1. Ferdinand and Isabella, King and Queen of Spain
   Confirmation of entail
   August 22, 1493

2. J.G. Brimsley to Issac Johnson
   Testimonial for Mr. Harbottle
   October 25, 1629

3. Henry Biley to Rebecca Biley
   Description of his settlement in Newbury, Massachusetts
   October 11, 1638

4. Joan Stone deposition
   Allegations of immorality against Purnell Bartoll; signed by John Winthrop
   June 5, 1645

5. Massachusetts Court of Assistants
   Death sentence of William Ledra
   March 5, 1660

6. Edward Rawson to John Godfrey
   Remanding Godfrey to custody on the charge of witchcraft
   January 30, 1665

7. Joseph Woory
   A Discovery of the Coasts Islands Rivers Sounds & Creeks of that part the province of CarolinaÉ
   June 16, 1666

8. William Penn to Sarah Fuller
   Land patent
   June 12, 1684

9. Bartholomew Gedney, John Hathorne, Jonathan Corwin, and John Higginson to the Sherriff of Essex County
   Warrant for the arrest of Mary Green and Hanah Bromage [Brumidge] for witchcraft
   July 28, 1692

10. Samuel Parris
    "A general Account of the transactions between the inhabitants of Salem village and my self Samuel Parris"
    ca. 1696

11. George Washington
    Survey of Land for Samuel Kinman
    April 20, 1751

12. George Washington
    "Daily Return of the Virg'a Reg't at Loyal Hannon commanded by Col. Washington"
    October 29, 1758

13. Charles Townshend and Samuel Touchet
    Draft of the Townshend Duties
    [May, 1767]
    Charles Townshend Papers

14. Benjamin Franklin to Joseph Galloway
    Discusses the shipping of a telescope
    March 21, 1769

15. General Thomas Gage to Captain Francis Smith
    Orders for the Concord expedition
    April 18, 1775
    From: Thomas Gage Papers

16. Joseph Palmer to Philip Mortimer
    Regarding the battle at Lexington
    April 19, 1775
    From: Thomas Gage Papers

17. John Parker to Massachusetts Provincial Congress
    Deposition of a witness at Lexington
    April 25, 1775
    From: Thomas Gage Papers

18. Major John Pitcairn to General Thomas Gage
    British version of the battle at Lexington
    April 26, 1775
    From: Thomas Gage Papers

19. Rachel Revere to Paul Revere
    Regarding her husband's plan to go into hiding
    April or May, 1775
    From: Thomas Gage Papers

20. Benjamin Thompson
    Military intelligence for British Army
    May 6, 1775
    From: Thomas Gage Papers

21. Nathanael Greene to Catharine Greene
    Letter from camp
    June 2, 1775

22. Gen. William Howe, Gen. Henry Clinton, Gen. John Burgoyne to Gen. Thomas Gage
    Request for equipage money
    July 19, 1775

23. John André
    Pencil sketch of French Canadians and Indians
    ca. 1775

24. United States. Continental Congress
    Manuscript copy of the Declaration of Independence
    July 4, 1776
    From: Sir Henry Clinton Papers

25. Gen. William Howe to Gen. John Burgoyne
    Secret dispatch
    July 17, 1777
    From: Sir Henry Clinton Papers

26. Gen. Henry Clinton to Gen. John Burgoyne
    Secret dispatch in a masked letter
    August 10, 1777
    From: Sir Henry Clinton Papers

27. Gen. John Burgoyne to Gen. Henry Clinton
    Regarding the surrender at Saratoga
    October 20, 1777
    From: Sir Henry Clinton Papers

28. Lucy Flucker Knox to Henry Knox
    Regarding her concerns about his service in combat
    October 25, 1777

29. Map of the American Army at Valley Forge
    1777 to 1778
    From: Sir Henry Clinton Papers

30. Baron Friedrich von Steuben
    Copy of his instructions to the American Army at Valley Forge
    March 23, 1778
    From: Josiah Harmar Papers

31. George Washington to William Smallwood
    Discussing French recognition of American independence
    April 30, 1778
    From: Sir Henry Clinton Papers

32. Ticket for the Meschianza
    May 17, 1778
    From: Sir Henry Clinton Papers

33. "List of the Names of the Negroes belonging to Captain Martin's Company, whom they belonged to, and the respective places they lived at"
    [1778]
    From: Sir Henry Clinton Papers

34. Gen. Henry Clinton and Gen. Benjamin Lincoln
    Articles of the capitulation of American Forces
    May 12, 1780
    From: Sir Henry Clinton Papers

35. Benedict Arnold to John André
    Coded letter regarding Arnold's surrender of the fort at West Point
    July 15, 1780
    From: Sir Henry Clinton Papers

36. John André to Gen. Henry Clinton
    André's farewell to Clinton before his execution
    September 29, 1780
    From: Sir Henry Clinton Papers

37. Ethan Allen to Samuel Huntington
    Discusses Vermont's "independent" position vis ˆ vis the other colonies
    March 9, 1781
    From: Sir Henry Clinton Papers

38. George Washington to Dr. Baker
    Discusses Washington's dentures
    May 29, 1781
    From: Sir Henry Clinton Papers

39. Martha Dandridge Washington to the Housekeeper at Mount Vernon
    Instructions for household maintenance
    ca. May 1781
    From: Sir Henry Clinton Papers

40. Lord Charles Cornwallis to Sir Henry Clinton
    Announcement of the British surrender at Yorktown
    October 20, 1781
    From: Sir Henry Clinton Papers

41. Comte de Rochambeau to Nathanael Greene
    Discusses disposition of French troops
    February 26, 1782

42. Abigail Adams to Cotton Tufts
    Concerning the management of the Adams estate
    June 18, 1784

43. Hartley-Jefferson Map of the United States east of the Mississippi River
    1784

44. Hayman Levy, Issac Moses, Benjamin Seixas and Simon Nathan to Jonas Philips and Bernard Gratz
    Regarding the disposition of land intended for a synagogue in Philadelphia
    March 14, 1788

45. John Fenno to Mary Curtiss Fenno
    Recounts his meeting with Benjamin Franklin
    March 8, 1789
    From: Fenno-Hoffman Papers

46. Anthony Wayne to Timothy Pickering
    Announces capture of Detroit by United States forces
    July 23, 1796

47. Tobias Lear
    Account of George Washington's death
    December 15, 1799

48. Thomas Jefferson to John Breckenridge
    Discusses Louisiana Purchase
    August 12, 1803

49. Captain Mayhew Folger
    Narrative of his encounter with sole survivor of the Bounty mutiny
    ca. 1809

50. Miamies, Potawatomies, Chippewas and Wyandots to President James Madison
    Requests that United States honor its treaties
    November 13, 1811

51. Dolley Payne Todd Madison to Christopher Hughes
    Answers questions about one of her portraits
    March 20, 1828

52. Sarah Forten to Angelina Grimké Weld
    Responds to questions about race
    April 15, 1837
    From: Weld-Grimké Papers

53. Thomas Fiske to Mrs. Alanson Sawyer
    Example of Nineteenth-century penmanship
    July 1, 1848

54. Caspar Thomas Hopkins to "Friend Clarke"
    Recounts events of his expedition to Oregon
    October 14, 1850
    From: Hopkins Family Papers

55. Alexander Parker Crittenden to Clara Jones Crittenden
    Describes the effects of the settlement of California
    April 8, 1851
    From: Crittenden Family Papers

56. Frederick Douglass to Maria G. Porter
    Letter of introduction for a slave escaping on the Undergroud Railroad
    October 13, 1857
    From: Rochester Ladies Antislavery Society Papers

57. Abraham Lincoln to Gen. Joseph Hooker
    Prescribes strategy against Lee's Northern invasion
    June 10, 1863
    From: Schoff Civil War Collections

58. Ulysses Simpson Grant to William Techumseh Sherman
    Discusses imminent Appamatox Campaign
    April 3, 1865
    From: Schoff Civil War Collections

59. James Tanner to Henry F. Walch
    Description of the last moments of Abraham Lincoln's life
    April 17, 1865
    From: Schoff Civil War Collections

60. Henry Wirz to Miss Carrie
    Two letters from the commandant of Andersonville Prison proclaims his innocence of war crimes
    October 24, 1865

61. George Washington
    Personal calling card
    n.d.

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