Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1974. Paperback. [4], 562 p.; 23 cm. Light brown wrapper printed in black. During these 6 days, the House Committee on the Judiciary debated the proposed resolution of impeachment, which contained two draft articles: the 1st accused Nixon of having obstructed justice by participating in..... More

Hartford, Conn. S. M. Betts & Co., 1869. Hardcover. "Richly Illustrated with Fourteen Steel Engravings." 628, [2] p., frontispiece portrait of Rosa Bonheur, added engraved title page with portrait of Florence Nightingale, and 12 additional leaves of engraved plates; 23 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles;..... More

1926. 2 documents. The 1st is a typed letter, dated U. S. Naval Training Station, Hampton Roads, Va., 3 May 1926, signed "R. R. Belknap," informing Major Eben Putnam that he had received and would be happy to read Putnam's draft of an account of the North Sea Mine Barrage..... More

1834. 1 handwritten document, dated 10 Nov. 1834. P. Cambridge will pay to Wingate & Gaskell, merchants of Philadelphia, $494.41 by 10 Aug. 1835. Cambridge authorizes James Macmanus, Esq., to appear on his behalf. Witnessed by Andrew Curtin. Signed on the reverse by James Gilliland, prothonotary, and Samuel Milliken. James..... More

1901. 1 typed letter, dated National Military Home, Ohio, 30 March 1901, signed by Major Carl Berlin, Assistant Adjutant General, on the letterhead of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. He informs Dickinson of the information required for someone to apply for admission to the Home. Along one edge..... More

1892. 1 handwritten letter, dated Washington, D.C., 21 Feb. 1892, from Senator John Sherman in reply to an inquiry from J. M. Dickinson, Esq., New Lisbon, Ohio, about whether his son could get a position at the "Public Printer." John Sherman (1823-1900) represented Ohio in the U. S. Senate from..... More

1820. 1 handwritten letter to Jesse R. Bowen, in Woodbury, N.J., dated Burlington, Oct. 16, without a year. Garret D. Wall (1783-1850) served in the War of 1812 and was the quartermaster general of New Jersey from 1815 to 1837. He became an attorney in 1804, practicing in Burlington, N.J...... More

Washington, D.C. 1960. 1 typed letter, signed by Senator Hubert H. Humphrey, to Bryan F. LaPlante, the Mitre Corporation, Washington, D.C., dated 28 Nov. 1960. On Humphrey's offficial United States Senate stationery, with the stamp of the Mitre Corp. in a lower corner. Humphrey thanks LaPlante for his "kind words..... More

Washington, D.C. Syracuse Post-Standard, 1942. 1 typed letter, signed by journalist Frederic J. Haskin on Syracuse Post-Standard Information Bureau letterhead, dated 22 Oct. 1942. Frederic Jennings Haskin (1873-1944) was an American journalist best known for his information column, which researched and answered readers' questions. In this letter, he is responding..... More

1898. 1 handwritten letter on both sides of a piece of Naval and Military Club stationery with the club emblem and a black border, dated 13 July 1898. General Bindon Blood (1842-1940), a British Army commander who served in India, Southern Africa, and Afghanistan, is responding to an invitation. He..... More

1823. 1 handwritten letter, dated 6 March 1823, from Lord Thomas Cochrane to Captain David Porter of the U.S. Navy expressing condolences over the death of Lt. Cocke, who was killed when the Spanish commander in San Juan fired to warn the American ships from entering the port. Lord Thomas..... More

1905. 1 handwritten letter, dated 3 June 1905, Washington, D.C. Irene Rucker Sheridan, the widow of General Philip Sheridan, responds to Jessie M. Weith, who had requested an autograph letter of her late husband. She regrets that she cannot comply because she had given away nearly everything from him. General..... More

1872. 1 leaf (37 x 24 cm.). Printed form with handwritten information, dated 27 Dec. 1872, and with the gilt state seal. John M. Palmer, Governor of Illinois, commissions Stephen J. Towson as Notary Public of Cook County, Illinois. Signed by Palmer and the Secretary of State Edward Rummel. John..... More