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

WILLIAM GREENE: (1731 - 1809) Revolutionary War Governor of Rhode Island, Chief Justice of the colony and Speaker of the House. Check -sized A.D.S. 1p

WILLIAM GREENE: 1731 - 1809) Revolutionary War Governor of Rhode Island, Chief Justice of the colony and Speaker of the House. A.L.S. as Governor 2pp.

WILLIAM GREENE: (1731 - 1809) Revolutionary War Governor of Rhode Island, Chief Justice of the colony and Speaker of the House. D.S. as Governor of Rh

JEDEDIAH HUNTINGTON: (1743 - 1818) Revolutionary War brigadier general who repulsed the raid on Danbury, and served on the courts martial of Charles L

RICHARD INGOLDESBY: Colonial Governor of New York who led forces to arrest authoritarian de facto governor Jacob Leisler, later serving himself as Act

THOMAS MIFFLIN: (1744 - 1800) American Revolutionary officer, President of the Continental Congress, major general, and member of the Constitutional C

ROBERT TREAT PAINE: (1731 - 1841) American jurist, member of the Continental Congress, signer of the Declaration of Independence and first Attorney Ge

SAMUEL. H. PARSONS: (1737 - 1789) Major General in the Continental Army who saw service during the siege of Boston and the Battle of Long Island. Succ

NATHANIEL PEABODY: (1742 - 1823) American Revolutionary patriot and militia general who served in the Rhode Island expedition, a delegate to the Conti

TIMOTHY PICKERING: (1745 - 1829) American politician and Adjutant General of the Continental Army, Secretary of War (1795) and Secretary of State (179

TIMOTHY PICKERING: (1745 - 1829) American politician and Adjutant General of the Continental Army, Secretary of War (1795) and Secretary of State (179

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

RICHARD SMITH: (1735 - 1803) American Revolutionary patriot and member of the Continental Congress who kept a detailed diary of the proceedings of Con

CALEB STRONG: (1750 - 1826) Revolutionary War officer, who organized a colonial force to defeat the British at King's Mountain, first Governor o...

NATHANIEL TRACY: Colonial merchant who operated a fleet of privateers out of Newburyport, Mass. during the American Revolution. Eventually went bankru

JONATHAN TRUMBULL: (1710 - 1785) Governor of Connecticut during the American Revolution who was critical in providing necessary supplies to the Contin

JONATHAN TRUMBULL: (1737 - 1778) Member of the Continental Congress and Commissary-General of the Continental Army from 1775 - 1777. Son of Connecticu

SR. TRUMBULL: (1710 - 1785) American Revolutionary, Governor of Connecticut and the only colonial governor to side with the radicals. Trumbull was clo

ROYALL TYLER: (1757 - 1826) Jurist and playwright, served as an aide to Sullivan, helped suppress Shay's Rebellion, later a nationally renowned ...

RIP VAN DAM: (1662 - 1736) Colonial Governor of New York whose arguments for a fair salary attracted the attention of John Peter Zenger and consequent

ARTEMAS WARD: (1727 - 1800) American Revolutionary general, commander-in-chief of American forces at Cambridge before appointment of George Washington

ANTHONY WALTON WHITE: (1750 - 1803) American major and aide-de-camp to George Washington in 1775. Served under Anthony Wayne in the Georgia Campaign o

JOHN WINSLOW: (1702 - 1774) Massachusetts general of Militia during the French and Indian War who was charged with removing the Acadians in 1755 and l

(AMERICAN REVOLUTION): Group of five pieces including OLIVER WOLCOTT, JR (1760 - 1833), L.S. 1p. 4to., , July 13, 1791 concerning treasu

(CANNON FOR THE CONTINENTAL ARMY): Manuscript D.S. 1p. oblong 4to., Hartford, May 15, 1780 ordering the disbursement of 7547 pounds in Continental Cur

(CAPTURE OF A PRIVATEER): Good content D.S., 1p. oblong 4to., [n.p.], Dec. 4, 1778, a receipt for a share of what was likely a salvaged British ship o

(LOST WAGES FOR A P.O.W.): Manuscript D.S. 1p. oblong 8vo., , June 14, 1777 in which state treasurer Jonathan Laurence orders payment to Tho

(PROOF OF ARMY SERVICE): War date manuscript D.S. 1p. oblong 8vo., Fishkill, Mar. 6, 1781 in which Maj. J. Bruen certifies "...that Hezekiah Ki...

(PROOF OF ARMY SERVICE): Manuscript D.S. 1p. 4to., Middletown, [Conn.], July 3, 1780 certifying that "...Ezra Smith Served in the Army of the U...

(PROOF OF SERVICE): A lot of two manuscript D.S.'s, the first being 1p. oblong, 8vo., dated Saybrook [Conn.], Sept. 28, 1790 certifying that &qu...

(REQUEST FOR GUN POWDER): Early war-date manuscript D.S. 1p. oblong 8vo., Norwich, Conn., Apr. 23, 1775 noting that the selectmen had agreed to ship...

(RETREIVING THE SICK): Interesting manuscript D.S. 1p. oblong 8vo., [Conn.] June 11, 1777 ordering that payment of six pounds be paid to one George Co

(REVOLUTION-JUDAICA): BENJAMIN JACOBS. (?-?) Jewish-American patriot, appointed by Congress in 1776 to sign letters and bills of credit. Partly-printe

(JUDAICA): A copy of the Independent Gazetteer or the Chronicle, 1p. folio, , April 1785 containing advertisements of three Jewish firms

(REVOLUTIONARY WAR PAY VOUCHERS): A group of six documents consisting pay vouchers of Connecticut Pay Table Office documents dating between 1781 and 1

(SUPPLIES FOR THE HOME FRONT): An unusual manuscript D.S. 1p. legal folio, Hartford, 1780 entitled "A return of the amount of Articles supplied...

(DAVID WATERBURY): (1722 - 1801) General in the Continental Army who served at the siege of St. John and the surrender of Montreal. Also served under

(SARATOGA CONVENTION ARMY): Manuscript D.S. 1p. 12" x 3 1/2", [Frederick Town, Md.] June 17, 1781 a "List of the men belonging to the...

(SARATOGA CONVENTION ARMY): Manuscript D.S. 1p. oblong folio, Frederick Town, [Md.], Apr. 6, 1781 a "List of the Light Infantry & Grenadier...

LEWIS A. ARMISTEAD: (1817 - 1863) Confederate brigadier general who led a brigade through Lee's campaigns. At Gettysburg, Armistead led his troo...

GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN: (1826 - 1885) Union major general and general-in-chief of the army whose hesitation in attacking Confederate forces caused him to

CARTER L. STEVENSON: (1817 - 1888) Confederate major general who led with distinction at Cumberland Gap, later captured at Vicksburg, exchanged, and a

(CONFEDERATE SECESSION BADGE): An exceedingly rare and most desirable relic, a Confederate "secession badge" worn by Southern Confederate ...

(UNION SOLDIER PHOTO ALBUM AND LETTERS): A large lot of related Union Civil War images and letters. A family album with dozens of CDV's containi...

ORGANIZATION OF THE WEBSTER REGIMENT: A wonderful group of 13 war-date documents that read like a small journal related to the organization of the 12t

WILLIAM WIRT ALLEN: (1835 - 1894) Confederate major general who commanded a brigade of cavalry with Wheeler at Atlanta, also wounded at Perryville. Sc

JAMES PATTON ANDERSON: (1822 - 1872) Confederate major general who led a daring charge to capture Union artillery at Stones River, he also led a divis

SAMUEL BARRON: Confederate naval officer directly under Mallory, Chief of the Bureau of Orders and Detail. War-date signature: "S. Barron Flag ...

LAWRENCE O`BRYAN BRANCH: (1820 - 1862) Confederate brigadier general who commanded forces at New Bern and later joined Jackson to fight at the Seven D

JOSEPH B. AND MCLAUGLEN CARR: A highly unusual pair of two war date letters written on the same 4to. sheet of paper dated Jan. 29, 1863 and Feb. 2, 18

JOHN L. CLEM: (1851 - 1937) "The Drummer Boy of Chickamauga". Clem "enlisted" as a drummer at the age of nine, is created with k...

THOMAS L. CLINGMAN: (1812 - 1897) Confederate brigadier general who commanded a brigade at the Wilderness and fought at Drewry's Bluff, Cold Har...

JOHN A. DAHLGREN: (1809 - 1870) Union rear admiral and inventor of the cannon which bore his name. He also commanded the South Atlantic Blockading Squ

(JEFFERSON C. DAVIS): (1828 - 1879) Union brigadier general who was in Fort Sumter at the start of the war. He killed Major General William Nelson ove

SAMUEL F. DU PONT: (1803 - 1865) Union admiral who commanded the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron who was instrumental in the taking of Port Royal a

THOMAS THOMPSON ECKERT: (1825 - 1910) Union telegraph officer assigned to the War Department who worked closely on a daily basis with Lincoln. Lincoln

DAVID G. FARRAGUT: (1801 - 1870) Union rear admiral instrumental in the taking of New Orleans and the Union control of the Mississippi. It was at Mobi

JOHN C. FREMONT: (1813 - 1890) "The Pathfinder", explorer of the western frontier and Union army major general until sacked by Lincoln for...

ETHAN A. HITCHCOCK: (1798 - 1870) Union major general who served as Commissioner for the Exchange of War Prisoners and Commissary General of Prisoners

JOSEPH HOOKER: (1814 - 1879) Union major general who commanded the Army of the Potomac only to be defeated at the hands of Stonewall Jackson at Chance

JOSHUA B. HOWELL: (? - 1864) Union brigadier general who led a regiment at Fair Oaks and at the siege of Fort Wagner, fatally injured in a fall from h

FITZHUGH LEE: (1835 - 1905) Confederate major general and nephew of Robert E. Lee. Fitzhugh Lee directed cavalry in Stuart's ride around McClell...

SAMUEL P. LEE: (1812 - 1897) Union rear admiral and a relative of Robert E. Lee, he commanded various blockading squadrons and was active at Vicksburg

(ROBERT E. LEE): Excellent 1898 steel engraving on parchment, 10" x 13", depicts Lee half-length in uniform looking at the viewer, pencil ...

(A LOCK OF ROBERT E. LEE`S HAIR): An extraordinary relic, a lock of 10-15 strands of Robert E. Lee's hair. The lock was removed by us from a lar...

THADDEUS S. C. LOWE: (1832 - 1913) American balloonist whose Union balloon corps tracked enemy movements, most notably at Fair Oaks where observations

STEPHEN R. MALLORY: (1813 - 1873) Confederate Secretary of the Navy. large, bold signature adding his state "Florida". Closely-cut, else v...

GEORGE A. MCCALL: (1802 - 1868) Union brigadier general who led a division in the Army of the Potomac, captured at New Market Cross Roads and sent to

SAMUEL MCGOWEN: (1819 - 1897) Confederate brigadier general who led a brigade during the bombardment of Fort Sumter, fought at Cedar Mountain, Second

CHRISTOPHER G. MEMMINGER: (1803 - 1888) Confederate Secretary of the Treasury and a drafter of the Constitution of the Confederate States. A scarce 16

JAMES A. MULLIGAN: (1830 - 1864) Union officer who raised the Irish Brigade, he was mortally wounded at Winchester and begged his men to "Lay m...

RICHARD J. OGLESBY: (1824 - 1899) Union major general who commanded a brigade at Forts Henry and Donelson, later wounded in the battle of Corinth. Sig

FITZ JOHN PORTER: (1822 - 1901) Union major general who fought at Antietam and Second Bull Run. He was later accused by Pope for "disobedience ...

WILLIAM PRESTON: (1816 - 1887) Confederate brigadier general who led a brigade at Corinth, Vicksburg and Chicamauga. Scarce subscription and signature

MATHEW W. RANSOM: (1826 - 1904) Confederate brigadier general who fought in the Seven days, Sharpsburg and Petersburg, wounded three times in the proc

MATHEW W. RANSOM: (1826 - 1904) Confederate brigadier general who fought in the Seven days, Sharpsburg and Petersburg, wounded three times in the proc

MATHEW W. RANSOM: (1826 - 1904) Confederate brigadier general who fought in the Seven days, Sharpsburg and Petersburg, wounded three times in the proc

ROBERT BARNWELL RHETT: (1800 - 1876) The Confederacy's "Father of Secession", it was "fire-eater" Rhett's newspaper the ...

JOHN C. ROBINSON: (1817 -1897) Union brigadier general, received Medal of Honor for Laurel Hill, severely wounded at Spottsylvania. War-date A.L.S. ...

WILLIAM S. ROSECRANS: (1819 - 1898) Union major general who headed the Army of the Cumberland to gain a hard-won victory at Murfreesboro, only to be r

CARL SCHURZ: (1829 - 1906) Union major general who fought under Howard at Gettysburg and led his own division at Chattanooga. A.L.S. 1p. 8vo., New Yor

WILLIAM T. SHERMAN: (1820 - 1891) Union major general declared by the press to be "insane", he led his army in their March to the Sea, tak...

WILLIAM T. SHERMAN: (1820 - 1891) Union major general declared by the press to be "insane", he led his army in their March to the Sea, tak...

WILLIAM T. SHERMAN: (1820 - 1891) Union major general declared by the press to be "insane", he led his army in their March to the Sea, tak...

WALTER H. TAYLOR: (b. 1838) Confederate lieutenant colonel and Lee's closest staff officer. War-date D.S. 1p. 4to., [n.p.], Oct. 12, 1864, heade...

RICHARD WAINWRIGHT: (1817 - 1862) American naval officer, captain of Farragut's flagship Hartford, fought at New Orleans and below Vicksburg, ki...

EDWARD C. WALTHALL: Bold signature and rank on a card: "E. C. Walthall Maj. Genl. C.S.A.". Fine. Bold signature and rank on a card: "...

JOHN H. WINDER: (1800 - 1865) Confederate brigadier general and commander of the Confederate Libby Prison, Belle Isle and the notorious prison at Ande

JOHN H. WINDER: (1800 - 1865) Confederate brigadier general and commander of the Confederate Libby Prison, Belle Isle and the notorious prison at Ande

JOHN H. WINDER: (1800 - 1865) Confederate brigadier general and commander of the Confederate Libby Prison, Belle Isle and the notorious prison at Ande