A Fine Selection of Manuscripts and Documents - Session 2

CHARLES LEE: (1731 - 1782) American Revolution second-ranking major general, taken prisoner and thereafter secretly conspired with Howe to defeat the

BENJAMIN RUSH: (1745 - 1813) Pioneering American physician and signer of the Declaration of Independence. A.L.S. "Benjamin. Rush." 1p. 4to...

(SETTING PAY FOR CONTINENTAL CONGRESSMEN): Important content manuscript document 1p. oblong 4to., Mar. 11, 1778, a copy of a legislative bill

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

AARON BURR: (1756 - 1836) Vice President under Jefferson with whom he had been tied in the Presidential election of 1800, defeated through the efforts

RICHARD COOTE: (1636 - 1701) Earl of Bellomont, colonial Governor of New York, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, served at a time when a more unified

TRISTRAM DALTON: (1738 - 1817) Close friend of George Washington and U.S. Senator. Good content A.L.S. 1p. 4to., Newburyport, July 15, 1778 to New Ham

HENRY DEARBORN: (1751 - 1829) American military officer and Secretary of War, fought at Bunker Hill, in Arnold's Quebec expedition, at Wyoming V...

OLIVER ELLSWORTH: (1745 - 1807) American politician, delegate to the Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention, Chief Justice of the Supreme

OLIVER ELLSWORTH: (1745 - 1807) American politician, delegate to the Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention, Chief Justice of the Supreme