
War of 1812 Privateer’s Commission Issued for a Great Ship Captained by Salem Merchant, Future Navy Secretary and Original Privateer Benjamin Crowninshield, Signed by President James Madison and Secretary of State James Monroe

A Tile from John Hancock’s Home in Boston, Massachusetts, With Provenance from the Quincy Descendants


The Order to Follow Up the Gadsden Purchase with a Postal Convention in the Acquired Territory, Signed by President Franklin Pierce

President Franklin D. Roosevelt Appoints a Head of Selective Service for New York, Establishing the First Peacetime Draft in the U.S.



Napoleon, In Exile on Elba, Demands His Mother Pay for Her Own Home Improvements on the Island

The Newly Discovered History of Founding Mother Dorothy Quincy Hancock, Written by a Prominent Female Descendant, with Tales of Lexington, Marriage, and Husband John Hancock
