New York: Benjamin Corlies, 1858. Original printed glossy wrappers [light fading to lettering]. Stitched. 10, [2 blanks] pp. Near Fine. Founded in 1847 as the Rock Island and LaSalle Rail Road Company, the Chicago and Rock Island reincorporated in 1851 and adopted these bylaws in 1858. In 1880, the Company... More about BY-LAWS OF THE CHICAGO AND ROCK ISLAND RAIL ROAD COMPANY, ADOPTED JUNE 9TH, 1858
[Chicago? 1857?]. Caption title [as issued], disbound without wrappers, 8pp. Very Good. This is the legal memorandum prepared by Chicago lawyers Gilbert, Kearney & Nelson. They represent Chicago auctioneers who challenge a Chicago ordinance "imposing a duty of one per cent on the sale of all personal property sold... More about COOK COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT, JUNE TERM, 1857. THE CITY OF CHICAGO VS. H.C. FOSTER, SAMUEL A. HATCH,...
Chicago: Chicago Times Book and Job Printing Establishment, 1862. Original printed front wrapper, disbound. 20pp. Good+. A rare Chicago imprint. The proposed 1862 Illinois Constitution provided for changes in Chicago's Board of Police and for home rule. However, the Constitutional Convention did not require submission of that Section "to... More about SUPREME COURT OF ILLINOIS. THIRD GRAND DIVISION. APRIL TERM, A.D. 1862. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE...
[Boston: 1838]. 12pp. Loosened stitching, lightly worn. A couple of closed tears in inner margin but text intact. Good+. Signed in type at the end, 'L. Child.' Josiah Dunham Jr., a Boston Alderman, was running for re-election. A Committee of the Massachusetts Legislature, of which Child was Chair, issued a.... More about APPEAL TO THE CITIZENS OF BOSTON. TO BE READ BEFORE VOTING
Rutland: Printed by Anthony Haswell, 1793. [9], 10-296pp. Bound in modern quarter calf and marbled boards, with gilt-lettered morocco spine label. Title page margins browned, light scattered foxing. Signature of "T. Baldwin, 1795" at head of title page. Very Good. Born in Connecticut, a Yale graduate and Revolutionary War... More about REPORTS AND DISSERTATIONS, IN TWO PARTS. PART I. REPORTS OF CASES DETERMINED IN THE SUPREME COURT...
Boston: William White, Printer to the State, 1854. 67, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, loosened, moderately worn, old institutional stamps. Minor text loss at leaf 63-64. Good only. OCLC 12218246 [4]. Not in Sabin, Eberstadt, or Decker. More about ARGUMENT FOR THE DIVISION OF WORCESTER COUNTY, ON THE PETITION OF O. L. HUNTLEY AND OTHERS,...
27TH Cong., 2d Sess. SD188. 1842. 13pp, dbd, light fox. Very Good. More about LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR, IN RELATION TO THE ADJUSTMENT OF CLAIMS ARISING UNDER THE 14TH...
Cincinnati: Gazette Steam Book and Job Printing House, 1869. Original printed blue wrappers with wrapper title, as issued. 39, [1 blank] pp. Light wrapper wear, Very Good. The Cincinnati public schools were bitterly divided by religious controversy. The religious affiliations of the 40-member Board of Education are listed: 18 Protestant... More about THE BIBLE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. PROCEEDINGS AND ADDRESSES AT THE MASS MEETING, PIKE'S MUSIC...
[Concord? February 1804]. Caption title as issued. Stitched. 11, [1 blank] pp. Untrimmed, Very Good. A Jeffersonian plea to defeat the Federalists in upcoming State elections. The choice for Governor is John Langdon, a delegate to the Constitutional Convention and one of New Hampshire's two first U.S. Senators. According to... More about AN ADDRESS TO THE CITIZENS OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, ON THE APPROACHING ELECTION OF STATE OFFICERS. BY A...
London: Published by Randal Taylor, 1682. 4to. [2], 31 [i.e., 35], [1 blank] pp. Title and last leaf dusted, else Very Good, in modern quarter morocco and green cloth, with spine title stamped in gilt. The Plea expresses the Corporation of London's determination to retain and, if possible, expand, its... More about THE CITY OF LONDON'S PLEA TO THE QUO WARRANTO (AN INFORMATION) BROUGHT AGAINST THEIR CHARTER IN...
London: Printed for T.D. and B.T. and are to be sold by S. Keble... 1696. 4to. [4], 35, [1 blank], 22, 16, 25-55, [1 blank], 55, [1], 65-126 pp. First leaf strengthened at margins, light rubberstamp to title page, light dusting and wear. Hole at one leaf affects several words... More about THE PLEADINGS, ARGUMENTS, AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS IN THE COURT OF KINGS-BENCH UPON THE QUO...
[Philadelphia: Bavis & Pennypacker, Printers, 1881?]. 7, [1] pp. Original front printed wrapper present [light chipping], disbound. Light edgewear. Good+. OCLC 50404979 [2]. More about CONSTITUTION AND LIST OF OFFICERS OF THE CIVIL-SERVICE REFORM ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA, AND...
[Columbus, Ohio? 1866?]. Folio broadside printed on yellow paper, 13" x 18". A variety of bold type sizes and fonts. A couple of closed tears [no loss] which do not impair text. Else Very Good. T.W. Tallmadge of Columbus, Authorized Military Claim Agent, offers his services and explains the terms... More about EQUALIZATION BOUNTY BILL! AS PASSED BY CONGRESS JULY 27, 1866, GIVES $100 ADDITIONAL BOUNTY! TO...
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[Boston: 1865]. Broadside, 7-1/2" x 9-1/2", docketed on verso. Printed form completed in ink manuscript. Signatures of Leendert Meyer, A.R. Hawthorne and Edward A. Gibson. Old folds [a few short splits at fold edges], light toning, three very small punch holes [no loss]. Very Good. [offered with] KNOW ALL... More about KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT I, LEONARD [misspelled] MEYERS BEING ENTITLED TO PRIZE MONEY...
1863. 4pp, inner margin pinholes and light fold, Very Good. The pleas and sentences in several courts martial. Crimes included drunkenness, insubordination, desertion. One record, however, was "fatally and disgracefully defective," enabling "a gross offender to escape punishment." More about GENERAL ORDERS NO. 62. HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, NEW ORLEANS, AUGUST 17, 1863
1863. One page, inner margin pinholes and light fold, Good+. . . By command of Major General Banks, Assistant Adjutant General Richard Irwin orders that all officers sign a registry when entering and leaving New Orleans. More about GENERAL ORDERS NO. 63. HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, NEW ORLEANS, AUGUST 26, 18
Washington: July 29, 1864. 76. [2] pp. Bound in modern wrappers. Short closed tear to outer margin of last leaf [no loss, no text affected]. Very Good. These regulations preceded the 1865 Freedmen's Bureau bill, which President Abraham Lincoln signed in early 1865. Pages 43-49 establish 'Freedmen's Home Colonies' "where... More about RULES AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE WITH AND IN STATES AND PARTS OF STATES...
Philadelphia: 1863. Broadside, 6" x 11". Fourteen paragraphs, 87 lines of text, Very Good. An unsigned, unrecorded broadside, dated 1863 in type from Philadelphia, with space for the names of 'Committee' members. No such names are printed, an understandable precaution: imprisonment and perhaps treason trials awaited those responsible for its... More about WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF ONE OF THE MOST DESPERATE AND CRUEL DESPOTISMS THAT EVER DISGRACED THE...
Baltimore: [1863]. 8pp, disbound. Text lightly folded, Very Good. The anonymous Maryland author, writing two months after issuance of the final Emancipation Proclamation, excoriates President Lincoln, whose "preposterous schemes" and "infamous career" have resulted in "an ignoble and galling tyranny," "the ruins of the free Government he swore to... More about THOUGHTS ON THE TIMES
np: [1861-1862]. 8pp, caption title [as issued], stitched. Lightly dusted, else Very Good. It was evidently the habit of this anonymous author to favor his Congressman with a "periodical letter" imparting his counsel. This one was probably written early in the War, because no mention is made of the Emancipation... More about UNION AND LIBERTY. POWERS OF CONGRESS IN RELATION TO THE SLAVES, WITH A FORM OF ENACTMENT IN...
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Philadelphia: Wm. Hall, Jun. & Geo. W. Pierie, Printers, 1809. [2], 150, 199 pp [as issued]. Original pale blue paper-covered boards, paper spine label, rebacked. Untrimmed, top edge uncut. Scattered light foxing, front free endpaper stained, light to moderate spotting of first few leaves. Inscription on front endpaper, "Presented by... More about PROOFS OF THE CORRUPTION OF GEN. JAMES WILKINSON, AND OF HIS CONNEXION WITH AARON BURR, WITH A...
Single page ink manuscript, 7.5" x 11". Light age toning, old folds [split at center horizontal fold, archival tape repairs on verso]. "Deposition of Maj. Robt. Floyd" on verso. Signed by Marston G. Clark, Very Good. The Deposition describes an annoying bureaucratic mixup. In August 1794 Major Floyd served... More about THE LEGAL DEPOSITION OF MAJOR ROBERT FLOYD, TAKEN BY MARSTON G. CLARK, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE OF...
Lockport, N.Y. 1863. 15pp, stitched, untrimmed. Light dustsoil, Good+. "The intention of the Republican leaders was to dissolve the Union, or else to destroy slavery in the States, and thus revolutionize the Government...But for Northern intermeddling with Southern institutions there would have been no secession." FIRST EDITION. More about THE ENEMIES OF THE CONSTITUTION AND THE UNION! PEACE OR WAR! SPEECH...DELIVERED BEFORE THE...
Washington, D.C. 1852. Broadside, 8" x 12.5". Printed with some manuscript notations and changes. Light old folds, some tanning along folds. Signed in type by John M. Clarke. Very Good. Clarke twice made manuscript changes to the date on this solicitation, originally printed as September 1st, 1852-- to Dec. 29... More about JANUARY 13, 1853, WASHINGTON CITY, D.C.| DEAR SIR: I TAKE THE LIBERTY OF ADDRESSING YOU A FEW...
np: 1878? 12pp. Original printed wrappers [light dustsoiling, edges lightly chipped], stitched. Minimal foxing of first page of text, some very light edgewear. A patent infringement case involving improvements in steam safety valves. OCLC 38699545 [1-Stanford Univ.]. More about SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, NO. 266. EDWARD H. ASHCROFT, COMPLAINANT AND APPELLANT, V....