Antiquarian documents & curiosities
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Manuscripts, early American documents, coins and books — each one catalogued, photographed and offered to you.
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A parcel of real historical documents in your mailbox every month, with the research behind each piece. The featured document of every box is catalogued in the public archive for everyone to study.
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“Some history lives behind glass. This history you can hold.”
Holden's Archive began as one family's research and grew into something bigger: a place where the records history left behind — county deeds, estate inventories, letters, almanacs, coins pulled from old cigar boxes — stay available instead of disappearing into storage. What we collect, we make it possible for others to research, document, and preserve.
Most items are one-of-a-kind, so once something sells, it's gone.
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