19th Century Manuscripts

1868 - 1873 ARCHIVE OF THREE [3] HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LEDGER BOOKS OF A PROSPEROUS, SUCCESSFUL COBBLER

1865 PRUSSIAN MILITARY PASS WITH HOLOGRAPH NOTES OF SOLDIER PASSLER'S SERVICE AT THE BATTLES OF KONIGGRATZ, SEDAN, VERDUN AND PARIS

1867 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT NEW HAMPSHIRE FARMER AND LUMBERMAN'S DIARY

1863 - 1864 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LEDGER AND ACCOUNT BOOK REGARDING TAXES, TOLLS AND JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT INCLUDING THE INSTALLATION OF A MADMAN TO THE STATE LUNATIC ASYLUM

1862-1881 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT ARCHIVE OF 13 LETTERS RELATING EVENTS IN MASSACHUSETTS TO THE FAMILY IN MAINE

1864 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTER TO COL. CHARLES C. DWIGHT REGARDING THE DEATH AND FUNERAL OF THEIR FRIEND COLONEL W. BABCOCK HERO OF THE BATTLE OF WINCHESTER VIRGINIA

1863 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT CIVIL WAR LETTER FROM THE GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS TO THE GOVERNOR OF CONNECTICUT IMPLORING BUCKINGHAM TO SEEK GENERAL HAMILTON'S COMMISSION AS BRIGADIER GENERAL AND END THE FEDERAL OCCUPATION OF TEXAS

1867 HANDWRITTEN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED [ALS] - A LOVING SISTER TO HER BROTHER

1862 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT CIVIL WAR LETTER FROM A LOVING AND LONELY WIFE HAVING A HARD TIME MAKING ENDS MEET

1864 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT SURVEYOR'S FIELD NOTES AS HE SEARCHES FOR OIL IN CIVIL WAR ERA WEST VIRGINIA

1866 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTER DISCUSSING THE HURRICANE AND SHIPWRECK OF THE FAMED PADDLE-WHEEL STEAMER THE EVENING STAR TO HIS BROTHER ABOARD THE CUSHING

1866 HANDWRITTEN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY FAMED BISHOP, HERO OF THE WAR OF 1812 AND PROMINENT LEADER OF PIONEER TORONTO - CHURCH VERSUS STATE CONTENT TO THE ANGLICAN BISHOP OF MONTREAL

1864 LOT OF TWO [2] HANDWRITTEN CIVIL WAR ERA MANUSCRIPT DIARIES BY A RYE NEW HAMPSHIRE MAN BUSY WITH THE PORTSMOUTH NAVAL YARD

1866 EUROPEAN TRAVEL DIARY OF A KEEN EYED BAPTIST MINISTER, HARVARD GRADUATE AND FUTURE PRESIDENT OF JACKSON COLLEGE FEATURING A SIGNED NOTE BY FAMED RELIGIOUS AUTHOR MERLE D'AUBIGNE

1868 - 1872 - 1879 ARCHIVE OF HANDWRITTEN CIVIL WAR ERA MANUSCRIPT DIARIES

1862 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT CIVIL WAR ERA DIARY CHRONICLING THE TRAVELS AND TRAVAILS OF A CIRCUIT RIDER TEACHER IN CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE

1866 HANDWRITTEN CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION ERA MANUSCRIPT DIARY AUTHORED BY THE INDIANA WIFE OF A SUCCESSFUL OIL AND MINING EXECUTIVE

1866 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT EUROPEAN TRAVEL DIARY OF A YOUNG WOMAN INCLUDING 20 PAGES OF RIBALD AND HUMOROUS POETRY

1866 - 1867 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY/JOURNAL/NOTEBOOK OF A SUCCESSFUL KINSMAN OHIO BUSINESSMAN

1868 - 1893 HANDWRITTEN CIVIL WAR ERA ARCHIVE OF SIX [6] MANUSCRIPT DIARIES FROM THE FAMILY OF TRAITOR BENEDICT ARNOLD

1866 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT FARMER'S DIARY - WEATHER, CROPS, SUGARING, PRICES AND TREASURE FOR GENEALOGISTS

1868-1869 HANDWRITTEN CIVIL WAR ERA ARCHIVE OF HANDWRITTEN DIARIES, LEDGERS AND AN 1880s AUTOGRAPH BOOK

1863-1865 HANDWRITTEN CIVIL WAR ARCHIVE OF CORRESPONDENCE TO SGT. PETER LEER OF THE 103RD REGIMENT PENNSYLVANIA WITH DETAILS OF THE CONFEDERATE INVASION OF PENNSYLVANIA

1869 + 1873 + 1889 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARIES OF A YOUNG UPSTATE NEW YORK GIRL FROM CHILDHOOD TO WOMANHOOD

1867 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF LIFE IN NEW YORK CITY IN THE CIVIL WAR ERA

1865 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT MEDICAL RELATED CIVIL WAR LETTER BY FAMED SURGEON OF THE 39TH NEW YORK

1867 HANDWRITTEN CIVIL WAR ERA MANUSCRIPT LETTER REFERENCING THE CONFEDERACY, RECONSTRUCTION, STUMP SPEECHES

1862 HANDWRITTEN CIVIL WAR LETTER TO JAMES HANNA FUTURE INDIANA CONGRESSMAN, MAYOR AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY

1870 + 1890-1903 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF LIFE AND TIMES & STAGE - STEAM - TRAIN TRAVELS DIARY

1865 STORE LEDGER FASCINATING STUDY OF THE ECONOMY IN CIVIL WAR ERA AMERICA

1864 GENERAL ORDERS No. 116 & DECLARED UNFIT FOR FURTHER FIELD SERVICE BUT FIT FOR DUTY IN THE VETERAN RESERVE CORPS

1867 - 1868 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF AN 11 YEAR OLD BOY IN POST CIVIL WAR PENNSYLVANIA

1869 TINY SILK-COVERED HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY

1864 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF PIONEER NEW HAMPSHIRE MAN

1864 + 1867 + ACCOUNTS BOOK ARCHIVE OF HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A YOUNG PIONEER CIVIL WAR ERA WOMAN BESET BY TRAGEDY

1863 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTERS - TWO AUTHORS - ONE PIECE OF PAPER - TWO SEPARATE LETTERS - CIVIL WAR SAILORS WRITE HOME

1860 FASCINATING, SIGNIFICANT ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN DOCUMENT DETAILING THE TENSE AND FRAUGHT MOOD ONLY TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE 1860 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION THAT WOULD BE THE CATALYST FOR THE BLOODIEST WAR IN AMERICAN HISTORY

1855 Original Handwritten Notebook and Relic of Yale Scholarship by a Prominent 19th Century American Academic

1861-1863 Archive of Five Civil War-Era Manuscript Letters Relating to the Robust US Banking System, Army Units, Debts, Corporate Elections

1854 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LOG BOOK HANDWRITTEN BY AN ILL FATED SAILOR ABOARD A TWO MASTED MERCHANT BRIG PLYING ITS TRADE BETWEEN MAINE AND THE CARIBBEAN