A British military volunteer’s rifle of the last quarter of the 18th century, modeled on the Ordnance Pattern 1776 Rifle. 28 in. L octagonal barrel of 0.68 caliber bore retaining its original browning, key-fastened and with false- or hook-breech, with rear sight (one fixed and two hinged leaves); vacant holes.....
[probably Philadelphia]: Quartermaster General, US Army, 1833. 16 x 10 1/8 folio sheet, encapsulated in mylar. Manuscript list with all of the types and forms of enlisted garments to be procured for the United States Army in 1833 and the costs to be assigned for each [not filled in]. Above.....
United States: 1792. The curved, double-fullered blade. 36 inches long by 1 ½ inches at the ricasso, is engraved on both sides with an extremely early version of the Great Seal of the United States, featuring a “frog-legged chicken" eagle. Above the seal are scrolls and below, a panoply of.....
A fascinating notebook kept by an itinerant tailor who specialized in catering to the county gentry and their liveried servants, as well as military officers in dispersed garrisons. Hardbound with black morocco-finished leather boards, 4 ½ x 3 ¼ inches, closing with a brass clasp. The notebook begins with a......
Gettysburg, PA: Thomas Publications, 2012. First edition. Hardback. Heavily illustrated with color and BW images on 312 pages. "Insignia of Independence is a heavily illustrated magnum opus that reconstructs the appearance of the armies of the American Revolution in painstaking detail. The two leading authorities on 18th-century Anglo-American military material.....
Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2017. Don Troiani. 1st Paperback Edition. PB. Publisher's Synopsis: In this collection, renowned artist Don Troiani teams up with leading artifact historian James L. Kochan to present the American Revolution as it has existed only in our imaginations: in living color. From Bunker Hill to Yorktown, from Washington.....