A EULOGY ON THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, DELIVERED AT THE REQUEST OF THE LEGISLATURE OF MASSACHUSETTS, IN FANEUIL HALL. APRIL 15, 1848.
Boston: 1848. 71, [1 blank] pp. Disbound without wraps, Good+. FIRST EDITION. Sabin 23251. More
Boston: 1848. 71, [1 blank] pp. Disbound without wraps, Good+. FIRST EDITION. Sabin 23251. More
Octavo leaf, folded to [4] pp, with the original stamped transmittal envelope. Old horizontal folds for mailing, with a few splits [text unaffected]. Entirely in neat ink manuscript, Very Good. "We are still in the mountains, encamped in the bushes and rocks, where no one can see us or we..... More
[Providence? 1831]. Broadside, 11" x 18". Printed in three columns. Browned uniformly. Several holes along the blank vertical line separating the second and third columns but text unaffected. Old folds, some spotting. Good to Good+ Governor Fenner, Rhode Island's leading Jacksonian, was opposed by the Whig Lemuel Arnold in the..... More
Philadelphia: William Ross, 1797 [i.e., 1798]. 683, [1 blank], [52- Index] pp. Modern quarter morocco and marbled paper over boards. Gilt-lettered morocco spine label. Title page browned, lacking rear endpaper. Else Very Good. This is a voluminous record of an eventful Session of the House. President Adams's Message to Congress..... More
Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1800. 22pp, stitched into modern plain wrappers, with the half title. Scattered light foxing, final blank with a closed tear. Very Good. Inscribed at top of title page, 'Presented by the Author to Wm Lockwo' [inscription trimmed at outer margin]. Flint examines the sterling character of..... More
44th Cong., 2d Sess. HR143. 1877. [Parts I and II.] 51, 35pp, disbound, edges of first leaf chipped. Good+. More
[Washington: Gales & Seaton, Printers, 1829]. 8pp. Caption title [as issued], disbound. Light scattered spotting and wear [small chip at upper blank margin of last leaf], a few old manuscript notations. About Very Good. Foot's speech, opposing the Resolution to defer a vote on Crittenden's nomination. is an insightful analysis..... More
[Philadelphia? 1880]. 8pp. Disbound, caption title as issued. Upper blank margin slightly shaves a few page numbers [no text affected]. Good+. Forney says that Hancock is the man to unite the country, after the brutal Civil War and the divisive Reconstruction. "No quick reconstruction of this Union was possible after..... More
[Washington: Printed by Lemuel Towers, 1859]. Caption title, as issued. 16pp, untrimmed, uncut, and entirely unsophisticated. Mild dusting, Near Fine. Southerners split in the campaign for the 1860 Democratic Presidential nomination over whether to support Senator Douglas's candidacy. Men like Forsyth argued that Douglas's Popular Sovereignty doctrine simply recognized the..... More
[Paris]: Imprimerie et Librairie de Courcier, quai des Augustins. Each 8pp, folded, untrimmed. Caption title [as issued], printed in double columns. Several holes affecting a few letters, some close trimming affecting a few letters. Rubberstamp at head of each caption title. Good+. With some information pertaining to Louisiana, Message of..... More
[Paris, France]: Des l'Imprimeries des Freres Chaignieau, 1807. 4pp, folded, disbound. Caption title [as issued], printed in double columns, completely in French. Light dustsoiling and wear. Institutional rubberstamp at head of caption title. Good+. "Le présidens des Etats-Unis a adressé au congréss un message, d'aprés une résolution du sénat, qui..... More
[Hartford?]: 1848. Broadside, 8-1/4" x 13-5/8. Light margin wear. 'Released' rubberstamp of Connecticut Historical Society on blank verso. Very Good. The Meeting voted to offer these Proceedings "for publication to the Hartford Courant, the Hartford Times and the Charter Oak." Dated and signed in type at the end, "Samuel N...... More
New York: Peter Smith [i.e., Nathaniel Currier], 1848. Lithograph on wove paper, folio broadside. 12-3/4" x 19." A few fox spots, Very Good. "A comic portrayal of the alliance between Free Soil Democrats and Whigs and the more extremist abolitionist Liberty Party interests during the election campaign of 1848. The..... More
Albany: Albany Atlas-Extra-, February, 1848. 32pp, printed in double columns. Caption title [as issued]. Disbound, else Very Good. This historic Convention, precursor to the Free Soil Party's nomination in June of Martin Van Buren, was chaired by his son John. It was a gathering of New York Democrats who opposed..... More
Richmond: Chas. H. Wynne, Printer to the Grand Lodge, 1858. 43, [1 blank] pp. [bound with] PROCEEDINGS OF A GRAND ANNUAL COMMUNICATION OF THE GRAND LODGE OF VIRGINIA...13TH DAY OF DECEMBER, A.L. 5858, A.D. 1858. Richmond: Wynne. 1859. 166pp. [bound with] PROCEEDINGS OF AN OCCASIONAL GRAND LODGE OF ANCIENT, FREE..... More
New York: 1856. 12" x 15" portrait on thin tissue paper, mounted to 14" x 18" paper backing. Half length portrait of John C. Fremont wearing a dark colored suit and tie. He has a full mustache and beard, his torso facing forward, head angled to the right. The copyright..... More
One sheet, with Fremont portrait within a wreath in upper left corner. Browning along left margin, slightly touching the portrait. Else Very Good. The letter, written from North Enfield on September 19 by E.B. Hause, contains purely personal content. Milgram JF 46. More
[Philadelphia]: Putnam Brothers, [1856]. [4]pp letter, with portrait of Fremont in the upper left corner of the first page. The letter is dated August 1861, with purely personal and family content; ink manuscript writing is faded but legible [with some difficulty]. [offered with] FREMONT CAMPAIGN ENVELOPE, Fremont portrait in upper..... More
np. 1856. Caption title [as issued], 7pp. Disbound, scattered light foxing, else Very Good. An attack on the Republicans and Fremont in their first contest for the Presidency, charging that they form "a widely-extended conspiracy" to destroy the Union, and seek to assail "all true religion." This document accuses them..... More
Washington: Blair and Rives, Printers, 1845. 28th Cong., 2d Sess. HD166. 583, [1 blank] pp. Plates and maps all present except for Botany Plate 4 and the large Preuss map. Otherwise, Very Good in contemporary marbled boards and later dark tape, reinforced at inner margins. With the Louisville binder's ticket..... More
Washington: Blair and Rives, Printers, 1845. 28th Cong., 2d Sess. HD166. 583, [1 blank] pp, plus 22 plates and five maps, as issued. Original publisher's cloth [minor wear, front joint starting], a few short separations at folds of large map. Very Good. "The most spectacular reconnaissance of the West since..... More
30th Cong., 1st Sess. SED33. 1848. 447pp, disbound and lightly foxed, else Very Good. Fremont was court martialed because he informed Brigadier General Kearny, his commanding officer, that he would not obey orders. Fremont was found guilty of mutiny, and sentenced to dismissal from the service. FIRST EDITION. Howes F369aa..... More
[np: 1856]. 4pp. Edges chipped with occasional slight loss. Good only. Caption title [as issued]. Printed in double columns. "Let us impartially examine the evidence." True, "in one of his exploring expeditions he made a cross upon a rock"; but even though "he was married by a Catholic Priest," these..... More
[np: nd. 1856]. 16pp, stitched and moderately foxed. Good+. This scarce pamphlet is a Know-Nothing attack on the new Republican Party's candidate for President, John C. Fremont. It illustrates the fateful struggle for the political soul of northern voters-- whether they would ultimately throw their support to the anti-slavery position..... More
[Washington: 1852]. Broadside, 7-1/4" x 8-1/2". Printed on blue paper. Docketed in ink manuscript on verso: "B.B. French, June 16, 1852." Light folds, Very Good. The Democratic National Convention was held from June 1-5, 1852 in Baltimore at the Maryland Institute for the Promotion of Mechanic Arts. The convention nominated..... More