Harpers Ferry
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Hugo, Victor (N.1802-02-26-D.1885-05-22), handwritten note: Serk (dummy title), 1853. Ink pen on paper. House of Victor Hugo - Hauteville House.
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John Gray, Easton, PA., autograph letter signed to R. W. Griswold, 5 July 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
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Charles Fenno Hoffman, New York, autograph letter signed to R. W. Griswold, 23? September 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
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Emily Dickinson, Amherst, Mass., autograph manuscript poem: After all birds have been investigated and laid aside, 1877 , Birds
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Autograph notes 1835-1904 Lorenz Frølich Danish. Autograph notes 359434
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Sarah S. Jacobs autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, 30 May 1884 , Fuller, Margaret, 1810-1850
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Letter from Mr Van Kinsbergen, November 5, 1816.letter in the Frans van van Kinsbergen from Apeldoorn, November 5, 1816.
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Note regarding Johan Barthold Jongkind, Anonymous, in or after 1891 ink writing (processes) / pen painting (including book-illumination, miniature-painting). money
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Letter to Philip Schuyler, dated August 23, 1757, from Fort Edward, N.Y. A.L.S. 1 page, 4o
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John Biddulph Martin autograph note to Victoria Woodhull Martin, approximately 1883-1897 , Feminists, United States, Suffragists. Victoria Woodhull Martin Papers
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BRIEF AAN QUILPIP SPIRTS, EDOUARD TACELL, 1889 letter Amsterdam paper. ink writing (processes) / pen drawing. the graphic arts Maas
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Hanscripted concerning Pieter Christoffel Wonder, Pieter Christoffel Wonder, 1790 - 1852 manuscript paper. ink writing (processes) / pen / etching historical persons (portraits and scenes from the life)
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Patent Application, Rasmus Dekker, 1791 letter Patent application for the model of a scale for navigation purposes (NG-MC-853-1). The handwritten request is addressed to Stadholder Willem V and signed by Rasmus Dekker. Amsterdam paper
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Letter to Adriaan van der Willigen, Daniël Friday, 1818 letter Amsterdam paper. ink writing (processes) / pen / etching distribution of awards ~ art contest. the graphic arts. historical persons (portraits and scenes from the life)
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Sciota Crossing, 1832, Scioto River (Ohio), Log buildings
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Historical print, engraving, historical manuscript, 1828, and portrait of Eduard Friedrich Phillip Moerike, 1804-1875, German poet of the Swabian School, storyteller and translator, from Bildatlas zur Geschichte der Deutschen Nationalliteratur, von Gustav Koennecke, picture atlas, 1887