Browsing Tag Civil War

February 12, 2020

This sale covers American history from the sixteenth to twentieth centuries, with a diploma from the Princeton Class of 1783, whose commencement was attended by Washington and the…

April 19, 2019

Mexican Imprints Bring Significant Interest  in Swann Americana Sale   Our Printed & Manuscript Americana sale on Thursday, April 16 was the…

March 1, 2019

At Auction April 16 Complete Catalogue   This sale includes a dramatic Texan diary by William Farrar Smith, commanding an expedition to find the best trail from San Antonio…

April 6, 2018

Personal correspondence and manuscript material are always a highlight in our auctions of Printed & Manuscript Americana. On April 12, we’ll be offering a selection…

November 15, 2016

Coming to auction November 17, 2016: Printed & Manuscript Americana Charles L. Taylor married his sweetheart Harriet Tuttle in August, 1862 and days later went to join the…

June 12, 2015

Walt Whitman was in Boston overseeing the publication of his third edition of Leaves of Grass when he attended the trial of a man who was friendly with the Thoreaus, the…