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19TH CENTURY HISTORIC FIGURES]. A collection of autograph material amassed by Herbert Gunnison (1858-1932), publisher of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle , tipped or laid down in two large albums (each with approximately 480 pages and index). Gunnison was an avid collector who sought to obtain material from a variety of 19th century personalities in the political, military, religious and cultural spectrums. The collection contains approximately 2000 items. Includes: CIVIL WAR : LONGSTREET, James. Card signed; JOHNSTON, Joseph. Clipped signature; SHERMAN, William T. ANS and a card signed; BEAUREGARD, P.G.T. Card signed, 1875; DAVIS, Jefferson. Card signed; LEE, Fitzhugh. Card signed; SHERIDAN, Phillip. Clipped signature with rank; MCDOWELL, Irvin. Card signed, with rank; ROSECRANS, William. ANS; HOOKER, Joseph. Card signed with rank; WELLES, Gideon. Card signed, 16 Nov. 1875; HANCOCK, Winfield S. Card signed with rank; PORTER, David D. Clipped signature with rank; KILPATRICK, Judson. Card signed; BURNSIDE, Ambrose. Card signed; POPE, John. ALS, 28 July 1873; WALLACE, Lew. Signed leaf from an autograph book, 20 Nov 1884; STEPHENS, Alexander. Card signed, 26 Aug 1875. -- WRITERS : COOPER, J. Fenimore. Autograph manuscript (an eight line fragment from the manuscript of The Guardsmen ) and a check signed, 21 Oct 1843; DOYLE, Arthur Conan. ALS, 15 Aug 1922. Re: requesting copies of his lecture notices; DOYLE. ANS; CLEMENS, Samuel. ALS, 2 Dec 1890. Re: Declining an invitation as he suffers a "domestic affliction"; CLEMENS. ALS, 5 Jan 1906. Re: Declining an invitation; SMITH, Samuel F. AQS, "My country, 'tis' of thee"; BANGS, John K. ALS, 16 April 1892. Re: Sending a verse for the paper and noting "I don't ask more than $67,000 for it"; BURROUGHS, John. Signed leaf from an autograph book, 22 Apr 1891; BRYANT, William Cullen. Card signed, 22 Oct 1875; HOLMES, Oliver Wendell. Card signed, 22 Oct 1875; WHITTIER, John G. Clipped signature, 11 Aug 1875; ADAMS, Charles Francis Card signed, 22 Oct 1875; ALDRICH, Thomas B. Card signed, 11 Nov 1875; MILLER, Joaquin. Card signed; PAGE, Thomas N. ALS; HALE, Edward. Card signed; GREELEY, Horace. 3 ALsS, 1868 and 1872; SINCLAIR, Upton. LS, 31 May 1921. -- POLITICIANS : GARFIELD, James A. Clipped signature; CLEVELAND, Grover. Card signed; TAFT, William H. LS, 1 Feb 1914. Re: Thanks for returning the proof of his Philadelphia address; DOUGLAS, Stephen A. Clipped signature; DOUGLASS, Frederick. Card signed, 24 November 1875; HAMLIN, Hanibal. Card signed; HAY, John. Clipped signature; LINCOLN, Robert T. Signed leaf and 2 clipped signatures. -- ENTERTAINERS COMPOSERS : BOOTH, Edwin. ALS, 4 Oct 1882 and clipped signature; BARNUM, P.T. ALS, 28 June 1882; HOWE, Julia Ward. Card signed, 1 Nov 1875; SOUSA, John Philip Card signed, 1902; BERLIN, Irving. Card signed; HUMPERDINCK, Englebert. Card signed; CARUSO, Enrico. 2 photographs signed (1911 (in costume) and 1917 (9¼ x 6 7/8 in.)) and an ALS, 21 Jan 1918. -- ARTISTS : REMINGTON, Frederic. 2 ALsS, n.d. re: Concerning an interview with "Charlie", noting the possibility that he might use morphine and discussing the impending death of George R.; NAST, Thomas. Card signed, 23 Oct 1875; BARTHOLDI, Frederic A. Clipped signature. -- INVENTORS/EXPLORERS : EDISON, Thomas A. Signature cut from an autograph album; STANLEY, Henry. LS, 6 Dec 1886; HAYES, J.J. Card signed; COOPER, Peter. Clipped signature and a signed leaf from an autograph book, 30 June 1882; FIALA, Anthony. Three autograph letters signed from a Polar expedition. -- OTHERS : WASHINGTON, Booker T. TLS, 21 Sept 1897. Re:concerning the opeining of a public library in Tuskegee, "the only public library in the state of Alabama that is open to all persons." VANDERBILT, Cornelius. Card signed; GOMPERS, Samuel. Signed autograph book leaf, with signatures of VANDERBILT, HOBSON and HANNA, acquired at a banquet of the New York Board of Trade, 29 June 1902; GOMPERS. TLS, April 1890; MAHAN, Alfred Thayer. ALS; KALAKAU