EULOGY ON THE HON. JOHN WHEELOCK, LL.D. LATE PRESIDENT OF DARTMOUTH UNIVERSITY, WHO DIED APRIL 4, 1817.
Hanover: David Watson, Jun. 1817. 19, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, Good plus. AI 39965 [3]. More
NEW HAMPSHIRE
LIFE, TRIAL, & CONFESSION OF FRANK C. ALMY. ILLUSTRATED.
Laconia, N.H. John J. Lane. [1892]. Original printed wrappers, illustrated with a portrait of Almy, with wrapper title [as issued]. 32pp, stitched. Text illustrations. Wrappers lightly chipped and worn. Light scattered foxing, else Very Good. "Almy, a rejected suitor, murdered Christie Warden on July 17, 1891, at Hanover, New Hampshire..... More
HAND BOOK DESCRIPTIVE OF THE ROUTE TO OGDENSBURGH, MONTREAL, QUEBEC, WHITE MOUNTAINS, TICONDEROGA, SARATOGA SPRINGS, AND BOSTON, VIA LAKE ONTARIO AND RIVER ST. LAWRENCE. BY AMERICAN EXPRESS STEAMERS AND CONNECTIONS.
Buffalo: Commercial Advertiser Steam Press, 1859. 8pp + folding map, 'Great Northern Route from Buffalo and Niagara Falls Between East and West.' Original printed wrappers [lower blank forecorner clipped, small closed margin tear without loss]. Stitched, Very Good. This little booklet describes the "delightful route" and the cities along the..... 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
THE HISTORY OF MY OWN TIMES. BY THE REV. DANIEL BARBER, A. M. FORMERLY A PROTESTANT MINISTER IN CLAREMONT, NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND AUTHOR OF A PUBLICATION UNDER THE TITLE OF "CATHOLIC WORSHIP AND PIETY EXPLAINED AND RECOMMENDED."
Washington City: Printed for the Author, by S. C. Ustick, 1827. 48pp in contemporary plain wrappers. Stitching absent, unbound. Faint rubberstamp on title page, gum label at lower spine. Good plus. This is the first part of what became a three-part book. Each is a separate imprint. Parts II and..... More
CHRISTIAN CHURCHES FORM'D AND FURNISH'D BY CHRIST. A SERMON PREACH'D AT THE GATHERING OF A CHURCH, AND THE ORDINATION OF THE REVEREND MR. TIMOTHY WALKER TO THE PASTORAL OFFICE, AT THE NEW PLANTATION CALLED PENNICOOK. NOV. 18TH 1730. BY JOHN BARNARD, M.A. PASTOR OF A CHURCH IN ANDOVER. TO WHICH ARE ANNEXED, THE CHARGE, AND THE RIGHT HAND OF FELLOWSHIP, USED ON THAT OCCASION. NOW MADE PUBLICK AT THE DESIRE OF SEVERAL WHO WERE PRESENT AT THAT SOLEMNITY.
Boston in New-England: Printed by B. Green, for John Phillips, 1731. [4], 42 pp, with the half title but lacking the final blank. Disbound, light rubberstamp at upper blank portion of half title. Scattered foxing. Good+. Pennicook [also 'Pennycook'] is now the Concord, New Hampshire area. A scarce, early American..... More
WILL OF SYLVANUS BROWN.
[Haverhill, MA: 1870?]. Broadside, 8.75" x 19.25", printed in three columns, laid down on paper. Age toned, untrimmed, light scattered spotting. Old horizontal folds, affecting legibility of portions of a few lines of text. Signed in type and dated at the end, March 22, 1870. Good. This is the will..... More
THE EXCELLENCY OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION; EXHIBITED IN A SERMON, BEFORE THE EPISCOPAL CLERGY OF NEW-ENGLAND, CONVENED AT BOSTON: AND PREACHED AT CHRIST CHURCH, SEPT. 20, 1738. BY ARTHUR BROWNE, RECTOR OF PORTSMOUTH IN NEW-HAMPSHIRE, AND MISSIONARY TO THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL IN FOREIGN PARTS. PUBLISHED AT THE REQUEST OF SUNDRY OF THE AUDIENCE.
Boston N. E. Printed by S. Kneeland and T. Green for N. Green, 1738. [2], 20 pp. Disbound. Trimmed closely at the top margin, shaving portions of the running title and occasional portions of page numbers. Scattered foxing. Errata at bottom of page 20. Good plus. Our pagination tracks that..... More
THE JERUSALEM SINNER SAVED; OR, GOOD NEWS TO THE VILEST OF MEN: BEING AN HELP FOR DESPAIRING SOULS: SHEWING, THAT JESUS CHRIST WOULD HAVE MERCY IN THE FIRST PLACE OFFERED TO THE BIGGEST SINNERS.
Amherst [NH]: Samuel Preston, 1798. 16mo. iv, [1], 6-176 pp [as issued]. Contemporary calf. Contemporary ownership inscription of Andrew Dodge. Minor wear, Very Good. First published at London in 1688 under the title, 'Good News for the Vilest of Men.' This is the second American printing. The first American edition..... More
GOVERNORS OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES, 1862.
Boston: B.B. Russell, 515 Washington St.; Engraved by J.C. Buttre, 48 Franklin St., New York, 1862. Lithograph, 11" x 15". Six uncolored oval portraits of the New England Governors in 1862 arranged around an engraving of the Bunker Hill Monument: Israel Washburn, Jr., Maine; Nathaniel S. Berry, New Hampshire; Frederick..... More
A LETTER TO THE HONORABLE JAMES CLARK, ON THE USE OF RAIL ROADS.
[Nashua, NH? 1842?]. 16pp, stitched, Near Fine. The subject of the Letter was the proposed extension of a railroad from Concord to the Connecticut River. Peter Clark, upon invitation from James Clark, opines on the compensation that the Boston and Lowell Railroad, and the Concord Nashua and Lowell Railroad, ought..... More
REPORT OF A TRIAL FOR ALLEGED MAL-PRACTICE AGAINST DIXI CROSBY, M.D., PROFESSOR OF SURGERY, &C., IN THE DARTMOUTH MEDICAL COLLEGE; IN THE WINDSOR COUNTY COURT AT WOODSTOCK, MAY TERM, 1854. VERDICT FOR DEFENDANT.
Woodstock: Printed by Lewis Pratt, Jr., 1854. 85pp, with rubberstamp and light blindstamp. Bound in later library buckram, gum label at spine base. Good+. "An important medico-legal case against the Professor of Surgery in the Dartmouth Medical College" [Eberstadt]. Crosby's Preface says the malpractice action "is the first suit ever..... More
OPINION OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, IN THE CASE OF THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, VERSUS WILLIAM H. WOODWARD, ESQ. PRONOUNCED AT PLYMOUTH, IN THE COUNTY OF GRAFTON, AT THE NOVEMBER TERM, 1817. PRESENT, HON. WILLIAM M. RICHARDSON, CHIEF-JUSTICE. HON. SAMUEL BELL, HON. LEVI WOODBURY, JUSTICES.
Concord: Printed by Isaac Hill, 1818. 27, [1 blank] pp. Stitched, untrimmed. Tear to top inside corner of title page [no text loss]. Light toning and scattered focing. About Good+. This is the original lower court opinion in the famous Dartmouth College Case, brought because the anti-Federalist legislature of New..... More
AN ACT TO AMEND, ENLARGE AND IMPROVE THE CORPORATION OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE. JUNE, 1816.
[Concord, N.H.? 1816]. 8pp, disbound. Lightly tanned, scattere spotting. Top edge of two leaves clipped closely with loss of one line of text from each of three of the pages. Good. This Act, which purported to revise the Charter of Dartmouth College, was the spark that fueled the landmark Dartmouth..... More
DARTMOUTH INDEX. VOL. 2. NO. 1. WITH VOL. 3, NO. 1; VOL. 4, NO. 1; AND VOL. 5, NO. 1.
Dartmouth College: Oct. 1851- Oct. 1854. Each issue is 8pp, disbound and lightly worn. Contemporary pencil notations in margins. Good+. Each of these rare pamphlets lists the students at Dartmouth by class, College officers, Social Friends, United Fraternity, Officers and members of fraternities, clubs, and societies. OCLC 57274330 [1- NH..... More
DIPLOMA, IN ELEGANT LATIN TYPESCRIPT, CONFERRING THE DEGREE OF "DOCTORIS IN MEDICINA" UPON GULIELMUS F. STEVENS, 1827, WITH SIGNATURES OF PRESIDENT BENNET TYLER AND OTHERS.
Folio broadside, printed on parchment, 14" x 14-1/2." Original seal on cloth ribbon retained. Light edge wear, Very Good. More
WASHINGTON CITY, OCT. 9TH, 1852. DEAR SIR: THE ZEALOUS AND ACTIVE FRIENDS, ON WHOSE ABILITY AND ENERGY THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY RELIES FOR SUCCESS IN THE APPROACHING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, SHOULD BE TRULY INFORMED OF THE STATE OF THE CANVASS...
[Washington: 1852]. Folded sheet. [2], [2 blanks] pp. Untrimmed, Fine. Signed in type at the end: "C.H. Peaslee, J.W. Forney, A.G. Penn, Members of Democratic National Committee at Washington." A rare printed Letter, optimistically emphasizing the "perfect unanimity" of the Democratic Party behind the Pierce-King ticket. By contrast, a "breach..... More
WASHINGTON, OCTOBER 22, 1852. DEAR SIR: - THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT WITHIN A FEW DAYS THERE HAS BEEN A GRAND CONCLAVE OF THE ACTIVE MEN OF THE SCOTT PARTY IN PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK, AND THAT LARGE SUMS OF MONEY HAVE BEEN RAISED TO DESPATCH SECRET EMISSARIES TO EVERY NOOK AND CORNER OF THESE STATES TO PROVIDE BOUNTIES FOR RECRUITING SERVICE-- TO PROSTITUTE THE BASE...
[Washington: 1852]. Folio sheet folded to 8" x 10". [1], [3 blanks] pp. Signed in type at the end: "C.H. Peaslee, J.W. Forney, A.G. Penn, Members of Democratic National Committee at Washington." Docketed in ink on final blank. Very Good. A rare printed Letter from the Democratic National Committee, feverishly..... More
A TRUE AND CONCISE NARRATIVE, OF THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF THE CHURCH DIFFICULTIES, IN THE VICINITY OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, IN HANOVER. THE SAME BEING THE ORIGIN OF PRESIDENT WHEELOCK'S DISAFFECTION TO THE TRUSTEES AND PROFESSORS OF THE COLLEGE, WITH DOCUMENTS RELATIVE THERETO. BY...A COMMITTEE OF THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH THERE, APPOINTED FOR THE PURPOSE.
Hanover, N.H. Charles Spear, 1815. Stitched in contemporary plain wrappers [front wrap detached], 68pp, untrimmed with wide margins. Light tan, Very Good. This pamphlet details the prelude to the Dartmouth College Case-- the struggle between President John Wheelock and the College's Trustees. Amid prolonged and noisy public clamour, the Trustees..... More
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A SERMON, COMMEMORATIVE OF HALDIMAND SUMNER PUTNAM, [CAPT. ENGINEERS, U.S.A.] COLONEL OF THE 7TH REGIMENT, NEW-HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEERS, AND ACTING BRIGADIER GENERAL, COMMANDING THE COLUMN OF ASSAULT ON FORT WAGNER, UPON WHOSE RAMPARTS HE FELL, JULY 18, 1863.
Claremont, N.H. Press of the Claremont Manufacturing Company, 1863. 16pp, disbound. Scattered foxing. Good+. Putnam [1835-1863], born in Cornish, New Hampshire, graduated from West Point in 1857. He was taken prisoner by the Confederates in Montgomery, Alabama. After his release, he served in the First Battle of Bull Run and..... More
AN ANSWER TO THE "VINDICATION OF THE OFFICIAL CONDUCT OF THE TRUSTEES OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE," IN CONFIRMATION OF THE "SKETCHES:" WITH REMARKS ON THE REMOVAL OF PRESIDENT WHEELOCK.
Hanover: David Watson, Jun.:, 1816. Stitched and untrimmed, with plain rear wrapper present. 94, [1 errata] pp. Spine tape, a light institutional stamp and rubberstamp on blank portion of title page and verso. Else a Very Good copy. A defense of President John Wheelock in his bitter controversy with the..... More
EVENING POST DOCUMENTS.- NO. 10. SPEECHES DELIVERED AT TAMMANY HALL, NEW YORK CITY, SEPT. 2, 1852, BY HON. LEWIS CASS, OF MICHIGAN. STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS, OF ILLINOIS...HON. BENJ. F. HALLETT, OF MASSACHUSETTS. [At head of title: [Evening Post Extra.].
[New York: 1852]. 16pp, untrimmed, uncut, and folded. Dusted, lightly worn, some spine splitting. Good+. A Democratic Party rally during the 1852 presidential campaign, endorsing "with joyous hearts, the names of Franklin Pierce and William R. King as the favored standard bearers of our political faith in the present campaign..... More
EVENING POST DOCUMENTS.- NO. 10. SPEECHES DELIVERED AT TAMMANY HALL, NEW YORK CITY, SEPT. 2, 1852, BY HON. LEWIS CASS, OF MICHIGAN. STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS, OF ILLINOIS...HON. WILLIS A. GORMAN, OF INDIANA. ALSO, KENTUCKY AND VIRGINIA RESOLUTIONS OF 1798 AND 1799.
[New York: 1852]. 16pp, disbound with archivally reinforced inner margin. Good+. This pamphlet records a Democratic Party rally during the 1852 presidential contest, endorsing "with joyous hearts, the names of Franklin Pierce and William R. King as the favored standard bearers of our political faith in the present campaign. In..... More
THE WHIG CHARGE OF INTOLERANCE AGAINST THE NEW HAMPSHIRE DEMOCRACY AND GEN. FRANKLIN PIERCE.
Boston: Beals, Greene & Co., 1852. Disbound, 24pp, printed in double columns. Light wear, Very Good. The 1852 presidential campaign, pitting the Democrat Pierce against the Whig Scott, featured an unseemly competition for the votes of Irish Catholic immigrants. Whigs, who were at a disadvantage in this contest, charged Pierce..... More
THE PIERCE AND KING DEMOCRATIC ASSOCIATION OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, TO THE LABORING AND PRODUCING CLASSES OF THE UNITED STATES.
[Washington? 1852. Caption title as issued. 16pp. At head of title, cuts of a farmer plowing with his team of horses; and an arm and hammer surrounded by a wreath. Disbound, lightly toned or foxed, else Very Good. These Washington D.C. Democrats, "possessed of no political suffrage ourselves," warn in..... More