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,...

Savannah, Georgia to New York, New York: 1860. Unbound. This large document measures 18.5” x 13.75” inches unfolded. It is dated June 19, 1860 and is in nice shape with some very light soiling. In it, as witnessed by a tax collector and naval officer stationed at the Port of... More about Manifest of Slaves transported from Savannah to New York by the Ship Augusta

Camp at Potomac Creek near Falmouth, Virginia: 1863. Loose Leaf Reports. Ten legal-size legible pages record the history of two companies from the 1st New York Infantry during the Civil War. Some minor soiling and edge wear. These official histories were written in April, 1863 as the regiment prepared to... More about Official Civil War Manuscript Histories of Two Companies within the 1st New York Infantry - 1861...

Unlisted: Michael J. Myhal, 1973. Myhal, Michael. First Edition. Soft Cover. 4to. Limited edition (#198 of 500). Unpaginated, but approximately 75 pages. B/w illustrations and photos throughout. Sound binding. Clean with some minor edgewear. Doesn't appear to have ever been read. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. "How... More about Corps Badges of the Union Army

Gonzales, Texas: 1840. Unbound. This four-page folded letter measures 15.5” x 10” unfolded. It was sent by Nathan Watkins from Gonzales, Republic of Texas on 6 December 1840 to Joseph Watkins at Pendleton, Anderson Des, South Carolina. It has a manuscript annotation in the lower left corner that reads, “Favor... More about Letter describing Texas from the birthplace of the Texas Revolution as it was finally being...

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

M.C.A.S. Goleta California to Armed Gd School, Gulfport, Mississippi: 1944. Unbound. This two page letter is written on U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Santa Barbara stationery is dated “Jan. 25 – 44.” It is enclosed in a free-franked, Marine Corps envelope and postmarked at Goleta, California on January 26, 1944..... More about World War II letter from a foul-mouthed, misogynist who hated serving in the Marine Corps

Petersburg, Virginia: 1864. Unbound. The unmounted photograph measures approximately 9” x 6.75”. It shows the elaborate tent headquarters constructed by the unit complete with evergreen lined outside walls and double-arched entrance topped with a large triple-turreted insignia of the U.S. Army Engineers. A tripod-mounted theodolite and the unit’s colors stand..... More about Albumin photograph of the 50th New York Engineers Headquarters at Petersburg, Virginia taken by...

Fort D.A. Russell (now F. E. Warren Air Force Base), Wyoming: 1897. Unbound. 14 card-mounted albumen photographs of life at Fort Russell in Wyoming during the 1890s. The photographs measure 4.5” x 3.75”; the cards approximately 6.5” x 5.5”. Several of the cards are captioned on the reverse. All are... More about A photographic archive of the 8th Infantry Regiment at Fort D. A. Russell in Wyoming

Stalag IIB (Hammerstein, Germany): 17 June 1944. Unbound. This German Kriegsfangenenpost Postkarte (prisoner of war mail postcard) is addressed to Jodice’s girlfriend in Watertown, Massachusetts. It bears an indistinct German town postmark and purple handstamp from Stalag IIB. A U.S. censor’s handstamp that was applied before delivery is in the..... More about World War II U.S. Prisoner of War Mail from Germany

Alexandria, Virginia: 1862. Unbound. This two-page letter is datelined “Near Alexander va Nov 13th 1862.” It is complete with an inch of toning along the top edge. Short .5” splits starting at the ends of one mailing fold. A transcript will be included. Aldrich was a member of the... More about Civil War soldier’s letter from an atrocious speller describing the layout of the massive...