Annapolis: Jonas Green, 1755. Recruiting for Braddock's Campaign. Passed in December 1754 "to raise a Body of able... Read More about Act of Assembly passed in December, 1754. At a session of Assembly, begun and held at the city of...
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Ottawa, Illinois: Jameson Books, Inc, [1997]. Copy #3 of 250 copies of the Special Limited Edition, inscribed to Dick (Scaife) and signed by Edwin Feulner by the President of the Heritage Foundation. DICK SCAIFE'S COPY. Dick Scaife was one of the founding members of the Heritage Foundation. He joined Heritage’s..... Read More about The Power of Ideas. The Heritage Foundation at 25 Years
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Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1859. First edition, Large Paper printing. Signed by Holmes, Jr. Signed in blue ink and dated May 23, 1930, by then Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Read More about The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table. Every Man His Own Boswell
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[Philadelphia?]: November 10, 1815. From the Author of “Hail, Columbia”. Hopkinson (1770 - 1842), a U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania and a highly esteemed jurist who argued several landmark cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, is more popularly known as the author of the words to “Hail, Columbia”, which he wrote..... Read More about Autograph Letter, signed (“Jos. Hopkinson”), to John Inskeep, “President of the Insurance...
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Washington, D.C: 1965-1974. "His death is a great loss not only to his personal friends and family but to our country" August 10, 1965: Congratulating him and Meg on their wedding anniverary, "One of the real joys of public life has been the privelege of knowing the McNamaras and serving..... Read More about Archive of 13 Typed Letters, signed, to Robert and/or Margaret McNamara, including a heartfelt...
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Washington, D.C: February 2, 1948. Paul Douglas vs. Carl Sandburg for the Senate. Ickes (1874 -1952), former Secretary of the Interior under FDR (and briefly under Truman) and the administrator of the Public Works Administration, grew up in Chicago himself, and after leaving the administration, remained active not only in..... Read More about Typed Letter, signed (“Harold L. Ickes”) to Harry Barnard of Chicago, objecting to...
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Fort Chartres, Illinois Country: December 31, 1766. The Fur Trade with Native Americans on the Western Frontier. Following the French and Indian War, the Treaty of Paris (1763) extended British control of the frontier as far west as the Mississippi River and transferred the French forts along the river to..... Read More about Autograph document signed, a bill of exchange for £100 Pennsylvania currency drawn on Baynton,...
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Philadelphia: Printed by William Dunlap [but G. W. Mentz/ E. C. Clay], 1758 [but 1828]. Reprint of the very rare 1758 editions, extracted from Ashbel Green's "Memoirs of the Rev. Joseph Eastburn" Journey through Canada. Captured in 1756 near Oswego by the French and Indians, Eastburn was taken to Canada..... Read More about A Faithful Narrative of the Many Dangers and Sufferings as well as the Wonderful Deliverances of...
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Indianapolis (IN): June 1, 1929. Written while the National and Indiana State Commander of the American Legion, Democrat, Paul V. McNutt (1891-1951) used his position in the influential veterans organization to help him win election as Indiana’s 34th Governor in 1933. Reading in part: “Whatever success I have attained I...... Read More about Typed letter signed "Paul V McNutt" to "Dear Friend" (Seymour Halpern) in...
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Boston: Published by the Author, 1868. First edition. Presentation, with Trade Card. With "Compliments of Father Kemp" on blank with the TRADE CARD for Kemp's Mammoth Boot and Shoe Store, at 792 and 794 Washington Street, Madison Block, Boston printed in red and gray with an engraving of Father Kemp..... Read More about Father Kemp and his Old Folks. A History of the Old Folks' Concerts compirising an Autobiography...
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Philadelphia: J. P. Lippincott & Co, 1873. By the act of May 13, 1846 the president was authorized to recruit volunteers to serve for a year or during this war (Preface). Kenly met Polk, volunteered to put together a company of volunteers from Baltimore and after this was accomplished was..... Read More about Memoirs of a Maryland Volunteer. War with Mexico, in the Years 1846-7-8
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New York: Scholastic Presss, [2006]. First edition. INSCRIBED TO ROBERT MCNAMARA. Inscribed by author on the ffep. "For Bob for the children in your life. E.M. Kennedy July '06." Read More about My Senator And Me: A Dog's Eye View of Washington, D.C
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Boston: Little, Brown and Company, [1979 & 1982]. First edition. Inscribed to Robert McNamara. Kissinger’s massive memoir of his first four years in the Nixon Administration as Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, and Nixon’s closest advisor on foreign policy. This copy is inscribed on the half-title: “To..... Read More about White House Years & Years of Upheaval
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. First edition. Inscribed to Gay Vance. INSCRIBED "To / Gay Vance / With friendship, / admiration and affection / Henry A. Kissinger." Gay Vance was the wife of Cyrus Vance (1917-2002), who succeeded Kissinger as Secretary of State, occupying the post from 1977-1980. The..... Read More about Does America Need a Foreign Policy? Toward a Diplomacy for the 21st Century
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[Albany: 26 April, 1804. Lansing (1754-1829) served as military secretary to General Philip Schuyler during the American Revolution, and a member of the Continental Congress, mayor of Albany, and candidate for governor of New York in 1804, the year he signed this document, which records his purchase of “all that..... Read More about Manuscript Indenture, signed (“John Lansing, Jun”), between Gerrit T. Vischer and Lansing for...
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Washington, D.C: April 15, 1861. Lincoln's First Presidential Proclamation and De Facto Declaration of War. President Abraham Lincoln's first proclamation, calling for troops to suppress the rebellion of the secessionist states and "maintain the existence of our National Union," issued two days after the fall of Fort Sumter. A document..... Read More about By the President of the United States. A Proclamation. Whereas the laws of the United States have...
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Boston: Published by the American Peace Society, 1850. Read More about The War with Mexico Reviewed
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Washington D.C and Nahant, Mass: March 30, 1901; October 7, 1907; and May 21, 1920. In the first letter Senator Lodge thanks Hammond for the copy of "Mrs. Hammond's pamphlet on the Boer War," saying he is "very glad to have it and to hear about both sides of this..... Read More about 3 typed letters signed ("H.C. Lodge"), two to John Hays Hammond and one to the...
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Cambridge: Published by George Nichols, 1848. First Edition, BAL binding A. First edition of Lowell's caustic satire of the Mexican-American War and the issue of the expansion of slavery. Read More about The Biglow Papers. Edited with an introduction, notes, glossary, and a copious index by Homer...
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1916-19). First editions of Vols. I & II, later of III & IV. Read More about The Life of John Marshall
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Hartford: S. Drake and Company, 1853. First edition. Read More about Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican: A historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and...
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Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press, 1917. First edition. Read More about The Mexican War Diary of ... Edited by William Starr Myer
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Pittsburgh, PA: The Gibson Press, n.d. Read More about Captain Jack the Scout or The Indian Wars About Old Fort Duquesne. An Historical Novel
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New York City: August 28, 1854. A SURPRISINGLY POIGNANT POEM FROM A HARDENED VETERAN. Romantic in a style befitting the era, Farnum offers a graphic account of a a heart-wrenching scene from battle, which he describes as ”carelessly written but respectfully dedicated to Maria L. Green.” Reading in part: …”Where..... Read More about Autograph Document, Signed, "J. Egbert Farnum late of the U.S.A." Being a hand-written...
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New York: Harper and Brothers, 1848. First edition. Read More about The Battle of Buena Vista, with the Operations of the Army of Occupation for One Month
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