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A REPLY TO THE OBSERVATIONS OF LIEUT. GEN. SIR WILLIAM HOWE, ON A PAMPHLET, ENTITLED LETTERS TO A...

[Galloway, Joseph]:

A REPLY TO THE OBSERVATIONS OF LIEUT. GEN. SIR WILLIAM HOWE, ON A PAMPHLET, ENTITLED LETTERS TO A NOBLEMAN: IN WHICH HIS MISREPRESENTATIONS ARE DETECTED, AND THOSE LETTERS ARE SUPPORTED, BY A VARIETY OF NEW MATTER AND ARGUMENT. TO WHICH IS ADDED, AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING, I. A LETTER TO SIR WILLIAM HOWE UPON HIS STRICTURES ON MR. GALLOWAY'S PRIVATE CHARACTER. II. A LETTER FROM MR. KIRK TO SIR WILLIAM HOWE, AND HIS ANSWER. III. A LETTER FROM A COMMITTEE TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE CONGRESS, ON THE STATE OF THE REBEL ARMY, AT VALLEY FORGE, FOUND AMONG THE PAPERS OF HENRY LAURENS, ESQ. BY THE AUTHOR OF LETTERS TO A NOBLEMAN.

London: 1780. [4], 149, [2 publisher advts], [1 blank] pp. Modern paper over boards, printed title label on spine. Two blank corner chips, archival repair to gutter of title page. Else Fine. This is the first London edition. The first edition, which issued from New York in 1777, is..... More

Price: $1,250.00

Gardiner, Asa Bird:

THE BATTLES OF "GRAVELLY RUN," "DINWIDDIE COURT-HOUSE," AND "FIVE FORKS," VA., 1865. ARGUMENT ON BEHALF OF LIEUT. GEN. PHILIP H. SHERIDAN, U.S.A., RESPONDENT, BY ASA BIRD GARDINER, LL.D., JUDGE-ADVOCATE, U.S.A., OF COUNSEL, BEFORE THE COURT OF INQUIRY, CONVENED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES...IN THE CASE OF LIEUT. COL. AND BVT. MAJOR-GENERAL GOUVERNEUR K. WARREN, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, FORMERLY MAJOR-GENERAL COMMANDING THE 5TH ARMY CORPS, APPLICANT. DELIVERED JULY 27TH, 28TH AND 30TH, 1881.

Chicago, Illinois: 1881. Original printed blue wrappers, stitched. 126pp plus two large folding maps. Wraps with some extremity spotting, one map with a short closed tear from careless opening. Else Near Fine, with clean and bright text. Warren objects to Sheridan's relieving him from command during the Battle of Five..... More

Price: $375.00

Garfield, James A.:

TREASON IN CONGRESS. SPEECH OF HON. JAMES A. GARFIELD, OF OHIO, IN REPLY TO THE SPEECH OF HON. ALEXANDER LONG IN FAVOR OF ABANDONING THE WAR AND RECOGNIZING THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY.

[Washington: L. Towers, 1864]. Caption title, as issued. 8pp. Untrimmed, with dusted margins. Uncut folio leaf. Good+. The future President says, sarcastically, "Mr. Chairman: I should be obliged to you if you would direct the Sergeant-at-Arms to bring a white flag and plant it in the aisle between myself and..... More

Price: $150.00

[General McCook Murder Trial] Royce, M.S.:

MANUSCRIPT PETITION IN REGARD TO CAPT. F.B. GURLEY - 4TH ALA. CAV.

[np: 1864]. 4to. Written in ink, and signed at the end by Royce, on the verso of a single leaf. Several small holes [text unaffected], a few closed tears [two archival tape repairs]. Good+. This unusual, insightful document illuminates the laws of war applicable during the bitter American Conflict..... More

Price: $2,000.00

Genin, Thomas H.:

THE NAPOLEAD, IN TWELVE BOOKS.

St. Clairsville [OH]: Printed by Horton J. Howard, 1833. 342pp. Later 19th century or early 20th century half red morocco and marbled boards, and marbled endpapers. Spine title stamped in gilt, spine decorations, raised spine bands. Very Good. A poem, beginning with the "epic story" of "Napoleon's Russian campaign." It..... More

Price: $175.00

Georgia:

REPORTS FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT, MADE TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON THE FOURTEENTH MARCH, 1800, AND FOURTH OF FEBRUARY, 1803, RESPECTING CLAIMS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES FOR SERVICES OF THE MILITIA OF GEORGIA, IN THE YEARS 1793 AND 1794. HD27.

Washington: 1818. Stitched and untrimmed, 43pp, scattered foxing. Good+ to Very Good. AI 46598 [4]. Not in De Renne. More

Price: $50.00

Georgia:

TO THE CITIZENS OF SAVANNAH AND THE PUBLIC.

[Savannah? @1887]. 4pp. Caption-title. Folded, with blank inner margins repaired and quite worn. Good only. "Section 1081 of the Code of Georgia of 1861 organized the Volunteer Corps of the City of Savannah into a Regiment, entitled 'The First Volunteer Regiment of the State of Georgia,' embracing as many corps..... More

Price: $50.00

Gifford, John:

MANUSCRIPT LETTER ADDRESSED TO JOHN COLE, DATED ROCHESTER, JANY. 10TH, 1838, SIGNED BY JOHN GIFFORD: DISCUSSING DANGERS ON THE FRONTIER, THE MILITIA, "THE WHOLE WESTERN FRONTIER IS LIKE A HORNETS NEST." "THE JACKSON MEN ARE ALL VIOLENT PATRIOTS BUT THEY DO NOTHING BUT TALK, I THINK THE IRISH OUGHT TO GO AND HELP THEIR COUNTRYMEN, THE WHIGS HAVE GIVEN THEMSELVES A TERRIBLE BLOW IN THIS PLACE IN TURNING OUT E. AVERY AS JAILER. PERRIN WAS ELECTED BY BOTH PARTIES ALMOST FOR THE PURPOSE OF HELPING MR. AVERY, BUT I SHOULD NOT BLAME THE WHIGS... "

8" x 10". [4] pp, loose [previously folded]. A few small spots, one spot runs through both leaves along fold with a small hole at fold corner [loss of several letters]. Several splits along edges of folds [no text loss], tear in blank margin of outer margin where wax seal..... More

Price: $175.00

Gist, States Rights:

MANUSCRIPT REPORT TO SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR FRANCIS PICKENS, DESCRIBING PREPARATIONS FOR THE ASSAULT ON FORT SUMTER AND THE INAUGURATION OF CIVIL WAR.

Charleston: April 11, 1861. Two leaves, written in neat ink manuscript on rectos only, except for docketing on verso of second leaf. Bound in red ribbon at top margin. Printed letterhead of "Adj. & Insp. Genl's Office, Charleston, S.C." At lower left of first page is written, in a different..... More

Price: $2,500.00

GEN. SCOTT'S GRAND REVIEW MARCH. Glover, tephen

Glover, S[tephen]:

GEN. SCOTT'S GRAND REVIEW MARCH.

Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co. 277 Washington St. [1861]. 9-1/2" x 13-1/4." [6], [1 blank] pp. J.H. Bufford's Lithograph on title page, a color portrait of a seated Scott, in full military uniform under a canopy of the American flag. Light foxing, Very Good. Music only, no words, and probably..... More

Price: $450.00

[Gordon, Thomas]:

AN APPEAL TO THE UNPREJUDICED, CONCERNING THE PRESENT DISCONTENTS OCCASIONED BY THE LATE CONVENTION WITH SPAIN.

London: Printed for T. Cooper, at the Globe in Pater-Noster-Row. 1739. 32pp. Bound in modern blue wraps with new endpapers. Very Good. "By the famous Thomas Gordon, editor of the 'Independent Whig' who defends the Administration against the popular outcry against the Convention with Spain." Stevens. Stevens, Rare Books..... More

Price: $100.00

Graham, James D.:

REPORT OF BREVET LIEUTENANT COLONEL JAMES D. GRAHAM, MAJOR UNITED STATES CORPS OF TOPOGRAPHICAL ENGINEERS, UPON THE LAKE HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS UNDER THE DIRECTION, AT NEW BUFFALO, MICH.

1859. [n.p., 1859?]. 7, [1 blank] pp. Folded folio gathering, uncut. Caption title [as issued]. Printed in double columns. Inside margins stuck together preventing the document from being unfolded [no text loss]. Foxed, water stains to bottom margin. Good. Not located on OCLC. More

Price: $75.00

Grant, Ulysses S.:

OFFICIAL REPORT OF LIEUT. -GEN. ULYSSES S. GRANT; EMBRACING A HISTORY OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE ARMIES OF UNION FROM MARCH, 1862, TO THE CLOSING SCENE OF THE REBELLION. COMPLETE.

New York: Beadle and Company, [1866]. 87, [1 blank], [4 publ. advts.] pp. Original printed wrappers [light dusting and spine chipping, old tape remnant on spine]. Else Very Good. Despite the title, the Report begins "from the date of [Grant's] appointment to command the operations of the armies of..... More

Price: $150.00

PHOTOLITHOGRAPHIC HALF LENGTH ETCHING OF GENERAL GRANT IN MILITARY DRESS SURROUNDED BY THREE...

[Grant, Ulysses S.] :

PHOTOLITHOGRAPHIC HALF LENGTH ETCHING OF GENERAL GRANT IN MILITARY DRESS SURROUNDED BY THREE ANNOUNCEMENTS IN FRENCH: THE FIRST ANNOUNCES THE DEATH OF PIERRE-ANTOINE BERRYER, A FRENCH LAWYER, DATED 15 DECEMBRE 1868, BY M.T. SEYMOUR; THE SECOND IS BY R. MARTIAL ANNOUNCING "L'ILLUSTRATION NOUVELLE" BY THE "SOCIETE DES PEINTRES-GRAVEURS A L'EAU-FORTE" WHICH PREMIERED IN 1868; THE THIRD A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF A PLAY OR OTHER PERFORMANCE.

[Paris: Cadart & Luce, Editeurs, Rue Nve. des Mathurins, 58, 1868]. Image and text, 8-1/4" x 11-1/4"; on 11" x 15-1/2" sheet. Very Good plus. Imprint information of Cadart & Luce taken from copy held by American Antiquarian Society. The copy held by AAS has the imprint information printed below..... More

Price: $600.00

[Grant, Ulysses S.]:

CORRESPONDENCE-GRANT AND THE PRESIDENT. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR, IN ANSWER TO A RESOLUTION OF THE HOUSE, TRANSMITTING CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL GRANT, RELATIVE TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR.

40th Cong., 2d Sess. HED149. 1868. 8pp, disbound. Very Good. On President Johnson's suspension of Stanton from the office of Secretary of War. More

Price: $40.00

Greeley, H. & Co.:

THE LOG CABIN. PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY IN NEW-YORK AND ALBANY. BY...SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1840. VOLUME I. NUMBER 3.

1840. Approx. 15.5" x 21", newspaper, folio. [4] pp. Caption title [as issued], printed in five columns. Untrimmed. Folded, small hole at center crease of both leaves [text loss of several letters], small hole in bottom margin of first leaf [no text loss]. Ink signature at head of title. Light..... More

Price: $150.00

Greeley, H. & Co.:

THE LOG CABIN. PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY IN NEW-YORK AND ALBANY. BY...SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1840. VOLUME I. NUMBER 4.

1840. Approx. 15.5" x 21", newspaper, folio. [4] pp. Caption title [as issued], printed in five columns. Untrimmed. Folded, small hole at center crease [text loss of several letters]. Ink signature at head of title. Minor foxing, a bit of fading. Good+. Greeley published this Whig paper in 1840-1841..... More

Price: $150.00

ARGUMENT OF THOMAS S. GRIMKE, DELIVERED IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF SOUTH-CAROLINA....

Grimke, Thomas:

ARGUMENT OF THOMAS S. GRIMKE, DELIVERED IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF SOUTH-CAROLINA. BEFORE THE HON. DAVID JOHNSON & WILLIAM HARPER; ON THE 2D AND 3D APRIL, 1834: IN THE CASE OF THE STATE, EX RELATIONE EDWARD M'CRADY, AGAINST COL. B.F. HUNT; ON THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE OATH IN THE ACT FOR THE MILITARY ORGANIZATION OF THIS STATE. PASSED 19TH DECEMBER, 1833. WITH TABLE OF CONTENTS & STATEMENT OF THE CASE.

Charleston: Published by J.S. Burges, 1834. [1], 28pp. Printed in double columns. Disbound, trimmed closely at outer margin but not affecting text. Good+. This unusual and interesting case was an aftermath of the Nullification Controversy. South Carolina's Convention of 1833 had resolved that "the allegiance of the citizens of this..... More

Price: $750.00

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, ON PLAIN LINED PAPER, TO E.B. FRENCH, DATED AT HAMPDEN [MAINE], AUGUST...

Hamlin, Hannibal:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, ON PLAIN LINED PAPER, TO E.B. FRENCH, DATED AT HAMPDEN [MAINE], AUGUST 19, 1861, ASKING FOR HELP IN SECURING A CAPTAIN'S COMMISSION FOR J.C. PETERSON: "I DESIRE TO ASK A PERSONAL FAVOR OF YOU. IT IS FOR YOU TO SEE THE SECY OR AST SECY OF WAR, FOR ME, IN THE CASE I WILL STATE, AND YOU WILL SUBMIT THIS LETTER TO THE SECY. I FEAR IF I WRITE AN ORDINARY LETTER, IT MAY BE OVERLOOKED IN THE PRESS OF BUSINESS AND HENCE I ASK YOUR IMMEDIATE PERSONAL ATTENTION TO IT. "I INTENDED TO RECOMMEND J.C. PETERSON, A NATIVE OF N.Y. BUT NOW A PHYSICIAN AT ST. JOHN N.B. FOR A CAPT IN THE ARMY. I SUPPOSED I DID SO, BUT J.C. PATTERSON - NOT PETERSON, HAS BEEN NOMINATED & CONFIRMED A CAPT. THERE IS NO SUCH MAN. THERE MUST THEREFORE BE A VACANCY IN THAT PLACE OF CAPT. AS THERE IS NO J.C. PATTERSON TO ACCEPT. HENCE I SUPPOSE J.C. PETERSON CAN BE APPOINTED AND COMMISSIONED TO SUPPLY THAT VACANCY, AND HIS NOMINATION SENT TO THE SENATE AT THE NEXT SESSION. I WANT IT DONE AT ONCE BECAUSE I INFORMED PETERSON THAT HE WOULD BE APPOINTED, AS THE SECY SAID I MIGHT AND IT IS ONLY A MISTAKE IN THE NAME THAT HE WAS NOT. HE IS A SURVEYOR AND PHYSICIAN AND HE AT ONCE SOLD OUT AND IS READY FOR THE SERVICE. A MOST CAPITAL MAN - NONE BETTER - HE WAS EDUCATED AT WEST POINT. "I APPEAL TO THE SECY TO CORRECT THIS, AND TO YOU TO AID ME, AS IT IS DUE TO PETERSON, AND IS I SUPPOSE OWING TO MY GIVING THE WRONG NAME. LET ME HEAR FROM YOU. YOURS TRULY H. HAMLIN".

5" x 8". Laid into a crude mat. Recto is glued to the mat, which is cut to expose the areas of text and to cover the blank areas. Some light glue stains [not affecting legibility]. Except for the choice of matting, Very Good. Vice President Hamlin writes from..... More

Price: $350.00

Hardee, William J.:

RIFLE AND LIGHT INFANTRY TACTICS, FOR THE EXERCISES AND MANOEUVRES OF TROOPS WHEN ACTING AS LIGHT INFANTRY OR RIFLEMEN. AN ABSTRACT FOR THE RECRUIT. SCHOOLS FOR THE SOLDIER AND COMPANY.

New York: [Geo. F. Watson], 1861. 128pp. Stitched in original printed, color-illustrated pictorial wrappers. Text illustrations. Bit of extremity wear to the wrappers. Very Good. The wrapper calls this 'Watson's Edition.' Watson published this book, says his introduction dated May 1861, "to give to those gallant men who are..... More

Price: $450.00

[Hardinge, Col. John, and Major Alexander Trueman]:

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE, APPOINTED TO ENQUIRE INTO THE EXPEDIENCY OF MAKING FURTHER PROVISION FOR THE RELIEF OF WIDOW AND ORPHAN CHILDREN, OF THE LATE COLONEL JOHN HARDINGE; AND FOR THE ORPHAN DAUGHTER, OF THE LATE MAJOR ALEXANDER TRUEMAN. 9TH APRIL, 1800. COMMITTED TO A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE, TO-MORROW. [PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.].

[Philadelphia: 1800]. 4pp, disbound, a few light spots. Very Good to Near Fine. The Committee recommends, in view of the "very hazardous service" rendered by Hardinge and Trueman on the Indian frontier, that their children be educated and supported at public expense. Evans 38823. NAIP w021845 [8]. More

Price: $75.00

ABSTRACT OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES OF WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON. William Henry Harrison

[Harrison, William Henry]:

ABSTRACT OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES OF WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.

Boston: Engraved by E. Tappan & A.C. Warren, 39 State St. [1840]. Broadside, 4-1/2" x 5-3/4". With a head-and-shoulders cut of Harrison in military uniform; another of Harrison at his plow [his famous log cabin in the background]; and two other engravings of Harrison astride his horse with sword in..... More

Price: $600.00

[Harrison, William Henry]:

THE LIFE OF MAJOR-GENERAL WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON: COMPRISING A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF HIS IMPORTANT CIVIL AND MILITARY SERVICES, AND AN ACCURATE DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNCIL AT VINCENNES WITH TECUMSEH, AS WELL AS VICTORIES OF TIPPECANOE, FORT MEIGS, AND THE THAMES.

Philadelphia: Grigg & Elliot, and T.K. & P.G. Collins, 1840. Disbound. 96pp + frontis portrait of Harrison, with attractive military cartouche; and two full-page engraved plates. Good+. Harrison was the first, and next-to-last, Whig President. This is the standard account of his career. Miles 132. Howes H246 [each calling for..... More

Price: $65.00

[Harrison, William Henry]:

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE TO WHOM WAS REFERRED THE MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TRANSMITTING TWO LETTERS FROM GOVERNOR HARRISON, REPORTING THE PARTICULARS AND ISSUE OF THE EXPEDITION UNDER HIS COMMAND AGAINST THE INDIANS: AND THE MEMORIAL OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE INDIANA TERRITORY, AND OF THE MILITIA OF KNOX COUNTY, IN SAID TERRITORY. JANUARY 8, 1812. READ, AND REFERRED TO A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE TO-MORROW.

Washington: A. & G. Way, Printers, 1812. 6pp, disbound, loosened. Light tanning, light edgewear. Good+. This pamphlet, based on William Henry Harrison's report to Congress, describes the Battle of Tippecanoe on November 7, 1811, in which Tecumseh was defeated. The "raw troops" commanded by Indiana Governor Harrison repelled the..... More

Price: $450.00

[Henderson, William Franklin]:

MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE UNITED STATES. COMMANDERY OF THE STATE OF KANSAS. IN MEMORIAM. COMPANION WILLIAM FRNAKLIN HENDERSON. BORN FEBRUARY 28, 1844, COVINGTON, INDIANA. DIED AUGUST 22, 1918, ERIE, KANSAS. CIRCULAR NO. 6, SERIES 1918, WHOLE NO.

1918. 446. [4] pp, folded. Light edge chipping, a few short closed tears along old horizontal folds. Good+. More

Price: $10.00

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