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1844 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT MULTI SIGNATURE DOCUMENT REGARDING THE CONSTRUCTION AND FINANCE OF THE NEW CONGREGATIONAL MEETING HOUSE AT HOLMES HOLE MARTHA'S VINEYARD

1844 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY A HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA MAN KEEPING UP WITH HIS FRIEND IN MISSISSIPPI

1843 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY A CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY TO HIS FRIEND FREDERICK SCHOTT

1843 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT PAIR [2] OF FOLDED STAMPLESS AUTOGRAPH LETTERS HANDWRITTEN BY A MISSIONARY TO HIS FRIEND IN WATERLOO NEW YORK WHILE HE TRAVELS TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST MEN IN INDIA PREACHING CHRISTIAN GOSPEL

1843 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY AN ALABAMA BASED HUSBAND IN NO RUSH AT ALL TO REUNITE WITH HIS TERMAGANT WIFE IN MISSISSIPPI

1843 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY A GOLD AND SILVER DEALER FROM RHODE ISLAND TRYING TO MAKE SALES IN MOBILE TO NO AVAIL

1843 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY A COTTON PLANTATION OWNER TO HIS FRIEND AND ACCOUNTANT DETAILING HIS PERSONAL AND FINANCIAL PROBLEMS, DESPITE A BOUNTIFUL COTTON CROP THAT YEAR

1843 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTER [ALS] REGARDING THE KILLING OF MRS. BACON 'AND THE WRETCHES THEY HAVE CAUGHT' HANDWRITTEN BY A HARVARD MAN TO A WASHINGTON COLLEGE FRIEND

1842 HANDWRITTEN RECEIPT FOR HAVING RECEIVED HIS ARTIFICIAL LEG

1842 HANDWRITTEN CHANSONNIER - A ROMANTIC HOMAGE OF POETRY TO THIS SOLDIER'S LOVE

1841 ORIGINAL STAMPLESS MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY HIS ELDER BROTHER FILLED WITH ADVICE, ADMONITIONS [AND WARNINGS AGAINST INTERCOURSE] TO A NEWLY MINTED MIDSHIPMAN ON THE SLOOP OF WAR CYANE

1841 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED [ALS] AND HANDWRITTEN BY AN INTERESTING BALTIMORE MERCHANT AND ONE TIME CONSUL OF THE KINGDOM OF HAWAII WITH INTELLIGENCE REGARDING THE WINE TRADE

1840s-1890s LARGE ARCHIVE OF 47 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTERS TO THE FAMED ASTRONOMER, ADMIRAL, INVENTOR AND AUTHOR ERNEST MOUCHEZ FROM HIS SISTER, CABINET MINISTERS, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES

1840 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG EPISCOPAL MISSIONARY TO LAFAYETTE INDIANA WRITING TO HIS WIFE

1839 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTER BY A ROGUE, SCAMP AND HERO OF THE SINKING OF THE STEAMBOAT ANTHONY WAYNE

1838 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER BY THE SENATOR FROM PENNSYLVANIA WHO PULLS OUT ALL THE STOPS AND HELPS A WIDOW'S SON LAUNCHING THE CAREER OF A FUTURE ADMIRAL AND HERO OF THE CIVIL WAR PIERCE CROSBY JR.

1838 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT RELIC OF THE FRENCH BLOCKADE OF MEXICO'S PORTS, THE BOMBARDMENT OF SAN JUAN DE ULUA, THE CAPTURE OF THE MEXICAN NAVY AND THE RETURN FROM RETIREMENT OF GENERAL SANTA ANNA: 'THE PASTRY WAR'

1838 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTER TO THE EDITOR REGARDING THE POOR STATE OF HOME AND POLITICS DURING AND AFTER THE REBELLIONS OF UPPER AND LOWER CANADA

1838 Handwritten Manuscript Document: Dismissal Statement Middlesex and Gorham Baptist Church Members

1837 - 1887 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT ARCHIVE OF FIVE [5] WRITING TABLETS BY NOTED IOWA POET - 50 YEARS OF WRITING

1836 - 1850 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF MANUSCRIPT LETTERS TO THE PROMINENT PRE CIVIL WAR STEEL FIRM OF WM. JESSOP AND SONS DETAILING THE STATE OF THE STEEL INDUSTRY AND ECONOMY

1835 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED [ALS] BY NOTED GENERAL WHO DEFEATED JOACHIM MURAT IN THE NAPOLEONIC WARS

1835 HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM A DOTING HUSBAND IN BALTIMORE TO HIS WIFE, TOUCHING ON FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND THE GROWTH AND LOVE OF THEIR CHILDREN TOGETHER

1834 PRINTED PAMPHLET ISSUED BY THE HARVARD FACULTY WITH HANDWRITTEN NOTES BY THE PRESIDENT OF HARVARD REGARDING THE 'INQUISITION OF THE FACULTY'

1834 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER HANDWRITTEN BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S GRAND-DAUGHTER TO HIS NAVAL OFFICER GREAT GRANDSON

1834 Analysis of Legal Judgement Against Swedish Nobility in France

1834 + 1837 ORIGINAL GROUP OF FIVE [5] LETTERS HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG MASSACHUSETTS MAN SEEKING INVESTMENT AND EMPLOYMENT IN ALABAMA ONLY TO MAKE AN ILL ADVISED MOVE TO TEXAS

1833 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN AUTOGRAPH GENEALOGICAL PRECIS - CLAUDE DE LA MONNOYE [MONNOIE]

1833 15 PAGE FRENCH DOCUMENT ISSUED FOR THE UNIVERSAL JUBILEE OF POPE GREGORY XVI SIGNED IN PRINT BY THE ARCHBISHOP OF BOURGES FEATURING FANTASTIC COAT OF ARMS

1832 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT ALS DETAILING CONDITIONS AT THE STATE PRISON IN WETHERSFIELD CT

1830 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT RELIC OF THE SEMINOLE INDIAN WARS AND THE SCANDALOUS CHARGES OF DESERTION AGAINST THE TENNESSEE VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS

1830 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LETTER ADDRESSED TO GENERAL BARON DE ROTTENBERG,TWICE THE FORMER GOVERNOR OF LOWER CANADA [QUEBEC]

1829 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT CONTRACT AGREEMENT BY A NOTED BOLTON MASSACHUSETTS BUSINESSMAN HIRING TO 'CONVEY THE UNITED STATES MAIL'

1829 Handwritten Manuscript Letter From Virginia Bank Cashier to a Prominent New York Merchant Regarding Debts of His Bankrupt Former Business Partner

1827 HANDWRITTEN ALS BY AUSTRIAN CROWN PRINCE, PRIEST AND REPUTED MIRACLE WORKER

1826 - 1845 ARCHIVE OF 16 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN STAMPLESS LETTERS OF NAVAL BUSINESS AND VERY INTIMATE PERSONAL LETTERS FROM MOM TO US NAVAL SURGEON AND NOTED AUTHOR WILLIAM WAITHAM RUSCHENBERGER

1825 HANDWRITTEN MULTIPLE SIGNATURE IOU - LEGAL BOND FOR LOAN AND PAYMENT

1825 & 1839 HANDWRITTEN GENEALOGICAL BREAKDOWN OF ONE OF FRANCE'S OLDEST FAMILIES DATING BACK TO 1100 AD

1823 Manuscript Letter of Well-Known Royal Navy Officer and British Politician Who Served as Governor of Newfoundland and a Conservative MP in England

1823 ALS ON THE EARLY USA TRADE WITH CUBA FROM RHODE ISLAND FOR SUPERIOR GUNPOWDER