Western and Historical Americana

Brooklyn, Conn., April-June 1794. 1 vol., 61p. In 1794, David Putnam (grandson of the Revolutionary hero Israel Putnam) was a 25-year-old man lookin

Timothy E. Danielson. 3 ALsS to Samuel P. Hildreth, 1812. In July 1812, Lieut. T.E. Danielson raised a company of volunteers in Marietta, Ohio, for m

3 documents, 1808, 1809, 1863. Two printed receipts for pews in the meeting house of the First Religious Society in Marietta, Ohio, purchased at Publi

lot of 3. A renowned figure during the Revolutionary War, Gen. Israel Putnam is best remembered for his courage at Bunker Hill, where he was reported

ca 1835, 30pp. Small (12mo) hand-sewn journal, no covers, written variously in pencil and ink. Although the author and date of this travel journal

Hildreth, Samuel P. History of an early Voyage on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, c.1842. 42pp plus 14 leaves of additional drafts and notes. In th

1805-1860. 32 items (11 ALsS, 11 DS, 2 poems, a manuscript and printed Hildreth genealogy, and 6 miscellaneous items). A prominent figure in Ohio du

ca 1823. OBITUARY. Died, on the 28th of January, 1823, at the Cherokee Agency; Aged LXXXIII, COLONEL RETURN JONATHAN MEIGS. one page, folio, 10 x 16...

China Trade Logbook, June 24, 1809-June 8, 1810. In 1807, Thomas Jefferson passed an embargo on all foreign trade in the hope that it would reduce t

plus an October 1914 TLS and a signed copy of the Roycroft Dictionary. Each letter, 1p, typed on 8.5" x 11" paper, East Aurora, which is i...

lot of 10 items, nine documents and a St. Anthony Falls Water Power Co. $1000 Mortgage Bond; 13" x 16" (sight), framed to 20.5 x 23.5"...

nearly 200 pages of manuscript notes from Dr. Langsdale's time at the Missouri Medical College, 1877-78. The notebook contains material from lec...

pay directives from Edward Hand as Commander of Fort Pitt to Paymaster Boynton, dated April 16, 1778, one on each side of a 3.5" x 6.25" p...

first is a military document, approx. 3" x 6.5", to the treasurer of Connecticut, Wethersfield, (CT), 22 Nov. 1781. Please to give from yo...

4pp, 7.25 x 10.5" "onionskin" sheets, signed Douglas MacArthur on last page and stamped in red Sep. 2 1945. MacArthur's address w...

16 July 1804. Partially printed document signed by Thomas Jefferson as President (1801-1809), James Madison as Secretary of State (President 1809-1817

Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826). President (1801-1809). ANS as President, 1p, 3.75" x 6", Washington. April 11, 1803. Addressed to Mr. John ...

written for a man who was illiterate. Rag laid paper slip 2.5 x 7.25", all in Henry's hand except the mark of the payee. Rec'd. Jan'...

7" x 8" visible, matted and framed with an engraving of Adams. Date and place not noted. Addressed to Monsieur Genet. The note quotes an u...

1p, 8" x 9.75", Portsmouth (NH), 25 Dec. 1801. Addressed to William Eustis, then member of Congress from Massachusetts (later Governor of ...