AUTHENTIC AUTOGRAPH RESOURCES
Compiled from records which have been diligently studied over the centuries, AUTHENTIC AUTOGRAPH RESOURCES is the foremost comprehensive on-line source for research and authentication of manuscripts from all fields of human endeavor. Pricing and valuation information is not provided, nor are any of the illustrated items available for sale. As a scholarly work in progress, recently discovered exemplars are being added regularly.
DEAS, ZACHARIAH CANTEY (1819-82) Confederate Brigadier General - Alabama
# deaszachariahcantey
Signature & Rank
DEBERRY, EDMUND (1787-1859) U.S. Representative – North Carolina – 1829-31, 1833-45, and 1849-51
# deberryedmund
Signature as US Congressman
DEBRAY, XAVIER BLANCHARD (1818-95) Confederate Brigadier General
# debrayxavierblanchard
Signature
DEBS, EUGENE VICTOR (1855-1926) American Socialist, Political Activist, and Trade Unionist; A founding member of the Industrial Workers of the World; Five-time Socialist Party Candidate for U.S. President
# debseugenevictor
Document Signed 1883 09 10 *
Document Signed 1883 09 16 *
Document Signed 1888 01 21 *
Inscribed Signature 1909 10 03 *
Signed Book Plate 1920 11
Autograph Note Signed no date
* Image courtesy and by permission of the Eugene V. Debs Museum, Terre Haute, Indiana.
DEBUSSY, CLAUDE (1862-1918) French Composer
# debussyc
Autograph Letter Signed 1903
Autograph Letter Signed 1904 12 07
Autograph Letter Signed 1913 01 08
Autograph Letter unsigned partial no date
Autograph Letter Signed no date
Autograph Letter Signed no date
DECATUR, STEPHEN (1779-1820) U.S. Navy Commodore – Barbary Wars & The War of 1812; Namesake of Decatur, Illinois
# decaturstephen
Autograph Letter Signed 1807 12 13
Autograph Letter Signed 1818 05 23
Autograph Letter Signed 1819 03 02 pg1
Autograph Letter Signed 1819 03 02 pg2
Printed facsimile signature on a steel engraving
DeCLOUET, ALEXANDER ETIENNE, SR. (1812-90) Confederate Congressman – Louisiana – 1861-62
# declouetalexanderetiennesr
Autograph Letter Signed 1861 07 16 pg1
Autograph Letter Signed 1861 07 16 pg2
Autograph Letter Signed 1861 07 16 pg3
Signature
DEE, JOHN (1527-1608 or 1609) English Mathematician, Astronomer, and Astrologer; Advisor & court astronomer to Elizabeth I
# deejohn
Document Signed 1577 01 16 with subscription & date
DEERE, JOHN (1804-86) American Inventor & Businessman; Founder of Deere & Company; Invented the first commercially successful steel plow in 1837
# deerejohn
Printed facsimile signature on an engraving
DEERING, NATHANIEL C. (1827-87) U.S. Congressman – Iowa – 1877-83
# deeringnathanielc
Signature as US Congressman
DEFOE, DANIEL (1660-1731) English Writer, Journalist, and Pamphleteer
# defoedaniel
Autograph Letter Signed 1708 03 09
Autograph Letter Signed 1708 08 03
Document Signed with daughter Hannah 1723 09 29
Autograph Letter Signed no date
DEITZLER, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1826-84) Union Brigadier General, afterward Major General of Kansas Militia; Elected Mayor of Lawrence, Kansas - 1860
# deitzlergeorgewashington
Signed Photograph
DeJARNETTE, DANIEL COLEMAN, SR. (1822-81) Confederate Congressman – Virginia – 1862-65; U.S. Representative – Virginia – 1859-61
# dejarnettedanielcolemansr
Signature
DeKAY, JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE (1836-86) Union Staff Officer
# dekayjosephrodmandrake
Document Signed 1861 06 03
Document Signed 1861 08 14
Signature from a document
Signature
DELAFIELD, RICHARD (1798-1873) U.S. Brigadier General; Union Brevet Major General; Superintendent of the United States Military Academy – 1838-45 & 1856-61
# delafieldrichard
Signature from a letter
Letter Signed 1864 12 02
DEMMOND, MARTIN HAWLEY (1803-54) Prominent Merchant & Early Real Estate Investor in Joliet, Illinois
# demmondmh
Printed facsimile signature on an engraving
DENISON, DUDLEY CHASE (1819-1905) U.S. Congressman – Vermont – 1875-79
# denisondudleychase
Signature as US Congressman
DENNIS, ELIAS SMITH (1812-94) Union Brigadier General - Illinois
# denniseliassmith
Signature & Rank
DENNISON, WILLIAM (1815-82) U.S. Postmaster General – 1864-66; Governor of Ohio – 1860-62
# dennisonwilliam
Franking Signature
Signature 1866 03 17
Signed Card
DENT, FREDERICK TRACY (1820-92) Union Brigadier General of Volunteers – Missouri; Brother-in-Law & Aide-de-Camp to General Ulysses S. Grant – 1864-65; Military Secretary to President Grant – 1869-73
# dentfredericktracy
Autograph Note Signed ny 08 31 with initials on a letter from John Hay
Autograph Note Signed ny 08 31 with initials on a letter from John Hay
Franked Executive Mansion Envelope
Autograph Letter Signed 1876 11 07 pg1
Autograph Letter Signed 1876 11 07 pg2
Signature & Rank