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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 mature..... More

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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..... More

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Bishop, Abraham:

AN ORATION ON THE EXTENT AND POWER OF POLITICAL DELUSION. DELIVERED IN NEW-HAVEN, ON THE EVENING PRECEDING THE PUBLIC COMMENCEMENT, SEPTEMBER, 1800. THE SECOND EDITION.

Newark: Pennington and Gould, 1800. 71, [1 blank] pp. Pages 61-68 are misnumbered 53-60, as issued. Disbound, with moderate spotting. Good+. One of six contemporary printings, this is the only one which does not begin with the phrase, 'Connecticut Republicanism.' Bishop was a Jeffersonian and outspoken anti- Federalist, which made..... More

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Bowden, John:

A SECOND LETTER FROM...RECTOR OF ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, NORWALK, TO THE REVEREND EZRA STILES, PRESIDENT OF YALE-COLLEGE. IN THIS LETTER, THE REVEREND DOCTOR CHAUNCY'S COMPLEAT VIEW OF EPISCOPACY UNTIL THE CLOSE OF THE SECOND CENTURY IS PARTICULARLY CONSIDERED; AND SOME REMARKS ARE MADE UPON A FEW PASSAGES OF DOCTOR STILES'S ELECTION SERMON.

New-Haven: 1789. 108pp. Bound into modern marbled wrappers. Scattered light wear and fox, Good+ or so. Bowden's abstruse theological disagreements with Stiles. FIRST EDITION. Evans 21711. Trumbull 379. Not in Jenkins. More

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Item #37410 THE GREAT AND TENDER CONCERN OF FAITHFUL MINISTERS FOR THE SOULS OF THEIR PEOPLE,...

Daggett, Naphtali:

THE GREAT AND TENDER CONCERN OF FAITHFUL MINISTERS FOR THE SOULS OF THEIR PEOPLE, SHOULD POWERFULLY EXCITE THEM ALSO, TO LABOUR AFTER THEIR OWN SALVATION. A SERMON, PREACHED AT DANBURY, SEPTEMBER 19TH, 1770, AT THE ORDINATION OF THE REVEREND EBENEZER BALDWIN. BY THE REVEREND NAPHTALI DAGGETT, PRESIDENT OF YALE-COLLEGE, IN NEW-HAVEN, AND PROFESSOR OF DIVINITY IN THE SAME.

New Haven: Printed by Thomas and Samuel Green, [1770]. 32pp, untrimmed and stitched with the half title. Toned, moderately spotted at the last several leaves. Good+. President Daggett's Sermon is from Galatians IV. 19, a discussion of the Apostle Paul, who "had been the principal instrument in spreading and planting..... More

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Dwight, Timothy:

THE FOLLY, GUILT, AND MISCHIEFS OF DUELLING; A SERMON, PREACHED IN THE COLLEGE CHAPEL AT NEW HAVEN, ON THE SABBATH PRECEDING THE ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT, SEPTEMBER, 1804. BY... PRESIDENT OF YALE-COLLEGE.

Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1805. 30pp, but lacking the half title. Untrimmed, removed, Good+. Dwight's sermon is prefaced by a denial that it was a response to the widely publicized Hamilton-Burr duel. "Whatever may be thought of a late encounter, which has engrossed the attention of this country, it is..... More

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Item #30129 GREENFIELD HILL: A POEM, IN SEVEN PARTS. Timothy Dwight

Dwight, Timothy:

GREENFIELD HILL: A POEM, IN SEVEN PARTS.

New York: Childs and Swaine, 1794. 53, [4], 66-183, [1] pp [as issued]. Stitched, untrimmed, lightly foxed, Very Good. An entirely unsophisticated copy. "In this pastoral poem is introduced a vivid description of the burning of Fairfield by the British, in 1779" [Church]. "In form imitative of eighteenth-century English poets..... More

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Dwight, Timothy:

THE NATURE, AND DANGER, OF INFIDEL PHILOSOPHY, EXHIBITED IN TWO DISCOURSES, ADDRESSED TO THE CANDIDATES FOR THE BACCALAUREATE, IN YALE COLLEGE. BY THE REV...PRESIDENT OF YALE COLLEGE; SEPTEMBER 9TH, 1797.

New Haven: George Bunce, 1798. 95pp, with the half title. Dsbound. Light browning. Ink signatures, "Stephen Bailey" and "Winthrop Bailey," on half title. Very Good. This pamphlet was reprinted in England twice in the next six years. President Dwight takes on Hume, Hobbes, Tindal, Lord Shaftesbury, and other unbelievers. FIRST..... More

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Dwight, Timothy:

VIRTUOUS RULERS A NATIONAL BLESSING. A SERMON, PREACHED AT THE GENERAL ELECTION, MAY 12TH, 1791. BY...PASTOR OF A CHURCH IN FAIRFIELD.

Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1791. 42pp, lacks the half title. Disbound. Closed tears through title and line of text on verso [no text loss], scattered foxing, small mold spots on first six leaves, hence Good only. Dwight was "the dominant figure in the established order of Connecticut" during his presidency..... More

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Item #12680 A DISCOURSE, ON THE GENUINENESS AND AUTHENTICITY OF THE NEW-TESTAMENT: DELIVERED AT...

[Dwight, Timothy]:

A DISCOURSE, ON THE GENUINENESS AND AUTHENTICITY OF THE NEW-TESTAMENT: DELIVERED AT NEW-HAVEN, SEPTEMBER 10TH, 1793, AT THE ANNUAL LECTURE, APPOINTED BY THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF CONNECTICUT: ON THE TUESDAY BEFORE THE PUBLIC COMMENCEMENT.

New York: George Bunce, 1794. 78pp, stitched. A few margins spotted, else Very Good. Dwight became President of Yale in the next year, and was "the dominant figure in the established order of Connecticut." DAB, which cites this item as one which sets forth "his religious, social, and political views."..... More

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Hitchcock, Reuben:

A FUNERAL ORATION ON THE DEATH OF MR. ELIZUR BELDEN, OF WETHERSFIELD. A SENIOR SOPHISTER, IN YALE-COLLEGE: WHO DIED APRIL 8TH, 1786, AETAT. 23. DELIVERED IN THE COLLEGE-CHAPEL, JUNE 8TH, 1786. BY...FELLOW-STUDENT OF THE DECEASED.

New Haven: Daniel Bowen. 1786. 22pp, lacking the final blank. Bound in modern marbled boards and half leather, with gilt-lettered title stamped on front cover. Very Good. "Amelia Stiles' Book" inscribed at base of page 22. Amelia was President Ezra Stiles' daughter. Hitchcock dedicates his scarce Oration to the parents..... More

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Item #38347 AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT NEW HAVEN, BEFORE THE PHI BETA KAPPA SOCIETY, SEPTEMBER 13,...

Kent, James:

AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT NEW HAVEN, BEFORE THE PHI BETA KAPPA SOCIETY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1831.

New Haven: Printed by Hezekiah Howe, 1831. 48pp. Disbound, a bit of foxing. Good+. Chancellor Kent treats the constitutional and legal history of Connecticut, and the history of Yale College and its Phi Beta Kappa Society. AI 7828 [5]. Not in Cohen. More

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[New Haven Building Lot Map]:

MAP OF 104 VALUABLE BUILDING LOTS IN THE CITY OF NEW-HAVEN. THIS PROPERTY IS ABOUT 25 MINUTES WALK FROM THE COLLEGES AND PUBLIC SQUARE.

[New York: P.A. Mesier's Lith., 28 Wall St. c. mid-19th century]. Oblong engraved map, 22" x 30." Depicting Willow Street and Marion Street, New Haven, Connecticut, bounded by Dixwell Avenue and Canal Street. With inset of New Haven's "Public Square" and "Yale College." Old folds with fold splits. Good or..... More

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Item #28550 LONG TOM'S PILGRIMAGE. Auxcencio Maria Pena

[Pena, Auxcencio Maria]:

LONG TOM'S PILGRIMAGE.

[New Haven? 1829?]. Broadside, 9" x 11". Satirical poem printed within an ornamental border, two columns, untrimmed. Light edgewear, some dustsoiling at the extremities, else Very Good. The poem begins, "Let others prate about their bear and fiddle, And break their short still tales off in the middle..." A satirical..... More

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Perry, Joseph:

THE CHARACTER AND REWARD OF THE FAITHFUL AND WISE MINISTER OF JESUS CHRIST: A SERMON, OCCASIONED BY THE MUCH LAMENTED DEATH OF THE REVEREND NATHANAEL HOOKER, PASTOR OF THE FOURTH CHURCH OF CHRIST IN HARTFORD. WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE, JUNE 9, 1770, IN THE XXXIIId YEAR OF HIS AGE, AND XIIIth OF HIS MINISTRY. DELIVERED AT HIS MOURNFUL INTERMENT, JUNE 11TH. BY JOSEPH PERRY, A.M. AND PASTOR OF THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST IN EAST-WINDSOR.

Hartford: Printed by Green & Watson, 1770. Small 4to. 24pp, with the original plain rear wrapper. Half title [upper blank margin of half title cut down, no text affected]. Stitched. Except as noted, Very Good. Nathaniel Hooker [1737-1770] was the great-great-grandson of Rev. Thomas Hooker [1586-1647], known as the founder..... More

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Stebbins, Josiah:

AN ADDRESS TO THE SENIOR CLASS IN YALE-COLLEGE: DELIVERED IN THE CHAPEL, AS A RESPONSE TO THE VALEDICTORY ORATION, WHICH CLOSED THE PUBLIC PERFORMANCES EXHIBITED BY THE CLASS AFTER THEIR EXAMINATION, JULY 20, 1796. BY...A TUTOR OF THE COLLEGE PRINTED AT THE DESIRE OF THE STUDENTS.

New Haven: T & S Green [, 1796]. 23, [1 blank] pp Disbound [a bit of loosening] Lightly tanned, inconspicuous release stamp on last blank Good+ to Very Good Stebbins, who would spend his career in Maine as a judge and leading citizen, discusses "some of the branches of education..... More

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Strong, N.:

AN ASTRONOMICAL EPHEMERIS, CALENDAR, OR ALMANACK; FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1785. BY...LATE PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY IN YALE-COLLEGE.

Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin [, 1784]. 12 leaves (as issued) Stitched, with spine reinforced Lightly tanned, Very Good With an essay on the star Sirius, and some mathematical oddities FIRST EDITION Drake 370 Trumbull 85 Evans 18798. More

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[Strong, Nehemiah]:

THE CONNECTICUT ALMANACK, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 1780...THE ASTRONOMICAL PARTS PERFORMED BY THE PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS, IN YALE-COLLEGE.

Hartford: Printed and Sold by Hudson and Goodwin, [1779]. 12mo. [24]pp. Stitched. Toned, untrimmed, some foxing, bit of corner wear affecting four or five letters. Good+. A scarce Revolutionary-era Connecticut almanac, with "A Geographical Description of the State of Connecticut." Evans 16538. Drake 330. Trumbull 75. NAIP w025563 [9]... More

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[Strong, Nehemiah]:

THE CONNECTICUT ALMANACK, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 1781...THE ASTRONOMICAL PARTS PERFORMED BY THE PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS, IN YALE-COLLEGE.

Hartford: Printed by Hudson and Goodwin, [1780]. 12mo. [24]pp. Stitched. Bit of corner wear, but text retained. Good+. A rare Revolutionary-era Connecticut almanac. NAIP locates it only at the American Antiquarian Society, the New York State Library, and Brigham Young University. NAIP notes two states of gathering A: this one..... More

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Terry, Alfred and Theodore D. Woolsey:

PRINTED DOCUMENT SIGNED BY ALFRED TERRY, CIVIL WAR GENERAL AND INDIAN FIGHTER; THEODORE DWIGHT WOOLSEY, PRESIDENT OF YALE COLLEGE; AND LYMAN BAIRD, CHICAGO REAL ESTATE MAGNATE, MAY 10, 1852.

1852. Folio broadside deed, printed and completed in manuscript, conveying real estate by quitclaim deed to Henry White of New Haven, Connecticut. Signed in ink by Woolsey, Baird, and Terry, who at this time was Clerk of the Superior Court and an attorney. With seal. Very Good. More

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Yale College:

ANNUAL CIRCULAR OF THE MEDICAL INSTITUTION OF YALE COLLEGE, FOR THE LECTURE TERM OF 1841-2.

New Haven: Stanley & Chapin, Printers, 1841. Original printed wrappers, with a woodcut view of the medical school building [repeated on the title page]. Stitched. 7, [1 blank] pp. 'Duplicate' rubberstamp on blank portion of front wrapper, plain rear wrapper addressed to Dr. Simeon Shurtleff of Simsbury. Light spotting and..... More

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Yale College:

ANNUAL CIRCULAR OF THE MEDICAL INSTITUTION OF YALE COLLEGE, FOR THE LECTURE TERM OF 1839-40.

New Haven: Woodward & Carrington, Printers, 1839. 8pp, stitched. Title page with a woodcut view of the medical school building. Wrappers absent, lightly spotted, Good+. The faculty included Benjamin Silliman as professor of chemistry. The course of study, including dissections, is explained, with fees, degrees awarded, the "organization of the..... More

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Item #38647 COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE, APRIL 11 1793. RECEIVED OF ELIJAH ABEL THE FOLLOWING...

[Yale College]:

COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE, APRIL 11 1793. RECEIVED OF ELIJAH ABEL THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTIONS OF STATE PAPER, BEING IN FULL OF A BALANCE DUE HIM. VIZ. 2 STATE NOTES ... AMOUNTING TO FORTY POUNDS 12/9 1/2 LAWFUL MONEY, FOR WHICH SUM THE COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN MAY 1792, ARE ACCOUNTABLE AGREEABLE TO THE DIRECTIONS CONTAINED IN AN ACT ENTITLED AN ACT FOR ENLARGING THE POWERS AND INCREASING THE FUNDS OF YALE-COLLEGE.

[Hartford]: 1793. Single printed leaf, 6" x 7-3/4,"completed in ink manuscript. Signed in ink at the end by one of the duly appointed Commissioners, "A. Kingsbury on acct of the State." Very Good. Andrew Kingsbury, along with John Trumbull and William Hart, was appointed a Treasury Commissioner of the State..... More

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[Yale College]:

HIRCUS, PERTICA ET CAERULEA FLAMMA: OR INTEMPERANCE UNMASKED, TOGETHER WITH A FEW INCIDENTS IN THE LIVES OF ITS MEMBERS. BY CARLISLE. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ROBERTI SCHMITZ, F.R.S. PROF. OF SYRIAC IN THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS PERE LA CHAISE.

New Haven: For Sale by E. Richardson, 1853. 24pp. Disbound with light but persistent foxing. Lower blank margin of page [2] has small institutional rubberstamp and withdrawal. Good+. "The Goat, Perch and Blue Flames" is the English translation of the first five words. "To the students of Yale college, this..... More

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Item #37057 RARE PICTORIAL AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF EDWARD W. SEYMOUR, CLASS OF 1853. Yale College

[Yale College]:

RARE PICTORIAL AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF EDWARD W. SEYMOUR, CLASS OF 1853.

[New Haven? New York? Frontispiece and portraits by F. Michelin of New York, [1853]. Bound in original black pebbled leather, ornate gilt designs on boards and spine, raised spine bands, gilt spine title [light rubbing, ex-library marks]. Boards decorated with gilt image of trees, Yale buildings in the background; "Edward..... More

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