1. Adams, John | Adams congratulates John Trumbull on his monumental paintings for the Capitol rotunda

2. Adams, John Quincy | A powerful lesson in the historical and legal "origin and character of the Union" by John Quincy Adams

3. Bates, Katharine Lee | Complete autograph transcript of "America the Beautiful"

4. Benzoni, Girolamo | First edition of this scarce history of Central and South America

5. Braddock's Expedition | Perhaps the Most Important Cartographical Witness to the Braddock Expedition

6. Braddock's Expedition | The Orme Maps; a rare series of maps and battle plans from the Braddock Expedition

7. Bry, Theodor de | The most famed of all the collections of voyages

8. Egerton, Daniel Thomas | Views in Mexico, the scarce collection of lithographs

9. Gazette of the United States | A remarkable comprehensive run of a foundational periodical, with distinguished provenance

10. Hawthorne, Nathaniel | The author's last letter

11. Jefferson, Thomas | The "Batture Case": Edward Livingston v. Thomas Jefferson

12. Lincoln, Abraham | Lincoln apologizes for interfering with military matters in Missouri

13. Lincoln, Abraham | President Lincoln works to prevent anti-Union agents from infiltrating the House of Representatives

14. Lincoln, Abraham | A contingency stay of execution for a fellow Kentuckian

15. Washington, George | The President defends the ratification of Jay's Treaty

16. Captain James Duncan | Autograph manuscript journal signed from the Siege of Yorktown