AUTHENTIC AUTOGRAPH RESOURCES
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ORD, EDWARD OTHO CRESAP (1818-83) Union Major General; Veteran of the Mexican & antebellum Indian Wars
# ordedwardothocresap
Endorsement Signed 1865 02 02
Signature & Rank
Signature & Rank
Signature & Rank
Signed Card with Rank
Signature affixed to an engraving
ORDWAY, ALBERT (1843-97) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 24th Massachusetts Infantry
# ordwayalbert
Signature & Rank from a document
ORR, JAMES LAWRENCE (1822-73) Confederate Colonel; Confederate Senator – South Carolina – 1862-65; Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives – 1857-59; Governor of South Carolina – 1865-68
# orrjameslawrence
Signature
Early Signature as US Congressman
ORR, JEHU AMAZIAH (1828-1921) Confederate Colonel – 31st Mississippi Infantry; Severely wounded at the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee – November 30, 1864; Confederate Congressman – Mississippi – 1861-62 & 1864-65
# orrjehuamaziah
Signature
OSBORN, THOMAS OGDEN (1832-1904) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 39th Illinois Infantry
# osbornthomasogden
Signature
OSBORNE, EDWIN SYLVANUS (1839-1900) Union Officer – 149th Pennsylvania Infantry; U.S. Representative – Pennsylvania – 1885-91
# osborneedwinsylvanus
Signature
OSGOOD, FRANCES SARGENT (1811-50) American Poet
# osgoodfrancessargent
Printed facsimile signature on an engraving
OSTENDORF, LLOYD (1921-2000) American Author, Artist, and Lincoln Scholar
# ostendorflloyd
Inscribed Signed Book 1963 12 with Charles Hamilton & Norman Boas
OSWALD, JAMES (younger) (1715-69) Scottish Politician; Member of the British Parliament – 1741-68; Lord Commissioner of the Treasury – 1760
# oswaldjames
Document Signed circa 1761-62 pg1 with King George III
Document Signed circa 1761-62 pg2 with King George III
OTIS, ELIZA HENDERSON (1796-1873) Boston Philanthropist & Civic Leader; Wife of Harrison Gray Otis, grandson of the wealthy Boston mayor (1829-32) of the same name; Instrumental in establishing the birthday of George Washington as a Legal Holiday
# otiselizahenderson
Printed facsimile signature beneath a woodcut image
Signed Album Page 1865 03 04
OUSELEY, GORE, 1st BARONET (1770-1844) British Entrepreneur, Linguist, and Diplomat
# ouseleygore
Printed facsimile signature on an engraving
OUTLAW, DAVID (1806-68) U.S. Congressman – North Carolina – 1847-53; Colonel of the Bertie County Regiment of State Militia
# outlawdavid
Signature as US Congressman
OWEN, JOSHUA THOMAS (1821-87) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 24th & 69th Pennsylvania Infantries
# owenjoshuathomas
Autograph Endorsement Signed with Rank
OWEN, ROBERT DALE (1801-77) U.S. Congressman – Indiana – 1843-47; U.S. Minister to Sicily – 1854-58
# owenrobertdale
Signature as US Congressman
OWENS, JAMES BYERAM (1816-89) Confederate Congressman – Florida - 1861-62
# owensjamesbyeram
Signature
OWENS, JAMES CLEVELAND "JESSE" (1913-80) American Track & Field Athlete
# owensjesse
Inscribed Signed Photograph
OXENSTIERNA, AXEL GUSTAFSSON (1583–1654) Swedish Statesman; Lord High Chancellor of Sweden – 1612-54
# oxenstiernaalexgustafsson
Autograph Letter Signed
Document Signed
O’CONNELL, DANIEL (1775-1847) Irish Political Leader & Advocate for Catholic Emancipation; Member of Parliament – 1828-30, 1832-36 & 1837-41; Mayor of Dublin – 1841-42
# oconnelldaniel
Printed facsimile signature on an engraving
O’DONOHUE, WILLIAM (1838-63) Union Lieutenant in the American Civil War; Killed-in-Action at the Battle of Chancellorsville – May 3, 1863
# odonohuew
Autograph Letter Signed 1862 12 26
Autograph Letter Signed 1862 12 26 reverse with JM McRae & WS Hancock
PABST, FREDERICK (1836-1904) German-American Brewer, Namesake of Pabst Brewing Company
# pabstfredrick
Document Signed front 1910 11 29
Document Signed reverse 1910 11 29