Historical Documents

Statesman; President of the Continental Congress (1778-79); first Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court (1789-95). LS, as Secretary of Foreign Affairs,

American statesman. Free franked address panel, “Free, B Franklin”, 1764, completed in his hand “To Mr Jonathan Williams, Mercht, Boston.” A rather un

BENJAMIN VAUGHAN (1751-1835), British diplomat & colonist; friend of Benjamin Franklin, who sided with the Americans; helped negotiate the Treat...

TIMOTHY PICKERING (1745-1829) American statesman; Adjutant General of Continental Army (1777-78); Sec of War & Sec of State under George Washing...

(U.S. CONSTITUTION) Newspaper, "The New-Haven Gazette, and the, Connecticut Magazine", 8pp, Sept 27, 1787, 8 1/2"X10." The entir...

ALEXANDER MARTIN (1740-1807) American soldier and Revolutionary War statesman; appointed Colonel of the 2nd North Carolina Regiment; served in the Nor

JOHN RUTLEDGE (1739-1800) Signer of U.S. Constitution; President & Governor of South Carolina; Associate Justice U.S. Supreme Court. ADS, "...

ALEXANDER HAMILTON (1757-1804) American statesman; signer of the U.S. Constitution; 1st Sec of Treasury (1789-95). Free franked address leaf, "...

(Rufus King) Signer of U.S. Constitution. The original National Portrait Gallery engraving plate, metal, 7"X10" (image size 3 1/2"X4 ...

(Declaration of Independence) Magazine, "The Gentleman's Magazine", London, August, 1776, 52pp, 5"X8." Found on pages 361-36...

JOHN HANCOCK (1737-93) American revolutionary statesman; 1st Signer of Declaration of Independence. Autograph Speech, signed with initials "J.H...

JOHN HANCOCK ALS, signed with initials "J.H.", as Governor of Massachusetts, his original draft and retained copy, 1p, Oct 23, 1783, legal...

JOHN HANCOCK ALS, signed with initials "J.H.", as Governor of Massachusetts, his original draft and retained copy, 1p, June 3, 1782, legal...

JOHN HANCOCK ALS, signed with initials "J.H.", as Governor of Massachusetts, his original draft and retained copy, 1p, May 29, 1788, small...

JOHN HANCOCK Autograph letter (unsigned), as Governor of Massachusetts, his original draft and retained copy, 1p, Mar 27, 1783, folio, Boston, to Capt

JOHN HANCOCK Autograph letter (unsigned), as Governor of Massachusetts, his original draft and retained copy, 1p, Mar 27, 1784, folio, Boston, to the

JOHN HANCOCK Autograph letter (unsigned), as Governor of Massachusetts, his original draft and retained copy, 1p, Oct 31, 1783, 4to, Boston, to &quo...

(John Hancock) Official copy of a letter from John Hanson (1721-83), as President of the Continental Congress, 1 1/2pp, Mar 1, 1782, folio, Philadelph

GEORGE CLYMER (1739-1813) Signer of Declaration of Independence & the U.S. Constitution. Partly printed DS, "G Clymer", as Supervisor ...

GEORGE CLYMER Partly printed ADS, "Geo Clymer", check, Sept 25, 1812, drawn on the Philadelphia Bank, completed in his hand, payable to hi...

STEPHEN HOPKINS (1707-85) Signer of Declaration of Independence. DS, "Step Hopkins", 1p, Aug 16, 1755, 7 1/2"X4 1/2", Newport, t...

JOHN MORTON (1724-77) Signer of Declaration of Independence. AES, "John Morton Sheriff", 1767, 12mo, clipped from an arrest warrant. Inlai...

ELBRIDGE GERRY (1744-1814) Signer of Declaration of Independence; member of the famous X Y Z mission to France. DS, "E Gerry", as Governor...

ELBRIDGE GERRY DS, "E Gerry", as Governor of Mass, 1p, Feb 3, 1812, folio, appointment of Alden Spooner as Justice of the Peace in Bristol...

JOHN PENN (1741?-88) Signer of Declaration of Independence. LS, 1p, nd, legal folio, petition to Richard Caswell (1729-89), Governor of North Carolina

JOHN PENN Endorsement signed, "J.P. atto", on verso of a May 3, 1784 document, Granville County, North Carolina, endorsing a summons addre...

ROBERT TREAT PAINE (1731-1814) Signer of Declaration of Independence. Partly printed DS, "Paine, Atty", 1p, 1768, 12mo, bill for his servi...

JAMES WILSON (1742-98) Signer of Declaration of Independence. Partly printed DS, signed "Wilson" on verso, 1p, Oct 27, 1776, oblong 8vo, C...

ROBERT MORRIS Draft ALS, signed "RM", 1p, April 25, 1803, 8vo, New Brunswick, NJ, to Robert Colefax, nice content re a wounded soldier. In...

ROBERT MORRIS (1734-1806) Signer of Declaration of Independence; financed the purchases of Washington's Army during the Revolution. LS, "Ro...

THOMAS MCKEAN (1734-1817) Signer of Declaration of Independence. DS, "Thos McKean", as Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, 1p, July 4, 1794, la...

THOMAS MCKEAN DS, "Theo McKean", as Governor of Penn, 1p, Mar 13, 1807, oblong folio, on vellum, land grant for a parcel named "Thriv...

RICHARD STOCKTON (1730-81) Signer of Declaration of Independence. ADS, signed at conclusion "Richard Stockton Atty for Plff" and twice mor...

FRANCIS LEWIS (1713-1803) Signer of Declaration of Independence. ALS, "Fra: Lewis", 1p, May 28, 1761, 4to, New York, nice content re the s...

WILLIAM HOOPER (1742-90) Signer of the Declaration of Independence. ADS, "Will Hooper Attrn Dom Reg", as the King's attorney, 1p, Sept...

LYMAN HALL (1724-90) Signer of Declaration of Independence. DS, 1p, Dec 18, 1753, folio, financial bond. "Know all men...that I Nathan Hulbert ...

JOSEPH HEWES (1730-79) Signer of Declaration of Independence. DS, signed in full at conclusion and again in the text, 1p, Dec 27, 1766, 4to, Chowan Co

FRANCIS HOPKINSON (1737-91) Signer of Declaration of Independence. DS, "F Hopkinson", 1p, Mar 1, 1779, 8"X4", Continental Sight ...

JOHN DUNLAP (1747-1812) Irish/American printer. From 1771, he was the publisher of "The Pennsylvania Packet", which became the first daily...

HENRY LAURENS (1724-92) American Revolutionary statesman; President Continental Congress (1777-78); captured by British on way to negotiate with Dutch

DANIEL CARROLL (?-1829) American patriot; active in the shipping trade & a director of the Washington Canal Co. His farm formed the site of pres...

OLIVER ELLSWORTH (1745-1807) Architect of U.S. Constitution, generally given credit for naming "The United States." Manuscript DS, "O...

THOMAS MIFFLIN (1744-1800) Revolutionary General & statesman; aide-de-camp to Washington; President Continental Congress; & Governor of Penn...

JOHN DICKINSON (1732-1808) American Revolutionary War patriot; member of the Consitutional Convention. DS, as President of the Supreme Executive Counc

WILLIAM DAWES (1745-99) American patriot; rode with Paul Revere (Apr 18, 1775) from Lexington toward Concord, warning people of coming of British. Sta

ANDREW LEWIS (1720-81) American Revolutionary patriot; served as Continental Brigadier General, 1776-77. LS, "Andw Lewis Br Gen", 2pp (sin...

NATHANIEL GREENE (1742-86) American Revolutionary War Major General; commanded Army of the South. Wardate ALS, "N Greene", as Quartermaste...

LOAMMI BALDWIN (1745-1807) American officer in Revolutionary War; served in the Lexington Alarm. In the opening days of the war, Baldwin's conti...

(Revolutionary War) Powder horn carried by an American soldier at Bunker Hill, approximately 15" in length. There is a silver plaque attached t...

PHILIP SCHUYLER (1733-1804) American Revolutionary War Major General. Signature, "Ph: Schuyler", 1788, clipped from a document. Also signe...

GEORGE CLINTON (1739-1812) American Brigadier General in Revolution; Vice President under Thomas Jefferson & James Madison. ALS, "Geo Clint...

(Henry Lee) American soldier & statesman, known as Light Horse Harry; cavalry commander in Revolutionary War; commanded troops that suppressed W...

(Henry Lee) The original National Portrait Gallery engraving plate, metal, 6 1/2"X9 1/2" (image size 3 1/2"X4 1/2"). These were ...

BENJAMIN LINCOLN (1733-1810) American Major General in Continental Army (1777). Partly printed DS, "B Lincoln", as Collector, 1p, April 23...

BENJAMIN LOGAN (1743-1802) Kentucky pioneer & Indian fighter; joined with other frontiersmen in settlement of Transylvania colony (1775); a lead...

(Revolutionary War Bounty) DS, 1p, Nov 1, 1779, oblong 8vo, Stoughtonham, acknowledgement of having received all pay and bounties due. Reads, "...

(Stamp Act) Printed Act of Parliment, 4pp, 7 1/2"X12", printed by Mark Baskett, printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty, 1766, Lo...

JEFFREY AMHERST (1717-97) English General; Comander in Chief in North America (1759); captured Montreal (1760); Governor General of British North Amer

JEFFREY AMHERST ALS, "Amherst" 1 1/2pp, Mar 19, 1796, 4to, to Sec of War William Windham (1750-1810). Promising to see justice done to the...

GUY CARLETON 1st Baron Dorchester (1724-1808), British Commander-in-Chief in America (1782-83); defended Quebec against American army (1775); fought B

(British Army) Autograph Manuscript, entitled, "Establishments of His Majesty's Land Forces for the Year 1764", 77pp, 1764, 4"X6 ...

(British Army) British muster roll, entitled "Computation of the Pay of a Regiment of Horse Commanded by Lt Genl Wade as it is distributed in a...

NATHANIEL BACON (1647-76) Colonial leader of Bacon's Rebellion; tried to force Virginia Governor Berkeley to institute reforms; leading a coloni...

SPENCER PHIPPS (1685-1757) English Colonial Lt Governor of Massachusetts (1731-57); administering the government in 1749-53, and again 1756-57. DS, si

THOMAS HUTCHINSON (1711-80) American Colonial administrator; accepted legality of Stamp Act, and hence had his house destroyed by a mob; Royal Governo

WILLIAM PEPPERELL (1696-1759) General; commanded American forces, co-operating with the British, in capture of French fortress Louisburg (1745); raise

(French & Indian War) Large lithograph, entitled "A Prospective View of the Battle fought near Lake George, on the 8th of Sept 1755, betwee...

(Americana) Book, "Annals of the Troubles in the Netherlands, >From the Assession of Charles V, Emperor of Germany. In Four Parts. A Proper ...

(Colonial America) Original pamphlet, "Liberty Described and Recommended", a sermon preached to the Corporation of Freemen in Farmington, ...

(Colonial Slavery) DS, 1p, April 2, 1771, oblong 8vo, slave bill of sale. In part, "...Know all men...I Walter Keble of Chesterfield...in consi...

(Colonial America) Partly printed DS, 2pp, Sept 17, 1766, legal folio, Pennsylvania, deed for the sale of land from William Stewart to Samuel Wallis,

(Colonial Indian Land) Partly printed DS, 2pp, Jan 8, 1768, legal folio, Pennsylvania, deed for the sale of land from John Bees Jr to Samuel Wallis, m

(Continental Currency) $70.00, Jan 14, 1779, printed by Hall & Sellers, payable in "Spanish milled Dollars, or an equal Sum in Gold or Silv...

(Revolutionary War) Map, "A Map of the Country in which the Army under Lt General Burgoyne acted in the Campaign of 1777, showing the Marches o...

(Revolutionary War) Map, "Plan of the Battle Fought near Camden, August 16th, 1780", 9"X10 1/2", published in London, Mar 1, 178...

(Revolutionary War) Map, "Battle of Guildford, Fought on the 15th of March 1781", 9"X10 1/2", published in London, Mar 1, 1787. ...

(Colonial America) Map, "A Map of West Florida, from Pensacola to the Mount of the Iberville River, with a View to show the proper Spot for a S...

WILLIAM F CODY "Buffalo Bill" (1846-1917), American scout & showman. ALS, "Col", 2 separate pages, May 2, 1914, 4to, ornate ...

(John Wesley Hardin) American frontier gunman, who killed at least 23 men; died when shot in the back of the head while playing poker, by outlaw turne

(Winchester Firearms) Early advertising piece, made of metal and wood, with glass front, electric. Dimensions are 23" wide, 12" high, and ...

JOHN M BROWNING (1855-1926) American fire arms manufacturer; invented Browning automatic pistol (1911), Browning machine gun (1917), and Browning auto

(William F Cody) ôBuffalo Billö (1846-1917), American scout & showman. Presented here is the actual Savage 32 automatic pistol used by...

CHRIS MADSEN (1851-1944) Prominent frontier lawman; witnessed Buffalo Bill Cody's scalping of Yellow Hand; with Thomas Heck, he was a captor of ...

(U.S. Marshal) Interesting DS, signed "Jno Smith, Marshall", 1p, nd (paper watermarked 1803), 4to, Pennsylvania. In part, "...I Do He...

(Louisiana Purchase) Government document, "Acts...First Session...Eighth Congress...1803", 225pp, plus table of contents, 5 1/2"X9&qu...

(Americana) LS, 2pp, Jan 31, 1793, legal folio, to the legislature of Massachusetts, seeking relief for a poor widow. In part, "To the honourab...

(Wolf Bounty) ADS, by Val Peyton, 1p, July 29, 1803, 7"X2", certifying that a wolf scalp had been turned in for bounty. Reads, "This ...

(1876 American Centenniel) A complete 1876 military uniform, used in the celebration of America's 100th birthday. Includes: hat, with metal ador...

(Statue of Liberty) Reverse painting on glass of Statue of Liberty, measures 13"X17." A handsome color painting of the symbol of the Unite...

JOSHUA L CHAMBERLAIN ALS, 2 separate leafs, May 9, 1909, 8vo, Brunswick, Maine, to Col John Page Nicholson, thanking him for procuring a copy of Chamb

JOSHUA L CHAMBERLAIN (1828-1914) Union Brigadier General; Medal of Honor for services at Gettysburg. TLS, 2 separate pages, Aug 16, 1888, 4to, Silver

JOSHUA L CHAMBERLAIN ALS, 1p, Sept 17, 1873, 8vo, Brunswick, Maine, to Mrs Chandler, re property at Bowdoin College. "...In case you buy the Co...

JOSHUA L CHAMBERLAIN Partly printed DS, bank check, Aug 19, 1898, with affixed revenue stamp, drawn on the Sixth National Bank, New York, completed in

JOSHUA L CHAMBERLAIN Signature on an envelope, "General J L Chamberlain, Brunswick, Maine", adds in French, "Etats Unis 'Amerique...

(Joshua L Chamberlain) Original cabinet photograph, portrait in uniform. Although unmarked, this image is by Mathew Brady. See the book "The Pa...

(Little Round Top) Large original photograph, "Little Round Top, May 18" '92", image size 13 1/4"X10 1/2", by Tipton, #...

(Joshua L Chamberlain) ALS, from Captain Holman Melcher, 1p, Feb 11, 1895, 4to, 20th Maine Regiment Association letterhead, Portland, Maine, to Genera

(Little Round Top) Imperial cabinet photograph, "20th Maine Inft Monument - Big Round Top", #1174, 5"X8 1/2", W H Tipton mount, ...

(Little Round Top) Large original photograph, image size 13"X9 1/2", panoramic view from Little Round Top, W H Tipton backstamp, Gettysbur...

(Big Round Top) Large original photograph, image size 16"X10", showing the monument at the foot of Big Round Top, W H Tipton backstamp, Ge...