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THAYER, JOHN MILTON (1820-1906) Union Brigadier General; U.S. Senator – Nebraska – 1867-71; Governor of Wyoming Territory – 1875-78; Governor of Nebraska – 1887-92; Veteran of the 1850s Indian Wars
Signature, “John M. Thayer, Nebraska,” an enormous example as U.S. Senator on a 4 ½” x 7” album page.
Excellent, with light, even toning.
THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-70) Union Major General during the American Civil War, known as the “Rock of Chickamauga”; Veteran of the Mexican War
Civil War-Date Document Signed, 7 ¾” x 10”, partly printed, “Geo[rge] H. Thomas, Maj[or] Gen[era]l U[nited] S[tates] V[olunteers], Received in the Field the 10[th] of May, 1862…,” a requisition for a tent and tent supplies; countersigned by Captain Oscar Addison Mack of the 13th U.S. Infantry, a New Hampshire native who died on October 22, 1876.
Lightly and evenly toned, with a few scattered stains and the expected horizontal creases.
WHEELER, JOSEPH (1836-1906) Confederate Major General; U.S. Army Major General of Volunteers during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Representative – Alabama – 1881-83 & 1885-1900
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Document Signed, 7 ¾” x 12 ½”, March 15, 1879, Lawrence County, Alabama, “Jos. Wheeler,” a partly printed legal document; accomplished in a clerical hand and signed by Wheeler beneath.
Moderate toning and wear, with a few small holes along the usual horizontal folds; heavier staining at center; chipping and irregularity at the edges and corners.
WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF (1807-92) American Quaker Poet & Abolitionist
Signed Card, 2 ¼” x 3 ¼”, “John G. Whittier,” in violet ink.
Excellent, with light, even toning.
WICKHAM, WILLIAMS CARTER (1820-88) Confederate Brigadier General; Colonel of the 4th Virginia Cavalry; Confederate Congressman – 1864-65
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Civil War-Date Signed Envelope - Addressed to his Wife
Signed Envelope, 2 ¼” x 4 ¼”, “Wm. C. Wickham, L[ieutenan]t Col[onel] 4th V[irgini]a Cavalry,” a second partial signature being incorporated into Wickham’s address to his wife, “Mrs. Lucy P. Wickham, Hanover C[ourt] H[ouse], V[irgini]a.” With postal markings “Tudor Hall, V[irgini]a, Feb[ruary] 22, 1862,” and a “Due 5” hand stamp; there are several pencil dealer notations on both front and reverse.
Lightly and evenly toned, with the expected soiling and wear; slight fading of ink and lack of contrast in the manuscript portions, also quite commonly seen on similar war-date items.
YOUNG, PIERCE MANNING BUTLER (1836-96) Confederate Major General; Led a cavalry brigade under Wade Hampton and JEB Stuart in the Army of Northern Virginia; U.S. Representative – Georgia – 1868-75
Franked Envelope, 2” x 4 ¾”, in violet ink as U.S. Representative from Georgia, “P.M.B. Young, M[ember] C[ongress],” with the pencil notation “Decemb[e]r 22nd [18]69” in another hand in the upper left. Portions of a Cartersville, Georgia postmark of the same date intersect the first two letters of Young’s frank, and the envelope is addressed in an unidentified hand to prominent North Carolina politician Samuel Finley Patterson, 1799-1874.
Lightly and evenly toned, with somewhat heavier wear and soiling at the edges.
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