Colonial and Revolutionary War

1: PAUL REVERE (1735 - 1818) American silversmith and patriot who rode from

2: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1706 - 1790) American statesman, inventor, and author,

3: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN An interesting Franklin Masonic-related piece, the closing

4: (BENJAMIN FRANKLIN) A fine and quite rare example of Franklin's newspaper

5: JOHN HANCOCK (1737 - 1793) American Revolutionary politician and first

6: WALTER RALEIGH (1554 - 1618) English navigator and speculator who was

7: SAMUEL ADAMS (1722-1803) Signer of the Declaration of Independence, an

8: GEORGE TAYLOR (1716 - 1781) American politician, member of the Continental

9: TOBIAS LEAR FAMILY LETTERS TOBIAS LEAR (1762 - 1816) Private and military

10: SECOND TREATY OF FORT STANWIX CHARLES THOMSON (1729 - 1824) Irish born

11: FORMATION OF A MINUTE MAN COMPANY A rare and important Revolutionary War

12: MINUTE MAN OFFICER'S ELECTION AND MUSTER ROLL Fine content D.S. 1p. oblong 8vo., [West Springfield, Ma.], Nov. 23, 1774, detailing the resolutions of a

13: WILLIAM ALEXANDER (LORD STIRLING) (1726 - 1783) Revolutionary War General

14: JEFFREY AMHERST (1717 - 1797) British Major General who captured Louisbourg

15: DAVID BUSHNELL (1742 - 1824) American inventor of the first submarine

16: FRANCIS FAUQUIER (1704 - 1768) Colonial governor of Virginia. Partly-printed

17: WILLIAM FLOYD (1734 - 1821) Signer of the Declaration of Independence from

18: FRANCIS HOPKINSON & ROBERT MORRIS Scarce combination of signatures "Francis

19: HORATIO GATES (1728 - 1806) American Revolution Major General who with

20: ALEXANDER HAMILTON (1755 - 1804) American politician who, with Madison and