Browse Items (102 total)

  • Collection: G. Edward Elwell, Jr., Autograph Collection

West Point paycheck, 1829 May 25

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A paycheck issued to Cadet Robert E. Lee by the Treasurer of the United States Military Academy. Endorsed by Cadet Lee on the reverse.

Washington county land grant, 1787 May 15

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Washington county land grant. Dated May 15, 1787. President of the Executive Council of Pennsylvania, Benjamin Franklin, signed this document granting 290 acres of land to Elisha Teeters.

Warrant for the payment of twenty guineas, 1798 April 24

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King George III of Great Britain signs a Royal Warrant that permits Monsieur Dutendas to transmit twenty guineas to his wife who resided at Montreuil-sur-Mer (the Pas-de-Calais, France). The warrant refers to the "Act for preventing money or effects…

Vice Consul's commission, 1912 June 30

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Vice Consul's commission. Dated June 30, 1912. In this document, King George V commissions George William Ward Pearson as Britain's Vice Consul to China.

Speech honoring Washington's birth and photograph of President Coolidge, 1931

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Speech honoring Washington's birth and photograph of President Coolidge. Dated 1931. G. Edward Elwell, Jr., the chairman of Washington's Birthday Bicentennial Commission for Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, received this autographed photograph of President…

Signed address celebrating the Bicentennial of Washington's birth, 1932

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Signed address celebrating the Bicentennial of Washington's birth. Dated 1932. A signed excerpt of President Herbert Hoover's address before a Joint Session of Congress at the opening of the Washington Bicentennial celebration in 1932.

Photograph of Richard E. Byrd, about 1930

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Photograph of Richard E. Byrd. Dated about 1930. An autographed photograph of Admiral Richard E. Byrd. Inscribed to G. Edward Elwell, Jr., and dated February 4, 1932.

Photograph of President Hoover, about 1930

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Photograph of President Hoover. Dated about 1930. An autographed photograph of President Herbert Hoover. Includes a letter from the President's secretary, Lawrence Richey.

Photograph of Marshal Ferdinand Foch, 1922

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Photograph of Marshal Ferdinand Foch. Dated 1922. An autographed photograph of Marshal Ferdinand Foch of France, the Allied Supreme Allied Commander during the final year of the First World War.

Photograph of Lieutenant General Dwight D. Eisenhower, between 1942 and 1943

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Photograph of Lieutenant General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Dated between 1942 and 1943. An autographed photograph of Lieutenant General Dwight D. Eisenhower.