Autographs

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Autograph of Howard Taft on signature sheet from AASR (Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite) 33° meeting. Note addressed to Mrs. Robinson Locke "with compliments and best wishes", October 2, 1912. Taft was 27th president of the U.S.A. and an active Mason.

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Autograph of Senator Chauncey M. Depew from an AASR (Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite) 33° meeting.

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Autograph is on a Brooklyn Lodge, No. 288, flyer with a picture of the Brandenburg Gate beneath lodge information. Aldrin's signature is across middle. Attached is an index card reading “presented by Illustrious Edward J. Harrold, Jr., 33°."

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A dinner menu created for a banquet held in the honor of Amelia Earhart. The menu includes an original poem written by the author Alonzo Newton Benn and was signed by Earhart on the cover. The event was held at the South Shore Country Club (Chicago, Illinois) on February 16, 1935.

Abstract The Elwell autograph collection contains 102 items brought together by G. Edward Elwell, Jr. These items consist of documents, photographs, and namecards all of which have signatures on them. There are, in addition, a few accompanying envelopes and cover letters.The dates range from 1489 with a document signed by Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain and end chronologically with a letter signed by Lyndon B. Johnson in 1960. Mr. Elwell's intent was "to include all heads of government...

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Letter to Edward J. Udhe from the White House (Secretary to the President) concerning Warren G. Harding signing his Scottish Rite 32 degree certificate