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Card from Saddam Hussein to George H. W. Bush ca. 1989

John Wilkes Booth's Calling Card 4/14/1865

Marriage Certificate, Private Will and Political Testament of Adolf Hitler 12/7/1934 - 1/20/1966

Petition for Executive Clemency of Robert Stroud

The Birdman of Alcatraz 1958

"To Whom It May Concern", 1864 1864

Unsigned Petition for Executive Clemency from Helen Kneller ca. 1962

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