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signatures (names)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Francis E. Spinner signature

 Collection — Box BW-11: [Barcode: 31151030070852]
Identifier: MS-0540
Abstract

Francis Elias Spinner (1802-1890) was an American politician from New York. He was Treasurer of the United States from 1861 to 1875. The item is his clipped signature.

Dates: approximately 1861-1875

Garrett autograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-GAR-029
Abstract

The Garrett autograph collection contains signed letters and documents that record U.S. history and culture, including presidents, statesmen, and military figures.

Dates: 1642-1933

George Washington letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS-GAR-021
Abstract

This collection includes six letters, two printed certificates, and an inscribed set of two volumes of Buffon's Natural History Abridged, all signed by George Washington between 1776 and 1798.

Dates: 1776 - 1798

Hopkins Family collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0078
Abstract

Johns Hopkins (1795-1873) was a highly successful Baltimore merchant and philanthropist. He left much of his wealth to found a university and hospital in Baltimore. This collection contains manuscripts, photographs and printed material by or about Johns Hopkins and his ancestors, 1743-2005.

Dates: 1714 - 2005

Sarah L. Hawkes autograph album

 Series — Box BW-3: [Barcode: 31151030133338], Folder: 1
Identifier: MS-0679
Abstract

Sarah L. Hawkes (1844-1899) was the daughter of Winslow and Lydia McLellan Hawkes and the grand-daughter of General James McLellan (1777-1854), a prominent Bath, Maine merchant and shipbuilder. The collection consists of a Civil War period autograph album with autographs that span 1860 to 1877.

Dates: 1860-1887

Walter Milne autograph album

 Item
Identifier: MS-0567
Scope and Contents Dated 1914 in the owenership inscription, this little volume includes a number of quotations and original verses inscribed by family and friends, a pencil sketch of a Sopwith Pup, and a caricature of two black waiters with a caption reading "Cook's Tours Personally Conducted." There are also two nicely accomplished pen-and-ink drawings of ships. Friends have noted favorite authors, "authoresses," and heroines, with two pages devoted to a series of cut-out autographs (possibly not original)...
Dates: 1914