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[Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Co.]:

COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND. OCTOBER TERM, 1865. THE STATE OF MARYLAND USE OF MARY COUGHLIN, VS. THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAIL ROAD CO.| PATRICK BANNON, BY HIS NEXT FRIEND JAMES COUGHLIN VS. THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD CO. BOWIE, CHIEF JUSTICE, DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING OPINION...

[Maryland? 1865. 20pp. Original printed wrappers [light dustsoiling and discoloration, remnant of postal stamp on rear wrap, accession number in ink at head of from wrap], stitched. Very Good. A boy was killed while trying to board a moving freight train, and another injured. "It was in proof that these..... More

Price: $40.00

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company:

TWENTY FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTORS TO THE STOCKHOLDERS OF THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAIL-ROAD COMPANY.

Baltimore: John Murphy, 1851. 50pp, small printed addendum note tipped in at pp.42-43. Several folding tables, charts, large folding map "Exhibiting the Railway Route between Baltimore & St. Louis; Together with the Other Principal Lines in the Eastern, Middle and Western States." Plain rear wrapper present. Stitched. Scattered foxing, light..... More

Price: $150.00

Item #18714 LETTER OF FRANCIS P. BLAIR, ESQ. TO THE REPUBLICAN ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON, D.C....

Blair, Francis P.:

LETTER OF FRANCIS P. BLAIR, ESQ. TO THE REPUBLICAN ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON, D.C.

[Washington: Buell & Blanchard, 1856]. 7, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, clean, Very Good. Blair's Letter is a significant step in the Democratic Party's split into Northern and Southern branches. Writing from his Maryland home at Silver Spring in December 1855, the venerable stalwart of President Jackson's Kitchen Cabinet denounces his..... More

Price: $350.00

Item #27349 A VOICE FROM THE GRAVE OF JACKSON! LETTER FROM FRANCIS P. BLAIR, ESQ., TO A PUBLIC...

Blair, Francis P.:

A VOICE FROM THE GRAVE OF JACKSON! LETTER FROM FRANCIS P. BLAIR, ESQ., TO A PUBLIC MEETING IN NEW YORK, HELD APRIL 29, 1856.

[Washington: Buell & Blanchard, 1856]. 15, [1] pp. Disbound, else Very Good. Caption title [as issued]. The Meeting supported the new Republican Party, opposing slavery in the National Territories. Writing from his home in Silver Spring, Maryland, the venerable member of President Jackson's Kitchen Cabinet denounces his Democratic Party, which..... More

Price: $350.00

Blair, Montgomery:

SPEECH OF THE HON. MONTGOMERY BLAIR, (POSTMASTER GENERAL,) ON THE REVOLUTIONARY SCHEMES OF THE ULTRA ABOLITIONISTS, AND IN DEFENCE OF THE POLICY OF THE PRESIDENT. DELIVERED AT THE UNCONDITIONAL UNION MEETING, HELD AT ROCKVILLE, MONTGOMERY CO., MARYLAND, ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1863.

1863. [n.p., 1863]. 20pp, disbound without wrappers, light margin foxing. Very Good. Blair warns of "ultra-Abolitionists", who "seek to make a caste of another color by amalgamating the black element with the free white labor of our land, and so to expand far beyond the present confines of slavery the..... More

Price: $250.00

Item #36896 A PETITION TO THE KING IN COUNCIL. FRANCIS BREREWOOD, ESQ; AGAINST LORD BALTIMORE;...

[Calvert, Frederick (Lord Baltimore)]:

A PETITION TO THE KING IN COUNCIL. FRANCIS BREREWOOD, ESQ; AGAINST LORD BALTIMORE; RELATING TO AN ESTATE IN MARYLAND.

[np: @1762]. Folio sheet, folded to 9-3/4" x 15." 3, [1 docket] pp. Old folds, with several separations expertly repaired without loss. Else Very Good, with caption title, as issued. A contemporary manuscript note in a blank margin recites English law that "no man shall be put out of his..... More

Price: $2,000.00

[Campbell, B.U.]:

REVIEW OF THE HON. JOHN P. KENNEDY'S DISCOURSE ON THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF GEORGE CALVERT, THE FIRST LORD BALTIMORE.

Baltimore: John Murphy, 1846. Original printed wrappers, stitched [loosening]. 32pp, double columns. A bit of wrinkling and light wear. Old institutional rubberstamps. Good+. Campbell concedes that Kennedy is "a respectable lawyer," as well as "a polished writer, and an agreeable speaker." But Campbell hits him hard in this piece: "His..... More

Price: $100.00

Item #32981 THE AMERICAN MUSEUM, OR UNIVERSAL MAGAZINE: CONTAINING ESSAYS ON AGRICULTURE-...

[Carey, Matthew]:

THE AMERICAN MUSEUM, OR UNIVERSAL MAGAZINE: CONTAINING ESSAYS ON AGRICULTURE- COMMERCE- MANUFACTURES- POLITICS- MORALS- AND MANNERS... VOL. VII. FROM JANUARY TO JUNE, 1790.

Philadelphia: Carey, Stewart and Co., 1790. Volume VII, Numbers I-VI. 344, 44 [Appendix I- Poetry], 44 [Appendix II- Public Papers], 44 [i.e., 40; Appendix III- Proceedings of Congress], 40 [Appendix IV- Foreign Intelligence], iv [Index] pp. Mild foxing and toning. Appendix IV [Foreign Intelligence] is missing pages 13-16. Else Very..... More

Price: $1,750.00

Chambers, [Ezekiel F.]:

SPEECH OF JUDGE CHAMBERS, ON THE JUDICIAL TENURE, IN THE MARYLAND CONVENTION, APRIL, 1851.

Baltimore: Murphy, 1851. Modern plain wrappers, 41pp. Scattered light soil, Good+. Judge of the Maryland court of appeals, Chambers was a delegate to the State "convention which framed a new constitution. There he made himself unpopular by his unsuccessful fight against the provision that the people elect their judges. As..... More

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Item #33019 AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED, 7 MAY 1815, AS CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE MARYLAND COURT OF...

[Chase, Jeremiah]:

AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED, 7 MAY 1815, AS CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS.

Folio sheet, folded to [4]pp, all in manuscript. Docketed on page [4]: "Petition of Lawson Clark of Montgomery County. Presented by Archibald Van Horn. Recorded 5 June 1815." The first two pages, plus two lines on the third page, consist of Clark's Petition. Page [3] is Judge Chase's Opinion, signed..... More

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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal:

MEMORIAL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, REMONSTRATING AGAINST THE SURRENDER TO THE STATE OF MARYLAND OF THE STOCK HELD BY THAT CORPORATION IN THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL.

26th Cong., 2d Sess. SD30. 1840. 250pp, disbound, Very Good. More

Price: $50.00

Chesnut, James:

RELATIONS OF STATES. SPEECH OF THE HON. JAMES CHESNUT, JR. OF SOUTH CAROLINA, DELIVERED IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, APRIL 9, 1860, ON THE RESOLUTIONS SUBMITTED BY THE HON. JEFFERSON DAVIS, OF MISS. ON 1ST OF MARCH, 1860.

Baltimore: John Murphy, 1860. 24pp, disbound. Very Good. In a deliberate scheme to bar Northern Democrats like Stephen Douglas from the Party's 1860 nomination, Jefferson Davis proposed Slave Code Resolutions which would prohibit, not merely Congress, but a territorial legislature as well, from restricting slavery; and require Congress to protect..... More

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Item #37087 CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPTION FOR A DRAFTED PERSON ON ACCOUNT OF DISABILITY. THIS IS TO...

[Civil War Recruitment]:

CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPTION FOR A DRAFTED PERSON ON ACCOUNT OF DISABILITY. THIS IS TO CERTIFY, THAT CORNELIUS BROWN, OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, STATE OF MARYLAND, HAVING BEEN DRAFTED, AND CLAIMING EXEMPTION ON ACCOUNT OF DISABILITY, HAS BEEN CAREFULLY EXAMINED, AND IS FOUND TO BE UNFIT FOR MILITARY DUTY BY REASON OF PHYSICAL DISABILITY, AND, IN CONSEQUENCE THEREOF, HE IS EXEMPT FROM SERVICE UNDER THE PRESENT DRAFT... DATED AT FREDERICK MD., THIS 9 DAY OF JUNE, 1864.

Frederick: 1864. Printed document, completed in ink manuscript, oblong 6-1/2" x 8-1/2." Old folds, light dusting, Very Good. Signed in ink by the Provost Marshal and President of the Board of Enrollment; Jno. J. Thomas, a member of the Board of Enrollment; and the Surgeon of the Board of Enrollment..... More

Price: $125.00

[Civil War: Confederate]:

PEOPLE OF BALTIMORE!

Baltimore: 1861. Folio broadside, on thin paper. 13-1/2" x 16-1/2." Significant reinforcement on blank verso, but not visible on printed recto. Small hole affecting 'th' in the word 'the;' small hole just touching the base of the final letter 'E' in the title. This rare, apparently unrecorded broadside seeks to..... More

Price: $10,000.00

Item #38447 THE ASHLAND TEXT BOOK, BEING A COMPENDIUM OF MR. CLAY'S SPEECHES, ON VARIOUS PUBLIC...

[Clay, Henry]:

THE ASHLAND TEXT BOOK, BEING A COMPENDIUM OF MR. CLAY'S SPEECHES, ON VARIOUS PUBLIC MEASURES, ETC. ETC. FOURTH EDITION.

Boston, New York, Philadelphia... 1844. 72pp. Original salmon printed wrappers [several extremity chips], with portrait of Henry Clay at center and four small vignettes at the corners. Imprint beneath front wrap portrait: "Baltimore. N. Hickman. 1844. Horton. Balt." Stitched, "Withdrawn" rubberstamp. Except as noted, Very Good. Various Whig songs, illustrations..... More

Price: $375.00

Clingman, Thomas L.:

SPEECH OF...OF NORTH CAROLINA, ON THE SUBJECT OF CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION, AS TO THE RIGHTS OF PROPERTY IN THE TERRITORIES, DELIVERED IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, MAY 7 & 8, 1860.

Baltimore: Printed by John Murphy & Co., 1860. 16pp, untrimmed, stitched [loosened], scattered foxing, some wear. About Good+. As the sectional crisis heated up, Murphy's Baltimore press began a little cottage industry in pro-slavery pamphlet material, printing speeches of Clingman, Jefferson Davis, and other Southern politicians. "We shall have to..... More

Price: $125.00

Davis, Henry Winter:

SPEECH OF...AT CONCERT HALL, PHILADELPHIA, SEPTEMBER 24, 1863.

[Philadelphia: 1863]. 29pp, original printed self-wrappers. Stitched, old institutional bookplate at blank base of title page. Very Good. Maryland's prominent Unionist Congressman migrated during the 1850's from the Whig Party to the Know-Nothings, to the Constitutional Union Party of Bell and Everett, and finally to the Republicans. DAB says, "In..... More

Price: $175.00

Davis, Jefferson:

RELATIONS OF STATES. SPEECH OF THE HON. JEFFERSON DAVIS, OF MISSISSIPPI, DELIVERED IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, MAY 7TH, 1860, ON THE RESOLUTIONS SUBMITTED BY HIM ON 1ST OF MARCH, 1860.

Baltimore: John Murphy & Co., 1860. 15, [1 blank] pp, disbound. Spotted, about Good+. Davis's resolutions, in support of which he speaks, guaranteed a split in the National Democratic Party and the loss of the presidency in Indeed, some believed that precisely that had been Davis's purpose, as part of..... More

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[Davis, Jefferson]:

DAVIS AND HIS OFFICERS AT BULL RUN, 1861.

Baltimore: Manufactured by the Monumental Photograph Co., 178 West Baltimore Street. [1861?]. Carte-de-visite, 2-1/2" x 3-1/2." Sepia toned [as issued], minor fading. Title printed on verso. Else Very Good. This is a CDV of a lithograph depicting Jefferson Davis and a group of his officers in uniform, standing and sitting..... More

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Item #36500 THE GREAT MATCH AT BALTIMORE, BETWEEN THE "ILLINOIS BANTAM," AND THE "OLD COCK" OF...

[Democratic Party in 1860]:

THE GREAT MATCH AT BALTIMORE, BETWEEN THE "ILLINOIS BANTAM," AND THE "OLD COCK" OF THE WHITE HOUSE.

New York: Currier & Ives, 1860. Illustrated broadside, lithograph on wove paper. 17-1/2" x 13-1/4". Light toning at blank margins from prior matting, else Fine. The 1860 presidential nominating competition split the Democratic Party into Northern and Southern branches, paving the way for the election of Abraham Lincoln. Southern Democrats..... More

Price: $3,000.00

Drake, Charles D.:

SPEECH OF...OF ST. LOUIS, AT THE BANQUET GIVEN IN THE CITY OF BALTIMORE, ON THE 20TH OF JULY, 1857, TO THE EXCURSIONISTS FROM OHIO AND MISSOURI.

New York: Printed by Edward O. Jenkins, 1857. 7, [1 blank] pp. Original printed wrappers [dusted], stitched. Two contemporary ink corrections on page 3 [appear to be made by printer]. Light scattered fox and wear, Good+. "We come to celebrate a nuptial feast! The lord of the Chesapeake weds the..... More

Price: $100.00

Early, Jubal A.:

JACKSON'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST POPE IN AUGUST, 1862. AN ADDRESS BY LIEUT. GEN'L JUBAL A. EARLY BEFORE THE FIRST ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION OF THE MARYLAND LINE, TOGETHER WITH THE PROCEEDINGS AT THE THIRD ANNUAL BANQUET OF THE SOCIETY OF THE ARMY AND NAVY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES, IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND.

[Baltimore: Foley, 1883]. Original printed wrappers, the front wrapper with portrait of a bearded and fierce Lieut. Gen'l Jubal A. Early. The portrait repeated in the frontis. 52, [1], 38 pp, as issued. Ownership signature on front wrapper, "Wyatt Aiken, March, 1904." This is probably Congressman Wyatt Aiken [1863-1923] of..... More

Price: $375.00

Election of 1832:

SUMMARY OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF A CONVENTION OF REPUBLICAN DELEGATES, FROM THE SEVERAL STATES IN THE UNION, FOR THE PURPOSE OF NOMINATING A CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE OF VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES; HELD AT BALTIMORE, IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND, MAY, 1832: WITH AN ADDRESS, TO THE REPUBLICANS OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK, PREPARED BY THEIR DELEGATES, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF SAID CONVENTION.

Albany: Printed by Packard and Van Benthuysen, 1832. 24pp. Disbound, light fox and wear, Good+. Jackson and his first Vice President, John C. Calhoun, had become enemies in the Nullification Crisis, their polar opposition bringing them into conflict. New York's Martin Van Buren, leader of Northern Democrats and a skilled..... More

Price: $175.00

[Election of 1832]:

PROCEEDINGS OF A CONVENTION OF REPUBLICAN DELEGATES, FROM THE SEVERAL STATES IN THE UNION, FOR THE PURPOSE OF NOMINATING A CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

Baltimore: Printed by Samuel Harker, Republican Office... 1831 [i.e., 1832]. 10pp, disbound, light to moderate foxing, Good+. Contemporary ink correction to the imprint, '1831' to '1832'. "Convention held May 21-23, 1832, resulting in the nomination of Martin Van Buren." [Wise & Cronin, Martin Van Buren] The names of a couple..... More

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Item #34201 EXTRA GLOBE. WEEKLY. Election of 1840

Election of 1840:

EXTRA GLOBE. WEEKLY.

Washington: Blair & Rives, 1840. Folio, 8 3/4" x 12". 416pp. Nos. 1-27 of Volume VI; May 16, 1840 - October 26, 1840, plus No. 27, the final issue recording detailed election results, from January 1841. Boards detached, endpapers filled with local political tickets. Scattered foxing, light wear, Good+. A...... More

Price: $450.00

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