A massive return for all ordnance stores belonging to the Continental Army on hand at Boston at the opening of 1777. Though similar returns for smaller units appear with some frequency on the antiquarian market, it is rare indeed to encounter one for such a major component of the Continental Army, and with such.....
![3rd Maine Volunteer Infantry manuscript archive]. George S. Fuller, compiler](/pictures/thumb/6037_1.jpg?v=1603289347)
An archive of three manuscript volumes documenting this storied Maine Regiment, which saw much action serving in the Army of the Potomac. These records were compiled by 1st Lieut. George S. Fuller (1835–1913) of the 3rd Maine Volunteer Infantry’s Company E. Composed chiefly of Kennebec lumbermen, the 3rd Maine.....
![Autograph letter from a soldier at Fort Cumberland to Thomas Hancock of Boston]. George Lewis](/pictures/thumb/6426_1.jpg?v=1614709145)
A French and Indian War-era letter addressed to Thomas Hancock Esq. of Boston concerning men and supplies at Fort Cumberland, written three years after the fort fell to British and colonial forces. George Lewis is recorded in 1750 as a “boatmaster” in Gorham's Rangers—one of the most notable ranger.....
![Manuscript compilation of official reports for the Battle of Port Gibson.]. George Francis...](/pictures/thumb/5491_1.jpg?v=1563205789)
A compelling brigade battlefield report composed in the immediate wake of the Battle of Port Gibson (Mississippi, 1 May ‘63), an assault that set the stage for Grant’s pivotal siege of Vicksburg; the eight reports of Army of the Tennessee regiments and batteries chronicle extensive combat; the capture of Confederate.....
An engaging group of letters between the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Maine historical novelist and a former marine Captain stationed in Haiti turned author, concerning research for the former’s novel, Lydia Bailey. Kenneth Lewis Roberts (1885–1957) of Kennebunk, Maine, was a renowned journalist and author of American historical fiction. His Lydia.....