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Florida:
DOCUMENTS ACCOMPANYING THE MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TO BOTH HOUSES AT THE OPENING OF THE SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS. DECEMBER 5, 1821. PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Printed by Gales & Seaton, Washington:, 1821
70, [2 blank] pp, stitched, untrimmed, uncut. Light tanning, scattered foxing. Very Good. The documents collect material on the initial organization of the Floridas pursuant to implementation of the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819, by which Spain ceded East and West Florida to the United States. Included are correspondence between Secretary of State John Quincy Adams and Colonel James Forbes concerning Forbes's delivery of the cession documents to the Spanish Governor General in Havana; Colonel Forbes's frustrations resulting from the delays interposed by Spain; the printing of the Act of Cession of East Florida; correspondence between Adams and Major General Andrew Jackson, newly appointed Governor of Florida, and between Jackson and others. Jackson's commissions, his Proclamations, the initial rules organizing the Territory, documents concerning treatment of the Creeks and Seminoles, departure of the Spanish troops, and the disposition of the Spanish fortifications, are all printed. OCLC locates only the copy at the University of Southern California; American Imprints records copies at the Library of Congress and Princeton. AI 7209 [2]. OCLC 159940098 [1].
Price: $500.00
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Florida:
EXTRA SESSION. 1869. THE ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF FLORIDA, AT ITS EXTRA SESSION, BEGINNING JUNE 8TH, UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF A.D. 1868. PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF LAW, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
Edw. M. Cheney, State Printer, Tallahassee, Fla.:, 1869
52, [2], [lv]-lxi pp [as issued]. Original printed wrappers [chipped] with wrapper title [as issued], stitched into modern wrappers. Partly uncut, light wear and age-toning. One gum label on blank portion of title page. Good+. The Session ratified the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the last of the Reconstruction constitutional amendments, prohibiting racial discrimination in the exercise of the franchise. FIRST EDITION. I Harv. Law Cat. 705.
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Florida:
INHABITANTS EAST FLORIDA. MARCH 26, 1834. MR. ARCHER, FROM THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TO WHICH WAS REFERRED THE PETITION OF F.M. ARREDONDO, ON BEHALF OF HIMSELF AND OTHERS FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE CLAIMS OF PERSONS WHOSE PROPERTY WAS DESTROYED BY THE MILITARY OPERATIONS OF THE AMERICAN ARMY, IN EAST FLORIDA, IN THE YEARS 1812 AND 1814, MADE THE FOLLING REPORT...
HR368., 23rd Cong., 1st Sess.:, 1834
41, [1 blank] pp, disbound. Scattered foxing. Very Good.
Price: $75.00
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Florida:
LAND CLAIMS IN EAST FLORIDA. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY IN RELATION TO LAND CLAIMS IN EAST FLORIDA, WITH THE GENERAL REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF THAT DISTRICT. FEBRUARY 23, 1826.
Gales & Seaton, Washington:, 1826
House Document 115, 19th Congress, 1st Session. Bound in modern cloth [bookplate on front pastedown, bit of lower spine discoloration, gilt-stamped spine title]. 148pp + 15 folding tables. Light rubberstamp at upper margin of page 3, scattered foxing, several title page letters a bit scuffed. Good+. A huge compendium of the disposition of claims to land in East Florida. This is an important resource for understanding the tangle of land claims in early Florida. AI 27147 [2]. Servies 1292.
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Florida:
LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR, TRANSMITTING IN RESPONSE TO RESOLUTION OF JUNE 17, 1890, REPORTS RELATIVE TO THE WORK ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE ENTRANCE TO THE ST. JOHN'S RIVER, FLORIDA.
SED163., 51st Cong., 1st Sess.:, 1890
4pp, folding map, disbound, loosened, a few short closed tears at foredge. Light tanning. Good+.
Price: $20.00
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Florida:
NINTH CONVENTION. A JOURNAL OF THE NINTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE DIOCESE OF FLORIDA. 1846.
Office of the Florida Sentinel. Printed by Joseph Clisby, Tallahassee:, 1847
Original printed wrappers [some discolor spots], stitched. 31, [1] pp. Scattered spotting, Good+. The minutes of proceedings, the Bishop's speech, data and reports from each church in the Diocese [including some information on "colored" congregants], treasurer's report, articles of association, and the names of each participant in the Proceedings, Constitution and Canons. Rare. FIRST EDITION. Servies 3273 [2].
Price: $450.00
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Florida:
PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS IN FLORIDA. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, TRANSMITTING THE REPORT AND DECISIONS OF THE REGISTER AND RECEIVER OF PUBLIC MONEYS IN THE DISTRICT OF EAST FLORIDA, UPON PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS IN SAID DISTRICT. JANUARY 30, 1828.
Gales & Seaton, Washington:, 1828
House Document 169, 20th Congress, 1st Session. Bound in modern cloth [bookplate on front pastedown], gilt-stamped spine title. 53pp + 5 folding tables. Light rubberstamp at upper margin of page 3, light to moderate foxing. Good+. A compendium of the disposition of claims to land in Florida, an important resource for understanding the tangle of land claims in early Florida. AI 36727 [2]. Servies 1414.
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Florida:
SECOND SESSION. THE ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, PASSED AT ITS SECOND SESSION, BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CAPITOL, IN THE CITY OF TALLAHASSEE, ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1846, AND ENDED JANUARY 6, 1847. PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF LAW: UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE ATTORNEY- GENERAL OF THE STATE.
Office of the Floridian: Printed by Samuel S. Sibley., Tallahassee:, 1846 [ie, 1847]
99, V pp. Perforation stamp on title leaf, a couple of other institutional marks, else Very Good. Bound in later buckram, with gilt-lettered red morocco spine title [Social Law Library stamped at base of spine]. Florida joined the Union in 1845. This was its second meeting as a State. Much work was required to establish the framework of State government. The legislature created procedures for selecting presidential electors; enacted fees and costs for civil and criminal cases; regulated slave patrols; enacted incorporations; prohibited vessels from bringing into the Island of Key West any Free Negro or Mulatto; established counties and their boundaries; created pilotage laws, and a variety of other Statutes and Resolutions, including one to remove the remaining Seminole Indians. Servies 3243.
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Florida:
UNION BANK OF FLORIDA. JUNE 23, 1848.
HR728., 30th Cong., 1st Sess.:, [1848]
13, [3 blank] pp, disbound. Small blank margin tear, no text loss. Very Good. The Bank had advanced funds to the State of Florida for waging war against the "hostile Indians."
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West Florida:
TERRITORY SOUTH OF 31 OF NORTH LATITUDE, &C. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE, TRANSMITTING INFORMATION IN RELATION TO THE CLAIM OF SPAIN, FRANCE, AND THE UNITED STATES, TO THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE TERRITORY SOUTH OF THE 31 OF NORTH LATITUDE, AND EAST AND NORTH OF THE ISLAND OF ORLEANS, LYING BETWEEN THE MISSISSIPPI AND PERDIDO RIVERS, &C. JULY 7, 1838.
Thomas Allen, Printer, Washington:, 1819
20pp, untrimmed, uncut, Very Good. Secretary of State Forsyth transmits documents to Congress concerning Spanish and French claims to West Florida. Forsyth advises that any such claims were extinguished by the Louisiana Purchase and the Treaty between the United States and Spain. He transmits correspondence occurring in 1810, between Governor Claiborne and others, concerning American forces' occupation of the territory. OCLC 10648476 [3]. Not in Sabin or Eberstadt.
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