Day 2 | Rare Books & Historical Documents from the Estate of Fred Bentley, Sr.

The New-Haven Gazette, and the Connecticut Magazine. Volume II. Thursday, October 11, 1787. Number 34. 8pp. Contains important information about t...

The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 and 99; with Mr. Thomas Jefferson's Original Draught Thereof: Also, Madison's Report, Calhoun's Addr...

Military Posts--Council Bluffs to the Pacific Ocean. 27th Congress, 2nd Session. House Document, no. 830. [Washington, D.C.], 27 May 1842. Written...

The Life of George Washington by Jared Sparks. Published 1839 by Ferdinand Andrews. First edition. Book is finely bound in blue leather with marbl...

George Washington Farewell Address. "The address of General George Washington to the United States of America, September 17th, 1796, announcing hi...

Monuments of Washington's Patriotism: Containing a Facsimile of his Public Accounts Kept During the Revolutionary War, and Some of the Most Intere...

The Connecticut Courant, Monday, June 11, 1787. #1168. American Revolution leader John Hancock (1737-1793), a signer of the Declaration of Indepen...

The Gentleman’s Magazine, 1755. An early mention of George Washington in a London magazine. A report, reading in part: "The poor men who suffered ...

Journal of the First Session of the Senate of the United States of America, Begun and Held at the City of New York, March 4, 1789, printed in Wash...

Letter to George Germain from An Englishman. Printed 1776, by J. Almon. First edition. An important publication from the Revolution to George Germ...

Documents Respecting Barbary, Accompanying the President's Communications to Congress on the 8th December 1801. By Thomas Jefferson, printed 1801 ...

Plan of the New Constitution for the United States of America, Agreed Upon in a Convention of the States, with A Preface by the Editor. Published ...

A bound edition of the following works by or related to Edmund Burke: Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq. on American Taxation, April 19, 1774. Fourth Ed...

A sammelband starting with A History of the Campaigns of 1780 and 1781 in the Southern Provinces of North American by Lieutenant Colonel Tarleton....

Poems Written Between the Years 1768 & 1794, by Philip Freneau, of New Jersey: A New Edition, Revised and Corrected by the Author; Including a con...

The Way to Wealth, or, Poor Richard Improved by Benjamin Franklin. Published 1795 by Renouard in Paris. First edition published in English in Fran...

A three volume complete set of A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America, Against the Attack of M. Turgot in Hi...

Two volume set of The History of America by William Robertson. Published 1778, by W. Strahan, T. Cadell. Second edition. Two volumes are fully bou...

The American Museum, or Universal Magazine, June and September 1790. June pages 277-344 and (44),(44), (44), (40), (2), September, (4), pages 97-1...

Journal of the US in Congress Assembled containing the proceeding from the 5th day of November 1787 to the 3rd Day of November, 1788 (1), [170] Ap...

The Justice and Necessity of Taxing the Colonies Demonstrated Together with a Vindication of the Authority of Parliament. Published 1766 by J. Alm...

Declaration of Independence, printed by Richard Folwell in Philadelphia, 1796. Taken from "The Laws of the United States of America" published in ...

Official Correspondence and Communications Between C. C. Pinckney, John Marshall, and Elbridge Gerry; Envoys Extraordinary of the American States,...

The Constitutions of the United States, According to the Latest Amendments – To Which Are Prefixed; The Declaration of Independence; And The Feder...

Histoire de la Conqueste de la Floride Par Les Espagnols, sous Ferdinand de Soto. Ecrite en Portugais par un Gentil-homme de la ville d'Elvas. Wri...

Following dates: April 1733; January 1739; September 1740; June 1744; January 1756 (two copies). Much information contained including news of the ...

The Institution and Proceedings of the Society of the Cincinnati Formed by the Officers of the United States, at the Cantonment on the Banks of Hu...

Three volumes of the First and Second Session of the 6th Congress and Second Session of the 8th Congress. Published by Authority. Printed 1800, 18...

Message of the President of the United States to Both Houses of Congress. April 3d, 1798. Printed 1798. President John Adams' report to Congress o...

The Political Magazine And Parliamentary; Naval, Military, and Literary Journal, for the year 1780, Volume 1, (2),56pp., with a fold out map of Gi...

The Gentleman's Magazine for January 1782. Printed by J. Nicholas, London. Contains an article on the surrender of General Cornwallis to General W...

The Crisis, a weekly publication dated March 23, 1776. Issue # 62. London. An uncommon weekly publication addressing the Colonies becoming indepen...

The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year 1776. Edited by Edmund Burke. Printed 1788, Publisher: J. Dod...

Two volume set, The History of America by William Robertson. Printed 1777, W. Strahan, T. Cadell, in the Strand; and J. Balfour, at Edinburgh. Fir...

The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States, With an Appendix Containing Important State Papers and Public Documents, and All...

Acts Passed at the Second Congress of the United States of America: Begun and Held at the City of Philadelphia, On Monday, the Twenty-fourth of Oc...

The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics and Literature for the Year 1775. Printed 1777 by J. Dodsley, London. Second edition. Cont...

A closely written speech justifying the proposed constitution. Appears to have been used at a town meeting. The manuscript originator penned this ...

This important pay order document to James Duane (1733-1797) is boldly written and clearly readable. For service to the state of New York, Duane s...

Antique ledger book, from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Ledger from a mercantile and medicine vendor. From our research, this is from Lancaster, Pennsy...

The Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser - two volumes: number 2800 on January 25, 1788, and number 2948 on June 15, 1788. Both carry the new...

Four-page edition, dated December 29, 1787, and #2777, covers much news of the day, including: the execution of Sarah Kirk, NJ ratification of the...

The first being, The Boston Chronicle: Jan 11 to 18 1768; The Independent Gazetteer: December 5, 1787; The Pennsylvania Packet: March 21, 1788; Th...

Volumes 3 and 4 of L’Histoire de L’Amerique by William Robertson. Printed 1780 by Pissot, Paris. Includes 2 maps, one is a map of the Americas (Ne...

The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, Volume XLV, 1775. London: D. Henry. Octavo. Contains articles related to the American Revolutio...

This uncommon working English speech is a culmination of praise for King George as well as discussing how the house will need to take action and h...

Joseph Gales, Compiler. The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States; with an Appendix Containing Important State Papers and P...

Bound example of The Revolution of America by Abbe Raynal. Printed 1781 by Lockyer Davis, London. Bound in brown calf with gilted spine decoration...

12 different newspapers most with English tax stamps and with dates spanning from 1709-1780. The list includes: The Tatler, April 14, 1709; The Sp...

US Constitution: first time printed in London Chronicle, in two parts, Oct 27 to Oct 30th and Oct 30th to Nov 1st, 1787. Pages 409-424. London Chr...

The Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser, May 6th, 1782. An important first printed example of the Maryland ratified US Constitution, printed...

 United States Chronicle #299, Sept 17, 1789, Issued on the same day the Constitutional Convention signed the final draft of new constitution and ...

This date, June 5th, 1790 was the first printing of the news of the ratification of the Constitution in Rhode Island and the same day as the publi...

The Massachusetts Centinel, published March 27, 1790. Contains much news including Black deputies in French National Assembly and the many state l...

The Constitution of the State of Massachusetts and that of the United States; The Declaration of Independence with Washington's Farewell Address P...

Historically important collection of 11 different dates of the Massachusetts Centinel, chronicling the birth of the nation. Many important article...

Supplement to the Resolves of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Begun and held at Boston, in the County of Suffolk, on Wedne...

The Perpetual Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, From the Commencement of the Constitution, in October 1780, to the Last Wednesday in May,...

Resolves of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Together with the Speech and Messages of His Excellency the Governour to the S...

The Perpetual Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, from the Commencement of the Constitution, in October 1780, to the Last Wednesday in May ...