THE NEW-ENGLAND ALMANACK, LADY'S AND GENTLEMAN'S DIARY, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST 1793. .
by Bickerstaff, Isaac [pseud.]
Providence: Printed and Sold, Wholesale and Retail, by John Carter, near the State-House, 1792. 12mo. [24] pp. Stitched in contemporary plain paper wrappers. Minor occasional spotting. Very Good. "'Isaac Bickerstaff' is a common pseudonym in almanacs. Erroneously attributed by Evans to Benjamin West. The actual calculator appears to be Nathan Daboll. The eclipse predictions are a brief version of those in the New England almanack and gentlemen & ladies diary for 1793 (New London), by Daboll. A large... Read More
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THE NEW-ENGLAND ALMANACK, OR LADY'S AND GENTLEMAN'S DIARY, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST 1800..
by Bickerstaff, Isaac [West, Benjamin]
Providence: John Carter, 1799. 12 leaves [as issued], sewn, untrimmed, first leaf's blank lower margin cut shorter than others. Very Good. Shipton & Mooney 43606. Drake 12963. Bristol 4929.
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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
by Bidwell, Barnabas
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 beyond his years, a rich, though not a flighty imagination." Moreover, "he was endowed by the author of his existence with a correct natural taste," and "his... Read More
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THE SUSQUEHANNAH TITLE STATED AND EXAMINED, IN A SERIES OF NUMBERS, FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE WESTERN STAR, AND NOW RE-PUBLISHED, IN THIS FORM, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL, AND ALL PERSONS CONCERNED IN PARTICULAR
by [Bidwell, Barnabas]
Catskill [NY]: Mackay Croswell, 1796. 12mo. 115, [1 blank] pp. Disbound. Margins trimmed close to, but not touching, text. Good+. "Bidwell, a one-time Yale tutor and an associate of Thomas Jefferson, later became involved in political scandals and absconded to Canada. He was a brilliant jurist and here writes a legal and historical examination of the claim of Connecticut to the Wyoming Valley, supporting the Colonists' right and title" [Eberstadt]. The document vindicates Connecticut's legal struggle to perfect... Read More
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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
by Bidwell, Barnabas
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 a real believer." Evans 21691. Trumbull 357.
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STATISTICAL TABLES: EXHIBITING THE CONDITION AND PRODUCTS OF CERTAIN BRANCHES OF INDUSTRY IN MASSACHUSETTS, FOR THE YEAR ENDING APRIL 1, 1837. PREPARED FROM THE RETURNS OF THE ASSESSORS, BY...SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH
by Bigelow, John P.
Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, State Printers, 1838. viii, 209, [1 blank], [2 index] pp Original printed wrappers [moderate foxing, some small holes] Stitched Light scattered foxing of text Good+ This is the first year in which such data were collected and published; the document presents a detailed picture of the nature and state of Massachusetts industries FIRST EDITION AI 51620 [5].
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ADDRESS OF SENATOR BIGLER TO THE DEMOCRACY OF PHILADELPHIA, IN INDEPENDENCE SQUARE, JULY 4, 1856
by Bigler, [William]
[Philadelphia?, 1856. 16pp. Caption title, as issued. Pinned, untrimmed, lightly worn. Good+. Bigler had just completed his term as Democratic Governor of Pennsylvania, and had begun his service as United States Senator. His July 4 oration doubles as a presidential campaign message. "Whatever others may do, as for me and my household, we shall vote for Buchanan and Breckinridge." He asserts the entitlement to the presidency of Buchanan, "a distinguished son of our own great State." The Kentuckian... Read More
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ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE NEW WHITE DEPARTMENT OF THE HOUSE OF REFUGE, ON JUNE 1ST, 1854, IN CELEBRATION OF THE OPENING OF THAT DEPARTMENT OF THE INSTITUTION, FOR THE RECEPTION OF INMATES. BY HIS EXCELLENCY WILLIAM BIGLER, GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA
by Bigler, William
Philadelphia: T.K. and P. G. Collins, Printers, 1854. Original printed wrappers, stitched, 24 clean pages. Very Good. The "Colored Department" of the House of Refuge had opened its doors in December 1849. The House of Refuge's Board of Managers thanks Governor Bigler for his remarks "delivered at the new building of the Department of the House of Refuge, for White Juvenile Delinquents." The influence of Christianity, he says, assures that "the condition of man is undergoing a... Read More
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED 29 MAY 1854, AT THE EXECUTIVE MANSION IN HARRISBURG, TO VICTOR PIOLETT, PROMINENT PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRAT, CONCERNING THE RISE OF THE FREE SOIL AND REPUBLICAN PARTY, THE KANSAS - NEBRASKA ACT, AND BIGLER'S ELECTORAL CHANCES
by Bigler, William
[Harrisburg, 1854. Octavo sheet, folded to four pages, each page filled with Bigler's writing. "(Private)" written at the upper margin of the first page. Very Good with light foxing. Democratic Governor Bigler aligned himself with his southern colleagues on issues of Slavery, Kansas, and opposition to the nascent Free Soil and Republican Parties. In 1855, the Republican and former Whig James Pollock defeated Bigler's attempted re-election in a landslide. Bigler's Letter is an interesting expression of a Pennsylvania... Read More
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BILL AND REPORT OF JOHN A. BINGHAM, AND VOTE ON ITS PASSAGE, REPEALING THE TERRITORIAL NEW MEXICAN LAWS ESTABLISHING SLAVERY AND AUTHORIZING EMPLOYERS TO WHIP "WHITE PERSONS" AND OTHERS IN THEIR EMPLOYMENT, AND DENYING THEM REDRESS IN THE COURTS
by Bingham, John A.
[Washington, 1860. 7, [1] pp. Disbound. Else Very Good, with caption title as issued. Page [8] is a list of pamphlets published by the Republican Executive Congressional Committee for the 1864 campaign. This 1860 Republican campaign document, issued by the Republican Executive Congressional Committee, demonstrates that Democrats approve New Mexico's Slave Code, which allowed employers to whip their white employees. The vote in Congress to repeal the Code is recorded here, with Republicans overwhelmingly responsible for repeal.... Read More
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REVIEW OF SENATE COMMITTEE REPORT, NO. 289. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
by [Birch Jr., James H.]
[Saint Joseph, MO: F.M. Posegate & Co., 1858. 21, [1] pp. A bit of offsetting on first few leaves. Contemporary calf [rubbed and worn], rebacked strong with cloth tape. Caption title [as issued], short closed tear [no loss] on first leaf. Else Very Good. This item is signed in type at the end: 'Clinton County, MO. Nov. 23, 1858. James H. Birch, Jr.' Birch had, he says, properly applied "at the Land Office at Plattsburg, with many... Read More
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SEEMINGLY EXPERIMENTAL RELIGION, INSTRUCTORS UNEXPERIENCED-- CONVERTERS UNCONVERTED-- REVIVALS KILLING RELIGION-- MISSIONARIES IN NEED OF TEACHING-- OR, WAR AGAINST THE GOSPEL BY ITS FRIENDS. BEING THE EXAMINATION AND REJECTION OF THOMAS LEDLIE BIRCH, A FOREIGN ORDAINED MINISTER, BY THE REV. PRESBYTERY OF OHIO, UNDER THE VERY REV. GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S ALIEN ACT; THE TRIAL OF THE REV. JOHN M'MILLAN, BEFORE THE REV. PRESBYTERY OF OHIO, FOR DEFAMING BIRCH; THE TRIAL AND ACQUITTAL OF THE REV. PRESBYTERY OF OHIO, BEFORE THE VERY REV. GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF AMERICA, FOR THE REJECTION OF BIRCH; AND INJUSTICE IN PERMITTING THE REV. JOHN M'MILLAN TO ESCAPE CHURCH CENSURE. WITH REMARKS THEREON, ADDRESSED TO THE FRIENDS OF GOSPEL PROGRESS. MARE PARTICULARLY, THOSE OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF AMERICA. BY THE REV. THOMAS LEDLIE BIRCH, A.M.
by Birch, Thomas Ledlie
Washington [PA]: Printed for the Author, 1806. 144pp. Disbound with scattered foxing. Dedication [page 3] trimmed closely in the right margin, costing several letters. Good+. Birch writes from "Point-Pleasant, near Washington, Pennsylvania, 3d October, 1805." He bitterly resents the "Inquisition" and "persecution" inflicted upon him by the Presbytery of Ohio, which refused to license him. He accuses the Presbytery of "falsehood, injustice, and the breach of those sacred ties of public faith." Courts and church officials, "from the... Read More
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CLAIMS, TO WHOM WERE REFERRED, THE PETITIONS OF BENJAMIN BIRD; EMORY SUDLER, JUNR. AND WIFE; ALEXANDER ROXBURGH; GRIFFITH JONES; DAVID JONES; AND THOMAS LEEPER; PHILIP BUSH, AND THE BILL FROM THE SENATE, INTITULED "AN ACT FOR THE RELIEF OF THE LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES OF SAMUEL LAPSLEY, DECEASED. 22D APRIL, 1800. COMMITTED TO A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE, THURSDAY NEXT. [PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.]
by Bird, Benjamin, et al.
[Philadelphia, 1800. 7, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, minor wear, Very Good. A history of the treatment of loan-office certificates, and consequences of their loss or destruction. Evans 38849. NAIP w021873 [9].
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LETTERS FROM ILLINOIS. BY MORRIS BIRKBECK, AUTHOR OF "NOTES ON A TOUR THROUGH FRANCE," AND OF "NOTES ON A JOURNEY IN AMERICA," &C. THIRD EDITION
by Birkbeck, Morris
London: Printed for Taylor and Hessay, 93, Fleet Street, 1818. xv, [1 blank], 114pp. Original half calf and marbled paper over boards [front hinge nearly detaching]. A few light fox spots. Overall Very Good; text Near Fine. Three London editions and a Philadelphia edition were printed in 1818. The XXII Letters, dedicated at the end to "John Gale, Esq., Stert, Near Devizes, Old England," contain "a great deal of information about social and economic conditions in Illinois"... Read More
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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
by Bishop, Abraham
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 him an unusual figure in Connecticut politics. "Learning that he would give this Republican campaign speech as the Phi Beta Kappa orator, the Yale Corporation withdrew Bishop's... Read More
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NEW-ENGLAND JUDGED BY THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD. IN TWO PARTS. FIRST, CONTAINING A BRIEF RELATION OF THE SUFFERINGS OF THE PEOPLE CALL'D QUAKERS IN NEW-ENGLAND, FROM THE TIME OF THEIR FIRST ARRIVAL THERE, IN THE YEAR 1656, TO THE YEAR 1660. WHEREIN THEIR MERCILESS WHIPPINGS, CHAININGS, FININGS, IMPRISONINGS, STARVINGS, BURNING IN THE HAND, CUTTING OFF EARS, AND PUTTING TO DEATH, WITH DIVERS OTHER CRUELTIES, INFLICTED UPON THE BODIES OF INNOCENT MEN AND WOMEN, ONLY FOR CONSCIENCE-SAKE, ARE BRIEFLY DESCRIBED. IN ANSWER TO THE DECLARATION OF THEIR PERSECUTORS APOLOGIZING FOR THE SAME, MDCLIX. SECOND PART, BEING A FARTHER RELATION OF THE CRUEL AND BLOODY SUFFERINGS OF THE PEOPLE CALL'D QUAKERS IN NEW-ENGLAND, CONTINUED FROM ANNO 1660, TO ANNO 1665. BEGINNING WITH THE SUFFERINGS OF WILLIAM LEDDRA, WHOM THEY PUT TO DEATH...WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING THE WRITINGS OF SEVERAL OF THE SUFFERERS. . . ALSO, AN ANSWER TO COTTON MATHER'S ABUSES OF THE SAID PEOPLE IN HIS LATE HISTORY OF NEW-ENGLAND, PRINTED ANNO 1702. THE WHO
by Bishop, George
London: Printed and Sold by T. Sowle, 1703. [10], 113, 112-141, 152-498, [1]-212, [11 Index], [1 errata], [10 publ. advt] pp. Bound in contemporary tooled calf, rebacked in modern calf. Early leaves with some dusting and foxing, else a clean text. Very Good. "The pagination is irregular. With an index and a final advertisement leaf" [ESTC]. Our copy has ten pages of publisher advertisements, "Most exhaustive contemporary indictment of God-fearing Puritans driven by insensate religious fervor to... Read More
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THE SOUTHERN QUESTION. A VIEW OF THE POLICY AND CONSTITUTIONAL POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT, AS TO THE SOUTHERN STATES. BY J. P. BISHOP, OF THE CLEVELAND BAR
by Bishop, J. P.
Cleveland, O.: Printed by Fairbanks & Company, 1877. Original printed wrappers, stitched. 8pp. Wrappers lightly dusted. Presentation inscription at upper margin of front wrapper: "From Judge Bishop May 77." Light rubberstamp in blank portion of title page. Else Very Good. Judge Jesse Phelps Bishop [1815-1881] was the editor of the Cleveland Law Record. His pamphlet defends Hayes for withdrawing troops "from their position of interference in a contest for the Governorship in the States of South Carolina and... Read More
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THE BEAUTY OF HOLINESS IN THE COMMON PRAYER: AS SET FORTH IN FOUR SERMONS PREACHED AT THE ROLLS CHAPEL, IN 1716...THE FIRST AMERICAN, FROM THE SEVENTH LONDON, EDITION
by Bisse, Thomas
Boston, 1797. 94pp, disbound, last gathering loosened. Top margin of title page clipped [loss of word 'The' in title, loss of tips of a few letters in 'Beauty']. Scattered foxing and spotting, some wear to corners. Good. The only 18th century American printing. Evans 31831. Not in Jenkins.
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I.V. BLACKWELL'S IMPROVED AND COMBINED GRATER, CLEANER, CLOVER HULLER AND THRESHER. PATENTED MARCH 30, 1858
by Blackwell, I.V.
Ovid, N.Y.: Seneca County Sentinel Print, 1860. Folio broadside, 12 3/4" x 16 1/2". Decorated border, five engravings [Figures 1-5]. Minor text spotting, a few blank margin spots, several closed tears [no loss]. Good+. The engravings, with accompanying text, explain how the thing works. "BLACKWELL'S GRATER is the only Patent Grater now in use, and is acknowledged to be the best and most reliable...Any number of certificates can be given, from those who are now using them, but... Read More
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SPEECH OF HON. F. P. BLAIR, JR., OF MISSOURI, AT THE COOPER INSTITUTE, NEW YORK CITY, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1860
by Blair, Francis P. Jr.
Washington, D. C.: Buell & Blanchard, Printers, 1860. 14, [2 blanks] pp. Disbound, title leaf spotted. Good+. Blair charges that the Slave Power is the "discordant element among our institutions which has destroyed the compact upon which it rested, carried civil war into the Territories, from which by agreement it was self-excluded, and now daringly threatens to crush the Union itself, unless permitted to command in the choice of a Chief Magistrate of the United States." Blair... Read More
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A VOICE FROM THE GRAVE OF JACKSON! LETTER FROM FRANCIS P. BLAIR, ESQ., TO A PUBLIC MEETING IN NEW YORK, HELD APRIL 29, 1856
by Blair, Francis P.
[Washington: Buell & Blanchard, 1856. 15, [1] pp. Disbound, else Very Good. Caption title [as issued]. The Meeting supported the new Republican Party, opposing slavery in the National Territories. Writing from his home in Silver Spring, Maryland, the venerable member of President Jackson's Kitchen Cabinet denounces his Democratic Party, which has "betrayed" its Jacksonian roots, and "the sinister designs of the nullifiers of the South. They are more formidable now than ever. They have an Administration installed... Read More
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COLONIZATION AND COMMERCE. AN ADDRESS BEFORE THE YOUNG MEN'S MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, NOVEMBER 29, 1859. BY... OF MISSOURI
by Blair, Frank P., Jun.
[Cincinnati?, 1859. 8pp, caption title [as issued]. Disbound, light margin spotting. Good+. Blair explains his pet project: combining emancipation with colonization "in the congenial regions of the American tropics, for such of our negroes as are now free, or who hereafter may be enfranchised by States or individuals, and who may choose to go there, and to offer them such inducements, by securing them self-government, free homesteads, and protection against foreign or domestic molestation, as they will... Read More
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LETTER OF FRANCIS P. BLAIR, ESQ. TO THE REPUBLICAN ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON, D.C.
by Blair, Francis P.
[Washington: Buell & Blanchard, 1856. 7, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, clean, Very Good. Blair's Letter is a significant step in the Democratic Party's split into Northern and Southern branches. Writing from his Maryland home at Silver Spring in December 1855, the venerable stalwart of President Jackson's Kitchen Cabinet denounces his Democratic Party and casts his lot with Republicans, who oppose extending slavery into the Territories. Slavery's expansion will cause "destruction of the Confederacy, on which the welfare... Read More
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SPEECH OF THE HON. MONTGOMERY BLAIR, (POSTMASTER GENERAL,) ON THE REVOLUTIONARY SCHEMES OF THE ULTRA ABOLITIONISTS, AND IN DEFENCE OF THE POLICY OF THE PRESIDENT. DELIVERED AT THE UNCONDITIONAL UNION MEETING, HELD AT ROCKVILLE, MONTGOMERY CO., MARYLAND, ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1863
by Blair, Montgomery
1863. [n.p., 1863]. 20pp, disbound without wrappers, light margin foxing. Very Good. Blair warns of "ultra-Abolitionists", who "seek to make a caste of another color by amalgamating the black element with the free white labor of our land, and so to expand far beyond the present confines of slavery the evil which makes it obnoxious to republican statesmen." Their policies would create "a hybrid race", an "unnatural combination" if ever there was one. He also attacks... Read More
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TO THE RESCUE OF AMERICAN COMMERCE
by [Blake, A.P.]
Boston: J.E. Farwell & Co., 1869. 12pp. Stitched, partly uncut. Light wear, title and last page dustsoiled, Good+. Blake seeks subscribers for $2,000,000 of the capital stock of his new Company, which intends to purchase "a line of American Steamships between Boston and Liverpool." $1.5 million will be used for purchasing the steamers, and the other half million for this and that. He anticipates profitable traffic in passengers and freight. He includes a Form of Subscription, estimates... Read More
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