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Autograph Hunters Persevere for Eleven Hundred Signatures
The Newark Sun outlines Edgar W Bok’s long collecting effort, gathering autographs from figures across society. It details letters from Jefferson, Adams, Madison, and Buchanan, plus faces like Grant and Vanderbilt, recounting methods, refusals, and notable success in securing coveted signatures.
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Newark Sun
Edgar W Bok
Western
Lnian Telegraph Company
P F Barnum
Fam
Senator Ferry
E.R How
J.D Gay & Bristow
W W Belkna
Marshall Jewell
Edwards Pierrepont
Joho
J Creswell
Chandler
Aannibal Hamlin
R Bayes
Hayes
Poe Tis
Tregret
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Thomas Boylston Adams
Echool
Jett
Charles Fiincia Adis
John Quincy Adams
Brower
Monie Bo Addam
Reada
London
James Madison
John Tyler
Walliam Henry Harrison
Bank of the United States
James Buchanan
P A Browne
Franklin Preres
George Washington Chilus
A. M
Childa
Childs
George W. Curing
Martin van Buren
C Stebbins
Albany
W Willerd P Bulmore
Andrew Johnson Garfeld
Bobby Blaine
Arthur
Bok
Robert Lincoln
Wayne MacVeagh
H Huns
J Karlawaou
Dhomasy L Daines
Theodore Frelinghuysen
Ghiles J Folger
Timothy O Howe
Wm E Chen Wer
Benjamin Harris Brewster
Jefferson Oavis
Davis
United States
Queen Victoria
Lord Walmerston
Earl of Dunmore
Duke of Sutherland
Duke of Northampton
Lord Beaumons
Duchess of Sutherland
Kong Kelakauy