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COOK COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT, JUNE TERM, 1857. THE CITY OF CHICAGO VS. H.C. FOSTER, SAMUEL A. HATCH,...

[Chicago]:

COOK COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT, JUNE TERM, 1857. THE CITY OF CHICAGO VS. H.C. FOSTER, SAMUEL A. HATCH, HEATON, HUSSEY & CO., JOHN W. SHARP, EDWARD A. JESSEL. IN COOK COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT.

[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

Price: $450.00

[Chicago]:

SUPREME COURT OF ILLINOIS. THIRD GRAND DIVISION. APRIL TERM, A.D. 1862. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, EX REL. THE CITY OF CHICAGO, VS. ALEXANDER C. COVENTRY, FREDERICK TUTTLE AND WILLIAM WAYMAN. ARGUMENT FOR THE RELATOR, BY B.F. AYER.

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

Price: $275.00

[Child, L.]:

APPEAL TO THE CITIZENS OF BOSTON. TO BE READ BEFORE VOTING.

[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

Price: $75.00

REPORTS AND DISSERTATIONS, IN TWO PARTS. PART I. REPORTS OF CASES DETERMINED IN THE SUPREME COURT...

Chipman, Nathaniel:

REPORTS AND DISSERTATIONS, IN TWO PARTS. PART I. REPORTS OF CASES DETERMINED IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF VERMONT, IN THE YEARS 1789, 1790, AND 1791. PART II. DISSERTATIONS ON THE STATUTE ADOPTING THE COMMON LAW OF ENGLAND, THE STATUTE OF CONVEYANCES, THE STATUTE OF OFFSETS, AND ON THE NEGOTIABILITY OF NOTES. WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING FORMS OF SPECIAL PLEADINGS IN SEVERAL CASES; FORMS OF RECOGNIZANCES; OF JUSTICES RECORDS; AND OF WARRANTS AND COMMITMENT. BY NATHANIEL CHIPMAN, LATE CHIEF JUSTICE.

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

Price: $750.00

Choate, Rufus:

ARGUMENT FOR THE DIVISION OF WORCESTER COUNTY, ON THE PETITION OF O. L. HUNTLEY AND OTHERS, BEFORE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE, APRIL, 1854. BY...PHONOGRAPHIC REPORT. A.C. FELTON AND RUFUS LEIGHTON. [NOT REVISED BY THE AUTHOR.].

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

Price: $40.00

Choctaws:

LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR, IN RELATION TO THE ADJUSTMENT OF CLAIMS ARISING UNDER THE 14TH AND 19TH ARTICLES OF THE TREATY OF DANCING-RABBIT CREEK WITH THE CHOCTAW INDIANS.

27TH Cong., 2d Sess. SD188. 1842. 13pp, dbd, light fox. Very Good. More

Price: $30.00

THE BIBLE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. PROCEEDINGS AND ADDRESSES AT THE MASS MEETING, PIKE'S MUSIC...

[Cincinnati Public Schools]:

THE BIBLE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. PROCEEDINGS AND ADDRESSES AT THE MASS MEETING, PIKE'S MUSIC HALL, CINCINNATI, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1869; WITH A SKETCH OF THE ANTI-BIBLE MOVEMENT. PUBLISHED BY THE COMMITTEE IN CHARGE OF THE MEETING.

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

Price: $250.00

AN ADDRESS TO THE CITIZENS OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, ON THE APPROACHING ELECTION OF STATE OFFICERS. BY A...

Citizen, A:

AN ADDRESS TO THE CITIZENS OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, ON THE APPROACHING ELECTION OF STATE OFFICERS. BY A CITIZEN.

[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

Price: $375.00

City of London:

THE CITY OF LONDON'S PLEA TO THE QUO WARRANTO (AN INFORMATION) BROUGHT AGAINST THEIR CHARTER IN MICHAELMAS TERM, 1681. WHEREIN IT WILL APPEAR, THAT THE LIBERTIES, PRIVILEDGES, AND CUSTOMS OF THE SAID CITY CANNOT BE FORFEITED, OR LOST BY THE MISDEMEANOR OF ANY OFFICER OF MAGISTRATE THEREOF. NOR THEIR CHARTER BE SEIZED INTO THE KING'S HANDS FOR ANY MIS-USAGE OR ABUSAGE OF THEIR LIBERTIES AND PRIVILEDGES, THEY BEING CONFIRMED BY DIVERS ANCIENT RECORDS AND ACTS OF PARLIAMENT MADE BEFORE AND SINCE MAGNA CHARTA. ALSO, HOW FAR THE COMMONS OF THE SAID CITY HAVE POWER OF CHUSING AND REMOVING THEIR SHERIFFS. PUBLISHED IN BOTH ENGLISH AND LATIN.

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

Price: $350.00

City of London:

THE PLEADINGS, ARGUMENTS, AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS IN THE COURT OF KINGS-BENCH UPON THE QUO WARRANTO, TOUCHING THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LONDON; WITH THE JUDGMENT ENTRED THEREUPON. THE WHOLE PLEADINGS FAITHFULLY TAKEN FROM THE RECORD.

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

Price: $350.00

Civil Service Reform Association:

CONSTITUTION AND LIST OF OFFICERS OF THE CIVIL-SERVICE REFORM ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA, AND BY-LAWS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

[Philadelphia: Bavis & Pennypacker, Printers, 1881?]. 7, [1] pp. Original front printed wrapper present [light chipping], disbound. Light edgewear. Good+. OCLC 50404979 [2]. More

Price: $15.00

EQUALIZATION BOUNTY BILL! AS PASSED BY CONGRESS JULY 27, 1866, GIVES $100 ADDITIONAL BOUNTY! TO...

[Civil War Bounty Bill]:

EQUALIZATION BOUNTY BILL! AS PASSED BY CONGRESS JULY 27, 1866, GIVES $100 ADDITIONAL BOUNTY! TO EVERY HONORABLY DISCHARGED SOLDIER WHO ENLISTED INTO THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES SINCE APRIL 19TH, 1861...

[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

Price: $650.00

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT I, LEONARD [misspelled] MEYERS BEING ENTITLED TO PRIZE MONEY...

Civil War Prize Case:

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT I, LEONARD [misspelled] MEYERS BEING ENTITLED TO PRIZE MONEY UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO REGULATE PRIZE PROCEEDINGS, AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE MONEY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," APPROVED JUNE 30, 1864, AS A SEAMAN ON BOARD THE U.S. VESSEL ALABAMA BEING FOR CAPTURES MADE BY SAID VESSEL IN THE YEARS 1861-5, DO HEREBY APPOINT STILLMAN B. ALLEN, OF BOSTON, MASS., MY ATTORNEY, FOR ME AND IN MY NAME, TO DEMAND OF AND RECEIVE FROM THE PROPER OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES THE AMOUNT OF PRIZE MONEY WHICH MAY BE FOUND DUE ME FROM THE UNITED STATES... [signed] LEENDERT MEYER/ WE CERTIFY THAT THE PERSON WHO SIGNED THE FOREGOING POWER OF ATTORNEY IN OUR PRESENCE AT NORFOLK THIS FOURTH DAY OF MARCH, 1865, IS THE IDENTICAL PERSON NAMED HEREIN... [signed] A.R. LANGTHORNE, COMMANDING U.S.S. ALABAMA | EDWARD A. GIBSON, PAYMASTER, U.S.S. ALABAMA. [On verso: JOHN M. LINBERG, U.S.S. ALABAMA, SEAMAN, PRIZE MONEY. NOT ON FOR "SARAH", NOT ON FOR "NELLY", NOT ON FOR CATALINA, RECD. MCH 13/65/ STILLMAN B. ALLEN, BOSTON, MASS., ATTY FOR CLAIMANT.].

[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

Price: $350.00

Civil War:

GENERAL ORDERS NO. 62. HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, NEW ORLEANS, AUGUST 17, 1863.

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

Price: $75.00

Civil War:

GENERAL ORDERS NO. 63. HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, NEW ORLEANS, AUGUST 26, 18.

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

Price: $45.00

RULES AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE WITH AND IN STATES AND PARTS OF STATES...

Civil War:

RULES AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING COMMERCIAL INTERCOURSE WITH AND IN STATES AND PARTS OF STATES DECLARED IN INSURRECTION, THE COLLECTION, RECEIPT, AND DISPOSITION OF CAPTURED, ABANDONED. AND CONFISCABLE PROPERTY, AND THE EMPLOYMENT AND GENERAL WELFARE OF FREEDMEN. PUBLISHED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE PRESIDENT...

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

Price: $450.00

WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF ONE OF THE MOST DESPERATE AND CRUEL DESPOTISMS THAT EVER DISGRACED THE...

[Civil War: Armed Revolution in the North]:

WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF ONE OF THE MOST DESPERATE AND CRUEL DESPOTISMS THAT EVER DISGRACED THE CIVILIZED WORLD. THE WORST FORM IS ABOUT TO BE DEVELOPED IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE "CONSCRIPTION LAW," BY WHICH MEN ARE TO BE TORN FROM THEIR FAMILIES AND HOMES, AND FORCED TO FIGHT AGAINST THEIR WILL, AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION AND AGAINST THE VOICE OF A MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE...

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

Price: $8,500.00

[Civil War]:

THOUGHTS ON THE TIMES.

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

Price: $275.00

PROOFS OF THE CORRUPTION OF GEN. JAMES WILKINSON, AND OF HIS CONNEXION WITH AARON BURR, WITH A...

Clark, Daniel:

PROOFS OF THE CORRUPTION OF GEN. JAMES WILKINSON, AND OF HIS CONNEXION WITH AARON BURR, WITH A FULL REFUTATION OF HIS SLANDEROUS ALLEGATIONS IN RELATION TO THE CHARACTER OF THE PRINCIPAL WITNESS AGAINST HIM. BY DANIEL CLARK, OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.

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

Price: $750.00

Clarke, Gaylord J.:

THE ENEMIES OF THE CONSTITUTION AND THE UNION! PEACE OR WAR! SPEECH...DELIVERED BEFORE THE DEMOCRATIC CLUB OF LOCKPORT, ON MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 16TH, 1863.

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

Price: $50.00

Clarke, John M.:

JANUARY 13, 1853, WASHINGTON CITY, D.C.| DEAR SIR: I TAKE THE LIBERTY OF ADDRESSING YOU A FEW LINES TO KNOW IF YOU CAN PURCHASE LAND WARRANTS IN YOUR COUNTRY? IF SO, I WILL TAKE ALL YOU CAN SEND ME, AND PAY THE FOLLOWING PRICES: $140 FOR 160 ACRE WARRANTS. $70 FOR 80 ACRE WARRANTS. $35 FOR 40 ACRE WARRANTS...

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

Price: $175.00

Clarke, Thos. Wm.:

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, NO. 266. EDWARD H. ASHCROFT, COMPLAINANT AND APPELLANT, V. BOSTON & LOWELL R.R. COMPANY. CLOSING ARGUMENT OF THOS: WM: CLARKE, ESQ., FOR COMPLAINANT AND APPELLANT, APRIL 17 & 18, 1878.

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

Price: $25.00

Clay, C[lement] C[omer]:

A DIGEST OF THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA: CONTAINING ALL THE STATUTES OF A PUBLIC AND GENERAL NATURE, IN FORCE AT THE CLOSE OF THE SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, IN FEBRUARY, 1843...COMPILED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, BY C.C. CLAY.

Tuskaloosa: Marmaduke J. Slade, 1843. Modern buckram. xliv, [2], 768 pp [as issued]. Clean and Very Good, except for an institutional rubberstamp on title page. With detailed regulations concerning slavery and Free Negroes, this Digest includes a complete index of all the subjects encompassed. Clay was an early settler of..... More

Price: $350.00

MR. CLAY'S SPEECH, AT THE DINNER AT NOBLE'S INN, NEAR LEXINGTON, JULY 12, 1827. Henry Clay

Clay, Henry:

MR. CLAY'S SPEECH, AT THE DINNER AT NOBLE'S INN, NEAR LEXINGTON, JULY 12, 1827.

[Lexington? 1827]. 14, [2 blanks] pp. A folded folio sheet: stitched, untrimmed, unopened. Scattered foxing, two pinholes in blank inner margin from prior housing. Very Good. The tumultuous 1824 presidential election damaged a mortified Clay's reputation. It was a four-way free-for-all; no candidate won an electoral majority (although Andrew Jackson..... More

Price: $275.00

CLAY CONDEMNED BY THE MORAL AND RELIGIOUS-- READ AND REFLECT!! Henry Clay

[Clay, Henry]:

CLAY CONDEMNED BY THE MORAL AND RELIGIOUS-- READ AND REFLECT!!

[Philadelphia? 1844]. Broadside, 9" x 10", printed in three columns. Very Good plus. Clay, who receives a severe tongue-lashing at the hands of the anonymous author, "is utterly unworthy of the suffrages of the friends of liberty." His speech to the Colonization Society made clear that he opposes Emancipation "of..... More

Price: $850.00

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