Historic Figures

Archive Authority’s Historic Figures collection features authentic documents, letters, signatures, photographs, publications, and ephemera connected to influential individuals who shaped American and world history. The selection may include material associated with presidents, military leaders, inventors, explorers, statesmen, scientists, authors, and other notable figures whose actions left a lasting impact on society. These original artifacts provide tangible connections to the lives and accomplishments of prominent historical personalities, offering valuable context through firsthand correspondence, official records, commemorative items, and period publications. Emphasizing authenticity, historical significance, and research value, the collection appeals to historians, collectors, educators, museums, and anyone interested in preserving and studying the legacy of remarkable individuals from the past.

Historic Figures

Archive Authority’s Historic Figures collection features authentic documents, letters, signatures, photographs, publications, and ephemera connected to influential individuals who shaped American and world history. The selection may include material associated with presidents, military leaders, inventors, explorers, statesmen, scientists, authors, and other notable figures whose actions left a lasting impact on society. These original artifacts provide tangible connections to the lives and accomplishments of prominent historical personalities, offering valuable context through firsthand correspondence, official records, commemorative items, and period publications. Emphasizing authenticity, historical significance, and research value, the collection appeals to historians, collectors, educators, museums, and anyone interested in preserving and studying the legacy of remarkable individuals from the past.

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Add 1823 Smith Thompson LS Sec. Navy Re Oliver Hazard Perry Battle Of Lake Erie to the cart
1823 Smith Thompson LS Sec. Navy Re Oliver Hazard Perry Battle Of Lake Erie
$2,090.00
Add 1825 Virginia Chancery Appeal Bond – Superior Court of Chancery, Fredericksburg – Henry Lee & Daniel Carmichael – Westmoreland County to the cart
1825 Virginia Chancery Appeal Bond – Superior Court of Chancery, Fredericksburg – Henry Lee & Daniel Carmichael – Westmoreland County
$455.00
Add 1826 Andrew Oehler Washington DC Manuscript to the cart
1826 Andrew Oehler Washington DC Manuscript
$1,048.00
Add 1826 Commodore William Bainbridge Autograph Letter Signed to Captain George C. Read Aboard U.S. Brig Brandywine to the cart
1826 Commodore William Bainbridge Autograph Letter Signed to Captain George C. Read Aboard U.S. Brig Brandywine
$7,686.00
1826 Maine Governor Albion K Parris Signed Commission State Seal
Add 1826 Maine Governor Albion K Parris Signed Commission State Seal to the cart
1826 Maine Governor Albion K Parris Signed Commission State Seal
$558.00
Add 1828 Joseph Anderson Signed Treasury Letter to the cart
1828 Joseph Anderson Signed Treasury Letter
$972.00
Add 1832 Four Page Letter From Zachary Taylor to the cart
1832 Four Page Letter From Zachary Taylor
$8,035.00
1835 Francis B Ogden Signed U.S. Consular Liverpool Embossed Seal Manchester
Add 1835 Francis B Ogden Signed U.S. Consular Liverpool Embossed Seal Manchester to the cart
1835 Francis B Ogden Signed U.S. Consular Liverpool Embossed Seal Manchester
$385.00
Add 1835 Georges Washington De Lafayette ALS - American Farewell Tour - Uniontown PA to the cart
1835 Georges Washington De Lafayette ALS - American Farewell Tour - Uniontown PA
$6,952.00
Add 1835 Georges Washington De Lafayette ALS - La Grange Estate to the cart
1835 Georges Washington De Lafayette ALS - La Grange Estate
$3,766.00
Add 1836 Benjamin Pierce Signed Letter to the cart
1836 Benjamin Pierce Signed Letter
$273.00
Add 1843 Land Grant With John Tyler Signature to the cart
1843 Land Grant With John Tyler Signature
$420.00
Add 1847 Signed Letter By Thomas Hart Benton to the cart
1847 Signed Letter By Thomas Hart Benton
$1,328.00
1848 Fort Delaware Letter To Robert E Lee
Add 1848 Fort Delaware Letter To Robert E Lee to the cart
1848 Fort Delaware Letter To Robert E Lee
$4,591.00
Add 1860 Robert C. Winthrop Presentation Copy – Notice of M. Mignet to the cart
1860 Robert C. Winthrop Presentation Copy – Notice of M. Mignet
$455.00
1862 Braxton Bragg Signed Civil War Telegraph March 5, To Beauregard Corinth MS
Add 1862 Braxton Bragg Signed Civil War Telegraph March 5, To Beauregard Corinth MS to the cart
1862 Braxton Bragg Signed Civil War Telegraph March 5, To Beauregard Corinth MS
$5,583.00
Add 1862 Civil War Abraham Lincoln Senate Document to the cart
1862 Civil War Abraham Lincoln Senate Document
$315.00
1865 Confederate Telegraph From Beauregard, Harts Battery Civil War
Add 1865 Confederate Telegraph From Beauregard, Harts Battery Civil War to the cart
1865 Confederate Telegraph From Beauregard, Harts Battery Civil War
$3,347.00
Add 1866 New Jersey Law License – Gov. Marcus L. Ward to the cart
1866 New Jersey Law License – Gov. Marcus L. Ward
$629.00
Add 1870 Rear Admiral William Radford Autograph Letter Signed – USS Franklin Flagship Stationery – Civil War Admiral – European Squadron to the cart
1870 Rear Admiral William Radford Autograph Letter Signed – USS Franklin Flagship Stationery – Civil War Admiral – European Squadron
$972.00
Add 1874 ALS GT Beauregard After Civil War As Official Of New Orleans Railroad to the cart
1874 ALS GT Beauregard After Civil War As Official Of New Orleans Railroad
$6,980.00
Add 1874 P.G.T. Beauregard Autograph Letter Signed to the cart
1874 P.G.T. Beauregard Autograph Letter Signed
$3,487.00
1879 Beauregard Signed Check Confederate General Fort Sumpter Bull Run
Add 1879 Beauregard Signed Check Confederate General Fort Sumpter Bull Run to the cart
1879 Beauregard Signed Check Confederate General Fort Sumpter Bull Run
$1,810.00
Add 1880s Thomas Edison Laboratory Working Note And Stationary With His Signature to the cart
1880s Thomas Edison Laboratory Working Note And Stationary With His Signature
$10,194.00
Add 1885, Calvin Coolidge Age 12 Autograph Album With Family Signatures Vermont to the cart
1885, Calvin Coolidge Age 12 Autograph Album With Family Signatures Vermont
$13,967.00
Add 1906 Varina Jefferson Davis ALS Widow Of Jefferson Davis to the cart
1906 Varina Jefferson Davis ALS Widow Of Jefferson Davis
$2,648.00
Add 1915 Franklin D Roosevelt Signed Navy Document to the cart
1915 Franklin D Roosevelt Signed Navy Document
$3,487.00
Add 1917 Grace Coolidge Signed And Endorsed Bank Check to the cart
1917 Grace Coolidge Signed And Endorsed Bank Check
$972.00
Add 1917 Theodore Roosevelt Volunteer Force Letter Possibly Hand Signed Rough Riders to the cart
1917 Theodore Roosevelt Volunteer Force Letter Possibly Hand Signed Rough Riders
$5,583.00
Add 1941 FDR “Day of Infamy” Speech – ORIGINAL Press Release Copy to the cart
1941 FDR “Day of Infamy” Speech – ORIGINAL Press Release Copy
$6,638.00
Add 1960 Henry Cabot Lodge Six Page Speech At Republican Convention to the cart
1960 Henry Cabot Lodge Six Page Speech At Republican Convention
$488.00
Add ALS 1853 Letter James Buchanan to the cart
ALS 1853 Letter James Buchanan
$5,240.00
Add AUTOGRAPH-JAMES MONROE CLIPPED SIGNATURE ON VELLUM — FIFTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES to the cart
AUTOGRAPH-JAMES MONROE CLIPPED SIGNATURE ON VELLUM — FIFTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
$343.00
Add Benjamin West Letter, American Painter to the cart
Benjamin West Letter, American Painter
$3,005.00
Add c.1840s Lawrence Washington ALS To His Son Henry Washington, Richmond, Wakefield to the cart
c.1840s Lawrence Washington ALS To His Son Henry Washington, Richmond, Wakefield
$1,251.00
Add c1780s Jeremiah Wadsworth Autograph Letter Signed – Revolutionary War Commissary General – Boston to Hartford to the cart
c1780s Jeremiah Wadsworth Autograph Letter Signed – Revolutionary War Commissary General – Boston to Hartford
$2,509.00
Add c1910 Thomas A Edison Holograph Memorandum Phonograph And Record Sales Promotion to the cart
c1910 Thomas A Edison Holograph Memorandum Phonograph And Record Sales Promotion
$5,024.00
Add Charles Dickens Signed Dinner Invitation to the cart
Charles Dickens Signed Dinner Invitation
$2,795.00
Add Check By American Author Winston Churchill to the cart
Check By American Author Winston Churchill
$105.00
Add Civil War: Field Letter Signed (“G. T. Beauregard”) 1861, Flag Design to the cart
Civil War: Field Letter Signed (“G. T. Beauregard”) 1861, Flag Design
$30,742.00
Add Elegant 1875 Pennsylvania Commission Signed By Governor to the cart
Elegant 1875 Pennsylvania Commission Signed By Governor
$420.00
Add Exceptional 1836 Letter & Samuel Colt Signed Payment Order – One Month Before the First Colt Revolver Patent to the cart
Exceptional 1836 Letter & Samuel Colt Signed Payment Order – One Month Before the First Colt Revolver Patent
$6,917.00
Fascinating French Revolutionary–era document Signed By Marquis De Lafayette
Add Fascinating French Revolutionary–era document Signed By Marquis De Lafayette to the cart
Fascinating French Revolutionary–era document Signed By Marquis De Lafayette
$66,374.00
Add Fascinating letter to future president, then Tennessee Governor, ANDREW JOHNSON to the cart
Fascinating letter to future president, then Tennessee Governor, ANDREW JOHNSON
$2,446.00
Franklin D Roosevelt Signed Letter 1932 Presidential Campaign
Add Franklin D Roosevelt Signed Letter 1932 Presidential Campaign to the cart
Franklin D Roosevelt Signed Letter 1932 Presidential Campaign
$3,207.00
Add Frederick DeBourg Richards Etching In Brown Ink. Home Where Gen Mercer Died. to the cart
Frederick DeBourg Richards Etching In Brown Ink. Home Where Gen Mercer Died.
$350.00
Add George Washington De Lafayette ALS to the cart
George Washington De Lafayette ALS
$1,251.00
Add Henry Knox Orders All Brass-Mounted Muskets Put into Serviceable Condition — 1793 War Department Letter Signed to the cart
Henry Knox Orders All Brass-Mounted Muskets Put into Serviceable Condition — 1793 War Department Letter Signed
$2,090.00
Add Jacob Brown Signed Document to the cart
Jacob Brown Signed Document
$594.00