Word: autographed
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...acquainted with the biography of John Harvard, founder of Harvard College are, of course, well aware of two facts: one being that the only writing of his hitherto known is that preserved in a record deposited in the registry of the University of Cambridge, consisting of two autograph signatures; the other that he and his brother Thomas jointly held certain property by lease from the Hospital of St. Katharine, near the Tower of London...
...correspondent of a London literary journal announces the discovery of a new autograph of John Harvard, the founder of Harvard University. The only writing of his hitherto known to exist are the two signatures in the registry of Cambridge University...
...large blank-book which the class of 1798 prepared at a meeting of its members on the fiftieth anniversary of their commencement day. The preface written in bold hand writing sets forth the purpose of the book to be "to preserve in the college library, by permission, its autograph of every graduate living now or hereafter." The graduates met on Commencement day, 1848, and as the preface runs, "having received so much pleasure from the reunion of early friends, and the recollections of pleasures, which time had only served to impress more deeply, decided to do their part to foster...
...this rare book contain papers relating to the semicentennial celebration of those who started the idea, and newspaper accounts of the meeting and dinner at which "fifteen of the eighteen surviving members of the class of 1788 were present." One of these was the famous Justice Story, whose autograph is given...
...public was startled to see in the last number of the Lampoon a portrait from life of one of the board with his autograph in the corner. The Lampoon was delayed two days to secure...