Collection: Founding & Expansion 1783-1829
Books & paper from the Articles of Confederation to the end of the John Quincy Adams presidential administration.
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1815 Matthew L. Davis, Autograph Signed Letter, Publisher & Aaron Burr Biographer
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1791 US Congress, Egbert Benson of New York, Stampless Signed + "Free" Inked Franked Cover, with Franklin (Bishop) Mark, to Samuel Jones, NY
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1796 Baltimore Straight Line Stampless cover to Thomas & Jonathan Hancock, Merchants, Boston Postal history 25 rate
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1809 Paul Hamilton, autograph, Third US Navy Secretary (Madison), free frank Washington CDS cover to Lieutenant John Trippe, New York
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1793 Robert Gilmor & Co to Nicholas Low, Baltimore Straightline stampless cover & autograph letter
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1795 Thomas Russell autograph letter to Nicholas Low, United States Banking and Financial Founders
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1784 Richard Varick autograph document, Aide de Camp & private secretary to George Washington, New York City Mayor, NY Attorney General
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1790 Moses Myers ALS (Stephen Girard agent), Robert Taylor & Jonathan Lawrence thrice signed Norfolk, VA straightline letter to Nicholas Low, New York CIty
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1792 Anti-Federalist Rhode Island Governor Arthur Fenner signed 2 page letter to US Attorney William Channing
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1809 Josiah Sherman signed letter to brother Roger Minott Sherman, ALS w Albany NY CDS to Fairfield Connecticut
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1790 1st NC US Senator Samuel Johnston signed letter to James Iredell re Supreme Court opening, nominated by Washington 6 days later
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1804 NY Federalist Daniel Hale signed letter ALS w Albany CDS cover to David Galston US Custom House
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1801 Joseph Winthrop Charleston South Carolina signed letter to Thomas Cutts, Merchant, Pepperellborough, Massachusetts ALS SHIP CDS
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1810 Benjamin Joy, Boston, MA to William Crosby, Belfast Maine, 1st US Consul India
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1810 Prentiss Mellen, Federalist US Senator, early Abolitionist, 1st Maine Chief Justice, signed letter & postal cover to William Sullivan, Boston
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1802 Senator James Ross to Lawrence Lewis, George Washington Nephew & Estate Executor. Mount Vernon, VA, delivered by Colonel Simms
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