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Item #41021 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TRANSMITTING A REPORT AND SUNDRY...

[Adams, John]:

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TRANSMITTING A REPORT AND SUNDRY DOCUMENTS, FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE, OF THE DEPREDATIONS COMMITTED ON THE COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES SINCE THE FIRST OF OCTOBER, 1796; IN PURSUANCE OF A RESOLUTION OF THE HOUSE, ON THE TENTH INSTANT. JUNE 22, 1797. ORDERED TO LIE ON THE TABLE. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Philadelphia: Printed by W. Ross, near Congress-Hall, [1797]. 10, [148] pp, as issued. Bound in later quarter calf and marbled paper over boards, contemporary spine label. Folding table at the end of Document No. 4. Very Good. Secretary of State Pickering, whose report runs through page 10, discloses that "armed..... More

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Item #14397 AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT LENOX, ON THE FIRST OF AUGUST, 1842, THE ANNIVERSARY OF...

Channing, William E.:

AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT LENOX, ON THE FIRST OF AUGUST, 1842, THE ANNIVERSARY OF EMANCIPATION, IN THE BRITISH WEST INDIES.

Lenox, Mass. J.G. Stanly, 1842. Disbound, 38pp, scattered soil. Good+. AI 42-994 [5]. More

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[Cleveland, Lewis F.]:

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CITY OF NASSAU AND ISLAND OF NEW PROVIDENCE, BAHAMAS, WEST INDIES, WITH METEOROLOGICAL TABLES, AND OTHER STATISTICS OF INTEREST TO INVALIDS & TRAVELERS.

New York: Geo. Edw'd Sears, Printer & Stationer. [1870]. 28pp. Disbound and loosened. With the original printed front wrapper [wrapper title, as issued]. Lacking the rear wrapper. Good+. "Schedule of Sailing Days of Nassau Steamers," temperature tables, resorts for consumptives, resources and other desirable qualities, and testimonial letters from General..... More

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Item #35766 A CONTINUATION OF DR. COKE'S JOURNAL: IN TWO LETTERS TO THE REV. J. WESLEY. Thomas Coke

Coke, Thomas:

A CONTINUATION OF DR. COKE'S JOURNAL: IN TWO LETTERS TO THE REV. J. WESLEY.

London: Printed by J. Paramore, 1787. 12mo, 12pp. Lower quadrants spotted. Good+, bound in modern marbled boards. The first Methodist Bishop, Coke was "superintendent" for America and, in the course of his duties, made nine voyages to the West Indies between 1784 and 1803. These Letters, written from Dominica and..... More

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[Courtenay, Thomas Peregrine]:

OBSERVATIONS ON THE AMERICAN TREATY, IN ELEVEN LETTERS. FIRST PUBLISHED IN "THE SUN," UNDER THE SIGNATURE OF DECIUS.

London: Sold by J. Budd... 1808. [4], 2, 75, [1] pp. With the half title, on which is inscribed, "With Mr. T. Courtenay's Compliments." Disbound [spine remnant present], some dusting, Good+. The Treaty, though signed by the authorized American and British ministers, was never ratified. Having rejected it, President Jefferson..... More

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Item #40085 SOME MATERIAL AND VERY IMPORTANT REMARKS CONCERNING THE PRESENT SITUATION OF AFFAIRS...

Friend to the British Flag, A:

SOME MATERIAL AND VERY IMPORTANT REMARKS CONCERNING THE PRESENT SITUATION OF AFFAIRS BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE AND SPAIN, IN REGARD TO THEIR EAST AND WEST INDIA SETTLEMENTS. AS ALSO A METHOD PROPOSED, WHICH WILL EFFECTUALLY REDUCE FRANCE AND SPAIN TO GOOD MANNERS, UPON A BETTER AND MORE LASTING FOUNDATION THAN ALL OUR HITHERTO FRUITLESS NEGOTIATIONS. . .

London: Printed for C. Corbett, against St. Dunstan's Church, in Fleet-street, 1755. [4], 47, [1 blank] pp, with the half title as issued. Stitched into plain wrappers with title pasted down on front wrapper. Lightly foxed, about Very Good. The author warns that France, ever since the treaty of Aix..... More

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Item #41314 SUBSTANCE OF AN ADDRESS TO THE LADIES OF GLASGOW AND ITS VICINITY UPON THE PRESENT...

[Glasgow Ladies' Anti-Slavery Association] Thompson, George:

SUBSTANCE OF AN ADDRESS TO THE LADIES OF GLASGOW AND ITS VICINITY UPON THE PRESENT ASPECT OF THE GREAT QUESTION OF NEGRO EMANCIPATION, DELIVERED IN MR ANDERSON'S CHAPEL, JOHN-ST., GLASGOW, ON TUESDAY, MARCH 5TH, 1833. BY GEORGE THOMPSON. ALSO, SOME ACCOUNT OF THE FORMATION OF THE GLASGOW LADIES' ANTI-SLAVERY ASSOCIATION.

Glasgow: David Robertson. 1833. 42pp. Stitched. Top edge uncut. Minor spotting. Very Good. This is Thompson's "lecture in favour of the immediate abolition of slavery in the West Indian colonies. The assembly was one of the most interesting we recollect to have seen. Not fewer than 1,800 females composing the..... More

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Item #40942 THE UTTER EXTINCTION OF SLAVERY AN OBJECT OF SCRIPTURE PROPHECY: A LECTURE THE...

Ivimey, Joseph:

THE UTTER EXTINCTION OF SLAVERY AN OBJECT OF SCRIPTURE PROPHECY: A LECTURE THE SUBSTANCE OF WHICH WAS DELIVERED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CHELMSFORD LADIES' ANTI-SLAVERY ASSOCIATION, IN THE FRIEND'S MEETING-HOUSE, ON TUESDAY, THE 17TH OF APRIL, 1832 : WILLIAM KNIGHT, ESQ. TREASURER, IN THE CHAIR. WITH ELUCIDATORY NOTES. BY JOSEPH IVIMEY, A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY. DEDICATED TO WILLIAM WILBERFORCE, ESQ.

London: [J. Messeder, Printer]. Sold by G. Wightman, &c. 1832. viii, 74, [1-advt], [1 blank] pp. Disbound and light scattered foxing. Title page vignette of a kneeling, chained slave: "Am I not a man and a brother?" Text bright and clean. Except as noted, Very Good. The Baptist Magazine for..... More

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Item #18944 A TREATISE ON THE FEVERS OF JAMAICA, WITH SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE INTERMITTING FEVER...

Jackson, Robert:

A TREATISE ON THE FEVERS OF JAMAICA, WITH SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE INTERMITTING FEVER OF AMERICA, AND AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING SOME HINTS ON THE MEANS OF PRESERVING THE HEALTH OF SOLDIERS IN HOT CLIMATES.

Philadelphia: Robert Campbell, 1795. Original sheep [rubbed, worn, hinges starting]. Early ownership inscriptions of Nathan W. Adams [1814] on front endpapers. Half title, xi, [1 blank], 276, 19, [1 blank], [4 publ. advts.] pp. Text lightly tanned and lightly foxed. Good+. "Apparently reprinted from the first London edition of 1791"..... More

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Item #37001 JAMAICA. RETURN TO AN ADDRESS OF THE HONOURABLE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, DATED 30 MAY...

[Jamaica]:

JAMAICA. RETURN TO AN ADDRESS OF THE HONOURABLE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, DATED 30 MAY 1839;- FOR, NO. 1. - COPIES OR EXTRACTS OF THE FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS TRANSMITTED TO THE MARQUIS OF NORMANDY BY THE AGENT OF JAMAICA, ON THE 7TH DAY OF MAY LAST, RELATIVE TO THE AGRICULTURAL STATE OF THAT COLONY...

[London: 1839]. 12, [1 blank], [1 docket] pp. Folio, with caption title as issued. New stitching. Very Good. Reports are printed "on the actual state of the labouring population and sugar cultivation," with disturbing news that the local magistrate prevents "the labourers from settling and working upon the properties on..... More

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Item #27053 AN ACCOUNT OF THE LOSS OF THE WESLEYAN MISSIONARIES, MESSRS. WHITE, HILLIER,...

Jones, Mrs.:

AN ACCOUNT OF THE LOSS OF THE WESLEYAN MISSIONARIES, MESSRS. WHITE, HILLIER, TRUSCOTT, OKE, AND JONES, WITH MRS. WHITE AND MRS. TRUSCOTT, AND THEIR CHILDREN AND SERVANTS, IN THE MARIA MAILBOAT, OFF THE ISLAND OF ANTIGUA, IN THE WEST INDIES, FEBRUARY 28, 1826. BY MRS. JONES, THE ONLY SURVIVOR ON THAT MOURNFUL OCCASION. FROM THE FIFTH LONDON EDITION.

New York: T. Mason and G. Lane, For the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1837. 23, [1 blank] pp. Disbound with light but persistent spotting. Good+. The sinking of the ship Maria on a voyage between St. Kitts and Antigua, and the tragic loss of life suffered by these martyrs to the..... More

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Item #39813 HOUSE OF COMMONS, THURSDAY, 18TH OF AUGUST, 1831. [FROM THE MIRROR OF PARLIAMENT,...

[Lescesne, Louis Celeste; John Escoffery]:

HOUSE OF COMMONS, THURSDAY, 18TH OF AUGUST, 1831. [FROM THE MIRROR OF PARLIAMENT, PART XCIV.] CASE OF LESCENE [sic] AND ESCOFFERY.

[London: Printed for the Proprietors of the "Mirror of Parliament," 3, Abingdon Street, Westminster, 1831]. 16pp. Disbound. Caption title, as issued. Generous margins, occasional minor foxing. Very Good. "Proceedings of a debate in the House of Commons led by Joseph Hume against the proposal for the British rather than the..... More

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Item #38831 REFLECTIONS ON MR. BURCHET'S MEMOIRS. OR, REMARKS ON HIS ACCOUNT OF CAPTAIN WILMOT'S...

Lillingston, Luke:

REFLECTIONS ON MR. BURCHET'S MEMOIRS. OR, REMARKS ON HIS ACCOUNT OF CAPTAIN WILMOT'S EXPEDITION TO THE WEST-INDIES.

London: Printed, and sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster, 1704. [18], 90, 95-171, [1 blank]. Pages 79 and 86 are misnumbered '76' and '96' respectively. Despite the mispagination, the text is continuous. ESTC notes an errata slip, apparently in some copies. Bound in original speckled roan [rebacked], with..... More

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Item #41422 ANTI-SLAVERY MONTHLY REPORTER. Zachary Macauley

[Macauley, Zachary]:

ANTI-SLAVERY MONTHLY REPORTER.

London: Bagster & Thomas, 1829 - 1830. 21 issues. Nos. 44-59 and 61-63. January 1829 - April 1830 and June - July 1830. First several leaves moderately foxed, otherwise a clean text with widely scattered foxing. Very Good, in contemporary half sheep and marbled paper over boards [hinges starting]. Ownership..... More

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Item #39708 REMARKS UPON THE PRESENT NEGOTIATIONS OF PEACE BEGUN BETWEEN BRITAIN AND FRANCE....

[Maynwaring, Arthur]:

REMARKS UPON THE PRESENT NEGOTIATIONS OF PEACE BEGUN BETWEEN BRITAIN AND FRANCE.

London: Printed in the Year 1711. [4], 35, [1 blank] pp. With the half title, as issued [numerical rubberstamp in blank portion]. Lightly foxed, lightly worn, lightly toned. Title within a double-ruled border. Untrimmed. In modern paper over boards. Good+. A Whig, Maynwaring "was a man of extreme passions and..... More

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McClure, David:

A SERMON, DELIVERED AT ELLINGTON IN CONNECTICUT, AT THE INTERMENT OF THE REVEREND JOHN ELSWORTH, A. M. LATE MINISTER OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE ISLAND OF SABA, IN THE WEST-INDIES. WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE NOV. 22, 1791, AGED 29 YEARS. PUBLISHED AT THE REQUEST OF THE MOURNING PARENTS.

Hartford: 1792. 32pp, with the half title. Plain front wrap; lacks rear wrap. Ornament at top of page (7). Several attractive styles of type, including script. Stitched and untrimmed. Tanned. A few short tears at leaf edges. "Rev. M. Root" in manuscript at head of half-title; "Barzillai Green, His Book"..... More

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Item #36000 OIL WITHOUT VINEGAR, AND DIGNITY WITHOUT PRIDE: OR, BRITISH, AMERICAN, AND WEST-INDIA...

Medford, Macall:

OIL WITHOUT VINEGAR, AND DIGNITY WITHOUT PRIDE: OR, BRITISH, AMERICAN, AND WEST-INDIA INTERESTS CONSIDERED. THE SECOND EDITION. WITH A PREFACE, AND ADDITIONS. TOGETHER WITH A CHART, SHOWING THE RISE AND FALL OF THE TRADE BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES.

London: Printed for W.J. and J. Richardson, Cornhill... 1807. Contemporary plain blue wrappers [spine shorn, front wrapper detached but present and with a light rubberstamp]. Untrimmed. Stitching broken. [2], xv, 110, [14] pp. Light rubberstamp at lower blank margin of last page. Foxed moderately. Large folding "Chart of Exports and..... More

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Item #40713 PAPERS RELATING TO THE LATE DISTURBANCES IN BARBADOS. PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF...

Parliament:

PAPERS RELATING TO THE LATE DISTURBANCES IN BARBADOS. PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY COMMAND OF HER MAJESTY, 1876.

London: Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1876. xii, 247, [1] pp. [bound with] FURTHER PAPERS RELATING TO THE LATE DISTURBANCES IN BARBADOS. PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT BY COMMAND OF HER MAJESTY, JULY 1876. Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode. 1876. x, 220 pp..... More

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Item #39695 VOTES OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. MARTIS, 26 DIE FEBRUARII, 1788. Parliament, Slave Trade

[Parliament] [Slave Trade]:

VOTES OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. MARTIS, 26 DIE FEBRUARII, 1788.

[London: Printed and Sold by John Nichols... 1788]. Folio. Pages 313-316, [2], as issued. Disbound, else Very Good. "Numb. 36." printed in left corner at head of title. The matters include "A Petition of the Aldermen, Burgesses, and Inhabitants of the Town of Wokingham, in the Counties of Berks and..... More

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Item #39227 AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, 29 JULY 1788, FROM THE GOVERNOR OF BARBADOS, DAVID PARRY, TO...

Parry, David:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, 29 JULY 1788, FROM THE GOVERNOR OF BARBADOS, DAVID PARRY, TO THE LORD BISHOP OF LONDON, BEILBY PORTEUS, CONCERNING THE "INSTRUCTION OF THE SLAVES IN THE DOCTRINES, AND DUTIES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION."

Barbados: 1788. Folio sheet, folded to [4] pp, each page 7-1/2" x 9-3/8." Entirely in ink manuscript and signed "D. Parry" at the bottom of page [3]. Docketed on page [4]. Split along spine; several fold splits with archival repairs. All text preserved nicely. Good+. Governor Parry, differing with Barbados's..... More

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Phillips, W. Hallett:

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. OCTOBER TERM, 1895. NO. 986. ADVANCED. J.H.S. WIBORG, JENS P. PETERSEN, AND HANS JOHANSEN, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, VS. THE UNITED STATES. CONSTRUCTION OF SECTION 5286 OF THE U.S. REVISED STATUTES. BRIEF OF W. HALLETT PHILLIPS FOR PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR.

Washington: Judd & Detweiler, [1895]. Original printed wrappers [detached with some edge chipping] with wrapper title, as issued. Stapled as issued. 36pp, clean text. Good+. The case is an example in the long history, dating back to the dreams of Southern slavery expansionists, of American yearning to acquire Cuba. Wiborg..... More

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Item #15217 A SPEECH DELIVERED IN PARLIAMENT BY A PERSON OF HONOUR, WHEREIN IS SHEWN THE CAUSE,...

[Roe, Sir Thomas]:

A SPEECH DELIVERED IN PARLIAMENT BY A PERSON OF HONOUR, WHEREIN IS SHEWN THE CAUSE, AND CURE OF THE DECAY OF TRADE, AND MERCHANDIZE. TO WHICH IS ADDED, THE REMARKABLE SPEECH OF SIR BENJAMIN RUDYERD, [MADE THE 21ST OF JAMES THE 1ST, 1623] CONCERNING THE WEST-INDIA TRADE, AND THE EXORBITANT AMBITION AND NATURAL WEAKNESS OF SPAIN.

[London: F. Noble, 1739]. Half title, 20pp + [1 publ. advt.] Bound in attractive modern marbled wrappers, with caption title [as issued]. Very Good. The formation and beginnings of the West India Company. Roe explains the necessity for England's development of the West India trade; Rudyerd advocates establishment of "a..... More

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[Shelton, Philo S.]:

THE LAW OF SPECIAL REPRISALS.

[n.p. 1858]. 30, 4 pp. Disbound. Title page toned at the margins; mild occasional foxing. Clipped ink inscription at head of title page. Good+. This learned lawyer's brief was prompted by a dispute over the ownership of so-called Aves Island, "a speck of sand in the central Caribbean, 1,230 feet..... More

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Item #40803 OBSERVATIONS ON THE BILL INTRODUCED LAST SESSION, BY MR. WILBERFORCE, FOR THE MORE...

[Slave Trade]:

OBSERVATIONS ON THE BILL INTRODUCED LAST SESSION, BY MR. WILBERFORCE, FOR THE MORE EFFECTUALLY PREVENTING THE UNLAWFUL IMPORTATION OF SLAVES, AND THE HOLDING FREE PERSONS IN SLAVERY IN THE BRITISH COLONIES.

London: Printed for J. M. Richardson, Cornhill, Opposite the Royal Exchange, 1816. [3]-28pp. Light scattered foxing. Bound in modern cloth [withdrawal stamp on front pastedown; inoffensive faint blindstamp on blank corner of title leaf]. Else Very Good. Our collation matches that of the bibliographers. The nameless author disclaims any "intention..... More

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Item #41192 THE SLAVE COLONIES OF GREAT BRITAIN; OR A PICTURE OF NEGRO SLAVERY DRAWN BY THE...

Society for the Mitigation and Gradual Abolition of Slavery; [Macaulay, Zachary]:

THE SLAVE COLONIES OF GREAT BRITAIN; OR A PICTURE OF NEGRO SLAVERY DRAWN BY THE COLONISTS THEMSELVES; BEING AN ABSTRACT OF THE VARIOUS PAPERS RECENTLY LAID BEFORE PARLIAMENT ON THAT SUBJECT.

London: Printed by Ellerton and Henderson, Gough Square, for the Society for the Mitigation and Gradual Abolition of Slavery Throughout the British Dominions; and Sold by J. Hatchard and Son, Piccadilly; and J. and A. Arch, Cornhill, 1825. iv, 164 pp. Some foxing to first and last few leaves; title..... More

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