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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
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"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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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
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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
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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
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Hand-colored mid-1800s engraving with the signatures to the Declaration of Independence — In an antique frame
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"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
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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
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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
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Chippendale-style Mahogany Inlaid Scroll-frame Mirror — 19th C.
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Cast iron eagle — 19th / 20th C.
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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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