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AN ORATION DELIVERED AT THE STATE HOUSE, IN PHILADELPHIA, TO A VERY NUMEROUS AUDIENCE, ON...

Adams, Samuel [pseud.]:

AN ORATION DELIVERED AT THE STATE HOUSE, IN PHILADELPHIA, TO A VERY NUMEROUS AUDIENCE, ON THURSDAY THE 1st OF AUGUST 1776; BY SAMUEL ADAMS, MEMBER OF THE THE GENERAL CONGRESS OF THE ** OF AMERICA.

[London] Philadelphia, Printed. London, Re-printed: For E. Johnson, 1776. [2], 42 pp, as issued. Lightly toned, minor foxing, a tear at the upper blank margin of the title leaf [no text affected]. Good+, in modern marbled boards and quarter brown cloth. "Although this was published over Samuel Adams's name..... More

Price: $5,000.00

TEN LETTERS, ENTIRELY IN INK MANUSCRIPT, TO ALABAMA GOVERNOR ANDREW B. MOORE, DURING JANUARY -...

[Alabama in the Confederacy]:

TEN LETTERS, ENTIRELY IN INK MANUSCRIPT, TO ALABAMA GOVERNOR ANDREW B. MOORE, DURING JANUARY - APRIL 1861, SEEKING APPOINTMENTS TO OFFICES IN ALABAMA'S POST-SECESSION GOVERNMENT.

January - April 1861. Each letter 1-4 pp, in legible ink manuscript, and usually docketed. The supplicants write from Demopolis, Marion, Montgomery, Haynesville, the Exchange Hotel [Montgomery]. Very Good. Alabama seceded on January 11, 1861. Our first letter is dated January 28, from several Demopolis citizens [Nathan B. Whitefield, Howard..... More

Price: $1,500.00

THIRTEEN VOLUMES OF LAWS FROM THE FRONTIER TERRITORY AND STATE OF ARKANSAS, 1833 - 1861. Arkansas

Arkansas:

THIRTEEN VOLUMES OF LAWS FROM THE FRONTIER TERRITORY AND STATE OF ARKANSAS, 1833 - 1861.

a. ACTS PASSED AT THE EIGHTH SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE TERRITORY OF ARKANSAS: WHICH WAS BEGUN AND HELD AT THE TOWN OF LITTLE ROCK, ON MONDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF OCTOBER, AND ENDED ON SATURDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, [1833]. Little Rock: Printed by William Woodruff..... More

Price: $6,500.00

AUTOGRAPH LEGAL DOCUMENT SIGNED AS ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF DAVID OLIVIER: "TO THE HONORABLE...

Benjamin, Judah P.:

AUTOGRAPH LEGAL DOCUMENT SIGNED AS ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF DAVID OLIVIER: "TO THE HONORABLE THE DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. THE PETITION OF DAVID OLIVIER OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS RESPECTFULLY REPRESENTS, THAT THIS PETITIONER IS THE HOLDER AND BONA FIDE OWNER OF A CERTAIN PROMISSORY NOTE FOR THE SUM OF EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY THREE 82/100 DOLLARS, DRAWN BY ROSEMUND GAUDET TO THE ORDER OF TOLEDANO & GAILLARD, DATED AT NEW ORLEANS ON THE 4TH MAY 1833 AND PAYABLE IN THE COURSE OF THE MONTH OF APRIL 1834... THE SAID NOTE WAS PRESENTED FOR PAYMENT... WHEREUPON SAID NOTE WAS DULY PROTESTED FOR NON-PAYMENT...[signed] J.P. BENJAMIN, ATTY PLFF"

New Orleans, LA: 1834. Folio broadsheet, 7-1/2" x 12-1/2". [2] pp. Completely in ink manuscript, wax seal remnant in top left margin of recto. Toned, a few old folds [a few short fold splits repaired without loss]. Very Good. In 1833 Benjamin embarked on the practice of law in..... More

Price: $2,500.00

COLTON'S CONDENSED OCTAVO ATLAS OF THE UNION: CONTAINING MAPS OF ALL THE STATES AND TERRITORIES...

Colton, J.H.:

COLTON'S CONDENSED OCTAVO ATLAS OF THE UNION: CONTAINING MAPS OF ALL THE STATES AND TERRITORIES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

New York: J.H. Colton, Publisher, 1864. 8vo, original brown cloth, stamped in blind, with title stamped in gilt on front cover [spine lightly sunned]. [8] pp + 25 Maps on 51 numbered pages, all in color; the map of California is in three folding panels. Other than a small closed..... More

Price: $1,500.00

MANUSCRIPT CIRCULAR, "HEAD QUARTERS 5TH BRIGADE | DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF | CAMP WILLIAMS AUGT 29,...

[Contrabands]:

MANUSCRIPT CIRCULAR, "HEAD QUARTERS 5TH BRIGADE | DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF | CAMP WILLIAMS AUGT 29, 1862. | CIRCULAR | IN FUTURE NO CONTRABANDS WILL BE DETAILED FOR SERVICE IN ANY REGIMENT OR CORPS EXCEPT UPON AN ORDER COUNTERSIGNED BY THE GEN. COM. BRIGADE. "CONTRABANDS WILL BE DETAILED FOR SERVICE DURING ONE DAY ONLY, UNLESS SPECIFIED TO THE CONTRARY IN THE ORDER. "NO DETAIL WILL BE ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE NEGRO CAMP EXCEPT IN CHARGE OF A NON COMMISSIONED OFFICER FROM THE REGIMENTS OR CORPS REQUIRING THEIR SERVICES, WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR RETURN IN THE EVENING, ALSO FOR THE RETURN OF ANY AND ALL TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTS. "ORDERS FOR CONTRABANDS WILL SPECIFY THE NUMBER AND KIND OF TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTS REQUIRED WITH THE DETAIL, WHICH THE NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER IN CHARGE WILL RECEIVE OF ONE OF THE SERGEANTS IN CHARGE OF THE NEGRO CAMP, AND RETURN WITH THE DETAIL UPON THE EXPIRATION OF THE TERM OF CONTRABAND. "ALL REGIMENT OR CORPS HAVING TOOLS OR IMPLEMENTS USED BY CONTRABANDS ARE REQUIRED TO TURN THEM OVER WITHOUT DELAY TO ONE OF THE OFFICERS AT THE NEGRO CAMP, TO BE ISSUED IN FUTURE UPON ORDERS, AND WITH CONTRABANDS. "REGIMENTS AND CORPS HAVING CONTRABANDS IN THEIR CAMP WITHOUT AN ORDER ARE REQUIRED TO SEND THEM WITHOUT DELAY TO THE NEGRO CAMP, EXCEPT THOSE EMPLOYED OFFICER SERVANTS. "BY ORDER OF N.A.M. DUDLEY ACTG BRIG GENL | C.A.R. DIMON LT. & A.A.A.G"

Camp Williams Near New Orleans: 1862. Folded folio leaf, written in elegant ink manuscript on recto and verso of first leaf, docketed on final blank ["Capt. Mannings | Mannings Battery," and "copied" written in a different hand]. Old folds, Near Fine. More

Price: $2,500.00

REPORTS OF CASES RULED AND ADJUDGED IN THE COURTS OF PENNSYLVANIA BEFORE AND SINCE THE...

Dallas, A[lexander] J[ames]:

REPORTS OF CASES RULED AND ADJUDGED IN THE COURTS OF PENNSYLVANIA BEFORE AND SINCE THE REVOLUTION.

Philadelphia: Printed for P. Byrne, 1798-1807. Four volumes. Second edition of the first volume, first editions of the other three. Vol. I [1806]: x, [1], [1 blank], 502, xxiv, [25]-26pp; Vol. II [1798]: [2], iv, 480, xix pp; Vol. III [1799]: [8], 519, [1 blank], xiii pp; Vol. IV [1807]..... More

Price: $1,250.00

EIGHT PAMPHLETS ON THE FABLED CONTEST BETWEEN MYRA CLARK GAINES, THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, AND...

[Gaines, Edmund]:

EIGHT PAMPHLETS ON THE FABLED CONTEST BETWEEN MYRA CLARK GAINES, THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, AND DANIEL CLARK'S ILLEGITIMATE DAUGHTERS, ALL PETITIONS AND BRIEFS BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF NEW ORLEANS, THE LOUISIANA SUPREME COURT, THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT FOR LOUISIANA, THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT, AND THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, CHRONICLING THE FINAL YEARS OF THE MARATHON LITIGATION, 1870-1887.

New Orleans and Washington: 1870-1888. Eight pamphlets, in Good condition, with some spotting, loosening, and chipping. Several in original wrappers. Disbound, stitched or stapled. Two signed by counsel in the litigation. Myra Clark Gaines was the daughter of Daniel Clark, President Jefferson's American Consul at New Orleans. Clark there..... More

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A SERMON PREACHED BEFORE THE HONORABLE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ON THE DAY INTENDED FOR THE...

Gordon, William:

A SERMON PREACHED BEFORE THE HONORABLE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ON THE DAY INTENDED FOR THE CHOICE OF COUNSELLORS, AGREEABLE TO THE ADVICE OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS.

Watertown: Benjamin Edes, 1775. 29, [1 blank] pp, with the half title. Untrimmed, stitched into modern marbled wrappers. Very Good. Attractive ornament at page 29. Gordon "was a vigorous partisan of independence and in 1775 was made chaplain to both houses of the Provincial Congress assembled at Watertown. Congress..... More

Price: $2,000.00

THE GREAT AMERICAN TANNER. Ulysses S. Grant, Election of 1868

[Grant, Ulysses S.] [Election of 1868]:

THE GREAT AMERICAN TANNER.

New York: Currier & Ives, [1868]. Lithograph illustrated broadside by Currier & Ives, oblong 11" x 15-1/2". Matted. Light dusting, Near Fine. Cartoon characters identified by name; in lower right corner, "on Stone by Cameron." John Cameron was a talented artist employed at Currier & Ives. In lower left corner..... More

Price: $2,750.00

[Grinnell, George Jr.]:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, FROM MASSACHUSETTS CONGRESSMAN GEORGE GRINNELL, JR., TO VIRGINIA CONGRESSMAN HENRY WISE, MAY 3, 1838, REGARDING WISE'S ROLE IN THE INFAMOUS GRAVES-CILLEY DUEL.

Greenfield, MA: 1838. Sheet folded to 8" x 10". [4] pp. Toned, old folds. A few small chips at blank edges, short split along spine fold. A few small spots, Very Good. [offered with]: THE MARTYRDOM OF CILLEY. EXTRACTED FROM THE MARCH NUMBER OF THE U.S. MAGAZINE AND DEMOCRATIC..... More

Price: $1,500.00

TO THE HONORABLE LUCAS P. THOMPSON JUDGE OF THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF VIRGINIA, IN WHICH...

[Habeas Corpus in the Confederacy]:

TO THE HONORABLE LUCAS P. THOMPSON JUDGE OF THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF VIRGINIA, IN WHICH SAID CIRCUIT, THE COUNTY OF NELSON IS EMBRACED. THE PETITION OF ROBERT H. SMITH RESPECTFULLY SHOWS...

[Nelson County, VA: October 4, 1864]. Manuscript habeas corpus petition, 11-3/8" x 17" unfolded, on thick paper. 46 manuscript lines of petition on recto, and 21 lines on verso. Old folds, docketed. An ink smudge but entirely legible, Very Good. Smith's Petition alleges that Confederate Lieutenant John A. Carpenter, the..... More

Price: $1,000.00

HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH. PORT ROYAL, S.C., JUNE 29, 1863. Thomas Wentworth Higginson

[Higginson, Thomas Wentworth]:

HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH. PORT ROYAL, S.C., JUNE 29, 1863.

Port Royal: 1863. Manuscript letter, in ink, on printed letterhead of the Department of the South, from Colonel Jno. W. Turner advising Colonel W.W.H. Davis, commanding U.S. Forces at Beaufort, that Colonel Higginson's proposal has been approved: Higginson, with his First South Carolina Colored Troops, is to occupy James Island..... More

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REGISTER OF HENRY P. HUSTED'S WATERFRONT IMPORTS WAREHOUSE, NEW YORK CITY, SEPTEMBER 1854 - APRIL...

Husted, Henry P.:

REGISTER OF HENRY P. HUSTED'S WATERFRONT IMPORTS WAREHOUSE, NEW YORK CITY, SEPTEMBER 1854 - APRIL 1859.

New York: 1854-1859. Folio, 11" x 17", preprinted register with tabbed index and lined pages. [13-index], 638pp [manuscript entries total 425pp, other pages blank]. Full contemporary calf, [rubbed, worn through at edges and spine], front hinge split, index leaves coming detached. Occasional later owner's doodles (most notably on page 390)..... More

Price: $2,000.00

COMMENTARIES ON AMERICAN LAW. VOLUMES I-IV. James Kent

Kent, James:

COMMENTARIES ON AMERICAN LAW. VOLUMES I-IV.

New York: Published by O. Halsted, 1826, 1827, 1828, 1830. [2], vi, [2], 508; viii, 528; viii, 413; viii, 550 pp. Title leaf of each volume with an old rubberstamp. Otherwise, light foxing and a Very Good text. Bound in matching modern, bright cloth, with gilt-lettered morocco spine labels. "England..... More

Price: $4,500.00

ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF MAINE. FELLOW COUNTRYMEN! Maine

[Maine]:

ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF MAINE. FELLOW COUNTRYMEN!...

Portland: 1832. Broadside, 11-3/4" x 19". Lightly foxed, generously margined and untrimmed with lower blank margins chipped, some old folds. Else Very Good. Matted. Dated in type at the end: Portland, Oct. 25th, 1832." The text of this rare broadside, urging the defeat of President Jackson in the upcoming presidential..... More

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AN ADDRESS OF THE LEGISLATURE TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. Massachusetts

Massachusetts:

AN ADDRESS OF THE LEGISLATURE TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.

Boston: Edes and Sons, 1781. [3]-22, [2 blanks], 7, [1 blank], 8 pp. Lacking the half title. Stitched, untrimmed, light wear. Early 19th century ownership signatures. Except as noted, Very Good. A rallying cry for the people of Massachusetts to support the onerous Revolutionary War budget. "The animated struggle..... More

Price: $1,500.00

THE CHARTER GRANTED BY THEIR MAJESTIES KING WILLIAM AND QUEEN MARY, TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE...

[Massachusetts]:

THE CHARTER GRANTED BY THEIR MAJESTIES KING WILLIAM AND QUEEN MARY, TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE PROVINCE OF MASSACHUSETTS-BAY IN NEW-ENGLAND.

Boston, in New-England: S. Kneeland. 1742. [bound with] ACTS AND LAWS, OF HIS MAJESTY'S PROVINCE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS-BAY IN NEW ENGLAND. Boston in New England. Printed and Sold by Samuel Kneeland and Timothy Green... 1742. [2], 14, 28, [2], 333, [1 blank] pp [as issued]. Bound with five succeeding Acts..... More

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POPISH IDOLATRY: A DISCOURSE DELIVERED IN THE CHAPEL OF HARVARD- COLLEGE IN CAMBRIDGE,...

Mayhew, Jonathan:

POPISH IDOLATRY: A DISCOURSE DELIVERED IN THE CHAPEL OF HARVARD- COLLEGE IN CAMBRIDGE, NEW-ENGLAND, MAY 8. 1765. AT THE LECTURE FOUNDED BY THE HONORABLE PAUL DUDLEY, ESQUIRE. BY...PASTOR OF THE WEST CHURCH IN BOSTON.

Boston: Printed by R. & S. Draper, Edes & Gill, and T. & J. Fleet. 1765. 52pp. Lacking the half title, disbound, mild foxing. Else Very Good. Attractive type ornamentation at page 5. Contemporary ownership signature, 'Jonathan Lee,' on title page. An articulate and outspoken New England clergyman for the..... More

Price: $2,000.00

A TRAITOR'S PEACE! New York Workingmen's Democratic Republican Association

New York Workingmen's Democratic Republican Association:

A TRAITOR'S PEACE!

New York: Published by the N.Y. Workingmen's Democratic Republican Association, [1863 or 1864]. Folio broadside, 12-3/8" x 19." Light foxing and minor wear, Very Good. At the bottom: "Printed also for the Loyal Publication Society, 863 Broadway, N.Y. PLEASE POST THIS UP." This dramatic signed at the end in bold..... More

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LAWS OF NEW-YORK, FROM THE YEAR 1691, TO 1773 INCLUSIVE. New York

New York:

LAWS OF NEW-YORK, FROM THE YEAR 1691, TO 1773 INCLUSIVE.

New York: Hugh Gaine, 1774. Folio, two volumes in a contemporary calf binding [some rubbing, hinges firm but each has small separation at the top]. Raised spine bands, somewhat faded spine lettering. Pages iv, 420; [4], 421-835 [i.e., 833], [1 errata] [as issued]. Contemporary signature of Peter Silvester on title..... More

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A RARE, CONSECUTIVE, ILLUMINATING RUN OF LAWS ENACTED BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DURING...

Pennsylvania:

A RARE, CONSECUTIVE, ILLUMINATING RUN OF LAWS ENACTED BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND THROUGH APRIL 1790.

LAWS ENACTED IN THE SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FREEMEN OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, AT THE SITTING WHICH COMMENCED AT PHILADELPHIA ON MONDAY THE TWENTY-SECOND DAY OF OCTOBER, AND CONTINUED BY ADJOURNMENTS TO FRIDAY, THE TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY OF DECEMBER, [1781]. Philadelphia: Hall and Sellers. 1782. Folio..... More

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A GENERAL HISTORY OF CONNECTICUT, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT UNDER GEORGE FENWICK, ESQ. TO ITS...

[Peters, Samuel A.]:

A GENERAL HISTORY OF CONNECTICUT, FROM ITS FIRST SETTLEMENT UNDER GEORGE FENWICK, ESQ. TO ITS LATEST PERIOD OF AMITY WITH GREAT BRITAIN; INCLUDING A DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY, AND MANY CURIOUS AND INTERESTING ANECDOTES. TO WHICH IS ADDED, AN APPENDIX, WHERE NEW AND THE TRUE SOURCES OF THE PRESENT REBELLION IN AMERICA ARE POINTED OUT; TOGETHER WITH THE PARTICULAR PART TAKEN BY THE PEOPLE OF CONNECTICUT IN ITS PROMOTION. BY A GENTLEMAN OF THE PROVINCE.

London: Printed for the Author; and Sold by J. Bew, 1781. x, 2, 1*-2*, 3-436 pp [as issued]. Contemporary half sheep with marbled boards [some spotting and light wear]. Glue remnant on front pastedown, foxed endpapers. Clean text with widely scattered foxing and occasionally dusted outer margins. Very Good... More

Price: $2,000.00

HEAD QUARTERS OF VOLUNTEER AND CONSCRIPT BUREAU. FAYETTEVILLE JAN. 17, 1863. CIRCULAR. YOU HAVE...

[Pillow, Gideon J.]:

HEAD QUARTERS OF VOLUNTEER AND CONSCRIPT BUREAU. FAYETTEVILLE JAN. 17, 1863. CIRCULAR. YOU HAVE BEEN DETAILED TO PROCEED TO THAT SECTION OF THE STATE FROM WHICH YOUR REGIMENT WAS RAISED, FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECRUITING VOLUNTEERS, ENROLLING CONSCRIPTS AND CONDUCTING THEM TO YOUR COMMAND...

Fayetteville [NC]: 1863. Broadside, 7" x 7." Tanned and lightly worn, Very Good. With Pillow's secretarial signature as "Brig. Gen. C.S.A. and Chief of Bureau," reflecting his demotion after having been charged with abandoning his post at Fort Donelson in early 1862. Also manuscript signature, 'H.C. Lockhart,' assistant adjutant general..... More

Price: $2,800.00

A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF NEW-ENGLAND IN THE FORM OF ANNALS: BEING A SUMMARY AND EXACT ACCOUNT...

Prince, Thomas:

A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF NEW-ENGLAND IN THE FORM OF ANNALS: BEING A SUMMARY AND EXACT ACCOUNT OF THE MOST MATERIAL TRANSACTIONS AND OCCURRENCES RELATING TO THIS COUNTRY, IN THE ORDER OF TIME WHEREIN THEY HAPPENED, FROM THE DISCOVERY BY CAPT. GOSNOLD IN 1602, TO THE ARRIVAL OF GOVERNOR BELCHER, IN 1730. WITH AN INTRODUCTION...VOL. I.

Boston, N.E. Printed by S. Kneeland & Green for S. Gerrish, 1736. Contemporary calf [hinges starting, spine chip], covers bordered by gilt rules. Raised spine bands, gilt-lettered 'I' stamped on spine. [10], xi, [1], 20, 104, [2], 254 pp. Title printed in red and black. Rear free endpaper lacking; front..... More

Price: $1,250.00

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