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Quaker preacher (1727–1795) arrested in Philadelphia in 1777 by order of the Continental Congress and sent in exile to Virginia because of his opposit

Postmaster general, secretary of war, and secretary of state under Washington (1745–1829). Manuscript DS, one page, 7.75 x 9.75, December 20, 1799. Du

Revolutionary War-dated LS, one page, 7.25 x 8, October 26, 1779. Letter written to an unknown recipient. In part, “We have received your letter hinti

Member of the French court (1721–1764) who was the chief mistress of Louis XV from 1745 to her death. Rare partial autograph letter, in French, one pa

Born Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari (1765-1846), he was Pope of the Catholic Church from 1831 to 1846. Strongly conservative and traditionalist, he opp

Partly-printed DS, signed “Elizabeth R,” one page, 20.5 x 16, February 9, 1953. The queen appoints Frank Martin Taylor, Esquire “to be our Vice-Consul

Very rare partial manuscript DS one page, 6 x 2, no date. A portion of a financial document concerning a payment of “Three hundred and Eighty three do

Statesman and politician (1753–1813) who variously served as aide-de-camp to Washington, member of the Continental Congress, the first attorney genera

DS, one page both sides, 16 x 8, August 4, 1886. Scarce brown certificate, engraved with a vignette of the US Capitol, for one hundred shares of Stand

Distinguished German physicist (1845–1923) who discovered X-rays in 1895, for which he was awarded the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901. Scarce AL