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