small quarto, two pages, a damp-stain has faded several words in the text, some archival tissue repairs, else in good legible condition. Very likely a retained copy. The intended recipient may well have been William Woodford (1734-1780) American revolutionary war general… more >
Collection of 29 manuscript letters (totaling 39 pages + address panels, mostly folio and quarto) dating 1783-1791 to George Hale (b. 1759 d. 1803) of Glastonbury, Connecticut, from various correspondents (including Yale classmates) writing to him at Glastonbury and (for awhile) Providence… more >
small folio, one page, formerly folded, top edge lightly browned, else very good. Text neatly inscribed in ink on laid paper. The sheet, judging from the fold marks was evidently folded into a very small triangle of just over an inch in… more >
[Albany September 3, 1781] folio, 3 pages, old folds, some spotting to paper, old archival tape repairs along folds of second page, else in very good, clean and legible condition. more >
folio, 2 ½ page letter, inscribed on a four page folding letter sheet, old folds and creases, some spotting, ink faded on several lines of text, remains of sealing wax on integral address leaf, else in good, clean legible condition. more >
Dramatic eyewitness account of Confederate General Earl Van Dorn’s early morning surprise attack on Holly Springs, Mississippi, the resulting capture by the narrator, a cotton buyer from Rhode Island, and the destruction at the Union supply hub