Price: $750

Hartford [CT]: June 28th 1777. SMALL COMPENSATION FOR A LIFE AND FORTUNE LOST. An important testament offering proof of the sacrifice and hardship of a memorialized Connecticut hero signed by one of its favorite sons, reading: "Sir pay to Hannah Douglas Executrise (sic) to the Estate of Col. William Douglas.....  Read More Item Details for Autograph Manuscript Order, Signed "James Church" and "O[liver] Ellsworth" to John Lawrence, for payment to the widow of Col. William Douglas for "Extraordinary Trouble in obtaining Pay for his Regt." Add to Wish List

Item #308472

Price: $3,500

London: Printed for J. Almon, Opposite Burlington-House, Piccadilly, 1780. Second edition. A British Defeat in the Revolutionary War. Burgoyne's well-written account of the disastrous British military expedition from Canada in 1777. While his army was intended to descend from Canada to cut the states of New England off from the.....  Read More Item Details for A State of the Expedition from Canada, as laid before the House of Commons, by Lieutenant-General Burgoyne, and Verified by Evidence; with a Collection of Authentic Documents and an Addition of many Circumstances which were prevented from appearing before the House by the Prorogation of Parliament. Written and Collected by Himself, and dedicated to the Officers of the Army he commanded Add to Wish List

Item #34429

Price: $2,000

Newport, Rhode Island: 1 April 1791 - 1 April 1795. Contemporary gathering of customs records for "dried and pickled fish and salted provisions" exported from Rhode Island principally to the West Indies, between 1791 and 1795, with the signature of William Ellery appearing 11 times. Ellery (1727-1820) was the representative.....  Read More Item Details for Copies of Abstracts of Bounty on fish, &c. paid from January 1st, 1791, to March 31, 1795, as rendered to the Treasury of the United States, and there allowed [manuscript title on the upper cover] Add to Wish List

Item #303197

Price: $500

New York: Printed by A. Gould & L. Jacobus, Essex-street, for Stephen Gould, 39, Nassau-Street, 1828. First edition. Family Copy in a Choice American Binding. Elegant American presentation binding on this family copy of Graham’s contribution to the never-ending question of the identity of the English political commentator Junius. Signed.....  Read More Item Details for Memoirs of John Horne Tooke … also Proofs Identifying him as the Author of the celebrated Letters of Junius Add to Wish List

Item #252142

Price: $750

Fallodon near Alnwick: 2 September 1785. The letter reads in part: "I must again beg leave to trouble you on the subject of the unfortunate young men of my reg ... plunged into distress by the high price of every article in the West Indies, & after arriving in England.....  Read More Item Details for ALS regarding troop conditions Add to Wish List

Item #303783

Price: $4,500

Augsburg: J.J. Haid und Sohn, c. 1779. Excellent, iconic portrait of American naval officer and hero John Paul Jones (1747-1792). Jones is depicted three-quarter length, in uniform, holding a telescope in his right arm. To the rear are a towering cliff and a burning ship. Jones is considered America’s most.....  Read More Item Details for Mezzotint: Johann Paul Iones. Befehlshaber einer Schwadron in Diensten der 13 Vereinigten Provinzen von Nord-Amerika. 1779 Add to Wish List

Item #247660

Price: $750

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 Item Details for The Property of Harrison Gray Loyalist Add to Wish List

Item #301940

Price: $2,500

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 Item Details for The Life, Adventures and Opinions of Col. George Hanger Add to Wish List

Item #302703

Price: $3,750

Dublin: 1794. First Irish Edition. According to Sabin, this is "generally considered the best contemporary account of the Revolution written from the British side."  Stedman was a native of Philadelphia, a Loyalist who served as an officer under Howe, and later an examiner of Loyalist claims for the British government. .....  Read More Item Details for The History of the Origin, Progress, and Termination of the American War … In Two Volumes Add to Wish List

Item #248283