MEMORIAL OF THE CHEROKEE INDIANS RESIDING IN NORTH CAROLINA, PRAYING THE PAYMENT OF THEIR CLAIMS, AGREEABLY TO THE 8TH AND 12TH ARTICLES OF THE TREATY OF 1835.
29th Cong., 1st Sess. SD408. 1846. 24pp, dbd, minor loosening and wear. Very Good. More
29th Cong., 1st Sess. SD408. 1846. 24pp, dbd, minor loosening and wear. Very Good. More
Parsons, KS: Foley R'Y Printing Co., 1892 [i.e., 1893]. 425, VII pp. Loose textblock, early leaves chipped at blank fore-edge, covers worn and detached. One index page with large chip to corner [repaired on verso, no loss]. Good Rader 714. Hargrett 71. Gilcrease-Hargrett p.73. More
Baltimore: John Murphy, 1860. 24pp, disbound. Very Good. In a deliberate scheme to bar Northern Democrats like Stephen Douglas from the Party's 1860 nomination, Jefferson Davis proposed Slave Code Resolutions which would prohibit, not merely Congress, but a territorial legislature as well, from restricting slavery; and require Congress to... More
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
[Chicago? 1857?]. Caption title [as issued], disbound without wrappers, 8pp. Very Good. This is the legal memorandum prepared by the law firm of Gilbert, Kearney & Nelson. The firm represents Chicago auctioneers who challenge a Chicago ordinance "imposing a duty of one per cent on the sale of all... More
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
[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
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
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
27TH Cong., 2d Sess. SD188. 1842. 13pp, dbd, light fox. Very Good. More
[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
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
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
[Philadelphia: Bavis & Pennypacker, Printers, 1881?]. 7, [1] pp. Original front printed wrapper present [light chipping], disbound. Light edgewear. Good+. OCLC 50404979 [2]. More
[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
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
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
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
Philadelphia: 1863. Broadside, 6" x 11". Fourteen paragraphs, 87 lines of text. Minor wear, 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... More
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
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
Concord: Oct. 1813. Disbound, 24pp. Old spine tape, age-toned, Good+. Judges Clagett and Evans assert their duty to strike down Acts of the Legislature that conflict with New Hampshire's Constitution; they do so here. The New Hampshire Court does not merely spring from its Constitution; it also has "a... More
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
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. In August 1794 Major Floyd and Paymaster Nicholas Buckner served under General Anthony... More
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