Harvard Acquires its Then-Huge 28-Foot Telescope in 1769, Used by America's First Great Astronomer, John Winthrop, For...
Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton Exercises His Authority to Assess the Collection of Duties, Which Helped...
In a Rare Letter of Mentioning Christmas, Charles Dickens Reflects Wistfully on his Membership in the Shakespeare Club
Former President John Tyler Eloquently Supports the Compromise of 1850, Attacking Its Opponents on Both the Pro- and...
Ulysses S. Grant’s First Orders After Receiving His Official Commission As General
General George Washington Writes Major General McDougall, Stationed at West Point, Announcing the Foundering of the...
Andrew Jackson on Ambition, the Presidency, President Monroe, His Competitors in the Upcoming 1824 Election, Public...
Autographs of President Abraham Lincoln and His Team of Rivals Cabinet, Donated in 1864 to the Metropolitan Fair in New...
President Thomas Jefferson, Who Wrote “All men are created equal” in 1776, Links the Declaration of Independence to...
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, Writing from Cuba, Reports on the Condition and Casualties of His Famed Rough Riders
The History of Invention of the Automobile, As Related by Charles Duryea, Inventor of the First American...
An Important, Unpublished Archive From the Golden Age of Aviation, Including the Original Entry Forms From Many of the...
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