Scope and Content Note
The autograph collection of Justin G. Turner, spanning the years 1763-1968, consists of correspondence, memoranda, notes, and printed materials relating primarily to the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Also included is correspondence of Thomas Ustick Walter and Constantino Brumidi on the construction of a dome on the United States Capitol; documents of Mordecai Gist; a letter of William Henry Herndon to Jesse William Weik; and correspondence between Turner and Harry S. Truman.