Historic and Military Autographs, & Militaria

Excellent lot of four badges, one medal, and two brooches. The first is issued by the Ancient Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (Shriners), c.1

A choice set of Charles Hamilton's most ambitious and still-definitive reference work, American Autographs (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press...

An unusual piece, an engraved invitation, 6" x 4", to dine with George and Martha Washington during his Presidency. The document reads, in...

"Stipple" engraving of George Washington, after a painting by Gilbert Stuart, 23 1/2" x 16 1/2" (sight), ca. 1820, shows Washing...

A souvenir medal created for the 1889 Chicago Centennial of the Birth of our Nation, 36mm. struck in white metal by Childs and Company Medalists of Ch

(1752-1810) Officer in the Continental Army during Revolutionary War, commander of the Light Dragoons, nephew of George Washington. A.D.S., 1 p., 2 3/

(1735-1826) Second President of the United States and a drafter of the Declaration of Independence, which he also signed. Adams later joined Franklin

Fascinating D.S. 2pp. legal folio, [Washington, ca. June 8, 1798], an invoice submitted by shipwright and carpenter David Evans and headed: "Th...

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

WILLIAM SULLIVAN (1774-1839) Massachusetts jurist and political leader. Son of Governor James Sullivan (1744-1808), he was noted for his defection fro