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Item #21554 RESOLUTIONS OF THE ASSOCIATED ARCHITECTS; WITH THE REPORT OF A COMMITTEE BY THEM...

RESOLUTIONS OF THE ASSOCIATED ARCHITECTS; WITH THE REPORT OF A COMMITTEE BY THEM APPOINTED TO CONSIDER THE CAUSES OF THE FREQUENT FIRES AND THE BEST MEANS OF PREVENTING THE LIKE IN THE FUTURE.

[London: Association of Architects, 1793]. [2], 31, [1 blank] pp. Original plain blue wrappers, stitched, untrimmed. Very Good. Dates and publishing information appear at the end of the introduction. The Resolutions applied to all lots on the Duke of Bedford's estates. They were designed to enhance fire safety, primarily by..... More

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Item #30636 CONSTITUTION OF THE CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION OF THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT [AS AMENDED...

CONSTITUTION OF THE CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION OF THE BOSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT [AS AMENDED JANUARY 1, 1833.] INSTITUTED JUNE 19, 1828.

Boston: David Hooton...Printer...Merchants' Hall, 1835. 12pp, stitched in contemporary plain yellow wrappers. Title page vignette of the Department dousing a house fire. Very Good plus. This rare Charter of an early mutual aid society, evidently located only at the Boston Public Library, was established to assist injured Boston firemen, who..... More

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Item #35307 FIREMAN'S PARADE. PRESENTATION OF TWO SILVER FIRE HORNS TO THE HIBERNIA ENGINE...

FIREMAN'S PARADE. PRESENTATION OF TWO SILVER FIRE HORNS TO THE HIBERNIA ENGINE COMPANY, NO. 1. PHILADELPHIA, OCTOBER 5TH, 1857.

Philadelphia: Published by Wm. Smith... Looking Glass, Portrait & Picture Frames of every description, 1877. Folio broadside, 14" x 17". Printed in three columns: the first, an 'Address of Hon. R.T. Conrad'; second, 'Fireman's Address. Written at the request of the Association for the Relief of Disabled Firemen,' by 'Hon..... More

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ACTS AND LAWS, PASSED BY THE GREAT AND GENERAL COURT OR ASSEMBLY OF HIS MAJESTY'S PROVINCE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS-BAY IN NEW-ENGLAND: BEGUN AND HELD AT BOSTON UPON WEDNESDAY THE THIRTIETH DAY OF MAY, 1759...

[Boston, N.E. Printed by S. Kneeland, 1760]. Folio. Pages 449-455, [1 blank]. Imprint at colophon. Untrimmed, mild wear, Very Good. Bound in later buckram with gilt-lettered morocco spine label. The Assembly passed an Act to rebuild Boston after part of the Town "was lately consumed by Fire," and several other..... More

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Item #30233 CHARTER AND BY-LAWS OF THE STANDARD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK....

CHARTER AND BY-LAWS OF THE STANDARD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.

New York: Slote & Janes, Stationers, 1859. 20pp, stitched in original printed wrappers. Several contemporary corrections in ink. Very Good, with a tipped-in certification from the Insurance Department that the original is on file with that Department. This is probably the Standard Fire Insurance Company's retained copy of its original..... More

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ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE PHILADELPHIA HOSE COMPANY, ON THE 47TH ANNIVERSARY, HELD AT THE COLUMBIA HOUSE, ON THE EVENING OF DECEMBER 16, 1850.

Philadelphia: 1851. Bound in modern plain wrappers. 19, [1] pp. Light wear and spotting. Cut at page 11 of "the first hose carriage in the United States." Good+. A detailed discussion of the development of apparatus and associations to combat fire in Philadelphia, with an attractive rendering of the "Original..... More

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Item #35148 REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF JOHN WADE, FOR ARSON, BEFORE THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT....

REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF JOHN WADE, FOR ARSON, BEFORE THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT. HOLDEN AT DEDHAM, OCT. TERM, 1835.

Dedham: Dedham Patriot Office, 1835. 40pp. Stitched, mild toning, occasional light foxing, Very Good. Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw presided. His eight-page charge to the jury, and his three-page address to the prisoner are printed. Names of jurors and counsel are listed. Wade had been indicted earlier "for the same burning..... More

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