[Boston: 1848]. 31, [1]pp. Original printed self-wrappers, stitched, outer leaves loose. Light wear, Very Good. This pamphlet reflects the alarm of anti-slavery Whigs at the possibility of Taylor's nomination. A Louisiana slaveholder and political cipher, he would surely oppose the Wilmot Proviso barring slavery from the conquered Mexican Cession... More about GENERAL TAYLOR AND THE WILMOT PROVISO
Reading, PA: Von Carl Friederich Egelmann, [1848]. 32pp. Stitched. Original printed wrappers [margin-chipped, dustsoiled]. Front wrapper with black and white illustration. Black and white illustrations throughout text. Light uniform tanning, scattered foxing. Some chipping and wear to edges. Pencil and ink markings in margins throughout text. Good. Printed in German... More about DER REUE, AMERIKANISCHE LANDWIRTHSCHAFTS= CALENDER, AUF ...1849, MELCHES EIN GEMEINES tAHR VON...
[Sacramento, CA: O.M. Clayes, State Printer, 1866]. 6, [2 blank] pp, disbound, paper tape added to spine. Light age toning, else quite clean. Very Good. Beginning in early 1849, American citizens began squatting on lands located in Amador, Sacramento, and San Joaquin counties. In 1856, settlers learned of an... More about MEMORIAL TO CONGRESS IN BEHALF OF SETTLERS ON LANDS COVERED BY THE ARROYO SECO GRANT. IN SENATE,...
[New York & San Diego: International Land Company of Mexico, 1887]. Elephant folio sheet, uncut, folded to 24 panels. Illustrations. Folds expertly reinforced with archival tape, affecting a couple of letters; lightly toned. Else Very Good. Housed in an attractive morocco box with gilt-lettered spine title. An interesting promotional by... More about TIERRA PERFECTA, OR "PERFECT LAND" OF THE MISSION FATHERS. LOWER CALIFORNIA, THE...
Albany: Little & Company [Joel Munsell, Printer], 1851. 78, [2 blanks] pp, plus lithographed engraving frontis of General Wool with his facsimile signature. Original printed wrappers, stitched. Light to moderate foxing, else Very Good. Baylies's Narrative is one of the most significant and reliable sources for Wool's campaign during the... More about A NARRATIVE OF MAJOR GENERAL WOOL'S CAMPAIGN IN MEXICO, IN THE YEARS 1846, 1847 & 1848
[Washington: Buell & Blanchard, 1850]. 8pp. Caption title [as issued]. Printed in double columns. Folded, untrimmed, and uncut. Very Good. Sabin 5637. Dumond 28. More about THE SLAVE QUESTION. SPEECH OF...OF ILLINOIS, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY...
[Washington: Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1848]. Caption title [as issued], 8pp, printed in double columns. Disbound, Very Good. A St. Louis lawyer and Democrat, Bowlin blasts the Whigs on a variety of issues: "the financial condition of the country-- a condition brought about by the corruption of their... More about ADDRESS OF JAMES B. BOWLIN, OF MISSOURI, TO HIS CONSTITUENTS
30th Cong., 1st Sess. HR817. 1848. 39pp, dbd, scattered foxing. Good+. On claims arising from Fremont's military operations in California. More about CALIFORNIA CLAIMS. MR. BOTTS, FROM THE COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AFFAIRS, MADE THE FOLLOWING REPORT
Printed 1850-1859. The bindings are generally tight, with some inner hinges reinforced. Binding styles and paginations vary: some legal buckram, others sheep; some with morocco spine labels, others issued without spine labels. Several volumes include folding tables. The majority have the usual institutional marks, which are rarely obtrusive. Occasional text... More about A COMPLETE RUN OF THE FIRST TEN YEARS OF THE EARLIEST CALIFORNIA STATE STATUTES, FROM THE FIRST...
46th Cong., 3d Sess. HR29. 1880. 54pp, dbd, light wear. Very Good. More about RANCHO PANOCHE GRANDE
California: B.B. Redding. [, 1855]. 24pp. Disbound. Light foxing, light stains in bottom margins. Good+. More about REPORT OF THE SENATE SPECIAL COMMITTEE IN REFERENCE TO THE WAR INDEBTEDNESS. DOCUMENT NO. 15. IN...
[California. 10pp, disbound, outer two leaves partly detached at top and bottom. Tanned, minor dustsoiling and wear of outer leaves. Good+. "From the organization of the State government of California, the city of San Francisco has contended that there was a pueblo, or town, under the Mexican Government, at... More about POINT SAN JOSE. SUPPLEMENTARY BRIEF IN BEHALF OF CLAIMANTS. [Signed at end in type: R. STEINBACH....
[Washington: Congressional Globe Office, 1850]. 15, [1 blank] pp, disbound, printed in double columns. Scattered spotting, else Good+. More about THE POWER OF CONGRESS OVER THE TERRITORIES. SPEECH OF...OF MICHIGAN, IN SENATE OF THE UNITED...
[Washington: Congressional Globe Office, 1850]. 16pp, disbound, first and last leaves are loose, printed in double columns. Light scattered foxing, some old paper clip stains in margins. Bottom edge of some pages trimmed a bit closely [no text loss]. Good+. More about TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENTS. SPEECH OF...OF MICHIGAN, IN SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, JANUARY 21 AND...
Washington: 1878. 20pp, stitched. Light foxing and wear, Very Good. More about MEXICAN AWARD. SPEECH OF...OF MISSISSIPPI, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JUNE 4, 1878
Van Buren [Arkansas]: June 12, 1847. Elephant folio sheet, folded to [4] pp. Each page 17-1/2" x 24", and printed in six columns. Some spotting. Complete, Good+. This weekly began publishing January 22, 1842, and ceased in September 1859. It became a Democratic Party organ, espousing the pro-slavery position under... More about THE ARKANSAS INTELLIGENCER. "LET EVERY FREEMAN SPEAK HIS THOUGHTS." VOLUME 6- NO. 18
[Washington: 1848]. 16pp, disbound, caption title (as issued). Some blank margin-chipping, Good+. Clayton of Delaware defends the Whigs' nomination of political cypher Taylor for President. He is "a Whig, but not an ultra Whig." Sabin 13576n. More about SPEECH...IN DEFENCE OF ZACHARY TAYLOR. DELIVERED IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, JULY 5, 1848
Washington: 1839-1851. A bound volume of forty-two speeches and reports, each a separate imprint, delivered almost entirely in Congress by Representatives and Senators, on the array of issues facing the national government during the decade of the 1840s. Bound together in half sheep and marbled boards, lightly rubbed, with a.... More about A BOUND VOLUME OF MORE THAN FORTY CONGRESSIONAL SPEECHES AND REPORTS, ON THE POLITICAL ISSUES OF...
[Washington]: J.& G.S. Gideon, Printers, 1847. 15, [1 blank] pp. Caption title [as issued]. Disbound, partly uncut. Light scattered foxing. Small child's pencil drawing of soldier on last blank page, else Very Good. Sabin 17871. More about "OLD FEDERALISM" & "MODERN DEMOCRACY. " SPEECH OF...OF NEW YORK, ON THE...
Philadelphia: 1849. 29pp. Original printed front wrapper. Disbound and lacking the rear wrapper, else Very Good. Inscribed on the front wrapper to "Col. Page with Wm. W. Chew's respects". Dallas's printed Letter is addressed in type, at the bottom of page 29, to William White Chew of Germantown. Polk's Vice... More about MR. DALLAS'S LETTER ON THE MEXICAN TREATY; RE-PRINTED FROM THE PUBLIC LEDGER OF JUNE 15, 1849
Philadelphia: J.L. Magee Publ. [1865]. Lithograph broadside cartoon, oblong 6-7/8" x 4-1/4". Caption above the cartoon: "Jef' and his friend John sailing up Salt River in search of the promised Land,- they find it, 'IN A HORN'." Mild toning. Very Good. "Davis, in petticoats, holding 'Treasury Gold,' on barrel..... More about "GONE UP" JEF AND THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY
[np: 1848]. 8pp, disbound, caption title [as issued]. Very Good. Democrats and Whigs competed furiously for Southern votes in the presidential election of 1848, the first such contest in which slavery was the overriding issue. The end of the Mexican War had brought the United States vast western territories... More about ADDRESS OF THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE. MILLARD FILLMORE, PROVED TO BE AN...
[Newburgh, N.Y. 1848]. Broadside, 6 1/2" x 12". Printed in two columns. Several old horizontal folds, Very Good. The Town Committee presents nine Resolutions. These express concern at the divisive effects of slavery, deploring "the efforts that are being made to destroy the old land-marks of party destinction [sic] and... More about CIRCULAR. TOWN OF NEWBURGH. AT A MEETING OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICANS OF THE TOWN OF NEWBURGH,...
Washington: Printed by J.& G. Gideon, 1847. 16pp. Disbound. Light scattered foxing. Very Good. Sabin 20368n. More about SPEECH OF...OF CONNECTICUT, AGAINST THE EXTENSION OF SLAVE TERRITOY. DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF...
Mexico: Impreso por Santiago Perez, Calle del Angel, numero 2, 1839. 23, [1 blank] pp, disbound. Light tanning, light scattered foxing. Good+ to Very Good. OCLC 13975454 [3] [as of October, 2014]. More about ESPOSICION PRESENTADA AL EXMO. SR. PRESIDENTE DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA, DE LOS SERVICIOS...