AUTHENTIC AUTOGRAPH RESOURCES
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DEFOE, DANIEL (1660-1731) English Writer, Journalist, and Pamphleteer
# defoedaniel
Autograph Letter Signed 1708 03 09
Autograph Letter Signed 1708 08 03
Document Signed with daughter Hannah 1723 09 29
Autograph Letter Signed no date
DEITZLER, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1826-84) Union Brigadier General, afterward Major General of Kansas Militia; Elected Mayor of Lawrence, Kansas - 1860
# deitzlergeorgewashington
Signed Photograph
DeJARNETTE, DANIEL COLEMAN, SR. (1822-81) Confederate Congressman – Virginia – 1862-65; U.S. Representative – Virginia – 1859-61
# dejarnettedanielcolemansr
Signature
DeKAY, JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE (1836-86) Union Staff Officer
# dekayjosephrodmandrake
Document Signed 1861 06 03
Document Signed 1861 08 14
Signature from a document
Signature
DELAFIELD, RICHARD (1798-1873) U.S. Brigadier General; Union Brevet Major General; Superintendent of the United States Military Academy – 1838-45 & 1856-61
# delafieldrichard
Signature from a letter
Letter Signed 1864 12 02
DEMMOND, MARTIN HAWLEY (1803-54) Prominent Merchant & Early Real Estate Investor in Joliet, Illinois
# demmondmh
Printed facsimile signature on an engraving
DENISON, DUDLEY CHASE (1819-1905) U.S. Congressman – Vermont – 1875-79
# denisondudleychase
Signature as US Congressman
DENNIS, ELIAS SMITH (1812-94) Union Brigadier General - Illinois
# denniseliassmith
Signature & Rank
DENNISON, WILLIAM (1815-82) U.S. Postmaster General – 1864-66; Governor of Ohio – 1860-62
# dennisonwilliam
Franking Signature
Signature 1866 03 17
Signed Card
DENT, FREDERICK TRACY (1820-92) Union Brigadier General of Volunteers – Missouri; Brother-in-Law & Aide-de-Camp to General Ulysses S. Grant – 1864-65; Military Secretary to President Grant – 1869-73
# dentfredericktracy
Autograph Note Signed ny 08 31 with initials on a letter from John Hay
Autograph Note Signed ny 08 31 with initials on a letter from John Hay
Franked Executive Mansion Envelope
Autograph Letter Signed 1876 11 07 pg1
Autograph Letter Signed 1876 11 07 pg2
Signature & Rank
DENT, WILLIAM BARTON WADE (1806-55) U.S. Representative – Georgia – 1853-55
# dentwilliambartonwade
Letter Signed 1854 03 06
DENVER, JAMES WILLIAM (1817-92) Union Brigadier General; Governor of Kansas Territory – 1857-58; U.S. Representative – California – 1855-57; Namesake of Denver, Colorado
# denverjameswilliam
Signature
DERBY, GEORGE HORATIO (1823-61) U.S. Army Officer, Corps of Topographical Engineers; West Point Graduate – 1846; Veteran of the Mexican War; Early California Humorist
# derbygeorgehoratio
Autograph Letter Signed ny 09 12
DESCARTES, RENE (1596-1650) French Philosopher, Scientist, and Mathematician
# descartesrene
Autograph Letter Signed 1640 01 29 pg1
Autograph Letter Signed 1640 01 29 pg2
Autograph Letter Signed 1643 10 21
DESHA, ROBERT (1791-1849) U.S. Representative – Tennessee – 1827-31; Captain in the 24th U.S. Infantry during the War of 1812
# desharobert
Letter Signed 1828 05 19
DESHLER, JAMES (1833-63) Confederate Brigadier General; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Chickamauga – September 20, 1863
# deshlerjames
Signature
DEVENS, CHARLES, JR. (1820-91) Union Brigadier General – Massachusetts; U.S. Attorney General – 1877-81
# devenscharlesjr
Autograph Letter Signed pg1
Autograph Letter Signed pg2
Signature & Rank
Signed Card
Autograph Letter Signed 1877 09 03
Signed Card 1881 03 02
Autograph Letter Signed 1888 10 20
DEVIN, THOMAS CASIMER (1822-78) Union Brigadier General – New York
# devinthomascasimer
Endorsement Signed 1863 05 21
Endorsement Signed 1863 10 23
Signature & Rank
DEWEIN, VALENTINE (1817-91) German-Born Merchant, Railroad Company Director, and Banking Executive in Peoria, Illinois
# deweinvalentine
Printed facsimile signature on an engraving
DEWEY, JOEL ALLEN (1840-73) Union Brigadier General
# deweyjoelallen
Signature & Rank