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"My beautiful book arrived well packed and in the exact condition it was represented."
— Bill P. purchased Naval History of the Civil War by Admiral David D. Porter, published in 1866

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"Superb, in excellent condition." — HAP purchased an 1876 Centennial Exhibition silk flag

  • "Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776," engraved by W.L. Ormsby after John Trumbull — Framed

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  • "VI Corps Order of Battle 1943 - 1945" WWII small poster — Framed

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  • "Domestic Manners of the Americans" by Fanny Trollope — 1832

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  • "The History Of The United States Of America" by Charles Mackay — Complete eight volume set

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  • US Centennial Liberty Bell Milk Glass Small Platter — 1876

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  • "First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln" Engraving — Matted and framed

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  • "The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill, June 17, 1775" After John Trumbull — Framed print

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  • Thirteen star parade flag — Likely made for the first Centennial Celebration of American Independence

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  • Siege of Yorktown - Surrender of Cornwallis — Steel engraving from France — Framed 1860 print

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  • U.S. Fractional Currency Notes

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  • "Report on the Organization and Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac" by George B. McClellan — 1864

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  • "Centennial Portfolio: A souvenir of the international exhibition" by Thompson Westcott — 1876

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  • "African Game Trails" by Theodore Roosevelt — 1910

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  • "Excursion through the Slave States" by G.W. Featherstonhaugh — 1844

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  • Colonial Currency from 1774 to 1786—Including one signed by a signer of the Declaration

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  • Joseph Warren engraving in 6" gold frame with green mat

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  • "The World's Fair in Water Colors" — Portfolio of lithographs by C. Graham — 1893

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  • "Columbian Gallery — A portfolio of photographs of the world's fair" — 1894

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  • Cased USS Constitution Ship Model from Lannan Ship Model Gallery — with marquetry inlay table

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  • 1780 "Bowles's New Map of the World" Double-page engraved map with hand-colored cartouches

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  • 1852 "American Scenery; or Land, Lake, and River, Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature" by N.P. Willis — Two volume set

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  • 1862 "Massachusetts Militia Passing Through Baltimore" — Framed print

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  • "Cornwallis resigning his sword to Washington" steel engraving — Framed

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  • "Journal and Other Documents of The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus" Special 500th Anniversary edition — Leather-bound, gilt-edged Easton Press edition

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  • Calendar Tiles with Historic Scenes of the Mayflower, USS Constitution, and Historic Boston Landmarks — 1908 - 1920

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  • "General Washington at the Battle of Trenton," after John Trumbull

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  • Printed for the 1876 Centennial Exhibition: US flag surrounded with the flags of participating nations — Framed

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  • 1893 World's Fair Ruby-Stained Early-America Pattern Glass

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  • "The March of Miles Standish" — Framed, matted 1873 print

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  • Colonial Currency from 1775 - 1780 — Pennsylvania, Delaware, Connecticut, and Continental Currency

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  • Framed "Fortune" Magazine, June 1937, Vol XV Number 6 — Antonio Petruccelli

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  • "Interview of Howe's Messenger with Washington" — Matted framed engraving

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  • Original WWI Poster — "To make the world a decent place to live in" — Liberty bond drive

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  • 1884 "Washington And His Family" Mezzotint Engraving

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  • James Heath engraving of the George Washington Lansdowne Portrait — In an antique gold frame

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  • Dr. Joseph Warren — Hand-colored engraving in an ornate gold frame from The History List Store

    Dr. Joseph Warren — Hand-colored engraving in an ornate gold frame

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  • 1893 Columbian Exposition Chicago World's Fair Wedgwood Plates

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  • 1876 Philadelphia World's Fair Centennial Exposition Glassware from Gillinder and Co.

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  • 1875 "History of the Civil War in America" by Louis Philippe Albert, The Comte de Paris — Four volume set

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  • Declaring Independence hand-colored engraving c. 1783 - In a hand-made solid wood frame from The History List Store

    Declaring Independence hand-colored engraving c. 1783 - In a hand-made solid wood frame

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  • "A New and Correct Plan of the Town of Boston" from the "Gentleman's Magazine" — October 1775 — In an antique frame from The History List Store

    "A New and Correct Plan of the Town of Boston" from the "Gentleman's Magazine" — October 1775 — In an antique frame

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  • Framed 'Facsimile Declaration of Independence,' framed in an antique frame — available at The History List Store.

    Hand-colored mid-1800s engraving with the signatures to the Declaration of Independence — In an antique frame

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  • Framed "George Washington - First President of the United States" by Nathaniel Currier from The History List Store.

    "George Washington - First President of the United States" by Nathaniel Currier

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  • Five Colonial Currency Notes from 1774 to 1780—Rhode Island, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia — From The History List Store

    Five Colonial Currency Notes from 1774 to 1780—Rhode Island, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia

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  • Ornate Gold Framed "Battle of Bunker's Hill" — Small, highly detailed print, in color — From The History List Store

    Battle of Bunker's Hill — Small, highly detailed print, in color — In an ornate gold frame

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  • "Royal Air Force Dambusters" by Melvyn Buckley — Signed and framed, with Certificate of Authenticity

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  • Ship's Passport - Signed by John Tyler

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  • Retreat of the British from Concord — c. 1860 steel engraving — In an antique frame

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  • 1890's 44-Star Parade Flag — Framed

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  • Original "Remember Dec. 7th!" WWII Posters — Linen backed — Two sizes, one very large

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  • 1887 Map of New England with Adjacent Portions of New York and Canada

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  • Famous Gettysburg Battlefield Map by John Bachelder — Hand colored — Framed and matted

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  • Chippendale mirror with veneer and inlay — 1700s

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  • 1881 "The Army of Virginia: From Cedar Mountain to Alexandria" by George H. Gordon

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  • US Army Uniform Prints from 1775 - 1906 Commissioned by Quartermaster Henry A. Ogden

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  • "Memoirs of the Life and Campaigns of the Hon. Nathaniel Greene" - 1819 - With 32 engraved portraits

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  • 1893 "Grant and the Generals of the Army of the Potomac" — Framed print

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  • Historical Staffordshire blue plate showing the landing of Gen. Lafayette at Castle Garden in New York, early 19th c.

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  • Original WWII poster — 1943 "We have just begun to fight!"

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  • Framed Harpers Magazine Double-page spread of the early days of the Civil War

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  • Monumental painting of Teddy Roosevelt from his Rough Rider Days - 56” x 56”

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  • Original WWII poster — "Now all together" bond drive poster with image from Iwo Jima

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  • Mark Twain Hand Signed Letter in an antique frame from the period — Documented by scholars

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  • Mounted metal eagle atop a ball and wooden base

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  • Carved Walnut mirror celebrating the Emancipation Proclamation

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  • Framed "Declaration of Independence" Calligraphy of George Washington with the seals of 16 states

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  • The Battle of the Wilderness - 1887 framed print

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  • The Blue Book: A Comprehensive Official Souvenir View Book, Illustrating the Panama-Pacific Internation Exposition, San Francisco, 1915

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  • Large, framed, hand-colored whaling print

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  • Ornate “Bulls-eye” Convex Mirror — Late 19th/early 20th C.

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  • George Washington 1789 "GW" Inaugural Button — "LONG LIVE THE PRESIDENT" — Includes certificate of authenticity

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  • Document signed by Thomas Jefferson for the import duty on his famous Louis Chantrot Obelisk Clock

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  • 1936 The Democratic Book — Limited first edition signed by Franklin Roosevelt

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  • The Congressional War on Kansas over Slavery and Statehood: 59 speeches covering 1854 - 1858

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  • "Decision at Leyte" — Stanley L. Falk — Leather-bound, gilt-edged Easton Press edition

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  • "Gallipoli" — Alan Moorehead — Leather-bound, gilt-edged Easton Press edition

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  • "Adrian Daily Times" with stories about the life and career of Gen. Ulysses Grant — Adrian, Michigan, March 31, 1885

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  • "Landing of the Pilgrims" — Historical Staffordshire blue plates c1825

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  • "Louisburg" Large Wooden Eagle — 44" wide — in the style of John Haley Bellamy

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  • George Washington Bicentennial Small Platter with State Seals — 1976

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  • 36-star silk flag from the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia

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  • 1856 "The First Landing of the Pilgrims" — In a beautiful, antique frame

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  • George Washington Statue — Parian porcelain

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  • Small creamware pitcher with George Washington and Benjamin Franklin

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  • Two Continental Soldier Pay Documents and a Continental one third dollar note - Framed

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  • “Ironclads steaming past Vicksburg” — Original oil painting published in the Gold Book series

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  • Douglas MacArthur Signed Occupation Currency — With certificate of authenticity

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  • Battle of Manila, May 1, 1898 — Framed 1898 print

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  • Original WWII poster — 1943 "Americans will always fight for liberty"

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  • 1860 "The Courtship of Washington" Engraving by John C. McRae — Framed

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  • Framed Steel Engraving & Card — Signed by Gen. George Mcclellan - c.1864

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  • 48 Star Flag "Defiance" - 50" x 88"

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  • Original WWI poster — "That Liberty Shall Not Perish from The Earth" bond drive poster

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  • General Douglas MacArthur - Framed with signature - "Duty, honor, country . . ."

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  • Paul Revere - North Church Lantern — Sterling Silver — Numbered — Authorized by the Concord Antiquarian Society

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  • Roosevelt Bronze — “Fighting for the right” — 1920

    Roosevelt Bronze — “Fighting for the right” — 1920

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  • Teddy Roosevelt Relief Portrait c. 1910

    Teddy Roosevelt Relief Portrait c. 1910

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  • Five Colonial Currency Notes from 1770 to 1779, including North Carolina (1776), South Carolina, and Maryland

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  • Historical Staffordshire "Landing of Fathers, Plymouth Rock" Pitcher

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  • The First Landing of the Pilgrims — 1856 engraving of famous painting

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  • Enola Gay print signed by pilot Col. Paul Tibbets, navigator Capt. Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk, and bombardier Maj. Thomas Ferebee — Framed

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  • President Calvin Coolidge signed photograph with a note from his secretary, on White House stationery, in a handmade frame

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  • Small, framed George Washington silhouettes

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  • Paul Revere's Ride — Original oil painting by Alton S. Tobey for "The Golden Book History of the United States"

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  • CDV of President Lincoln with Tad — 1865 — In a handmade, solid wood frame

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  • Four historic framed prints of American soldiers in uniform 1774 - 1783 that were commissioned by the Quartermaster General of the Army (1890 - 1907)

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  • Seth Thomas "Banjo Clock" with a depiction of a naval engagement

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  • Boston Massacre print made from Revere's original plate — Framed

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  • Historical Staffordshire blue plates c1825 commemorating the landing at Plymouth and four other historical events

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  • Teddy Roosevelt Bronze Plaque — The Strenuous Life — c. 1910

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  • 1901 Pan-American Exposition Decorated Miniature Lamp

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  • Theodore Roosevelt — Signed photograph with certificate of authenticity

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  • Hand hammered copper eagle flagpole topper

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  • Large, framed, hand-colored 1841 etching of U.S. ship in the Port of Liverpool

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  • USS Constitution Models—Enclosed in glass with a custom built display table

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  • Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Appointment — Signed March 7, 1904

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  • Currier & Ives hand-colored original print, "The Fall of Richmond, Virginia, on the Night of April 2nd, 1865," in an antique frame

    Currier & Ives hand-colored original print, "The Fall of Richmond, Virginia, on the Night of April 2nd, 1865," in an antique frame

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  • Chippendale-style Mahogany Inlaid Scroll-frame Mirror — 19th C.

    Chippendale-style Mahogany Inlaid Scroll-frame Mirror — 19th C.

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  • Cast iron eagle — 19th / 20th C.

    Cast iron eagle — 19th / 20th C.

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  • George Washington 1789 First Inaugural Button—“Memorable Era / March the Fourth 1789”

    George Washington 1789 First Inaugural Button—“Memorable Era / March the Fourth 1789”

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  • "Battle Over London" — Signed by pilots and crew — Framed — Includes Certificate of Authenticity

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  • George Washington Bicentennial Silk Stevengraph Ribbon — Framed

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  • The Taking of Yorktown — Framed print with the title in French and English — 1840 or 1855

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  • "The Battle at Bunker's Hill" — c 1870 print — Framed and matted

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  • Carved wooden eagle with a shield and two flags — 29” wide

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  • 1820 Historical Staffordshire blue plate showing the 15 states

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  • Copper eagle on ball on wooden block

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  • 1868 "Johnson's North America" — Hand-colored — Framed

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  • Carved wooden eagle — "Live and Let Live" — 36" wide

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  • President Theodore Roosevelt Naval Appointment — Signed December 23, 1908

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  • Reverse-painted Federal mirror with Paul Revere

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  • Carved wooden eagle — "Don't give up the ship" — 28" wide

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  • 1945 VIII Corps WWII Route Map

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  • Hand-colored 1762 Map of North America

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  • A carte de visite (CDV) of President Lincoln in a large solid wood frame

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  • Admiral Chester Nimitz signed photo aboard USS Missouri as he is signing the surrender documents — September 2, 1945

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  • Liverpool creamware pitcher commemorating George Washington after his death

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  • Original WWI poster — "Books wanted for our men in camp and over there" — Framed, with museum-grade acrylic

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  • Battle of Boston Harbor with the Frigates Chesapeake and Shannon — 1813 — Two historic framed prints

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  • 1783 View of the Attack on Bunker's Hill, with the Burning of Charles Town, June 17, 1775 Framed print

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  • Preparing for the Battle of Bunker Hill — original oil painting by Alton S. Tobey for "The Golden Book History of the United States"

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  • Large Historical Platter with several scenes of Plymouth in 1622 and after

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  • Civil War Grand Army of the Republic Trumbull Post, No. 16 — In black frame

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  • Civil War Grand Army of the Republic Stanley Post, No. 11 — In ornate wooden frame

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  • Uncle Sam "I Want You" WWI recruiting poster — Framed

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  • Historical plates from Staffordshire and Wedgwood

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