![Ironclad Ships:] Report of the National Academy of Sciences for the Year 1863. President National...](/pictures/thumb/3728150_1.jpg?v=1544476289)
This illustrated report contains much on ironclad ships, first used in battle the year before, and on the ironclad monitor U.S.S. Roanoke, the first ship..... Read More about Ironclad Ships:] Report of the National Academy of Sciences for the Year 1863
During the 1765 Stamp Act taxation crisis, Captain Archibald Kennedy (bef. 1736–1794), commander of the frigate HMS Coventry, was stationed in New York Harbor; his..... Read More about 1764 Autograph Document Signed for Surgeon’s Necessaries by Captain Archibald Kennedy, Royal...
![Education in the Early Navy. A Dissertation… [Inscribed and Signed by the Author]. Henry L. Burr](/pictures/thumb/3728164_1.jpg?v=1544054958)
History of the education of U.S. Navy officers from 1775 to 1845, before the founding of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. Chapter headings..... Read More about Education in the Early Navy. A Dissertation… [Inscribed and Signed by the Author
In 1857, Isaac Toucey (1792–1869) of Connecticut was appointed Secretary of the Navy by President James Buchanan. Prior to this, Toucey, a native of Newtown..... Read More about 1856–1863, Small Collection of Letters and a Document Signed by Isaac Toucey, U.S. Secretary of...
The S.S. Booker T. Washington was the first U.S. Merchant Marine vessel to have an African-American commander at the helm, manned by a racially-mixed crew..... Read More about All Brave Soldiers. The Story of the S.S. Booker T. Washington
First World War home-coming celebration program for the borough of Catasauqua in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The cover depicts a triumphal arch adorned with American flags..... Read More about Catasauquas’ Home-Coming Celebration for their Soldiers, Sailors and Nurses August 25 to...
Rare autograph of Baron Othon de Richter, Imperial Russian Navy commander who was trapped in the United States at the outbreak of the Russian Revolution..... Read More about Autograph of Baron Othon de Richter, Imperial Russian Navy commander, trapped in the United...
![Americans at Guantanamo:] The Radio Restaurant Rodrigo Rey Doce Propietor [sic] ... Welcome V.S....](/pictures/thumb/3726630_1.jpg?v=1543421160)
An unusual imprint, and an unusual broadside, which serves as both menu and advertisement for Rodrigo Rey Doce’s restaurant, named “The Radio” and offering “Good..... Read More about Americans at Guantanamo:] The Radio Restaurant Rodrigo Rey Doce Propietor [sic] ... Welcome V.S....
“Honored and Respected.” “No Finer Men. No Finer Service.” “Your Place in the Sub Reserve.” These are some of the headlines within Take ‘Er Down..... Read More about Take ‘Er Down in the Submarine Reserves
Dr. Aaron Van Camp: Future Confederate Spy, A Doctor Just before the American Civil War begins, 6 scrapbook leaves document the life of a D.C...... Read More about 1858 to 1862 Collection. Future Confederate Spy Aaron Van Camp of Washington D. C. Autograph...
