Category Highlights

Napoleon Bonaparte
(2 pieces) view autograph manuscripts
Winston Churchill
(3 pieces) view autograph manuscripts
London Blitz
(1 pieces) view autograph manuscript
Marquis de Lafayette
(1 pieces) view autograph manuscript

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Foreign History

Foreign History is filled with great ideas, personalities, struggles, advances and triumphs. Here you will find autographs and manuscripts that bring many of them to life.

Manuscripts and Historical Figures

Abd Al-Qa¯dir (1 piece)

A warrior for Arab independence from colonial rule after the fall of Ottoman Empire and during the French military rule over his country. view autograph manuscript

Queen Anne (1 piece)

The last of the Stuart rulers and the first to rule over Great Britain, which was created when the Act of Union joined Scotland to England and Wales in 1707. view autograph manuscript

Napoleon Bonaparte (2 pieces)

One of most brilliant commanders in military history, he carried the message of the French Revolution throughout Europe. view autograph manuscripts

George Canning (1 piece)

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Winston Churchill (3 pieces)

British prime minister whose long struggle to overcome Nazism resulted in its defeat. view autograph manuscripts

George III (3 pieces)

King of Great Britain who lost the American colonies. view autograph manuscripts

George VI (1 piece)

Beloved King of Great Britain during World War II. view autograph manuscript

Mahatma Ghandi (1 piece)

Mahatma Ghandi was a major political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement. He was the pioneer of Satyagraha—a philosophy that is largely concerned with truth and 'resistance to evil through active, non-violent resistance'—which led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. view autograph manuscript

William Gladstone (1 piece)

British Liberal Party statesman and Prime Minister. view autograph manuscript

Theodor Herzl (1 piece)

Father of modern Zionism. Laid down the political groundwork for the future State of Israel. view autograph manuscript

King William IV (1 piece)

King of England and Ireland view autograph manuscript

Franz Joseph (1 piece)

Emperor of Austria and king of Hungary; was defeated by Napoleon III at the battle of Magenta (1830-1916). view autograph manuscript

Wilhelm Keitel (1 piece)

German Field Marshal and a senior military leader during World War II. view autograph manuscript

Marquis de Lafayette (1 piece)

Frenchman who came to assist the American cause in the Revolution and came to symbolize his nation's contribution to the U.S. victory. view autograph manuscript

David Lloyd George (1 piece)

British prime minister during World War I. view autograph manuscript

London Blitz (1 piece)

Their Finest Hour, in which Londoners persevered through the Nazi air onslaught in 1940-1. view autograph manuscript

Medieval Documents (2 pieces)

Voices that have come down to us from the distant Middle Ages. view autograph manuscripts

Caroline of Ansbach (1 piece)

Queen Consort of George II. view autograph manuscript

William Pitt (1 piece)

British politician of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He became the youngest-ever Prime Minister in 1783, aged 24. view autograph manuscript

Spanish Royalty (1 piece)

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Anwar Sadat (1 piece)

The third President of Egypt, serving from 15 October 1970 until his assassination on 6 October 1981. He was a senior member of the Free Officers group that overthrew the Muhammad Ali Dynasty in the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, and a close confidant of Gamal Abdel Nasser, whom he succeeded as President in 1970. view autograph manuscript

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (1 piece)

Mexican political leader who greatly influenced early Mexican and Spanish politics and government, first fighting against the independence from Spain, and then supporting it, rising to the ranks of general and president at various times over a turbulent 40-year career. He was President of Mexico on eleven non-consecutive occasions over a period of 22 years. view autograph manuscript

Queen Victoria (4 pieces)

Long-time Queen of Great Britain who gave her name to an era. view autograph manuscripts

Edward VII (1 piece)

King of England from 1901 to 1910; son of Victoria and Prince Albert; famous for his elegant sporting ways. view autograph manuscript

Kaiser Wilhelm II (2 pieces)

German ruler in power at the start of World War I view autograph manuscripts

Louis XIII (1 piece)

King of France from 1610 to 1643 who relied heavily on the advice of Cardinal Richelieu. view autograph manuscript