ORATION ON THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF GILBERT MOTIER DE LAFAYETTE.
Washington: 1835. 94pp, disbound else Very Good. Sabin 295. AI 29946. More
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AN ORATION, PRONOUNCED JULY 4TH, 1793, AT THE REQUEST OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF BOSTON, IN COMMEMORATION OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.
Boston: Printed by Benjamin Edes & Son, 1793. 21, [1 blank] pp, with the half title. Disbound and lacking the final blank. Else Very Good. This is the first of two editions, the second also published in 1793. John Jenkins called this Oration Adams's first published work. According to ESTC..... More
THE POLITICAL CHARACTER OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS DELINEATED. BEING A REPLY TO CERTAIN OBSERVATIONS IN THE ADDRESS OF GEN. PETER PORTER AND OTHERS.
Albany: Printed for the Albany Argus, by D. M'Glashan, 1828. 30pp. Disbound and moderately spotted, offsetting on title page from contemporary annotations. Good+. Ownership signature, "Josiah J. Lively" at head of title. The anonymous author, an ally of Andrew Jackson and foe of President Adams, summarizes his "investigation" into Adams's..... More
TOKEN OF A NATION'S SORROW. ADDRESSES IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND FUNERAL SOLEMNITIES ON THE DEATH OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, WHO DIED IN THE CAPITOL AT WASHINGTON, ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, 1848.
Washington: 1848. 40pp. Disbound, else Very Good. A Fine portrait frontis of Adams. After his presidency, Adams served as a Congressman, and became a leader of the anti-slavery movement. FIRST EDITION. Sabin 324. More
TOKEN OF A NATION'S SORROW. ADDRESSES IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND FUNERAL SOLEMNITIES ON THE DEATH OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, WHO DIED IN THE CAPITOL AT WASHINGTON, ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, 1848.
Washington: 1848. 40pp. Stitched, lacking the portrait. Disbound, small bookplate in upper blank margin and 'Deaccessioned' rubberstamp. Good. More
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ACCOMPANYING COPIES OF TWO ACTS OF THE PARLIAMENT OF GREAT-BRITAIN, PASSED ON THE 4TH AND 19TH OF JULY 1797, RELATIVE TO THE CARRYING INTO EXECUTION THE TREATY OF AMITY, COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION, CONCLUDED BETWEEN HIS MAJESTY AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; AND REGULATING THE TRADE TO BE CARRIED ON WITH THE BRITISH POSSESSIONS IN INDIA, BY THE SHIPS OF NATIONS IN AMITY WITH HIS MAJESTY. 2D FEBRUARY, 1798. REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
[Philadelphia: William Ross? 1798]. 29 pp. Later plain wraps, light foxing, Very Good. Adams transmits the two Acts, implementing the free trade provisions of the Jay Treaty, because they "have such connections with the commercial and political interests of the United States, that it is proper they should be communicated..... More
SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF VICE-PRESIDENT SPIRO T. AGNEW, "TO BOB| WITH BEST WISHES, SPIRO T. AGNEW"
Color photograph, 4-1/4" x 6-1/4", mounted on 7-1/2" x 9" white card stock, in contemporary black frame with gilt accent border [light wear]. Bust portrait of Agnew in a suit, body turned left, facing foward. The first part of the dedication is in modern calligraphy; autographed by Agnew. The surname..... More
A POEM; SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON ...
Hartford: 1800. 23pp, disbound, scattered foxing. Good+. DAB calls Alsop "the most gifted of the 'Hartford Wits.'" He dedicates this poem to Martha Washington. FIRST EDITION. Evans 36806. Wegelin 846. I DAB 229. Trumbull 265. More
GLORIOUS TIDINGS!! ALL HAIL PENNSYLVANIA!!! BY THE ALBANY MAIL THIS EVENING, THE GRATIFYING INTELLIGENCE IS RECEIVED THAT IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA, THE MAJORITY AGAINST JACKSON AND IN FAVOUR OF THE ANTIMASONIC ELECTORAL TICKET IS 2436!! . . . AS FAR AS HEARD FROM, CHENANGO COUNTY IS DOING HER DUTY. NORWICH, NOV. 6, 1832.
Norwich, Chenango County NY: 1832. Visible 8 7/16 x 10 1/4 in. Lightly toned, tastefully matted and framed to 13" x 17." An extremely attractive, rare, evidently unrecorded imprint. Blank corners torn, but not observable as framed. Very Good. Joseph Ritner (1780-1869), a veteran of the War of 1812, joined..... More
VOICE OF SUFFOLK!!
[Boston? 1834]. Broadside, folio, 11-1/4" x 16". Light edge wear, printed in four columns. Very Good. "Boston Daily Advocate.... Extra." A rare broadside urging election of Antimasonic candidates for Governor and other State offices. John Bailey was the Party's choice for Governor [he would lose, and die in the following..... More
FREE DEMOCRATIC TICKET. FREE SOIL, FREE SPEECH, FREE LABOR, FREE MEN! HALE AND JULIAN. FOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT & VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
[Boston: 1852]. Broadside, 5-3/4" x 9-1/2." Some spotting at right lower half, mostly in the blank margin; torn at blank lower corner. Text complete. Iconic Screaming Eagle, holding olive branch and arrows in its talons, and carrying "E Pluribus Unum" banner, within the title. Good+. John Hale of New Hampshire..... More
REPORT OF THE BOSTON COMMITTEE.
Boston: J.E. Hinckley and Company, 1834. 12pp. Original printed wrappers [some chips and a few closed tears, minor foxing], stitched. Very Good. Appleton, the Massachusetts industrialist, headed the Boston Committee. It protests "the measures of the President in the removal of the deposites from the Bank of the United States..... More
REMINISCENCES OF THE ILLINOIS BAR FORTY YEARS AGO: LINCOLN AND DOUGLAS AS ORATORS AND LAWYERS. READ BEFORE THE ILLINOIS STATE BAR ASSOCIATIONS, AT SPRINGFIELD, JANUARY 7TH, 1881, BY HON. ISAAC N. ARNOLD.
[Chicago: Fergus Publishing Co., 1881]. 18pp. Stitched with caption title and wrapper title. Clean text. Front wrapper with a couple of small holes [no text affected]. Near Fine. Circuit-riding stories [serious and humorous], the Lovejoy trial for harboring fugitive slaves, recollections of Lincoln and Douglas. Monaghan 969... More
TRUTH'S ADVOCATE AND MONTHLY ANTI-JACKSON EXPOSITOR. BY AN ASSOCIATION OF INDIVIDUALS.
Cincinnati: Lodge, L'Hommedieu, and Hammond, Printers, 1828. [4], 400 pp. The ten issues, from January through October 1828, are the entire output of this engaging monthly. Contemporary cloth-backed boards [front hinge detaching] with gilt-lettered black morocco spine label. The first four pages are the general title and an Index. Light..... More
THE NEW CONSPIRACY! THE SOLID SOUTH AND ITS BOLD PURPOSES. THE LOST CAUSE TO BE FOUND AGAIN AND APPOMATTOX AVENGED. SECRET LINKS OF PAST EVENTS MADE CONSPICUOUS. WICKED DESIGNS OF BAD MEN IN CURRENT EVENTS. SCHEME OF EVENTS TO COME. A CLEAR LIGHT SHED UPON THE COUNTRY'S IMMINENT DANGER! REAL MEANING OF THE MILLS TARIFF BILL. A WARNING. PHILADELPHIA, JUNE, 1888.
Philadelphia: H. Bailey & Co., [1888]. 20pp. Original printed wrappers [dirty], stitched. Good+. A scarce Republican campaign pamphlet for the 1888 election, charging the Democrats with a secret plot to revive Southern dreams, dating from before the War, of an economy based on Free Trade. "This conspiracy's object is to..... More
ABSALOM'S CONSPIRACY: A SERMON, PREACHED AT THE GENERAL ELECTION, AT HARTFORD IN THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT, MAY 10TH, 1798.
Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1798. 54pp, with the half title as issued. Disbound. Half title loosened and moderately spotted. Good+. Ownership signature "John Williams" with clipped date "May 179". This is the first of four 1798 printings. The sermon is an attack on Jefferson, and a Federalist's warning against utopian..... More
BARRETT'S AUTHENTIC EDITION. LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, (OF ILLINOIS.) WITH A CONDENSED VIEW OF HIS MOST IMPORTANT SPEECHES; ALSO A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF HANNIBAL HAMLIN (OF MAINE).
Cincinnati: Moore, Wilstach, Keys & Co. 25 West Fourth Street. 1860. Original cloth [rubbed at extremities, spine lettering dulled]. Port. frontis of a clean-shaven Lincoln, 'Middleton, Strobridge & Co.' in small lettering. Port. of Hamlin after page 194. 216 pp. Foxed, lacks endpapers, some doodling on blanks. Good+. "Barrett had..... More
LETTER OF WILLIAM T. BARRY, POSTMASTER GENERAL, TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES; REVIEWING THE REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THAT HOUSE, APPOINTED TO INVESTIGATE THE AFFAIRS OF THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. MARCH 2, 1835.
City of Washington: Printed by Blair and Rives, 1835. 30, [2 blanks] pp. Disbound, scattered and generally light foxing. Good+. Barry, a Kentuckian who opposed Henry Clay, became a Jacksonian Democrat. The Postmaster Generalship was his reward. "He was charged with favoritism in making contracts for carrying the mails, with..... More
ADDRESS OF WILLIAM T. BARRY, POSTMASTER GENERAL, TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES.
Washington: Francis Preston Blair, 1834. 24pp, disbound. Scattered foxing. Good+ to Very Good. Barry was a Kentuckian who opposed Henry Clay and became a Jacksonian Democrat; the Postmaster Generalship was his reward. "He was charged with favoritism in making contracts for carrying the mails, with increasing payments to contractors far..... More
PRESS PHOTOGRAPH BY UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD, "PHOTO OF BRONZE TABLET DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN. NEWS ITEM- COMMEMORATING THE 56TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF FORT STEVENS, JULY 11 AND 12, 1864. A TABLET WAS RECENTLY UNVEILED AT THE SPOT WHERE PRESIDENT LINCOLN STOOD DURING THE BATTLE. THIS IS SAID TO BE THE ONLY TIME THAT A PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. WAS IN ACTUAL COMMAND OF THE ARMY AND UNDER FIRE. COL. JOHN McELORY, DEPARTMENT COMMANDER OF THE G.A.R. IS SHOWN AT THE LEFT OF THE TABLET.
[np: 1920]. Press photograph, 7-1/4" x 9-1/2." A few light corner chips at blank margins. Typed Underwood explanation of the photograph, 4" x 8," beneath the photo, its upper margin adhered to the verso of the photograph. Very Good. The Battle is known for Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.'s alleged shout-out..... More
THE CONTRAST; OR, MILITARY CHIEFTAINS AND POLITICAL CHIEFTAINS.
Albany: Printed by D. M'Glashan, 1828. 26, [2 blank] pp, disbound. Light spotting, a few old ink corrections, minor chipping of fore-edge of outer leaves. Good+. "This publication was first made, in numbers, through the medium of the Albany Argus." It rebuts the argument, made most particularly by Henry Clay..... More
DEFENCE OF THE NATIONAL DEMOCRACY AGAINST THE ATTACK OF JUDGE DOUGLAS- CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF THE STATES. SPEECH OF HON. J.P. BENJAMIN, OF LOUISIANA. DELIVERED IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, MAY 22, 1860.
[Washington]: Printed by Lemuel Towers, [1860]. 24pp. Folded, untrimmed and uncut. Caption title [as issued]. Scattered mild foxing, Very Good. Benjamin spoke for the Southern Democrats as the crucial 1860 presidential race heated up. The Speech would also be printed as a Breckinridge-Lane campaign pamphlet in the upcoming election. The..... More
THE GREAT TUMBLE BUG OF MISSOURI, BENT-ON ROLLING HIS BALL.
New York: H.R. Robinson, 52 Courtlandt St. [1837]. Oblong folio broadside, 17-1/2" x 14." Hand-colored lithograph. Short closed tear and a few light fox spots at blank margins. Mounted to a thin board. Very Good. At upper margin: "N. Tom O' Logical Studies." "Tumblebugs roll manure into balls as large..... More
ADDRESS OF SENATOR BIGLER TO THE DEMOCRACY OF PHILADELPHIA, IN INDEPENDENCE SQUARE, JULY 4, 1856.
[Philadelphia? 1856]. 16pp. Caption title, as issued. Pinned, untrimmed, lightly worn. Good+. Bigler had just completed his term as Democratic Governor of Pennsylvania, and had begun his service as United States Senator. His July 4 oration doubles as a presidential campaign message. "Whatever others may do, as for me and..... More
AN ORATION ON THE EXTENT AND POWER OF POLITICAL DELUSION. DELIVERED IN NEW-HAVEN, ON THE EVENING PRECEDING THE PUBLIC COMMENCEMENT, SEPTEMBER, 1800. THE SECOND EDITION.
Newark: Pennington and Gould, 1800. 71, [1 blank] pp. Pages 61-68 are misnumbered 53-60, as issued. Disbound, with moderate spotting. Good+. One of six contemporary printings, this is the only one which does not begin with the phrase, 'Connecticut Republicanism.' Bishop was a Jeffersonian and outspoken anti- Federalist, which made..... More