Seth Kaller, Inc.

Inspired by History

Featured Inventory

Featured InventoryWe specialize in acquiring and authenticating early prints of the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution. In this catalog you will also find numerous interesting and unique items, including one of the earliest printings of the Star-Spangled Banner, letters from Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush, and a comprehensive science archive.

 

 

 

 

 

 
# Article Title
1 A General Account of … Using Atomic Energy for Military Purposes
2 A Signer’s Path to Independence: “United We Stand, Divided We Fall”
3 Aaron Burr Orders Interesting Political Books from His Law Partner
4 Abraham De Peyster Conveys Property On Broadway To Mary Van Cortlandt
5 Acting Pennsylvania Governor Thomas Lloyd Approves an Assignment of Attorney
6 After the Disaster at Vicksburg, Grant Relieves a Politically-Appointed General, and Subject to Lincoln’s Approval, Replaces Him with General Ord, Future Hero of Appomattox
7 Aiding the Penn Family in PA-MD Border Disputes
8 Alex Haley Signed Check
9 Alexander Hamilton Provides Congressmen a Year of Economic Activity in Seven Pages
10 America’s Financial Health: A Rare Jeffersonian Treasury Report (SOLD)
11 An Early Pennsylvania Land Deal
12 Andrew Jackson and the Fight for Florida
13 Andrew Jackson Free Frank
14 Attacking Congressman Jailed for Violating Alien and Sedition Act: "the in-famous Lyon... we are in an age of excentricity"
15 Bachelder's 1873 Resort Guidebook, Including the Gettysburg Battlefield and Cemetery (SOLD)
16 Benjamin Franklin Writes on the Supreme Being, Theocracy and Common Liberty
17 Benjamin Franklin’s Proposals for the Humane Conduct of War
18 Black Valley Railroad Temperance Broadside
19 Caleb Cushing, U.S. Congressman, Calls for Annexation of Canada
20 Caleb Heathcote Mayor of New York and Lord of the Manor of Scarsdale
21 Calling Deputy Governor Markham to Run the Dividing Line Between Pennsylvania and Maryland
22 Charles Sumner Discusses the Emerging Duty of the United States in Promoting Human Rights & World Peace Evoking the Declaration of Independence and Championing Louis Kossuth and his Exploits
23 Clement Biddle Seeks Pennsylvania Maps for the Continental Army
24 Clement Biddle’s Signed Copy of the Laws of Pennsylvania for 1781-1785
25 Clinton Bowen Fisk's Sword
26 Clymer Attacks a bill to sell Western Territory, “giving emigration ‘lighter wings to fly,’” at the Expense of More Economical Atlantic Settlements
27 Comparison of Free and Slave States
28 Congress Extends Loans on the “Domestic Debt of the United States” and Pays St. Clair for “The Business of Indian Treaties”
29 Custer Seeks Army Reports on the Plains Indians
30 Daniel Boone Certifies Compensation for the Loss of a Patriot’s Horse in the Battle of Blue Licks, Sometimes Considered the Last Battle of the Revolutionary War
31 Declaration of Independence - Huntington Printing (SOLD)
32 Declaration of Independence - Peter Force Printing
33 Dorr Rebellion, Rhode Island, 1841
34 During The Cuban Missile Crisis, Dean Rusk Suggests the Phrase “quarantine” for President Kennedy’s Address to the Nation (SOLD)
35 Earliest Known Letter from John to Thomas Penn Also Signed Many Times by Thomas Penn
36 Early Draft of the Bill of Rights
37 Early William Penn Deed to Thomas Saunders, Original Owner of a Portion of Independence Mall
38 Edison’s Notes From the First Day of Power Production and Materials from the World’s First Power Station
39 Edward Shippen Signed Mortgage for Red Lyon Inn
40 Einstein Discounts “‘God’s love’” as an Explanation for the Universe
41 Einstein Gives Thanks for a Sculpture that Captures His Friend Marie Curie’s “beautiful personality absolutely perfectly.”
42 Eisenhower Signed D-Day Message
43 Eyewitness Account of the Pearl Harbor Attack, Written on December 7, 1941
44 First Draft of the Bill of Rights: 17 Amendments Approved by the House
45 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Offers Sales Incentives
46 General Andrew Jackson Fights His Future Vice President Over Unjust Orders to his Troops
47 General Henry Knox Appeals to Governor John Hancock for Disabled Veterans Benefits or it Will “tarnish the lustre of the revolution.”
48 George Clinton, Governor of New York, Signed Military Appointment of John Johnson Second Major in the Kings County Militia
49 Governor George Clinton Grants New York Land To Revolutionary War Veteran
50 Gun Powder Delivery to Fort Sumter
51 Hamilton Requests the Return of His Final Report to the Senate
52 Harrison Gray Otis On The Infamous Hartford Convention
53 Harvard College’s Graduation Ceremony, 1791
54 Heated Reaction to the Caning of Sumner and Bleeding Kansas
55 Herbert Hoover Combats Starvation in Europe Before the U.S. Enters World War II
56 Hoover Writes of Hijacking Concerns
57 James Madison and the Virginia General Assembly Protest against the Alien and Sedition Acts
58 Jeffersonian Response to the "Chesapeake Affair" and British Insults on the High Seas
59 John Adams Presents the Plan to Purchase Public Debt
60 John Forsyth Signed Patent for Improvement in the Life Preserver
61 John Penn on the Final Year of the Mason-Dixon Line Survey
62 Joining Commodore Matthew C. Perry’s Expedition to Japan, a Line Drawing and Rigging Plan for Converting the U.S.S. Macedonian to a “Razeed” Sloop-of-War
63 Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands, signed by Queen Victoria
64 Lee Places no Blame when Washington College is Omitted from a Literary Publication
65 Lewis Morris, Jr. Rents Out Part Of Morrisania
66 Lord Baltimore Defends His Record on Religious Freedom
67 Margaret Truman's Wedding Waltz
68 Mary Todd Lincoln Mourns the Death of Her Beloved Son Willie
69 Maryland Claims Stock in the Bank of England
70 More Leaves from the Journal of a Life in the Highlands signed by Queen Victoria
71 Morse's "American Geography" - The First American Work of Its Kind
72 Native American Land Sale, Signed with Totem Marks
73 New Jersey Declaration of Independence Signer Approves a Land Survey
74 Nominations for Military Posts Just After Secession - With Secretarial AD with Additional Nominations
75 Ohio Governor Transmits Findings on South Carolina Nullification To the Governor of Pennsylvania
76 Order Directing a Captain to Detach from Command of the Kearsage
77 Ordering the Launch of the Puerto Rican Land Offensive
78 Panama Canal
79 Photographic Album of the New York 1867 Constitutional Convention
80 Portrait of FDR, Signed and Inscribed by Roosevelt to Samuel Messer
81 President Roosevelt Letter to Reverend Peabody Regarding Wartime Manufacture of Devotional Medals
82 Rare July 1776 Declaration of Independence Broadside: The Earliest Known Publication in Massachusetts, Birthplace of the American Revolution
83 Rear Admiral Schley on his recent victory over the Spanish fleet in the Battle of Santiago Bay
84 Revolutionary War South Carolina Artillery Officer
85 Ronald Reagan Opposes Socialized Medicine, and Engages in Class Warfare
86 Samuel Meredith, Treasurer of the United States, Reports of Public Expenditures to Congress
87 Science: Collection
88 Seizing the Properties of a Prominent Boston Tory
89 Sherman Invites a Friend to Dinner with the Mayor of NYC
90 Shortly After the Beginning of the War of 1812, Monroe Expresses his Opposition to Mob Violence
91 Signed Copy of Einstein’s Collected Essays
92 Slave Tag “Charleston 1851 Servant 2285”
93 Sons of Liberty Festival in the Wake of the Boston Massacre
94 Sterling Silver Sinseollo Dish, Presented to General Matthew Ridgway by the Korean Minister of Defense
95 Supreme Court Justice Livingston Recommends a Danish Son-in-Law of Jacob Astor to John Quincy Adams, on Duty in Russia
96 Supreme Court Justice Livingston Recommends a Young New Yorker to James Madison
97 The "Father of the Constitution" Honors a "Champion of Liberty"
98 The Acting Governor of New York Thanks William Penn for a Gift
99 The Birth of New York
100 The Declaration of Independence - William J Stone Engraving: Discovered in a Thrift Shop in Tennessee
101 The Declaration of Independence First Facsimile, Printed by William J. Stone
102 The Declaration of Independence, The First Print with Facsimile Signatures
103 The Founding Father of California Writes a Milestone Document for Mission San Gabriel
104 The Georgia Governor Informs New York that His State has Ratified the 14th Amendment.
105 The Star Spangled Banner – Extremely Early Printing
106 The U.S.S. Chesapeake Prepares for the Mediterranean
107 Theodore Roosevelt Advocates “Fair and Square Treatment of the Freed Blacks” (SOLD)
108 Theodore Roosevelt Opposes Wilson and Uses His Own Ancestry to Make a Case for “true Americanism.” (SOLD)
109 Thomas Paine Transmits Act for Resolution of the PA-VA Border
110 Tobias Lear’s Copy of History of Russia
111 Van Buren Handles an Early Falklands Crisis
112 William Penn Grants 1,500 Acres of “land in Pensylvania” to a Founding Member of the Colony
113 William Penn Grants 236 Acres of Land to Pennsylvania Founder Robert Wade
114 William Pinckney, Ripped Off by the Government for His Work on Jay's Treaty, Declares "I Do Not Owe The Government One Farthing"
115 William Pitt Launches Investigation into British Supply of North American Armies, Begins Road to Victory over French
116 William Wetmore Archive: Letters Detailing the China Trade & South American Conflicts
117 Winfield Scott Criticizes Zachary Taylor’s Illegal Order to Flog a Soldier
118 Wyandot Nation Indian Petition For the Land that “Gave Them Birth”
119 “Let every Federalist do his Duty, and Massachusetts will yet be Saved!”
120 “Oaths & Declarations”: William Penn, Jr. and Quakers Sign Separate Declaration to Sit on Pennsylvania Council with Non-Quakers
121 “Speak softly and carry a big stick” Theodore Roosevelt’s First Use of his Famous Aphorism (SOLD)
122 “The First Duty of the Republic to its Soldiers & Sailors is Prompt Payment & Sure Supplies”