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Allen, Thomas:

REMARKS OF THOMAS ALLEN, OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON. DELIVERED BEFORE THE NATIONAL CONVENTION OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN YOUNG MEN IN MONUMENT SQUARE, BALTIMORE, MAY 5, 1840, IN RESPONSE TO THE CALL UPON HIM AS ONE OF THE VICE PRESIDENTS OF THE CONVENTION TO ANSWER BRIEFLY FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TOGETHER WITH AN APPENDIX ON EXECUTIVE POWER AND PATRONAGE.

Washington: Madisonian Office, 1840. 13, [3 blanks] pp. Stitched and disbound, binding holes in gutter margin [not touching text]. Light wear, Good+. A Democratic convention "condemns the administration of Martin Van Buren," the leader of the Democratic Party, for its "loco-foco federalism," and its misuse of "all the power..... More

Price: $450.00

[Bohn, Casimir]:

BOHN'S HAND-BOOK OF WASHINGTON. BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WITH STEEL ENGRAVINGS OF ALL THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND THE GOVERNMENT STATUARY. PREPARED BY CHARLES LANMAN, ESQ.

Washington: Casimir Bohn, 1861. Original illustrated stiff paper wrappers [front cover nearly detached]. 120pp. Extra-illustrated title page, frontis engraving of the 'East Front of the Capitol.' Large folding 'Map of the City of Washington in the District of Columbia.' With "Dimensions of Public Buildings", inset of Plan of Georgetown, Illustration..... More

Price: $175.00

Bond, William Key:

EXTRACTS FROM THE SPEECH OF MR. BOND, OF OHIO. DELIVERED IN CONGRESS, 1838. ON THE RESOLUTION OF MR. HOPKINS TO DIVORCE THE GOVERNMENT FROM THE PRESS.

np. Washington? 1838]. 32pp. Caption title [as issued], stitched, some spotting. About Good+. A Whig, and thus opposed to the Jackson-Van Buren administrations, Bond supported efforts to diminish the patronage power of the President, especially the selection of the printer of government documents and proceedings. Morgan 7567. OCLC 20103892..... More

Price: $65.00

[Breckinridge and Lane Campaign]:

BRECKINRIDGE AND LANE CAMPAIGN DOCUMENTS, NO. 11. ADDRESS OF HON. JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, PRECEDING THE REMOVAL OF THE SENATE, FROM THE OLD TO THE NEW CHAMBER: DELIVERED IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, JANUARY 4, 1859.

Washington City: Issued by the National Democratic Executive Committee [Colophon: Baltimore: John Murphy & Co.], 1860. 8pp, folded folio sheet. Owner's name inscribed at top blank margin of title leaf. Near Fine. Portrait of Breckinridge on title page, sketch of the Capitol on its verso with a list of Breckinridge..... More

Price: $375.00

Bryan, William J.:

SPEECH OF WILLIAM J. BRYAN, DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT, DELIVERED AT NOTIFICATION MEETING, MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK, AUGUST 12, 1896.

Washington, D.C. Hartman & Cadick, Printers, 1896. 16pp, two staples. Tanned. Very Good. OCLC 16795002 [11]. More

Price: $25.00

Campbell, Lewis:

SPEECH OF HON. LEWIS D. CAMPBELL, OF OHIO, ON SOUTHERN AGGRESSION, THE PURPOSES OF THE UNION, AND THE COMPARATIVE EFFECTS OF SLAVERY AND FREEDOM. DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, FEBRUARY 19, 1850.

[Washington: 1850]. 8pp, folded. Caption title [as issued], printed in double columns. Light tanning, else Very Good. More

Price: $15.00

Caruthers, Samuel:

LETTER OF SAMUEL CARUTHERS TO HIS CONSTITUENTS. EXPLAINING HIS PAST ACTION, DEFINING HIS PRESENT POSITION, AND THE POSITION OF PARTIES.

Washington: Printed at the Union Office, 1856. 16pp. Disbound, a few leaves loosened. Light tanning. Good+. A Whig Congressman from Missouri defends his vote for a Democrat as Speaker of the House. The Whig Party was on its deathbed by 1856, mortally wounded by divisions over slavery. His choice..... More

Price: $250.00

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal:

MEMORIAL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, REMONSTRATING AGAINST THE SURRENDER TO THE STATE OF MARYLAND OF THE STOCK HELD BY THAT CORPORATION IN THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL.

26th Cong., 2d Sess. SD30. 1840. 250pp, disbound, Very Good. More

Price: $50.00

Civil War:

ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO PLACES OF INTERMENT OF DECEASED UNION SOLDIERS IN THE VARIOUS STATES AND TERRITORIES, AS SPECIFIED IN ROLLS OF HONOR NOS. I---XIII, BEING THOSE ISSUED FROM THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL'S OFFICE, BETWEEN JUNE 15, 1865, AND AUGUST 27, 1867.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1868. 16pp. Original printed wrappers [moderately chipped], detached. A few old ink corrections/additions. Good. More

Price: $35.00

Clarke, John M.:

JANUARY 13, 1853, WASHINGTON CITY, D.C.| DEAR SIR: I TAKE THE LIBERTY OF ADDRESSING YOU A FEW LINES TO KNOW IF YOU CAN PURCHASE LAND WARRANTS IN YOUR COUNTRY? IF SO, I WILL TAKE ALL YOU CAN SEND ME, AND PAY THE FOLLOWING PRICES: $140 FOR 160 ACRE WARRANTS. $70 FOR 80 ACRE WARRANTS. $35 FOR 40 ACRE WARRANTS...

Washington, D.C. 1852. Broadside, 8" x 12.5". Printed with some manuscript notations and changes. Light old folds, some tanning along folds. Signed in type by John M. Clarke. Very Good. Clarke twice made manuscript changes to the date on this solicitation, originally printed as September 1st, 1852-- to Dec. 29..... More

Price: $175.00

Compromise of 1850:

PROCEEDINGS OF THE U. S. SENATE ON THE FUGITIVE SLAVE BILL, -THE ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE TRADE IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, -AND THE IMPRISONMENT OF FREE COLORED SEAMEN IN THE SOUTHERN PORTS: WITH THE SPEECHES OF MESSR DAVIS, WINTHROP, AND OTHERS. SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, MONDAY, AUG. 19, 1850.

[Washington: 1850]. 68pp. Modern marbled wrappers. First and last leaves foxed and tanned, with blank forecorners of title leaf repaired. Text otherwise clean. Good+. The pamphlet records the battles on the floor of Congress concerning the fugitive slave bill, which became part of the Compromise of 1850; and the disputes..... More

Price: $125.00

Defrees, John D.:

THE WAR COMMENCED BY THE REBELS. -COPPERHEADS OF THE NORTH THEIR ALLIES. SPEECH...IN WASHINGTON, D.C., MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 1, 1864. PUBLISHED BY THE UNION CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE.

[Washington]: 1864. 14, [2] pp. Caption title [as issued], Folded gatherings. The last two pages are reprinted from the 'Narrative of Privations and Sufferings...', with photo illustrations of starving Union prisoners of War. Minor wear, Very Good. A printer and Indiana newspaper editor, Defrees was government printer during the..... More

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THE PIERCE AND KING DEMOCRATIC ASSOCIATION OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, TO THE LABORING AND...

[Election of 1852]:

THE PIERCE AND KING DEMOCRATIC ASSOCIATION OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, TO THE LABORING AND PRODUCING CLASSES OF THE UNITED STATES.

[Washington? 1852. Caption title as issued. 16pp. At head of title, cuts of a farmer plowing with his team of horses; and an arm and hammer surrounded by a wreath. Disbound, lightly toned or foxed, else Very Good. These Washington D.C. Democrats, "possessed of no political suffrage ourselves," warn in..... More

Price: $350.00

JOURNAL OF THE THIRD SESSION OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BEGUN AND HELD AT THE...

First Congress, Third Session:

JOURNAL OF THE THIRD SESSION OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, DECEMBER 6TH, 1790. AND IN THE FIFTEENTH YEAR OF THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE SAID UNITED STATES.

Philadelphia: John Fenno, 1791. 203pp. Folio. Original blind-ruled calf [lightly rubbed, rehinged]. Light scattered foxing, Very Good. This was an eventful Session of the first Senate. In late December 1790, the Journal records the receipt from Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury, of a report "containing a plan for..... More

Price: $4,500.00

Fish, Hamilton:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, FROM HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MARCH 14, 1844, TO THOS. SHANKLAND: "I HAVE THE SATISFACTION TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE RECEIPT OF YOUR ESTEEMED FAVOR OF 9TH INST. THE RELATIONS SUBSISTING BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE & THE POLITICAL PARTY WITH WHICH I AM CONNECTED, IS SUCH AS TO PREVENT MY RECOMMENDATIONS TO HIM CARRYING ANY WEIGHT - IN TRUTH, I DO NOT FEEL JUSTIFIED IN ENDEAVORING TO APPROACH HIM UPON THE MATTER WHICH YOU REQUEST IN YOUR LETTER. YOU WILL PERCEIVE THE PECULIARITY OF MY POSITION IN THIS RESPECT & WILL I AM SURE APPRECIATE THE MOTIVES WHICH COMPEL ME, IN ALL SUCH CASES TO ABSTAIN FROM THE ATTEMPT TO EXERCISE AN INFLUENCE WHICH I AM ASSURED WOULD BE ENTIRELY UNSUCCESSFUL, EVEN IF IT WERE NOT TO PROVE INJURIOUS TO THE APPLICATIONS IN WHOSE BEHALF IT MIGHT BE EXERTED.| WITH THE HIGHEST RESPECT I HAVE THE HONOR - YOUR OBED. SERV.| HAMILTON FISH.| THOS. SHANKLAND ESQ.| 20 WALL ST. [On final page: HAMILTON FISH| 14 MARCH 1844.]"

[Washington: 1844]. 8" x 10", light blue lined paper. [4] pp, folded, neat ink manuscript on first page followed by three blank pages. Very Good. Hamilton Fish [1808-1893], a native New Yorker, graduated from Columbia, became a lawyer, and entered politics as a Whig. He was elected to Congress..... More

Price: $175.00

Freemasons:

PETITION FOR AND CHARTER OF LEBANON LODGE, NO. 7, F.A.A.M., WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; WITH THE NAMES OF THE SIX ELECTIVE OFFICERS OF THE LODGE, FROM OCTOBER 8TH, 1811, TO 1875, INCLUSIVE; TOGETHER WITH THE NAMES OF ALL THE MEMBERS IN ALPHABETICAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER, WITH DATES OF ENTERING, PASSING, AND RAISING, &C., TO JANUARY, 1875. COMPILED FROM THE RECORDS BY ORDER OF THE LODGE.

Washington: Joseph L. Pearson, 1875. Original blue cloth [some spotting]. 35, [1 blank] clean pages. Very Good. The information is provided as set forth in the title. More

Price: $45.00

Gerry, [Elbridge]:

SPEECH OF MR. GERRY, OF MAINE, ON THE SLAVERY QUESTION. DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MAY 21, 1850.

Washington: Congressional Globe Office, 1850. 8pp, untrimmed, uncut, folded. Light tanning, minimal dustsoiling of untrimmed edges. Very Good. More

Price: $15.00

Hall of Records:

HALL OF RECORDS, WASHINGTON, D. C. APRIL 10, 1902.

57th Cong., 1st Sess. SR1036. 1902. 8pp, folding architect diagram, disbound, loosened. Very Good. "The Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, to whom was referred the bill (S. 513) to provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon, to be used for a...... More

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ARGUMENT BEFORE THE HON. SECRETARY OF WAR, IN THE CASES OF SAMUEL WORTHINGTON AND DR. WILLIAM W....

Jolliffe, John:

ARGUMENT BEFORE THE HON. SECRETARY OF WAR, IN THE CASES OF SAMUEL WORTHINGTON AND DR. WILLIAM W. WORTHINGTON, BY... THEIR COUNSEL.

Washington: McGill & Witherow, [1866]. 20pp + original printed yellow wrappers [dusty, chipped along gutters and at lower blank forecorner of front wrap, loosening], with wrapper title [as issued]. Good+. Jolliffe, an attorney at 15th and F Streets in Northwest Washington, says he "Attends specially to Claims against the..... More

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Lambert, William:

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TRANSMITTING A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT OF WILLIAM LAMBERT, EXPLANATORY OF HIS ASTRONOMICAL CALCULATIONS, WITH A VIEW TO ESTABLISH THE LONGITUDE OF THE CAPITOL. DECEMBER 23, 1823.

1824. 18th Cong., 1st Sess. SD53. Washington: Gales & Seaton. 1824. pp 1-66. [bound with] MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TRANSMITTING A REPORT OF WILLIAM LAMBERT, ON THE SUBJECT OF THE LONGITUDE OF THE CAPITOL OF THE UNITED STATES. JANUARY 9, 1822. SD 53 [continued]. Pages [67]-147..... More

Price: $250.00

Law:

A SYSTEM OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LAW FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE COURTS THEREIN. 22D Cong. 2d Sess. SD85.

Washington: 1833. Original Congressional leather [rubbed], pp cxxxv, 685. Tanned, Very Good. More

Price: $150.00

Library of Congress:

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. LETTER OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, UNITED STATES ARMY, TRANSMITTING THE REPORT UPON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING FOR THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, DURING THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 1, 1891. DECEMBER 10, 1891.

52d Cong., 1st Sess. SMD15. 1891. 4pp, two long folding illustrations showing views of the library from northeast and southwest, disbound, loosening. Very Good. More

Price: $20.00

Linton, Samuel:

MANUSCRIPT RECEIPT BOOK OF SAMUEL LINTON OF WASHINGTON, D.C., MARYLAND, AND PENNSYLVANIA, 1832-1889.

Oblong, 4" x 6.5". 90 pp in manuscript [remaining pages blank], pages lined. Original brushed leather, decorative tooled borders and spine [rubbed and worn, spine eroded, covers detached]. First few leaves loose [one torn, then neatly sewn together]. A couple of small clipped articles on cures for hydrophobia, recipe for..... More

Price: $450.00

Lowrie, Walter :

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, FROM WALTER LOWRIE AS SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE, DATED DECEMBER 26, 1828, TO RICHARD SMITH, ESQ., AS CASHIER OF THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES: | SIR, I HAVE RECEIVED YOURS OF THE 22ND INST. ENCLOSING AN ORDER FROM GENL. VAN NESS FOR $2537 AS PART OF GENL. GREEN'S ORDER FOR $6000. THE PRINTING OF THE SENATE FOR THE PRESENT SESSION AMOUNTS NOW TO ABOUT $1500, FOR WHICH I SEND YOU A CHECK, AND WHICH YOU WILL PLEASE TO CREDIT ON THE ORDER OF GENL GREEN FOR $6000. | I AM SIR | RESPECTFULLY | YOUR OBT. SVT. | WALTER LOWRIE.

[Washington, D.C.]: 1828. Broadside, 8" x 9.75". Entirely in ink manuscript. A couple of small blank corner chips, reinforced at inner margin on verso. Very Good. Walter Lowrie [1784-1868] was born in Scotland and came to Butler County, Pennsylvania, with his parents in 1791. He was active in politics and..... More

Price: $150.00

Massachusetts:

REPORT AND RESOLVES RELATING TO SLAVERY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. HOUSE... NO 30.

[Boston: 1837]. 8pp, folded folio leaf, untrimmed and uncut Minor soil, Good+ or so. Slavery vs Free Speech: the issue was starkly framed by the Gag Rule, pursuant to which the US Congress refused to entertain petitions seeking abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. John Quincy Adams..... More

Price: $100.00

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