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A DISCOURSE, DELIVERED AN NORTH-COVENTRY, JULY 4TH, 1799, BEING THE TWENTY-THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF...

Abbot, Abiel:

A DISCOURSE, DELIVERED AN NORTH-COVENTRY, JULY 4TH, 1799, BEING THE TWENTY-THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.

Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1799. 16pp. Disbound, light foxing, some shallow chips to blank lower margin, short closed tear [no loss] at blank portion of title leaf.. Good+. A scarce July 4th Oration by the Harvard graduate, clergyman, and formerly a teacher at Phillips Exeter. "Nothing is wanted in the... More about A DISCOURSE, DELIVERED AN NORTH-COVENTRY, JULY 4TH, 1799, BEING THE TWENTY-THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF...

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TWO EARLY DANCE CARDS FROM YALE'S FIRST JEWISH CLUB, THE ACHEVAH CLUB: "ACHEVAH DANCE. HOTEL...

Achevah Club:

TWO EARLY DANCE CARDS FROM YALE'S FIRST JEWISH CLUB, THE ACHEVAH CLUB: "ACHEVAH DANCE. HOTEL TAFT. MARCH 19TH, 1913"; "ACHEVAH DANCE. HOTEL TAFT. JANUARY TWENTY-FOURTH NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN."

[New Haven, CT: 1913, 1914]. 1913: 2-3/4" 3-5/8". Original blue dyed suede cover, blindstamped with Hebrew text "Achevah" and "1913", textured tissue endpapers, printed interior card, tied at spine with blue tasseled cord, small pencil attached to cord. Printed interior card has [4] pages: title page, two pages with printed... More about TWO EARLY DANCE CARDS FROM YALE'S FIRST JEWISH CLUB, THE ACHEVAH CLUB: "ACHEVAH DANCE....

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Adams, John:

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TRANSMITTING A REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, AND SUNDRY DOCUMENTS RELATIVE TO THE REQUISITION FOR AND DELIVERY OF JONATHAN ROBBINS; IN PURSUANCE OF A RESOLUTION OF THIS HOUSE, OF THE 4TH INSTANT. 7TH FEBRUARY, 1800.

[Philadelphia: 1800]. 8pp. Disbound, with original plain rear wrapper. Very Good. Robbins had joined a mutiny aboard the British frigate Hermione. He was jailed in South Carolina; England sought his extradition. But Robbins claimed he had been impressed into British service; that he was in reality an American citizen... More about MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TRANSMITTING A REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE,...

Price: $275.00

Alsop, Richard:

A POEM; SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON ...

Hartford: 1800. 23pp, disbound, light tone and fox, Very 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 about A POEM; SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON

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Ames, Nathaniel:

AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY, OR, ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1769.

New London: Printed and Sold by T. Green, [1768]. 12 leaves (complete), stitched. Tanning, light to moderate wear, one leaf trimmed closely [touching but not costing text]. Good+. With a paper-maker's advertisement at page [20], and an advertisement for a ferry and tavern at page [24]. An article is included... More about AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY, OR, ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1769

Price: $275.00

Ames, Nathaniel:

AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY; OR ALMANACK, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST 1770.

Boston: Printed and Sold by the Printers and Booksellers, [1769]. 12mo. 12 leaves (complete), tanned, untrimmed, stitched. Some dusting and darkening, Good+. "This is the only known Boston edition of Ames for 1770, and presumably the one advertised in the Boston Evening Post, Dec. 4, 1769..." NAIP. New London... More about AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY; OR ALMANACK, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST 1770

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Atwater, Lyman H.:

DEATH DISARMED OF ITS STING. A TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF THE HON. ROGER MINOTT SHERMAN, BEING THE DISCOURSE PREACHED AT HIS FUNERAL, JANUARY 2, 1845. BY LYMAN H. ATWATER, PASTOR OF THE FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IN FAIRFIELD.

New Haven [CT]: Printed by B.L. Hamlen, 1845. 20pp, disbound. Scattered spotting, else Very Good. Roger Sherman was a Superior Court Judge for the state of Connecticut. "He was among the earliest and most powerful advocates of the temperance cause. He was deeply interested in the welfare of the colored... More about DEATH DISARMED OF ITS STING. A TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF THE HON. ROGER MINOTT SHERMAN, BEING THE...

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THE DAWN OF DAY, INTRODUCTORY TO THE RISING SUN, WHOSE RAYS SHALL GILD THE CLOUDS; AND OPEN TO A...

[Austin, David Jr.]:

THE DAWN OF DAY, INTRODUCTORY TO THE RISING SUN, WHOSE RAYS SHALL GILD THE CLOUDS; AND OPEN TO A BENIGHTED WORLD THE GLOWING EFFULGENCE OF THAT DOMINION, THAT IS TO BE GIVEN TO THE PEOPLE OF THE SAINTS OF THE MOST HIGH. IN NINE LETTERS.

New Haven: Printed by Read and Morse, 1800. 32pp, stitched and untrimmed. Title and last leaf browned, as are some narrow blank margins. Couple of small holes [text unaffected]. Good+. This is the only contemporary edition of a bizarre work focusing on political and cultural matters. Austin's Letters are to... More about THE DAWN OF DAY, INTRODUCTORY TO THE RISING SUN, WHOSE RAYS SHALL GILD THE CLOUDS; AND OPEN TO A...

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Avery, David:

A POEM ON THE ORIGIN AND SUPPRESSION OF THE LATE REBELLION.

Willimantic [CT]: Weaver & Curtiss, Printers, 1865. 12mo. 24pp. Original printed wrappers, stitched. Scattered light foxing. Very Good. Avery explains that he wants the poem to "serve as a mirror in which the magnitude and atrocity of treason may be the more clearly seen by all of every class,"... More about A POEM ON THE ORIGIN AND SUPPRESSION OF THE LATE REBELLION

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Backus, Azel:

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, disbound without the half title. Scattered foxing, dark brown stain running through bottom blank margin of last several pages. Good+. This is the first of four 1798 printings. The sermon is an attack on Jefferson, and a Federalist warning against utopian theories of... More about ABSALOM'S CONSPIRACY: A SERMON, PREACHED AT THE GENERAL ELECTION, AT HARTFORD IN THE STATE OF...

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Backus, Charles:

THE FAITHFUL MINISTERS OF JESUS CHRIST REWARDED. A SERMON, DELIVERED AT THE ORDINATION OF THE REV. AZEL BACKUS, TO THE PASTORAL CARE OF THE CHURCH IN BETHLEM [sic], APRIL 6, 1791.

Litchfield: Collier and Buel, [1792]. 26pp, disbound, lightly spotted. Good+. "Rev. Charles Backus was graduated from Yale College in 1769 and after studying theology under Rev. Levi Hart, became pastor of the church in Somers, Connecticut, from 1774 until his death. He maintained a theological school in his house... More about THE FAITHFUL MINISTERS OF JESUS CHRIST REWARDED. A SERMON, DELIVERED AT THE ORDINATION OF THE...

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Backus, Charles:

THE FOLLY OF MAN'S CHOOSING THIS WORLD FOR HIS PORTION. A SERMON, DELIVERED AT THE ORDINATION OF THE REVEREND JOSEPH RUSSELL, TO THE PASTORAL CARE OF THE CHURCH AND CONGREGATION IN PRINCETON, MASSACHUSETTS, MARCH 16, 1796. BY...PASTOR OF A CHURCH IN SOMERS, CONNECTICUT.

Boston: Samuel Hall, 1796. Half title, 31pp, untrimmed and partly uncut. Wide margins, light foxing, stitched. Very Good. "The whole government of God proclaims the worth of the soul ...High earthly attainments are so far from affording complete satisfaction, that they involve in greater cares and perplexities. To the uncertainty... More about THE FOLLY OF MAN'S CHOOSING THIS WORLD FOR HIS PORTION. A SERMON, DELIVERED AT THE ORDINATION OF...

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[Bacon, Leonard]:

REVIEW OF PAMPHLETS ON SLAVERY AND COLONIZATION. FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE QUARTERLY CHRISTIAN SPECTATOR, FOR MARCH, 1833. SECOND SEPARATE EDITION.

New Haven: 1833. 24pp. Disbound, scattered foxing. Good+. The only edition recorded by American Imprints, NUC, the Library Company, Dumond, and Sabin, despite its stated description. "Bacon was a strong colonizationist, and bitter opponent of immediate emancipation. He was equally opposed to slavery and to organized antislavery effort." Dumond... More about REVIEW OF PAMPHLETS ON SLAVERY AND COLONIZATION. FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE QUARTERLY CHRISTIAN...

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Baldwin, A[braham] C[hittenden]:

REVIEW OF A PAMPHLET PURPORTING TO BE "A STATEMENT OF FACTS IN RELATION TO THE HOWE STREET SOCIETY:" CONTAINING ALSO ADDITIONAL FACTS. BY REV. A.C. BALDWIN, LATE PASTOR OF HOWE STREET CHURCH- NEW HAVEN, CON.

New Haven: Printed by B.L. Hamlen, Printer to Yale College, 1846. 28pp, disbound, title page loosening, light wear. Numerical reference in pen at head of title page. Good+. Pastor Baldwin relates a sad tale of unseemly behavior by his erstwhile Congregation, the Howe Street Society, which stiffed him on his... More about REVIEW OF A PAMPHLET PURPORTING TO BE "A STATEMENT OF FACTS IN RELATION TO THE HOWE STREET...

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[Baldwin, Roger Sherman]:

CONSIDERATIONS SUGGESTED BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SECOND COLLEGE IN CONNECTICUT.

Hartford: B. Gleason & Co., Printers, 1824. 36pp, untrimmed, stitched. Light tanning, scattered foxing. Very Good. This pamphlet argues against the establishment of Washington College, now Trinity College, and questions the need for a second college "in a State so small as Connecticut." Those who petitioned for the incorporation... More about CONSIDERATIONS SUGGESTED BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SECOND COLLEGE IN CONNECTICUT

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Barlow, Joel:

DOCTOR WATTS'S IMITATION OF THE PSALMS OF DAVID, CORRECTED AND ENLARGED. BY...TO WHICH IS ADDED A COLLECTION OF HYMNS; THE WHOLE APPLIED TO THE STATE OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN GENERAL.

Hartford: Barlow and Babcock, 1785. 12mo. 300, [15], 302-348 pp [as issued]. Leaf 177-178, as the references note, is a cancel, with stanza 4 on page 177 reading, 'least you fall.' The 'S' on page 178 is inverted. Contemporary sheep, rubbed, front cover detached but present. Raised spine bands. Scattered... More about DOCTOR WATTS'S IMITATION OF THE PSALMS OF DAVID, CORRECTED AND ENLARGED. BY...TO WHICH IS ADDED A...

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Barlow, Joel:

DOCTOR WATTS'S IMITATION OF THE PSALMS OF DAVID, CORRECTED AND ENLARGED. TO WHICH IS ADDED A COLLECTION OF HYMNS; THE WHOLE APPLIED TO THE STATE OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN GENERAL.

Hartford: Barlow and Babcock, 1785. pp 300, [10 index] [bound with] Watts, I[saac]: HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS, IN THREE BOOKS. Boston: 1787 252, xi pp Expertly repaired closed tear to title and another leaf [no loss] Contemporary full leather [wooden boards exposed, hinges weak] Scattered foxing Good+... More about DOCTOR WATTS'S IMITATION OF THE PSALMS OF DAVID, CORRECTED AND ENLARGED. TO WHICH IS ADDED A...

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[Barnard, Henry]:

LEGAL PROVISION RESPECTING THE EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN IN FACTORIES, &C; WITH EXAMPLES OF IMPROVEMENT IN MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS. EDUCATION AND LABOR; OR THE INFLUENCE OF EDUCATION ON THE QUALITY AND VALUE OF LABOR; AND ITS CONNECTION WITH INSANITY AND CRIME.

Hartford: Printed by Case, Tiffany & Burnham, 1842. 4, 52, 32pp. Disbound, first two leaves detached, foxed. Light chipping and edge wear to outer leaves. Signed in type on page 2: "Henry Barnard, 2d. Secretary of the Board of Commissioners of Common Schools. Hartford, May 3, 1842." Good+. Barnard "presents... More about LEGAL PROVISION RESPECTING THE EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN IN FACTORIES, &C; WITH...

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BARNUM'S APPEAL TO THE DEMOCRATIC ELECTORS OF CONN., MARCH, 1852. P. T. Barnum

Barnum, P.T.:

BARNUM'S APPEAL TO THE DEMOCRATIC ELECTORS OF CONN., MARCH, 1852.

Hartford, Conn. March, 1852. Broadsheet, 10-1/2" x 15". Recto and verso printed in four columns. Light old folds. Title printed in large, bold type. Very Good. In 1849 the State of Maine enacted a Liquor Law authorizing "the destruction of intoxicating liquors when they may be found in the possession... More about BARNUM'S APPEAL TO THE DEMOCRATIC ELECTORS OF CONN., MARCH, 1852

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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, BRIDGEPORT, SEPTEMBER 28, 1867, FROM P.T. BARNUM'S ATTORNEY AND FRIEND,...

[Barnum, Phineas Taylor] Ives, Francis:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, BRIDGEPORT, SEPTEMBER 28, 1867, FROM P.T. BARNUM'S ATTORNEY AND FRIEND, TO HON. O[RIGEN] S. SEYMOUR, LAWYER AND FUTURE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE CONNECTICUT SUPREME COURT, CONCERNING BARNUM'S POSSIBLE LIABILITY FOR THE FRAUD COMMITTED BY BARNUM'S YOUNG NEPHEW, WILLIAM HOWARD BARNUM, ON THE PEQUONNOCK BANK OF BRIDGEPORT. .

Bridgeport [CT]: 1867. Large folio, folded to 7 3/4" x 9 3/4". [4] pp, lined paper. Completely in ink manuscript. Very Good. P.T. Barnum had executed a bond as principal guaranteeing William Howard Barnum's honest and faithful performance of his duties. "At the time the bond was executed Wm... More about AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, BRIDGEPORT, SEPTEMBER 28, 1867, FROM P.T. BARNUM'S ATTORNEY AND FRIEND,...

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Bassett, Amos:

ADVANTAGES AND MEANS OF UNION IN SOCIETY. BY...PASTOR OF A CHURCH IN HEBRON.

Hartford: 1807. 34, [2 blanks] pp, with the half title. Light wear, Very Good. More about ADVANTAGES AND MEANS OF UNION IN SOCIETY. BY...PASTOR OF A CHURCH IN HEBRON

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VISIBLE SAINTS LAWFUL RIGHT TO COMMUNION IN CHRISTIAN SACRAMENTS, VINDICATED. (IN WAY OF ANSWER...

Beckwith, George:

VISIBLE SAINTS LAWFUL RIGHT TO COMMUNION IN CHRISTIAN SACRAMENTS, VINDICATED. (IN WAY OF ANSWER TO A SERMON, ENTITLED, CHRISTIAN BAPTISM, DELIVERED AT HANOVER, IN NEW-JERSEY, NOVEMBER 4TH, 1764. BY THE REV. JACOB GREEN, A.M.) IN A LETTER TO A FRIEND. IN THREE PARTS. BY...PASTOR OF A CHURCH IN LYME, CONNECTICUT.

New London: Timothy Green, 1769. 108pp, with errata at bottom of page 108. Disbound, with remnant of later wrapper on spine. Untrimmed at the fore-margin and lower margin. Trimmed closely at the top margin, sometimes affecting part of a page number. Else Very Good. Beckwith's 'Advertisement' explains "Why any... More about VISIBLE SAINTS LAWFUL RIGHT TO COMMUNION IN CHRISTIAN SACRAMENTS, VINDICATED. (IN WAY OF ANSWER...

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Beecher, Lyman:

A SERMON, DELIVERED AT WOOLCOT (CON. ) SEPT. 21, 1814. AT THE INSTALLATION OF THE REV. JOHN KEYES, TO THE PASTORAL CARE OF THE CHURCH IN THAT PLACE. BY...PASTOR OF A CHURCH OF CHRIST IN LITCHFIELD.

Andover: Flagg and Gould, 1815. 34pp, dbd, scattered spotting. Good+ or so. Published also in New London in 1815; there were no 1814 printings. AI 34021 [5]. Sabin 4344n. More about A SERMON, DELIVERED AT WOOLCOT (CON. ) SEPT. 21, 1814. AT THE INSTALLATION OF THE REV. JOHN...

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Bidwell, Barnabas:

AN ORATION ON THE DEATH OF ROGER NEWTON, JUN'R, A. M. A TUTOR OF YALE-COLLEGE, IN NEW-HAVEN, WHO DIED AUGUST 10TH, 1789, AETAT. 26; PRONOUNCED IN THE COLLEGE-CHAPEL, SEPTEMBER 2ND. BY...A TUTOR OF SAID COLLEGE. PUBLISHED AT THE REQUEST OF MR. NEWTON'S PUPILS.

New Haven: Thomas and Samuel Green, [1789?]. 23, [1 blank] pp. Bound in modern card boards and half cloth, with gum label at base of front cover. Very Good. A scarce Oration, mourning the loss of Newton, a young man of "strong and capacious understanding, a judgment sound and... More about AN ORATION ON THE DEATH OF ROGER NEWTON, JUN'R, A. M. A TUTOR OF YALE-COLLEGE, IN NEW-HAVEN, WHO...

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Bidwell, Barnabas:

AN ORATION ON THE DEATH OF ROGER NEWTON, JUN'R, A. M. A TUTOR OF YALE-COLLEGE, IN NEW-HAVEN, WHO DIED AUGUST 10TH, 1789, AETAT. 26; PRONOUNCED IN THE COLLEGE-CHAPEL, SEPTEMBER 2ND. BY...A TUTOR OF SAID COLLEGE. PUBLISHED AT THE REQUEST OF MR. NEWTON'S PUPILS.

New Haven: Thomas and Samuel Green, [1789]. 23, [1 blank] pp. Disbound with some foxing. Contemporary signature at top of page [3]: 'Mary Perkins No. 16 June 1796'. Good+. Variations on the theme that only the good die young. Bidwell says, "There is a genuine dignity in the death of a real believer." Evans 21691. Trumbull 357. More about AN ORATION ON THE DEATH OF ROGER NEWTON, JUN'R, A. M. A TUTOR OF YALE-COLLEGE, IN NEW-HAVEN, WHO...

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