A Fine Selection of Manuscripts and Documents - Session 1

ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA: (1794 - 1876) Mexican general and politician, a President of Mexico who sought to crush the Texas Revolution, seizing the

SAMUEL FRANCIS SMITH: (1808 - 1895) American clergyman and poet, author of our nation hymn "America" (1832), otherwise known as "My C...

PHINEAS T. BARNUM: (1810 - 1891) American showman who opened his circus, "The Greatest Show On Earth", merged with James Bailey to form Ba...

WILLIAM F. CODY: (1846 - 1917) "Buffalo Bill", American scout and showman, he started his career as a rider with the Pony Express, and in ...

SAM HOUSTON: (1793 - 1863) American soldier and politician, defeated Santa Anna at San Jacinto and became first president of the Republic of Texas. Bo

THOMAS J.: (1803 - 1857) Texan who advocated organization of the Republic of Texas, fought with Sam Houston at San Jacinto and took his place when Hou

: A fine content group of thirteen letters, five of which are fully transcribed, written from frontier forts by Private Joseph Pulford of Company F, F

: A cruel memento of America's history of slavery, a hand-forged iron slave punishment collar. The collar bears a 6 1/2" neck opening with ...

A rare bonze Charleston slave tag, 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" engraved "1858 CHARLESTON SERVANT 734", with a small hole through which a lea...

: An extremely important and scarce anti-slavery volume, a first edition of The Branded Hand: The Trial and Imprisonment of Jonathan Walker at Pensaco