Featuring an engaging, eclectic collection of americana ranging from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries. Showcasing a naval officer's commission on vellum signed by Theodore Roosevelt, an autograph document signed by famed New England physician, Dr. Edward Holyoke, including a mid-eighteenth century prescription, and a rare hand-colored map and indenture on vellum from colonial New Jersey.
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Boston: June 8, 1792. "BOT" OF A FORMER SPY. A quaint record of Federal era Boston which includes a handwrtiien list of 17 artisan and craftsman on the verso reading in part: "Receipt to Mrs. Prentice Bot of John Carnes Junr for 3 Willow Hatts 3/9 L11.3 rec'd pay't for....... Read More Item Details for Autograph Document, Signed to John Carnes, Jr Add to Wish List
Item #228522
Price: $100
Salem [MA]: March 6, 1833. Winchester & Briggs Agreement. A neighborly (or not so neighborly) agreement reading: "We the under signed agree to pay to Samuel Noah one cent per year apeace for the privalage to pass & repass over the Land from the door in the northwest end of..... Read More Item Details for Autograph Document, Signed ("Cornelius Briggs") ("Jacob Winchester") to Samuel Noah Add to Wish List
Item #305627
Price: $150
Cincinnati, Ohio: 1877. Read More Item Details for Broadside: F.W. Steigelman & Co Publishers and Art Dealers printed on both sides. Offering prints from 15¢ to 50¢ Add to Wish List
Item #302050
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Philadelphia: 8 June 1791. Friends of the Constitution. Andrew Brown (1744-1797) established the “Federal Gazette” in 1788. It was the first journal to regularly publish the congressional debates and was the “main channel through which the friends of the federal constitution address the public” (Appleton). Read More Item Details for Printed subscription receipt for the “Federal Gazette,” accomplished and signed by Andrew Brown, reading : “Received from W. J. L. Coates two dollars & a quarter being his subscription for the Federal Gazette from the 8th day of Dec. 1790 to the 8th day of June 1791” Add to Wish List
Item #18435
Price: $250
Virginia: 1861. WIlliam H. Wyker. Original Civil War Sketch by a Union Officer. A folksy sketch of an officer's cabin at the outbreak of the war, reading: "Camp Big Chestnut Winter Quarters in old Virginia 1861." A native of Easton, Pennsylvania, William H. Wyker enlisted in the First Pennsylvania Regiment..... Read More Item Details for Sketch of Winter Quarters captioned and signed on the rear Add to Wish List
Item #305725
Price: $275
Washington City: October 3rd 1828. Adams vs. Jackson campaign of 1828 state synopsis. An engaging insight into state level political machinations during one of the epic presdiential campaigns that saw the emergence of the Second Party System in the U.S. The Presidential campaign of 1828 was a rematch between incumbent..... Read More Item Details for Autograph Letter, Signed "Wm Clark" To John Gardner of York, Pa inquiring as to Gardiner's "opinion of the relative strength of the Adams & Jackson parties in your County..." Add to Wish List
Item #302397
Price: $300
"On Picket Duty" November 8, 1862. Parsippany NJ Soldier killed at Fredericksburg. Read More Item Details for ALS. To His sister Marietta Add to Wish List
Item #303266
Price: $300
Saco [Maine]: May 21 1722. Written on the eve of Dummer's War from the frontier of what is now Maine, reading: “Capt. Peprell Sr plaise to pay unto Mr. John Brown on order of ten shillings and place it in act of fr your Humble svt Henry Gilbert" Sir William..... Read More Item Details for Autograph Document, Signed ("Henry Gilbert"). To Capt. Pepperell Add to Wish List
Item #305569
Price: $225
np: c. 1835. TIN WARE. All prices in shillings Jonathan P. Lund came to Acushnet section of Fairhaven, Mass in 1831 and opened a large manufacturing business, located at what came to be called Lund's Corners. Read More Item Details for Broadside: List of Prices of Tin Ware. Made and Sold by J.P. Lund---Fairhaven, (Mass.) Add to Wish List
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Salem, [MA]: 1745. Debts After Death. An interesting, if slightly morbid, collection of 18th century Salem history. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Benjamin Young (c.1697-1745) was the son of William Young and Sarah Whittaker (the great-great grand parents of Mormon leader Brigham Young). Benjamin married Mary Howard in 1722. He died..... Read More Item Details for Demands for Payment Against the Estate of Benjamin Young Add to Wish List
Item #37384
Price: $750
Salem, [MA]: 7 May 1762. AN EARLY PIONEER OF SMALL POX VACCINATION. These items offer a quaint glimpse of a beloved New England Physician. Edward Augustus Holyoke (1728-1829), the son of Rev. Edward Holyoke (1689-1769) and Margaret Appleton, was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts on August 1, 1728. Holyoke moved with..... Read More Item Details for Autograph Document, Signed ("E. A. Holyoke"), and Manuscript Medical Prescription Add to Wish List
Item #305478
Price: $75
Morristown, NJ: 21 July 1821. Reading in part, "I had the pleasure of receiving your favor of the 7th inst. informing me of your having recovered for Mrs. Haily & Miss. Cooke $278.40 each from the Corporation for the relef of Widows ---of Clergymen of the Episcopal Church.." Read More Item Details for ALS. To William Meredith Esq. of Philadelphia about recovery of money Add to Wish List
Item #302149
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[New York ?]: [1833]. The New York and Erie Railroad was chartered in 1832 to connect NYC to Lake Erie. The company was organized in August 1833 and the construction started in 1836. Read More Item Details for The New York and Erie Railroad--For the information of persons disposed to subscribe on Wednesday to the stock of this company … A New Yorker Add to Wish List
Item #302628
Price: $1,250
Washington, DC: 20 December 1906. Read More Item Details for Partly printed document on vellum, appointing Winfield Scott Pugh, Jr. to Second Assistant Surgeon in the Navy with the rank of Lieutenant, signed by Theodore Roosevelt Add to Wish List
Item #12805
Price: $350
Boston: Printed [by Joseph Bumstead] for Wm. P. and L. Blake, at the Boston book-store, Cornhill, 1797. First edition with Mrs. Rowson contribution. Libretto only. The music was composed by William Shield. Cf. Grove’s dictionary of music and musicians, 3rd ed. Bumstead’s monogram device appears on p. 68. "The following..... Read More Item Details for The Highland Reel: A Comic Opera, in Three Acts. As performed with universal applause, at the Theatre-Federal-Street Add to Wish List
Item #215386
Price: $450
New York: T. Allen, 1792. Second New York edition. In the Fall of 1780 the young and dashing British officer, John Andrè, was arrested in civilian clothes, with a false passport, bearing reports from Benedict Arnold to General Henry Clinton on the vulnerabilities of the fort at West Point. His..... Read More Item Details for Monody on Major Andrè … to which is added Letters addressed to her by Major Andrè in the Year 1769 Add to Wish List
Item #215428
Price: $1,950
Portsmouth, [NH]: 1805-1872. VICTIM OF A FRENCH PRIVATEER. This is a fascinating collection chronicling an episode of the "Quasi-War" between the US and France. The Barque ‘Mary” which hailed out of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, was attacked and boarded off the coast of Savannah, Georgia. An article in "The Balance and..... Read More Item Details for French Spoliation Claims and Policy of Assurance of the American merchant vessel “Mary” Add to Wish List
Item #305422
Price: $125
Newburyport [MA]: January 22, 1775. Reading: "Cusen, This comes to aquaint (sic) you that thro the goodness of God we are all well I present + hope that this will find you with your wife + children in the enjoyment of the Like Blessing. I have sent you enclosed a...... Read More Item Details for Autograph Letter, Signed "John Stone" to Benj. Watters in Salem, MA requesting that Watters purchase an item from John Gold, merchant and send it to him in Newburyport "as soon as you can." Add to Wish List
Item #228521
Price: $750
Fauquier County [VA]: 3rd May 1759. Early Colonial Virginia Land Survey. A relevant piece of Old Virginia history mapping a section of Lord Fairfax's large land holding and giving insight into the life leases therein. The “Manor of Leeds” was named for Leeds Castle, the seat of the Fairfax family..... Read More Item Details for Autograph Manuscript Survey, Signed "Joseph Moffet" to Joseph Williams for a Lott of Land Lying on the Hedgeman River Add to Wish List
Item #307910
Price: $250
York: Printed by W. Blanchard, 1807. First Edition. Disorders of the Mind. Started in 1796 run by and for Quakers as an alternative to the harsh treatment administered by other institutions. It is located in Lamel Hill. It remains open today. Read More Item Details for State of an Institution near York, called the Retreat for persons afflicted with Disorders of the Mind Add to Wish List
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