AUTHENTIC AUTOGRAPH RESOURCES
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RICE, SAMUEL ALLEN (1828-64) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 33rd Iowa Infantry; Mortally wounded at Jenkins’ Ferry, Arkansas – April 30, 1864; Namesake of Rice County, Kansas
# ricesamuelallen
Signature
RICHARDS, WILLIAM B. (1829-?) Prominent Patent Attorney in Galesburg, Illinois
# richardswilliamb
Printed facsimile signature on an engraving
RICHARDSON, ISRAEL BUSH (1815-62) Union Major General; Colonel of the 2nd Michigan Infantry; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Antietam – September 17, 1862; Veteran of the Second Seminole & Mexican Wars
# richardsonisraelbush
Autograph Letter Signed 1861 07 15 (1)
Autograph Letter Signed 1861 07 15 (2)
Signature & Rank
Signature & Rank
RICHARDSON, ROBERT VINKLER (1820-70) Confederate Brigadier General
# richardsonrobertvinkler
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RICHMOND, LEWIS (1824-94) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Served on the staff of Major General Ambrose E. Burnside
# richmondlewis
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RICKETTS, FANNY LAWRENCE (1828-1900) Wife of Union General James Brewerton Ricketts
# rickettsfannylawrence
Signature no place no date
RICKETTS, JAMES BREWERTON (1817-87) Union Major General; Veteran of the Seminole & Mexican Wars
# rickettsjamesbrewerton
Endorsement Signed 1862 10 09 with John F Reynolds, James A Hardie
Signature & Rank from a letter
Signature & Rank affixed with an engraving
RIDGWAY, THOMAS SHANNON (1826-97) Banking & Railroad Executive; Resident of Shawneetown, Illinois; Treasurer of the State of Illinois – 1873-75
# ridgwaythomasshannon
Printed facsimile signature on an engraving
RIGGIN, JOHN, JR. (1835-86) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Served on the staff of General Ulysses S. Grant
# rigginjohnjr
Signature & Rank
RILKE, RAINER MARIA (1875-1926) Bohemian-Austrian Poet & Novelist
# rilkerainermaria
Autograph Letter 1912 05 08 signed by Auguste Rodin
Autograph Letter Signed no date
Autograph Manuscript unsigned no date
Autograph Letter Signed 1920 09 13 pg1
Autograph Letter Signed 1920 09 13 pg2
Autograph Letter Signed 1920 09 13 pg3
RION, JAMES HENRY (1828-86) Confederate Lieutenant Colonel – South Carolina
# rionjameshenry
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RIPLEY, EDWARD HASTINGS (1839-1915) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 9th Vermont Infantry
# ripleyedwardhastings
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RIPLEY, JAMES WOLFE (1794-1870) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Seminole Wars
# ripleyjameswolfe
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RIPLEY, ROSWELL SABINE (1823-87) Confederate Brigadier General – South Carolina
# ripleyroswellsabine
Endorsement Signed 1862 05 10
Signature & Rank no date
Signature no place no date
RISDON, ORLANDO CHARLES (1840-94) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 53rd U.S. Colored Troops
# risdonorlandocharles
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RIVERA, DIEGO (1886-1957) Mexican Artist
# riveradiego
Document Signed 1931 11 05
Typed Letter Signed 1947 02 03
Inscribed Signed Book 1948
Typed Document Signed portion
RIVES, WILLIAM CABELL (1793-1868) Confederate Congressman – Virginia – 1861-65; U.S. Senator – Virginia – 1832-34, 1836-39, and 1841-45; U.S. Representative – Virginia – 1823-29
# riveswilliamcabell
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ROANE, JOHN SELDEN (1817-67) Confederate Brigadier General; Governor of Arkansas – 1849-52
# roanejohnselden
Signature
ROBERTS, BENJAMIN STONE (1810-75) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican War
# robertsbenjaminstone
Signature & Rank
Signature & Rank
Autograph Document Signed 1864 03 17
ROBERTS, ROBERT WHYTE (1784-1865) U.S. Representative - Mississippi – 1843-47
# robertsrobertwhyte
Signature as US Representative from Mississippi