Collected Historical Documents,, 1594-1950s

Summary: This series includes documents that John A. Roebling II purchased throughout his lifetime. An eclectic collector, John A. Roebling's documents vary both in time period and type. Included in the collection are letters, deeds, currency, price lists, and historical newspapers. The groups of correspondence include letters detailing the shipping industry from 1839 to 1852, and letters in Korean from the Korean War. Several documents dating from the sixteenth to eighteenth century in French are also included. Other documents of interest include a war bond from the Continental Army, an advertisement for a slave sale, Confederate currency, and a newspaper article written by Frederick Douglass. Oversize historical newspapers are stored separately.