Paper Trails
P.O.Box 777
Charlton, MA 01507
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Paper Trails
Revolutionary War documents, American Colonial manuscripts and autographed material.
Our Specialty
Purveyor of manuscripts and historical documents. The link bringing history from dusty vaults and forgotten archives to your private collections.
We offer several categories of fixed price items that will entice even the most advanced collectors. However, items for the novice and peripheral collector are also available for review.
Please check back often, as new items will be added on a weekly basis.
We offer free shipping, first class USPS with delivery confirmation, on all of our items.
1715, Indian Fighter, Ranger, Benjamin Church signed, American Colonial
1702, Taunton, Mass; writ of debt paid with ship iron, Amercian Colonial
1778, Charles Pinkney, Constitution, South Carolina signed, Famous Persons
1940, Walt Disney signed book, Honest John and Giddy, Hollywood
1791, Ship's Papers, journey to Africa, (slave triangle), Black Americana
1874, Alexander Graham Bell, note written and signed, Famous Persons
1865, Gideon Wells signed promotion document, Paymaster, Civil War
1779, Albany, General Ten Broeck letter to Gov. Clinton, Revolutionary War
1758, French and Indian War, "tombstone" pay order signed, Colonial Wars
1780, British Major General Richard Prescott signed pay..Revolutionary War
1768, Payment to care for Indian Squaw, Bolton, CT..American Colonial
1801, Connecticut merchant orders slaves from Africa, Black Americana
1802, Albany, NY, numerous signed petition, evils of horse racing, Persons Fame
1808, Jefferson's Embargo Act, Troops put in Readiness, Circular, Military 1783-1861
War of 1812, Scarce, Field Commission, Lake Erie Campaign, Military 1783-1861
1894,First Print, Dowager Stamps, full set, never hinged, gum, Important Archives
1949, T.S.Eliot, signed letter regarding book to be published, Famous Persons
1780, Francis Hopkinson, signed site draft, Colonial America
William Butler Yeats, Poet, letter signed, Famous Persons
1879, Hetty H.R.Green, Witch of Wall Street, letter signed, Famous Persons
1829, Santa Anna de Lopez, signed document, Military 1783-1861
1766, Governor Franics Bernard, signed pay order fire victims, Colonial Period
1849, Millard Fillmore letter, West Point honors him, Presidents
1814, Baltimore, War of 1812 letter, we must fight, 3000 men..Military 1783-1861
1830, Commodore Matthew C. Perry, signed orders, Military 1783-1861
Amelia Earhart, signed album page, Early Aviators
1776, Oliver Ellsworth, signed payorder, Saybrook and Lyme, Rev. War
1800, Colonel Jon. Lincklaen, signed resignation letter, John Jay, Famous Persons
1784, Benjamin Huntington, Prosecution of a Negro woman, Famous Persons
1941, Mischa Richter signed pen and ink, Joe Kennedy politics, Caricatures
1814, War of 1812, General Jacob Brown, War commission signed. Famous People
1779-1781, William Frost, accounting journal at West Point, Revolutionary War
1777, Scarce Naval payorder, Sloop Ranger, Capt. Deshon, Revolutionary War
1773, Meshech Weare, 1st President New Hampshire, signed apprenticeship bond
1795, Robert Morris signed note to John Nicholson, Famous Persons
1783, Letter to John Hancock, French Troops meet, Revolutionary War
1802, Northwest Territory, Return Meigs, Edward Tiifin, Daniel Symmes, signed to settle issue in the Territorial Court system, Amercian Colonial
1923 , President Calvin Coolidge letter signed, Presidents
1801, Northwest Territory, John Cleves Symmes signed bond, American Colonial
1969, Ronald and Nancy Reagan, signed Governor's program, President
1772, Baltimore Mechanical Fire Department, signed American Colonial
1776, Oliver Ellsworth, Silas Hubbell,(Boston Tea Party) signed pay order, Revolutionary War
1801, Brockhurst Livingston, Superior Court Justice, signed bond for slave and brothel owner Jeanne de Volunbrun
Robert E. Lee autographed Alex Gardner CDV, Civil War
1712, Salem, Massachusetts, Ship's Charter, signed by Samuel Barton, married to one of Salem's infamous witches. Amercian Colonial
William Ridge,Tory soldier killed during Cherokee Expedition,slaves, Black Americana
1795, Pennsylvania Payorder for Whiskey Rebellion soldier, Military 1783-1861
1821, Republican Shares of Stock, Henry Dearborn signed, Persons of Fame
1782, Verplanks Point, scarce document from the Westmorland Independent Company, Wyoming Massacre, Captain Spalding signed, Revolutionary War
RARE, 1778, POW Camp at Cambridge, British Major General Phillips letter to Major General Heath, regarding payment for keeping prisoners fed and paid. Rev War
1779, General Robert Van Rennselaer, request for officers, Revolutionary War 
1781, Lt. Colonel Thomas Grosvenor signed, soldier's certification signed
1798, British General Charles Grey, American Revolution, signed Military 1783-1861
Samuel Samuel Ringgold letter signed, Early 1830 Tallahassee Cancel, killed at Palo Alto 1846 Famous Persons Category
1776, Colonel John Douglass, Oliver Ellsworth signed form a regiment, Revolutionary War
Colonel Elisha Sheldon, 2nd Dragoons, signed payment order, Revolutionary War
1805, Nathaniel Fanning, hero of the Bonhomme Richard, John Paul Jones, letter home to his wife, Famous Persons
1788, Samuel Huntington, Declaration signer, twice signed doc, Famous Persons
Contact Information
Paper Trails
P.O.Box 777
Charlton, MA 01507
Always interested in buying any
collections or individual items from
the Colonial period, Revolutionary
War or Civil War.
1744, First Lottery Ticket issued
1802, New Hampshire Broadside
American Colonial Section
1706, Boston Merchant, Samuel Lillie, orders for ships journeys,signed, American Colonial
P.O.Box 777
Charlton, MA 01507
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