![WAUPUN, WIS., NOV. 30TH, 1861. [ in manuscript: DEAR BR. DOOLITTLE]. PROF. CONATTY, OF KENOSHA, AND MYSELF ARE TRYING TO RAISE A COMPANY, TO BE CALLED THE 'TEACHERS' COMPANY,' FOR THE FIRST WISCONSIN CAVALRY. WE HAVE JUST COMMENCED, AND IT IS GOING TO BE EXCEEDINGLY DIFFICULT TO RAISE MEN NOW; BUT CAN YOU NOT ASSIST THIS GREAT AND GLORIOUS CAUSE BY SENDING ME ONE OR MORE MEN? WE WANT THE TEACHER ELEMENT PREDOMINANT, BUT THE POINT IS, TO RAISE A COMPANY OF GENTLEMEN TO GO IN IT, BE HE TEACHER OR NOT... YOURS FRATERNALLY, D.H. BLAKE](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/300/489/869489300.0.l.jpg)
WAUPUN, WIS., NOV. 30TH, 1861. [ in manuscript: DEAR BR. DOOLITTLE]. PROF. CONATTY, OF KENOSHA, AND MYSELF ARE TRYING TO RAISE A COMPANY, TO BE CALLED THE 'TEACHERS' COMPANY,' FOR THE FIRST WISCONSIN CAVALRY. WE HAVE JUST COMMENCED, AND IT IS GOING TO BE EXCEEDINGLY DIFFICULT TO RAISE MEN NOW; BUT CAN YOU NOT ASSIST THIS GREAT AND GLORIOUS CAUSE BY SENDING ME ONE OR MORE MEN? WE WANT THE TEACHER ELEMENT PREDOMINANT, BUT THE POINT IS, TO RAISE A COMPANY OF GENTLEMEN TO GO IN IT, BE HE TEACHER OR NOT... YOURS FRATERNALLY, D.H. BLAKE
by [Blake, Daniel H.]
Printed broadside, 5" x 8", with salutation in ink manuscript. Some margin browning and light margin chipping, else Very Good. Blake was Pastor of the First Congregational Church in Waupun. Beneath his printed signature is written in ink, "Pastor Cong. Ch". Professor Conatty was T.J. Conatty, a public school teacher in Kenosha and a prominent figure in the Wisconsin Teachers' Association. He was later implicated in a bribery scheme with James Rood Doolittle, Senator from Wisconsin [1857-1869]. On... Read More
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NOT MARK ANTHONY'S ADDRESS
by [Blanchard, Anthony I.]
Salem [NY], 1804. Printed broadside, 8-1/4" x 6-3/4." Old horizontal folds with a few short splits at fold edges [repaired with archival tape, no text loss]. Very Good. Anthony I. Blanchard likely wrote this unrecorded broadside. A Federalist candidate for the State Senate, he attacks the Washington Register, a Salem weekly published from 1803-1830, for vicious and unwarranted attacks on him. Blanchard "has long learned that, when a man submits himself to be a Candidate for office, he... Read More
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TYPED LETTER SIGNED, TO JOHN RITCHIE, JR., APRIL 7, 1913: APRIL 7, 1913.MR. JOHN RITCHIE, JR.,BACK BAY,BOSTON, MASS.MY DEAR MR. RITCHIE:-YOUR LETTER OF MARCH 14, WITH ENCLOSURE, REACHED ME ONLY THIS DAY. ACCEPT MY THANKS FOR YOUR KINDNESS. I AM ALSO GRATEFUL FOR THE SUGGESTIONS REGARDING ARTICLE FOR THE "SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN". THIS ARTICLE WAS FORWARDED TO THE "SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN" ON MARCH 20. THEREFORE, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO MAKE USE OF THE EXCELLENT SUGGESTIONS YOU OFFER. LET ME ASSURE YOU THAT I FULLY APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS, AND BELIEVE ME,MOST SINCERELY YOURS,RUDOLPH BLANKENBURGMAYOR.K.; [In stationer's type at head of letter: OFFICE OF THE MAYOR PHILADELPHIA RUDOLPH BLANKENBURG MAYOR]. An illustration of the seal of Philadelphia is at the top left corner of the letterhead. Underlined text denotes the signature
by Blankenburg, Rudolph
[Philadelphia, 1913. 8" x 105". Two horizontal folds, else Very Good. Rudolph Blankenburg, the Mayor of Philadelphia, wrote an article for the Scientific American entitled, "The Municipal Need of Technically Trained Men" which was published in Vol. 108, April 12, 1913, pp. 341-343. This letter evidently pertains to that article. The recipient of Blankenburg's letter, John Ritchie, Jr., was one of the organizers of the Boston Scientific Society. He and Seth Carlo Chandler, Jr., devised a telegraphic code that... Read More
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BLUM'S FARMERS' AND PLANTERS' ALMANAC FOR THE YEAR 1866
by Blum, L.V.
Salem, N.C. [1865]. Original printed, illustrated, and decorated wrappers with wrapper title [as issued]. 36pp, minor edge chipping, scattered staining. Good+. Not a Confederate imprint, the text referring to Andrew Johnson as President. Blum, according to the advertisement on the rear wrap, owned the Salem Printing Office and published the weekly "The People's Press." FIRST EDITION. Thornton 1027.
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SIGNED SPECIAL LICENSE FOR TRADE VESSEL TO TRAVEL TO THE UNITED STATES, DATED AUGUST 20, 1830. WITH SIGNATURE AT THE END PURPORTING TO BE THAT OF EMPEROR NAPOLEON
by Bonaparte, Napoleon
Broadsheet, 13.5" x 19". Split along folds into four equal sections, repaired with tape on recto, two short splits along other vertical folds. Words under tape illegible unless held to a light. Scattered foxing and spotting. Left edge clipped with loss of words that had been printed vertically. Good. This is a special license for a single ship to make a single voyage from the Port of Bordeaux to America for purposes of trade. It is number... Read More
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LOAN UNDER 'ACT TO RAISE SUPPLIES FOR THE YEAR COMMENCING OCTOBER 1, 1860.' $500. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. NO. 75 CHARLESTON, 1ST FEBRUARY, 1861. BE IT KNOWN, THAT THERE IS DUE BY THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA UNTO JOHN FISHER JR. OR BEARER, THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, REDEEMABLE AT THE TREASURY IN THIS CITY, ON THE 1ST DAY OF JULY, IN THE YEAR EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-TWO, BEARING INTEREST AT THE RATE OF SEVEN PER CENT PER ANNUM, PAYABLE ANNUALLY, ON THE 1ST DAY OF JULY, AT THE TREASURY, IN CHARLESTON, ON PRESENTATION OF THE ANNEXED COUPONS... SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT, AND COUNTERSIGNED BY THE CASHIER, OF THE BANK OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE ABOVE ACT
by [Confederate South Carolina Bond]
[Charleston, SC]: Evans & Cogswell, Print., 1861. 10" x 11-1/2", including eight annexed coupons in four rows of two coupons each. Bond surrounded by ornamental border. Cuts of South Carolina's palmetto flag and a palmetto tree surrounded by agricultural products, a ship and steam train in the background. Fisher's name and the number '75' are in manuscript. The bond is signed in ink at the bottom by Thos. R. Waring, Cashier, and C.M. Furman, President. The coupons are signed... Read More
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT WE SAMUEL CLEMANS JOHN THOMAS AND THOMAS ANDERSON OF THE COUNTY OF CHAMPAIGN AND STATE OF OHIO ARE HELD AND FIRMLY BOUND UNTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN THE FULL AND JUST SUM OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES, TO WHICH PAYMENT WELL AND TRULY BE MADE...THIS TWENTY-FIFTH DAY OF JANY, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN. THE CONDITION OF THE ABOVE BOUNDEN OBLIGATION IS SUCH THAT IF THE ABOVE BOUNDEN SAMUEL CLEMANS SHALL BEFORE USING OR CAUSING TO BE USED ANY STILL OR BOILER, OR OTHER VESSEL USED OR INTENDED TO BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISTILLING SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS - MAKE TRUE AND EXACT ENTRY, AND REPORT THE SAME IN WRITING TO THE COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL DUTIES FOR THE DISTRICT IN WHICH THE SAME IS SITUATE, OF EVERY SUCH STILL OR BOILER... WITH THE QUANTITY OF DOMESTIC SPIRITS IN GALLONS, WHICH HE MAY HAVE ON HAND..
by Whiskey Still Bond
[Champaign County, Ohio, 1816. Broadside, 8" x 12.5". Printed bond completed in manuscript. Tanned at margins and along old folds. Signed in ink by Clemans, Thomas, and Anderson. Docketed on verso. Very Good. This bond requires distillers to keep a detailed accounting of the amounts of liquors distilled, with separate accounts for foreign and domestic materials. The books were reviewed quarterly by a local Collector, who would assess the duties owed to the United States. The bond's... Read More
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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
by Bond, William Key
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 [3]. Not in AI, Sabin.
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MARKS'S EDITION OF THE ADVENTURES OF GOODY TWO SHOES AND HER BROTHER THOMAS
by [Children's Book]
London: Published by J.L. Marks, 91, Long Lane, Smithfield, 1850. 6-3/4" by 4-1/4" in printed pictorial title wrappers. Stitched. Eight leaves, with richly hand-colored illustrations. Blank verso of last leaf pasted to rear wrapper. Closed tear to one leaf [no loss]. Good+. Housed in a custom woven cloth foldover chemise with a gilt printed paper label to the upper cover. Not located on OCLC or the online site of the British Library as of July 2017.
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CATALOGUE OF BIOGRAPHICAL PAMPHLETS, COMPRISING FUNERAL SERMONS, OBITUARIES, EULOGIES, MEMOIRS, NARRATIVES, SKETCHES, AND ADVENTURES, ALSO, SPEECHES, ORATIONS AND ADDRESSES OF SOME OF THE MOST PROMINENT STATESMEN, DIVINES AND LITERARY MEN OF THE UNITED STATES...FOR SALE BY EDWARD P. BOON, 86 NASSAU ST., NEW YORK
by Boon, Edward .
[New York, 1878. 56pp. Title page detached and chipped in blank inner margin. Scattered dusting. Good+. Hundreds of pamphlets listed for sale, including many on or about Presidents Washington, Tyler, and Taylor, and Daniel Webster, Thomas Paine, William Seward, and many others.
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AN HISTORICAL TREATISE OF AN ACTION OR SUIT AT LAW...THE THIRD EDITION, WITH ADDITIONS
by Boote, R[ichard]
Dublin: Watts, 1791. 12mo. Contemporary calf [hinges starting, gilt-lettered morocco spine label]. xxxi, [1 blank], 268pp. Scattered, generally light foxing. About Very Good. Boote's purpose is to illustrate "the obscurity and expence which necessarily attend the conducting of a suit at law, especially where special pleadings are requisite to be made." The exposure, he hopes, will produce "some method by which the proceedings in a suit may be contracted or reduced into forms more concise, and consequently... Read More
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OPEN LETTER OF NEWTON BOOTH TO JOHN B. FELTON
by Booth, Newton
Sacramento: H.A. Weaver & Co., Steam Book and Job Printers, 1873. 7, [1 blank] pp. Last page prints the People's Union Independent Anti-Monopoly Ticket, for State Senate and Assemblymen. Very Good. Booth was elected Governor of California in 1871, campaigning as a Republican and with support from African Americans. In 1875, he resigned his office and, with the help of the Anti-Monopoly Party, was elected U.S. Senator from California. Booth had supported Lincoln in 1860. Felton, also a... Read More
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AN EXPOSITION OF THE PRINCIPLES AND VIEWS OF THE MIDDLING INTEREST, IN THE CITY OF BOSTON
by [Boston]
Boston, 1822. 8pp, untrimmed and widely margined [with some chipping at the fore-edge]. Partly uncut, title leaf loose. Good+. The signature 'Rantoul' is written at the blank upper margin of title page. An expression of Boston's revolt against domination by the Federalist Central Committee, which opposed electoral reforms and thwarted efforts to end imprisonment for debt. The Middling Interest, which also opposed the entrenched and self-serving Republicans, sought election by ward of State and Federal representatives. The Middling... Read More
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TREMONT TEMPLE. STRANGERS' SABBATH HOME. SERVICES, 10 1-2 AND 3 AND 7 1-2 O'CLOCK. OPEN TO ALL.| SABBATH SCHOOL AND BIBLE CLASSES AT 1 1-2 O'CLOCK.| YOUNG PEOPLE'S MEETING AT 6 O'CLOCK.| FORTY-SIXTH SERIES.| HYMNS. | "ALL ARE INVITED TO JOIN IN SINGING.
by [Boston]
[Boston]: J.A. Cummings & Co., Prs., 1870. Broadside, 5" x 11 1/4". Printed in black ink using several different typesettings. Edgeworn, archival tape repairs on verso of short closed tears. About Good+. Evidently unrecorded OCLC 31877942 notes a similar broadside, located only at Brown, by the same printer,
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REVIEW OF THE CASE OF THE FREE BRIDGE, BETWEEN BOSTON AND CHARLESTOWN; IN WHICH THE EXPEDIENCY AND CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THAT MEASURE ARE CONSIDERED; WITH A STATEMENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS UPON IT AT THE LATE JANUARY SESSION, INCLUDING THE PUBLIC DOCUMENTS
by Boston
Boston: Dutton & Wentworth, 1827. Stitched and untrimmed, with first and last leaf rather dusty, else a clean and Very Good text. vi, 106pp. Accompanied by a typed note, on the verso of Revere Sugar Refinery stationery, from 'P.R.C.' to 'G.D.F.' concerning the bridge. "The proposed bridge was erected in 1828 and known as Warren Bridge." OCLC. Evidently intended to assist Harvard College, the plan aroused considerable opposition as it would compete with the toll bridge, located... Read More
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WHIG TICKET. WARD NO. 11. FOR MAYOR, JOSIAH QUINCY, JR.
by [Whig Party in Boston]
[Boston, 1840. Broadside, 5-5/8" x 9-3/4." Old margin folds and tear at blank upper corner. At head is a depiction of the Seal of Boston within an illustration of clouds. Light dusting, one fox spot. About Very Good. Josiah Quincy Jr. was Mayor of Boston 1845-1849. Whig candidates for Alderman, Warden, Clerk, Common Councilmen, Inspectors, School Committee, and Overseers of the Poor are also listed.
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A VIEW OF THE COVENANT OF GRACE FROM THE SACRED RECORDS. WHEREIN THE PARTIES IN THAT COVENANT, THE MAKING OF IT, ITS PARTS CONDITIONARY AND PROMISSORY, AND THE ADMINISTRATION THEREOF, ARE DISTINCTLY CONSIDERED..
by Boston, Thomas
Glasgow: Robert and Thomas Duncan, 1770. Attractive original calf, with raised spine bands [light wear]. 407, [1 blank] pp. Rear free endpaper torn, contemporary ownership signature of Thomas Manning. Scattered light foxing, modern bookplate, Very Good. ESTC T74880.
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TO THE WHIGS OF VIRGINIA
by Botts, John Minor
[Washington, 1848. 15pp, disbound, caption title [as issued]. Very Good. Botts, the Virginia Whig, explains his opposition to the nomination of Zachary Taylor who, indeed, was a political cypher with absolutely no record in civil life. Botts's choice for 1848 is the prominent and popular Whig Henry Clay, the Party's candidate in 1844. Botts analyzes the vote in the 1844 election, "when the largest Whig vote ever cast in the State was given for Mr. Clay." Taylor... Read More
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SUBSTANCE OF THE REMARKS MADE BY JOHN MINOR BOTTS ON THE OCCASION OF THE ENTERTAINMENT GIVEN TO HIM BY HIS PERSONAL AND POLITICAL FRIENDS, AT BOSHER'S HALL, IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND, ON SATURDAY EVENING, 2d DECEMBER, WITH SOME ADDITIONS; WHICH HE NOW PRESENTS AS AN ADDRESS TO HIS CONSTITUENTS
by Botts, John Minor
[Washington: Towers, 1848. 16pp, caption title [as issued], disbound with scattered foxing. Good to Good+. A Virginia Whig allied with Henry Clay, Botts later remained loyal to the Union during the War and suffered accordingly. Here he defends himself for alleged half-hearted support of the Whigs' 1848 candidate, Zachary Taylor. Botts concedes his devotion to Clay, and his efforts to secure the presidential nomination for him; but he says he vigorously supported Taylor in the election. OCLC... Read More
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BOUCHEREAU'S ADVANCE DIRECTORY FOR 1908-9 OF THE SUGAR MANUFACTURERS AND CANE GROWERS OF LOUISIANA. (ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY) AND ISSUED YEARLY BY A. BOUCHEREAU..
by Bouchereau, A[lcee]
[New Orleans], 1908. Original printed wrappers, original staples, 24pp. Rubberstamp, Very Good.
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A SECOND LETTER FROM...RECTOR OF ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, NORWALK, TO THE REVEREND EZRA STILES, PRESIDENT OF YALE-COLLEGE. IN THIS LETTER, THE REVEREND DOCTOR CHAUNCY'S COMPLEAT VIEW OF EPISCOPACY UNTIL THE CLOSE OF THE SECOND CENTURY IS PARTICULARLY CONSIDERED; AND SOME REMARKS ARE MADE UPON A FEW PASSAGES OF DOCTOR STILES'S ELECTION SERMON
by Bowden, John
New-Haven, 1789. 108pp. Bound into modern marbled wrappers. Scattered light wear and fox, Good+ or so. Bowden's abstruse theological disagreements with Stiles. FIRST EDITION. Evans 21711. Trumbull 379. Not in Jenkins.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MARCH 10, 1787. ORDERED, THAT THE GOVERNOUR'S OBJECTIONS, MADE THIS DAY TO THE BILL FOR ESTABLISHING A SALARY OF A FIXED AND PERMANENT VALUE FOR THE GOVERNOUR; AND REPEALING A LAW, HERETOFORE MADE FOR THAT PURPOSE, BE PUBLISHED; AND THAT THE SECRETARY SEND COPIES THEREOF TO THE SEVERAL TOWNS AND PLANTATIONS WITHIN THIS COMMONWEALTH. ATTEST. GEO. R. MINOT, CLERK
by [Bowdoin, James]
[Boston: Printed by Edward Eveleth Powars, 1787. Folio broadside, @11"x 17", printed in two columns. Signed at the end in type by Bowdoin. Untrimmed with generous margins. Several tanned old folds, light wear. Else Very Good. Governor Bowdoin's rare broadside veto attempts to limit the power of popularly elected legislative majorities. His Message vetoes a bill reducing the Governor's salary. The fear of excessive legislative power was a primary concern of the architects of the Constitution.... Read More
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AN ACCOUNT OF THE ARREST, TRIAL, CONVICTION AND CONFESSION OF JABEZ BOYD, FOR THE MURDER OF WESLEY PATTON. BY A GENTLEMAN OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD
by [Boyd, Jabez]
Philadelphia: T.K. & P.G. Collins, Printers, 1845. 15, [1 blank] pp. Stitched and lightly foxed, some pencil linings in margins. Good+. "The victim was beaten to death at Westchester, Pennsylvania, while being robbed. Boyd was arrested in church 'with a hymn book in his hand, and from which he was singing with apparent composure.' He was hanged" [McDade]. The pamphlet's author says Boyd "was brought up in ignorance, and surrounded by depraved companions." From his youth... Read More
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CONDENSED SPEECH OF HON. LINN BOYD, OF KENTUCKY, IN REPLY TO THE HON. JOHN WHITE, RELATIVE TO THE COALITION BETWEEN ADAMS AND CLAY IN 1825
by Boyd, Linn
[Washington: J. Heart, Printer, 1844. 16pp, disbound, caption title [as issued]. Scattered foxing, Good+. The 1844 presidential election pitted the Whig Henry Clay against the Democrat James K. Polk. It revived old resentments from twenty years earlier when, in the four-way presidential contest decided in the House of Representatives, supporters of Andrew Jackson charged that John Q. Adams decided "to buy the Presidency, by offering the office of Secretary of State to Mr. Clay." Clay threw... Read More
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COURT OF APPEALS OF KENTUCKY. DECEMBER TERM, 1854. LUCAS' DEVISEES, COMP'LTS, VS. LUCAS' EXECUTOR, &C. DEF'TS. BRIEF
by [Fox & Boyle]
[np, 1854. Stitched, caption title [as issued]. 13, [3 blanks] pp. Untrimmed and partly uncut, foxed, Good+. The heirs of Caleb Lucas, of Lincoln County, claim that the executor of his estate, Fielding Kenley, looted the estate and deprived "his poor and needy relatives" of their inheritance. The brief demonstrates that Kenley forged and falsified documents that appeared to show Lucas's indebtedness to Kenley, who then fraudulently distributed estate funds to himself. Not in the standard references.... Read More
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