Collection of over 40 items consisting of signatures, letters, and documents from various Civil War officers, soldiers, and politicians, many affixed to large scrapbook pages. Highlights include: ALS from Wesley Merritt to the director of the US Mint, signed “W. Merritt,” on an off-white 4.75 x 3 card, January 14, 1886; two ALSs from Fitz John Porter, Department of Public Works letterhead, dated 1875; ink signature of George McClellan on a lined 6 x 3 sheet; and two DSs signed by Nathaniel Banks, “Nath. P. Banks,” each 10 x 16.75, dated 1852 and 1858. Other signers include: Marsena R. Patrick (3), Charles Wentworth Upham, Quincy Adams Gillmore (2), Royal Phelps, George Cadwalader, Charles A. Carleton (3), Dr. F. P. Abbot, Andrew A. Humphreys, Oliver Warner, John Cadwalader, and Philip Schuyler. Also includes various unsigned ephemera, including a presidential appointment from Andrew Johnson bearing a stamped signature, and a few items related to geologist and director of the US Mint James P. Kimball, including: a military order sent to him, an oversized official military order document listing him, and an Army and Navy Club document signed by him. In overall very good to fine condition. RR Auction COA.
