AUTHENTIC AUTOGRAPH RESOURCES
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POWELL, LAZARUS WHITEHEAD (1812-67) Governor of Kentucky – 1851-55; U.S. Senator – Kentucky – 1859-65
# powelllazaruswhitehead
Document Signed circa 1861-63 with others
POWELL, WILLIAM HENRY (1825-1904) Welsh-born Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 2nd West Virginia Cavalry; Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroism at Sinking Creek, Virginia
# powellwilliamhenry
Autograph Letter Signed 1864 11 03
Signature & Rank
POWER, JOHN CARROLL (1819-94) First Custodian of the tomb of Abraham Lincoln, prevented the attempt to steal the body of the sixteenth president in 1876; Prominent Resident & Writer in Springfield, Illinois
# powerjohncarroll
Printed facsimile signature on an engraving
POWERS, HIRAM (1805-73) American Neoclassical Sculptor
# powershiram
Printed facsimile signature on an engraving
PRATT, CALVIN EDWARD (1828-96) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 31st New York Infantry
# prattcalvinedward
Signature & Rank
PRATT, JOHN JEFFERIES, 1st MARQUESS CAMDEN (1759-1840) British Politician; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland – 1795-98; Secretary of State for War and the Colonies – 1804-05; Member of Parliament – 1780-94
# prattjohnjefferies
Printed facsimile signature on an engraving
PREBLE, EDWARD (1761-1807) Served in the American Revolutionary War; U.S. Navy Commodore – First Barbary War
# prebleedward
Printed facsimile signature on an engraving
PREBLE, GEORGE HENRY (1816-85) U.S. Navy Rear Admiral; Veteran of the Second Seminole, Mexican, and American Civil Wars
# preblegeorgehenry
Signature & Rank
Signature & Rank
PRENTISS, BENJAMIN MAYBERRY (1819-1901) Union Major General – Illinois; Most remembered for his gallant defense of the Hornet's Nest at Shiloh
# prentissbenjaminmayberry
Autograph Letter Signed 1861 06 03
Autograph Letter Signed 1861 06 07
Autograph Letter Signed 1861 07 11
Signature with Rank from a document
Signature & Rank
Signature & Rank
Signature & Rank
PRESCOTT, WILLIAM HICKLING (1796-1859) American Scientific Historian & Author; Grandson of Revolutionary War Officer William Prescott, Commander of a Regiment of Minute-Men
# prescottwilliamhickling
Printed facsimile signature on an engraving
PRESTON, JOHN SMITH (1809-81) Confederate Brigadier General
# prestonjohnsmith
Signature
Signature & Rank
PRESTON, WILLIAM (1816-87) Confederate Brigadier General – Kentucky
# prestonwilliam
Autograph Letter Signed conclusion 1860 08 17
Signature & Rank 1862 11 16
Endorsement Signed
Autograph Letter Signed 1863 06 25
Signature & Rank
PRESTON, WILLIAM BALLARD (1805-62) Confederate Congressman – Virginia; U.S. Navy Secretary – 1849-50; U.S. Congressman – 1847-49
# prestonwilliamballard
Document Signed 1850 05 08 with President Zachary Taylor
Signature from a letter
PRESTON, WILLIAM CAMPBELL (1794-1860) U.S. Senator – South Carolina – 1833-42
# prestonwilliamcampbell
Autograph Letter Signed no date
PRICE, STERLING (1809-67) Confederate Major General; Governor of Missouri – 1853-57; U.S. Representative – Missouri – 1845-46; Veteran of the Mexican & Missouri Mormon Wars
# pricesterling
Autograph Letter Signed 1842 03 22
Document Signed portion 1856 10 27
Autograph Letter Signed 1860 04 02
Signature & Civil War Confederate Rank
PRICE, WILLIAM REDWOOD (1836-81) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Officer in the 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry
# pricewilliamredwood
Signature from a document
PRIDEMORE, AUBURN LORENZO (1837-1900) Confederate Colonel – 64th Virginia Infantry; U.S. Representative – 1877-79
# pridemoreauburnlorenzo
Signature
PRINCE, HENRY (1811-92) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Seminole & Mexican Wars
# princehenry
Signature & Rank
PROCTOR, REDFIELD (1831-1908) U.S. Secretary of War – 1889-91; Governor of Vermont – 1878-80; U.S. Senator – Vermont - 1891-1908; Union Colonel – 15th Vermont Infantry
# proctorredfield
Document Signed partial 1891 03 07 with President Benjamin Harrison
PRYOR, ROGER ATKISON (1828-1919) Confederate Brigadier General; Confederate Congressman – Virginia - 1861-65; U.S. Representative – Virginia – 1859-61
# pryorrogeratkison
Signature
Signed Card 1886 06 25