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ALS as president, one page, 6.25 x 9.25, White House letterhead, June 2, 1998. Letter to the widow of Barry Goldwater, Susan Wechsler Goldwater, offer

American patriot and silversmith (1735–1818) whose 1775 ‘midnight ride’ to warn of an impending British invasion later became one of the most celebrat

Check, entirely completed by Franklin and signed “B. Franklin,” 5.75 x 2.5, February 16, 1787. In full: “Cashier of the Bank. Pay to Thomas Bradly or

Rare book: The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon by Henry Fielding. London: A. Millar, 1755. Hardcover (contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, new end leav

Rare log book kept by House of Representatives Clerk Walter S. Franklin for the 23rd US Congress, which opened on December 2, 1833, signed inside by o

Partly-printed document, one page, 7.75 x 10, March 27, 1839. Report from the Engineering Department of the US Military Academy, headed, “Extract from

Civil War–dated ALS signed “J. E. B.,” one page, 5 x 8, April 29, 1864. Letter home to his wife Flora Stuart. In full: “P. S. Here is the pincushion.

Civil War Sharps New Model 1859 Military Rifle with Malcolm Scope in the Berdan serial number range, serial #55159, .52 caliber, 29? barrel with a fin

Private purchase US foot officers' sword by Schuyler, Hartley & Graham, presented to 1st Lieutenant/Quartermaster Fred R. Mundy of the 44th ...

Original Civil War surgeon’s amputation field kit attributed to Dr. Abraham Stout of the 153rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. The kit consists of a

ALS signed “Jeff’n Davis,” four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 8.25, October 9, 1868. Written from Waterloo, a letter to former Assistant Secre

Remarkable handwritten eyewitness account of Booth’s last days by Richard Baynham Garrett, who was a child living at his father Richard H. Garrett&#...

AMS signed “Charles Guiteau,” nine pages, 4 x 12, January 26, 1882. Guiteau’s open letter headed “To the American People,” written from jail on the da

Phenomenal letter written in the hand of Bonnie Parker and signed at the conclusion by Clyde Barrow, four pages on three lightly-lined sheets, 8 x 10,

Exceptionally rare ALS in pencil, signed “Love & Kisses, Your Dear Dad Alphonse Capone #85,” three pages, 8 x 10.5, January 16, no year [likely ...

Historically important carbon or printed engineering plans in German that outline in great detail the specifics for Schindler's stamping factory...

Historically significant collection of photographs compiled in Japan by an American MP in the aftermath of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in W

Rare TLS in English, one page, 8 x 10.25, Communist Delegation Office letterhead, August 8, 1946. Letter to Mr. J. Franklin Ray, Jr., acting director

Lee Harvey Oswald’s ‘Fair Play for Cuba Committee’ membership card, 3 x 2.25, issued on May 28, 1963, signed in black ballpoint, “Lee H. Oswald.” Also

Exceptional matte-finish 10 x 13.5 half-length portrait of Clemens, signed above and below the image in black ink, “Let us save the tomorrows for work