1 (Abolition) — Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery | The constitution of the Anti-Slavery Society

2 (Abolition) | The first anti-slavery law passed by Congress

3 (Abolition) | A group of two first editions, and an unaccomplished printed manumission form

4 Adair, James | A definitive history of the native Americans of the Southeast

5 Adams, Abigail | Letters of Mrs. Adams, with a manuscript receipt in the hand of John Quincy Adams

6 Adams, John | First British edition

7 Adams, John | Presentation copy of the rarest presidential book

8 Adams, John | Constitution-signer Gunning Bedford, Jr.'s copy of a foundational text

9 Adams, John | John Adams lays out the enduring principles of government

10 Adams, John | President John Adams convenes a special session of Congress to address the mounting crisis in French-American relations

11 (Adams, John) | The XYZ Scandal

12 Adams, John | In the foment of the Quasi-War, President Adams excoriates the French Directory

13 Adams, John | John Adams declares a national day of thanksgiving and prayer, 6 March 1799

14 Adams, John | The failure of the French Revolution

15 (Adams, John) | The catalogue of Adams's library

16 (Adams, John) | A group of 4 contemporary works related to the presidency of John Adams, and the election of 1800

17 (Adams, John Quincy) | A scarce printing of one of John Quincy Adams' earliest published works

18 (Adams, John Quincy) | Early 19th-century manuscript copies of letters by Adams to his son, George Washington Adams

19 Adams, John Quincy | A literary gift annual inscribed by John Quincy Adams (a contributor) to his cousin

20 Adams, John Quincy | Adams on Lafayette: First edition, in a presentation binding, inscribed to Isaac McKim

21 Adams, John Quincy | John Quincy Adams allows for no "flinching from the cause of human freedom" in defending the right of enslaved persons to petition Congress

22 Adams, John Quincy | "No—never, never can Slavery again be reconciled to the rights, or to the duties of man."

23 Adams, John Quincy | Autograph manuscript signed of John Quincy Adams's resolution rescinding the notorious "Gag Rule"

24 (Adams, John Quincy) —Edward Everett | Presentation copy of Edward Everett's eulogy of John Quincy Adams

25 John Quincy Adams | Asher Durand, after Thomas Sully

26 (Alien and Sedition Acts) | An act which increased residency requirement to become a citizen

27 (Alien and Sedition Acts) | First edition of the Acts of the Fifth Congress, containing the Alien and Sedition Acts

28 Allen, Ethan | One of the rarest Revolutionary War narratives

29 Almon, John (editor) | Almon's uncommon compilation of papers documenting the beginning of the American Revolution

30 (American History: 18th Century) | A group of 10 works related to 18th-century American History

31 (American History: 19th & 20th Centuries) | A group of 13 works and 1 ALS related to 19th & 20th century American History

32 (American Revolution) | A collection of titles pertaining to the American Revolution

33 (American Revolution) | Parliament debates letting go

34 (American Revolution) | First edition of the debates in Parliament on the terms of the Treaty of Paris

35 (American Revolution) | Celebrating the official end of the Revolutionary War

36 Ames, Fisher | A famous Federalist oration

37 Ames, Nathaniel | First printing of Benjamin Franklin's famous epitaph

38 Anderson, James | The Interest of Great Britain with regard to her American Colonies, considered

39 (André, John) | The trial of John André, Benedict Arnold's spymaster

40 Andrews, John | A standard contemporary history of the American Revolution

41 (Arkansas) | An early Arkansas imprint

42 (Arkansas) | Journal of the Proceedings of the first Arkansas constitutional convention

43 (Arkansas) | "Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas..."

44 (Arkansas) | Laws passed in the year of Secession.

45 (Arkansas) | First edition, a rare Confederate imprint

46 (Arkansas) | "We, the people of the State of Arkansas..."

47 (Arnold, Benedict) | The Court Martial of Benedict Arnold

48 The Articles of Confederation | A quartet of crucial government documents of Virginia and the United States