Dublin: 1794. First Irish Edition. According to Sabin, this is "generally considered the best contemporary account of the... Read More about The History of the Origin, Progress, and Termination of the American War … In Two Volumes
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Boston: Published by Wells and Lilly, Court Street, 1829. First edition. Read More about Life of Arthur Lee, Ll. D., Joint Commissioner of the United States to the Court of France, and...
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Philadelphia: June 28, 1782. Releasing Loyalists at the End of the Revolution. Letter written by Secretary of War General Benjamin Lincoln to New Jersey Governor William Livingston regarding the release of prisoners of war into New York state. Benjamin Lincoln served as a major general in the Continental Army, noted for... Read More about Autograph letter signed ("B Lincoln") to Governor William Livingston, regarding the...
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New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1868. First Edition. Read More about The Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812
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Philadelphia: James Crissy, 1832. Second edition. The great Supreme Court Justice's classic biography of the first President. Read More about The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces...and First President of...
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Springfield, Massachusetts: Printed by James R. Hutchins, for Evenezer Larkin, and E. & S. Larkin, Boston, 1794. Contains "Paradise Lost", "Paradise Regained","Il Penseroso" and "L'Allegro" Read More about The Poetical Works. From the Text of Doctor Newton, with The Life of the Author. In Two Parts
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Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1913. First edition of the author’s first publication. His First Book, Inscribed to His Mother. The renowned historian’s first book, offprinted from the Publications of The Colonial Society of Massachusetts. This copy is inscribed by the author on the flyleaf: “Mother, with much love, from..... Read More about The Property of Harrison Gray Loyalist
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se venda à Augsbourg: d'Academie Imperiale d'Empire de avec Privelge de sa Majesté Imperiale et avec Defense ni de vendre les Copies, c. 1770. Legend below in French and Dutch. Read More about Print: "Vue de la Nouvelle Yorck. La Nouvelle Yorck. from " Collection des Prospects."
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[1776]. Scene of the English Troops entering New York City in 1776. Read More about Print: "L'Entré Triumphante de Troupes Royales à Nouvelle Yorck."
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Paris: Libraire académique Didier Perrin et Cie, 1903. Read More about Marins et soldats français en Amérique pendant la guerre de l'indépendance des États-Unis...
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London: Debrett, 1783. Ninth Edition. This British political pamphlet is far from a defense. It is actually an all out attack on Shelburne, including his conduct of American affairs. Issued in December of 1782, after the Preliminary Peace was signed, it went through ten editions, of which this is the... Read More about A DEFENCE OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF SHELBURNE, FROM THE REPROACHES OF HIS NUMEROUS ENEMIES
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Talbot County Courthouse [Md.]: Nov. 2, 1781. A Signer of the Declaration Tries to Feed the Army After Yorktown. Unsigned draft of a letter in the hand of William Paca - Maryland Signer of the Declaration of Independence - to Captain John Voorhees of the New Jersey Militia discussing the... Read More about Draft of an Autograph Letter to John Voorhees discussing Forage for the Army
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Copenhagen: C.G. Proft Sohn, 1794. Earliest Danish printing. Second German Edition, but the first with this title of Paine's influential pamphlet Common Sense (1776), advocating America's independence from Great Britain. Common Sense in German. Second German Edition, but the first with this title of that most influential pamphlet, Common Sense... Read More about Gesunder Menschenverstand. An die Einwohner von America gerichtet
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Dublin: William Wilson, 1791. First Dublin Edition. First appeared separately in London, 1783. “This was No. 12 of The American Crisis, as published in a Philadelphia newspaper in 1782; there was no separate American edition.” — Howes. Read More about A Letter to the Earl of Shelburne, now Marquis of Lansdowne, on His Speech, July 10, 1784,...
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[Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by Styner and Cist, 1777]. First edition, second state. The very rare third part of the series by Paine, written to boost the morale of American troops. The pamphlet is dated "Philadelphia, April 19, 1777" at the end of the text. The verso of the title-page... Read More about The American Crisis, Number III. By the Author of Common Sense
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[Darlington: George Allan, ca. 1819]. The second printing of this privately published work, criticizing General Howe’s conduct of the war in America, 1775-78. Both editions appear to have come from the private press of antiquary George Allan; this edition is printed on paper which is watermarked "1819". This version seems to..... Read More about American Annals; or, Hints and Queries, for Parlement [sic] Men, 1775 [caption title
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New York: A. E. Chasmar & Co, 1888. Read More about Miscellanies, By an Officer ... 1774-1813. Part I
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Philadelphia: Published by Thomas Bradford, 1795. Third edition. Priestley emigrated to America in 1794 following the riots that were directed at him. He had become a citizen of France in 1792 and his pro-French Revolution beliefs combined with his religious teachings caused popular opinion to go against him. Siding with... Read More about Observations on the Emigration of Dr. Joseph Priestley, and on the Several Addresses delivered to...
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Philadelphia: October 3, 1795. Randolph Recommends the Translator of Fauchet's Letter. Edmund Randolph of Virginia succeeded Thomas Jefferson as Secretary of State in Washington's cabinet, and was serving in that office during the delicate negotiations with the French over the terms of what was eventually to become the Jay Treaty... Read More about Letter signed twice ("Edm. Randolph, late Secretary of State"), attesting to the...
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Dublin: Printed by C. Talbot, 1781. Called the unauthorized English translation by Howes, this work is an excerpt from the Abbe Raynal's HISTOIRE PHILOSOPHIQUE ET POLITIQUE. "Intended to supplement the author's earlier history of European trade in the two Indies. An enterprising printer secured the manuscript and without consent issued..... Read More about The Revolution of America
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London: T. Cadell in Strand, 1777. An important sermon by Butler preached before the House of Commons at St Margaret's Westminster, discussing the Revolutionary War. Butler had published much in favour of Lord North's policies regarding the American rebellion under the pseudonym Vindex. He is also known to have been... Read More about A Sermon Preached before the Honourable House of Commons, at the Church of St. Margaret's...
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Providence: Published by the Author; New York: Wiley & Putnam, Albany: Oliver Steele, Washington City: Stationers' Hall, 1839. First edition. Read More about Biography of Revolutionary Heroes: Containing the Life of Brigadier Gen. William Barton and also...
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[Washington]: 16 February 1824. The report includes a history of the circumstances surrounding the claims of the heir of Beaumarchais for the one million livres that the United States had deducted from Beaumarchais' account during the war. During the Revolution Beaumarchais has acted as secret agent for France and also... Read More about Report of the select Committee to whom was referred the Message of the President of the United...
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Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1893. First edition, #103 of 150, signed. Signed Limited Edition. One of only 150 books signed by the author and one the the first books to explore in depth the life and campaigns of General “Mad” Anthony Wayne. In 1893, The New York Times wrote: “Mr... Read More about Major-General Anthony Wayne and the Pennsylvania Line
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London: J. Debrett, 1801. AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY. Presentation copy, signed "From the Author" on the title-page. This copy formerly belonged to Sir George Chetwynd; it has both his bookplate and discreet embossed library stamps from Grendon Hall where his collection was housed. A manuscript note to the front free endpaper... Read More about The Life, Adventures and Opinions of Col. George Hanger
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Minorca: 25 December 1781 and 23 February 1783. Signed in full by every officer. The first is titled: “No. 26 Pay List for additional Subsistence etc to the officers in st. Philips Castle, from 25 Dec. 1781 to 23 Feb. 1782.” The second has written on the verso: “ No... Read More about Two pay lists of the the officers belonging to the Garrison of Fort St Phillips, who are to receive
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