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New York Bi-Metallic Association:

SILVER AND GOLD. SPEECHES OF HON. WILLIAM J. BRYAN, "MONEY." "FREE COINAGE." HON. FRANCIS G. NEWLANDS, "THE GOLD FAMINE." ... DELIVERED IN NEW YORK, FEBRUARY AND MARCH, 1897, UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE NEW YORK BI-METALLIC ASSOCIATION.

New York: Robert LeCouver, Printer, [1897]. Original printed gold wrappers [separated from text block] and staples. [4], 138pp. Folding map and folding chart. Some separation from text block and bleedthrough of staples on blank margins. Else a clean and Very Good text. The event was favorably reviewed in The Tammany..... More

Price: $85.00

[Massachusetts in the American Revolution]:

RESOLVES OF THE GENERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, IN NEW-ENGLAND; BEGUN AND HELD AT BOSTON, IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, ON WEDNESDAY THE TWENTY-FIFTH DAY OF OCTOBER, ANNO DOMINI, 1780.

Boston: Nathaniel Willis, 1781. Folio. 53, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, untrimmed, occasional fox mark; small holes at leaf 23-24 affect several letters. Good+. The Resolves focus on many Revolutionary war matters: Resolve on the petition of Col. Josiah Brewer, and of Orana and other chiefs of the Penobscot tribe that..... More

Price: $500.00

[Massachusetts in the American Revolution]:

RESOLVES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS-BAY, BEGUN AND HELD AT BOSTON, IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, ON WEDNESDAY THE 28TH DAY OF MAY, [BEING THE LAST WEDNESDAY IN SAID MONTH], ANNO DOMINI, 1777; AND THENCE CONTINUED BY ADJOURNMENT, AND HELD BY SPECIAL SUMMONS OF THE HONORABLE MAJOR PART OF THE COUNCIL, AT BOSTON AFORESAID, ON TUESDAY THE FIFTH DAY OF AUGUST FOLLOWING, BEING THE SECOND SITTING OF SAID ASSEMBLY.

[Boston, New-England: Printed by John Gill. 1777]. 14pp. Folio, with caption title as issued. Disbound, mild foxing, Very Good. The Resolves-- from August 6 - August 16, 1777-- treat Revolutionary War matters exclusively. The Assembly instructs the Board of War to "destroy the Enemies Cruisers which have taken several..... More

Price: $650.00

Walker, Robert J.:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY WALKER, FORMER SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY AND SENATOR FROM MISSISSIPPI, TO REVEREND CALEB S. HENRY EXPRESSING DISENCHANTMENT WITH PUBLIC OFFICE.

Washington: Jany 3, 1850. 7-3/4" x 9-3/4". Single page. Old folds, Very Good. "On the receipt of your note of the 26th I [---] it to Prof. Henry who said he would write to you at once-- I look forward with great pleasure to your visit here. We will talk..... More

Price: $350.00

[Parliament]:

VOTES OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. VENERIS, 8 DIE FEBRUARII, 1788.

[London: Printed and Sold by John Nichols... 1788]. Folio. Pages 189-219, [1 blank], as issued. Disbound, else Very Good. The recorded matters include protests from Scotland, asserting that the Parliament of Scotland has overturned "the Ancient Constitutions of the Royal Boroughs of Scotland" by enacting "unjust and illiberal Systems" pertaining..... More

Price: $175.00

[Sons of Veterans, U.S.A.]:

INVITATION TO THE 5TH ANNUAL RECEPTION OF THE JOHN F. LITTLE CAMP, NO. 195, SONS OF VETERANS, TO BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 22, 1892, AT THE OPERA HOUSE IN WAYLAND, NEW YORK, WITH PROF. CLARK'S ORCHESTRA APPEARING, SUPPER TO BE HELD AT THE WAYLAND HOUSE.

[Wayland, NY? 1892]. Small, 3-5/8" x 5". [4] pp, folded. An attractively illustrated and printed Invitation. Front of invitation is a full color illustration of a soldier holding a bayonet, soldiers standing near tents in the background, a drum and American flags to the side. The last page is a...... More

Price: $250.00

Lincoln, Abraham:

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY VINDICATED- THE DEMANDS OF THE SOUTH EXPLAINED. SPEECH OF HON. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, OF ILLINOIS, AT THE COOPER INSTITUTE, N.Y. CITY, FEBRUARY 27, 1860.

[np: 1860]. 8pp, caption title [as issued]. Untrimmed, uncut folio sheet. Old folds cause abrasions in several words on last page. Good+. Lincoln's great Cooper Union Address argues that the Framers and early Congresses contemplated a narrow and ever-diminishing role for slavery. Examining Constitutional and early Congressional debates, he demonstrates..... More

Price: $600.00

[Cobbett, William]:

A NEW YEAR'S GIFT TO THE DEMOCRATS; OR OBSERVATIONS ON A PAMPHLET, ENTITLED, 'A VINDICATION OF MR. RANDOLPH'S RESIGNATION.' BY PETER PORCUPINE.

Philadelphia: Published by Thomas Bradford, Printer, 1796. iv, [5]-71, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, mild toning. Else Very Good. "Second Edition" printed at head of title page. The pamphlet is Cobbett's no-holds-barred attack on Randolph and his 'Vindication.' Randolph had resigned as Washington's Secretary of State after having been accused..... More

Price: $200.00

Williams, John:

AN ENQUIRY INTO THE TRUTH OF THE TRADITION CONCERNING THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA, BY PRINCE MADOG AB OWEN GWYNEDD, ABOUT THE YEAR, 1170.

London: Printed by J. Brown, at the Printing Office... Entered at Stationers Hall, 1791. viii, 82, [6] pp, as issued, with the half title. Untrimmed. The half title has a long, repaired closed tear at the blank lower portion, with no loss. Very Good. Some manuscript notations, and learned printed..... More

Price: $875.00

Palfrey, John G.:

ELEMENTS OF CHALDEE, SYRIAC, SAMARITAN, AND RABBINICAL GRAMMAR.

Boston: Published by Crocker and Brewster, 1835. Later cloth [remnant of gum label at spine base, original paper spine title]. [8], [5]-44 pp, as issued. Old library book plate on front pastedown, with 'discard' rubberstamp. Title page tanned, else Very Good. With printed text in these languages. Palfrey was "Professor..... More

Price: $450.00

Wolcott, Oliver; Gibbs, George:

MEMOIRS OF THE ADMINISTRATIONS OF WASHINGTON AND JOHN ADAMS, EDITED FROM THE PAPERS OF OLIVER WOLCOTT, SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. IN TWO VOLUMES.

New York: Printed for the Subscribers, 1846. xvi, 574, with the half title and frontis portrait of Wolcott; viii, 555, [1- errata] pp. Volume I with scattered moderate foxing; volume II clean. Bound in attractive original publisher's cloth with spine title stamped in gilt. Good+. Each volume with the illustrated..... More

Price: $600.00

Illinois Republican State Central Committee:

POLITICAL RECORD OF STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS ON THE SLAVERY QUESTION. A TRACT ISSUED BY THE ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE. CONTENTS. PART I., ANTI-SLAVERY. PART II., PRO-SLAVERY. PART III., MISCELLANEOUS.

[Springfield? Chicago? 1860]. 16pp. Caption title, as issued. Disbound with some loosening, paper clip shadow on first and last leaves. Printed in two columns per page. Good+. This Illinois campaign document is probably the first of three printings, each with similar but not identical material. Each attacks Douglas..... More

Price: $650.00

Ruffin, Edmund:

THE FARMERS' REGISTER. VOL. I. NO. 1.

Richmond: Edmund Ruffin, Editor and Proprietor, June, 1833. 64pp. Stitched and untrimmed. Browned, else Very Good. This issue discusses matters dear to Ruffin's heart, particularly agriculture and Negro Slavery in Virginia, its geography and resources. He provides detailed reporting and essays on the Virginia Assembly's debates on abolishing slavery; slaves'..... More

Price: $350.00

Thomas, M.:

ESSAY ON THE CHARACTER, MANNERS, AND GENIUS OF WOMEN IN DIFFERENT AGES.

Philadelphia: Aitken, 1774. 12mo. Vols. I-II bound together, as issued. v, [3], 124, [4], 129, [3] pp. Complete with dedication and advertisements. With a separate title page after page 124. Original sheep [hinges cracked, front cover nearly detached, spine brittle]. Pastedown and final leaf verso with some interesting early manuscript..... More

Price: $375.00

[Missouri Democratic Committee]:

"CLARK COUNTY DEMOCRATIC MEETING | AT A RESPECTABLE MEETING OF THE DEMOCRACY OF CLARK COUNTY MET AT WATERLOO ON THE 8TH DAY OF JUNE 1840. COL. ROBERT P. MITCHELL WAS CALLED TO THE CHAIR, AND JOHN W. LUKE APPOINTED SECRETARY WHEN THE FOLLOWING PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS WERE ACCEPTED. "WHEREAS MAJ. WM. MCDANIEL, THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR THE STATE SENATE FROM THIS DISTRICT, AND DOCT. ABRAHAM WAYLAND FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM THIS COUNTY BEING BEFORE THE PEOPLE. ... RESOLVED THAT WE DO HIGHLY APPROVE OF THE ENLIGHTENED & PATRIOTIC ADMINISTRATION OF MARTIN VAN BUREN OUR PRESENT PRESIDENT..."

[Waterloo, MO]: June 8, 1840. Large folio, folded to 7-1/2" x 12-1/2". [3], [1 blank] pp. Completely in ink manuscript. Old folds, Very Good. Clark County is located in farthest northeastern Missouri, along the Des Moines and Mississippi Rivers, bordering Iowa to the north and Illinois to the east..... More

Price: $750.00

Champomier, P.A.:

STATEMENT OF THE SUGAR CROP, MADE IN LOUISIANA, IN 1861-62, WITH AN APPENDIX.

New Orleans: Cook, Young & Co., 1862. x, [2 blanks], 46, [2 blanks] pp. Stitched in original printed yellow wrappers. Near Fine. This document lists each planter by Parish, and his output for the year. The Introduction is dated August 18, 1862, after the Federal invasion of New Orleans. Jumonville..... More

Price: $275.00

Harris, Wm. H.:

LOUISIANA PRODUCTS, RESOURCES AND ATTRACTIONS, WITH A SKETCH OF THE PARISHES. A HAND BOOK OF RELIABLE INFORMATION CONCERNING THE STATE. PUBLISHED FOR THE STATE BY WM. H. HARRIS, STATE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE AND IMMIGRATION. SENT FREE ON RECEIPT OF 9 CENTS POSTAGE.

New Orleans: New Orleans Democrat Print, 1881. Original printed and illustrated stiff paper wrappers [some loosening]. [2], 248 pp plus frontis portrait of Governor Wiltz; attractive folding map, in color, noting available homesteads. Light dusting, stitched. Very Good. Slavery "fostered a system of large plantations worked by slaves, discouraged the..... More

Price: $450.00

[Pennsylvania]:

ALBUMEN PRINT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA DELEGATION OF THE FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. TWENTY-NINE OVAL, SHOULDER- LENGTH PORTRAITS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE DELEGATION WITH FACSIMILE SIGNATURES UNDER EACH AND A SMALL OVAL PICTURE OF THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL BUILDING.

[Washington DC: M.B. Brady, 1876]. Large albumen print, 12-1/2" x 13-3/4", mounted on 17" x 21" backing. With thin border on matting and credit in ink to "M.B. Brady Photo / Washington, D.C." on the matting below the bottom left corner of print. Light toning. Some facsimile signatures are faded..... More

Price: $250.00

["Negro Sam Lee"] Waite, Obed:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, FROM WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA, 6 JANUARY 1829, TO COLONEL ROGER JONES OF WASHINGTON, D.C., THE BROTHER OF THOMAS AP CATESBY JONES, ABOUT MISSING SLAVE SAM LEE; AND AN UNRELATED LAW CASE ABOUT DIVISION OF THE "FAIRFIELD NEGROES, " IN WHICH COLONEL JONES AND WIFE HAVE AN INTEREST. "I HAVE JUST LEARNED THAT NEGRO SAM LEE LEFT THIS PLACE SOME TIME BEFORE CHRISTMAS AND HAS NOT RETURNED. IT SEEMS THAT HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO THE CITY TO SEE HIS MASTER MEANING AS I UNDERSTAND MR. THOMAS APP. C. JONES, SUPPOSED TO BE NOW AT THE CITY . I HAVE THOUGHT IT BEST TO WRITE TO YOU ON THE SUBJECT AS THERE MAY BE SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO COM. JONES BEING AT THE CITY: AND IT IS PROBABLE THAT IF SAM DID GO TO THE CITY HE PAID YOU A VISIT. IT IS SAID HE HIRED A HORSE OF A MAN HERE, WHO IS UNEASY ABOUT THE HORSE, FEARING SAM HAS GONE OFF NOT TO RETURN . . . I AM NOT CERTAINLY ADVISED, WHO SAM DOES BELONG TO: THE LAST HIRE I PAID FOR HIM, WAS PAID ON THE ORDER OF MR. JOHN MURPHEY, ACTING AS AGENT FOR MRS. ANN TURBERVILLE WHO CLAIMS HIM . I HAVE RECEIVED HIS HIRE FOR LAST YEAR (FORTY DOLLARS) . RESPECTFULLY YOURS, OBED WAITE. "P.S. IN PASSING OVER THE CHANCERY DOCKET THIS DAY IN THE COUNTY COURT, A SUIT WHICH HAS BEEN LONG ON THE DOCKET IN THE NAME OF YOURSELF AND WIFE, AGAINST THE OTHER HEIRS OF WILLIAM B. PAGE DECD WAS CALLED - THIS IS A SUIT FOR A DIVISION OF THE SLAVES BELONGING TO THAT ESTATE . . ."

Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia: 1829. Folio, 8-1/4" x 13-1/4". [3], [1] p. Completely in ink manuscript. Addressed on final page to "Col. Roger Jones | City of Washington" and light postal cancel dated Jan. 9 at Winchester; with manuscript docket note in a different hand: "On the subject of the..... More

Price: $1,000.00

[Virginia Slave Hire] Bullitt, Cuthbert:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO JAMES KEITH OF FREDERICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA, DECEMBER 29, 1769: "MR. BROWN SENDS UP THE BEARER FOR HIS NEGROES, AND THE BALLANCE DUE HIM, FOR THEIR WAGES, HE ALSO TELLS ME, THAT YOU EXPECTED HE WOULD ABATE SOMETHING IN THE SUM, AS YOU WERE IMPOSED ON IN THE CHARACTERS OF THE SLAVES, IF THAT BE TRUE I KNOW NOT WHO WAS THE PERSON, THAT GAVE YOU THEIR CHARACTERS. I NEED NOT TELL YOU THAT I DID NOT, AS IT IS A FACT YOU MUST BE WELL ACQUAINTED WITH, PLEASE TO RECOLLECK, ALL THAT PASSED AT NEVILLES WAS, THAT I INFORMED YOU & SOME OTHERS, THAT I HAD THREE LIKELY FELLOWS TO HIRE OUT THE INSUING YEAR, AT ELEVEN POUNDS EACH, & THEIR CLOATHS, YOUR ANSWER WAS, THAT IT WAS TOO MUCH, & SO THE CONVERSATION ENDED. SOON AFTER YOU SENT DOWN YOUR OVERSEER FOR THEM, TO HIM I TOLD THEIR QUALITIES, & THAT THEIR RUNNING AWAY WAS A PRINCIPAL MOTIVE WITH THEIR MISTRESS FOR HIRING THEM OUT, I EVEN WENT SO FAR AS TO TELL HIM, THAT UNLESS HE TOOK GOOD CARE, THEY WOULD LEAVE HIM ON HIS WAY UP ON THE WHOLE, THAT THE NEGROES MAY NOT BE SO GOOD AS YOU EXPECTED MAY BE TRUE, BUT THAT YOU HAD ANY FARTHER CHARACTER OF THEM FROM ME, THAN THAT THEY WERE LIKELY YOUNG FELLOWS MUST BE A MISTAKE. I AM SIR YR MOST OBT. HUMBLE SERVT./ CUTH BULLETT. DECR 29TH 1769."

Frederick County, VA: 1769. Single sheet folded to 6" x 7-3/4". [2], [1 blank] [1-docketed] pp. Completely in ink manuscript. Old folds, some staining which does not obscure text. Small hole through last page from wax seal [no text loss]. Addressed to Keith in Frederick County, and docketed ["Bullitt's Letter..... More

Price: $600.00

Virginia Slave Sale:

SLAVE BILL OF SALE: KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT JAMES FOUSHEE OF THE COUNTY OF NORTHUMBERLAND FOR & IN CONSIDERATION OF FIFTY POUNDS CONT MONEY TO ME IN HAND PAID HAVE BARGAINED SOLD & DELIVERED TO HENRY SISSON ONE NEGRO BOY CALLED WILLOBE WHICH SD NEGRO I DO WARRANT & FOREVER DEFEND FROM ANY PERSON OR PERSONS WHAT SO EVER AS WITNESS MY HAND & SEAL THIS 23D OCTOBER 1760. [signed] JAMES FOUSHEE/ WITNESS WM . CARR LANE, SAMUEL DUNN.

Northumberland, VA: 1760. Manuscript bill of sale, 7-1/2" x 3 7/8". Prepared completely in ink manuscript. Docketed on verso, "At a Court Held for Richmond County the 7th Day of June 1762. This Bill of Sale from James Foushee to Henry Sisson was proved by the oath of William Carr..... More

Price: $600.00

Hutchinson, Thomas Leger and Family:

LOT OF TWELVE AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED, WRITTEN TO THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THOMAS LEGER HUTCHINSON, 35TH MAYOR OF CHARLESTON, MAY 18, 1848 THROUGH AUGUST 21, 1884: SIX LETTERS TO JULIA L. HUTCHINSON AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS FROM ATTORNEYS ALEX GORDON AND HIS SON ROBERT M. GORDON OF CHARLESTON, DATED 1868 TO 1869, DISCUSSING INVESTMENT LOSSES IN CONFEDERATE BONDS, THE BANK OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AND HIS BOOKS, ACCOUNTS AND FURNITURE WHEN SHERMAN'S ARMY DESTROYED COLUMBIA; TWO LETTERS FROM THOMAS TO HIS DAUGHTER JULIA L. HUTCHINSON DATED 1874 AND 1875 SIGNED "HUTCHINSON" AND "LOVING FATHER HUTCHINSON"; THREE LETTERS FROM ATTORNEY H.W. MITCHELL, JR., OF CHARLESTON, DATED IN 1884, TO JULIA L. HUTCHINSON, REGARDING CONVEYANCE OF LAND CONNECTED WITH DEATHS OF GEO. A. MACAULEY AND MRS. SERENA WOLFE, VALIDITY OF TITLE OF LAND TRANSFERRED BY MRS. WOLFE FOLLOWING THE DIVORCE OF HER AND MR. WOLFE, AND ISSUANCE OF CHECKS FOR PROCEEDS OF SALES OF PROPERTY. LETTER FROM ATTY. MITCHELL KING OF CHARLESTON, DATED MAY 18, 1848, TO MRS. ELIZA MARY MACAULEY, CONCERNING ISSUES WITH THE COURT OF EQUITY AND THE WILL OF HER FATHER-IN-LAW, GEORGE MACAULAY, "MY VENERABLE DECEASED FRIEND"..

Twelve letters, ranging in size from 8-1/2" x 10-1/2" to 7-3/4" x 12-3/4". All in ink manuscript, most are 2pp-4pp in length. Old folds, light scattered foxing, a few tiny holes with only minimal loss. Very Good. Details of letters are as follows: Letter from Alex Gordon, Charleston..... More

Price: $1,000.00

[Confederate Army]:

ARMY REGULATIONS ADOPTED FOR THE USE OF THE ARMY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES, IN ACCORDANCE WITH LATE ACTS OF CONGRESS. REVISED FROM THE ARMY REGULATIONS OF THE OLD UNITED STATES ARMY, 1857; RETAINING ALL THAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR OFFICERS OF THE LINE. TO WHICH IS ADDED, AN ACT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND ORGANIZATION OF THE ARMY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA. ALSO, ARTICLES OF WAR, FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ARMY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA.

Richmond, Va. West & Johnston, Publishers, 1861. 198, [2- Index] pp. Title page with rubberstamp and light soil, verso with ink accession number. Text lightly to moderately spotted. Bound in later buckram, gilt-lettered morocco spine labels, gum label at spine base. This foundation Confederate imprint also issued from several..... More

Price: $1,250.00

[Burn, Richard; and Joseph Greenleaf]:

AN ABRIDGMENT OF BURN'S JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND PARISH OFFICER. TO WHICH IS ADDED, AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING SOME GENERAL RULES AND DIRECTIONS NECESSARY TO BE KNOWN AND OBSERVED BY ALL JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

Boston: Printed for, and sold by Joseph Greenleaf, at his printing-office... 1773. Original tooled calf, raised spine bands. Rebacked. [8], 386, [2- printer's advertisement] pp [as issued]. Contemporary inscription at upper margin of title page: "Ezekl Price | Tho's Greenleaf Junr." Very Good. The first edition of the first..... More

Price: $1,500.00

[Election of 1840] Boneyshanks [pseud]:

THE NEW ERA WHIG TRAP SPRUNG.

New York and Washington: Printed & Published by H.R. Robinson 52 Courtland St. Y.N. [sic] & Penns Avenue Washington D.C., [1840]. Broadside lithograph, 12-1/2" x 15-3/4". Signed 'Boneyshanks' in the lower left corner. A rare lithograph brilliantly and humorously portraying the Democrats' and Van Buren's predicament in the 1840 presidential..... More

Price: $2,750.00

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