![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...
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Chromolithographic “Special Ticket” for a rail excursion issued to American sailors of the Great White Fleet during their visit to Japan in 1908. The colorful..... Read More about Great White Fleet] Imperial Japanese Government Railways Special Ticket Issued in Honor of the...
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...
Cabin passenger list for the June 23, 1904 New York to Bremen sailing of the 10,500-ton ocean liner S.S. Friedrich der Grosse. The twin-screw steamship..... Read More about North German Lloyd Steamship Company, S.S. Friedrich der Grossse…1904. Oelrichs & Co.,...
Documentary history of the Quasi-War with France, fought almost exclusively at sea by naval forces of the United states and France, 1797-1800. The war was..... Read More about Naval Documents related to the Quasi-War between the United States and France, Naval Operations...
![1898, Spanish-American War broadside:] (No. 6243.) Postal Money Orders Drawn in favor or...](/pictures/thumb/3726873.jpg?v=1579738475)
U.S. Post Office announcement by First Assistant Postmaster General Preston S. Sanford concerning the transmission of funds via postal money orders to American soldiers and..... Read More about 1898, Spanish-American War broadside:] (No. 6243.) Postal Money Orders Drawn in favor or...
![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
![1913 Veteran Association 1st Battalion, Naval Militia, New York [Constitution of]. Unk](/pictures/thumb/3729585_1.jpg?v=1598301681)
Constitution of the Veteran Association 1st Battalion, Naval Militia, New York (N.M.N.Y.) listing all of its Articles and an extensive list of its members and..... Read More about 1913 Veteran Association 1st Battalion, Naval Militia, New York [Constitution of
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...
