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Dr. Joseph M. Matheu Collection
Revolutionary War and Founding Fathers Featured in Fine Autographs and Artifacts Auction
June 27, 2025
A collection of Revolutionary War material including letters from General George Washington and rare items signed by Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams is on offer in
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Brothers’ Fine and Collectible Books
Available now: Collecting Books That Won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel/Fiction (3
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Paradou Books / Art + Lit
Book Dealer: Antiquarian & Rare
BlissBooks
P.O. Box 100
Excelsior, MN 55331
(952) 237-4525
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Horatio Alger Society
1004 School Street
Shelbyville, IN 46176
(317) 398-0754
"From Alger to Swift": We embrace academics, researchers, collectors,
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By Nicholas Basbanes
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