AUTHENTIC AUTOGRAPH RESOURCES
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SMITH, WILLIAM RUSSELL (1815-96) Confederate Colonel – 26th Alabama Infantry; Confederate Congressman – Alabama – 1862-65; U.S. Representative – Alabama – 1851-57
# smithwilliamrussell
Signature
SMITH, WILLIAM SOOY (1830-1916) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 13th Ohio Infantry
# smithwilliamsooy
Endorsement Signed with Rank
SMITH, WILLIAM “EXTRA BILLY” (1797-1887) Confederate Major General; Governor of Virginia – 1846-49; U.S. Representative – Virginia – 1841-43 & 1853-61
# smithwilliamextrabilly
Signature
SMYTH, THOMAS ALFRED (1832-65) Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 1st Delaware Infantry; Last Union General to be mortally wounded or killed-in-action during the American Civil War – died April 9, 1865
# smyththomasalfred
Signature & Rank
SNEAD, THOMAS LOWNDES (1828-90) Confederate Colonel – Served on the staff of General Sterling Price; Confederate Congressman – Missouri – 1864-65
# sneadthomaslowndes
Signature
SOMERSET, HENRY CHARLES, 6th DUKE OF BEAUFORT (1766-1835) British Soldier during the French Revolutionary Wars; Member of Parliament – 1788-1803
# somersethenrycharles
Printed facsimile signature on an engraving
SORREL, GILBERT MOXLEY (1838-1901) Confederate Brigadier General – Served on the staff of General James Longstreet
# sorrelgilbertmoxley
Printed facsimile signature on an engraving
Signature from a typed letter
SOUFFLOT, JACQUES-GERMAIN (1713-80) French Neoclassical Architect
# soufflotjg
Autograph Letter Signed 1778 05 29
SOULE, PIERRE (1801-70) Confederate Brigadier General – Served on the staff of General P.G.T. Beauregard; U.S. Senator – Louisiana – 1847 & 1849-53
# soulepierre
Signed Album Page as US Senator from Louisiana
Franking Signature
Autograph Letter Signed 1853 03 11
Signature
SOYER, RAFAEL (1899-1987) Russian-born American Painter
# soyerrafael
Signed Sketch
SPAIGHT, ASHLEY WOOD (1821-1911) Confederate Colonel – 21st Texas Infantry
# spaightashleywood
Signature from a document
SPARKS, JARED (1789-1866) American Historian, Educator, and Unitarian Minister; Published “The Writings of George Washington” – 1834-37 & 1842; President of Harvard College – 1849-53
# sparksjared
Printed facsimile signature on an engraving
SPARROW, EDWARD (1810-82) Confederate Senator – Louisiana – 1862-65; Confederate Congressman – Louisiana – 1861-62
# sparrowedward
Signature
SPAULDING, OLIVER L. (1833-1922) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Colonel – 23rd Michigan Infantry
# spauldingoliverl
Signed Card
SPEED, JAMES (1812-87) U.S. Attorney General – 1864-66
# speedjames
Autograph Letter Signed 1863 01 10 pg1
Autograph Letter Signed 1863 01 10 pg2
Autograph Letter Signed 1863 01 10 pg3
Autograph Note Signed 1865 03 17 with President Abraham Lincoln
Signed Card 1866 05 17
Signed Card no place no date
Signature no place no date
SPEER, ALBERT (1905-81) Minister of Armaments and War Production in Nazi Germany
# speeralbert
Autograph Manuscript unsigned pg1
Autograph Manuscript unsigned pg2
Autograph Manuscript unsigned pg3
Document Signed 1945 11 21
Signed Hand-Drawn Sketch 1946 11 20
SPENCER, DAVID DIEFFENDORFF (1836-?) Prominent Banker in Chicago, Illinois; Organized the Elkhorn Bank in Elkhorn, Wisconsin and the Grundy County Bank in Morris, Illinois; President of The State Savings Institution in Chicago
# spencerdaviddieffendorff
Printed facsimile signature on an engraving
SPENCER, GEORGE ELIPHAZ (1836-93) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 1st Alabama Union Cavalry; Staff officer to Generals John M. Thayer & Grenville M. Dodge; U.S. Senator – Alabama – 1868-79
# spencergeorgeeliphaz
Signature
SPENCER, GEORGE JOHN, 2nd EARL SPENCER (1758-1834) British Politician; Home Secretary – 1806-07; First Lord of the Admiralty – 1794-1801; Member of Parliament – 1780-83
# spencergeorgejohn2ndearl
Printed facsimile signature on an engraving
SPENCER, JOHN WINCHELL (1801-78) Early Settler & Prominent Citizen of Rock Island and Moline, Illinois; Lieutenant of the Rock River Rangers during the Black Hawk War - 1832
# spencerjohnwinchell
Printed facsimile signature on an engraving