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STRICTURES ON HARVARD UNIVERSITY. -- PERSONAL SATIRE IS WORTHY OF LITTLE NOTICE-- IT IS SELDOM...

[Austin, William]:

STRICTURES ON HARVARD UNIVERSITY. -- PERSONAL SATIRE IS WORTHY OF LITTLE NOTICE-- IT IS SELDOM JUST. BY A SENIOR.

Boston: Printed and Sold by John W. Folsom, 1798. 35, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, untrimmed, light rubberstamp, light foxing and mild wear. One small margin hole just touches a couple of letters, but does not obscure them. Good+. Austin, to whom DAB attributes authorship, graduated from Harvard in 1798. Among... More about STRICTURES ON HARVARD UNIVERSITY. -- PERSONAL SATIRE IS WORTHY OF LITTLE NOTICE-- IT IS SELDOM...

Price: $1,250.00

THE NEW ART OF COOKERY, ACCORDING TO THE PRESENT PRACTICE; BEING A COMPLETE GUIDE TO ALL...

Briggs, Richard:

THE NEW ART OF COOKERY, ACCORDING TO THE PRESENT PRACTICE; BEING A COMPLETE GUIDE TO ALL HOUSEKEEPERS, ON A PLAN ENTIRELY NEW; CONSISTING OF THIRTY-EIGHT CHAPTERS... BY RICHARD BRIGGS, MANY YEARS COOK AT THE GLOBE TAVERN FLEET-STREET, THE WHITE HART TAVERN, HOLBORN, AND NOW AT THE TEMPLE COFFEE- HOUSE, LONDON.

Philadelphia: Printed for W. Spotswood, R. Campbell, and B. Johnson, 1792. xii, xi-xvi, 557, [1- advert. for Spotswood's books] pp, as issued. Front free endpaper absent; light to moderate foxing; one gathering bound upside down; about five leaves trimmed too closely, occasionally affecting a word or letter. Bound in attractive... More about THE NEW ART OF COOKERY, ACCORDING TO THE PRESENT PRACTICE; BEING A COMPLETE GUIDE TO ALL...

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THE ACCURSED THING MUST BE TAKEN AWAY FROM AMONG A PEOPLE, IF THEY WOULD REASONABLY HOPE TO STAND...

Chauncy, Charles:

THE ACCURSED THING MUST BE TAKEN AWAY FROM AMONG A PEOPLE, IF THEY WOULD REASONABLY HOPE TO STAND BEFORE THEIR ENEMIES. A SERMON PREACHED AT THE THURSDAY-LECTURE IN BOSTON, SEPTEMBER 3, 1778. AND PRINTED AT THE DESIRE OF THE HEARERS.

Boston, New-England: Thomas & John Fleet, 1778. 27, [1 blank] pp, with the half title. Stitched, untrimmed. Scattered foxing. Ownership signature of Cotton Tufts. Good+. In resisting Episcopal designs to establish a religion in the Colonies, Chauncy helped fuse religious conviction with political agitation against British domination of American... More about THE ACCURSED THING MUST BE TAKEN AWAY FROM AMONG A PEOPLE, IF THEY WOULD REASONABLY HOPE TO STAND...

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ERASMI COLLOQUIA SELECTA: OR, THE SELECT COLLOQUIES OF ERASMUS, WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION, AS...

Clarke, John:

ERASMI COLLOQUIA SELECTA: OR, THE SELECT COLLOQUIES OF ERASMUS, WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION, AS LITERAL AS POSSIBLE: DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF BEGINNERS IN THE LATIN TONGUE. THE EIGHTEENTH EDITION. BY JOHN CLARKE.

Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Joseph Crukshank, 1782. v, [1], 222 pp [p.217 misnumbered as 127, as issued]. Printed in two columns per page. Bound in contemporary calf with raised spine bands [light wear, inner hinges cracked, several tiny wormholes]. Contemporary ink notation on title page, "Wm. Cochran/ His Book/... More about ERASMI COLLOQUIA SELECTA: OR, THE SELECT COLLOQUIES OF ERASMUS, WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION, AS...

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DEBENTURE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OCTOBER SESSION 1791. N2229 THIS DEBENTURE REGISTERED...

[Connecticut]:

DEBENTURE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OCTOBER SESSION 1791. N2229 THIS DEBENTURE REGISTERED IN THE COMPTROLLERS OFFICE FOR ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FORTY ONE POUNDS FOUR SHILLINGS. J.A. KINGSBURY COMPTR. NOV. 8, 1791.

[11] manuscript pages, [5] blanks. Stitched, 7" x 12-1/4". Very Good. This unusual, perhaps unique, manuscript document is signed in ink at page [11], "made by us," the members of the House Committee: Jonth. Bull, Eph[rai]m Kirby, and [in pencil] David Daggett; and by Clerk Uriah Tracy, who writes, "In... More about DEBENTURE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OCTOBER SESSION 1791. N2229 THIS DEBENTURE REGISTERED...

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ZIONITISCHER WEYRAUCHS-HUAJGEL ODER: MYRRHEN BERG, WORINNEN ALLERLEY LIEBLICHES UND WOHL...

[Ephrata Cloister]:

ZIONITISCHER WEYRAUCHS-HUAJGEL ODER: MYRRHEN BERG, WORINNEN ALLERLEY LIEBLICHES UND WOHL RIECHENDES NACH APOTHEKER-KUNST ZUBEREITETES RAUCH-WERCK ZU FINDEN...

Germantown: Gedruckt bey Christoph Sauer, 1739. [12], 792, [14] pp, with pages 791-792 bound after the final 14 pages, as recorded by Sabin. Signature B is correctly reset, as in most copies. Toned, lightly spotted. Original calf binding [front cover detached but present, spine leather rubbed], housed in a modern... More about ZIONITISCHER WEYRAUCHS-HUAJGEL ODER: MYRRHEN BERG, WORINNEN ALLERLEY LIEBLICHES UND WOHL...

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A SERMON PREACHED AT BROOKFIELD MARCH 6, 1778. ON THE DAY OF THE INTERMENT OF MR. JOSHUA SPOONER,...

Fiske, Nathan:

A SERMON PREACHED AT BROOKFIELD MARCH 6, 1778. ON THE DAY OF THE INTERMENT OF MR. JOSHUA SPOONER, WHO WAS MOST BARBAROUSLY MURDERED AT HIS OWN GATE, ON THE LORD'S DAY EVENING PRECEEDING, BY THREE RUFFIANS, WHO WERE HIRED FOR THE PURPOSE BY HIS WIFE.

Boston, New-England: Printed by Thomas & John Fleet, 1778. Small 4to. 20pp, but lacking the half title. Untrimmed, light toning, scattered spotting, several short repairs to several blank edges and inner blank margins. Bound in attractive, modern half green morocco and marbled boards, with gilt-stamped spine title. Contemporary inscription, 'Benjamin... More about A SERMON PREACHED AT BROOKFIELD MARCH 6, 1778. ON THE DAY OF THE INTERMENT OF MR. JOSHUA SPOONER,...

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AN ACCOUNT OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF THE UNITED STATES, COMMENCING WITH THE...

Hamilton, Alexander:

AN ACCOUNT OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF THE UNITED STATES, COMMENCING WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT, UNDER THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT, AND ENDING ON THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER, ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-ONE. STATED IN PURSUANCE OF THE STANDING ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES, PASSED ON THE THIRTIETH DAY OF DECEMBER, ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-ONE. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Philadelphia: Childs and Swaine, 1793. Folio. 58pp. Lacking page 61 and folded table inserted after page 58. Stitched. Title page lightly toned. Untrimmed. Interior text clean, but upper blank corners of later leaves abraded without text loss. Good+. Alexander Hamilton's Treasury Department renders an extraordinarily detailed accounting of receipts... More about AN ACCOUNT OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF THE UNITED STATES, COMMENCING WITH THE...

Price: $3,500.00

THE CONGRESSIONAL REGISTER; OR, HISTORY OF THE PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE FIRST HOUSE OF...

Lloyd, Thomas:

THE CONGRESSIONAL REGISTER; OR, HISTORY OF THE PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE FIRST HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. NAMELY, NEW-HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS, CONNECTICUT, NEW-YORK, NEW-JERSEY, PENNSYLVANIA, DELAWARE, MARYLAND, VIRGINIA, SOUTH-CAROLINA, AND GEORGIA. BEING THE ELEVEN STATES THAT HAVE RATIFIED THE CONSTITUTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES. CONTAINING, AN IMPARTIAL ACCOUNT OF THE MOST INTERESTING SPEECHES AND MOTIONS; AND ACCURATE COPIES OF REMARKABLE PAPERS LAID BEFORE AND OFFERED TO THE HOUSE. TAKEN IN SHORT HAND BY THOMAS LLOYD. THE SECOND EDITION. VOLUME II.

New York: Hodge, Allen, and Campbell, and for T. Lloyd, the Proprietors, 1790. 449 [i.e., 471], [1 blank] pp, as issued. Some leaves are foxed. Good+ in modern marbled boards, rebacked in calf with gilt-lettered morocco spine label. Second edition of the second volume of the Register, originally published in... More about THE CONGRESSIONAL REGISTER; OR, HISTORY OF THE PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE FIRST HOUSE OF...

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

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LAWS AND ORDINANCES, ORDAINED AND ESTABLISHED BY THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND COMMONALTY OF THE CITY...

New York City:

LAWS AND ORDINANCES, ORDAINED AND ESTABLISHED BY THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND COMMONALTY OF THE CITY OF NEW-YORK, IN COMMON COUNCIL CONVENED; FOR THE GOOD RULE AND GOVERNMENT OF THE INHABITANTS AND RESIDENTS OF THE SAID CITY. PUBLISHED THE TENTH DAY OF MAY, 1793, IN THE FOURTH YEAR OF THE MAYORALTY OF RICHARD VARICK, ESQ.

New York: Printed by Hugh Gaine, 1793. 51, [2], 79, [2], 96 pp, as issued. Rubberstamp on title page, with date and accession number stamped on its verso; accession number stamped in blank margin of last page. Else a clean and bright text. Very Good in modern legal buckram, with... More about LAWS AND ORDINANCES, ORDAINED AND ESTABLISHED BY THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND COMMONALTY OF THE CITY...

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I [JOHN CHATFIELD] HAVE THIS DAY VOLUNTARILY INLISTED MYSELF AS A SOLDIER IN THE ARMY OF THE...

[Revolutionary War Enlistment Certificate]:

I [JOHN CHATFIELD] HAVE THIS DAY VOLUNTARILY INLISTED MYSELF AS A SOLDIER IN THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IN THE --- BATTALION ORDERED TO BE RAISED IN THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT, TO SERVE DURING THE PRESENT WAR, UNLESS SOONER DISCHARGED: AND I DO BIND MYSELF TO CONFORM IN ALL INSTANCES TO SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS AS ARE OR SHALL BE ESTABLISHED FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF SAID ARMY. WITNESS MY HAND, THE --- DAY OF ---177[7].

[Hartford? 1776 or 1777]. Small broadside, oblong 4" x 2-3/4". "John Chatfield" is inserted in manuscript as the name of the volunteer, and so signed at the end, with the date "Feb. 24th" in manuscript. For the year, "177" is in type, and the final "7" in manuscript. Outer margin... More about I [JOHN CHATFIELD] HAVE THIS DAY VOLUNTARILY INLISTED MYSELF AS A SOLDIER IN THE ARMY OF THE...

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AN HEBREW GRAMMAR, COLLECTED CHIEFLY FROM THOSE OF MR. ISRAEL LYONS, TEACHER OF HEBREW IN THE...

[Sewall, Stephen]:

AN HEBREW GRAMMAR, COLLECTED CHIEFLY FROM THOSE OF MR. ISRAEL LYONS, TEACHER OF HEBREW IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE; AND THE REV. RICHARD GREY, D.D. RECTOR OF HINTON, IN NORTHAMPTONSHIRE; TO WHICH IS SUBJOINED A PRAXIS, TAKEN FROM THE SACRED CLASSICS, AND CONTAINING A SPECIMEN OF THE WHOLE HEBREW LANGUAGE: WITH A SKETCH OF THE HEBREW POETRY, AS RETRIEVED BY BISHOP HARE.

Boston, New-England: Printed by R. and S. Draper, for the Honourable and Reverend the President and Fellows of Harvard-College, 1763. [2], v, [1], 83, [1 blank] pp, with the half title. Original marbled paper over boards, rebacked in calf with modern gilt-lettered spine label on red morocco. Scattered light foxing... More about AN HEBREW GRAMMAR, COLLECTED CHIEFLY FROM THOSE OF MR. ISRAEL LYONS, TEACHER OF HEBREW IN THE...

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POLITICAL ESSAYS ON THE NATURE AND OPERATION OF MONEY, PUBLIC FINANCES, AND OTHER SUBJECTS:...

Webster, Pelatiah:

POLITICAL ESSAYS ON THE NATURE AND OPERATION OF MONEY, PUBLIC FINANCES, AND OTHER SUBJECTS: PUBLISHED DURING THE AMERICAN WAR, AND CONTINUED UP TO THE PRESENT YEAR, 1791.

Philadelphia: Joseph Crukshank, 1791. viii, 504pp. Light to moderate foxing. Bound in contemporary sheep, rebacked in period style. Good+. Contemporary ownership signature of John Francis Smith. "Collected works of an influential political economist of the period who was often consulted by members of Congress on finance and taxation" [Howes]... More about POLITICAL ESSAYS ON THE NATURE AND OPERATION OF MONEY, PUBLIC FINANCES, AND OTHER SUBJECTS:...

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A CONTINUATION OF THE NARRATIVE OF THE INDIAN CHARITY SCHOOL, BEGUN IN LEBANON, IN CONNECTICUT;...

Wheelock, Eleazar D.D.:

A CONTINUATION OF THE NARRATIVE OF THE INDIAN CHARITY SCHOOL, BEGUN IN LEBANON, IN CONNECTICUT; NOW INCORPORATED WITH DARTMOUTH-COLLEGE, IN HANOVER, IN THE PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. BY...PRESIDENT OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.

Hartford: [Ebenezer Watson], 1773. 68pp, title and last leaf lightly foxed. Untrimmed. One early repair to a closed tear at bottom margin at leaf 23-24. Bound into modern half maroon morocco and marbled boards, with gilt-lettered spine title. Very Good. "Wheelock, a graduate from Yale in 1733, was pastor... More about A CONTINUATION OF THE NARRATIVE OF THE INDIAN CHARITY SCHOOL, BEGUN IN LEBANON, IN CONNECTICUT;...

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A CONTINUATION OF THE NARRATIVE OF THE INDIAN CHARITY SCHOOL, BEGUN IN LEBANON, IN CONNECTICUT;...

Wheelock, Eleazar D.D.:

A CONTINUATION OF THE NARRATIVE OF THE INDIAN CHARITY SCHOOL, BEGUN IN LEBANON, IN CONNECTICUT; NOW INCORPORATED WITH DARTMOUTH-COLLEGE, IN HANOVER, IN THE PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. WITH A DEDICATION TO THE HONORABLE TRUST IN LONDON. TO WHICH IS ADDED AN ACCOUNT OF MISSIONS THE LAST YEAR, IN AN ABSTRACT FROM THE JOURNAL OF THE REV'D MR. FRISBIE, MISSIONARY. BY...PRESIDENT OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.

Hartford: Printed by Ebenezer Watson, near the Great Bridge, 1775. vii, [1 blank], [9]-54 54pp. Untrimmed, stitched [loosened], generously margined. Light dust and fox, Very Good. "This is the ninth, and last, of the Reports of the Indian Charity School, established by Mr. Wheelock. It was originally termed the... More about A CONTINUATION OF THE NARRATIVE OF THE INDIAN CHARITY SCHOOL, BEGUN IN LEBANON, IN CONNECTICUT;...

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A CONTINUATION OF THE NARRATIVE OF THE INDIAN CHARITY SCHOOL, BEGUN IN LEBANON, IN CONNECTICUT;...

Wheelock, Eleazar D.D.:

A CONTINUATION OF THE NARRATIVE OF THE INDIAN CHARITY SCHOOL, BEGUN IN LEBANON, IN CONNECTICUT; NOW INCORPORATED WITH DARTMOUTH-COLLEGE, IN HANOVER, IN THE PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. WITH A DEDICATION TO THE HONORABLE TRUST IN LONDON. TO WHICH IS ADDED AN ACCOUNT OF MISSIONS THE LAST YEAR, IN AN ABSTRACT FROM THE JOURNAL OF THE REV'D MR. FRISBIE, MISSIONARY. BY...PRESIDENT OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.

Hartford: Printed by Ebenezer Watson, near the Great Bridge, 1775. vii, [1 blank, [9]-31, [1 blank] pp, as issued. Untrimmed, generously margined, title leaf with some foxing. Else Very Good in later half morocco with gilt rules, marbled boards, and gilt-stamped title on front cover. Engraved bookplate of Lucius Barnes... More about A CONTINUATION OF THE NARRATIVE OF THE INDIAN CHARITY SCHOOL, BEGUN IN LEBANON, IN CONNECTICUT;...

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THE PRODIGAL SON. A LECTURE, PREACH'D ON FRYDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 11TH 1741. IN THE...

Whitefield, George:

THE PRODIGAL SON. A LECTURE, PREACH'D ON FRYDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 11TH 1741. IN THE HIGH-CHURCH-YARD OF GLASGOW. UPON LUKE XV. BY THE REVEREND MR. GEORGE WHITEFIELD. TAKEN FROM HIS OWN MOUTH, AND PUBLISHED AT THE EARNEST DESIRE OF MANY OF THE HEARERS. NOTE. THE SUBSTANCE OF THE FOLLOWING LECTURE WAS DELIVERED ON THE COMMON IN BOSTON, SEPT. 27. 1740.

Boston: Printed & Sold by S. Kneeland and T. Green, in Queenstreet over against the Prison, 1742. 20pp. Original plain wrappers [front wrapper cut down. Toned, moderately spotted, closed tears without loss of text. Good or so. Whitefield, the founder of Methodism, stimulated widespread enthusiasm for the Great Awakening during... More about THE PRODIGAL SON. A LECTURE, PREACH'D ON FRYDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 11TH 1741. IN THE...

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