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Pennsylvania State Democratic Party:

LETTERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE TO HON. G.M. DALLAS & HON. J. BUCHANAN: TOGETHER WITH THEIR REPLIES: AND THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION OF DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS IN RELATION TO THE LATE SENATORIAL ELECTION.

[Harrisburg? 1845]. 16pp, stitched, untrimmed. Some spotting, Good+. A rare pamphlet. Democrats denounce the "unnatural coalition of the Whigs and Native Americans, and a few Democrats, so called, who have proved recreant to the principles of their party." This coalition elected Simon Cameron, the Whig candidate, to fill the... More

Price: $275.00

Rhode Island:

MR. WALLACE, FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE TO INQUIRE INTO ALLEGED FRAUDS IN THE LATE ELECTIONS, SUBMITTED THE FOLLOWING REPORT...

46th Cong., 2d Sess. SR572. 1880. 324pp, dbd, light edge wear. Very Good. Rhode Island practices a "denial of suffrage to citizens of the United States of foreign birth," and its State government "is nearer an oligarchy than a democracy." More

Price: $40.00

Robinson, William E.:

SPEECH OF WILLIAM E. ROBINSON, IN EXPOSITION OF NEW HAMPSHIRE DEMOCRACY IN ITS RELATIONS TO CATHOLIC EMPANCIPATION, INCLUDING A SCRUTINY OF THE PART TAKEN WITH REFERENCE THERETO, BY GEN. FRANKLIN PIERCE. AND AN EXPOSURE OF THE FALSE PRETENCES AND FALSE ASSERTIONS OF GEO. M. DALLAS AND OTHERS, RESPECTING THE ACTION OF THE WHIGS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.

New York: Published at the Tribune Office, 1852. 15, [1 blank] pp. Disbound with last leaf lightly spotted, else Very Good. A New York lawyer who was born in Ireland, Robinson was appointed Lincoln's assessor of internal revenue for his district in 1862. Speaking before the Scott and Graham Clubs... More

Price: $150.00

Scott, Winfield:

A DOCUMENT FOR ALL THINKING MEN! THE POLITICAL LETTERS AND WRITINGS OF GENERAL SCOTT, REVIEWED, DISCUSSED, AND COMPARED. HIS NATIVE AMERICANISM PROVED BY HIS OWN WORDS!...HIS HOSTILITY TO CATHOLICS PROVED BY HIS OWN WORDS!

[np: 1852]. 24pp, disbound, scattered spotting. Else Very good. A fine 1852 campaign piece. This was the Whigs' third presidential try with a war hero: they won with Harrison and Taylor (and without platforms), but struck out badly in 1852 against the Democrat Franklin Pierce. Scott, "inept and pompous" [Potter... More

Price: $125.00

Smet, Pierre Jean de:

OREGON MISSIONS AND TRAVELS OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, IN 1845 46.

New York: Published by Edward Dunigan, 1847. 408, [4] pp plus folding map, 14 tinted lithograph plates [including additional illustrated title page], as issued and collated complete. Contemporary publisher's cloth, rebacked with original spine laid down and inner hinges discreetly reinforced. Old institutional bookplate on front pastedown. Scattered foxing. Good+... More

Price: $650.00

Smith, Samuel B.:

RENUNCIATION OF POPERY. BY...LATE A PRIEST IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.

Philadelphia: Stereotyped by L. Johnson, for the Author, 1833. 64pp, stitched in original printed wrappers [bit of wear]. Foxed moderately, Good+. An expose of Romanism, in the 'I leap over the wall' genre. Various Philadelphia Protestant ministers endorse it, praise the author, and piously pray for "those of his... More

Price: $150.00

Smyth, Thomas:

MARY NOT A PERPETUAL VIRGIN, NOR THE MOTHER OF GOD: BUT ONLY A SINNER SAVED BY GRACE, THROUGH THE WORSHIP AND MEDIATION OF JESUS CHRIST, HER GOD AND OUR GOD. TOGETHER WITH A VIEW OF THE TRUE POSITION, DUTY, AND LIBERTY OF WOMAN UNDER THE GOSPEL DISPENSATION.

Charleston, S.C. Printed by B. Jenkins, 1846. 32pp, disbound. Foremargin with some dusting and wear, Good+. "The worship of the Virgin Mary is the only real worship of a large portion of Romanists." This, says Smyth, is "idolatrous;" indeed, "inexcusable idolatry." The Catholic Church contributes to "the degradation of... More

Price: $100.00

A BOUND VOLUME OF EIGHT SERMONS, EACH A SEPARATE IMPRINT, PREACHED BEFORE THE INCORPORATED SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL IN FOREIGN PARTS, AT ITS ANNIVERSARY MEETINGS IN 1755, 1758, 1759, 1761, 1762, 1765, 1766, 1767. Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts:.

Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts:

A BOUND VOLUME OF EIGHT SERMONS, EACH A SEPARATE IMPRINT, PREACHED BEFORE THE INCORPORATED SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL IN FOREIGN PARTS, AT ITS ANNIVERSARY MEETINGS IN 1755, 1758, 1759, 1761, 1762, 1765, 1766, 1767.

London: 1755-1767. Bound in quite attractive contemporary or early 19th century half morocco, marbled boards, marbled endpapers, and raised spine bands. 'Sermons' stamped in gilt on spine. Bookplate of Paul Beilby Thompson [1784-1852], the first Baron Wenlock, an English Whig and Member of Parliament during the late 1820's and the... More

Price: $5,000.00

[Southwick, Solomon]:

A LAYMAN'S APOLOGY, FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF CLERICAL CHAPLAINS BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK: IN A SERIES OF LETTERS, ADDRESSED TO THOMAS HERTTELL, MEMBER OF ASSEMBLY FOR THE CITY OF NEW-YORK, 1833. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE WASHINGTON COUNTY POST, SALEM, UNDER THE SIGNATURE OF SHERLOCK. TO WHICH ARE ADDED NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS, BY THE AUTHOR.

Albany: Hoffman & White, 1834. 12mo, original cloth with paper spine label [a bit of wear]. pp [10], 314. Scattered light foxing, about Very Good. Southwick, writing in the last years of his life, "became a religious and moral enthusiast." DAB. Herttell, a well-regarded New York City lawyer and... More

Price: $175.00

Steinbacher, N[icholas] and J[oseph] F. Berg:

DISCUSSION HELD IN LEBANON, PA. ON MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND WEDNESDAY, THE 17TH, 18TH, AND 19TH OF OCTOBER, 1842; BETWEEN N. STEINBACHER OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC AND J.B. BERG OF THE REFORMED CHURCH.

Philadelphia: 1842. 123, [1] pp. Disbound and lightly dusted, Good+. This version of the "discussion" was probably prepared by Berg who, in a 'NOTE!' on the final page, denounces "Priest Steinbacher" for his "perverted and ex parte representations" of their colloquy. Steinbacher defends, and Berg thunders against, the Roman... More

Price: $125.00

CONTROVERSY BETWEEN THE REV. JOHN THAYER, CATHOLIC MISSIONARY, OF BOSTON, AND THE REV. GEORGE LESSLIE, PASTOR OF A CHURCH IN WASHINGTON, NEW-HAMPSHIRE. John Thayer.

[Thayer, John]:

CONTROVERSY BETWEEN THE REV. JOHN THAYER, CATHOLIC MISSIONARY, OF BOSTON, AND THE REV. GEORGE LESSLIE, PASTOR OF A CHURCH IN WASHINGTON, NEW-HAMPSHIRE.

Philadelphia: Printed by Richard Folwell, 1795. 32pp, stitched. Title leaf toned, chip at its lower forecorner. Good+, with the original marbled rear wrapper. Thayer was the first American-born New Englander ordained into the Roman Catholic priesthood [XIV Catholic Encyclopedia 556]. Educated at Yale and a Congregational Clergyman, he attracted... More

Price: $2,500.00

Tucker, John:

A SERMON PREACHED AT THE ORDINATION OF THE REV. MR. AMOS MOODY, TO THE PASTORAL CARE OF THE CHURCH IN PELHAM, IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE, NOVEMBER 20. 1765.

Boston, New-England: Printed by Thomas and John Fleet, 1766. 34, [2 blank] pp, with the half title as issued. Disbound, Very Good. Tucker, Pastor of the First Church in Newbury, praises rights of conscience, and warns against authoritarian edicts which make "the opinions of men the standard [italics in original]... More

Price: $450.00

A LETTER TO HON. N.G. FOSTER, CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS IN THE 7TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF GA. IN REPLY TO A SPEECH DELIVERED BY HIM AGAINST THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, AND IN FAVOR OF THE DOCTRINES OF THE KNOW-NOTHINGS, IN EATONTON, ON THURSDAY, 16TH AUGUST, 1855. J. A. Turner.

Turner, J.A.:

A LETTER TO HON. N.G. FOSTER, CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS IN THE 7TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF GA. IN REPLY TO A SPEECH DELIVERED BY HIM AGAINST THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, AND IN FAVOR OF THE DOCTRINES OF THE KNOW-NOTHINGS, IN EATONTON, ON THURSDAY, 16TH AUGUST, 1855.

Milledgeville, Ga. Federal Union Power Press, 1855. Original printed wrappers with wrapper title and caption title [as issued]. Stitched. 39, [1 blank] pp. Some wrapper darkening, spine wrapper shorn. Text lightly to moderately foxed, Good+. A loyal Southern Democrat, Turner tells Foster "that your doctrines involve a war upon the... More

Price: $600.00

Whitney, Thomas R.:

THE UNION OF STATES: AN ORATION DELIVERED BEFORE THE ORDER OF UNITED AMERICANS, AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC, NEW YORK, FEB.22, 1855, ON THE OCCASION OF THE CELEBRATION OF THE ONE HUNDRED & TWENTY-THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTHDAY OF WASHINGTON, BY THE HON. THOMAS R. WHITNEY. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS.

New York: Bro. William B. Weiss, Printer, 18 Spruce Street. 1855. Original printed wrappers, vertical tear at inside margin of front wrap [no text loss]. A few pages lightly tanned, else Very Good. Know-Nothings celebrate Americanism and Washington. More

Price: $50.00

THE AUTHORITY OF TRADITION CONSIDERED, AT THE LECTURE FOUNDED BY THE HON. JUDGE DUDLEY, IN HARVARD COLLEGE, NOVEMBER 5, 1777. Edward Wigglesworth.

Wigglesworth, Edward:

THE AUTHORITY OF TRADITION CONSIDERED, AT THE LECTURE FOUNDED BY THE HON. JUDGE DUDLEY, IN HARVARD COLLEGE, NOVEMBER 5, 1777.

Boston: Fleet, 1778. 12mo, disbound and tanned uniformly. 39, [1 blank] pp, but without the half title. Else Very Good. An uninhibited attack on Roman Catholics and their Church, reflecting the contemporary revolutionary temper that opposed authority imposed from abroad. Wigglesworth, Harvard's Hollis Professor of Divinity, says he is... More

Price: $500.00

Wigglesworth, Edward:

THE AUTHORITY OF TRADITION CONSIDERED, AT THE LECTURE FOUNDED BY THE HON. JUDGE DUDLEY, IN HARVARD COLLEGE, NOVEMBER 5, 1777. BY... HOLLIS-PROFESSOR OF DIVINITY.

Boston: Thomas & John Fleet, 1778. 39, [1 blank] pp, with the half title. Stitched, lightly toned. A small hole affects one or two letters. Very Good. An uninhibited attack on Roman Catholics and their Church, reflecting the contemporary revolutionary temper that opposed authority imposed from abroad. Wigglesworth says... More

Price: $500.00

[Woodward, George W.]:

WOODWARD ON FOREIGNERS.

[Philadelphia? 1863]. 8pp. Caption title [as issued]. Disbound with some loosening, light wear, Good+. A Democratic Justice of Pennsylvania's Supreme Court, Woodward ran for Governor in 1863. He had blamed the War on the Republicans, argued that no justification existed for excluding slavery from the Territories, and in 1860... More

Price: $275.00

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