Richmond County, Virginia: 1720. Unbound. This document, which measures approximately 12.5” x 16” was created by John Coppedge or William Hackney in 1720. The inset map measures 8.5” x 5.75:. The document is in nice shape with a few tiny holes at the intersection of some filing folds; a 5”... More about Colonial surveyor’s plat for land owned by William Hackney in “Richmound”, i.e., Richmond...

Dumfries, Virginia to Geneva, New York: 1815. Unbound. This three-page stampless letter measures 12.5” x 7.5”. It is dated “Elm Wood 19th Sept 1815” and bears a manuscript “Dumfr 19 Sept” postmark applied at Dumfries, Virginia along with a “37½” postal rate mark, the cost to send a letter over..... More about Stampless “War Rate” letter from a land owner in Prince William County, Virginia offering to...

New York: 1857. Envelope or Cover. This invoice was sent by Joseph Greenleaf, the Treasurer of Sailors’ Snug Harbor on Staten Island to Caleb Swan at 126 Ninth Street. It is dated 28 October 1857 and bills Swan $100 for “Six Months Ground Rent”. It bears a somewhat blurred Boyd’s... More about Invoice—sent by Boyd’s City Express—for property rental to support the Sailors' Snug...

Budapest: Kaposvari Magyar Hirdeto, 1970. First Printing. Hardcover. 80 pages. In Hungarian.Illustrated with more than 20 full-page b/w movie stills. Approximately 2.5" x 2". Signed by the printer, Mautner Jozsef, on the title page. Very light shelf wear. Traces Lenin's life through films made about him. More about Lenin Szuletesenek 100. Evfordulojara: 1870-1970 (100th Anniversary of Lenin's Birth: 1870-1970)...

Philadelphia, Ann Arbor, Owatonna, and Detroit: 1864-1881. Scrapbook. The album measures 6" x 15.5" and contains approximately 75 pages filled with ledger entries, scores of mostly medically related newspaper clippings, and about 35 ephemeral pieces including business cards, advertisements, printed letters, receipts, prescription blanks, dunning notices, medical society notices, reference... More about Homoeopathic Physician's Commonplace Scrapbook and Ledger

Dunkirk, France: 1918. Letter and envelope are both lightly toned. The envelope has been postmarked with an APO #2 (Paris) flag machine cancellation and has some old tape repairs. Lasher was assigned to the U.S. Naval Air Station at Dunkerque, a seaplane station from which naval aviators attacked U-boats going... More about World War One Naval Seaplane Pilot's Letter with Posted Envelope - 24 April 1918

Vicksburg, Mississippi: Company K, 57th Georgia Regiment, Jun 25 [1863]. This stampless cover was mailed by Miller from Vicksburg to a friend back home in Georgia. He has annotated it along the left edge, “From A J Miller / Co. K 57th Ga Rgt”. It bears a 25mm double-circle Vicksburg... More about A stampless cover from an officer in the 57th Georgia Infantry Regiment posted at Vicksburg,...

New York: New York: Jos. W. Stern and M. Witmark respectively, 1919. Unbound. Both pieces of sheet music measure 9.25” x 12.25”. Four pages each including the covers. The cover of Mirandy features a large portrait half-tone photo of Jim Europe in uniform and a smaller cameo of Noble Sissel... More about Two pieces of sheet music—Mirandy and On Patrol in No Man’s Land—as performed by the 360th...

Philadelphia: Lee & Walker, 1862. First Edition. Sheet Music. 6 pages including the cover. Portrait illustration of Sprague on the front cover. Once bound so slightly trimmed with a rough left edge. Light wear and soiling. Small owner's stamp in upper right corner of the cover. William Sprague was the... More about Governor Sprague's Grand March - Sheet Music

Various locations: Circa 1862-1865. Disbound. This 3.75” x 5.75” notebook contains 77 pages with about 540 entries. In nice shape although its string binding has perished. Entries are in faint pencil but legible; the cover title “Morgan Bond / Account Book Sutler 94th Il Reg,” has faded but can be... More about Civil War account book kept by a sutler traveling with the 94th Illinois Infantry Regiment

Madison County, Alabama via New Orleans, Louisiana, to Montgomery Court House, Texas: Christmas Eve, 1840. Unbound. This four-page stampless folded letter, dated “Xmas Eve 1840,” measures approximately 16” x 9.5” unfolded. It bears a circular blue “Huntsville / Ala” postmark dated “Dec 26,” a blue “25” cent manuscript rate mark..... More about Letter from a father in Alabama to his son in the Republic of Texas discussing his plans to...

New York: Badeau Lockwood & Company, 1865. Document. Folio. One page, partially-printed invoice for a large assortment of fireworks sold on 7 June 1865, less than one week after General Kirby Smith surrendered the last significant Confederate force.The invoice is in nice shape with legible handwriting. The invoice is from... More about 1865 Fireworks Invoice for a Massive Display - Probably a Civil War Victory Celebration

United States, Italy, Korea, Vietnam: 1942-1973. Archive. This archive consists of official paperwork, certificates, letters, and a photograph album that belonged to Lieutenant Colonel Carl L. Palmer. The photograph album contains over 50 corner-mounted photographs ranging in size from 3.5” x 5” to 8” x 10”. About 25 additional photographs... More about Army Officer’s Archive including an Early Vietnam Photograph Album