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Autographs

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
Scope Note: Resources consisting of or containing autographs (names of persons written in their own hand) or reproductions of autographs.

Found in 131 Collections and/or Records:

Autographs, 1854-1856

 Item — Box 3: [Barcode: 31197233283156], Folder: 29-30
Identifier: Vault MSS 2
Scope and Contents

Two autographs. The first, dated 1834, states "F. J. Bancroft Westfield Mas." and has two lines drawn through it. The second, dated "June 4th 1856," states "F. J. Bancroft Bound Brook N. J."

Dates: 1854-1856
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 2, Fred A. Rosenstock autograph collection

Autographs, 1880

 Item — Box 9: [Barcode: 31197233283214], Folder: 29-30
Identifier: Vault MSS 2
Scope and Contents

Two autographs created on unknown dates. One was apparently clipped from a letter. The other includes the note, "'He does well also does his best.' The above does not apply to penmanship."

Dates: 1880
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Vault MSS 2, Fred A. Rosenstock autograph collection

Virginia state officials autograph collection

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233294344]
Identifier: Vault MSS 695
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and printed legal documents signed by governors and lieutenant governors of Virginia. Included are two depositions by Benjamin Harrison regarding land suits; an appointment of a county sheriff signed by James Pleasants; appointments of six Justices of the Peace by Joseph Johnson, three by John Letcher, four by Henry Wise, and three by Francis Pierpont; and an appointment of county surveyor Joshua Pretlow.

Dates: 1784-1865
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Virginia state officials autograph collection

Autographs of Civil War generals, 1865

 File — Box 11: [Barcode: 31197233630117], Folder: 13
Identifier: MSS 3280
Dates: 1865
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 3280, Bette B. Ashworth memorial collection

Willie Blount land grant

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230309947]
Identifier: MSS SC 1212
Scope and Contents

Handwritten and signed document dated 9 October 1913 granting Jacob Tussey a parcel of land.

Dates: 1813
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Willie Blount land grant

Mason Brayman autographed document

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227636898]
Identifier: MSS 3966
Scope and Contents

Autograph document signed and also signed in the text; a monograph legal plea, as attorney for one John C. Lloyd charged by one Thomas Clements. Sangamon County, Illinois.

Dates: circa 1843-1846
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Mason Brayman autographed document

Brigham Young Academy autograph book, 1889

 File — Box 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197232485794], Folder: 2
Identifier: MSS 1079 Series 1
Dates: 1889
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1079, Richard Roswell Lyman papers / Richard Roswell Lyman papers

Brigham Young University yearbooks

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231187862]
Identifier: MSS 2073
Scope and Contents Three volumes of BYU yearbook, the Banyan, belonging to Chauncy D. Harris. Also includes scrapbook, which temporarily replaced Banyan for year 1932, of Edith Young, who later married Chauncy Harris. Each volume contains personal messages from the owner's schoolmates. The scrapbook includes newspaper clippings, ephemera, and photographs. The following is written inside front cover of 1930 volume: "Presented to Chauncy D. Harris by his father, May 30, 1930." Chauncy was a son of BYU...
Dates: 1930-1933
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Brigham Young University yearbooks

William Gannaway Brownlow certificate of appointment

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230309939]
Identifier: MSS SC 1211
Scope and Contents

Printed and signed document dated 25 September 1860 designating John Armstrong as Justice of the Peace in Franklin County, Tennessee.

Dates: 1860
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / William Gannaway Brownlow certificate of appointment

Mina C. Cannon autograph books

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230345610]
Identifier: MSS 963
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of handwritten autograph books. Mina received greetings and well wishes from many prominent Utahns and leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Many of these items were written from the Utah State penitentiary by Church leaders incarcerated for polygamy.

Dates: 1881-1899
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Mina C. Cannon autograph books

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