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Lister, Joseph (1827-1912) English surgeon and scientist who promoted sterile surgery. Autograph letter signed ("Lister") on black-bordere...

Pasteur, Louis (1822-1895) French chemist and microbiologist responsible for some of the most important theoretical concepts and practical application

[1711 British Military Pamphlet - War of Spanish Succession]. Two titles: "An Account of the State and Progress of the Present Negotiation of P...

1713 British Pamphlet: "Europe a Slave When the Empire is in Chains". "Shewing the Deplorable State of Germany From the Invasion of t...

[1722 English Law]. "The Fourth Part of Modern Reports, Being a Collection of Several Special Cases in the Court of King and Quen's Bench…I...

[1733] English Law. "Modern Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of Queen's Bench at Westminster, In The Second and Third Years of Queen ...

A Collection of the Works of William Penn. "In Two Volumes. To Which is Prefixed A Journal of His Life. With Many Original Letters and Papers N...

Acts of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, 1790-92. Two volumes combined as one, Philadelphia: Hall and Sellers, 1791 and 1792, 12½x8"....

Acts of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, 1793-1797. Philadelphia: Hall and Sellers, 1793 and 1794, 12¾x8 inches, 793 pages plus index. A p...

Call to Ministry of Margret Lucas, 1800. Philadelphia: B. & J. Johnson, 1800, 134 pages plus book ad. Original leather covers scuffed with wear,...

"Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union Between the States….",Disbound, pages numbered 547-58, 8 x 4¾", from an original ...

Early Recipe Books From Philadelphia. Two handwritten recipe books, c. 1850s and later. Original boards and wrapper. Includes recipes for blackberry w

Edited by William Temple Franklin. Private Correspondence and Public Negotiations of Dr. Franklin…. "Now First Published From the Original Mss....

Grace, Robert - A Co-founder of the Library Company of Philadelphia. Autograph letter signed ("Rob. Grace"), one page with integral docket...

Grimston, Sir Harebotle. The Second Part of the Reports of Sir George Croke…Cases…during the Reign of…King James. Second Edition, London, 1669. Large

Laws of the State of New-York, 1789. "Comprising The Constitution, and the Acts of the Legislature since the Revolution, From the First to the ...

[Lutheran Bible] Biblia Das ist Die ganze heilige Schrift / Deutsch, 1618. Massive Bible published in Wittenberg, 1618, containing the Old and New Tes

Massachusetts Speaks Out in Support of A Second National Bank. A 7pp pamphlet issued by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts concluding that Congress has

The Memorial History of the City of New York. Four-volume set published by the New York History Company, 1892-93. Over 2100 pages of the history of Ne

[New Hampshire]. Printed circular letter headed "Executive Department" and signed by William Plumer (1759-1850) Governor of New Hampshire,...

Very Early William Penn Land Grant to His Infant Son. Document signed ("Wm Penn"), 1 page, vellum, 20 x 50", Worminghurst, Sussex (En...

Phipps, Joseph. Original, and Present State of Man, Briefly Considered by the…Quakers. Published by Joseph Crukshank, Philadelphia, 8vo, 209 pages. Or

"The Power of Religion on the Mind," 1793. Printed by Joseph Crukshank, Philadelphia, 1793, 140 pages. Original leather boards, 2nd editio...

Reed, John - 1760 Land Grant. A 1771 vellum copy of a 1760 land grant headed "By the Proprietors" and made to famous map maker John Reed f...

Reed, John. An Explanation of the Map of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Nicholas Brooks, 1774. A rare Companion Book to the Joh

Sewel, William. The History of the Rise, Increase and progress of the Christian People Called Quakers.",1774 Third Edition. Burlington, New Jer...

Sewel's History of the the Quakers, 1811. 2 volumes, Philadelphia: B.& T. Kite, and S. Pike, 1811, 578 and 603 pages, plus index. Dedicated ...

1st and Only American Edition of "The Life.of Mary Neale." 1796. Philadelphia imprint, Joseph Crukshank, 1796, 118 pages. Original leather...

[The Trial of the Earl of Strafford], 2 Vols. Vol. 1 is a pamphlet, "A Briefe and Perfect Relation, Of the Answers and Replies of Thomas Earl o...

Vermont Proposes a Constitutional Amendment To Limit the Power of the Courts, 1807 VERMONT PROPOSES A CONSTITUTIONAL. Manuscript document, 2pp, 9&...

The State of Virginia Sponsors An Unsuccessful Amendment, 1808. Document signed by J. Pleasants, Jr., Keeper of the Rolls, 1 page, 9¾ x 7...

Acts of Assembly, Province of Pennsylvania, 1744-1758. Large volume entitled "Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives of the Prov...

Declaration of Independence - Peter Force Rice Paper Copy. In 1823, William J. Stone was commissioned by Congress to create a copperplate from which f

Early Pennsylvania Laws - Includes Declaration of Independence. One volume containing laws passed between September 30, 1775 and September 29, 1781. T

Boston Port Bill, First Edition, 1774. "Anno Regni Georgii III Regis…Decimo Quarto…" London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan. ...

Gov. Cooke Convenes R. I. Assembly to Consider Union & Confederation (1717-1782) Governor of the colony of Rhode Island from November 1775 and s...

1774 Sermon Denouncing the Intolerable Acts, Including the Boston Port Act. "Being the Day Recommended by the Provincial Congress, To Be Observ...

[Morris, Robert] Tobacco Shipment From America to France, 1785. A 1785 folded letter from "Le Normand," the receiver-general of finances o...

John Peter Gabriel Muhlenber DS As VP of Pennsylvlania - 1788 (1746-1807) Revolutionary War general; U.S. representative and senator. Document signed

Return of Errors in the Accounts of the State Troops & Militia of Connecticut, 1779-80. Manuscript document, 2pp (recto/verso), 12 x 7½&quo...

[Rhode Island]. "At the General Assembly of the Governor and Company of the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations…." Attleborou...

[St. Clair, Arthur] Re The Disastrous St Clair Expedition, Nov. 4, 1791. Document signed by Cadwalladu Evans, Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Me

Rare Joseph Warren Document Signed (1741-1775) American physician and Revolutionary War officer. He was active in patriot causes from 1765 and helped

Wolcott, Oliver, Jr (1760 – 1833) United States Secretary of the Treasury (1795-80); governor of Connecticut (1817-27). Revolutionary War date partly

Ellery, William (1727-1820) Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Rhode Island. Autograph letter signed ("Wm Ellery"), 1 page, 9&...

Ellery, William. Autograph letter signed ("Wm. Ellery,") 2pp (1 sheet) plus integral, holograph address leaf, Newport, January 16, 1810. T...

Hancock, John - DS As Governor of Mass (1737-93) First Signer of the Declaration of Independence; President of the Continental Congress (1775-77); Gov

Ross, George (1730-1779) Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Pennsylvania. Manuscript document signed "G:Ross" at end "Geo...

Williams, William (1731-1811) Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut. Autogaph letter signed ("W. Williams"), 1 page, ...

Wilson, James (1742-1798) Signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Costitution, which he helped to frame; member of the Continental Congress.