REV WAR LETTER PLEADING FOR FOOD

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,

Rev War Doc Seeks Land Warrant for Military Service from Const Signer Jonathan Dayton This interesting letter from Dr. Ebenezer Elmer of the New Jersey General Assembly to Congressman-elect Jonathan D

Rev. War Yale Veteran Uriah Tracy Settles Isiah Thomas Subscription This letter from U. S. Senator Uriah Tracy of Connecticut to Alexander Thomas of Walpole, New Hampshire, addresses what appears to b

All five letters in good condition. All are Civil War era or older. Letters regarding wounded and well friends, lack of food, news of friends in the army, Negro used in the government, also included i

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 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

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

At the top of the map is written: "A Topographical Map of Hudsons River, with the Channels Depth of Water, Rocks, Shoals, &c. and the Country Adjacent, from Sandy-Hook, New York and Bay to Fort Edward

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

American Revolution First American Printing Of A Revolutionary War Battle Map "A View of the Present Seat of War, at and near New-York." [1776] Revolutionary War Printed, First American printed Revolu

Document signed by Major General Henry Knox and Captain Thomas Patten, for Stephen Savage. West Point, [New York], 6 June 1783. 1 page, ## x ## in. WITH Partly printed pay receipt completed in manuscr

English broadside announcing the killed and wounded at the Battles of Lexington & Concord, Bunker Hill, and Long Island. Portfolio printed on both sides. Published just after signing of the American D

Inscribed "Henry Kiersted" (identified with Henry Kiersted, c.1733-1798, resident of Essex Co., NJ, opposite New York City) with engraved decoration including a large square-rigged ship, a fish, and a

Autograph note signed by Lieutenant Jonas Parker. Chelmsford, [Massachusetts], 18 February 1777. 1 page. With: Autograph letter signed by John Bettey, to Andrew Bettey of Chelmsford, MA. Camp on Rhode

Please see link at www.centralmassauctions.com for scans of each letter. Letters are from Port Royal, SC. There are many details of the fighting he was experiencing. A metal plate included with the gr

Rev. War Dated Commission of MA Naval Hero Simeon Sampson, Captain of "Armed Brigantine called the Independence" A contemporary clerical copy of an original Massachusetts Bay Colony document appointin

American Revolution Revolutionary War Period 18th Century Fully Original Red Painted Barrel Type Stave Construction Canteen c. 1780 Revolutionary War Period, 18th Century Museum Quality Fully Red Pain

American Revolution Unissued 1777 Revolutionary War "Sword-in-Hand" Vignette Massachusetts Bay Treasury Bond Certificate 1777-Dated Revolutionary War. Massachusetts Bay, Treasury Certificate. Rare Uni

Hand written by W. H. Brunson to his "Pa"; dated January 24th, 1861, and addressed from "Moultrie House Sullivan's Island"; letter begins "I have just returned from the upper end of the Island where o