NOTES ON THE PROGRESS OF THE COLORED PEOPLE OF MARYLAND SINCE THE WAR. A SUPPLEMENT TO THE NEGRO IN MARYLAND: A STUDY OF THE INSTITUTION OF SLAVERY
by Brackett, Jeffrey R.
Baltimore: Publication Agency of the Johns Hopkins University, 1890. [4], 5-96, [10- publ. advts] pp. With the half title [ink manuscript note above the printed material]. Disbound, with the half title loose. Text clean. Except as noted, Very Good. This is the "Eighth Series VII-VIII-IX" publication of the Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science, with Herbert B. Adams as Editor. Brackett describes Maryland's near-secession, the strength of proslavery sentiment, the resistance of Maryland to the... Read More
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THREE STAGES IN THE LIFE OF A POLITICAL TURN-COAT-- SHOWING HOW AN INTENSIFIED WAR DEMOCRAT IS GRADUALLY TRANSFORMED INTO A MALIGNANT COPPERHEAD. BION BRADBURY IN THE YEARS 1861, 1862 AND 1863
by [Bradbury, Bion]
[np, 1863. Broadsheet, 7" x 6-1/2". Caption title as issued. Printed in two columns per page. Small piece torn from center of top blank margin where originally posted. Very Good. This Republican Party broadsheet opposes the Democrat Bradbury's 1863 candidacy for Governor of Maine. His speeches-- as a Congressman and as a previous candidate for Governor-- reveal him as a spineless flip-flopper. In 1862 he defended the war effort. In less than a year he became "a... Read More
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BIOGRAPHY OF THE HON. CALEB STRONG, SEVERAL YEARS GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS
by Bradford, Alden
Boston, 1820. Original plain blue-grey wrappers, stitched. Port. frontis [some offsetting to the title page] of 'His Excellency Caleb Strong LLD elected in April 1814 Governor of Massachusetts for the Tenth time by the Free Suffrages of his Fellow Citizens.' 30pp, tanned, untrimmed, lightly worn, Good+ or so. A Federalist's admiring biography of the Federalist Governor Strong, with discussion of his early life, activities among the Sons of Liberty and Committee of Correspondence, participation in the Constitutional... Read More
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STRICTURES ON THE REMARKS OF DR. SAMUEL LANGDON, ON THE LEADING SENTIMENTS IN THE REV. DR. HOPKINS' SYSTEM OF DOCTRINES: IN A POSTSCRIPT OF A LETTER TO A FRIEND
by Bradford, Ebenezer
Boston: Printed by I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews, 1794. 47, [1 blank] pp. Stitched, untrimmed, light fox and wear, toned. Very Good. Written in lower blank margin: "David Palmer's property. A present from the Author." "Dr. Langdon," says Bradford, "in order to attack his brother doctor with more show of erudition, as well as success, first raises to our view a kind of Metaphysical Demon ... Among this host of metaphysical jugglers, he fixes his eye on Dr.... Read More
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A LETTER TO THE HON. HARRISON GRAY OTIS, PELEG SPRAGUE, AND RICHARD FLETCHER, ESQ
by [Bradford, Gamaliel]
Boston: James Munroe, 1836. 12mo, Disbound and a bit loosened. 35pp. Good+ to Very Good. The author, writing in the year after a Boston mob nearly killed William Lloyd Garrison, attacks Massachusetts men who argue that slavery is "but a necessary adjunct, or condition of unmixed republicanism." Bradford reviews the history of the abolition movement in America from its founding in Philadelphia, with the support of Benjamin Franklin, and explains that those who advocate "the duty of... Read More
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, AS ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, TO PUBLISHER JOEL MUNSELL, 25 SEPTEMBER 1870, REGARDING CORRECTIONS TO AN ESSAY BEFORE PUBLICATION
by Bradley, Joseph P.
Newark, 1870. 2pp. 5" x 7-3/4." Entirely in ink manuscript on lined paper and signed "Joseph P. Bradley." Munsell's name above the salutation covers The previously written name of Bradley. Very Good. Bradley, a Rutgers graduate, was a highly respected New Jersey lawyer, specializing in railroad and patent litigation. President Grant nominated him to the United States Supreme Court in early 1870, and he took his seat in March. He served until 1891. His Letter, transcribed in... Read More
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THE PLEASURES OF CONTEMPLATION, BEING AN INVESTIGATION OF THE HARMONIES, BEAUTIES, AND BENEFITS OF NATURE; A JUSTIFICATION OF THE WAYS OF GOD TO MAN; AND A VINDICATION OF THE UNIFORMITY OF ETERNAL TRUTH, CONTRASTED WITH THE DEFORMITY OF POPULAR ERROR. SECOND EDITION. BY THE AUTHOR OF "THE PLEASURES OF DEATH." TO WHICH IS ADDED FIVE CAUSES OF POPULAR POVERTY, &C., &C. BY DR. BLATCHLY, OF N. YORK. THE WHOLE PARTICULAR INTENDED AS THE SECOND PART OF "RIGHTS OF GOD," FIFTH EDITION, PRINTED A.D. 1815
by [Branagan, Thomas] and Cornelius Blatchly
Philadelphia: Published for S. Eastwick, 1818. 276pp, frontispiece illustration of waterspout at entrance of Cape Fear River [North Carolina]. Original calf, gilt lettered red morocco spine label [lettering faded]. Scattered foxing. Ownership stamp on front endpaper. Copies issued with the frontis are uncommon. Very Good. An important early American utopian tract and probably the earliest appearance of Owenism in America. Blatchly, a New York Quaker and apothecary, was founder and moving spirit of the New York Society... Read More
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THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC VIEWS OF MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS. COLLATED, WITH INTRODUCTORY NOTES, BY ALFRED LIEF. WITH A FOREWORD BY CHARLES A. BEARD
by [Brandeis, Louis D.]
New York: Vanguard Press, 1930. Signed by Brandeis March 17, 1931 on Arthur Leonard Ross's early bookplate on the front pastedown. Original publisher's black cloth, title stamped in gilt on front cover and spine. xxi, [3], 419, [1 blank] pp. With frontispiece portrait of Brandeis, and half title. Near Fine. New York lawyer Arthur Leonard Ross had many well-known clients, such as Emma Goldman, Frank Harris, and H. L. Mencken. His large bookplate, by German artist Otto... Read More
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THE SAINT'S REPOSE IN DEATH. A SERMON, DELIVERED ON THE DEATH OF THE REV. RICHARD FURMAN, D.D. LATE PASTOR OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH, CHARLESTON, S.C.
by Brantly, William T.
Charleston: W. Riley, 1825. 43, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, original wrapper remnant along spine, mild foxing. Good+. Furman had been a major Baptist spokesman. He was the first president of the Triennial Convention, the first nationwide Baptist association, and the first president of the South Carolina State Baptist Convention. Furman University is named in his honor. In pages 24-43 Reverend Brantly presents a detailed description of Furman's character and a chronicle of his life. II Turnbull 136. ... Read More
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, TO COLONEL WILLIAM POPE AS COUNTY MAGISTRATE: "SIR MR. JOHNSON MEANS TO MOVE THE COURT FOR TRIAL AGAINST ME. BUT AS I HAVE ATTENED [sic] CONSTANTLY AND NEVER COULD BRING IT TO TRIAL I SHOULD HOPE YOUR WORSHIPS WILL NOT SUFFER IT TO COME TO TRIAL, AS MY ATTORNEY CANNOT BE THERE AND HOPE YOU WILL COMMUNICATE THE SAME TO THE COURT. NEITHER AM I REDDY FOR TRIAL AND AM DEAR SIR YOUR HBLE SERT. NACY BRASHEAR TO COL WM. POPE NOVEMBER 5TH 1787
by Brashear, Nacy [Ignatius]
[Jefferson County, Kentucky, 1787. Manuscript Letter, nine lines. Remnant of red wax seal. Folded for mailing to "Col. William Pope/ Jefferson County." Very Good. Brashear [1734-1807], born in Prince Georges County Maryland, died in Shepherdsville, Kentucky as a prosperous Kentucky slave-owner. Census records for 1810 enumerate the slaves inherited by four of his sons. Colonel Pope [1750-1826] was George Washington's third cousin. He served in the Virginia militia in 1778, and then came to Jefferson County,... Read More
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SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR THE COAST OF BRAZIL. PART I. MARANHAO AND RIO JANEIRO. COMPILED CHIEFLY FROM THE SURVEYS MADE BY BARON ROUSSIN AND M. MOUCHEZ, OF THE FRENCH NAVY
by [Brazil]
London, E.: James Imray & Son, Chart and Nautical Book Publishers, 1890. Original printed blue wrappers, stitched. vii, [1], 132 pp. Scattered and generally light spotting and mild wear. Very Good. With detailed table of contents, "a complete List of Lights" on the East and North Coasts of Brazil, and thorough sailing directions from point to point. The rear wrapper advertises Imray's books and charts for navigating the Atlantic Ocean. Imray printed several earlier and at least one... Read More
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NEBRASKA AND KANSAS. SPEECH OF MR. BRECKINRIDGE, OF KENTUCKY, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MARCH 23, 1854, DELIVERED IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE ON THE STATE OF THE UNION
by Breckinridge, John
[Washington: Congressional Globe Office, 1854. 8pp. Caption title, as issued. Spine reinforced, Very Good. The future Vice President under James Buchanan and Confederate General speaks in favor of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which would roll back the Missouri Compromise's prohibition on slavery north of the Compromise line, and permit the inhabitants of each territory to decide for themselves whether to exclude slavery. LCP 1495.
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SUBSTANCE OF A SPEECH BY HON. JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE DELIVERED IN THE HALL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AT FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY, DECEMBER 21, 1859
by Breckinridge, John
Washington, D.C.: Henry Polkinhorn, Printer, 1860. 16pp. Spine tastefully reinforced, Very Good. Vice-President Breckinridge-- in 1860 the presidential candidate of the Southern Democrats-- says, "The republican party must be overthrown." Its goal is "to introduce the doctrine of negro equality into American politics." Having been elected by the Kentucky Legislature as Senator for the next Congress, he defends the Dred Scott decision in orthodox southern terms: "In regard to every description of property, including slaves, recognized and... Read More
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GENERAL BUTLER- THE DEMOCRATIC REVIEW- JUDGE DOUGLAS- THE PRESIDENCY. SPEECH...DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MARCH 4, 1852
by Breckinridge, John C.
[Washington, 1852. 8pp Caption title [as issued], folded folio sheet Light spotting, untrimmed and generously margined, Very Good The Kentucky Democrat reviews the roster of Democratic and Whig presidential candidates He defends the honor of his fellow Kentuckian, William O Butler; and pays his respects to Senator Cass of Michigan. "It is our custom in the State of Kentucky to defend and honor all our worthy public men." Breckinridge pronounces President Fillmore unfit for his office: he... Read More
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BRECKINRIDGE AND LANE CAMPAIGN DOCUMENT, NO. 8. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF HON. JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE, DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT, AND GENERAL JOSEPH LANE, DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR VICE PRESIDENT
by [Breckinridge, John]
Washington: National Democratic Executive Committee. McGill & Witherow, Printers., 1860. 32pp. Disbound, a couple of light fox spots. Good+. Small in-text portrait of Breckinridge at page [3], and of Lane at page 20. Breckinridge, Buchanan's Vice President, was the 1860 presidential standard-bearer of the anti-Stephen Douglas branch of the Democratic Party, which had split during the 1860 nominating convention; Lane of Oregon was his running mate. Douglas had defied Buchanan over the Kansas issue. The biographies... Read More
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED "J. BRECKINRIDGE," TO ARTHUR FOX, ESQUIRE, OF WASHINGTON, MASON COUNTY, KENTUCKY, CONCERNING THE "MILLER'S HEIRS" LITIGATION, 15 NOVEMBER 1793
by Breckinridge, John [1760-1806]
[4] pp bifolium, folded. Letter written on recto of first leaf, inner pages blank, last page addressed to Fox. Old mailing folds, light margin spotting, paper loss on the blank leaf from a seal tear has been replaced with period paper. Very Good. Kentucky Revolutionary War veteran Breckinridge became U.S. Attorney General under Thomas Jefferson but died of tuberculosis soon after his appointment. A prominent Virginia, and then Kentucky, lawyer and politician, he was the grandfather of future... Read More
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OUR COUNTRY: ITS PERIL AND ITS DELIVERANCE. FROM ADVANCE SHEETS OF THE DANVILLE QUARTERLY REVIEW, FOR MARCH, 1861. BY...PROFESSOR IN DANVILLE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
by Breckinridge, Rev. Robert J.
Cincinnati: Published at the Office of the Danville Review, 1861. 43, [3 blank] pp. Original green printed wrappers, stitched, light wear. Very Good plus. Breckinridge condemns the abolitionists-- "a small and fierce party, scattered through some of the Northern States"-- as well as the "spirit of lawlessness and anarchy" of the "extreme South". He contemplates with horror the destruction of the Union. Bartlett 583.
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THE DUTY OF MINISTERS, NOT ONLY TO ESTABLISH THEIR HEARERS IN A WELL-GROUNDED BELIEF OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION, BUT TO EXHORT THEM THAT BELIEVE CAREFULLY TO MAINTAIN GOOD WORKS. REPRESENTED IN A SERMON PREACH'D AT THE CHURCH IN BRATTLE-STREET, BOSTON, MAY 29. 1748
by Breck, Robert
Boston, N.E.: Printed and Sold by Rogers and Fowle in Queen-Street, 1748. 22pp. Lacking the final blank. Disbound, trimmed closely at some margins but no text lost. Light rubberstamp on title page. Good+. A scarce Sermon by the Pastor of the First Church of Christ in Springfield. Evans 6103. ESTC W38260 [six locations as of May 2018].
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DRAFT OF AN ACT INCORPORATING THE CONGREGATION OF UNITED BRETHREN OF THE BOROUGH OF BETHLEHEM AND ITS VICINITY
by United Brethren
[Bethlehem PA?, 1850. 4" x 6", folded. 15, [1 blank] pp. Self-wrappers with wrapper title. A couple of small spots, Very Good. This rare pamphlet prints the Act incorporating the congregation. The Congregation of United Brethren is, the Draft notes, "commonly called Moravians of the Borough of Bethlehem and its vicinity." Not in Sabin, Cohen, Harv. Law Cat., Marke. OCLC 402597307 [1- Moravian Archives] [as of October 2014].
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REPORT AND BILL RELATING TO CHARLES RIVER AND WARREN BRIDGES. SD56
by Charles River Bridge
[Boston, 1839. 30pp. Disbound. Light scattered foxing. Very Good. [offered with] REPORT RELATING TO EXPENSES OF WARREN BRIDGE. HD29. 7, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, loosening. Light scattered foxing. Good+ to Very Good. Reports on the bridges that were the subject of the Supreme Court's landmark opinion in the Charles River Bridge Case. AI 57166 [2].
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BRIGGS & CO. 'S PATENT TRANSFERRING PAPERS. PATENTED FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A WARM IRON PASSED OVER THE BACK OF THESE PAPERS TRANSFERS THE PATTERN TO ANY FABRIC. SOLE INVENTORS AND PATENTEES
by Briggs & Co.
New York, 1860. Original publisher's stiff cardboard wrappers, stamped in blind with front cover stamped in gilt. Extra-illustrated title page. [6], 184pp. The 184 pages are the Company's transferable patterns and designs. Light wear, Good+ or Very Good. Winterthur 665 [@1885]. Romaine 1882 [undated, 156pp].
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PROCEEDINGS, INCLUDING SPEECHES, OPINIONS AND VOTES IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, BY WHICH THE RIGHT OF THE HON. JESSE D. BRIGHT AND THE HON. GRAHAM N. FITCH TO THEIR SEATS AS SENATORS U.S. FROM THE STATE OF INDIANA WAS CONFIRMED
by [Bright, Jesse D.]
Washington: Geo. S. Gideon, Printer, 1858. Original printed pink wrappers [some discoloration], stitched. vii, [1 blank], 132pp. A few pages with a bit of inner margin spotting. Very Good. Inscribed above the title, "J.G. Woodbury Per J.D. Bright." The question was whether the State of Indiana had legally returned Senators Bright and Fitch to the Senate. Bright and Fitch were Democrats, elected by Indiana's Democratic Senate; the Republican members of the State Senate failed to participate in the... Read More
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J.P. BRISSOT, DEPUTY OF EURE AND LOIRE, TO HIS CONSTITUENTS, ON THE SITUATION OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION; ON THE INFLUENCE OF THE ANARCHISTS, AND THE EVILS IT HAS CAUSED; AND ON THE NECESSITY OF ANNIHILATING THAT INFLUENCE IN ORDER TO SAVE THAT REPUBLIC. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH
by [Brissot de Warvile, J.P.]
New York: Re-Printed by Childs and Swaine, for F. Childs and Co. Berry, Rogers, and Berry, and Thomas Allen, 1794. [2], 109, [1 blank] pp. Disbound and lightly foxed, Good+. Contemporary clergyman Joseph Bloomfield's copy, with his signature. This is the first and only 18th century American edition. Brissot was a leader of the Girondins, who opposed the radical Jacobins during the French Revolution. He represented Eure and Loire in the National Assembly, and advises his constituents on... Read More
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THE RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; OR, A VIEW OF THE AGRICULTURAL, COMMERCIAL, MANUFACTURING, FINANCIAL, POLITICAL, LITERARY, MORAL AND RELIGIOUS CAPACITY AND CHARACTER OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
by Bristed, John
New York: James Eastburn & Co., 1818. xvi, 505, [1 errata] pp. Lightly foxed. Original paper over boards, spine paper perished. Lightly foxed, untrimmed, in entirely unsophisticated condition. Good+ or better, with the ownership signature of James Biddle, Commodore of the Navy and member of the prominent Philadelphia Biddles. Bristed dedicates the book to Chancellor James Kent. Bristed's prefatory Advertisement gloats that he successfully "oppose[d] the headlong current of popular opinion" that France's conquest of Europe was a... Read More
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SHIPPING ARTICLES FOR THE NAVAL SERVICE, FOR PERSONS TO SERVE NOT EXCEEDING FIVE YEARS. "WE, THE SUBSCRIBERS, SEAMEN, AND OTHERS, DO, AND EACH OF US DOES, HEREBY AGREE TO AND WITH_____ OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY... TO ENTER THE SERVICE OF THE NAVY OF THE UNITED STATES, AND IN DUE AND SEASONABLE TIME TO REPAIR ON BOARD SUCH VESSEL OF THE NAVY AS WE MAY BE ORDERED TO JOIN... [On verso: AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ENLISTMENT OF BOYS FOR THE NAVAL SERVICE AND TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE ENLISTMENT OF SEAMEN... APPROVED, MARCH 2D, 1837.| AN ACT TO AMEND THE ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ENLISTMENT OF BOYS FOR THE NAVAL SERVICE, AND TO EXTEND THE TERM OF ENLISTMENT OF SEAMEN... APPROVED, FEBRUARY 20, 1845]
by [Naval Broadsheet]
[Washington?, 1845. Broadsheet, 17" x 21.5". A printed form, to be completed in manuscript; this copy has no manuscript additions. The top section prints in three parts the Agreement for enlistment in the Navy. Eight columns follow, for enlistment date, the recruit's signature, rating, wages per month, wages advanced, bounty paid, signature of sureties for wages advanced and for bounty paid, and witnesses. The verso prints the Acts approved on March 2, 1837 and February 20, 1845. Light toning... Read More
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