Ship's Log belonging to Captain John Lawrence of Maine 1884
50 plus pp. Quarter leather over marbled boards. Hinges weak and leather missing from spine. The log covers a trip from Portland Maine towards Montevideo and the Port of Buenos Ayres.
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A Narrative of the Mysterious and Dreadful Murder of Mr. W. Weare, Containing the Examination Before the Magistrates, The Coroner's Inquest, the Confession of Hunt... and a Full Report of the Trial, and Subsequent Execution at Hertford
London: J. M'Gowan, 1824. 247 pp. The book is bound in a later binding with leather spine and replaced end paper. The flyleaf is lacking right corner, and the hinges of the book are cracking. This includes two full page illustrations, and 4 other illustrations are printed in the text. Complete. This was one of the most sensational murder trials of the period. John Thurtell and friends killed Weare so Thurtell would not have to pay a gambling... Read More
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Citizens' Almanack for The Year of Our Lord 1832
Philadelphia: Griggs & Dickinson for L.B. Clarke, 1831. Paper wraps. 16 pp. Small tears, foxing. Blue wraps very worn. Contains material on the Battle of Camden and Death of Baron De Kalb. Tipped in is a 1930 bill from The Union Square Book Shop.
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New York Naturalization Document for Samuel Jackson of England
1802. Signed by Henry J. Yates. Edges are trimmed. 9 1/4" x 5 1/4
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Hymn For The Anniversary Of The Essex Agricultural Society September 27, 1838
Salem Gazette Press. Measures 8 x 5. Pasted down on a scrapbook page.
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Stereoview of a lecture? at Chautauqua, "Washed and Unwashed
Warsaw NY: E. L Watkins, 1870. Information on the back about Chautauqua. Good condition.
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Address From the President & Directors of the Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Life & Granting Annuities to the Inhabitants of the United States
Philadelphia: Maxwell for the Company, 1814. 45pp. Removed from a bound volume. The last five pages which ae the Acts of Incorporation are shaved close to the edge. Last couple of pages also detached. Not only the first commercial insurance company, but the first to collect and use American vital statistics.
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Little Verses For Good Children
Northampton, MA: A. R Merrifield, 1840. Paper wraps. 10 pp with woodcuts. One page has the alphabet. 2" x 3
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Manifesto of the Board of the Casa de Caridad of Barcelona against the insults contained in the pamphlet entitled Written in defense by Mr. Miguel Buch
Barcelona: Imprenta De La Viuda, 1842. 82 pp. Good in marbled paper wraps. 1 copy located BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL in Madrid.
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1838-1852 Justice in Rural America, Steuben County, NY
Records of Justice of the Peace James Wolverton. Civil cases involving issuance of summonses, property attachments for debt, defaults on promissory notes, unpaid amounts for goods received and labor performed, etc. Many of the cases involved small amounts, only a few dollars, that, however was a time when a dollar actually bought something. No hardcover binding, good otherwise.
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The Washington Water-Color Club Fourth Annual Exhibit, 1899
Single sheet, folded. Creased at fold. Many artists listed.
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Only A Dream Sung By Rev. Wm H. Hebron
Measures 8 x 6. No date or printing location. Circa 1890's. Rev Hebron (1818-1894) was a Baptist minister and abolitionist.
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Incorporation and Constitution of the Essex Society
[Salem], 1821. 8pp. Some tanning to edges of pages, else good.
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A Short, but Tragical History of an Unfortunate Young Girl
Great Britain: Printed at J. Pitts, 1820. Paper wraps. Remnants of paper on back cover from being removal from a scrapbook. A tale of a fifteen-year-old girl by a Gentleman of Fortune but thro' the means of a benevolent Clergyman was restored to happiness and home.
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Marriage document signed by Gov. John Wentworth Signed Portsmouth Dec. 9th, 1767
You are hereby Authorized and Impower'd to join together in holy Matrimony Adams Gragg and Joannah Taggart. In the 18th century, NH governors often signed marriage documents. Small stain at top and some separation where folded in middle. Archivally framed. Not examined outside the frame. Gragg and Taggart where both from Peterborough, NH. Gragg, along with others, in June of 1776 signed a document saying he would take up arms to fight in the American Revolution.
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Constitution and Laws of The Philadelphia Society for the Establishment and Support of Charity Schools
Philadelphia: Printed By Order Of The Society, 1860. Hardcover. 85 pp. Good condition.
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Southern trans-continental railway : supplemental argument showing the legal status of the Memphis, El Paso, and Pacific Railroad Company in Texas: for the use of the Pacific Railroad Committee
Washington, D.C.: M'Gill & Witherow, 1870. Fair condition with soiling, minor library marks, discoloring of some pages. 11 copies located. No copies for sale online.
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A Genuine account of the trial, &c., of Eugene Aram, who was convicted at York Assizes, August 3, 1759, before the Honourable William Noel, Esq., one of His Majesty's justices of the Court of Common Pleas, for the murder of Daniel Clark, late of Knaresborough, in the county of York to which are added, an account of the remarkable discovery of a human skeleton at Thistle Hill, a detail of all the judicial proceedings from the time of the bones being found, to the commitment of Richard Houseman, Eugene Aram, and Henry Terry, to York Castle, the depositions of Anna Aram, Philip Coates, John Yates, &c., the examination and confession of Richard Houseman, the apprehending of Eugene Aram, at Lynn, in Norfolk, with his examination and commitment, the remarkable defence he made on his trial, his own account of himself, written after his condemnation, with an apology, which he left in his cell, for the attempt he made on his life : also, the origin and antiquity of the Mel-Supper, some pieces of poetry, &c., written d
Durham: George Walker, 1759. 47 pp. Very good in later binding. One copy located at Harvard. Likely printed circa 1800. Aram was a teacher and convinced a friend with an inheritance to purchase luxury goods on credit. Aram then killed the man and stole the goods. A body was found some years later in a cave and evidence pointed to Aram and he was convicted and hung.
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Acme Wood Type Catalog No. 20
New York, NY: Acme, 1937. Paper wraps. 32 pp. Some wear to covers.
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Expense Account NY Sheriff 1838-Elections-Trials-Newspaper Ads-Refreshments for Jurors
Manuscript Expense Account for Jacob Acker, Sheriff of New York County. 6pp., legal paper. Tears on folds. Items include getting refreshments for jurors, elections, placing advertisements in various newspapers and other activities.
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The Lord's Prayer on both sides of the sheet done in calligraphy by Mrs. William Porter Port Hope Michigan
Circa 1850's. Tears on margins.
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Letter from S.B. Bowman, Dated Chicago, March 5th, 1899 to his cousins Tobias and Judith
12pp. Good condition. Bowman gives a detailed description of this life traveling for an Excursion Co. (possibly Phillips Judson Excursions.) His job is to try to get ticket agents who sell tickets over the different lines to give them some business. He also meets with clients to convince them to take the excursion. He talks about several of his trips by rail. The excursion goes Los Angeles via Sacramento, Ogden, Salt Lake, Pueblo, Kansas City, Chicago, Cleveland, Buffalo, Albany... Read More
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Lund's Land Agency Advertising Lands for Sale in the Mid West
c.1900. Measures 15" x 10 1/2". Fold, else in good condition. Lund was considered one of the high power sellers. He lived in Minnesota.
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Legal Document for the Sullivan Hotel in Claremont, New Hampshire, 1885
Includes an eight page inventory of the hotel which is very detailed. It goes room by room including the cellar and dining room. Some creasing and chipping on folds.
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Legal Adviser Weekly Edition Vol. VI No. 1 January 1885 to Vol. VI No. 52 Dec. 29, 1885
Chicago: Law Publishing Company. Hardcover. Ex library buckram binding. Title page and pages in the index have tape repairs.
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