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[Society of Friends]:

A LETTER FROM ONE OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, RELATIVE TO THE CONSCIENTIOUS SCRUPULOUSNESS OF ITS MEMBERS TO BEAR ARMS.

[Philadelphia]: From the Press, 1795. 18pp, sewn, untrimmed, partly uncut. Mild toning, blank lower margin with some small wormholes. Very Good. A forthright (though anonymous), scarce and powerful early defense of the religious liberty not to bear arms, based upon the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment; and... More about A LETTER FROM ONE OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, RELATIVE TO THE CONSCIENTIOUS SCRUPULOUSNESS OF ITS...

Price: $750.00

[Maryland]:

A BILL, ENTITLED, AN ACT MORE EFFECTUALLY TO PROVIDE FOR THE NATIONAL DEFENCE, BY ESTABLISHING AN UNIFORM MILITIA THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.

[Annapolis: 1793]. Folio sheet, folded to 8-1/2" x 13-1/4". [4] pp. Caption title as issued. Old folds, some foxing along folds and margins, else Very Good. Docketed in manuscript on blank portion of last page: "Negatived by the Senate- Nov. 1793." The Bill, which failed to pass the Maryland... More about A BILL, ENTITLED, AN ACT MORE EFFECTUALLY TO PROVIDE FOR THE NATIONAL DEFENCE, BY ESTABLISHING AN...

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Dorr Rebellion:

BY HIS EXCELLENCY SAMUEL WARD KING, GOVERNOR, CAPTAIN GENERAL, AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS I HAVE THIS DAY RECEIVED FROM HIS EXCELLENCY JOHN TYLER, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES...

[Providence? 1842]. Broadside, 11-1/2" x 20". Printed in three columns. Woodcut illustration of Rhode Island seal, with the word 'Hope' printed at head of title. Old light folds, several fox spots. Good+. Governor King's folio broadside publishes President Tyler's Letter of April 11, 1842, promising that American troops would... More about BY HIS EXCELLENCY SAMUEL WARD KING, GOVERNOR, CAPTAIN GENERAL, AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE...

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Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce:

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION AND RULES OF THE PHILADELPHIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

Philadelphia: Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Junior, February 9, 1801. 8, [18 blanks] pp. Stitched into contemporary marbled wrappers. Fine. [offered with] Manuscript document headed "Chamber of Commerce 2nd March 1801." Folio leaf folded to [1], [3 blanks] pp, addressed on last page, "For Mr. T. W. Francis". The manuscript prints... More about ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION AND RULES OF THE PHILADELPHIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

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Richardson, Luther:

AN ORATION, PRONOUNCED JULY 4, 1800, AT THE REQUEST OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF ROXBURY, IN COMMEMORATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.

Boston: [1800]. 19, [1 blank] pp. With the half title. Light to moderate foxing, disbound, Good+. Unlike most countries, we assemble "not to pay the servile homage of adulation for the birth of kings and despots." Our revolution was not the "demon of anarchy"-- as in France-- and there are... More about AN ORATION, PRONOUNCED JULY 4, 1800, AT THE REQUEST OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF ROXBURY, IN...

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Abott, Abott A.:

THE ASSASSINATION AND DEATH OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AT WASHINGTON, ON THE 14TH OF APRIL, 1865.

New York: American News Company, [1865]. 12pp. Stitched but loosened. Text surrounded by a black mourning border. Light uniform toning, Very Good. 'Price 15 Cents' above the top border on the title page. This record of the tragic events precedes the formal identification and capture of Booth and his co-conspirators... More about THE ASSASSINATION AND DEATH OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AT...

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[Confederate South Carolina Bond]:

LOAN UNDER 'ACT TO RAISE SUPPLIES FOR THE YEAR COMMENCING OCTOBER 1, 1860.' $500. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. NO. 75 CHARLESTON, 1ST FEBRUARY, 1861. BE IT KNOWN, THAT THERE IS DUE BY THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA UNTO JOHN FISHER JR. OR BEARER, THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, REDEEMABLE AT THE TREASURY IN THIS CITY, ON THE 1ST DAY OF JULY, IN THE YEAR EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-TWO, BEARING INTEREST AT THE RATE OF SEVEN PER CENT PER ANNUM, PAYABLE ANNUALLY, ON THE 1ST DAY OF JULY, AT THE TREASURY, IN CHARLESTON, ON PRESENTATION OF THE ANNEXED COUPONS... SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT, AND COUNTERSIGNED BY THE CASHIER, OF THE BANK OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE ABOVE ACT.

[Charleston, SC]: Evans & Cogswell, Print. 1861. 10" x 11-1/2", including eight annexed coupons in four rows of two coupons each. Bond surrounded by ornamental border. Cuts of South Carolina's palmetto flag and a palmetto tree surrounded by agricultural products, a ship and steam train in the background. Fisher's name... More about LOAN UNDER 'ACT TO RAISE SUPPLIES FOR THE YEAR COMMENCING OCTOBER 1, 1860.' $500. STATE OF SOUTH...

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[Lincoln, Abraham]:

REPORTS FROM THE JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE TO ENQUIRE INTO THE CONDITION OF THE STATE BANK OF ILLINOIS, TOGETHER WITH THE ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS, MADE TO BOTH HOUSES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. JANUARY 21, 1840. READ IN BOTH HOUSES, AND LAID ON THE TABLE.

Springfield: Wm. Walters, Public Printer, 1840. 121, [1 blank] pp. Illinois Senate & H.R., 11th Assem. 2d Session. Light scattered foxing. Disbound, a few leaves loosening, else Very Good. The Reports are a notable Lincoln rarity. Lincoln served as a member of the Joint Select Committee and was a co-signer... More about REPORTS FROM THE JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE TO ENQUIRE INTO THE CONDITION OF THE STATE BANK OF...

Price: $3,500.00

Bates, Finis L.:

THE ESCAPE AND SUICIDE OF JOHN WILKES BOOTH OR THE FIRST TRUE ACCOUNT OF LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION CONTAINING A COMPLETE CONFESSION BY BOOTH MANY YEARS AFTER THE CRIME. GIVING IN FULL DETAIL THE PLANS, PLOT AND INTRIGUE OF THE CONSPIRATORS, AND THE TREACHERY OF ANDREW JOHNSON, THEN VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. WRITTEN FOR THE CORRECTION OF HISTORY.

Memphis, Tenn. Bates Publishing Co., [1907]. Original printed wrappers [wrapper wear along spine, wraps nearly detached], depicting Booth shooting Lincoln at Ford's Theater. Photo illustration frontis of the author. [12], 309, [1 blank] pp. With photo illustrations of Booth, Lincoln, and others. Text uniformly browned but the illustrations are unscathed... More about THE ESCAPE AND SUICIDE OF JOHN WILKES BOOTH OR THE FIRST TRUE ACCOUNT OF LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION...

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Marshall, Samuel S[cott]:

TO THE VOTERS OF THE NINTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. McLEANSBORO, ILL., MAY 1, '62. FELLOW CITIZENS:

[McLeansboro, Ill. 1862]. Broadside, 12" x 7-1/2". Printed in three columns beneath the title, on ruled paper. Near Fine. This rare, evidently unrecorded broadside announces Marshall's candidacy for Congress. General John Logan, a pre-War Democrat who vigorously supported the Lincoln Administration, had resigned the seat in April 1862 to become... More about TO THE VOTERS OF THE NINTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. McLEANSBORO, ILL., MAY 1, '62. FELLOW CITIZENS:

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Green, Beriah:

THE AMERICAN STUDENT. A VALEDICTORY ADDRESS TO THE SENIOR CLASS OF THE ONEIDA INSTITUTE, DELIVERED SEPTEMBER 12, 1838.

Whitesboro [NY]: Press of the Oneida Institute, 1838. 32pp. Stitched in original printed blue wrappers. Light wear, closed margin tear in one leaf [no loss]. Very Good. Green-- abolitionist, utopian, and all-around reformer-- demonstrates the breadth of his learning in this discourse on education. Green gives a failing grade to... More about THE AMERICAN STUDENT. A VALEDICTORY ADDRESS TO THE SENIOR CLASS OF THE ONEIDA INSTITUTE,...

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[Dorr Rebellion]:

A SENSIBLE CONCLUSION. LETTER OF JONAH TITUS, ESQ.

[Providence? 1842]. Broadside, 8" x 11". Light dusting and wear, Good+. The broadside, opposing the Dorrites, prints Titus's 1842 letter to Rhode Island Governor King withdrawing his candidacy for Attorney General on the Dorr Ticket "under the so-called 'People's Constitution'." Titus has taken to heart President Tyler's admonition that federal... More about A SENSIBLE CONCLUSION. LETTER OF JONAH TITUS, ESQ

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Shirley, G[eorge] Y[ates]:

AN ESSAY ON DENTISTRY FOR THE BENEFIT OF FAMILIES, &C. BY G.Y. SHIRLEY, M.D.

Jacksonville, IL: Wm. C. Swett, Book and Job Printer, 1846. 21, [3 blank] pp. Disbound, closely trimmed at bottom margin, with several words or portions thereof lost from the last line of pages 14-16, 19. Good+. Dr. Shirley's rare pamphlet discusses diseases of teeth and gums, children's teeth, permanent... More about AN ESSAY ON DENTISTRY FOR THE BENEFIT OF FAMILIES, &C. BY G.Y. SHIRLEY, M.D

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[Burnham, Josiah]:

AN ANALYSIS OR OUTLINE, OF THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF JOSIAH BURNHAM; WHO WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH, AT THE SUPREME COURT, HOLDEN AT PLYMOUTH, ON THE 4TH TUESDAY OF MAY, 1806,- AND WHOSE EXECUTION WAS TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE AT HAVERHILL, THE 15TH OF JULY FOLLOWING, BUT REPRIEVED BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR, WITH ADVICE OF THE HON. COUNCIL, TO THE 12TH OF AUGUST; FOR THE MURDER OF RUSSELL FREEMAN AND JOSEPH STARKWEATHER,- WHICH OCCURRENCE TOOK PLACE, AT HAVERHILL GAOL, ON THE 17TH OF DECEMBER, 1805. COMMUNICATED BY HIMSELF.

Hanover, N.H. Printed by Moses Davis, [1806]. 11, [1 blank] pp. Original stitching, untrimmed. Scattered spotting and light wear, else Very Good. This sensational murder trial drew more than 10,000 spectators on execution day. The site was the west side of Powder House Hill in the little town of Haverhill... More about AN ANALYSIS OR OUTLINE, OF THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF JOSIAH BURNHAM; WHO WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH,...

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[Dunlap, William]:

ANDRE: A TRAGEDY, IN FIVE ACTS: AS NOW PERFORMING AT THE THEATRE IN NEW YORK. TO WHICH IS ADDED, THE COW-CHACE: A SATIRICAL POEM. BY MAJOR ANDRE: WITH THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE COURT MARTIAL; AND AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS CONCERNING HIM.

London: Printed for David Ogilvy and Son, 1799. viii, [9]-110 pp. Disbound, lacking the final advertisement leaf, and torn at the corner of leaf 37-38 [several words and letters affected]. Otherwise, Good+. The book first issued from New York in 1798. This is the only other 18th century edition. "Dunlap... More about ANDRE: A TRAGEDY, IN FIVE ACTS: AS NOW PERFORMING AT THE THEATRE IN NEW YORK. TO WHICH IS ADDED,...

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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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Smith, Gerrit:

THE METHODIST CONVENTION. WHO WROTE THAT LAST RESOLUTION? HOW CAME IT TO BE ADOPTED?

Peterboro: March 8, 1870. Folio broadside, 8" x 13", printed in two columns. A few spots and old folds, Very Good. Smith, whose reformist impulses were channeled into the Temperance Movement after Slavery's abolition, congratulates the Methodists for denouncing "the liquor traffic." But he chastises them for refusing to... More about THE METHODIST CONVENTION. WHO WROTE THAT LAST RESOLUTION? HOW CAME IT TO BE ADOPTED?

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Tilton, Theodore:

THE GOLDEN AGE. CAMPAIGN TRACTS. THE PHILADELPHIA FAILURE, REVIEW OF GRANT'S RENOMINATION. BY THEODORE TILTON. REPRINTED FROM "THE GOLDEN AGE" OF JUNE 8, 1872."

New York: The Golden Age, 1872. Small, 4-1/2" x 6-1/2". 10, [1 blank], [1-publishers notice] pp. Stitched. Original printed title wrappers. Light toning and wrapper spotting, Very Good. Pencil ownership inscription of "L.H. Osborn" on rear cover. Tilton-- journalist, reformer, abolitionist, cuckolded by Henry Ward Beecher-- founded "The Golden... More about THE GOLDEN AGE. CAMPAIGN TRACTS. THE PHILADELPHIA FAILURE, REVIEW OF GRANT'S RENOMINATION. BY...

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[Johnson, Andrew] Welles, Gideon:

GENERAL ORDER NO. 60, NAVY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, JUNE 26, 1865. THE FOLLOWING PROCLAMATIONS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ARE PUBLISHED FOR THE INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE OF OFFICERS OF THE NAVY. GIDEON WELLES, SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.

[Washington: 1865]. 5-1/4" x 7"-1/2". 5, [3 blank] pp. Caption title [as issued], two sheets folded together. Crisp and clean. Signed in type "Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy"; "Andrew Johnson" as President; "William H. Seward, Secretary of State", and "W. Hunter, Acting Secretary of State". Fine. The General Order... More about GENERAL ORDER NO. 60, NAVY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, JUNE 26, 1865. THE FOLLOWING PROCLAMATIONS BY...

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[Franklin, Benjamin] Haid, J.E.:

MEZZOTINT BUST PORTRAIT OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, DIRECTED LEFT, FACING FRONT, WEARING THICK CURLED WIG AND COAT WITH WHITE CRAVAT, OVAL OVER BASE ENGRAVED "D. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, ET VITA INTER AMERICANOS ACTA, ET MAGNIS ELECTRICITATIS PERICULIS CLARUS.", WITHIN RECTANGULE BORDER. [At very bottom: J.E. HAID SCULP. A.V. 1778.].

[n.p. 1778]. 5-1/2" x 8-1/4". Mounted to 8-1/2" x 11" buff paper backing with two tape tabs on verso. Right edge reinforced with archival tape on blank verso. Very Good The scarce first edition of Haid's mezzotint portrait of Franklin. Haid made two portraits of Franklin using the same... More about MEZZOTINT BUST PORTRAIT OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, DIRECTED LEFT, FACING FRONT, WEARING THICK CURLED...

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[Franklin, Benjamin] Cochin, Charles Nicholas:

ENGRAVED PORTRAIT OF BESPECTACLED BENJAMIN FRANKLIN IN A FUR CAP. "BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. NE A BOSTON, DANS LA NOUVELLE ANGLETERRE LE 17 JANVIER 1706."

[n.p. n.d.]. 5 3/8" x 7 3/8" printed area on 9" x 11 3/4" thick paper. Oval bust portrait of Franklin wearing his spectacles, a thick fur hat and coat, his body and head turned right with his eyes facing front. Portrait surrounded by oval frame with caption directly below... More about ENGRAVED PORTRAIT OF BESPECTACLED BENJAMIN FRANKLIN IN A FUR CAP. "BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. NE A...

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Neal, Daniel:

THE HISTORY OF NEW-ENGLAND, CONTAINING AN IMPARTIAL ACCOUNT OF THE CIVIL AND ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS OF THE COUNTRY, TO THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 1700. TO WHICH IS ADDED, THE PRESENT STATE OF NEW-ENGLAND. WITH A NEW AND ACCURATE MAP OF THE COUNTRY, AND AN APPENDIX CONTAINING THEIR PRESENT CHARTER, THEIR ECCLESIASTICAL DISCIPLINE, AND THEIR MUNICIPAL LAWS. IN TWO VOLUMES. THE SECOND EDITION. WITH MANY ADDITIONS BY THE AUTHOR. VOL. II.

London: A. Ward, T. Longman, T. Shewell, J. Oswald, A. Millar, J. Brackstone, 1747. Volume II only of two volume set. [1-title] [1 blank], 380, [17-index] pp. Disbound, untrimmed, partly uncut, loose gatherings. Leaf containing pages 151-152 has large closed tear [no text loss, some browning along tear edges]. Good+... More about THE HISTORY OF NEW-ENGLAND, CONTAINING AN IMPARTIAL ACCOUNT OF THE CIVIL AND ECCLESIASTICAL...

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[Episcopal Church]:

EPISCOPAL WATCHMAN. FIRST FIVE ISSUES: VOL. I, NO. 1, MARCH 26, 1827 THROUGH VOL. 1, NO. 5, APRIL 23, 1827.

Hartford: H. Huntington, Jr.; Printed by P. Canfield, 1827. Newspaper, 9" x 11". First five issues, 40pp [each issue 8pp]. Caption title [as issued], printed in three columns per page. Disbound, spine of each number reinforced with archival tape. Small archival repair of closed tear at edge of first page... More about EPISCOPAL WATCHMAN. FIRST FIVE ISSUES: VOL. I, NO. 1, MARCH 26, 1827 THROUGH VOL. 1, NO. 5, APRIL...

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Prince, Thomas:

A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF NEW-ENGLAND IN THE FORM OF ANNALS: BEING A SUMMARY AND EXACT ACCOUNT OF THE MOST MATERIAL TRANSACTIONS AND OCCURRENCES RELATING TO THIS COUNTRY, IN THE ORDER OF TIME WHEREIN THEY HAPPENED, FROM THE DISCOVERY BY CAPT. GOSNOLD IN 1602, TO THE ARRIVAL OF GOVERNOR BELCHER, IN 1730. WITH AN INTRODUCTION...VOL. I.

Boston, N.E. Printed by S. Kneeland & Green for S. Gerrish, 1736. Contemporary calf [hinges starting, spine chip], covers bordered by gilt rules. Raised spine bands, gilt-lettered 'I' stamped on spine. [10], xi, [1], 20, 104, [2], 254 pp. Title printed in red and black. Rear free endpaper lacking; front... More about A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF NEW-ENGLAND IN THE FORM OF ANNALS: BEING A SUMMARY AND EXACT ACCOUNT...

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[Liberia]:

MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA TO THE TWO HOUSES OF THE LEGISLATURE AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE SESSION OF 1868.

Monrovia: J.W. Barbour, Printer, 1869. Original printed wrappers, stitched. 22, [2 blank] pp. Front wrapper with the ink signature, 'Hon. John Bright'; and postal cancel dated Aug. 17 1869. Signed in type at the end 'James S. Payne. Monrovia, December 10th, 1868.' Light wear, Very Good. Governor James S. Payne... More about MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA TO THE TWO HOUSES OF THE LEGISLATURE AT THE...

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