
Charles Darwin Writes That He Only Now Realizes the True Span of Time, a Key Element in the Continued Development of His Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection and Major Addition in Subsequent Editions of Origin of Species

Thomas Edison Writes to the Maharaja, Seeking Help in Taking “Moving Pictures” in “your wonderful country”

The Medal Presented by Tsar Alexander II to the American People in 1866, Commemorating the Freeing of the Slaves by Both People: “There by a sanguinary struggle, here by the path of peace”

The Unpublished Crowninshield Family and Merchant Archive: Documenting a Great Shipping Business at the Turn of the 19th century

The Unpublished Privateer Capture Log, Dated August 1812, for the Vessel of Future Navy Secretary Benjamin Crowninshield, Documenting One of the First Ever Privateers Hauls of the War of 1812


Gen. George Washington, on the Retreat to Valley Forge, Hears the Start of the Final Stand at Forts Mifflin and Mercer, Which Forts Stalled the Enemy and Ensured His Army’s Safe Arrival

Andrew Jackson Will Not Seek the Presidency, But if Called to the Office by the People, He Will Accept

War of 1812 Privateer’s Commission Issued for One of the First Privateers to Patrol Under the New War, the Ship John of Salem, Owned by the Prominent Crowninshield Family, Signed by President James Madison and Secretary of State James Monroe
