Wars of the Nations

The Wars of the Nations section features original historical documents, letters, military records, maps, autographs, photographs, and artifacts related to major conflicts that have shaped world history. Spanning centuries of warfare—from colonial struggles and revolutionary movements to international wars and global conflicts—the collection offers firsthand material connected to soldiers, commanders, political leaders, and pivotal military events. These authentic pieces provide valuable insight into the strategies, sacrifices, and historical consequences of war while preserving the personal stories and official records that emerged from the battlefield. Ideal for collectors, historians, and researchers, this category presents a unique opportunity to own tangible artifacts from some of the most significant conflicts in human history.

Wars of the Nations

The Wars of the Nations section features original historical documents, letters, military records, maps, autographs, photographs, and artifacts related to major conflicts that have shaped world history. Spanning centuries of warfare—from colonial struggles and revolutionary movements to international wars and global conflicts—the collection offers firsthand material connected to soldiers, commanders, political leaders, and pivotal military events. These authentic pieces provide valuable insight into the strategies, sacrifices, and historical consequences of war while preserving the personal stories and official records that emerged from the battlefield. Ideal for collectors, historians, and researchers, this category presents a unique opportunity to own tangible artifacts from some of the most significant conflicts in human history.

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Audubon print Vigors’s Warbler
Add Vigors’s Warbler to the cart
Vigors’s Warbler
$300.00
Add 1863 Civil War Southern Express Company Receipt—Charlottesville to Columbia, S.C.—“War Risk Excepted” to the cart
1863 Civil War Southern Express Company Receipt—Charlottesville to Columbia, S.C.—“War Risk Excepted”
$150.00
Add 1862 Civil War Union Naval Blockading Instructions—North Carolina Sounds to the cart
1862 Civil War Union Naval Blockading Instructions—North Carolina Sounds
$550.00
Add 1760 Colonial Delaware Orphans Court Petition New Castle to the cart
1760 Colonial Delaware Orphans Court Petition New Castle
$795.00
Add 1780 Revolutionary War Soldier’s Back-Pay Receipt — Signed by Waitstill Dickinson, Colonel Samuel B. Webb’s Regiment to the cart
1780 Revolutionary War Soldier’s Back-Pay Receipt — Signed by Waitstill Dickinson, Colonel Samuel B. Webb’s Regiment
$275.00
Add 1780 Revolutionary War Connecticut Payment Order to Ensign Samuel Mears — Signed by Samuel Lyman and Samuel Wyllys to the cart
1780 Revolutionary War Connecticut Payment Order to Ensign Samuel Mears — Signed by Samuel Lyman and Samuel Wyllys
$250.00
Add 1779 Revolutionary War Connecticut Payment Order — Signed by Jedediah Huntington, Fenn Wadsworth & John Chenward to the cart
1779 Revolutionary War Connecticut Payment Order — Signed by Jedediah Huntington, Fenn Wadsworth & John Chenward
$350.00
Add 1790's ? Attributed to Samuel Ward Jr.—Revolutionary War Officer—Autograph Business Note Signed, Undated to the cart
1790's ? Attributed to Samuel Ward Jr.—Revolutionary War Officer—Autograph Business Note Signed, Undated
$275.00
Add 1777 Oliver Ellsworth & Jesse Root — Two Revolutionary War Pay Orders for Soldiers’ Clothing and Medical Care to the cart
1777 Oliver Ellsworth & Jesse Root — Two Revolutionary War Pay Orders for Soldiers’ Clothing and Medical Care
$995.00
Add 1533 Edward III’s Campaign in France and the Battle of Crécy — Tudor-Era Fabyan Chronicle Leaf, to the cart
1533 Edward III’s Campaign in France and the Battle of Crécy — Tudor-Era Fabyan Chronicle Leaf,
$325.00
Add 1861 William S. Rosecrans Twice-Signed Civil War Requisition—Commanding the 23rd Ohio at Camp Jackson to the cart
1861 William S. Rosecrans Twice-Signed Civil War Requisition—Commanding the 23rd Ohio at Camp Jackson
$995.00
Add King Louis XVI Signed Appointment to the Royal Wardrobe at Versailles, 1781 to the cart
King Louis XVI Signed Appointment to the Royal Wardrobe at Versailles, 1781
$3,250.00
Add Complete 1864 Confederate $1,000 War Bond with All 60 Coupons to the cart
Complete 1864 Confederate $1,000 War Bond with All 60 Coupons
$295.00
Add “The War Is Over” — Washington Evening Star Extra Announcing Japan’s Surrender, August 14, 1945 to the cart
“The War Is Over” — Washington Evening Star Extra Announcing Japan’s Surrender, August 14, 1945
$75.00
Add 1772 Colonial Philadelphia Vellum Deed — Christian Street House and Lot — Original Wax Seals — Revolutionary War Recording to the cart
1772 Colonial Philadelphia Vellum Deed — Christian Street House and Lot — Original Wax Seals — Revolutionary War Recording
$795.00
Add Civil War General James A. Beaver Signed 1889 Pennsylvania Notary Commission to the cart
Civil War General James A. Beaver Signed 1889 Pennsylvania Notary Commission
$225.00
Add 1777 Thomas Wharton Jr., First President of Pennsylvania — Revolutionary War Express-Rider Payment Order to the cart
1777 Thomas Wharton Jr., First President of Pennsylvania — Revolutionary War Express-Rider Payment Order
$1,375.00
Add 1901 Universal Classic Manuscripts George F. Warner British Museum Facsimiles to the cart
1901 Universal Classic Manuscripts George F. Warner British Museum Facsimiles
$195.00
Add 1650 Critica Sacra—Seventeenth-Century Hebrew and Greek Biblical Lexicon—Probable Edward Ledwich Copy to the cart
1650 Critica Sacra—Seventeenth-Century Hebrew and Greek Biblical Lexicon—Probable Edward Ledwich Copy
$595.00
Add 1921 First Edition Lafayette—Frank E. Schoonover Illustrated Revolutionary War Biography to the cart
1921 First Edition Lafayette—Frank E. Schoonover Illustrated Revolutionary War Biography
$75.00
Add 1802 Newburyport Overseers’ Payment Order to John Thorndike, Signed by Revolutionary War Officer Aaron Pardee, May 3, 1802; received and docketed June 8, 1802. to the cart
1802 Newburyport Overseers’ Payment Order to John Thorndike, Signed by Revolutionary War Officer Aaron Pardee, May 3, 1802; received and docketed June 8, 1802.
$595.00
Add 1709 British Treasury Warrant Signed by Sidney Godolphin—Financing Queen Anne’s Government During the War of the Spanish Succession to the cart
1709 British Treasury Warrant Signed by Sidney Godolphin—Financing Queen Anne’s Government During the War of the Spanish Succession
$385.00
Add 1863 THREE CIVIL WAR LETTERS TO NAVY SECRETARY GIDEON WELLES—NAVAL ACADEMY APPOINTMENTS to the cart
1863 THREE CIVIL WAR LETTERS TO NAVY SECRETARY GIDEON WELLES—NAVAL ACADEMY APPOINTMENTS
$495.00
Add 1862-1863 CONFEDERATE GENERAL DANIEL RUGGLES—THREE-DOCUMENT CIVIL WAR ARCHIVE—UNION GUNBOATS, CORINTH, SHILOH CAMPAIGN AND CONSCRIPTION to the cart
1862-1863 CONFEDERATE GENERAL DANIEL RUGGLES—THREE-DOCUMENT CIVIL WAR ARCHIVE—UNION GUNBOATS, CORINTH, SHILOH CAMPAIGN AND CONSCRIPTION
$1,295.00