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Portland, Saco, and Portsmouth Rail-Road Company:

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE PORTLAND, SACO, AND PORTSMOUTH RAIL-ROAD COMPANY. APPROVED MARCH 14, 1837.

Saco: Stephen Webster, Printer, 1840. 14, [1], [1 blank] pp. Stitched [some loosening]. Title and last page lightly dusted, Very Good+. The Act authorizes construction of a Railroad from Portland to New Hampshire, "at such place as will best connect with the Railroad to be constructed from Portsmouth to Boston." Page... More

Price: $250.00

Shelling Machine Patent:

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TO ALL TO WHOM THESE LETTERS PATENT SHALL COME: WHEREAS SAMUEL LANE, A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES, HATH ALLEGED THAT HE HAS INVENTED A NEW AND USEFUL IMPROVEMENT IN THE CORN-SHELLING MACHINE, WHICH IMPROVEMENT, HE STATES, HAS NOT BEEN KNOWN OR USED BEFORE HIS APPLICATION...IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I HAVE CAUSED THESE LETTERS TO BE MADE PATENT, AND THE SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES TO BE HEREUNTO AFFIXED. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND, AT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, THIS NINTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE, AND OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THE FIFTIETH. J.Q. ADAMS. BY THE PRESIDENT: H. CLAY, SECRETARY OF STATE...WM. WIRT, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES...THE SCHEDULE REFERRED TO IN THESE LETTERS PATENT, AND MAKING PART OF THE SAME; CONTAINING A DESCRIPTION, IN THE WORDS OF THE SAID SAMUEL LANE HIMSELF, OF HIS IMPROVEMENT IN THE CORN-SHELLING MACHINE...SAMUEL LANE. WITNESSES: WILLIAM BLAGROVE, CORNELIUS ROOSA.

[Washington, D.C. 1825]. Printed broadside, 8" x 13.5". Light toning, untrimmed [minor edgewear], old folds [couple of pinholes at junctions, but not affecting any text]. Very Good. This rare broadside announcement of a patent issued to Samuel Lane, of Maine, is signed in type by President John Quincy Adams, Secretary... More

Price: $500.00

Shepley, Ether:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, FROM ETHER SHEPLEY, TO RICHARD SMITH, ESQ., WASHINGTON: SENATE CHAMBER| 19 MARCH 1834| SIR| I AM DESIRED BY JUDGE WARE TO TRANSMIT THE ENCLOSED LETTER, AND TO REQUEST THAT THE POWER OF ATTORNEY TO WHICH IT RELATES MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO ME | MOST RESPECTFULLY YOUR OBEDT SERVT, ETHER SHEPLEY| RICHARD SMITH, ESQ., CASHIER, BRANCH BANK OF U. STATES.

Folio sheet, folded to 8" x 10". [4] pp. Written in ink manuscript on the recto of page [1], and addressed to Smith, "Cashier Branch, Bank of U. States, Washington," on the verso of page [4]. Center fold reinforced with paper tape, small hole in blank portion of final leaf... More

Price: $80.00

Shepley, John:

PRINTED BROADSIDE LETTER SIGNED, FROM JOHN SHEPLEY, SACO [MAINE], TO HON. LUTHER FITCH, PORTLAND, MAINE: SACO, OCT. 12, 1841| DEAR SIR - HAVING BEEN APPOINTED REPORTER OF DECISIONS, OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT, FOR A SECOND TERM OF FOUR YEARS, IN 1840, BY A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL, WITHOUT OPPOSITION OR OBJECTION, AND HAVING BEEN REMOVED FROM THE OFFICE AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE YEAR'S ASCENDANCY OF THE OPPONENTS OF DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES AND DEMOCRATIC MEN, I TAKE IT FOR GRANTED, THAT WITHOUT DIFFERENCE OF OPINION AMONG OUR POLITICAL FRIENDS, THE GENTLEMAN WHO HAS THUS SUSPENDED ME, WILL NOT BE CONTINUED IN OFFICE LONGER THAN THE POWER OF HIS POLITICAL ASSOCIATES LASTS. TO DISCHARGE THE VERY RESPONSIBLE DUTIES OF REPORTER, A THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF LAW, GREAT ACCURACY, AND THE MOST UNREMITTING INDUSTRY ARE NECESSARY. IN THE LATTER RESPECT, IT SEEMS TO ME, THAT I WAS NOT FOUND DEFICIENT DURING THE TIME I HELD THE OFFICE. IT HAS DEMANDED AND RECEIVED SO MUCH OF MY TIME, THAT I HAVE UNAVOIDABLY LOST MOST OF MY ORDINARY PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS, AND I HAVE NOT PROPERTY AFFORDING AN INCOME FOR THE SUPPORT OF MY FAMILY. I HOPE, THEREFORE, I MAY, WITH PROPRIETY, ASK FROM MY FRIENDS, A RESTORATION TO THE OFFICE..., YOU WILL CONFER A FAVOR ON ME, BY AN EXPRESSION OF IT, TO BE COMMUNICATED TO THE GOVERNOR ELECT. WITH MUCH RESPECT, YOUR OBED'T SERV'T, JOHN SHEPLEY HON. LUTHER FITCH.

Folio sheet, folded to 8" x 10". [4] pp, blue paper. Printed on first page using different typesettings, ink signature of Shepley. Two interior pages blank, addressed on last page to "Hon. Luther Fitch Portland, Maine" with red wax seal remnant. Old folds, Very Good. John Shepley [1787-1857], became... More

Price: $150.00

Smart, E.K.:

SPEECHES OF MR. E.K. SMART, OF MAINE, ON THE BILL TO REGULATE THE PUBLICATION OF THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND PUBLIC ADVERTISEMENTS. DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, FEBRUARY 4, AND 12.

Washington: 1852. Printed in double columns. 8pp. Disbound. Very Good. More

Price: $20.00

SYNOPSIS OF BUSINESS RULES OF THE N. YORK & BOSTON TELEGRAPH OFFICES. Francis O. J. Smith.

Smith, Francis O.J.:

SYNOPSIS OF BUSINESS RULES OF THE N. YORK & BOSTON TELEGRAPH OFFICES.

Portland [ME]: L.W. Fenley, Printer, 112 Middle Street, 1846. Broadside, 8" x 11-1/4". Text within an attractive ornamental border. Light margin wear and soil, untrimmed. Matted, with top edge glued. Very Good. The broadside issued from the Telegraph Office at 26 Washington Street, Boston, on August 1, 1846. Smith signs... More

Price: $850.00

[Smith, Francis O.J.]:

THE OPENING AND CLOSING ARGUMENTS OF HON. THOMAS M. HAYES AND HON. FRANCIS O.J. SMITH, BEFORE THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SUFFOLK COUNTY, MASS., MR. JUSTICE PUTNAM, PRESIDING, FEBRUARY 26TH, 27TH, AND 28TH, 1866, ON A MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL, IN THE CASE OF THE STATE VS. SMITH. PHONOGRAPHICALLY REPORTED BY JAY READ PEMBER. EXPOSING THE CONSPIRACY OF D.H. CRAIG, THE PRIVATE PROSECUTOR, AND THE CORRUPTIONS AND PERJURIES OF HIS WITNESSES.

Portland [ME]: Brown, Thurston & Co. 1866. Original printed wrappers with wrapper title [as issued]. Stitched, 62pp. Near Fine. A Jacksonian Democrat from Maine, Smith served in Congress during the 1830's, then practiced law and was a partner with Samuel F.B. Morse in developing the telegraph. Here Smith was charged... More

Price: $350.00

Sons of Temperance:

CONSTITUTIONS OF THE ORDER OF THE SONS OF TEMPERANCE, TOGETHER WITH THE REVISED RULES OF THE NATIONAL DIVISION OF THE UNITED STATES, ORDER OF BUSINESS AND RULES OF DEBATE.

Augusta [ME]: Russell Eaton, Printer, 1848 [1849]. 3 1/2" x 5 1/2". Original printed wrappers, stitched. 75, [1] pp. Wraps a bit dusted, else Near Fine. All the constituent documents of this popular organization. A rare pamphlet. The wrapper imprint is 1849, but the title page imprint is 1848. The... More

Price: $150.00

Sprague, [Peleg]:

SPEECH OF MR. SPRAGUE, OF MAINE, UPON THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE COLONIAL TRADE WITH GREAT BRITAIN.

Washington: 1832. 23pp. Foxed, disbound with some loosening, Good+. More

Price: $20.00

EASTERN LANDS. TO THE HONORABLE THE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. A. Descendant of Miles Standish.

[Standish, A Descendant of Miles]:

EASTERN LANDS. TO THE HONORABLE THE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE OF MASSACHUSETTS.

[Boston? 1820?]. Broadside, printed in three columns. 9-1/2" x 11". Mild uniform toning. Near Fine. A scarce broadside concerning Maine's separation from Massachusetts. The pseudonymous author warns against Massachusetts' pending sale of unexplored lands in the new State of Maine. "At the end of forty years, Maine will be found... More

Price: $750.00

MANUSCRIPT AUTOBIOGRAPHY, CA. 1800-1820. John Thompson.

Thompson, John:

MANUSCRIPT AUTOBIOGRAPHY, CA. 1800-1820.

Farmington, Maine. [100] pp, in the form of twenty-five four-page letters, each folded to 7.75" x 10". Occasional short splits at folds [no text loss], clean. Very Good plus. [offered with] AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF DEACON JOHN THOMPSON OF MERCER, MAINE. WITH GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF HIS DESCENDANTS. COMPILED BY HIS GRANDSON... More

Price: $1,250.00

Tyler, John:

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS, AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE THIRD SESSION OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. DECEMBER 7, 1842.

Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1842. HED2. 767pp. Two folding charts, as issued. Disbound with occasional light foxing. Final 13pp detached but present. Else Very Good. With a great deal of diplomatic material on the Northeastern boundary question, and a copy of the Treaty negotiated by Secretary of State Webster and... More

Price: $125.00

Washburn, Israel, Jr.:

POLITICS OF THE COUNTRY. SPEECH OF...OF MAINE, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JUNE 21, 1856.

[Washington: Buell & Blanchard, 1856]. 14,[2]pp, double columns, disbound. Foxing and tanning. Good+. More

Price: $20.00

Washburn, I[srael]:

PLAN FOR SHORTENING THE TRANSIT BETWEEN NEW YORK AND LONDON--EUROPEAN AND NORTH AMERICAN RAILWAY--PUBLIC LANDS. SPEECH OF HON. I. WASHBURN, JR., OF MAINE, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MARCH 10, 1852.

Washington: Congressional Globe Office, 1852? 7pp, dbd, minor wear. Very Good. Washburn's dreams of glory for Maine as the hub of trans-Atlantic traffic. FIRST EDITION. Not in Sabin. More

Price: $35.00

Webster, Daniel:

MR. WEBSTER'S VINDICATION OF THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON OF 1842; IN A SPEECH DELIVERED IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, ON THE 6TH AND 7TH OF APRIL, 1846.

Washington: Gideon, 1846. 88pp. Disbound with light spotting, Good+. With a Very Good folding map showing the disputed boundary lines. Back in the Senate after his tour of duty as Secretary of State, Webster rejects criticism of his handling of the Northeast Boundary negotiations with England. Williamson 10426. More

Price: $125.00

Weston, D.C.:

SCENES IN A VESTRY: BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE LATE CONTROVERSY IN THE SOUTH PARISH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IN AUGUSTA. REPORTED BY D.C. WESTON, ESQ.

Augusta [Maine]: 1841. Original publisher's cloth [some wear to front cover]. Spine title stamped in gilt. v, [1 blank] 228 pp. Text clean and Very Good. Weston complains about Rev. Benjamin Tappan, his "clique" of religious police, and their "regular encroachment upon that liberty wherewith Christ has made his followers... More

Price: $125.00

Weston, Geo[rge] M.:

CASE OF...IN THE MATTER OF THE MASSACHUSETTS WAR CLAIM.

[Washington? 1860]. 7pp, untrimmed, uncut. Very Good. "This pamphlet contains a reprint of the reports of a Committee of the Massachusetts Legislature, upon Mr. Weston's claim for the reimbursement of his expenses in the matter of the Massachusetts War Claim [War of 1812], and of a letter addressed by him... More

Price: $40.00

Whitman, Kilborn:

A SERMON, DELIVERED JUNE 10TH, 1795. AT THE ORDINATION OF JOSHUA CUSHMAN, TO THE PASTORAL CARE OF THE CHRISTIAN SOCIETY IN WINSLOW. BY KILBORN WHITMAN, OF PEMBROKE.

Hallowell, Hook: Wait and Baker, 1796. 36pp, with the half title, as issued. Disbound, rubberstamp on half title, widely scattered foxing, Good+. A scarce Maine imprint. The Charge is given by Reverend Josiah Winship of Woolwich; and the Right Hand of Fellowship by Reverend Jonathan Ellis, of Topsham. Evans 31629. ESTC... More

Price: $150.00

York and Cumberland Rail Road Co.:

STATEMENT OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE YORK AND CUMBERLAND RAIL ROAD CO., UPON THE REMOVAL OF F.O.J. SMITH, FROM THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF SAID COMPANY.

Portland, [ME]: Printed by Order of the Directors, 1851. 64pp, stitched. Wrappers absent, else Very Good. A.P. Robinson was removed from the office of Chief Engineer of the York and Cumberland Rail Road Company in May, 1851; F.O.J. Smith was removed as President in August. Each was removed after... More

Price: $150.00

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