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The U.S. Government Funds the Wilkes Expedition, Which Played a Major Role in the Development of...

The U.S. Government Funds the Wilkes Expedition, Which Played a Major Role in the Development of Science in the United States: Ex-President John Quincy Adams, who had originated the idea of the exploration, sends money being disbursed for the exploration’s costs

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14/08/1841. John Q. Adams Adams writes, “Enclosed is a draft dated this day…for 1500 dollars,…being the proceeds of the Bill of Exchange drawn by the purser of the exploring expedition Waldron in favor of Captain Wilkes, .” It was an era of American exploration, one that led to the Mexican War and the westward expansion to the Pacific Ocean. One of the foremost manifestations of this was the famed United States Exploring Expedition of 1838–1842, which was an exploring and surveying expedition to the Pacific and Antarctic Oceans and surrounding lands. President John Quincy Adams initiated the idea and requested funding of Congress in 1828, however, Congress would not implement funding until eight years later. In May 1836, the oceanic exploration voyage was finally authorized by Congress and created by President Andrew Jackson. Navy Lieutenant Charles Wilkes was placed in command of the 7-ship exploration. From 1838 to 1842 Wilkes and his expedition explored and surveyed the Antarctic… Read More
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Uncommon Early Autograph Letter Signed of Zachary Taylor, Building American Military Capacity...

Uncommon Early Autograph Letter Signed of Zachary Taylor, Building American Military Capacity Along the Mississippi River: From an earlier phase of Taylor's career, part of a collection assembled in the 1940s and 1950s

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28/09/1824. Zachary Taylor In 1808, Taylor was commissioned a first lieutenant of infantry, beginning a military career that would last forty years. He first won distinction during the War of 1812 for his defense of Fort Harrison in Indiana Territory against an Indian attack and became the first brevet major in the U. S. Army as a result. He spent the next three decades policing the frontiers against Indians, serving in the Black Hawk War in 1832 and the Second Seminole War from 1835–1842.After the War of 1812, Taylor spent much time building up the frontier American establishments and bolstering the forts and other locations along the northern Mississippi River. In this, he reported to C.J. Nourse, assistant adjutant general.Autograph letter signed, Louisville, KY, September 28, 1824, to Asst. Adj. Gen. C.J. Nourse but addressed to Adj. Gen. Henry. ""Enclosed you will receive my monthly return account current and enlistment for the month of August last.""Capt. Brady and Lt. Allen of the 4th Regt.… Read More
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Uncommon Photo of Poet James Russell Lowell

Uncommon Photo of Poet James Russell Lowell

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James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell was a poet of the Romantic era, critic, editor, and diplomat. He is associated with the Fireside Poets, a group of New England writers who were among the first American poets that rivaled the popularity of British poets. His depiction of dialect, as well as his many satires, was an inspiration to Mark Twain. Lowell was also an early abolitionist, and editor of the Atlantic Monthly. As a diplomat, he served as U.S. ambassador to Spain and then Great Britain.A very uncommon Carte de visite of Lowell, the first we’ve had.
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Uncommon Signed Engraving of Thomas Carlyle

Uncommon Signed Engraving of Thomas Carlyle: .

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1865. Thomas Carlyle Engraving of a photograph of the great writer and historian by Elliott and Fry, taken approximately 1854.  Signed and dated by Carlyle in 1865, as he finished his great work on Frederick the Great.Signed images of Thomas Carlyle are very uncommon, this being the first we have carried.
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An Uncommon Early Form of Pre-Stave Medieval Music, Neumes (Groups of Musical Marks), from...

An Uncommon Early Form of Pre-Stave Medieval Music, Neumes (Groups of Musical Marks), from Twelfth Century Italy: Such manuscripts with this early form of musical notation are very uncommon, very few having reached the market in decades

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1100. Medieval Music|Before 1300|All Medieval Historical Documents One of the enduring legacies of the Middle Ages is the variety of music produced. Surviving medieval lyrics and musical notation demonstrate the great range of styles developing in different contexts. The Gregorian chant, attributed to Pope Gregory the Great, was used by male and female monastic communities to celebrate the Divine Office.The Southern French troubadours and German Minnesänger performed a similar function of producing music for a courtly audience. Themes of these songs remain the basis for modern popular music—yearning for love, putting the beloved on a pedestal, the immediacy of the necessity of attaining love, as well as aggrandising the singer’s attributes and occasionally scorning another singer for faults (think in the style of a modern rap battle). Ballads about folk heroes such as Robin Hood were sung across the English countryside in the 1400 and 1500s.An important innovation was the moment in the… Read More
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Uncommon ALS of Theodor Herzl, Father of Zionism

Uncommon ALS of Theodor Herzl, Father of Zionism: He arranges a meeting at the health resort of Kaltenleutgeben, possibly with Jewish journalist Ferdinand Gross

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10/10/1888. Theodor Herzl 1888 was a major literary year for Herzl, who at age 28 was already an accomplished writer and journalist. In February of that year his play “Seine Hoheit [His Highness]” was produced in Prague and well received by public and critics alike. In March the play was transferred to Berlin. Herzl then traveled to Belgium and England, and it was on this trip that he first personally experienced anti-Semitism. While on the journey he wrote dozens of stories and sent the best of them to the ""Neue Freie Presse [Vienna New Free Press]” which printed many of them, including his first article on social life in England. Herzl also published ""Das Buch der Narrheit [The Book of Folly’”, a collection of articles, and together with Hugo Wittmann, a leading author, he wrote the comedy ""Wilddiebe [Poachers]”. The play was produced by the Hofburgtheater in Vienna. By year’s end he was back home in Vienna.Autograph letter signed, in German, Vienna, October 10, 1888. “Completely… Read More
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The Union Officially Welcomes a New State, the Westernmost Point in the Contiguous United States

The Union Officially Welcomes a New State, the Westernmost Point in the Contiguous United States: Implementation Order for the Admission of Washington State to the Union, Signed by President Benjamin Harrison

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11/11/1889. Benjamin Harrison A true treasure, being the only admission order for statehood we have ever seenhttps://vimeo.com/916158914?share=copy Washington became the 42nd state of the United States on November 11, 1889, when President Benjamin Harrison issued a proclamation admitting it to the Union. After a hiatus of thirteen years when no new states were admitted to the Union, the United States Congress passed an act in February 1889 enabling the territories of Washington, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Montana to seek statehood. President Cleveland signed the act. Before statehood could be conferred, a state constitution had to be written and passed by the Territories.Washington’s constitutional convention was duly convened in Olympia, the territorial capital, on July 4, 1889, in crowded and swelteringly hot conditions. The delegates were chosen by a formula devised by Congress which required the governor and chief justice of the Supreme Court to divide the territory into twenty-five… Read More
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A Unique Memento of the Presidency of John F. Kennedy: a Signed Air Force One Pre-Flight Report

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24/09/1963. John F. Kennedy The combination of signatures is extraordinary, matching the two heroes of the youth of the Sixties - Kennedy and McCarthy, and the two antagonists for the 1968 Democratic nomination - Humphrey and McCarthy We have never before seen a signed Air Force One Pre-Flight Report from the Kennedy years, and a search of public sale records going back 40 years fails to turn up even one Provenance: the heirs of McCarthy’s long time secretary, Jean StackPresident John F. Kennedy was hitting his stride politically in late 1963, and preparing for the 1964 re-election campaign. On September 24 he set out on a four day, 11-state conservation tour, to highlight his interest in that subject. Flying on Air Force One with Kennedy were Interior Secretary Stewart Udall; Senators Gaylord Nelson, Hubert H. Humphrey, and Eugene J. McCarthy; Kennedy Special Assistant Kenneth O’Donnell; and aide Dave Powers. A large crowd greeted him at the Ashland, Wisconsin, airport. Standing on the… Read More
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A Unique Piece of U.S. Supreme Court History: A United States Constitution, Signed By 12...

A Unique Piece of U.S. Supreme Court History: A United States Constitution, Signed By 12 Justices, Including the Entire Burger Court, and the Entire, Historic Warren Court, Save One: A gift from Justice Black to his Grandson, with a number of vivid, inspirational inscriptions.

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28/07/1971. Earl Warren|Warren Burger Chief Justice Earl Warren: ""Dear Jim, I hope the great career of your grand-father will inspire you to a like career in the service of our country.""Chief Justice Warren Burger: ""For Jim Black who can, if he wishes, have a large part in a great period of human history.""This small 4.5x6 inch, 32-page booklet, with salmon-colored paper covers and imprinted in blue, contains the text of the Constitution of the United States (with all the amendments as of 1967), and was published in Washington by the U.S. Government Printing Office in 1968. It was inscribed first by Justice Hugo Black, the eminent Supreme Court Justice who served from 1937 until 1971 and who was known as a champion of the Bill of Rights. Black gave this copy of the Constitution to his grandson, and he has written on the inside front cover, ""For my grandson Jim Black, with lots of love - Hugo L. Black July 28, 1971."" This was penned just two months before Justice Black's death on September 25,… Read More
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The United States Ratifies the Geneva Convention; a Great Moment in US History

The United States Ratifies the Geneva Convention; a Great Moment in US History: President Chester A. Arthur orders implementation of the Convention for the humanitarian treatment of the wounded and prisoners of war, today known as the Geneva Conventions

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22/01/1883. Chester A. Arthur The efforts of Clara Barton and the Red Cross were instrumental in gaining American adoption of the Convention The Geneva International Conference of 1863 was the founding Conference of the Red Cross and gave the impetus to the development of the humanitarian laws of war embodied in subsequent Geneva Conventions.[video width=""1920"" height=""1080"" mp4=""https://raab-collection-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204130552/Geneva-Convention-Arthur.mp4""][/video] This great humanitarian movement was initiated by Henry Dunant who, in 1859, was an eyewitness of the battle of Solferino where thousands of wounded died without care who could have been saved if sufficient medical services had existed. In 1862, Dunant published his famous book ""A Memory of Solferino"" in which he proposed to set up in time of peace relief societies in each country for the care of the wounded in time of war. He also proposed the adoption of an international… Read More
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An Unpublished, Firsthand Account of the Opening Act of the Siege of Sevastopol, A Crucial Moment...

An Unpublished, Firsthand Account of the Opening Act of the Siege of Sevastopol, A Crucial Moment in the Crimean War and One of the Last Classic Sieges in History: "Ship exposed to the crossfire of the batteries. Fort Nicholas raking us heavily and all forts doing us much damage.""

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17/10/1854. Queen Victoria Written from the British flagship, it describes the Agamemnon's shelling of Fort Nicholas, memorialized in art and literature today The manuscript comes with the author's record of service, signed by the Captains of the various British vessels on which he sailedThe Crimean war pitted the Russian forces against the French, British, Turkish and some others. It was a great power conflict that stretched from 1853-6 and saw the latter alliance ultimately victorious.The Siege of Sevastopol is one of the last classic sieges in history. The city was the home of the Tsar's Black Sea Fleet, which threatened the Mediterranean. The siege was the culminating struggle for the strategic Russian port in 1854–55, and with its fall in late 1855, became the final major episode in the Crimean War.During the Victorian Era, these battles were repeatedly memorialized. The Siege of Sevastopol was the subject of Crimean soldier Leo Tolstoy's Sebastopol Sketches and the subject of the first… Read More
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The Unpublished Love Letters of a World War II B-17 Bomber Pilot, the Flying Fortress, to His Wife

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Americana Including his photo of her he kept while he flew, along with a dollar bill, separated at the start of his missions, half given to a friend, united only on their mutual survival He flew 35 missions from the Bury St. Edmunds camp in England, to all over Germany[embed]https://vimeo.com/902085165?share=copy[/embed] World War II remains the most momentous war in history, with over 50 million people dying in a struggle that, in Europe and the Pacific, lasted over a decade. The warring nations threw everything and everyone they had into the conflict, and it so absorbed the young adults in the United States, who fought and brought victory, that those who were in their 20s and 30s then are known as the Greatest Generation.J. Andrew Smith, Jr. was a young pilot from Goldsboro, NC. With the outbreak of the war, he entered pilot training and was assigned to the 94th Bomb Group, which flew the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress as part of the Eighth Air Force's strategic bombing campaign and served… Read More
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An Unpublished and Previously Unknown First Person Description of the City of New York on the Eve...

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06/1776. Americana Plus the statue of King George III pulled down on July 9, 1776, after the first reading of the Declaration of Independence; and the city’s defensesThis thorough-going survey of the city also discusses its commerce, ships, buildings, bridges, public places, Broadway, parks, religious composition, and much more: “There are seventeen places of worship, of which three are of the Church of England, three Dutch churches. The others are Germans, Jews, Methodists, Arabs, Papists and Quakers.”An incredible and important rarity, unlike anything we’ve seen, never before offered for saleNew York and the American colonies are at war. The signs are all around, but are symbolized by the Liberty Pole in Lower Manhattan. An English visitor, unidentified, visits the city in June 1776, and leaves a detailed, fascinating, important and unpublished description of what he sees. It is a portrait of New York on the very eve of the Declaration of Independence, a snapshot in time, told in three very… Read More
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