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2022 Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts for the Political Historian

We've rounded up some of the most interesting and illuminating political memoirs, autographs from great American leaders, paintings and collectible antiques that tell the story of the founding of o...

2022 Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts for the Person Who Has Everything

We pride ourselves in having a spectacular collection, sourcing high and low to bring our collectors a wide array of rare books, original signatures and flags, and historical Americana. We love unc...

2022 Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts for the Explorer

These hand-picked holidays gifts from The Great Republic are perfect for the explorer in your life! Inspire them with the tales of intrepid explorers who have come before them, a gorgeous photograp...

Report Upon the Colorado River

Prior to the Civil War, much of the American West was still unexplored and undocumented by the United States. In order to determine whether the Colorado River had potential to become a major shippi...

Collecting Unofficial 39-Star Flags

If you are looking for an impressive, antique American flag to acquire, consider an “unofficial” 39-star flag. In 1890, 14 years after Colorado statehood, a total of five states joined the Union to...

New Arrivals: Remington-inspired bronzes

Frederic Remington’s bronzes have a profound sense of storytelling, resulting in some of the finest American bronzes of the time. It is no surprise Remington’s bronzes continue to inspire the next ...

The Federalist

Learn the story behind the publication of The Federalist, one of the most important works of American political thought. Penned by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the pseudon...

Harper's Weekly's Civil War Reporting

By 1860 the circulation of Harper's Weekly reached 200,000 and it became the nation’s most influential newspaper.

Four Western Surveys and the Romance of the Wild West

Between 1867 and 1879, Congress authorized and funded four significant surveys of the West, the Powell Survey, the King Survey, the Wheeler Survey, and the Hayden Survey. These published maps, trav...

The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854

Stephen Douglas touted his Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 as a peaceful settlement of national issues, but what it produced was a prelude to the Civil War. The conflict over slavery in the territory o...