[Washington]: 1826. Folio broadside, 18" x 24," printed in six columns beneath caption title. Light foxing, old folds and a little wrinkling, untrimmed [some chipping and closed tears at blank margins]. Good+. This is perhaps the earliest printing of Adams's Message to Congress. Adams reports on domestic and foreign affairs..... More
Richmond: 1854. 32pp, stitched in original printed wrappers, blank lower corner of front wrap clipped, else Very Good. On this national holiday the author lauds "that perpetual watchword of our hearts-- Virginia!" He denounces the "tendency to centralization" and "that morbid philanthropy and calculating humanity, which takes a fugitive slave..... More
Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1799. 23, [1 blank] pp. Stitched and untrimmed. Scattered foxing and spotting. Early ownership signature at head of title [loss of letter due to small tear]. Good+. A Connecticut Federalist attacks the French Revolution and the "utter depravity" of its leaders, who would foment a slave..... More
Newbedford, (Massachusetts): Printed by John Spooner, 1799. 20pp. Disbound, uniform light toning, else Very Good. "On this most auspicious day may the hallowed fires, which, through the United States, glowed so ardently on the altars of FREEDOM and INDEPENDENCE, during a most distressing, but victorious war, again rekindle, blaze to..... More
[St Louis? 1862]. 12pp, with caption title, as issued. Disbound, Very Good. Union control of Missouri during the War "was exercised in a unique manner. The governor and most of the legislative body had decamped. The only unionist body with some claim to sovereignty was the state convention that had..... More
New Haven: Printed by T. & S. Green, and sold by I. Beers, at his Book-Store, [1795]. 40pp, but lacking the half title. Disbound. Early ownership signature of Erastus Scranton, likely the Connecticut minister and member of the General Association of Connecticut. Good+. On the necessity of creating a society..... More
Oberlin: Printed at the News Office, 1867. Original printed wrappers and disbound, 24pp. Light wrapper soil, and some light margin spotting. Good+. President of Oberlin College and an outspoken anti-slavery man during his career, Fairchild provides first-hand information on the settlement of this Ohio community-- located a bit northwest of..... More
Columbia, SC: Printed at the Times and Gazette Office, 1831. 15, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, partly untrimmed Top blank margin of title page torn away [probably to remove an inscription; no text loss] Scattered foxing. Good+. On the eve of the Nullification Crisis Hayne emphasizes the South's "oppression", the North's..... More
Charleston: A. & E. Miller, 1831. 47, [1 blank] pp. Disbound and foxed, Good+. Hayne was in his final term as U.S. Senator from South Carolina,. He became the primary voice of Nullification in Carolina's faceoff with Andrew Jackson. Here he extols the virtues of the Revolution, the Society of..... More
Worcester: Isaiah Thomas, Jun. August- 1800. 21, [1 blank] pp. Stitched. Scattered foxing, some early pinholes in blank inner margin. Good+, with attractive ornamentation. A rare July 4 sermon in which Reverend Learned, Pastor of the Congregational Church in Charlton, advocates public worship in order "to impress on" men "a..... More
New York: Thomas Greenleaf, 1791. 39pp, disbound, with the half title. Scattered foxing, light rubberstamp at top of half title. Good+. Pages 37-39 are An Ode Composed for the Occasion, by Dr. William Pitt Smith. Linn was the first chaplain of the House of Representatives in 1789. One of 600..... More
Boston: Manning & Loring, 1799. 27, [1 blank] pp. Disbound and lightly dusted, else Very Good.. "More than an ordinary fourth of July oration" [Sabin]. Lowell, a prominent Federalist, warns of the "Gallic faction in this country," supporters of "the inhuman and savage atrocities which have disgraced the French Revolution."..... More
Wytheville: D.A. St. Clair, 1871. 26pp. Disbound, toned, light foxing. Good+. An unreconstructed Southerner's July 4th Address, with an unusual imprint. Patton's whole family had gone to VMI. Two of his brothers, he says, "fell amid the 'din and roar of battle,' beneath the southern flag." Here he celebrates, not..... More
New York: John Buel- For the Society. 1794. 32pp, disbound [with later stitching], light wear, else Very Good. The New York minister preaches an early and "ardent" July 4th sermon, celebrating American independence and the thriving American republic. FIRST EDITION. Evans 27525. More
Boston: John Russell, 1798. 31, [1 blank] pp, but lacking the half title. Disbound, bit of blank margin wear, old institutional rubberstamp. Last leaf loose, closed tear without loss. Good or Good+. The spirit of tyranny, despite the glorious American Revolution, is again loose in the world. "Exchange Britain for..... More
Boston: [1800]. 19, [1 blank] pp. With the half title. Light to moderate foxing, disbound, Good+. Unlike most countries, we assemble "not to pay the servile homage of adulation for the birth of kings and despots." Our revolution was not the "demon of anarchy"-- as in France-- and there are..... More
Philadelphia: Printed for T. Dobson, 1789. 32pp. Bound in modern plain wrappers. Lightly foxed. Inscription on top margin of title page. Very Good. Rogers dedicates his Oration to the President [Thomas Mifflin], Vice President [Thomas M'Kean], and members of the Pennsylvania Society of the Cincinnati. He calls July 4 "The..... More
Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1821. 28pp, stitched. Blank edges of several leaves slightly chipped, some dustsoil. Good+. Adams was Secretary of State, then a stepping-stone to the Presidency, during the entire two terms of the Monroe Administration. His July 4, 1821 oration attacking England angered the Federalist remnant in New..... More
Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1794. 4to. 20pp, stitched, lightly foxed. Else Very Good. A heartfelt July 4 oration, delivered before the organization of Revolutionary War officers. Of America's first settlers, Waterman says that "Religion was the darling object of their souls." They developed their institutions "upon the grounds of equality...free..... More
Portsmouth, N.H. [1812]. 27pp, with the half title. Untrimmed, disbound, scattered foxing and an ink numeral, Good+. A fine speech blending the celebration of July 4 with recollections of Washington's achievements. "Our national anniversary, and the fame of WASHINGTON are mutual guarantees for each other, that neither shall be forgotten."..... More
New York: M'Lean & Lang, 1798. 22pp, without the final blank. Bound in modern marbled wrappers. Light scattered foxing, Very Good. Wells "revised for publication the collected papers known as 'The Federalist', bringing out the fifth edition in 1802" [DAB]. A Federalist who allied himself with Hamilton, "he frequently crossed..... More