MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, IN RELATION TO THE INDIAN DIFFICULTIES IN OREGON.
30th Cong., 1st Sess. Senate Executive No. 1848. 47. 1848. 8pp, disbound. Very Good. More
30th Cong., 1st Sess. Senate Executive No. 1848. 47. 1848. 8pp, disbound. Very Good. More
[Washington]: 1860. 36th Cong., 1st Sess. HED65. 269, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, else Very Good. A detailed compendium of correspondence and information about "difficulties at San Juan Island," with competing claims of British subjects; and developments in "the war against the Indians of Washington and Oregon territories." III Soliday 522..... More
[London: Printed and Sold by John Nichols... 1788]. Folio. Disbound. Pages 135-149, [1 blank], with caption title, as issued. Except as noted, Very Good. The recorded matters discuss relations between British Traders and the Cherokee Indians in Georgia and South Carolina, with land cessions by the Cherokees in satisfaction of..... More
[Philadelphia: 1800]. 6pp, disbound. Very Good. The petition involved a strip of land along the French Broad River, originally owned by the Cherokees and upon which Matthew Patterson and several dozen other families had settled. By Treaty of 1798, the Cherokees ceded this land to the United States. The settlers..... More
Berlin: 1764 [i.e., 1774?]. [7], 8-116 pp. [bound with] [ De Pauw, Corneille]: DEFENSE DES RECHERCHES PHILOSOPHIQUES SUR LES AMERICAINS, PAR M. DE P***, TOME TROISIEME. Berlin: 1774. iv, 232 pp. Original calf with gilt-decorated spine [lightly rubbed], and gilt-lettered morocco spine label. Very Good. These two volumes, bound together..... More
33d Cong., 2d Sess. HED36. 1856. 7, [1 blank] pp, disbound. Minor foxing. Very Good. More
Washington: 1888. Washington: 1888. 208pp, stitched in original printed wrappers [spine reinforced archivally]. Untrimmed and uncut. Very Good. 25 Decker 274. More
Washington: 1889. 114pp. Stitched in original printed wrappers [some chipping to blank edges and spine]. Untrimmed and uncut, Very Good. 25 Decker 272. More
London: Printed for the Author, and Sold by J. Millan, 1765. Half brown morocco and cloth [light wear], with gilt rules, spine bands, spine panels. vii, [1], 264 pp. Marbled endpapers. Small tape repair at leaf 59-60. Very Good. "Based largely on personal knowledge, this was the first geographical account..... More
Boston: Printed and Sold by S. Kneeland and T. Green, 1740. [2], 1, [1], 1-23. [1] pp. Lacking the half title. Light to moderate spotting, bound into modern wrappers. Good plus. Seccombe [1706-1760] was a Missionary to the Indians of New England. The Edinburgh Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge Among..... More
41st Cong., 2d Sess. SED40. 1870. 210pp, disbound, institutional rubberstamp. Very Good. Documentation of settlers' and the U.S. government's shameful disregard of the just claims of the Black Bob Shawnees in Kansas. FIRST EDITION. Not in Gilcrease-Hargrett. More
[Washington: 1867]. Folio, 8" x 12-1/2." 6, [2 blanks] pp. Shallow blank inner margin spotting. Very Good. The Treaty, issued as a Proclamation signed in type by President Johnson, was made at Sprague River Valley in Oregon. It ceded to the United States the Territory [described here] occupied by the..... More
London: 1755-1767. Bound in 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 1830's..... More
Auburn, (N.Y.): Printed by David Rumsey, 1819. Original sheep [some rubbing]. [2], 320, [1- errata], [1 blank] pp. Folding frontis Map of the United States. Some spotting to endpapers, else light scattered foxing and toning. The map is lightly toned. Except as noted, Very Good, with contemporary ownership signature of..... More
1800. 14TH MARCH, 1800. COMMITTED TO A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE ON MONDAY NEXT. [PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.] [Philadelphia: 1800]. 4pp, disbound, Very Good. "Major Trueman was employed in carrying messages of peace to the hostile Indians, and in the month of June, 1792, was..... More
Washington: Thomas Allen, 1842. SED1. 767pp, folding table. Disbound with occasional light foxing. Else Very Good. With diplomatic material on the Northeastern boundary question, and a copy of the Treaty negotiated by Secretary of State Webster and Lord Ashburton. Other diplomatic information is included regarding Texas and Mexico, and a...... More
New York: George W. Southwick, 1871. Original printed wrappers [worn, spotted, blank extremity chips], bound into modern cloth with gilt-lettered morocco spine title. 40pp. Outer margins spotted, especially the final ten pages. The rear wrapper advertises the Chicago and Northwestern Railway as "the Pioneer Line between Chicago and Omaha and..... More
[n.d. n.p.]. 8" x 10". [4] pp, folded. Completely in ink manuscript using decorative lettering. Image at head depicts a man on horseback charging toward two Indians with men fighting on the ground behind him, drawn with pencil and partly filled in with paint. Age toned, some foxing and tanning..... More
Willimantic [CT]: Printed at the Journal Office, [1840? 1850s?]. Broadside, 10.5" x 17.5". Text and illustrations printed within an ornamental border. Beneath caption title are woodcut illustrations of two frogs seated on rocks, followed by a historical "Introduction," and the words to the song in three columns. A few small..... More
Charleston: Printed by Burgess & Honour, 1836. iv, 488pp. Original sheep [worn, joints split but holding, spine rubbed and chipped], gilt-lettered red morocco spine label. Old accession numbers at base of spine. Bookplate on front pastedown. Scattered foxing and spotting. Good+. Daniel K. Whitaker founded this scarce, short-lived periodical in..... More
1873. [Washington. 1873]. 14, [2 blanks] pp. Caption title [as issued]. [bound with, evidently as issued] THE DOINGS OF TWO CABINET MINISTERS. 32pp. Caption title [as issued]. Uniform browning, one short closed margin tear [no loss]. Bound together in original printed wrappers [some edge chipping and sunning], with wrapper title..... More
[Philadelphia: 1800]. 4pp. Disbound. Else Near Fine. Isaac Zane was a member of the Zane family of Wheeling, after whom Zanesville, Ohio is named. He was "made a prisoner by the Wyandot Indians when an infant of nine years of age, with which nation he has ever since remained, having..... More