History in Documents

Archive Authority’s Historic Documents collection features authentic manuscripts, letters, legal papers, financial records, government documents, military records, and other original archival materials that provide firsthand evidence of historical events and everyday life across centuries. Spanning subjects such as colonial America, the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, politics, commerce, transportation, genealogy, and social history, these documents offer researchers and collectors direct connections to the people, institutions, and events that shaped the past. Many items bear original signatures, handwritten annotations, official seals, or period markings that enhance their historical significance and provenance. Emphasizing originality, preservation, and educational value, the collection appeals to historians, genealogists, museums, educators, and collectors seeking genuine primary-source artifacts that bring history to life.

History in Documents

Archive Authority’s Historic Documents collection features authentic manuscripts, letters, legal papers, financial records, government documents, military records, and other original archival materials that provide firsthand evidence of historical events and everyday life across centuries. Spanning subjects such as colonial America, the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, politics, commerce, transportation, genealogy, and social history, these documents offer researchers and collectors direct connections to the people, institutions, and events that shaped the past. Many items bear original signatures, handwritten annotations, official seals, or period markings that enhance their historical significance and provenance. Emphasizing originality, preservation, and educational value, the collection appeals to historians, genealogists, museums, educators, and collectors seeking genuine primary-source artifacts that bring history to life.

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Add 1836 Benjamin Pierce Signed Letter to the cart
1836 Benjamin Pierce Signed Letter
$273.00
Add 1838 Phila. To Havana Shipping Document Involving Controversial Nicholas Trist to the cart
1838 Phila. To Havana Shipping Document Involving Controversial Nicholas Trist
$699.00
Add 1838 Tennessee Justice Of The Peace Signed By Governor Cannon to the cart
1838 Tennessee Justice Of The Peace Signed By Governor Cannon
$348.00
Add 1838 William Woodruff Declaration of Independence | Original Engraved Broadside to the cart
1838 William Woodruff Declaration of Independence | Original Engraved Broadside
$8,035.00
Add 1842 Appointment Document Signed By Queen Victoria to the cart
1842 Appointment Document Signed By Queen Victoria
$1,607.00
Add 1847 Signed Letter By Thomas Hart Benton to the cart
1847 Signed Letter By Thomas Hart Benton
$1,328.00
Add 1849 Land Grant During Presidency Of Zachary Taylor to the cart
1849 Land Grant During Presidency Of Zachary Taylor
$350.00
Add 1850 Montour County PA Formation Petition to the cart
1850 Montour County PA Formation Petition
$692.00
Add 1853 Land Grant During Presidency Of Franklin Pierce to the cart
1853 Land Grant During Presidency Of Franklin Pierce
$490.00
Add 1862 Anti-slavery Pamphlet, The American Crisis, 82 Pages to the cart
1862 Anti-slavery Pamphlet, The American Crisis, 82 Pages
$1,111.00
1898 Military Appointment Signed By Queen Victoria
Add 1898 Military Appointment Signed By Queen Victoria to the cart
1898 Military Appointment Signed By Queen Victoria
$1,293.00
Add 18th Century Indenture During Reign Of King George The Third to the cart
18th Century Indenture During Reign Of King George The Third
$944.00
Add 18th-century French manuscript document, to the cart
18th-century French manuscript document,
$455.00
Add 1914 Woodrow Wilson–Victoriano Huerta Congressional Broadside — U.S. Authorization for Armed Force in Mexico to the cart
1914 Woodrow Wilson–Victoriano Huerta Congressional Broadside — U.S. Authorization for Armed Force in Mexico
$413.00
1938 Check Charles Edison To Henry Ford
Add 1938 Check Charles Edison To Henry Ford to the cart
1938 Check Charles Edison To Henry Ford
$6,980.00
Add 1941 FDR “Day of Infamy” Speech – ORIGINAL Press Release Copy to the cart
1941 FDR “Day of Infamy” Speech – ORIGINAL Press Release Copy
$6,638.00
Add 1976 Ltd Ed. reproduction of 1819 Binns copy of Declaration of Independence to the cart
1976 Ltd Ed. reproduction of 1819 Binns copy of Declaration of Independence
$594.00
Add 300 Year Old Pennsylvania Colonial Era Document to the cart
300 Year Old Pennsylvania Colonial Era Document
$1,258.00
Add Antiphonal Manuscript On Vellum to the cart
Antiphonal Manuscript On Vellum
$280.00
Add Bicentennial Portrait Of George Washington, Good Condition to the cart
Bicentennial Portrait Of George Washington, Good Condition
$210.00
Add c1769 Exceptional Colonial New York Mortgage for Manhattan Waterfront Property – Abraham P. Lott – Witnessed by Abraham De Peyster to the cart
c1769 Exceptional Colonial New York Mortgage for Manhattan Waterfront Property – Abraham P. Lott – Witnessed by Abraham De Peyster
$6,002.00
Add c1780s Jeremiah Wadsworth Autograph Letter Signed – Revolutionary War Commissary General – Boston to Hartford to the cart
c1780s Jeremiah Wadsworth Autograph Letter Signed – Revolutionary War Commissary General – Boston to Hartford
$2,509.00
Add Civil War Confederate General Orders, 1862 to the cart
Civil War Confederate General Orders, 1862
$455.00
Add Civil War: Field Letter Signed (“G. T. Beauregard”) 1861, Flag Design to the cart
Civil War: Field Letter Signed (“G. T. Beauregard”) 1861, Flag Design
$30,742.00
Add Colonial Era Manuscript Relating To William Penn, James Claypoole And Others to the cart
Colonial Era Manuscript Relating To William Penn, James Claypoole And Others
$5,101.00
Add Columbian Centinel Newspaper, March 19, 1794 to the cart
Columbian Centinel Newspaper, March 19, 1794
$524.00
Add Connecticut Continental Currency Gilbert to the cart
Connecticut Continental Currency Gilbert
$385.00
Add Document Signed By Queen Victoria, Canada Warrant, Seal Intact to the cart
Document Signed By Queen Victoria, Canada Warrant, Seal Intact
$5,415.00
Add Early 19th Century Attorney's Manuscript Legal Opinion on a Will, Land Conveyance & Equity Law to the cart
Early 19th Century Attorney's Manuscript Legal Opinion on a Will, Land Conveyance & Equity Law
$594.00
Add Elegant 1875 Pennsylvania Commission Signed By Governor to the cart
Elegant 1875 Pennsylvania Commission Signed By Governor
$420.00
Add Executive Order 45 From Abraham Lincoln May 1, 1862 to the cart
Executive Order 45 From Abraham Lincoln May 1, 1862
$1,363.00
Fascinating French Revolutionary–era document Signed By Marquis De Lafayette
Add Fascinating French Revolutionary–era document Signed By Marquis De Lafayette to the cart
Fascinating French Revolutionary–era document Signed By Marquis De Lafayette
$66,374.00
Add George The Third Snipped Signature to the cart
George The Third Snipped Signature
$559.00
Add Henry Knox Orders All Brass-Mounted Muskets Put into Serviceable Condition — 1793 War Department Letter Signed to the cart
Henry Knox Orders All Brass-Mounted Muskets Put into Serviceable Condition — 1793 War Department Letter Signed
$2,090.00
Add Indenture During Reign Of King George to the cart
Indenture During Reign Of King George
$1,572.00
Add Jacob Brown Signed Document to the cart
Jacob Brown Signed Document
$594.00
Add James Monroe Autograph Letter Signed — 1795 Paris — U.S. Minister to Revolutionary France to the cart
James Monroe Autograph Letter Signed — 1795 Paris — U.S. Minister to Revolutionary France
$13,967.00
Add King George III Signed Gibralter Document 1763 to the cart
King George III Signed Gibralter Document 1763
$5,974.00
King George Signed Military Document
Add King George Signed Military Document to the cart
King George Signed Military Document
$699.00
Add Original 1838 Woodruff Declaration of Independence to the cart
Original 1838 Woodruff Declaration of Independence
$12,227.00
Add Pennsylvania Land Patent 1827 to the cart
Pennsylvania Land Patent 1827
$350.00
Add Pennsylvania Land Patent 1829 to the cart
Pennsylvania Land Patent 1829
$350.00
Post Revolutionary War Property Restoration To A Loyalist
Add Post Revolutionary War Property Restoration To A Loyalist to the cart
Post Revolutionary War Property Restoration To A Loyalist
$1,188.00
Add Rare 1813 Washington Boyd Signed U.S. Marshal Deed – Early Washington City – General Post Office / "Great Hotel" Property – Thomas Fenwick – District of Columbia to the cart
Rare 1813 Washington Boyd Signed U.S. Marshal Deed – Early Washington City – General Post Office / "Great Hotel" Property – Thomas Fenwick – District of Columbia
$4,123.00
Add Rare 1926 Portfolio; Declaration, Constitution, Washington Farewell Address. to the cart
Rare 1926 Portfolio; Declaration, Constitution, Washington Farewell Address.
$5,869.00
Add Revolutionary War Era 1778 John Dickinson Philadelphia Land Deed – Official Exemplification – Penman of the Revolution – Embossed Recorder's Seal to the cart
Revolutionary War Era 1778 John Dickinson Philadelphia Land Deed – Official Exemplification – Penman of the Revolution – Embossed Recorder's Seal
$6,002.00
Add Revolutionary War Era Massachusetts Bay Deed to the cart
Revolutionary War Era Massachusetts Bay Deed
$315.00