Wellesley, Mass. Mrs. E.M.F. Denton, Publisher, [1881?]. 12mo, original printed wrappers [chipped, tears, rear wrap detached], stitched. 45, [blank], [1], [blank] pp. Worn, Good or so. A bizarre rumination on William Lloyd Garrison and America. "The slaveholder heard of him, and trembled with rage as he cursed him; while the..... More
[np. 1852]. Disbound with some loosening, 8pp. Printed in double columns. Caption title [as issued]. Light tan and wear, Good+. An attempt to tar General Winfield Scott, the Whigs' 1852 presidential candidate, with abolitionism; and to promote Franklin Pierce, who by contrast is "devoted to the constitution, and defended the..... More
New York: Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau Street, 1864. Lithograph broadside, 13-1/2" x 17-3/4," on white wove paper. Mild edge toning, Very Good plus. "The unlikely teaming of military leader George B. McClellan with Peace Democrat (Copperhead) George Hunt Pendleton as presidential and vice presidential candidates in the 1864 election..... More
[Cincinnati? 1876]. 16pp, caption title [as issued]. Disbound, lightly tanned, Good+ or Very Good. A Democratic rally in this Republican State, whose Favorite Son, Rutherford B. Hayes, would defeat Tilden in a very tight presidential election, unmatched until the year 2000. Democrats ran on racism, Republican corruption, profligate public expenditures..... More
Tallahassee: Charles H. Walton, State Printer, 1872. Stitched, untrimmed and uncut. 350, [2 blanks], 76 pp. Except for a spotted title page which is chipped at the blank corners, a clean, Very Good copy. An informative Journal recounting Floridians' resistance to Radical Reconstruction. Governor Harrison Reed's Message addresses ongoing disturbances..... More
Tallahassee: Office of the Floridian: Printed by Samuel S. Sibley. 1846 [i.e., 1847]. 99, V pp. Perforation stamp on title leaf, a couple of other institutional marks, else Very Good. Bound in later buckram, with gilt-lettered red morocco spine title [Social Law Library stamped at base of spine]. Florida joined..... More
New York: Peter Smith [i.e., Nathaniel Currier], 1848. Lithograph on wove paper, folio broadside. 12-3/4" x 19." A few fox spots, Very Good. "A comic portrayal of the alliance between Free Soil Democrats and Whigs and the more extremist abolitionist Liberty Party interests during the election campaign of 1848. The..... More
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Washington: 40th Cong., 2d Sess. H.Rep.No.30. 1868. 30pp. Disbound, else Very Good. The Committee recommends that the life of the Freedmen's Bureau, which would otherwise sunset in July 1868, be extended. Eliot's report is a thorough analysis of the Bureau's accomplishments since its creation in 1865, and lauds its fostering..... More
[Pittsburgh]: Press of Jas. M'Millin, 1870. Original printed wrappers, stitched. 40pp. [bound with, as issued] SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE FREEDMEN'S DEPARTMENT OF THE PRESBYTERIAN COMMITTEE OF HOME MISSIONS. 1870. 20pp. Wrappers with some old library stickers and withdrawal rubberstamp, else Very Good. Detailed reports on the activities of, participants..... More
[Pittsburgh]: Press of James M'Millin, 1869. Original printed wrappers, stitched. 70pp. Wrappers significantly chipped at blank margins, with several institutional and withdrawal labels. Else Good+. Detailed reports on the activities of, participants in, and financial status of these organizations performing various outreach activities to the Freedmen. Missionaries, teachers, officers are..... More
[Philadelphia: 1780]. 4pp, 4to. Caption title [as issued]. Light to moderate foxing, folded, short closed tear at a fold [no loss]. Good+. This rare imprint reports that, among Friends in America, "the slavery of the poor negroes is nearly put an end to." Moreover, it "has greatly decreased amongst those..... More
[Albany: 1839]. 27, [1 blank] pp. Stitched, untrimmed, generously margined. Light scattered foxing. Very Good. A flood of anti-slavery petitions to Congress in the late 1830's stimulated southern demands that such petitions "be laid on the table without being referred, printed or debated." Anti-slavery activists, and others opposing suppression of..... More
[np: 1872]. Large 8vo, 8pp. Caption title [as issued]. Folded, uncut, Fine. Disgusted with official corruption, Senator Sumner opposed President Grant's 1872 bid for re-election and instead supported the Liberal Republican Horace Greeley. In that cause, Sumner used his considerable prestige as a pre-War abolitionist to persuade newly enfranchised African-Americans..... More
Boston: Garrison & Knapp, 1833. 36pp, stitched. Widely scattered foxing, Good+. Rejecting the racism inherent in the American Colonization Society's deportation policies, Garrison and his American Anti-Slavery Society attack Colonizationists and call for immediate emancipation of the slaves. This document prints articles by leading British abolitionists on "the practicability of..... More
Milledgeville: Printed by Grantland & Orme, 1821. 40, [ii Index] pp, bound in later buckram. Blank corner of title page torn and repaired, institutional rubberstamps. Else Good+. The Session was called to enact a Statute on the distribution of lands acquired by Georgia pursuant to the Creek Indian Treaty with..... More
Columbus, Georgia: S.W. Flournoy, State Printer. [1846]. 235, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, faint rubberstamp, light to moderate foxing, Good+. Several Acts issue pardons to persons convicted of murder. DeRenne 503. More
Milledgeville: Miller Grieve, State Printer. 1848. 352pp. Disbound, faint rubberstamp, light to moderate foxing, Good+. A busy and productive session treating a variety of subjects. DeRenne 517. More
London: E. Curtice & Co. [A. Ireland and Co., Printers, Manchester], [1876]. 24pp. Disbound, else Very Good. The International Order of Good Templars, established in America "for the reclamation of drunkards," was "founded upon the principle of the universal brotherhood of man." Unfortunately, in the Southern States "the liberation of..... More
Boston: Printed by David Clapp, 1863. 16pp, stitched. Light wear, old institutional stamps, Good+. White supremacy "is directly antagonistic to the truly catholic aim of Christianity." The Founders of the Nation believed, in "general," in "voluntary, gradual emancipation, in connection with the opening of new fields of action for the..... More
Charleston: Evans & Cogswell, 1860. 23, [1] pp. Disbound, light spotting and some pages tanned. Good+. This 1860 Association Tract contrasts the New York Tribune's ugly, distorted view of the South with the "cool-headed, sensible, unimpassioned" views of South Carolina's Senator Hammond. Tracing the intractable conflict between North and South..... More
[Cohoes, N.Y. 1859]. 4pp. [bound with] A COPY OF A LETTER WRITTEN FROM BUFFALO, STATE OF N.Y., DECEMBER 21ST, 1860. [Buffalo? 1861?]. 8pp. [bound with] THIS IS THE SECOND EDITION OF A PAMPHLET WRITTEN ON THESE WORDS... [np: September 19]. pp 5-8 [as issued]. [bound with] CHAPTER XXVIII. WRITTEN ON..... More
[New York: Underwood & Underwood, 1926 or 1927]. Frontal photograph of Henson [1866-1955] to his waist, in suit and tie. 6-1/2" x 8-1/2." Very Good. With typed caption beneath, on stationery of Underwood and Underwood, with that firm's rubberstamp on the otherwise blank verso. The Underwood caption reads: "MATTHEW A...... More
[New York: Underwood & Underwood, 1926 or 1927]. Full length Photograph of Henson, in suit and tie, at work in file cabinets at the New York Custom House. 6-1/2" x 8-1/2." Very Good. With typed caption beneath, on stationery of Underwood and Underwood. Underwood and Underwood rubberstamp on otherwise blank..... More
London: Printed for P. Meighan... 1731. iv, 19, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, else Very Good, with elaborate and attractive type ornamentation. "First issued in 1713 as 'A poem on the peace'." [ESTC]. The treaty ceded to Britain Gibraltar, Minorca, Hudson Bay, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland; and accorded Britain the exclusive..... More
Jackson [MS]: 1859. 24pp. Disbound, loosened, lightly to moderately foxed. Upper forecorners rounded, sometimes close to but not affecting text. Laid is a Natchez news obituary of Quitman's death, abrading a few letters of text. About Good+. Quitman was a Mississippi Southern Rights, pro-Slavery spokesman who had been the State's..... More