A Fine Selection of Manuscripts and Documents - Session 1

JOHN HANCOCK: (1737 - 1793) American Revolutionary politician and first signer of the Declaration of Independence, President of the Continental Congre

THOMAS GAGE: (1721 - 1787) English general and colonial governor of Massachusetts, commander in chief in North America who used troops to seize milita

HORATIO GATES: (1728 - 1806) American Revolution Major General who with Arnold forced Burgoyne's surrender at Saratoga, he was later examined by...

CHARLES HECTOR THEODAT ESTAING: (1729 - 1794) "Compte D'Estaing" French admiral who's inept actions at Newport and Savannah cast g...

ELIZABETH SCHUYLER HAMILTON: (1757 - 1854) Wife of Alexander Hamilton. Scarce L.S. "Elizth. Hamilton First Directress of the Orphan Asylum Soci...

(BRANT`S RAID ON CHERRY VALLEY): An important manuscript document concerning the Cherry Valley massacre, 1p. 4to., [n.p., n.d. 1778], an "...Ex...

JEFFERY AMHERST: (1717 - 1797) British Major General who captured Louisbourg from the French in 1758. Served as Governor General of British North Amer

FRANCIS BERNARD: (1714 - 1779) Tory Governor of Massachusetts who resisted the State Assembly's attempts to ban British troops and vessels, whic...

DINWIDDIE. ROBERT: (1693 - 1770) British Lieutenant General of Virginia who sent George Washington and a force of men to protect Ohio from the French,

WILLIAM ELLERY: (1727 - 1820) Signer of the Declaration of Independence. Ellery was a prominent Rhode Island lawyer who represented the state in the C

WILLIAM GREENE: (1731 - 1809) Revolutionary War Governor of Rhode Island, Chief Justice of the colony and Speaker of the House. War-date A.L.S. 1p. 8v

WILLIAM HEATH: (1737 - 1814) American Revolutionary officer, a major general in the Continental Army reprimanded by Washington for his handling of the

DANIEL OF ST. THOMAS JENIFER: 1723 - 1790) Member of the Continental Congress (1778-82) and signer of the Constitution. A.L.S. 1p. folio, Maryland, Oc

MARIE JOSEPH DE LAFAYETTE: (1757 - 1834) French statesman and military officer who served as a Major General under Washington and was instrumental in

HENRY LEE: (1756 - 1818) "Light Horse Harry Lee", American soldier and politician, a brilliant cavalry commander in the Revolutionary War,...

ALEXANDER MCDOUGALL: (1731 - 1786) Revolutionary major general whose early patriotic writings landed him in jail, later a street leader and principal

GOUVERNEUR MORRIS: (1752 - 1816) American revolutionary, member of the Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention, signer of the Constitution

ROBERT MORRIS: (1734 - 1806) Signer of the Declaration of Independence, financier and politician. Morris was instrumental in the financing of Washingt

BENJAMIN RUSH: (1745-1813) American patriot from Pennsylvania who was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and surgeon-general in the Continen

PHILIP SCHUYLER: (1733 - 1804) American Revolution major general commanding the northern department, member of the Continental Congress and one of the

MATHEW THORNTON: (1714 - 1803) Signer of the Declaration of Independence and a pre-Revolution agitator. Bold signature "M. Thornton" on a ...

FRIEDRICH WILHELM VON STEUBEN: (1730 - 1794) American Revolutionary general who reported to Washington at Valley Forge to undertake the training of tr

FRIEDRICH WILHELM VON STEUBEN: (1730 - 1794) American Revolutionary general who reported to Washington at Valley Forge to undertake the training of tr

(REVOLUTIONARY WAR MUSTER ROLL): War-date manuscript D.S. 2pp. folio [Albany?], May 4, 1778, the muster roll for Capt. Adam Wheeler's Company in...

(SARATOGA PRISONER LIST): Manuscript D.S. 3pp. legal folio, [n.p., n.d.], a list of members of Burgoyne's army captured at Saratoga. The list is...

(SARATOGA CONVENTION ARMY): Manuscript D.S. 2pp. legal folio, [near Charlottesville, Va.], Nov. 14, 1780 "A List of balances due the Convention...

(CANADIAN SARATOGA PRISONERS): Manuscript D.S. 2pp. oblong folio, [Fort Frederick, Md.] July 13, 1781 a "Return of the Canada Companies" l...

(SARATOGA PRISONERS): Manuscript D.S. 2pp. legal folio, [n.p., n.d., 1781, likely Frederick County, Maryland] entitled "A List of British priso...

(SARATOGA CONVENTION ARMY): Manuscript D.S. 1p. oblong legal folio, Frederickstown, Dec. 26, 1780 listing the "Present State of the British Tro...

(SARATOGA PRISONERS): Manuscript D.S. 1p. 4to., [n.p. Maryland?], June 17, 1781 a "Role of the 24th. Regt...." listing approximately 84 im...

(SARATOGA PRISONERS): Manuscript D.S. 1p. oblong legal folio, Fredrick Town, Feb. 24, 1781, a return detailing the "Present State of the Britis...

(BURGOYNE`S CONVENTION ARMY): A.L.S. 1p. 4to., Philadelphia, Dec. 12, 1778 by one James Young, probably an officer in the Quarter Master's Depar...

(COLONIAL TAX COLLECTOR ATTACKED BY AN ANGRY MOB): A fascinating D.S. 1p. legal folio, March 21, 1767, in which Deputy Marshall George Beasley accuses

THE WARTIME CORRESPONDENCE GEN. DANIEL RUGGLES: (1810 - 1897) Confederate brigadier general. Ruggles served with distinction in the Mexican War, winni

JEFFERSON DAVIS: (1808 - 1889) President of the Confederacy who led his armies beyond the surrender at Appomattox. Probable war-date S.P., a carte-de-

GEORGE G. MEADE: (1815 - 1872) Union major general who commanded brilliantly at Gettysburg, leading to a Union victory and the turning point of the Ci

ROBERT E. LEE: (1807 - 1870) Confederate General and commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, arguably the most brilliant commander of field armies

(THOMAS J. JACKSON): (1824 - 1863) "Stonewall", Confederate lieutenant general and a brilliant yet somewhat eccentric tactician, he gained...

JUBAL A. EARLY: (1819 - 1894) Confederate major general who fought throughout the war, leading a division at Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg an

LEONIDAS POLK: (1806 - 1864) Confederate lieutenant general who was a Bishop of Louisiana before the war, led with distinction at Belmont and Shiloh a

BRYAN GRIMES: (1828 - 1880) Confederate major general and the last such appointed in Lee's army, he participated in nearly all of the A.N.V.'...

JEFFERSON DAVIS: (1808 - 1889) President of the Confederacy who led his armies beyond the surrender at Appomattox. A scarce 15-line war date A.N.S &...

RICHARD WATERHOUSE: (1832 - 1876) Confederate brigadier general who served with Hindman and Holmes in Arkansas and later in the Red River for which he

SAMUEL K. ZOOK: (1823 - 1863) Union brigadier general who commanded a regiment on the Peninsula, mortally wounded leading his men at Gettysburg. Rare

(42ND OHIO AND 3RD MISSISSIPPI COLORED REGIMENT ARCHIVE): A great archive from Isaac Barton, a soldier of African descent who served in the 42nd Ohio

(JOURNAL OF THE UNION WARSHIP COMMODORE HULL): A great journal of the North Carolinian river service of the Commodore Hull, 66pp. folio, covering Nov.

[UNION SOLDIER`S CORRESPONDENCE]: A great war-date Union soldier's correspondence written by Pvt. George Satterlee, Co. A, 104th New York Vols. ...

(OHIO SOLDIER KIA IN THE WILDRENESS CORRESPONDENCE): A fine grouping of 18 war-date letters totaling 68pp. in various formats written by Pvt. Melancth

EDWARD P. ALEXANDER: (1835 - 1910) Confederate brigadier general and Chief of Ordnance for the A.N.V., he commanded the massive artillery barrage that

JAMES J. ARCHER: (1817 - 1864) Confederate brigadier general and colonel of the 5th Texas in Hood's Brigade,, fought at Antietam, Chancellorsvil...