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1786

• THE UNITED STATES: 1776-1846 AT ONE
  THE UNITED STATES: 1776-1846 AT ONE VIEWThe United States: 1776-1846 At One View. New York: H. Phelps, 1846. Hand-colored lithograph of a variety of statistics related to the United States, including populations, canals, railroads, steam boat routes, mountains, and more. 22 x 30”. Light foxing and creasing particularly at margins. B.
• 1776 NORTH AMERICAN'S
  1776 NORTH AMERICAN'S ALMANACNorth American's Almanack from the year of our independence, 1776, during the first part of the Revolutionary War. Topics include the an account of the commencement of the hostilities between Great Britain and the United States, by Rev. William Gordo n. Published by Samuel Stearns of Massachusetts Bay and Printed by I. Thomas of Worchester. Measures 7" x 4". shipping info This item can be shipped in-house.
• 1866 MITCHELL'S NEW GENERAL ATLAS
  1866 MITCHELL'S NEW GENERAL ATLAS Pennsylvania,1866"Mitchell's New General Atlas" published in 1866 by S. Augustus Mitchell bound in brown leather.
• 1776 SCRIMSHAW POWDER
  1776 SCRIMSHAW POWDER HORNRevolutionary War powder horn JACOB FRENCH, MADE NY ON BOARD PRISON SHIP JERSEY, TAKEN PRISONER AT FT. WASHINGTON BY KING GEORGE'S HIRED HESSIAN DOGS, NOV. 16 1776 - BEDFORD MY HOME ISLAND OF MANHATTAN. 12.5 in long.
• [Massachusetts-Lexington &
  [Massachusetts-Lexington & Concord Centennial] Three Stereoviews  Lot of 3 of the Massachusetts celebration of the Revolution Centennial by T. Lewis Cambridgeport Mass. Includes #6 of the Lexington Commons site of Battle Ground April 19 1875; and 2 at Cambridge July 3 1875 #54 & #56 of the Washington Elm w/large painted banner of Washington on horseback above the marker and a view of the ''Birthplace of the American Army'' arch. Yellow mounts w/titles list on verso. The Ed Burchard Stereoview Collection Condition: Overall bright and clear with nice tones. Mounts show ever so light soil.
• (2) VOLS., LAWS OF THE UNITED
  (2) VOLS., LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1796 & 1809 1796, Volume II, printed by Richard Folwell, Philadelphia, 576 pages, incl. Acts passed at the First and Second Sessions of the Second Congress, 1791-1792, treaties with Indian nations and with Great Britain, and the Declaration of Independence, 8"h x 5"w; 1809, Volume IX, incl. Tenth Congress of the United States, Brownstown Indian treaty, 309 pages plus index, 8.5"h x 5"w
• LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS IN
  LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS IN MASSACHUSETTS, 1786 AND 1787 Being Acts and Laws, Passed by the General Court of Massachusetts: Begun and held at Boston, in the County of Suffolk, on Wednesday the 25th Day of May, A.D. 1785; and from thence continued, by Adjournments, to Wednesday the first Day of February, 1786 quarto (10-1/4), no wraps, bound with string. Topics, in part, include fishing, Penobscot Indians, rioting, taxes, highways and more.
• MONUMENTAL ENGRAVING - 'First
  MONUMENTAL ENGRAVING - 'First Blow for Liberty - To the Memory of the Patriots of 1775' by A.H. Ritchie (Alexander Hay 1822-1895) dated 1863 'Here once the embattled farmers stood and fired the shot heard round the world' mitered black lacquer frame
• A Pennsylvania land grant on vellum
  A Pennsylvania land grant on vellum dated 5-20-1796, granting a property in Lycoming County named "Brunswick" to William Bingham, and signed by Pennsylvania governor and Founding Father Thomas Mifflin (1744-1800). Mifflin was a Philadelphia merchant who was expelled by the Quakers for joining the Continental Army during the American Revolution, in which he served first as one of George Washington's aide-de-camps and then as Quartermaster General. After the Revolution he was the last President of Pennsylvania, succeeding Benjamin Franklin, a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, in the course of which he was a Signer of the Constitution, and then the first Governor of Pennsylvania. This document was also signed by the first Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth, James Trimble (1755-1837), and by one Nathaniel Irwin.
• A Pennsylvania land grant on vellum
  A Pennsylvania land grant on vellum dated 6-22-1798, granting a property in Lycoming County named "Aberdeen" to James Strawbridge, and signed by Pennsylvania governor and Founding Father Thomas Mifflin (1744-1800). Mifflin was a Philadelphia merchant who was expelled by the Quakers for joining the Continental Army during the American Revolution, in which he served first as one of George Washington's aide-de-camps and then as Quartermaster General. After the Revolution he was the last President of Pennsylvania, succeeding Benjamin Franklin, a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, in the course of which he was a Signer of the Constitution, and then the first Governor of Pennsylvania. This document was also signed by the first Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth, James Trimble (1755-1837), and by one Nathaniel Irwin.
• 1766 LONDON CHRONICLE
  1766 LONDON CHRONICLE NEWSPAPERFascinating early example. Dated April 24, 1766. shipping info This item can be shipped in-house.
• 1776 map, Port Royal, South
  1776 map, Port Royal, South Carolina, "A Plan of Port Royal in South Carolina - Survey'd by Capn John Gascoigne", by John Gascoigne and Francis Swaine, published in North American Pilot, Sayer & Bennett, London, 1777, showing Port Royal and Surrounding islands, natural landmarks, landowners, house locations, depth soundings, other points of interest, after Jeffreys & Faden's 1776 map of the same region with corrected depth soundings and new information, compass bearings and sounding information in title margin, map key lower right, on laid paper, 29-18 x 24 in.
• Pennsylvania Chronicle September 21
  Pennsylvania Chronicle September 21 1767 with advertisement for "Property for sale in Virginia George Washington Trustee" and with advertisements by Cadwalader and Samuel Morris. 18.5"x11.75"
• Lotter map of Colonial America,
  Lotter map of Colonial America, 1776, Carte Nouvelle de l'Amerique Angloise by Mathias Albrecht Lotter, Augsburg, 1776, double-page copper engraving, hand colored, 24 x 19-1/2 in. (sight), in modern frame. Dampstains at bottom, top margin with soiling and chips, toning, colors faded, affixed between mat and foamcore backing.
• 1787 WOOLLETT ENGRAVING PRINT
  1787 WOOLLETT ENGRAVING PRINT
• Each dated 1916-S
  Each dated 1916-S
• 1776 SHIPPING REPORT TO BRITISH
  1776 SHIPPING REPORT TO BRITISH LORDSInteresting accounting of shipped items "for the use of His Majesty's forces" in Tobago and Dominica, smack in the middle of the Revolutionary War. Document measures 13-1/4" x 8-1/4". shipping info This item can be shipped in-house.
• THE BOSTON CHRONICLE, AUGUST 17-21,
  THE BOSTON CHRONICLE, AUGUST 17-21, 1769 Original issue of THE BOSTON CHRONICLE, Vol. II, #34 (Boston: John Mein and Fleeming, 1769) folio; leading with an expose on violations of the Boston merchants' recent non-importation agreement, particularly by John Hancock and others; various other correspondence, and a few advertisements. Mein was a Scottish immigrant and ardent Loyalist. In October, the newspaper office was sacked by Boston patriots and Mein fled to England. This was the first semi-weekly newspaper printed in New England.
• 1768 COLONIAL NEWSPAPER THE
  1768 COLONIAL NEWSPAPER THE BOSTON CHRONICLE1768 pre Revolutionary America newspaper, volume 1 number 15. Political and social subjects including letter from a clergyman to a lady in which he professes his affection and her response in the form of a strongly worded rebuke and a discussion ab out the French in New Orleans wanting to be under English rule instead of that of Spain. Overall approx. 8-1/2" L x 10-1/2" H. Some wear to edges, binding is split. See images for more details on condition. This item can be shipped in-house.
• 1976 Canada
  1976 Canada
• A Pennsylvania land grant on
  A Pennsylvania land grant on parchment dated 7-16-1806, granting a property in Venango County named "Eastwell" to Alexander Baring & others, and signed as Pennsylvania governor by Founding Father and Signer of the Declaration of Independence Thomas McKean (1734-1817). McKean was the delegate to the Second Continental Congress whose note brought his fellow Delaware delegate Caesar Rodney riding back to the Congress, to break the deadlock and swing Delaware's vote for American independence. This document was also signed by the first Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth, James Trimble (1755-1837), and by Timothy Matlack (1736-1829), another of the Founding Fathers who wrote out the formal copy of the Declaration of Independence.
• A Pennsylvania land grant on vellum
  A Pennsylvania land grant on vellum dated 10-11-1794, granting a property named "Sherburne" to William Bingham, and signed by Pennsylvania governor and Founding Father Thomas Mifflin (1744-1800). Mifflin was a Philadelphia merchant who was expelled by the Quakers for joining the Continental Army during the American Revolution, in which he served first as one of George Washington's aide-de-camps and then as Quartermaster General. After the Revolution he was the last President of Pennsylvania, succeeding Benjamin Franklin, a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, in the course of which he was a Signer of the Constitution, and then the first Governor of Pennsylvania. This document was also signed by the first Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth, James Trimble (1755-1837), and by one Nathaniel Irwin.
• INSCRIBED OATH OF ALLEGIANCE,
  INSCRIBED OATH OF ALLEGIANCE, PRINTED BY J. DUNLAP Zebulon Potts (1746 - 1801, Patriot, PA State Senator, 1793-1801) part-printed certificate with credits of John Dunlap (official printer to the Continental Congress, who printed the Declaration of Independence and other key documents) filled in by Potts, certifying that Walter Walters of Lower Merion Township had taken the Oath of Allegiance on July 30, 1778, witnessed by Benjamin Paschall (a Philadelphia Justice of the Peace); about 4 x 6 in.
• 1800 Georgia law digest: Robert and
  1800 Georgia law digest: Robert and George Watkins, A Digest of the Laws of the State of Georgia, From Its First Establishment as a British Province Down to the Year 1798, Inclusive, and the Principal Acts of 1799: In Which is comprehended the declaration of Independence; The State Constitutions of 1777 and 1789, with the alterations and amendments of 1794: Also the Constitution of 1798 , printed by R. Aitken, Market Street, Philadelphia, 1800, early pages include the address to the public dated Augusta, 1 July 1799, probably original full calf leather, 837 pp. plus index, 10 x 8-1/4 in. Binding fair, added end papers and spine reinforcement, extensive abrasions and losses at corners and spine, spine with extensive darkening and flaking, moderate overall browning and foxing, title page dark with dampstains.
• AFTER JOHN TRUMBULL (AMERICAN,
  AFTER JOHN TRUMBULL (AMERICAN, 1756-1843), DECLARATION DE L'INDEPENDANCE DES ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE, LE 4 JUILLET 1776 Engraving, 19th century, engraved by Alexandre Jean Louis Jazet (French, 1814–1900), retains Foster Brothers, Boston label to framing, presented in original wooden frame.
• Continental School (17th/18th
  Continental School (17th/18th century) Two prints engraving Largest 6 1/2 x 7 inches.
• WALTER STEWART, AL ON TRAINING
  WALTER STEWART, AL ON TRAINING RECRUITS, 1777 Walter Stewart (1756-1796, Revolutionary War officer, in July, 1777, Col. commanding the PA Regt. of Foot) retained copy of a letter dated at Smith's Clove (Ramapo Valley) July 22, 1777, to Lt. Col. Lewis Farmer, ordering him to Philadelphia to take charge of new recruits, with instructions for training and equipping them; 2 1/4 pp., folio, 13 x 8 1/4 in.; endorsed by Stewart verso.
• After John Trumbull (American,
  After John Trumbull (American, 1756-1843) and Engraved by Walterman Lilly Ormsby (American, 1809-1883) "The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776", steel engraving, presented in the period gilt-edged flat ebonized wood frame and glazed, fully signed, with all of the signers identified at the basal edge, h. 32-1/2", w. 42".
• REVOLUTIONARY WAR PRIVATE'S LETTER,
  REVOLUTIONARY WAR PRIVATE'S LETTER, 1778 John Jacob Moder (Dates unknown, evidently a resident of Delaware and artilleryman or "Bumbadier") ALS to Lt. Col. Thomas Robinson (1751-1819, nephew of Gen. Anthony Wayne, officer in the 1st PA Regt.), dated at Albany NY, March 26, 1778, asking Robinson, with whom he has a neighborly connection, for help getting a better post in the army, mentions news of a recent victory in New Jersey by Wayne's forces. 3/4 p. folio, addressed erroneously, verso.
• 1886
  1886
• A Pennsylvania land grant on
  A Pennsylvania land grant on parchment dated 10-10-1806, granting a property in Potter County named "Berwick" to Alexander Baring & others, and signed as Pennsylvania governor by Founding Father and Signer of the Declaration of Independence Thomas McKean (1734-1817). McKean was the delegate to the Second Continental Congress whose note brought his fellow Delaware delegate Caesar Rodney riding back to the Congress, to break the deadlock and swing Delaware's vote for American independence. This document was also signed by the first Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth, James Trimble (1755-1837), and by Timothy Matlack (1736-1829), another of the Founding Fathers who wrote out the formal copy of the Declaration of Independence.
• ARTICLE FROM BOSTON AND COUNTRY
  ARTICLE FROM BOSTON AND COUNTRY MARY 12 1770 REPRODUCTION
• 1776 ALMANAC OF THE BATTLE OF
  1776 ALMANAC OF THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON: Eye Witness Account of the Battle of Lexington: THE NORTH-AMERICAN'S ALMANACK, AND GENTLEMAN'S AND LADY'S DIARY, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST 1776. by Samuel Stearns. Massachusetts-Bay: Printed for I. Thomas, in Worcester; B. Edes, in Watertown; and S. & E. Hall, in Cambridge, [1775]. Duodecimo, printed wrappers, 18 (of 24) pp. Also sewn-in is a 42-page handwritten record of accounts for the years 1779-1782, by an unknown recorder. Although the Almanac is lacking several pages, it does contain: ''An Account of the Commencement of Hostilities between Great-Britain and America, in the province of Massachusetts-Bay, by the Rev. Mr. William Gordon, of Roxbury.,'' pp. [5-16]; ''A Short History which sheweth how the Charters of the city of London, with other parts of old England, and the British Colonies in New-England were taken away in the Reign of King Charles the IId.,;'' ''Sir Richard Rum's Advice to the soldiers and others;'' and the first page of ''Directions for preserving the Health of the Soldiers in the camps.'' Worn, dog-eared.
• U.S. 1778 privateer license,
  U.S. 1778 privateer license, partially printed document headed "Congress. The Delegates of the United States…", licensing William McFadden, Commander of the Sloop Mars, belonging to John Maxwell Nesbitt and Co., "to fit out and set forth the said Sloop in a warlike manner…by Force of Arms, to attack, subdue and take all ships…carrying Soldiers, Arms, Gunpowder, Provisions…to any of the British Armies or Ships of War employed against these United States…Philadelphia, August 4, 1778", signed in brown ink, "Henry Laurens" as President, "Chas Thomson" as Secretary, and "T[imothy] Matlack, Secy of the Council of Pennsa", 8-3/4 x 13 in. Separated into four sections vertically at folds, rejoined with paper tape on verso, folds through "n" of "Laurens" and "Matlack", minor holes, edge chips and losses, marginal dampstains, toning. Descended in the family Lewis Tawes Matlack (later Birkhead), a descendant of Timothy Matlack, the engrosser who hand lettered the Declaration of Independence.
• Dated 1904
  Dated 1904
• Scottish powder horn dated 1776,
  Scottish powder horn dated 1776, depicting the Royal Coat of Arms and New York Colony forts, lakes, and rivers to include Lake Ontario and Fort Ontario, Lake George and Fort George, Fort Independence, Lake Champlain, and Fort Ticonderoga, etc., 15"l