1 ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY | John Quincy Adams's copy of The Tennessee Weekly Chronicle, Vol. VI, No. 91. Clarksville, Tennessee: Printed by T. H. M'Keen, Monday, March 29, 1819

2 ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY | President's Message, in National Journal Extra. Washington, December 5, 1826

3 (AMERICAN REVOLUTION) | "Unite or Die" political cartoon in the masthead of The Pennsylvania Journal; and the Weekly Advertiser, No. 1675. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by William and Thomas Bradford, Wednesday, January 11, 1775 

4 (AMERICAN REVOLUTION) | British Accounts of the Battles of Lexington and Concord printed in The New-England Chronicle: or, The Essex Gazette, Vol. VII, No. 354. Cambridge: Printed by Samuel and Ebenezer Hall, from Tuesday, May 2, to Friday, May 12, 1775

5 (AMERICAN REVOLUTION) | Five manuscript documents signed by some of the first African-Americans to fight for the American cause, dated less than a month after Lexington and Concord, Natick, Massachusetts, 15 May 1775 

6 (AMERICAN REVOLUTION) | The State Journal or, the New-Hampshire Gazette, and Tuesday Liberty Advertiser, No. 36. Exeter: [Printed and Published by Robert L. Fowle], Tuesday, January 21, 1777

7 (AMERICAN REVOLUTION) | At a General Assembly of the Governor and Company of the State of Connecticut, holden at Hartford, on the second Thursday of October, A. D. 1780. [Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1780]

8 (AMERICAN REVOLUTION) Simsbury Bridge Lottery Tickets. [Connecticut: 1781]

9 (AMERICAN REVOLUTION—YORKTOWN) Lord Cornwallis's Surrender at Yorktown reported in The London Chronicle, Vol. I, No. 3901. London, from Saturday, December 1, to Tuesday, December 4, 1781

10 (AMERICAN REVOLUTION) | State of New Hampshire. In Committee of Safety, April 16th, 1783. A Proclamation. [Exeter, New Hampshire: 1783]

11 ANTI-SLAVERY HANDBILL | [Anti-Slavery Bugle ⁠— Extra]. Salem, Ohio: James Barnaby, publishing agent, 26 November 1848

12 ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION | Front page printing of the Articles of Confederation in the New-Jersey Gazette, Vol. 1, No. 22. Trenton: Printed by Isaac Collins, Wednesday, April 29, 1778

13 BARNUM, P.T. | American Museum. Corner of Broadway and Ann-street, Under the Management of Mr. P.T. Barnum[.] Grand Gala Week! [New York: 21 March 1842]

14 (BASEBALL) | A very early mention of baseball in The Sun, No. 169. New York: Published by Benj. H. Day & Geo. W. Wisner, Wednesday, March 19, 1834

15 (BASEBALL) | This Sheet is Given Away As a Supplement to the Base Ball Players' Book of Reference. [New York, ca. 1866–1876]

16 (BASEBALL) | Promotional brochure for a touring team of "Bloomer Girls": The Young Ladies' Athletic Journal, 1889

17 (BASEBALL) | John McGraw Signed ("Your sincere friend Mac") 1904 National League Championship Postcard, with 1905 World Series content. New York: The Rotograph Co., 1904; postmarked, Chicago, October 18, 1905

18 BELCHER, JONATHAN | By His Excellency Jonathan Belcher, Esq; ... A Proclamation for a general Fast... Boston: Printed by J. Draper, printer to His Excellency the Governour and Council, 1740

19 BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER | The Book of Common Prayer. London: Richard Jugge, [?1577]; [Bound with:] The Whole Booke of Psalmes, Collected into English Meter. London: John Day, 1575

20 (BOSTON MASSACRE) | A very early report on the Boston Massacre, in The Providence Gazette; and Country Journal, Vol. VII, No. 322. Providence: Printed by John Carter, from Saturday, March 3, to Saturday, March 10, 1770

21 (BOSTON MASSACRE: JAMES BOWDOIN, JOSEPH WARREN, SAMUEL PEMBERTON) | A Short Narrative of the Horrid Massacre in Boston, Perpetrated in the Evening of the Fifth Day of March 1770, by Soldiers of the XXIXth Regiment … with Some Observations of the State of Things prior to that Catastrophe. Printed by Order of the Town of Boston: London, Re-printed for E. and C. Dilly, and J. Almon, 1770

22 (BOSTON MASSACRE) | First Anniversary Commemoration of the Boston Massacre in The Essex Gazette, Vol. III, No. 136. Salem: Printed by Samuel Hall, February 26-March 5, 1771

23 (BUNKER'S HILL) ⁠— ELISHA RICH A Poem Upon the Bloody Engagement That Was Fought on Bunker's-Hill, at Charlestown, (in New-England.) On the 17th of June, 1775. Together With Some Remarks on the Cruelty and Barbarity of the British Troops.... [Newburyport, MA: Printed by E. Lunt and H.W. Tinges, 1775]

24 THE BOSTON PORT BILL | "An Act to discontinue, in such Manner and for such Time as are therein mentioned, the landing and discharging, lading or shipping, of Goods, Wares, and Merchandise, at the Town, and within the Harbour, of Boston, in the province of Massachusett's Bay, in North America," in The London Gazette. No. 11444. London: Printed by Thomas Harrison, from Tuesday, March 29, to Saturday, April 2, 1774

25 BOSTON TEA PARTY ⁠— JONATHAN DRURY Autograph invoice, directed to "Mr Samuell Adams In Boston," 3 December 1773

26 CANTON REGISTER | Volume 7, number 1–volume 8, number 52. Canton, China, 7 January 1834–29 December 1835

27 (CAROLINA COLONY) | An early promotional notice for the Carolina Colony in The London Mercury, No. 36. London: Printed for T. Vile, from Friday, August 4 to Tuesday August 8, 1682

28 CHARLES V OF SPAIN AND HERNANDO PIZARRO | Royal letters patent concerning Hernando Pizarro, issued in the name of Charles V and signed on his behalf

29 (CIVIL RIGHTS) | Stop Lynching | Shame of America. New York: Union Poster Service for Rebel Arts, ca. 1937

30 (CIVIL WAR — BATTLE OF ANTIETAM) | Extra! Burnside's Corp, 2 Miles Beyond Sharpsburgh, MD. List of Killed, Wounded and Missing, of the 51st Regiment P.V. at the Taking of "Stone Bridge," on Wednesday, the 17th of September, 1862. [N.P.: After 17 September 1862]

31 (CIVIL WAR) | Buffalo Post Extra on the fall of Richmond. Buffalo: George J. Bryan, ca. April 2, 1865

32 CODY, WILLIAM F. (BUFFALO BILL) | Monumental mounted photograph portrait of Buffalo Bill, in buckskins, looking right, ca. 1895

33 COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER⁠ — JOHANN STAMLER | Dyalogus... de diversarum gencium sectis et mundi religionibus. Augsburg: Erhard Oglin & Georg Nadler, 22 May 1508

34 (CORTÉS, HERNÁN) | Document signed by Vasco de Quiroga, and the other members of the Segunda Audiencia, regarding the settlement of a lawsuit filed by Cortés, Mexico, 9 April 1532

35 (CUSTER, GEORGE ARMSTRONG & THE BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIGHORN) | "The Massacre. A Detailed Report of Horrible Slaughter on the Little Horn," in Omaha Republican Extra. Omaha, Friday, July 7, 1876—2 O'Clock, P.M.

36 THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE | "In Congress, July 4, 1776. A Declaration by the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress Assembled," in The Westminster Magazine; or, The Pantheon of Taste. August 1776. London: Printed for and by T. Wright, [1776]

37 DOUGLASS, FREDERICK | Frederick Douglass'sSpeech to the Free Soil Party Convention on the Fugitive Slave Law, printed in Frederick Douglass's Paper, Vol. V, No. 35. Rochester, August 20, 1852

38 EINSTEIN, ALBERT | Typed letter signed ("A. Einstein"), to Ensign Guy H. Raner Jr., explaining the nature of his personal atheism and belief in God

39 (FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR) | By His Excellency William Shirley, Esq; Captain-General and Governor in Chief of His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England. A Proclamation for a publick Fast. Boston: Printed by John Draper, Printer to His Excellency the Governor, & Council, [9 June 1755]

40 (FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR) | By the Honorable Thomas Hutchinson, Esq; Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Cheif. Province of Massachusetts-Bay: 6 June 1766

41 (FUR TRADE) A pair of documents regarding the trade of animal skins in Pittsburgh, and other Pennsylvania settlements, dated 1771

43 GATES, HORATIO | Horatio Gates's own copy of The Pennsylvania Packet or The General Advertiser, no Vol. or issue number. Philadelphia; Printed and Sold by John Dunlap, Saturday, January 23, 1779

44 GEORGE III, KING OF ENGLAND | His Majesty's Most Gracious Speech to both Houses of Parliament, On Tuesday the Eighteenth Day of November, 1760. London: Printed by Thomas Baskett ... and by the Assigns of Robert Baskett: Sold by John Bowles ... and Thomas Kitchen, 1760

45 GEORGIA'S FIRST NEWSPAPER | The Georgia Gazette, No. 148. Savannah: Printed by James Johnston, Wednesday, July 23, 1766

46 (GERRYMANDERING) | Early Gerrymander cartoon in the Columbian Centinal, No. 3026. Boston: Printed by William Burdick for Benjamin Russell, Wednesday, April 7, 1813

47 (GOLD RUSH) | Manuscript Gold Rush map, being a survey for the adjoining plots of land belonging to H.H.Watson and A.J. Polhill, Placer County, California, 1852

48 (GOLD RUSH) | Two bills of lading, documenting cargo related to the California Gold Rush, 1849 and 1859  

49 (GUNPOWDER PLOT) | Report of the Gunpowder Plot in Niderlandisher Kriegs-Journal, 1606