AUTHENTIC AUTOGRAPH RESOURCES
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MEAGHER, THOMAS FRANCIS (1823-67) Union Brigadier General - New York; Governor of Montana Territory – 1865-66
# meagherthomasfrancis
Signature 1854 11 28
Autograph Letter Signed 1862 02 19
Signature & Rank
Signature & Rank 1864 01 12
MEANS, JOHN HUGH (1812-62) Confederate Colonel – 17th South Carolina Infantry; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Second Manassas – September 1, 1862; Governor of South Carolina – 1850-52
# meansjohnhugh
Signature
MEDILL, JOSEPH (1823-99) Canadian-Born Journalist; Editor of the Chicago Tribune; Mayor of Chicago – 1871-73
# medilljoseph
Document Signed 1873 06 25
MEEKER, ARTHUR BURR (1835-1901) Successful Iron & Steel Merchant in Chicago, Illinois
# meekerarthurburr
Printed facsimile signature on an engraving
MEIGS, JOSIAH (1757-1822) American Academic, Journalist, and Government Official; First Acting President of the University of Georgia in Athens – 1801-10; Appointed Commissioner of the U.S. General Land Office - 1814
# meigsjosiah
Franked Envelope 1815
Document Signed 1818 02 26 with President James Monroe (1)
Document Signed 1818 02 26 with President James Monroe (2)
MEIGS, MONTGOMERY CUNNINGHAM (1816-92) Union Brigadier & Quartermaster General
# meigsmontgomerycunningham
Letter Signed 1862 02 19 pg1
Letter Signed 1862 02 19 pg2
Autograph Letter Signed 1863 11 13
Signature & Rank mounted beneath an image
Signature & Rank
Signature & Rank
MEIGS, RETURN JONATHAN, JR. (1764-1825) U.S. Postmaster General – 1814-23; Governor of Ohio – 1810-14; U.S Senator – Ohio – 1808-10; Namesake of Meigs County, Ohio
# meigsreturnjonathanjr
Autograph Document Signed 1799 10 08
Signature from the conclusion of a letter
MEIGS, RETURN JONATHAN, SR. (1740-1823) American Revolution War, Colonel in the Continental Army; Pioneer & early settler of Ohio, in the Northwest Territory; U.S. Indian Agent to the Cherokee Nation in southeastern Tennessee – 1801-13
# meigsreturnjonathansr
Document Signed 1801 09 29 (1)
Document Signed 1801 09 29 (2)
Document Signed 1801 09 29 (3)
MELLON, ANDREW WILLIAM (1855-1937) American Banker, Industrialist, & Philanthropist; U.S. Treasury Secretary – 1921-32
# mellonandrewwilliam
Signed Card as US Treasury Secretary
MELVILLE, HERMAN (1819-91) American Writer, best known for “Moby Dick” and “Typee”
# melvilleherman
Autograph Letter Signed 1857 11 16
Autograph Note Signed 1857 12 04
Autograph Letter Signed ny 11 25
Autograph Letter Signed 1869 02 03
MEMMINGER, CHRISTOPHER GUSTAVUS (1803-88) Confederate Congressman – South Carolina – 1861-62; Confederate Treasury Secretary – 1861-64
# memmingerchristophergustavus
Signature
MENEES, THOMAS (1823-1905) Confederate Congressman – Tennessee – 1862-65; Dean of the Medical Departments of the University of Nashville & Vanderbilt University – 1874-95
# meneesthomas
Signature
MENGELE, JOSEF RUDOLF (1911-79) Nazi German SS Officer & Physician during World War II; Known as the “Angel of Death” - notorious for conducting deadly medical experiments on inmates at Auschwitz Concentration Camp
# mengelejosefrudolf
Autograph Letter Signed 1944 04 26 pg1 *
Autograph Letter Signed 1944 04 26 pg2 *
* Image courtesy of CANDLES Holocaust Museum, Terre Haute, Indiana
MENOTTI, GIAN CARLO (1911-2007) Italian-American Composer
# menottigiancarlo
Autograph Musical Manuscript Signed
MERCER, HUGH (1726-77) Brigadier General in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War; Served in the French & Indian War
# mercerhugh
Autograph Letter Signed 1760 08 23 pg1
Autograph Letter Signed 1760 08 23 pg2
MERCER, HUGH WEEDON (1808-77) Confederate Brigadier General – Georgia; Grandson of American Revolutionary War General Hugh Mercer
# mercerhughweedon
Signature & Rank
Endorsement Signed 1863 11 07
MEREDITH, SOLOMON (1810-75) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 19th Indiana Infantry, part of the Iron Brigade
# meredithsolomon
Signature
MERRIAM, HENRY CLAY (1837-1912) Union Officer – 20th Maine Infantry; Awarded the Medal of Honor leading the 73rd U.S. Colored Troops at Fort Blakely, Alabama – April 9, 1865; U.S. Army Major General; Veteran of the Indian & Spanish-American Wars
# merriamhenryclay
Signature
MERRICK, FRANK (1886–1981) English Pianist & Composer
# merrickfrank
Autograph Musical Score Signed
MERRILL, ROBERT (1917-2004) American Operatic Baritone & Actor
# merrillrobert
Signature