1781 Rev. War Letter Gen. James Varnum to Greene

Rev. War General James Mitchell Varnum of Rhode Island 7 Document Archive This small archive of seven documents includes five from Varnum's pre-war career as an attorney and two from after the Revolut

James Lawson Kemper (1823-1895) Autograph being an ALS. Confederate general in the American Civil War (wounded at Gettysburg) and the 37th Governor of Virginia. Letter to Rev. J. William Jones sending

Autographs "Rochefontaine - Major of Engineers" Revolutionary War Corps of Sappers and Miners Autograph Document Signed STEPHEN ROCHEFONTAINE (1755-1814). French military engineer who served in the Am

Autographs 1781 Governor John Hancock Signed Revolutionary War Orders the Payment of a Huge Sum for an Army Private's Pay in Compensation "To make good the Depreciation of his wages..." Including Two

James Longstreet Remarkable Letter Penned Just Days After Being Appointed Lieutenant Colonel in the Confederate Army, Two Weeks Before the Battle of Fort Sumter and the Start of the Civil War Single p

JAMES A GARFIELD ALS CIVIL WAR LETTER DATED MAY 17TH, 1862. (B 1831-D 1881) FROM HUDSON VALLEY ESTATE OF SMALL COLLECTION OF AUTOGRAPHS PURCHASED IN THE 1950'S BY HER FATHER, AT A NYC AUCTION HOUSE.

1st item: Civil War era ALS. One page handwritten letter from James Alexander Seddon (1815-1880), 4th Confederate States Secretary of War from November 21, 1862 to February 5, 1865, War Department, pr

[CIVIL WAR]. EARLY, Jubal A. (1816-1894). Two post-war autographed letters signed ("JA Early") to Reverend James Powell Smith. Lynchburg, VA, 2 and 16 May 1887.  Each 2 pages, 8vo, on Morris blin

Revolutionary War Powder Horn,Signed, Yorktown, VA 1778: Highly engraved priming horn with details of Yorktown buildings, including the Courthouse, and inscribed J. Willson V. Art. 1778, York" Horn me

John Jay Re: $2.5 Million From the Treasury For Rev War Troops. Written as President of the Continental Congress 1779 In this letter to Commissary General Jeremiah Wadsworth, Continental Congress Pres

American Revolution Two Historic American Revolutionary War "Privateers" Letter to Attack British Shipping at New York & Halifax July 28, 1779-Dated Revolutionary War Period, Autograph Letter Signed,

Civil War era ALS. One page handwritten letter from Major General John Cabell Breckinridge (1821-1875), the 14th and youngest-ever vice president of the United States, serving from 1857 to 1861, and C

Phil. Merchant Writes to James McHenry, Constitution Signer and Future Secretary of War 1786-1802 14 pp. WILLIAM ALLISON, Archive of four Autograph Letters Signed to James McHenry, 1786-1787, and eigh

A letter to order Maj Gen. Thomas (George Henry Thomas) "Rock of Chickamauga" commanding the 14th Corps, "the General commanding directs you to put the regular brigade in readiness and pose it as… a

Silk flag bearing block-painted, gold gilt letters that read “IN MEMORIAM / GEN. LANDER POST No. 5, G.A.R. / LYNN MASS.” Measures 47 x 33 inches, framed. Likely made as a funeral flag for

James Longstreet ALS, “the speech on Gen. Grant’s last anniversary...may meet your wishes” LONGSTREET, JAMES. Autograph Letter Signed, “James Longstreet”, 1p, on lined pa

Autographs 1815 Important Autograph Letter Signed by Major General of Pennsylvania militia James Irvine Seeking French & Indian War Period Soldier's Valuable Land Grant Claims "I have a copy of the Ki

American zoologist (1781-1866) who specialized in North American ornithology and mammology, remembered for challenging the works of John James Audubon. ALS signed “G.O.,” three pages on tw

1781 1st ed Life of Louis XV of France Seven Years War d’Angerville 4v French Barthélemy François Joseph Mouffle d'Angerville was an 18th-century French lawyer known for his letters and historical

John Marshall Receives Virginia Land from His Dad During Rev War In the interesting string of assignments on the verso of this land warrant, original warrantee Samuel Beall transmits the 1,000 acres h

Please see link at www.centralmassauctions.com for scans of each letter. Written home to Nellie Brown of Westborough, MA by soldier who signed letters “Georgie.” See photos for condition a

In one binder, the letters span from Jan. 1862 through Sept. 1865, all with written content narratives or comments, one letter including Lincoln assassination... "The sad news that reached our city on

Please see link at www.centralmassauctions.com for scans of each letter. Corporal Ithemar Barbur noted on Page 167 in "History of the Battle Monument at West Point". See photos for condition and detai

Lt. General Grant Leaves Siege of Petersburg to Plan Fort Fisher Campaign Superb Civil War Letter! In this brief note, Lt. General Ulysses S. Grant Tells Brigadier General Alfred H. Terry that he is g