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[Protestant Episcopal Church in America]:

THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS, AND OTHER RITES AND CEREMONIES OF THE CHURCH, ACCORDING TO THE USE OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: TOGETHER WITH THE PSALTER, OR PSALMS OF DAVID.

Boston: I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews, Sold by them and the other Booksellers in Boston... Oct. 1800. [384], 70, [2- Alphabetical Table of Psalms] pp. Printed in two columns per page. Final leaves toned, widely scattered and generally light foxing. Bound in contemporary sheep, with gilt-bordered covers. Front cover sewn... More

Price: $450.00

Chauncy, Charles:

A DISCOURSE OCCASIONED BY THE DEATH OF THE REVERNED (sic) JONATHAN MAYHEW, D. D. LATE PASTOR OF THE WEST-CHURCH IN BOSTON: WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 9. 1766, AETATIS 46. DELIVERED THE LORD'S-DAY AFTER HIS DECEASE.

Boston: R. and S. Draper... 1766. 40pp, but lacking the half title. Disbound, light dusting. Good+. Chauncy bids farewell to his ally and colleague Mayhew. They both led the effort to free American religious institutions from domination by the Anglican Church. Chauncy calls Mayhew "a friend to liberty both... More

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[Bohn, Casimir]:

BOHN'S HAND-BOOK OF WASHINGTON. BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WITH STEEL ENGRAVINGS OF ALL THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND THE GOVERNMENT STATUARY. PREPARED BY CHARLES LANMAN, ESQ.

Washington: Casimir Bohn, 1861. Original illustrated stiff paper wrappers [front cover nearly detached]. 120pp. Extra-illustrated title page, frontis engraving of the 'East Front of the Capitol.' Large folding 'Map of the City of Washington in the District of Columbia.' With "Dimensions of Public Buildings", inset of Plan of Georgetown, Illustration..... More

Price: $175.00

Ames, Fisher:

AN ORATION ON THE SUBLIME VIRTUES OF GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON...BEFORE HIS HONOR THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR, THE COUNCIL, AND THE TWO BRANCHES OF THE LEGISLATURE OF MASSACHUSETTS, AT THEIR REQUEST, ON SATURDAY, THE 8TH OF FEBRUARY, 1800.

Boston: Young & Minns, Printers to the State, [1800]. 31pp. Disbound. Tanning, a few spots of fox. Good+. One of two Boston printings. The foremost Federalist orator and theoretician, Ames renders a fine weaving of Washington's career and the nation's history. As the result of the Peace of 1763... More

Price: $135.00

THE DOCTRINE OF BAPTISMS, REDUCED FROM ITS ANCIENT AND MODERN CORRUPTIONS; AND RESTORED TO ITS...

[Franklin Imprint] Dell, William:

THE DOCTRINE OF BAPTISMS, REDUCED FROM ITS ANCIENT AND MODERN CORRUPTIONS; AND RESTORED TO ITS PRIMITIVE SOUNDNESS AND INTEGRITY: ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF TRUTH; THE SUBSTANCE OF FAITH, AND THE NATURE OF CHRIST'S KINGDOM. BY WILLIAM DELL... THE FIFTH EDITION.

Philadelphia: B. Franklin, and D. Hall, 1759. iv, 5-43, [1 blank] pp. Bound in later half morocco [front cover darkened], with prior owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Very Good. "The Society of Friends of Philadelphia requested Overseers Anthony Benezet and John Reynell to arrange for a reprinting of this work... More

Price: $1,250.00

LETTERS OF THE LATE BISHOP ENGLAND TO THE HON. JOHN FORSYTH, ON THE SUBJECT OF DOMESTIC SLAVERY:...

England, John [Bishop of Charleston]:

LETTERS OF THE LATE BISHOP ENGLAND TO THE HON. JOHN FORSYTH, ON THE SUBJECT OF DOMESTIC SLAVERY: TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED COPIES, IN LATIN AND ENGLISH, OF THE POPE'S APOSTOLIC LETTER, CONCERNING THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE, WITH SOME INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, ETC.

Baltimore: Printed and Published by John Murphy, 1844. xi, [1 blank], [13]-156 pp. Stitched in original printed wrappers [spine wrapper chipped at head and tail]. Near Fine. The Irish Patriot Daniel O'Connell had claimed that "the Pope's denunciation of the African slave trade" also included a denunciation of Slavery. O'Connell's... More

Price: $450.00

JOURNAL OF THE THIRD SESSION OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BEGUN AND HELD AT THE...

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... More

Price: $4,500.00

A VIEW OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IN A SERIES OF PAPERS, WRITTEN AT VARIOUS TIMES, BETWEEN...

Coxe, Tench:

A VIEW OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IN A SERIES OF PAPERS, WRITTEN AT VARIOUS TIMES, BETWEEN THE YEARS 1787 AND 1794. BY TENCH COXE, OF PHILADELPHIA; INTERSPERSED WITH AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS: THE WHOLE TENDING TO EXHIBIT THE PROGRESS AND PRESENT STATE OF CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, POPULATION, AGRICULTURE, EXPORTS, IMPORTS, FISHERIES, NAVIGATION, SHIP-BUILDING, MANUFACTURES, AND GENERAL IMPROVEMENT.

Philadelphia: Printed for William Hall... 1794. v, [1 blank], [1], [1 blank], [7]-13, [1 blank], [1]-513, [1 blank] pp, including six folding tables. Bound in contemporary marbled boards and half calf [rubbed, hinges starting but firm]. A clean text. Very Good. With the bookplate of J.K. Paulding [1778-1860] on the... More

Price: $750.00

A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE INSURRECTION OF THE NEGROES OF ST. DOMINGO, BEGUN IN AUGUST, 1791:...

[St. Domingo]:

A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE INSURRECTION OF THE NEGROES OF ST. DOMINGO, BEGUN IN AUGUST, 1791: TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH. THE FOURTH EDITION: WITH NOTES AND AN APPENDIX EXTRACTED FROM AUTHENTIC ORIGINAL PAPERS.

[London? 1792?]. 32pp. Caption title, as issued. Erratum at the bottom of page 32. First page and last page with some dusting. Trimmed irregularly at top margin, affecting page numbers on two leaves but not taking any text. Good+, in plain modern green boards. Translated into English, this is... More

Price: $1,000.00

"I DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT GEORGE DAVIDSON HATH TAKEN UP A NEGRO MAN, NAMED JIM WHO SAYS HE...

[Jim, A Negro Man Named]:

"I DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT GEORGE DAVIDSON HATH TAKEN UP A NEGRO MAN, NAMED JIM WHO SAYS HE BELONGS TO MR. DANIEL MCNEILL OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, WHICH NEGRO HE BROUGHT TO WINCHESTER TO PUT HIM TO JAIL AND WHEN BROUGHT BEFORE ME I ORDER'D THE SAID DAVIDSON TO CONVEY THE SAID NEGRO TO HIS MASTER CONSIDERING THE CHARGES TO BE MUCH LESS THAN PUTTING HIM IN GAOL, THEREFORE DO DESIRE THE MASTER OF SD. NEGRO TO PAY THE SD DAVIDSON THE REWARD FOR TAKING UP SD NEGRO IF ANY [.] ALSO MILEAGE [.] GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AUGST. 14TH 1778. EDWARD MCGUIRE. "P.S. I AM APPREHENSIVE MR. GEORGE RENICKS IS THE MASTER OF SD NEGRO. E.M.G."

Hampshire County, VA: 1778. 4-1/2" x 8-1/4". Prepared completely in ink manuscript, Lightly toned, chip at blank margin. Very Good. Docketed on verso: "August 16th, 1778 | I do hereby assign over unto John Smoot the securing & charge of the within mentioned Negro as per Mr. McGuire's advice as... More

Price: $500.00

THERMOMETRICAL NAVIGATION. BEING A SERIES OF EXPERIMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS, TENDING TO PROVE, THAT...

[Williams, Jonathan]:

THERMOMETRICAL NAVIGATION. BEING A SERIES OF EXPERIMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS, TENDING TO PROVE, THAT BY ASCERTAINING THE RELATIVE HEAT OF THE SEA-WATER FROM TIME TO TIME, THE PASSAGE OF A SHIP THROUGH THE GULPH STREAM, AND FROM DEEP WATER INTO SOUNDINGS, MAY BE DISCOVERED IN TIME TO AVOID DANGER, ALTHOUGH (OWING TO TEMPESTUOUS WEATHER,) IT MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE TO HEAVE THE LEAD OR OBSERVE THE HEAVENLY BODIES. EXTRACTED FROM THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. VOL. 2 & 3. WITH ADDITIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS. "GOD HELPS THEM THAT HELP THEMSELVES." POOR RICHARD.

Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by R. Aitken, 1799. xii, 98, [3], [1 blank] pp., lacking the folding map. Errata at the bottom of page 98. Disbound, light wear, Good+. "A scientific treatise advancing the idea that sandbanks could be discovered by using the thermometer... Benjamin Franklin's grand-nephew, Jonathan Williams, was... More

Price: $350.00

Lathrop, John:

PATRIOTISM AND RELIGION. A SERMON, PREACHED ON THE 25TH OF APRIL, 1799, THE DAY RECOMMENDED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TO BE OBSERVED AS A NATIONAL FAST.

Boston: Printed by John Russell, 1799. 30pp, lacking the half title. Disbound, light scattered foxing, old gum label and rubberstamp. Good+. Lathrop seeks "to unite PATRIOTISM and RELIGION, in the American character." Despite having been "ridiculed by some," Patriotism "properly cultivated, becomes an eminent moral virtue." Jesus, for example, was... More

Price: $150.00

A SERMON, DELIVERED FEBRUARY 5, 1799; RECOMMENDED BY THE CLERGY OF THE CITY OF NEW-YORK, TO BE...

Miller, Samuel:

A SERMON, DELIVERED FEBRUARY 5, 1799; RECOMMENDED BY THE CLERGY OF THE CITY OF NEW-YORK, TO BE OBSERVED AS A DAY OF THANKSGIVING, HUMILIATION, AND PRAYER, ON ACCOUNT OF THE REMOVAL OF A MALIGNANT AND MORTAL DISEASE, WHICH HAD PREVAILED IN THE CITY SOME TIME BEFORE.

New York: George Forman, 1799. 36pp, as issued. Disbound, light dusting. Good+. A table at page 36 totals 2082 deaths, listed by religions. These include eleven Jews and "Negroes... 43." Miller was a minister of the United Presbyterian Church in New York. He contends that God is responsible for... More

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Washburn, Emory:

THE ORIGIN AND SOURCES OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS DECLARED IN THE CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS. REPRINTED FROM THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

Cambridge: Press of John Wilson and Sons, 1866. 22, [2 blanks] pp. Stitched. Lightly toned title leaf margins. Very Good except for absence of wraps. A former Whig Governor of Massachusetts, Washburn was a respected legal scholar who wrote this pamphlet just after the end of the Civil War... More

Price: $125.00

A DISCOURSE, DELIVERED AT HALLOWELL, APRIL 25TH, 1799. BEING THE DAY APPOINTED BY THE CHIEF...

Gillet, Eliphalet:

A DISCOURSE, DELIVERED AT HALLOWELL, APRIL 25TH, 1799. BEING THE DAY APPOINTED BY THE CHIEF MAGISTRATE OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR A NATIONAL FAST.

Hallowell- Printed. New York: Reprinted. Cornelius Davis, 1799. 22pp. Disbound, lacking the half title. Good+. On "the danger of a spirit of insubordination" to civil government. If France should "gain an ascendancy over us, farewel to that subordination, which is necessary to our peace, liberty and happiness and farewell... More

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AN ORATION, PRONOUNCED JULY 4, 1799, AT THE REQUEST OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF BOSTON, IN...

Lowell, John Jun.:

AN ORATION, PRONOUNCED JULY 4, 1799, AT THE REQUEST OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF BOSTON, IN COMMEMORATION OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.

Boston: Manning & Loring, 1799. 27, [1 blank] pp. Disbound and lightly dusted, else Very Good.. "More than an ordinary fourth of July oration" [Sabin]. Lowell, a prominent Federalist, warns of the "Gallic faction in this country," supporters of "the inhuman and savage atrocities which have disgraced the French Revolution."... More

Price: $250.00

Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture:

INQUIRIES BY THE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

[Boston: Young and Minns, 1800]. 29, [3 blanks] pp. Disbound, widely scattered foxing. Except as noted, Very Good. Fifty inquiries are propounded by the Trustees of the Society "with a view to collect the most accurate Information on the principal Branches of Agriculture, as now practiced, and thus be... More

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CRITICAL DISQUISITIONS ON THE EIGHTEENTH CHAPTER OF ISAIAH. IN A LETTER TO EDWARD KING, ESQ....

[Horsley, Samuel]:

CRITICAL DISQUISITIONS ON THE EIGHTEENTH CHAPTER OF ISAIAH. IN A LETTER TO EDWARD KING, ESQ. F.R.S.A.S. BY SAMUEL LORD BISHOP OF ROCHESTER, F.R.S.A.S.`.

Philadelphia: Re-printed by James Humphreys, From the London Copy of 1799, 1800. 12mo. v, [1 blank] , [7]-101, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, lacks the bookseller advertisement at page [103]. Except as noted, Very Good. The text includes both Hebrew and Greek lettering. Horsley was the Bishop of Rochester, whose life... More

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Thacher, Peter:

A SERMON, OCCASIONED BY THE DEATH OF GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON, AND PREACHED FEB. 22, 1800, BY THEIR DIRECTION, BEFORE HIS HONOR MOSES GILL, ESQ. COMMANDER IN CHIEF, THE HONORABLE COUNCIL, THE HONORABLE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.

Boston: Young & Minns, [1800]. 21, [3 blank] pp, but lacking the half title. Toned with scattered spotting, Good+. Evans 38618. Stillwell 233. More

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REGULATIONS FOR THE ORDER AND DISCIPLINE OF THE TROOPS OF THE UNITED STATES. PART I. Friedrich...

[Steuben, Friedrich Von]:

REGULATIONS FOR THE ORDER AND DISCIPLINE OF THE TROOPS OF THE UNITED STATES. PART I.

Philadelphia: Printed by Charles Cist, 1800. 12mo. [4],151,[8], [1 blank] pp, plus eight folded leaves of plates. Lacks the blank endpapers, light rubberstamp at a later leaf. Bound in later cloth [institutional blindstamp and paper spine label, inner hinges cracked]. Except for the binding, Very Good. A reprint of the... More

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WASHINGTON'S POLITICAL LEGACIES. TO WHICH IS ANNEXED AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS...

[Washington, George]:

WASHINGTON'S POLITICAL LEGACIES. TO WHICH IS ANNEXED AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS ILLNESS, DEATH, AND THE NATIONAL TRIBUTES OF RESPECT PAID TO HIS MEMORY, WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL OUTLINE OF HIS LIFE AND CHARACTER.

Boston: Russell and West, 1800. Original calf [hinges cracked but holding; rubbed, with portions of calf worn away]. viii, [9]-208, xiv [subscribers], [2 blank] pp. Scattered foxing, some gatherings browned. Good+. FIRST EDITION. Stillwell 250. Evans 38998. Howes W149. More

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EXTRA! JEFF DAVIS' ESCAPE!!! NEFARIOUS SCHEME FOR GETTING RID OF THE "DRAWN ELEPHANT." A RASCALLY...

[Davis, Jefferson]:

EXTRA! JEFF DAVIS' ESCAPE!!! NEFARIOUS SCHEME FOR GETTING RID OF THE "DRAWN ELEPHANT." A RASCALLY PLOT EXPOSED. A MISERABLE OLD FARCE PLAYED OUT. THE PLAYERS:...

[New York: Calvin Blanchard. 26 Ann Street, 1865?]. Broadside, 4-1/2" x 16". A couple of horizontal folds, light spotting, and a little shallow chipping at blank edges. Very Good. This satiric broadside-- a bitter rejection of leniency toward the Confederacy's president-- is a "burlesque trial of Jefferson Davis written in... More

Price: $1,500.00

CATALOGUE OF THE TRUSTEES, FACULTY AND STUDENTS OF THE ONEIDA INSTITUTE. Oneida Institute

Oneida Institute:

CATALOGUE OF THE TRUSTEES, FACULTY AND STUDENTS OF THE ONEIDA INSTITUTE.

Whitesboro: 1837. Original plain yellow wrappers [rubberstamp and deaccession notice on front wrap, rubberstamp on blank portion of title page]. 15, [1 blank] pp. Stitched. Except as noted, Very Good. In 1833 Beriah Green "accepted the presidency of the Oneida Institute at Whitesboro, N.Y. Here he attempted to maintain a.... More

Price: $350.00

CONFIDENTIAL. BANGOR, AUG. 31, 1838. GENTLEMEN, Maine Whig State Committee

Whig State Committee, Maine:

CONFIDENTIAL. BANGOR, AUG. 31, 1838. GENTLEMEN,...

Bangor: 1838. Folio sheet folded to 9" x 11-1/4". Printed on first page only, middle two pages blank. Last page addressed in ink to Moses Emery of Saco, faint postal cancel from Bangor in September, folded for mailing. Tear from blank seal, a remnant of the seal remaining. Good+. Ink... More

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A SERIES OF LECTURES ON THE SCIENCE OF GOVERNMENT; INTENDED TO PREPARE THE STUDENT FOR THE STUDY...

Tucker, N[athaniel] Beverley:

A SERIES OF LECTURES ON THE SCIENCE OF GOVERNMENT; INTENDED TO PREPARE THE STUDENT FOR THE STUDY OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. BY N. BEVERLEY TUCKER, PROFESSOR OF LAW IN THE UNIVERSITY OF WILLIAM AND MARY, AT WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA.

Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1845. 464pp. Scattered toning and light spotting. Very Good in modern cloth. Tucker insisted that sovereignty resided only in "the people": "governments are but creatures, and the people the creator." When Virginia decided to join the Union, that sovereignty is "no less sacred." "Tucker's books... More

Price: $650.00

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