America at 250: Treasures of the Past

1: [COLONIAL AMERICA] 1726 Massachusetts Bay Charter w/ Session Law Continuation to 1734

2: [CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS] Columbus Returns to Ferdinand & Isabella, Sicilian School Carved and Painted Wood Panel

3: [COLONIAL AMERICA] Charter Oak Relic Pendant

4: [COLONIAL AMERICA] 1685 William Penn Signed Pennsylvania Land Indenture to Reputed Cabinetmaker

5: [MAPS] California as an Island, 1719 Mallet Map "Amerique Septentrionale"

6: [SALEM WITCH TRIALS] Samuel Sewall Signed Probate Court Documents

7: [SALEM WITCH TRIALS] 1721 Nathaniel Cary Signed Document

8: [COLONIAL AMERICA] 1734 Ames Almanack

9: [FOUNDING FATHERS, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN] 1748 Pennsylvania Gazette

10: [BENJAMIN FRANKLIN] Franklin's Electrical Experiment in July 1752 "Gentleman's Magazine"

11: [COLONIAL AMERICA] Josiah Bartlett Family Collection of Early American Household Articles

12: [COLONIAL AMERICA] 1752 General Selah Hart Promissory Note for "Horse Hire"

13: [FRENCH & INDIAN WAR] 1754 Gov. Shirley Doc re: French Fort

14: [COLONIAL AMERICA] 1757 Bellin Map of New England "Carte de la Nouvelle Angleterre"

15: [FRENCH & INDIAN WAR] 1769 Identified Powder Horn

16: [FRENCH & INDIAN WAR - AMERICAN REVOLUTION] Lovely Mid-18th Century English Flintlock Pistol by John Nicholes

17: [FRENCH & INDIAN WAR] 1758 John Whiting Signed CT Impressment Order

18: [COLONIAL AMERICA - NATIVE AMERICANS] 1760s-1770s Mohawk Land Purchase & Survey Expedition

19: [FRENCH & INDIAN WARS] Rare 1761 Shipping Document, Thomas Hancock & Sir Jeffrey Amherst

20: [COLONIAL CURRENCY] 31 Dec. 1763 1 Shilling New Jersey Note NJ-152