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Autograph Manuscript Receipt, Signed "Frederick Tracy" for eight barrels of flour from the Continental Store at the "Saw Pitts" American Revolution, Frederick Tracy.

CONTINENTAL RECEIPT FROM THE SAW PITTS

Autograph Manuscript Receipt, Signed "Frederick Tracy" for eight barrels of flour from the Continental Store at the "Saw Pitts"

White Plains [NY]: October 23d 1776. CONTINENTAL RECEIPT FROM THE SAW PITTS. An early receipt of the war, dated “White Plains Oct. 23d, 1776,” and written from the “Saw Pitts,” now Port Chester, NY, six days before the rout of the Continental Army at the Battle of White Plains, reading... Read More

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Autograph Letter signed ("Rich Wescoat") to Major JOSHUA MERSEREAU in Elizabeth Town (New Jersey) regarding an order for lumber from the Mersereau and his brother, John. American Revolution, Richard Wescoat.

Entrepreneurs of the Revolution

Autograph Letter signed ("Rich Wescoat") to Major JOSHUA MERSEREAU in Elizabeth Town (New Jersey) regarding an order for lumber from...

[Burlington]: 7 April 1783. Entrepreneurs of the Revolution. The lands contained all the necessary materials for shipbuilding, and in the Revolutionary War its "bog iron" made cannon balls while its hidden coves sheltered privateers. Blast furnaces, sawmills, glass factories, and brick and tile works followed until the Industrial Revolution drew... Read More

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Celebrated Speeches of Chatham, Burke, and Erskine. To Which is Added the Argument of Mr. Mackintosh in the Case of Peltier. Selected by a Member of the Philadelphia Bar. American Revolution, William Pitt, Lord Chatham.

Celebrated Speeches of Chatham, Burke, and Erskine. To Which is Added the Argument of Mr. Mackintosh in the Case of...

Philadelphia: Key & Biddle, 1834. First Edition. Collects speeches by Chatham, Burke and Erskine concerning legal issues connected with the American Revolution and other topics, as well as Mackintosh's speech in the trial of Peltier, a French Royalist emigré, for libel of the First Consul of the French Republic (Buonaparte). Read More

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Autograph Document Receipt, Signed "Danl Everts" "being the balance due to me on the first day of January last, as stated by the Committees of the State and of the Army." American Revolution.

BALANCE DUE FOR THREE YEARS SERVICE IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY

Autograph Document Receipt, Signed "Danl Everts" "being the balance due to me on the first day of January last, as...

Hartford [CT]: September 8 1780. BALANCE DUE FOR THREE YEARS SERVICE IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY. From the Battle of Valcour Island in 1776, to the brutal winter encampment in Morristown, New Jersey in 1779-1780, Daniel Everts (1749-1833) was a participant and witness to some of the most crucial periods of... Read More

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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." American Revolution.

SMALL COMPENSATION FOR A LIFE AND FORTUNE LOST

Autograph Manuscript Order, Signed "James Church" and "O[liver] Ellsworth" to John Lawrence, for payment to the widow of Col. William...

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 it's favorite sons, reading: "Sir pay to Hannah Douglas Executrise (sic) to the Estate of Col. William Douglas... Read More

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Autograph Manuscript Order, Signed "William Moseley" and "John Lawrence Esq." for payment from the State of Connecticut to David Hills for "Beef Supplies." American Revolution.

PROVISIONS FROM THE "PROVISION STATE"

Autograph Manuscript Order, Signed "William Moseley" and "John Lawrence Esq." for payment from the State of Connecticut to David Hills...

Hartford [CT]: Nov. 27th 1781. PROVISIONS FROM THE "PROVISION STATE" A document portraying the way in which the state of Connecticut paid for soldiers and provisions for it’s troops and the Continental Army. Dubbed “The Provision State” by George Washington, Connecticut supplied more food and cannons for the war than... Read More

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A Group of Two Manuscripts and One Document, Attesting to the Service of Samuel Robinson in the Continental Army and Orders for Payments to be Made to His Estate. American Revolution.

A SOLDIER FOR JUST FIVE WEEKS

A Group of Two Manuscripts and One Document, Attesting to the Service of Samuel Robinson in the Continental Army and...

Hartford & Windham [CT]: 1785. A SOLDIER FOR JUST FIVE WEEKS. Too young for marriage and children, but old enough to join the fight for independence, these documents may be the last few remaining records of a largely forgotten soldier of 1776. Samuel Robinson III (1757-1776) was born in the... Read More

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Manuscript document from a ""Committee"" of Sudbury, Mass., appointed to estmate the "services of the several inhabitants [of Sudbury] … in the present war with Great Britain from the 19th April, 1775 [Battle of Concord], to the present time”. American Revolution.

Paying the Minute Men of Sudbury

Manuscript document from a ""Committee"" of Sudbury, Mass., appointed to estmate the "services of the several inhabitants [of Sudbury] …...

[Sudbury, Mass.]: n.d. [ca. 1777]. Paying the Minute Men of Sudbury. A calculation of the services of the Sudbury militia who contributed greatly to the defense of the surrounding communities, begining with the Battle after Lexington & Concord, on, 19 April, 1775. The estimates are divided by communties served, and... Read More

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The Parliamentary Register; or, History of the Proceedings and Debates of the House of Commons … During the First session of the Fourteenth Parliament of Great Britain. American Revolution.

The Parliamentary Register; or, History of the Proceedings and Debates of the House of Commons … During the First session...

London: J. Almon, opposite Burlington House, in Piccadilly, 1775. First edition. A record of the British Parliamentary debates from November 1774 to May 1775, the critical period preceding the declaration of independence of the American colonies. Included in the second volume are the charters of the North American colonies, including... Read More

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Photograph of the elm tree (now gone) of Cambridge, Mass., under which George Washington (by legend) took command of the Continental Army on July 3, 1775. American Revolution.

The Legendary Washington Elm

Photograph of the elm tree (now gone) of Cambridge, Mass., under which George Washington (by legend) took command of the...

[Cambridge, Mass: ca. 1920?]. The Legendary Washington Elm. Fine large photograph of the "Washington elm", which was enshrined in 1902 and died a little over twenty years later. This photograph shows the tree already moribund, with monument beneath bearing the carved inscription which preserved the legend: UNDER THIS TREE WASHINGTON... Read More

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Le Père Avare, ou Les Malheurs de L'Education; Contenant une idée de ceux de la Colonie de l'Isle de C***. Anonymous.

Contemporary Satire of Rousseau’s ‘Émile’

Le Père Avare, ou Les Malheurs de L'Education; Contenant une idée de ceux de la Colonie de l'Isle de C***...

Paris: Desventes de Ladoué, 1770. First edition. Contemporary Satire of Rousseau’s ‘Émile’. A satirical response to Rousseau’s Emile ou l'Education (1762). Where Émile is guided by a wise tutor, the author of Le Père avare mocks from the outset Rousseau’s dictum “le véritable précepteur est le père”, for the narrator’s... Read More

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The Palladium of Conscience or, The Foundation of Religious Liberty Displayed, Asserted, and Established, Agreeable to its True and Genuine Principals, Above the Reach of all Petty Tyrants ... Being a Necessary Companion for Every Lover of Religious Liberty... And an Interesting Appendix to Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England. William Blackstone.

JOSHUA BABCOCK'S COPY

The Palladium of Conscience or, The Foundation of Religious Liberty Displayed, Asserted, and Established, Agreeable to its True and Genuine...

Philadelphia: Printed for the Subscribers, by Robert Bell, 1773. Second American edition. JOSHUA BABCOCK'S COPY. This work originally appeared the previous year as the fifth volume to the Blackstone's Commentaries. The first American edition appeared in 1773 though under a different title. Blackstone's work attempts to codify personal rights and... Read More

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Autograph Letter Signed, to Lewis Pintard. Elias Boudinot.

"i will send you a Cypher ..."

Autograph Letter Signed, to Lewis Pintard.

Philadelphia: Jan. 29, 1783. "i will send you a Cypher ..." A letter to his brother-in-law, Lewis Pintard, during Boudinot's term as President of the Continental Congress (November, 1782 - November 1783), during which the Treaty of Paris was concluded, whereby Britain recognized (among other things) American independence. Boudinot also... Read More

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A New Ministry: The Very Important Debate of the House of Commons on Mr. Coke's Motion for an Address to His Majesty. British Politics, House of Commons.

The Fox-North Coalition and "the Calamities of a long and ruinous War"

A New Ministry: The Very Important Debate of the House of Commons on Mr. Coke's Motion for an Address to...

London: Bladon, 1783. The Fox-North Coalition and "the Calamities of a long and ruinous War" Scarce. The debate on Coke's motion to form a new government, which led to the short-lived Fox-North coalition of 1783 (though collapsed after a year). Speakers included Fox, North, Pitt, Coxe, and others. Coxe's original... Read More

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Autograph Letter signed, to Hon. Isaac Wayne, Congressman from Pennsylvania and son of the Revolutionary War hero General Anthony Wayne. James Buchanan.

Predicting 1828 - a Letter to the Son of “Mad Anthony” Wayne

Autograph Letter signed, to Hon. Isaac Wayne, Congressman from Pennsylvania and son of the Revolutionary War hero General Anthony Wayne.

Washington, D.C: 4 May, 1826. Predicting 1828 - a Letter to the Son of “Mad Anthony” Wayne. A superb letter in which the future President discusses candidly the prospects of the candidates in the 1828 Presidential election — John Quincy Adams vs. Andrew Jackson. Buchanan had originally been a supporter... Read More

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