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Item #38207 [BUCKS] COUNTY PENSYLVANIA. NO. [125] | I DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT [JOSEPH WILDMAN] OF...

[American Revolution]:

[BUCKS] COUNTY PENSYLVANIA. NO. [125] | I DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT [JOSEPH WILDMAN] OF THE TOWNSHIP OF [MIDDLETOWN] HAS FURNISHED THIS STATE, FOR THE USE OF THE UNITED STATES, WITH [A BAY HORSE 14 HANDS HIGH 7 YEARS OLD] WHICH HAS BEEN APPRAISED BY TWO FREEHOLDERS, ON [OATH] AT THE SUM OF [FORTY FIVE POUNDS SPECIE EXCHANGE 40 FOR ONE] AND FOR WHICH THE STATE IS NOW JUSTLY INDEBTED TO HIM IN THAT SUM, WITH INTEREST. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND, THIS [17TH AUGUST] A.D. 1780. JOHN THOMPSON W.M., BUCKS COUNTY. [At head of document: RECD. 3RD NOVR 1781 OF JACOB MORGAN, JUN. ... FOR MY FATHER JOSEPH WILDMAN| SOLOMON WILDMAN].

[Pennsylvania: 1780]. One page, 7-1/2" x 5-1/2", scalloped left edge. Printed broadside, completed in manuscript [ink manuscript entries signified by their enclosure in parentheses]. Lightly tanned, minor wear. Very Good. With contemporary interest calculations in manuscript and the contemporary signatures of Solomon Wildman. Docketed on verso: "No. 125. | Bucks..... More

Price: $1,250.00

Item #37485 THE PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE. CONTAINING THE FRESHEST ADVICES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC....

[American Revolution]:

THE PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE. CONTAINING THE FRESHEST ADVICES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. MARCH 16, 1769. NUMB. 2099.

Philadelphia: 1769. [4] pp. Elephant folio sheet, folded to 10-3/8" x 16-1/2." Each page printed in three columns. Three small pinholes in inner blank margins. Very Good. In addition to information on foreign affairs this issue contains two columns of text which print an exchange of letters between the Selectmen..... More

Price: $1,350.00

Childs, O[rville] W[hitmore]:

MAP AND PROFILE OF THE ROUTE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SHIP CANAL FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC OCEANS, ACROSS THE ISTHMUS IN THE STATE OF NICARAGUA, CENTRAL AMERICA, SURVEYED FOR THE AMERICAN ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC SHIP CANAL COMPANY. BY. O.W. CHILDS. 1850-51.

New York: Wm. C. Bryant & Co., Printers, 1852. Cover title. Large folding map, approx. 36" x 107", folded to 6" x 8.5". Bound in printed green paper-covered boards with black cloth spine [boards lightly rubbed and spotted], accession label on spine. The map has hand-colored routes and locations. Map..... More

Price: $1,000.00

Item #37056 COLLECTION OF FORTY-EIGHT SMALL PORTRAIT ENGRAVINGS OF UNION AND CONFEDERATE LEADERS...

[Civil War]:

COLLECTION OF FORTY-EIGHT SMALL PORTRAIT ENGRAVINGS OF UNION AND CONFEDERATE LEADERS IN CARTE-DE-VISITE FORMAT, INSERTED INTO A PERIOD ALBUM.

[New York: Elias Dexter; one by L. Prang, c.1862-1863?]. Forty-eight handsome portrait engravings of important Civil War figures, including Lincoln and Cabinet members, Union Army and Navy leaders, Jefferson Davis, and others. Each mounted within a decorative stiff card frame with gilt border. Portraits are clear and clean, most with..... More

Price: $2,500.00

Item #37368 INTERVIEW BETWEEN SHERMAN & JOHNSON [sic]. Civil War

[Civil War]:

INTERVIEW BETWEEN SHERMAN & JOHNSON [sic].

Philadelphia: P.S. Duval & Son, LIth. [1865]. Broadside lithograph, oblong 10-1/8" x 6-3/4." Some foxing at the margins, else Very Good. This is an extremely rare lithograph by Duval depicting General Joe Johnston's surrender of his army to General Sherman on April 18. "Peter Stephen Duval, the most prominent Philadelphia..... More

Price: $2,500.00

Item #36885 LETTER FROM HON. T.L. CLINGMAN. Thomas Lanier Clingman

Clingman, Thomas Lanier:

LETTER FROM HON. T.L. CLINGMAN.

[Raleigh: 1852]. Printed Folio Broadside, 12-1/2" x 17-3/4." Printed in four columns beneath caption title. Old folds, pinhole at a fold intersection affecting portions of a couple of letters. Signed in type and dated at the end. The name of the Letter's recipient, Dr. Ladson A. Mills, is also printed..... More

Price: $1,500.00

Item #36547 ACTS AND LAWS OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT, IN AMERICA. Connecticut

Connecticut:

ACTS AND LAWS OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT, IN AMERICA.

New-London: Printed by Timothy Green, Printer to the Governor and State of Connecticut, 1784. 8, 8, [2], 265, [1 blank] pp. [bound with] ACTS AND LAWS, MADE AND PASSED...ON THE SECOND THURSDAY OF MAY, ANNO DOMINI 1784. pp 267-307, [1 blank], [New London: 1784]. [bound with] ACTS AND LAWS, MADE..... More

Price: $1,000.00

Item #35969 LETTER FROM COLONEL CONNELL TO SENATOR THURMAN. THE PARTY IN A FALSE POSITION, AND...

Connell, John M.:

LETTER FROM COLONEL CONNELL TO SENATOR THURMAN. THE PARTY IN A FALSE POSITION, AND CONNELL REFUSES TO SPEAK. LANCASTER, OHIO, AUGUST 2D, 1871. HON. A.G. THURMAN, CHAIRMAN DEMOCRATIC STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:...

Lancaster, OH: 1871. Folio printed broadside, 8-1/4" x 16-3/4". Old folds, some wrinkles, light dustsoiling and wear. A few very short closed tears at edges, minor spotting. Good+. Connell fought for the Union in the Civil War. Afterward he became a prominent Ohio Democrat, a State Senator, and losing candidate..... More

Price: $1,250.00

Item #25458 REPORTS OF CASES RULED AND ADJUDGED IN THE COURTS OF PENNSYLVANIA BEFORE AND SINCE...

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

Item #33377 GROUP OF NINETEEN ITEMS RELATING TO THE DELAWARE AND RARITAN CANAL COMPANY. Delaware,...

Delaware and Raritan Canal Company:

GROUP OF NINETEEN ITEMS RELATING TO THE DELAWARE AND RARITAN CANAL COMPANY.

[New Jersey and Pennsylvania]: 1831-1871. This lot of nineteen items is described below. Additional details available upon request. 1. Delaware and Raritan Canal Company: FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DELAWARE AND RARITAN CANAL COMPANY; MAY 10, 1831. Princeton, N.J.: Printed by D'Hart & Connolly., 1831. 31, [1 blank] pp. Stitched..... More

Price: $1,500.00

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

Item #36648 AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO JOHN BROWN FRANCIS, ON BEHALF OF THE DEMOCRATIC STATE...

Dorr, Thomas Wilson:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO JOHN BROWN FRANCIS, ON BEHALF OF THE DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE, FEBRUARY 14, 1840, CONFIRMING THAT THE DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION HAD ACQUIESCED IN FRANCIS'S DECISION TO DECLINE THE PARTY'S NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR.

Providence: 1840. 8" x 10". Written in ink on the first page of a folded sheet, and signed "T.W. Dorr for State Comm." Addressed to Francis on the final blank, with Providence postal cancel. Small tear at seal [no text loss], Very Good. Dorr is unhappy with Francis's decision to..... More

Price: $1,000.00

Item #36967 "MY FRIENDS." WHEN IN JULY 1863, THE CITY OF NEW YORK WAS UNDER THE REIGN OF A MOB....

[Draft Riots] [Horatio Seymour]:

"MY FRIENDS." WHEN IN JULY 1863, THE CITY OF NEW YORK WAS UNDER THE REIGN OF A MOB...

New York: American News Co., [1864]. Broadside, 8" x 11-1/2", several type fonts, text surrounded by decorative border. Mild margin foxing. Very Good. This scarce, pungent broadside denounces Governor Seymour's conduct during the July 1863 Draft Riots. It may have contributed to his narrow defeat in 1864, when he sought..... More

Price: $1,250.00

Item #36202 JOURNAL OF THE THIRD SESSION OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BEGUN AND...

First Congress, Third Session:

JOURNAL OF THE THIRD SESSION OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, DECEMBER 6TH, 1790. AND IN THE FIFTEENTH YEAR OF THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE SAID UNITED STATES.

Philadelphia: John Fenno, 1791. 203pp. Folio. Original blind-ruled calf [lightly rubbed, rehinged]. Light scattered foxing, Very Good. This was an eventful Session of the first Senate. In late December 1790, the Journal records the receipt from Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury, of a report "containing a plan for a...... More

Price: $4,500.00

Item #33787 REPORT OF THE EXPLORING EXPEDITION TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS IN THE YEAR 1842, AND TO...

Fremont, John Charles:

REPORT OF THE EXPLORING EXPEDITION TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS IN THE YEAR 1842, AND TO OREGON AND NORTH CALIFORNIA IN THE YEARS 1843-'44. BY BREVET CAPTAIN J.C. FREMONT, OF THE TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEERS, UNDER THE ORDERS OF COL. J.J. ABERT, CHIEF OF THE TOPOGRAPHICAL BUREAU. PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Washington: Blair and Rives, Printers, 1845. 28th Cong., 2d Sess. HD166. 583, [1 blank] pp, plus 22 plates and five maps, as issued. Original publisher's cloth [minor wear, front joint starting], a few short separations at folds of large map. Very Good. "The most spectacular reconnaissance of the West since..... More

Price: $1,850.00

Freneau, Philip:

THE POEMS OF PHILIP FRENEAU. WRITTEN CHIEFLY DURING THE LATE WAR.

Philadelphia: Francis Bailey, 1786. pp [8], 407, [1 blank] pp, but lacking the half title. One Contents leaf loose, last leaf loose with some wear and a repaired closed tear [no loss]. Scattered foxing. Good+. Bound in later quarter calf and marbled paper over boards. The first collected edition of..... More

Price: $1,000.00

Item #33242 A REPLY TO THE OBSERVATIONS OF LIEUT. GEN. SIR WILLIAM HOWE, ON A PAMPHLET, ENTITLED...

[Galloway, Joseph]:

A REPLY TO THE OBSERVATIONS OF LIEUT. GEN. SIR WILLIAM HOWE, ON A PAMPHLET, ENTITLED LETTERS TO A NOBLEMAN: IN WHICH HIS MISREPRESENTATIONS ARE DETECTED, AND THOSE LETTERS ARE SUPPORTED, BY A VARIETY OF NEW MATTER AND ARGUMENT. TO WHICH IS ADDED, AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING, I. A LETTER TO SIR WILLIAM HOWE UPON HIS STRICTURES ON MR. GALLOWAY'S PRIVATE CHARACTER. II. A LETTER FROM MR. KIRK TO SIR WILLIAM HOWE, AND HIS ANSWER. III. A LETTER FROM A COMMITTEE TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE CONGRESS, ON THE STATE OF THE REBEL ARMY, AT VALLEY FORGE, FOUND AMONG THE PAPERS OF HENRY LAURENS, ESQ. BY THE AUTHOR OF LETTERS TO A NOBLEMAN.

London: 1780. [4], 149, [2 publisher advts], [1 blank] pp. Modern paper over boards [one spot], printed title label on spine. Two blank corner chips, archival repair to gutter of title page. Else Fine. This is the first London edition. The first edition, which issued from New York in 1777..... More

Price: $1,000.00

Item #38114 THE HARRISON AND LOG CABIN SONG BOOK. William Henry Harrison

[Harrison, William Henry]:

THE HARRISON AND LOG CABIN SONG BOOK.

Columbus: Published by I.N. Whiting [Printed at the Straight-Out Harrison and Tyler Office], 1840. 3-1/2" x 5-1/2". 105, [3 Index] pp. Bound in printed paper over boards and quarter sheep [some rubbing, dulling, and spotting], the front board illustrated with a log cabin and American flag; the rear cover advertising..... More

Price: $1,000.00

Item #38024 A SERMON DELIVERED DECEMBER 10, 1788, AT THE ORDINATION OF THE REV. JOHN ANDREWS, TO...

Hilliard, Timothy:

A SERMON DELIVERED DECEMBER 10, 1788, AT THE ORDINATION OF THE REV. JOHN ANDREWS, TO THE CARE OF THE FIRST CHURCH AND SOCIETY IN NEWBURYPORT, AS A COLLEAGUE-PASTOR WITH THE REV. THOMAS CARY. BY TIMOTHY HILLIARD, A.M. PASTOR OF THE FIRST CHURCH IN CAMBRIDGE. PUBLISHED AT THE DESIRE OF THE CHURCH AND SOCIETY.

Newburyport: Printed by John Mycall, 1789. 52pp, with the half title, as issued. Disbound with light scattered foxing, else Very Good. Contemporary ownership signature on half title: "Nabby Goodhue's." This pamphlet wins the award for the first example of three-color printing in America. Page 5 includes two ornaments, one in..... More

Price: $2,000.00

Item #38593 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT POEM MOCKING ANDREW JOHNSON, MOUNTED WITH SMALL BLACK AND WHITE...

[Johnson, Andrew; Grant, Ulysses S.]:

ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT POEM MOCKING ANDREW JOHNSON, MOUNTED WITH SMALL BLACK AND WHITE LITHOGRAPH BUST PORTRAITS OF JOHNSON AND ULYSSES S. GRANT. "SHINE ON O' SUN, AND SPEED THE TIME, WHEN JOHNSON WITH HIS EYES AND I'S, SHALL SEE HIS DIXIE'S SUNNY CLIME, AND SAY 'I AND MY POLICIES HAVE COME TO GRIEF, AND WORST OF ALL I AND THE CIRCLES I SWING AROUND ARE NARROWED IN & SHRINKING SMALL HERE ON MY PRIVATE DIXIE GROUND "STAY NOT, O! MOON, BUT WAX AND WANE, TILL AT THE WHITE-HOUSE GRANT SHALL GRANT, A GLAD RELIEF FROM A.J.'S STRAIN OF VETO-POWER, STATECRAFT & CAN'T. "HASTE, HASTE, THE DAY WHEN A.J. GOES HIS HOME IN TENNESSEE TO SEE; 'TIS THEN HE'LL LEARN THAT MORE HE KNOWS THAN SCHOOLS DO OF GEOMETRY. "NO SCHOOL OR COLLEGE EVER FOUND THAT CIRCLES HAVE AN END; AN END; SAD END TO THOSE A.J. SWUNG ROUND, HE FINDS; LET SCHOOLS THEIR ERROR MEND! "YET OTHER LOVE HE'LL ALSO FIND HIS LATE CAREER HATH TAUGHT, -WELL TAUGHT THAT CRAFT IS WEAK, AND ERROR BLIND, FIGHTING 'GAINST RIGHT AVAILETH NOUGHT. "HO! WHEELS OF TIME, HO! ROLLING STARS ROLL OFF A.J., AND GRANT ROLL ON; -THE PEACE-MAN GRANT, THOUGH SON OF MARS, WHO HELPED TO MARCH JOHN BROWN'S SOUL ON! "JOY, NORTH & SOUTH! JOY LAND & SEA! WHEN ON THE FOURTH OF MARCH, SHALL MARCH THE STURDY SONS OF LIBERTY BENEATH HER OLD TRIUMPHAL ARCH; AND GRANT, THE SOLDIER MAGISTRATE, SHALL RULE THE LAND, MAKE STRIFE TO CEASE, AND HOLDING WELL THE HELM OF STATE, SHALL FIRMLY SAY, "LET US HAVE PEACE" .

[n.p. 1868 or early 1869]. Manuscript poem in verse. 7-7/8" x 14-3/4". Nine verses. Entirely in ink script on blue paper. A few words crossed out and changed. Matted with two bookplate engravings of Presidents Grant and Johnson by H.W. Smith. Each bust engraving with facsimile signature beneath the portrait..... More

Price: $1,750.00

Item #12772 LAWS OF MARYLAND, MADE SINCE M,DCC,LXIII, CONSISTING OF ACTS OF ASSEMBLY UNDER THE...

Maryland:

LAWS OF MARYLAND, MADE SINCE M,DCC,LXIII, CONSISTING OF ACTS OF ASSEMBLY UNDER THE PROPRIETARY GOVERNMENT, RESOLVES OF CONVENTION, THE DECLARATION OF RIGHTS, THE CONSTITUTION AND FORM OF GOVERNMENT, THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, AND, ACTS OF ASSEMBLY SINCE THE REVOLUTION.

Annapolis: Printed by Frederick Green, Printer to the State, 1787. Folio, bound in modern paper over boards [some soil]. [458]pp. Some darkening and spotting, particularly to margins of early leaves; a light old rubberstamp. Several ink notations, in a knowledgeable and contemporary hand, in index and appendix. Text generally clean..... More

Price: $1,500.00

Item #36955 LAWS OF MARYLAND, MADE SINCE M,DCC,LXIII, CONSISTING OF ACTS OF ASSEMBLY UNDER THE...

Maryland:

LAWS OF MARYLAND, MADE SINCE M,DCC,LXIII, CONSISTING OF ACTS OF ASSEMBLY UNDER THE PROPRIETARY GOVERNMENT, RESOLVES OF CONVENTION, THE DECLARATION OF RIGHTS, THE CONSTITUTION AND FORM OF GOVERNMENT, THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, AND, ACTS OF ASSEMBLY SINCE THE REVOLUTION.

Annapolis: Printed by Frederick Green, Printer to the State, 1787. Folio, bound in attractive contemporary deerskin, with original gilt-lettered red morocco spine label. [458] pp, as issued. Scattered and generally light foxing, Very Good, with many contemporary ink annotations concerning the various laws, probably by a Maryland practitioner. A knowledgeable..... More

Price: $2,000.00

Item #37867 THE ROOM IN THE McLEAN HOUSE AT APPOMATTOX C.H., IN WHICH GEN. LEE SURRENDERED TO...

[McLean, Wilmer]:

THE ROOM IN THE McLEAN HOUSE AT APPOMATTOX C.H., IN WHICH GEN. LEE SURRENDERED TO GEN. GRANT.

[Richmond?]: Entered according to the Act of Congress in the year 1867, by Wilmer McLean in the Clerk's office ... Eastern District of Virginia, 1867. Broadside folio Print, 24" x 21" in modern frame. The eighteen officers are identified just below the image, Lee and Grant with facsimile signatures. Scattered..... More

Price: $4,500.00

Item #37661 THE SCHRODER TRIAL. BOTTOM FACTS AND LEADING INCIDENTS CONNECTED WITH THE KILLING OF...

Montgomery, Zach:

THE SCHRODER TRIAL. BOTTOM FACTS AND LEADING INCIDENTS CONNECTED WITH THE KILLING OF DR. ALFRED LeFEVRE, AND THE TRIAL AND DISGRACEFUL ACQUITTAL OF THE SLAYER. UNDOUBTED INNOCENCE OF THE DECEASED. THE VEILED WOMAN THAT THREATENED TO HAVE REVENGE, AND HOW SHE ACCOMPLISHED HER THREAT. TRUE THEORY AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE KILLING, AS GATHERED FROM EVIDENCE ADDUCED, EVIDENCE EXCLUDED AND EVIDENCE SUPPRESSED. WHY MRS. SCHRODER WAS NOT CALLED AS A WITNESS. VALUABLE DISCOVERY IN THE LAW OF EVIDENCE. AN ENTIRELY NEW, CONVENIENT AND PERFECTLY SAFE MODE, OF PROVING BY ONE'S OWN WIFE, A CRIMINAL INTIMACY (WHICH NEVER OCCURRED) BETWEEN HERSELF AND HER IMAGINARY PARAMOUR, IN ORDER TO JUSTIFY THE KILLING OF THE LATTER: WITHOUT SUBJECTING THE DEAR CREATURE TO THE MORTIFICATION OF A CROSS-EXAMINATION, OR TO THE PERILS OF A PROSECUTION FOR PERJURY. THE AUTHOR'S OBJECT IN PUBLISHING THIS PAMPHLET IS NOT TO VILLIFY GUILTY LIVING, BUT TO VINDICATE THE MEMORY OF THE SLANDERED DEAD. DEDICATED TO THE LOVERS OF TRUTH, JUSTICE AND THE IMPARTIAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW. BY ZACH MONTGOMERY, OF COUNSEL FOR THE STATE.

[Oakland CA: 1881]. 21, 3 pp. Frontis portrait of Dr. LeFevre. Stitched in original printed pink wrappers. Light wrapper wear [couple of closed margin tears, wear along spine, slight discoloration]. A pristine text. Near Fine. The final three pages print the prospectus of Family's Defender, "An Independent, Non-Partisan, Non-Sectarian, Monthly..... More

Price: $1,250.00

Item #37923 MEMORIAL TO CONGRESS FROM A COMMITTEE OF THE REORGANIZED CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF...

[Mormons]:

MEMORIAL TO CONGRESS FROM A COMMITTEE OF THE REORGANIZED CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS, ON THE CLAIMS AND FAITH OF THE CHURCH.

Plano, Illinois: Printed at the True Latter Day Saints' Herald Steam Book Office, [1870]. 8pp, as issued with caption title. Signed at the bottom of page 8, in type, by Joseph Smith as President; and by Joseph Smith, Alex. H. Smith, Mark H. Forscutt, Wm. W. Blair, and Josiah Ells..... More

Price: $1,250.00

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