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KING, WILLIAM RUFUS DeVANE (1786-53) U.S. Vice President – March 4-April 18, 1853; U.S. Senator – Alabama – 1819-44 & 1848-52; U.S. Representative – North Carolina - 1811-16
# kingwilliamrufusdevane
Autograph Letter Signed 1851 04 08 pg1
Autograph Letter Signed 1851 04 08 pg2
KING, WILLIAM STERLING (1818-82) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Union Lieutenant Colonel – 35th Massachusetts Infantry & Chief of Staff to General Samuel Sturgis; Union Colonel – 4th Massachusetts Heavy Artillery
# kingwilliamsterling
Document Signed 1865 03 31 (1)
Endorsement Signed 1865 03 31 (2)
Document Signed 1865 03 (1)
Endorsement Signed 1865 03 (2)
KIRBY, EDMUND (1840-63) Union Brigadier General; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville – May 3, 1863
# kirbyedmund
Signature & Rank
KIRKLAND, WILLIAM WHEDBEE (1833-1915) Confederate Brigadier General, formerly served in the United States Marine Corp
# kirklandwilliamwhedbee
Endorsement Signed 1864 12 14
KIRKWOOD, SAMUEL JORDAN (1813-94) Governor of Iowa – 1860-64 & 1876-77; U.S. Senator – Iowa – 1866-67 & 1877-81; U.S. Secretary of the Interior – 1881-82
# kirkwoodsamueljordan
Document/Autograph Endorsement Signed 1863 06 12 with General Ulysses S Grant
KISE, REUBEN C. (1840-72) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 120th Indiana Infantry
# kisereubenc
Signature & Rank
KNIPE, JOSEPH FARMER (1823-1901) Union Brigadier General; Veteran of the Mexican War
# knipejosephfarmer
Document/Endorsement Signed 1863 11 22 with Generals Joseph Hooker, Henry W Slocum, Seth Wiliams
Signature & Rank
KNOWLTON, DEXTER A. (1812-76) Prominent Businessman & Real Estate Investor in Freeport, Illinois; Director in the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad
# knowltondextera
Printed facsimile signature on an engraving
KNOX, HENRY (1750-1806) American Revolutionary War, Major General in the Continental Army; U.S. Secretary of War – 1789-94
# knoxh
Autograph Note Signed mid-1776
Document Signed 1779 08 25
Document Signed 1793 03 19 with President George Washington
Letter Signed 1794 02 11
Printed facsimile signature on an engraving
KOEHNLE, FREDERICK CHARLES WILLIAM (1837-1903) German-Born Attorney & City Official in Lincoln, Illinois
# koehnlefrederickcharleswilliam
Printed facsimile signature on an engraving
KOSCIUSZKO, THADDEUS (1746-1817) Polish-Lithuanian Soldier; American Revolutionary War, Brevet Brigadier General in the Continental Army
# kosciuszkothaddeus
Autograph Letter Signed 1777 05 pg1
Autograph Letter Signed 1777 05 pg2
Autograph Letter Signed 1784 07
Autograph Letter Signed no date
Autograph Letter Signed ny 10 18
Autograph Letter Signed 1799 09 11
Autograph Document Signed in text
KOZLAY, EUGENE ARTHUR (1826-83) Hungarian-born Union Brevet Brigadier General; Colonel of the 54th New York Infantry
# kozlayeugenearthur
Signature & Rank
KRUPSKAYA, NADEZHDA KONSTANTINOVNA (1869-1939) Russian Revolutionary; Wife of Vladimir Lenin
# krupskayanadezhdakonstantinovna
Autograph Letter Signed Postcard 1928 09
KRZYZANOWSKI, WLADIMIR BONAWENTURA (1824-87) Polish-born Union Brigadier General; Colonel of the 58th New York Infantry
# krzyzanowskiwladimirbonawentura
Signature & Rank from a document
Document Signed partial 1864 12 01
KUHNS, JOSEPH HENRY (1800-83) U.S. Representative – Pennyslvania – 1851-53
# kuhnsjosephhenry
Signature as US Representative from Pennsylvania
KUNKEL, JACOB MICHAEL (1822-70) U.S. Representative – Maryland – 1857-61
# kunkeljacobmichael
Signature as US Representative from Maryland
KURTZ, WILLIAM HENRY (1804-68) U.S. Representative – Pennsylvania – 1851-55
# kurtzwilliamhenry
Signature as US Congressman
LAFAYETTE, GILBERT du MOTIER, MARQUIS de (1757-1834) American Revolutionary War, French-Born Major General in the Continental Army
# lafayettemde
Autograph Letter Signed 1778 10 26 thanking the Continental Congress for a Sword and a Leave of Absence
Autograph Letter Signed 1782 04 12
Autograph Letter Signed 1783 08 24
Autograph Letter Signed 1817
Autograph Letter Signed 1828 12 08
Printed facsimile signature on an engraving
LAFITTE, JOHN BAPTISTE (1822-87) Confederate Blockade Runner; A founder of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange
# lafittejohnbaptiste
Signature from a document
LAMAR, LUCIUS QUINTUS CINCINNATUS (1825-93) U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice – 1888-93; U.S. Interior Secretary – 1885-88; Confederate Lieutenant Colonel & Diplomat; U.S. Senator – Mississippi – 1877-85