American History

A Lengthy Poem to a Young Female Admirer

Rare Letter by the Editor Who Sent Stanley in Search of Livingstone

American Supreme Court Justice to his Recently Arrived Cousin from War-Torn Austria

Supreme Court Justice Sends Financial Aid to his Immigrant Cousins

John Burroughs Photographed Outside of his Cabin “Slabsides”

A Signed Photograph of the Famed Naturalist

Union General Benjamin Butler Telegraphs General Winfield Scott about his Unauthorized March into Baltimore

The President is a Strong Believer in Social Security

Autograph Letter about Being Refunded for his Investments in Cotton and Lands in the Western United States

The President of the Confederate States Writes a Historic, Lengthy and Bitter ALS to His Wife, Varina

The Future First Lady of the Confederacy Writes to Former First Lady Jane Pierce on the Eve of the Civil War

Fine Autograph Letter Declining to Ask a Wealthy Southern Cotton Planter for a Contribution