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Item #37945 "WAR DEPARTMENT, JUNE 11TH, 1802. | SIR, | IT HAS BEEN REPRESENTED THAT SUNDRY...

Dearborn, Henry:

"WAR DEPARTMENT, JUNE 11TH, 1802. | SIR, | IT HAS BEEN REPRESENTED THAT SUNDRY PERSONS, WHO HAVE BASELY DESERTED THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES, ARE DESIROUS OF BEING PARDONED FOR THIS OFFENCE, AND READMITTED INTO THE ARMY. BUT IT IS THE DETERMINATION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO EXCLUDE SUCH DISHONORABLE CHARACTERS FROM THE RANKS FOR THE FUTURE. HE THEREFORE DIRECTS: THAT NO DESERTER, WHOSE NAME IS NOT BORNE ON THE ROLLS OF THE ARMY AS ORGANIZED IN PURSUANCE OF THE ACT OF THE 16TH OF MARCH, ENTITLED "AN ACT FIXING THE MILITARY PEACE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNITED STATES," BE HEREAFTER CONSIDERED AS BELONGING TO THE ARMY: THAT PROPER MEANS BE TAKEN FOR APPREHENDING SUCH PERSONS AS HAVE DESERTED ... AND THAT ALL OFFICERS BE STRICTLY ENJOINED NOT TO RECRUIT OR RECEIVE AS A RECRUIT, ANY MAN WHO HAS BEEN GUILTY OF DESERTION. H. DEARBORN"

[Washington]: 1802. Broadside, 7-1/8" x 12-3/4." Signed in type, "H. Dearborn." At the end, in print, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas H. Cushing writes, "The foregoing exact copy of an original order of the Secretary of War, on file in this office, is communicated for your information and government." Followed by the..... More

Price: $2,000.00

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 #39264 THE TWO TRIALS OF JOHN FRIES, ON AN INDICTMENT FOR TREASON; TOGETHER WITH A BRIEF...

[Fries, John]:

THE TWO TRIALS OF JOHN FRIES, ON AN INDICTMENT FOR TREASON; TOGETHER WITH A BRIEF REPORT OF THE TRIALS OF SEVERAL OTHER PERSONS, FOR TREASON AND INSURRECTION, IN THE COUNTIES OF BUCKS, NORTHAMPTON AND MONTGOMERY, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, BEGUN AT THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 11, 1799... BEFORE THE HON. JUDGES IREDELL, PETERS, WASHINGTON AND CHASE, TO WHICH IS ADDED, A COPIOUS APPENDIX, CONTAINING THE EVIDENCE AND ARGUMENTS OF THE COUNSEL ON BOTH SIDES.

Philadelphia: William W. Woodward, 1800. 4, 226, 51, [1 blank] pp, [as issued]. Untrimmed, generously margined, and entirely unsophisticated. Stitched with gathered signatures. Last leaf [publisher's advt] with a hole and ink blotch affecting about three words; title leaf chipped at blank fore-edge and spotted. Otherwise, minor scattered foxing. Good+..... More

Price: $2,000.00

Kilbourne, D.W.:

STRICTURES ON DR. I. GALLAND'S PAMPHLET, ENTITLED, "VILLANY EXPOSED," WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF HIS TRANSACTIONS IN LANDS OF THE SAC AND FOX RESERVATION, ETC., IN LEE COUNTY, IOWA.

Fort Madison [Iowa]: Statesman Office, 1850. 24pp. Stitched, first two gatherings foxed. Housed in a folding case. Good+. "First imprint of this city" [Howes]. "An important work on the Half Breed Tract" [Eberstadt]. The revelation of Mormon President Joseph Smith, Jr., "directing Galland's activities is here printed, with an account..... 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

Item #37561 NATIONAL CONVENTION OF UNION SOLDIERS AND SAILORS HELD AT COOPER INSTITUTE, NEW YORK...

National Convention of Union Soldiers and Sailors:

NATIONAL CONVENTION OF UNION SOLDIERS AND SAILORS HELD AT COOPER INSTITUTE, NEW YORK CITY, JULY 4, 1868:- WITH THE ADDRESS OF GEN. THOMAS EWING JR. PREPARED PURSUANT TO A RESOLUTION OF THE CONVENTION - BY COL. JAMES A. O'BEIRNE SECY NAT. EX. COMMITTEE.

[New York: 1868]. [1], 28, [6] manuscript leaves, 12-1/4" x 8",plus a 6-page manuscript telegram addressed to Thomas Ewing, plus a 16-page printed pamphlet [some blue crayon lines over text, but still legible]. Bound with a bit of rope; curled, outer leaves loose and chipped without loss of text. New..... More

Price: $3,000.00

Item #25953 DOCUMENTS IN SUPPORT OF THE RIGHT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, TO...

New Orleans:

DOCUMENTS IN SUPPORT OF THE RIGHT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, TO THE ALLUVION IN FRONT OF THE SUBURB ST. MARY, CONTESTED BY JEAN GRAVIER.

Washington: A. & G. Way, 1809. 53, [3 blanks] pp. Disbound, else Very Good. Jean Gravier, a major landowner in New Orleans, claimed title to a river bank, known as a batture. The Mississippi River covered it for three months of the year, but during the other nine months it..... More

Price: $1,000.00

Item #24264 JOURNAL OF THE VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COLONY OF...

New York:

JOURNAL OF THE VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COLONY OF NEW-YORK. BEGAN THE 9TH DAY OF APRIL, 1691; AND ENDED THE 27TH OF SEPTEMBER, 1743. VOL. I. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. [with] JOURNAL OF THE VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS...BEGAN THE 8TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1743; AND ENDED THE 23D OF DECEMBER, 1765. VOL. II.

New York: Hugh Gaine, 1764 and 1766. Volume I: iv, 840, [2] pp. Folio, printed in double columns. Text generally clean, occasional foxing or tanning. Several errors in page numbering but text consecutive and complete, Very Good. Volume II: [2] 811, [1 blank], viii pp. Folio, printed in double columns..... More

Price: $2,850.00

Item #30509 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 one, continuously paginated. Pages iv, 420; [4], 421-835 [i.e., 833], [1 errata] [as issued]. Title vignette of the State Seal [Reilly 941]. Some spotting, generally in the margins; occasional toning. Small square cut from blank bottom section of the last text..... More

Price: $1,000.00

Item #31069 LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK, COMPRISING THE CONSTITUTION, AND THE ACTS OF THE...

New York:

LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK, COMPRISING THE CONSTITUTION, AND THE ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE SINCE THE REVOLUTION, FROM THE FIRST TO THE TWELFTH SESSION, INCLUSIVE. PUBLISHED ACCORDING TO AN ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE, PASSED THE 15TH APRIL, 1786. IN TWO VOLUMES.

New York: Printed by Hugh Gaine, 1789. Large folio. 10 3/4" x 15 1/2". Two volumes in 20th century binder's cloth, with gilt-lettered morocco spine labels. Vol. I: [3], [1 blank], 336, [11-Index], [1 blank], xii, [1], [1 blank]; Vol. 2: [1-title], [1 blank], 471, [1 blank], [17-index], [1 blank]..... More

Price: $1,500.00

Item #33603 TO THE FREEMEN OF THE STATE OF RHODE-ISLAND. IT HAVING BEEN REPRESENTED THAT MR....

[Rhode Island] Dorrance, John:

TO THE FREEMEN OF THE STATE OF RHODE-ISLAND. IT HAVING BEEN REPRESENTED THAT MR. WILLIAM GREENE, AS ONE OF THE STATE'S COMMITTEE, CONDUCTED IMPROPERLY, I THINK IT A DUTY TO GIVE A TRUE STATE OF THAT BUSINESS IN RESPECT TO HIM...

Providence: Printed by D. Wheeler, [1796]. Broadside, 9-1/8" x 11-1/2". Old fold lines, light wear and soil. Else Very Good, with irregular bottom edge. This unrecorded broadside expresses the public outrage over a State Committee's determination of the various rates at which Rhode Island towns would be taxed. Committeeman Greene..... More

Price: $1,850.00

[Slave Andy]:

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. IN THE MATTER OF THE CLAIM OF T.A. CARLISLE FOR A SLAVE LOST IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE. REPORT OF THE STATE AUDITOR.

Columbia, S.C. Office of State Auditor, 1863. Printed folio broadside, completed in neat ink manuscript and docketed on verso. 8-5/8" x 14-1/4." Signed in ink at the end, "James Tupper," as Auditor of South Carolina. Old horizontal folds with several expertly accomplished repairs of clean fold splits. Very Good. The..... More

Price: $1,850.00

Item #36492 THE HISTORY AND DEBATES OF THE CONVENTION OF THE PEOPLE OF ALABAMA, BEGUN AND HELD IN...

Smith, William R.:

THE HISTORY AND DEBATES OF THE CONVENTION OF THE PEOPLE OF ALABAMA, BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY, ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY, 1861; IN WHICH IS PRESERVED THE SPEECHES OF THE SECRET SESSIONS, AND MANY VALUABLE STATE PAPERS. BY...ONE OF THE DELEGATES FROM TUSCALOOSA.

[Atlanta: Printed for the Author, by Wood, Hanleiter, Rice & Co.], 1861. viii, [9]-336, 339-464, [2 blanks], xii [Index] pp, as issued [the text is continuous]. Modern half morocco and marbled paper over boards, with raised spine banks and gilt-lettered morocco spine title. Clean text. Very Good plus. This early..... More

Price: $2,500.00

Item #37851 PHILADELPHIA, 12TH MONTH, 6TH, 1781. ON THE 26TH ULTIMO A COMMITTEE OF SIX FRIENDS,...

[Society of Friends]:

PHILADELPHIA, 12TH MONTH, 6TH, 1781. ON THE 26TH ULTIMO A COMMITTEE OF SIX FRIENDS, BY APPOINTMENT WAITED ON THE PRESIDENT OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, AND THE SPEAKER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY... TO THE PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND OTHERS WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: THE FOLLOWING REPRESENTATION, ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE CALLED QUAKERS, SHEWETH, THAT THE OUTRAGES AND VIOLENCES COMMITTED ON THE PROPERTY, AND ON DIVERS OF THE PERSONS OF THE INHABITANTS OF PHILADELPHIA, OF OUR RELIGIOUS SOCIETY, BY COMPANIES OF LICENTIOUS PEOPLE PARADING THE STREETS, DESTROYING THE WINDOWS AND DOORS OF OUR HOUSES, BREAKING INTO AND PLUNDERING SOME OF THEM ...

[Philadelphia: Francis Bailey? 1781]. Folio. 3, [1 blank] pp on one folding sheet, signed in type by John Drinker as clerk of a committee of six Friends. Uncut, old folds. Docketed in harsh ink on blank page [4], resulting in loss of about twelve words or parts thereof, on page..... More

Price: $1,850.00

Item #37290 AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED, AS ATTORNEY FOR COMPLAINANT, "TO FREDERICK COUNTY TO WIT,"...

Taney, Roger B.:

AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED, AS ATTORNEY FOR COMPLAINANT, "TO FREDERICK COUNTY TO WIT," IN THE CASE OF FARMER'S BANK OF MARYLAND V. RACHEL DARNALL.

Frederick County, Maryland: [1813]. [4] pp. Folio sheet folded to 8-1/4" s 13-1/4." In Taney's hand, and signed twice, "R.B. Taney | Plffs. Atty" and "R.B. Taney." Very Good. Taney, born into a wealthy slaveowning family in Calvert County, began practicing law in Maryland in 1799. Taney is best known..... More

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Item #37813 JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES, AT THE FIRST SESSION OF...

United States:

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES, AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE FIFTH CONGRESS.

Philadelphia: W. Ross, 1797. 140, [12 Index] pp. Bound in attractive original quarter calf and marbled paper over boards, with gilt-lettered morocco spine label. Occasional light foxing, Very Good. [offered with] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES, AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE FIFTH CONGRESS. Philadelphia..... More

Price: $1,250.00

Item #34555 RULE AS TO THE SAILING OF VESSELS OF WAR OF THE BELLIGERENT NATIONS FROM THE UNITED...

[United States]:

RULE AS TO THE SAILING OF VESSELS OF WAR OF THE BELLIGERENT NATIONS FROM THE UNITED STATES.

[Philadelphia]: June 18th, 1794. Broadside, 8" x 13-1/2". Old horizontal folds [several fold splits without affecting text], bottom quarter toned. Margin reinforcements on blank verso. Good+. This scarce document is signed in type at the end by "Geo. Taylor, jun. Ch. Clk. in the Department of State." The Rule prohibits..... More

Price: $2,000.00

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