Davids Island, Long Island, New York: De Camp General Hospital, August, 1863. Envelope or Cover. This three-page letter was sent from a wardmaster at De Camp General Hospital on Long Island to a wardmaster at the U.S. General Hospital at Fort Schuyler, New York. It is enclosed in an envelope..... More

Phoenixville, Pennsylvania: 1900. Notebook. This 8”x10” journal 152 pages of which approximately two-thirds are filled with text. Four additional pages of text are laid in. The handwriting is legible, binding sound, and hinges intact. The reattached front free endpaper is inscribed, “M. Emilie Evans / Phoenixville Hospital / Penna. /..... More

Juneau, Alaska and Portland, Oregon: 1948. Unbound. Two-page typed letter, unsigned. The letter is datelined, “Morningside, Hospital. / Montaville, Station. / Portland, Oregon. / Sept, 23, 1948,” and is in nice shape. Eino Mack was the son of a Finnish emigrant who worked for the Alaska-Juneau Gold Mining Company..... More

Cambridge, Massachusetts: [1783. Envelope or Cover. This stampless, folded letter, measuring 12.5” x 8” unfolded, is datelined “Cambridge Decemr. 5th”. It was written by John Abbot, who attended Harvard between 1781 and 1784, to his brother Ezra Abbot at Andover.. It bears no postal markings as it was privately delivered..... More

U. S. Steamer State of Georgia off the Carolina Coast. Unbound. Letter from the first African-American graduate of Yale who became the U.S. Navy's only African-American Ship’s Surgeon during the Civil War. R.H.G. [Richard H. Green]. U. S. Steamer State of Georgia: 1864. This six-page letter is datelined..... More