Colonial currency and autograph collection, 1762-1864.

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Colonial currency and autograph collection, 1762-1864.

Currency, autographs, and other documents collected by George Schlesinger, including Colonial currency and early United States currency dating between the 1770s and 1780s from the colonies of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania. The autographs are principally from former presidents and other political figures. One item of note is a certificate appointing Ebenezer Tucker as Revenue Inspector that is signed by both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Other signatures in the collection include Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Andrew Johnson, and Thomas Edison.

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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was an American statesman and third president of the United States. From the description of Thomas Jefferson letter, 1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367818629 Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third president of the United States, born in Goochland (now Albemarle County), Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1775, and with R. H. Lee and Patrick Henry initiated the inter-colonial committee of correspond...

Schlesinger, George,

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Hart, John.

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Principal, Albemarle Female Institute, Charlottesville, Va. Broadus was chairman of the board of the Institute. From the description of [Letter] 1856 Aug 1, Elim, Spottsylvania, to [John Albert Broadus] / John Hart. 1856. (SBTS Library). WorldCat record id: 48225501 Principal of Albemarle Female Institute. From the description of [Letter] 1858 Aug. 28, Charlottesville, Va. to [John Albert Broadus] / John Hart. 1858. (SBTS Library). WorldCat record id: 48253639 ...

Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

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Andrew Johnson (b. December 29, 1808, Raleigh, North Carolina-d. July 31, 1875, Carter's Station, Tennessee) became the seventeenth president of the United States after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865. Johnson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1808. He began his political career in Greenville, Tennessee in 1828. At the time of this letter he was the Democratic senator from Tennessee. Emerson Etheridge was born in Carrituck County, North Carolina. As a representative of Tennes...

Edison, Thomas Alva, 1847-1931

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Thomas Alva Edison (born February 11, 1847, Milan, Ohio – died October 18, 1931, West Orange, New Jersey), American inventor and businessman who has been described as America's greatest inventor. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These inventions, which include the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and early versions of the electric light bulb, have had a widespread impact on the modern industrial...

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Mineral Point Bank.

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Washington, George, 1732-1799

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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...