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CONSTITUTION OF THE NEW-ENGLAND ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY: WITH AN ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC. New England Anti-Slavery Society.

New England Anti-Slavery Society:

CONSTITUTION OF THE NEW-ENGLAND ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY: WITH AN ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC.

Boston: Garrison and Knapp, 1832. Original wrappers, stitched, 16pp. Light to moderate foxing, Good+. This is the call to arms of the Abolition Movement in the United States-- preceding the formation of the American Anti-Slavery Society-- in the wake of the Nat Turner uprising. Emphasizing the Society's significance... More

Price: $750.00

AN ADDRESS OF THE LEGISLATURE TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. Massachusetts.

Massachusetts:

AN ADDRESS OF THE LEGISLATURE TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.

Boston: Edes and Sons, 1781. [3]-22, [2 blanks], 7, [1 blank], 8 pp. Lacking the half title. Stitched, untrimmed, light wear. Early 19th century ownership signatures. Except as noted, Very Good. A rallying cry for the people of Massachusetts to support the onerous Revolutionary War budget. "The animated struggle... More

Price: $1,500.00

AN ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1780. BEING BISEXTILE, OR LEAP YEAR: AND THE FOURTH OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE... BY DANIEL GEORGE, PHILOM. Daniel George.

George, Daniel:

AN ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1780. BEING BISEXTILE, OR LEAP YEAR: AND THE FOURTH OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE... BY DANIEL GEORGE, PHILOM.

Newbury: Printed and Sold by John MycalL----- Sold also by Draper & Folsom of Boston, [1778]. 12 leaves as issued. Spine reinforced. Some lightening of text, light toning, light blank edge wear. Good+. This is a scarce Revolutionary-era almanac. It is the only edition. With a table of roads and... More

Price: $650.00

AN ALMANACK, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR CHRIST, 1779. BEING THE THIRD AFTER BISEXTILE, OR LEAP YEAR, AND THE THIRD OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE. CONTAINING (BESIDES WHAT BELONGS TO AN ALMANACK) A VARIETY OF MATTER, USEFUL AND ENTERTAINING. BY DANIEL GEORGE, PHILOMATH. Daniel George.

George, Daniel:

AN ALMANACK, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR CHRIST, 1779. BEING THE THIRD AFTER BISEXTILE, OR LEAP YEAR, AND THE THIRD OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE. CONTAINING (BESIDES WHAT BELONGS TO AN ALMANACK) A VARIETY OF MATTER, USEFUL AND ENTERTAINING. BY DANIEL GEORGE, PHILOMATH.

Newbury-Port: Printed and Sold by John Mycall, and Draper & Folsom of Boston, [1778]. Stitched, 12 leaves as issued. Light wear, Very Good. This is a scarce Revolutionary-era almanac, which issued from Boston as well as Newburyport. Ours is "identical in content with the Draper & Folsom (Boston, 1778) edition... More

Price: $750.00

VOICE AROUND THE JAIL. VOL. I. NO. 2. Sylvanus Brown.

Brown, Sylvanus:

VOICE AROUND THE JAIL. VOL. I. NO. 2.

Essex County, Mass. Sunday, May 14, 1843. Folio sheet folded to 10-1/4" x 15". Old folds, some spotting. Good+. An idiosyncratic preacher, Sylvanus Brown was arrested in Rockport for disturbing the peace at the Union Meeting House, a church which once had served Universalists but now excluded them. He was... More

Price: $350.00

A COLLECTION OF TWENTY-FOUR MASSACHUSETTS ELECTION SERMONS, 1800-1835. Massachusetts Election Sermons.

Massachusetts Election Sermons:

A COLLECTION OF TWENTY-FOUR MASSACHUSETTS ELECTION SERMONS, 1800-1835.

Boston [one Northampton]: various printers, 1800-1835. Conditions vary from Good+ to Very Good. Scattered foxing, some disbound, some in original printed wrappers, occasional rubberstamp. The years represented are 1800, 1801, 1803, 1804, 1804, 1805, 1809, 1811, 1812, 1813, 1814, 1815, 1818, 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823, 1826, 1828, 1829, 1832, 1833... More

Price: $500.00

[Cutler, James]:

J. RUSSELL'S GAZETTE. COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL. PUBLISHED ON MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS, BY JAMES CUTLER, AT HIS OFFICE, IN CONGRESS-STREET, (FORMERLY QUAKER-LANE,) BOSTON.

Boston: James Cutler, Monday, September 15, 1800. Elephant folio broadsheet, folded to 12-1/4" x 20-1/2". [4]pp. Old folds, several fox spots, untrimmed. Good+. This issue is No. 4 of volume IX. The Gazette is filled with advertisements; a several-column list of wholesale prices current at Boston; commercial news; and several... More

Price: $150.00

Adams, Zabdiel:

THE BISHOP'S OFFICE A GOOD WORK. A SERMON PREACHED AT THE ORDINATION OF THE REV. MR. CHARLES STEARNS, TO THE PASTORAL CARE OF THE CHURCH IN LINCOLN, NOVEMBER 7, 1781.

Boston: Printed by T. and J. Fleet, 1782. 30, [2 blanks] pp, with the half title, as issued. Erratum at the base of page 30. Disbound, scattered foxing, light old rubberstamp on half title. Good+. Adams was Pastor of the Church in Lunenburg. "Men of unprincipled hearts, of empty heads... More

Price: $175.00

Mably, L'Abbe de:

OBSERVATIONS SUR LE GOUVERNEMENT ET LES LOIX DES ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE.

Amsterdam: J.F. Rosart & Comp. 1784. [2], 213, [1 blank] pp, as issued. Contemporary plain wrappers [worn, some chipping]. Untrimmed and uncut. Early leaves dusted. Else Very Good. In an attractive modern folding case, with the bookplate of James Copley, gilt-lettered spine title. Howes calls this the first edition, but... More

Price: $600.00

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, DATED AT BOSTON, OCTOBER 4, 1889, FROM BARRETT WENDELL TO "MY DEAR MR. HAVEN," DESCRIBING PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON'S DISTRAUGHT STATE DURING THE IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS: "THE STORY OF ANDREW JOHNSON IS THIS. I HAVE IT DIRECTLY FROM THE MAN CONCERNED. THIS WAS AN INTIMATE FRIEND OF MR. HUGH MCCULLOCH, WHO YOU MAY REMEMBER WAS JOHNSON'S SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. DURING THE IMPEACHMENT THIS GENTLEMAN, WHO CHANCED TO BE IN WASHINGTON, CALLED ON MR. MCCULLOCH. THE SECRETARY . . . ASKED HIM HIS OPINION OF THE PRESIDENT. "'I THINK HIM,' SAID THE VISITOR, 'IMPOLITIC BUT THOROUGHLY HONEST.' 'YOU MUST TELL HIM SO,' SAID MR. MCCULLOCH. "IN SPITE OF PROTESTATIONS, THE VISITOR WAS HURRIED TO THE WHITE HOUSE & INTO SOME INNER ROOM, WHERE THEY FOUND JOHNSON ALONE. THERE HE WAS ASKED TO REPEAT TO THE PRESIDENT WHAT HE HAD SAID TO THE SECRETARY. WITH NATURAL HESITATION HE DID SO. WHEN HE CAME TO THE WORD 'HONEST' JOHNSON SPRANG TO HIS FEET, HELD OUT BOTH HANDS, & LITERALLY WEEPING, GRASPED THE HANDS OF THE VISITOR, TOO MUCH AFFECTED TO SPEAK. "I KNOW OF FEW MORE PATHETIC SCENES THAN THIS... IGNORANT, PATRIOTIC JOHNSON, MADDENED BY THE HOUNDS OF PARTY POLITICS, BELIEVING HIM SELF DOOMED TO STAND ALONE FOR WHAT HE BELIEVED RIGHT, & ACTUALLY AFFECTED BEYOND THE RANGE OF SPEECH BY THE MEETING WITH A SINGLE MAN WHO WAS WILLING TO AVOW BELIEF IN HIS HONESTY. JOHNSON, YOU REMEMBER, WOULD NOT DISAVOW THE UNION WHEN THE SECESSIONISTS OF TENNESSEE PUT A ROPE AROUND HIS NECK. A VULGAR FELLOW HE WAS NO DOUBT - A COMMON MAN OF THE COMMON PEOPLE. BUT IN THE END, I BELIEVE, HE WILL BE RECOGNIZED AS ONE WHO DID HIS BEST. SINCERELY YOURS, BENNETT WENDELL" Andrew Johnson, Barrett Wendell.

[Johnson, Andrew] Wendell, Barrett:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, DATED AT BOSTON, OCTOBER 4, 1889, FROM BARRETT WENDELL TO "MY DEAR MR. HAVEN," DESCRIBING PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON'S DISTRAUGHT STATE DURING THE IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS: "THE STORY OF ANDREW JOHNSON IS THIS. I HAVE IT DIRECTLY FROM THE MAN CONCERNED. THIS WAS AN INTIMATE FRIEND OF MR. HUGH MCCULLOCH, WHO YOU MAY REMEMBER WAS JOHNSON'S SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. DURING THE IMPEACHMENT THIS GENTLEMAN, WHO CHANCED TO BE IN WASHINGTON, CALLED ON MR. MCCULLOCH. THE SECRETARY . . . ASKED HIM HIS OPINION OF THE PRESIDENT. "'I THINK HIM,' SAID THE VISITOR, 'IMPOLITIC BUT THOROUGHLY HONEST.' 'YOU MUST TELL HIM SO,' SAID MR. MCCULLOCH. "IN SPITE OF PROTESTATIONS, THE VISITOR WAS HURRIED TO THE WHITE HOUSE & INTO SOME INNER ROOM, WHERE THEY FOUND JOHNSON ALONE. THERE HE WAS ASKED TO REPEAT TO THE PRESIDENT WHAT HE HAD SAID TO THE SECRETARY. WITH NATURAL HESITATION HE DID SO. WHEN HE CAME TO THE WORD 'HONEST' JOHNSON SPRANG TO HIS FEET, HELD OUT BOTH HANDS, & LITERALLY WEEPING, GRASPED THE HANDS OF THE VISITOR, TOO MUCH AFFECTED TO SPEAK. "I KNOW OF FEW MORE PATHETIC SCENES THAN THIS... IGNORANT, PATRIOTIC JOHNSON, MADDENED BY THE HOUNDS OF PARTY POLITICS, BELIEVING HIM SELF DOOMED TO STAND ALONE FOR WHAT HE BELIEVED RIGHT, & ACTUALLY AFFECTED BEYOND THE RANGE OF SPEECH BY THE MEETING WITH A SINGLE MAN WHO WAS WILLING TO AVOW BELIEF IN HIS HONESTY. JOHNSON, YOU REMEMBER, WOULD NOT DISAVOW THE UNION WHEN THE SECESSIONISTS OF TENNESSEE PUT A ROPE AROUND HIS NECK. A VULGAR FELLOW HE WAS NO DOUBT - A COMMON MAN OF THE COMMON PEOPLE. BUT IN THE END, I BELIEVE, HE WILL BE RECOGNIZED AS ONE WHO DID HIS BEST. SINCERELY YOURS, BENNETT WENDELL"

6" x 4 1/4". [4]pp [one folded sheet], unlined paper, completely in ink manuscript. Docketed on fore-edge of first page, "Wendell B. Oct. 4, 89." Very Good. Barrett Wendell (1855-1921) was a Harvard literature professor. The story that he tells in this Letter suggests the enormous tension engulfing President Johnson... More

Price: $750.00

Wells, Daniel:

ARGUMENT OF DANIEL WELLS, ESQ. ON THE TRIAL OF WILLIAM WYMAN, AT LOWELL, NOV. 1843, ON AN INDICTMENT AGAINST HIMSELF AND OTHERS FOR EMBEZZLEMENT OF THE FUNDS OF THE PHOENIX BANK, CHARLESTOWN, MASS...

Greenfield, Mass. Printed by A. Phelps, 1844. 75, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, title page dusted and a closed margin tear [no loss]. Old rubberstamp on blank verso of title page. Text otherwise clean. Good+. Wyman was the Bank president. Daniel Webster represented him. Wells was the prosecutor. AI 44-6526 [4]. Not in Cohen. More

Price: $125.00

CONCISE ACCOUNT OF THE LONDON SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIANITY AMONGST THE JEWS. Hannah Adams.

[Adams, Hannah]:

CONCISE ACCOUNT OF THE LONDON SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIANITY AMONGST THE JEWS.

Boston: Printed by John Eliot, 1816. 12pp, minor spotting, stitched into modern wrappers. Very Good. Jews, says Adams, are "the lost sheep of the house of Israel," whose redemption will be rendered possible by the efforts of the Society in America. "Deeply impressed with the importance of this great object... More

Price: $500.00

Adams, Amos:

MINISTERIAL AFFECTION RECOMMENDED, IN A SERMON PREACHED AT READING, OCTOBER 25. 1769. AT THE ORDINATION OF THE REV. MR. CALEB PRENTICE.

Boston, New-England: Thomas and John Fleet, 1769. 32pp, disbound. Title leaf detached but present. Expertly repaired short closed tear to title leaf [no loss]. Good+. For his entire career Adams was pastor of the First Church at Roxbury. "He was secretary of the convention of ministers at Watertown, which... More

Price: $175.00

A CHURCH OF CHRIST VINDICATED. A SHORT AND PLAIN RELATION OF SOME TRANSACTIONS IN THE SOUTH CHURCH AT EASTHAM. FORCED INTO THE PUBLICK BY SEVERAL FALLACIOUS PAMPHLETS THAT HAVE BEEN LATELY PUBLISHED. South Church at Eastham.

South Church at Eastham:

A CHURCH OF CHRIST VINDICATED. A SHORT AND PLAIN RELATION OF SOME TRANSACTIONS IN THE SOUTH CHURCH AT EASTHAM. FORCED INTO THE PUBLICK BY SEVERAL FALLACIOUS PAMPHLETS THAT HAVE BEEN LATELY PUBLISHED.

Boston: Printed by Tho. Fleet in Pudding-Lane, near the Town-House, where all sorts of Printing may be had well done and cheap... [1723 or 1724]. 56pp. Bound in 19th century marbled boards and quarter calf [rebacked]. Trimmed a bit closely from time to time, but without affecting any text. Very... More

Price: $2,000.00

THE CHARTER GRANTED BY THEIR MAJESTIES KING WILLIAM AND QUEEN MARY, TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE PROVINCE OF MASSACHUSETTS-BAY IN NEW-ENGLAND. Massachusetts.

[Massachusetts]:

THE CHARTER GRANTED BY THEIR MAJESTIES KING WILLIAM AND QUEEN MARY, TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE PROVINCE OF MASSACHUSETTS-BAY IN NEW-ENGLAND.

Boston, in New-England: S. Kneeland. 1742. [bound with] ACTS AND LAWS, OF HIS MAJESTY'S PROVINCE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS-BAY IN NEW ENGLAND. Boston in New England. Printed and Sold by Samuel Kneeland and Timothy Green... 1742. [2], 14, 28, [2], 333, [1 blank] pp [as issued]. Bound with five succeeding Acts... More

Price: $2,500.00

Massachusetts:

ACTS AND LAWS... WEDNESDAY THE TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY OF MAY, 1752.

[Boston: S. Kneeland and T. Green, 1752]. Folio. Caption title, as issued. Pages 425-426. Imprint at colophon. A couple of light rubberstamps. Evans 6876. ESTC W14639 [4 locations]. [bound with] ACTS AND LAWS... AT THE PARLIAMENT BEGUN AND HOLDEN AT WESTMINSTER, THE TENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, ANNO DOM. 1747... [Boston: 1752]... More

Price: $175.00

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