Despite the two heavy hitters of the autograph book the rest of the signatures don’t belong to people with footnotes in history, but that does not make them any less significant. These next three signatures were seen to be the most unique of the collection.
Signature 1
This signature is believed to be the signature of the owner of the autograph book, as it is not only the first signature, but also has no added date of signing, additionally there are no well wishes or notes attached to it.
Signature 2
This second signature belongs to C. M. Wells of St. Louis, one of the few signatures not signed from New York, and the only signature from Missouri.
The signature has an accompanying string of initials which are believed to be some fraternal organization or group. Further research into this has yielded no results as of the creation of this page. There was an effort to reach out to two separate historical organizations from the state of Missouri both as of this moment both have been inconclusive.
Signature 3
The third and last signature that will be covered in this exhibit, is a signature that belongs to William Mason, there’s a probability that this is the same William Mason, who was a renown American Composer who did live in New York at the time of this signature but further research into the matter has led to some doubt in these two William Mason’s being one in the same as the signatures did not match.
