London: Printed by J. Paramore, 1787. 12mo, 12pp. Lower quadrants spotted. Good+, bound in modern marbled boards. The first Methodist Bishop, Coke was "superintendent" for America and, in the course of his duties, made nine voyages to the West Indies between 1784 and 1803. These Letters, written from Dominica... More about A CONTINUATION OF DR. COKE'S JOURNAL: IN TWO LETTERS TO THE REV. J. WESLEY
London: Printed by J. Paramore, 1787. 12mo, 12pp. Title page browned. Light foxing. Inner margins archivally reinforced. Good+, in modern marbled boards. The first Methodist Bishop, Coke was "superintendent" for America and, in the course of his duties, made nine voyages to the West Indies between 1784 and... More about EXTRACT OF THE REV. DR. COKE'S JOURNAL FROM GRAVESEND TO ANTIGUA, IN A LETTER TO THE REV. J. WESLEY
[New Jersey: 1820]. Broadside, printed, 8-1/4" x 12-3/4". Untrimmed and lightly tanned. Dated, in type, January 26, 1820. Very Good. In 1798, the New York Legislature granted Robert R. Livingston and Robert Fulton a monopoly to navigate steamboats in New York waters. Resentment among competitors and others resulted. The... More about TO THE HONOURABLE THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW-JERSEY. THE PETITION OF THE SUBSCRIBERS,...
n.p. 1877. Small paper, 2 3/4" x 4 3/8"; possibly cut from a larger document. Neat ink manuscript. Signed less than 7 months before Welles's death. Light shadows at each corner of recto from four glue remnants on verso from previous mounting. Very Good. Gideon Welles [1802-1878] was a.... More about AUTOGRAPH OF GIDEON WELLES ON SMALL PAPER: "GIDEON WELLES | HARTFORD | 10TH JULY 1877."