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From Revolution to Republic Exhibition at Rare Books Boston

Saturday November 7, 2026

HENRY GOLDTHWAITE JENKS (1776-1801)

United States Frigate ‘Constitution’, c. 1799

Watercolor on laid paper, 11 ½ x 9 ½ in. (stern detail)

Henry Goldthwaite Jenks was the junior partner of Samuel Jenks & Son, who operated a maritime smithy on Gardner’s Wharf in Boston and produced and repaired ironwork...

Kochan "Art of War" Study Collection Sold at Morphy Auctions

Friday March 14, 2025

Single-Owner Auction Kicks Off Four Day $7.4 Million Militaria Event — Kochan Collection Is An Art Of War Study

Published: December 30, 2024

This 650-pound, 62¼-inch bronze French field cannon is one of just two known examples in a caliber that predated the French Revolution. It brought $104,550 and the...

KOCHAN RECEIVES LAMB-TYREE FELLOWSHIP FROM THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI

Wednesday March 13, 2024

American Revolution Institute

March 13 at 1:12 PM ·

Meet James Kochan, the 2024 Tyree-Lamb Fellow! James has been engaged in primary source research on the uniforms, insignia, and equipage of the Continental Army for nearly 50 years. His goal is to publish the 1st vol. of a planned 3-vol. set focusing on uniforms and...

HANGING WITH JAMES KOCHAN (MAINE ANTIQUES DIGEST, Sept. 2023)

Friday September 1, 2023

August 24th, 2023

Hanging with James L. Kochan

by Julie Schlenger Adell

Historian, archaeologist, outdoorsman, scholar, gentleman—all are appropriate descriptives for dealer James L. Kochan, who for the last seven years has been based in Wiscasset, Maine.

Before his move north, the former museum and national park director and curator...

Tuesday November 9, 2021

Boston, November 8, 2021:.

HISTORIC NEW ENGLAND HONORS JAMES KOCHAN

WITH ITS PRIZE FOR COLLECTING WORKS ON PAPER

HNE awards the Prize for Collecting Works on Paper to one or more collectors or dealers each year. It honors those who have assembled or helped save significant collections related to New...