Historical Documents

GEORGE W LAY Wardate DS, "Geo W Lay", as Acting Assistant Adjutant General, 1p, July 4, 1861, 4to, Hdqtrs Advanced Forces, Army of the Pot...

(J.E.B. Stuart) Confederate Major General of Cavalry. Printed General Orders #14, issued by orders of J.E.B. Stuart, 1p, April 23, 1863, 8vo, Hdqtrs,

(Stonewall Jackson) JEDEDIAH HOTCHKISS (1828-99), Confederate topographical engineer; the foremost map-maker of the Civil War; credited with contribut

(George Pickett) Partly printed Confederate DS, "Special Requisition. For Quartermaster's Stores for Provost Marshall Pickett's Divisio...

(Joseph E Jounston) Confederate General. Wardate telegram, from Johnston, receiver's copy, April 7, 1865, 2 days before Robert E Lee surrendered...

RAPHAEL SEMMES (1809-77) Confederate Admiral, co-mmanding the C.S.S. Alabama. LS, "R Semmes", as Sec of the Lighthouse Board, 1p, Oct 24, ...

MATTHEW F MAURY (1806-73) Confederate Naval Commander, known as the "Pathfinder of the Sea." Signature, "Respectfully, &c, M F Ma...

JEFFERSON DAVIS (1808-89) President of the Confederacy. ALS, "Jeffer Davis", as MOC, 1p, Feb 20, 1846, 4to, to President James K Polk, let...

JEFFERSON DAVIS ALS, 2 1/2pp, May 8, 1876, 8vo, New Orleans, to Mr Mikell, interesting content re an attempt by a Confederate Colonel to deliver a let

JEFFERSON DAVIS ALS, 2pp, Dec 2, 1872, 8vo, Memphis, to J.H. Bowmar, nice content re his brother's business affairs. Reads in part, "...you...

JEFFERSON DAVIS ALS, 2pp (single sheet), Sept 29, 1877, 4to, Mississippi City, to Col George R Phelan. After discussing a visit by Phelan, Davis comme

JEFFERSON DAVIS Signature, "Jeffer Davis", clipped from a letter, with 3 lines of text in his hand. VG. Matted. $400-600

ALEXANDER H STEPHENS (1812-83) Vice President of the Confederacy (1861-65). Free franked address leaf, "Free, A H Stephens, MC", 1844, com...

JUDAH P BENJAMIN (1811-84) Confederate Sec of State. Manuscript DS, as attorney for John Slidell in a lawsuit, signed "Benjamin, atty", 5p...

JUDAH P BENJAMIN ADS, signed twice as "J P Benjamin", once at conclusion and again in the text, 1 1/2pp (single sheet), circa 1845, legal ...

Confederate Flag Measures 30"X24", cloth, red back ground, with 13 stars, hand stiched, probably homemade. We have been unable to determin...

(Andersonville) ALS, from Isaiah H White, "Isaiah H White, Surgeon P.A.C.S.", 2pp, Oct 31, 1864, 8vo, Hdqtrs 2nd Confederate States Milita...

(Civil War) Confederate D-guard bowie knife, 19" in length, wooden handle. Found recently in Laurens, South Carolina, the home of South Carolin...

(Civil War) Confederate military manual, "Manual of Instruction, for the Volunteers and Militia of the Confederate States", by William Gil...

(Civil War) Confederate $100.00 bond, signed by Robert Tyler Jr (son of former President John Tyler), as Register of the Treasury, June 26, 1862, 14...

CHARLES SUMNER (1811-74) U.S. Senator & abolitionist; nearly beaten to death on floor of U.S. Senate after delivering anti-slavery speech. Signe...

CHARLES SUMNER Civil War date LS, 1p, Mar 3, 1865, 8vo, Senate Chamber, to T John Stone, interesting content re freedom. In part, "...The subje...

CHARLES SUMNER (1811-74) LS, 1p, Mar 20 (ny), 8vo, U.S. Senate chamber, to E D Bradford, informing him that no copy of "Lauman's Dictionary...

WENDELL PHILLIPS (1811-84) American orator & abolitionist. AQS, on a card, "You cannot dream yourself into a character, You must however fo...

DANIEL S DICKINSON (1800-66) American politician; prominent conservative Democrat, serving as U.S. Senator from New York (1844-51). Wardate ALS, &qu...

(Slave Bill of Sale) DS, 1p, Mar 10, 1807, oblong 8vo, Kentucky, slave bill of sale. In part, "I Joseph Carrico of Shelby county Kentucky as fo...

(Slave Bill of Sale) DS, 2 1/2pp, Nov 13, 1851, oblong folio, Columbia County, Florida, slave bill of sale. In part, "...Know all men...that I ...

(Slave Bill of Sale) DS, signed by the sheriff, 1p, June 13, 1842, oblong 8vo, interesting content re the forced sale of a slave. In part, "Rec...

(Slave Auction) ADS, from the sheriff, 1p, Nov 24, 1823, oblong 8vo, Brunswick County, notice of a slave auction. Reads, "Notice, By Virtue of ...

(Slave Auction) DS, signed by Alonzo Lancaster, 1p, Feb 19, 1853, 4to, Jackson, Miss, re an auction of slaves. In part, "Know all men...that I ...

(Slave Auction) DS, signed by Sheriff Louis L Morgan, 2 1/2pp, Mar 30, 1857, Parish of St Tammany, Louisiana, re an auction of a slave. In part, &qu...

(Slavery) Partly printed DS, 1p, Mar 19, 1859, legal folio, Shelby County, Tennessee, re the sale of slaves. In part, "...J H McNeil...held and...

(Slavery) ADS, by A Robinson, Justice of the Peace for Stokes County, 2 1/2pp, Aug 4, 1802, legal folio, interesting content re arresting and interrog

(Confederacy) Wardate LS, 1 1/2pp, nd, 4to, Edgefield District, South Carolina, addressed to the Confederate Sec of War, a petition requesting that Wi

(Americana) DS, 2+pp, April 16, 1850, folio, Paris, Tennessee. A divorce petition, in which Thomas Jones requests the Honorable William Fitzgerald, Ju

(Plantation) DS, "An Inventory and appraisement of the personal Estate and Slaves of Samuel W Warren deceased...", 9pp, Oct 5, 1839, 8vo, ...

(Black History) Cabinet card, illustration of the shooting of black scavengers who are picking over the dead bodies of several white people, with a so

(Cuban Slavery) Collection of 4 ALsS, 1 Autograph Manuscrpit (unsigned), and 1 Manuscript Map relating to a slave uprising in Matanzas, Cuba, 8pp, 182

WINFIELD SCOTT (1786-1866) Future Union Lieutenant General, known as "Old Fuss and Feathers." ALS, "W Scott", as Lt Colonel comm...

WINFIELD SCOTT ALS, "W Scott", as Adjutant General, 1p, April 24, 1813, legal folio, Rome (New York), to Major General Henry Dearborn (175...

BENJAMIN MOOERS American Major General in War of 1812. LS, 1p, Aug 15, 1812, 4to, Plattsburgh, to Major General Henry Dearborn (1751-1829) in Albany,

THOMAS S JESUP (1788-1860) American Major General; commanded the Army in the Creek Nation; later commanded the Army in Florida, where he was wounded f

(War of 1812) WILLIAM GATES (1788-1868), American career army officer. During the Civil War he would become a Union Brevet Brigadier General, commandi

ELBRIDGE GERRY (1744-1814) Signer of Declaration of Independence; member of the famous X Y Z mission to France. ALS, "E Gerry", 1p, June 8...

THOMAS TINGEY (1750-1829) American Naval Captain; served in Revolutionary War; one of six Captains appointed when U.S. Navy was organized (1798). War

THOMAS TINGEY ALS, "Thos Tingey", 2pp, Aug 23, 1824, 4to, Washington Navy Yard, to General Henry Dearborn (1751-1829) in Boston, nice cont...

ISAAC CHAUNCEY (1772-1840) American Naval Captain; during War of 1812, he was in command of all the Great Lakes (except Champlain). LS, "I Chau...

WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE (1774-1833) American Naval Commodore; sunk the British Frigate H.M.S. Java as Commander of U.S.S. Constitution. ALS, "W Bain...

(Nova Scotia) Partly printed DS, broadside, 1p, June 16, 1817, large folio, Nova-Scotia Court of Vice-Admiralty. A court order, signed by Judge Michae

BENJAMIN L E BONNEVILLE (1796-1878) American General & Explorer; an exploring party sent out by Bonneville made first crossing of Sierra Nevada ...

(Spanish American War) American Spanish American War officer's uniform and gear, belonging to a Captain Lewis, in the 3rd Cavalry. Includes: tun...

(Spanish American War) Patriotic Hankerchief, 17"X17", honoring the capture of Manila, Philippines, August 13, 1898. Handsome portraits of...

(World War I) Handsome full color poster, 16"X20", copyright 1917, E G Renesch, Chicago. Nicely illustrated with portraits of: George Wash...

(Francis Gary Powers) American U-2 pilot, shot down by Russians. Original ink sketch, image size 3"X2 1/2", serene winter country house. A...

(World War I) Autograph Manuscript Signed, by English Lieutenant (later Captain) James Fraser Shaw, Senior Engineer on board Admiral Sturdee's f...

JOHN D P FRENCH (1852-1925) English Field Marshal; Chief of Imperial General Staff; Supreme Command of British Army on Western Front in World War I. A

HYMAN G RICKOVER (1900-86) American Admiral, father of the Nuclear Navy. TLS, "H G Rickover", 1p, Mar 24, 1969, 4to, USS Bergall letterhea...

(Soviet Union Military) Collection of 42 signed greeting cards from high ranking Soviet officers, all are to Marshal Victor Kharchenko, Chief of Engin

DOUGLAS MACARTHUR (1880-1964) General of the Army; Supreme Commander of all Allied Forces in Pacific during World War II. TLS, 1p, June 17, 1957, 4to,

H L HUNT (1889-1974) Texas oil king. TLS, 1p, June 18, 1952, 4to, personal letterhead, Dallas, to Republican U S Senator Francis Case, excellent polit

GEORGE S PATTON JR (1885-1945) American General, known as "Blood & Guts"; commanded victorius 3rd Army in Western Europe during W.W. I...

(Pearl Harbor) Walter C Short, American Lt General; in charge of the U.S. Army's Hawaii department. He was relieved of duty after the Japanese a...

JONATHAN M WAINWRIGHT (1883-1953) American Major General; defended Bataan & Corregidor until forced to surrender. TLS, signed "J M Wainwrig...

CHESTER W NIMITZ (1885-1966) American Admiral of the Fleet. ISP, b/w, 11"X14" (image size 8"X10"), seated pose in uniform. Inscr...

SUMNER WELLES (1892-1961) American diplomat; Undersecretary of State (1933-43), and confidant of President Franklin Roosevelt. TLS, 1p, Oct 30, 1948,

BERNARD LAW MONTGOMERY (1887-1976) British Field Marshal who drove the Germans from North Africa in W.W. II. ALS, "Montgomery of Alamein",...

BERNARD LAW MONTGOMERY ALS, "Montgomery of Alamein", 1p, April 27, 1965, 8vo, to Alan, re his book. "...Here are the short notes on t...

ADOLF HITLER (1899-1945) Dictator of Germany (1933-45). DS, 1p, Aug 1, 1933, 4to, military promotion. Also signed by Field Marshal Werner von Blomberg

ADOLF HITLER Signed postcard photograph, smiling profile portrait, adds date "20/April 1938" (his 49th birthday). Verso is not addressed, ...

(Hermann Goering) German soldier and politician; Nazi "Reichsmarshall"; convicted of war crimes by Nuremberg Tribunal; committed suicide i...

HEINRICH HIMMLER (1900-45) Nazi political leader, head of the dreaded SS. TLS, "H Himmler", 1p, April 28, 1927, oblong 4to, National Socia...

MARTIN BORMANN (1893-?) NAZI Party leader and one of Hitler's closest advisors; possibly killed by Russian snipers (1945); sentenced to death in...

ALFRED ROSENBERG (1893-1946) Chief Nazi philosopher; hanged as a war criminal. DS, 1p, (May 1946), 8"X5", while a prisoner at Nuremberg. &...

RUDOLPH HESS (1894-1987) Nazi politician; Deputy Fuehrer and second in command only to Hermann Goering in line of succession to Adolf Hitler. DS, &q...

ADOLF EICHMANN (1906-62) Nazi leader; an architect of Jewish extermination program. He was captured in Argentina (1960), convicted, and executed in Is

HANS FRITZSCHE (1900-53) Nazi radio commentator and propaganist; tried at Nuremberg and acquitted. DS, 1p, Nov 3, 1945, 8"X3 1/2", while a...

ALBERT KESSELRING (1887-1960) German Field Marshal. ALS, "Kesselring", 1 1/2pp (single sheet), Mar 30, 1951, 4to, Werl, to former SS-Sturm...

ERWIN ROMMEL (1891-1944) German Field Marshal, known as the "Desert Fox." DS, as Commanding General of the Panzer Army in North Africa, si...

KARL DOENITZ (1891-1980) German Grand Admiral; replaced Adolf Hitler as Fuhrer. Typescript, signed "Donitz" at conclusion, 12 separate pag...

KARL DOENITZ DS, 1p, (1945 or 1946), 8"X4", while a prisoner at Nuremberg. "This is to certify that the following is my proper signat...

ADOLF GALLAND (1911-96) German Luftwaffe Lieutenant General; commander of all German fighter planes; credited w/104 aerial victories. SP, b/w, 3 1/2...

(Nazi) Official Jewish registration certificate, issued by the Gestapo to a Polish Jew, 1p, 8vo. "JUDE" stamped at top, Nazi swastika at b...

GEORGI DIMITROV (1882-1949) Bulgarian Communist Leader. On night of Feb 27, 1933, the German Reichstag caught fire. Adolf Hitler, the newly appointed

GEORGI ZHUKOV (1896-1974) Marshal of the Soviet Union; organized defenses of Leningrad; stopped Hitler at the gates of Moscow; commanded Russian force

GEORGI ZHUKOV Typed DS, 1p, 1938, 4to, untranslated. Couple of tiny holes, o/w VG. $300-400

(World War II) ANDREI GROMYKO (1909-89), Soviet Union statesman; Foreign Minister (1957-85); President of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (1985-88

SEMEN BUDENNY (1883-1973) Marshal of the Soviet Union; active in Revolution; commanded Southern Russian front in World War II. DS, as Commander of 1st

BENITO MUSSOLINI (1883-1945) Italian Dictator; founder of Fascist Party. SP, b/w, image size 8"X10", profile portrait in uniform. Boldly s...

BENITO MUSSOLINI DS, "Mussolini", 1p, 1934, folio, untranslated. Marginal file holes. Bold signature. $200-300

BENITO MUSSOLINI DS, "Mussolini", 1p, 1928, folio, untranslated. Also signed by VICTOR EMMANUELL III (1869-1947), King of Italy. Marginal ...

(MUSSOLINI) MARGHERITA G SARFATTI (1886 - 1961), Italian Writter She authored the first biography of Mussolini, was the ghostwriter of much of his pub

(World War II) Original poster, July 22, 1942, 11"X17", issued by the authority of the Wartime Civil Control Administration, Presidio of S...

CHARLES A LINDBERGH (1902-74) American aviator, known as "The Lone Eagle." Vintage SP, b/w, 8"X6", peering out the window of his...

(Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping) Newspaper, "The Dallas Morning News", Mar 13, 1932, 12pp. Bold front page headlines re the Lindbergh baby, &qu...

(Charles A Lindbergh) Original reward poster for the capture of the kidnappers of the baby of Charles and Anne Lindbergh, approximately 15"X22&...

ORVILLE WRIGHT (1871-1948) Aviation pioneer. DS, check, April 16, 1947, drawn on The Winters National Bank & Trust Co, Dayton, Ohio. VG. $400-600

(Wright Brothers) 2"X2" piece of the original fabric of Wright Brothers' plane, the "Vin Fiz." This plane made the first U.S...

(Wright Brothers) Newspaper, "Fitchburg Daily Sentinel", Fitchburg, Mass, 14pp, Dec 18, 1903, a small article on page 3 reports the first ...

(Aviation) WILEY POST (1899-1935) & HAROLD GATTY (1903-57), aviators; pilot and navigator on first round-the-world trip (June 1931). Attractive ...

FLOYD BENNETT (1890-1928) American aviator; pilot with Richard Byrd in flight over North Pole (May 9, 1926). Boldly signed card, adds sentiment. Light