TRIAL OF MRS. ELIZABETH G. WHARTON, ON THE CHARGE OF POISONING GENERAL W.S. KETCHUM. TRIED AT ANNAPOLIS, MD. DECEMBER, 1871 - JANUARY, 1872
by [Wharton, Elizabeth G.]
[Baltimore]: Reported and Published by The Baltimore Gazette, 1872. [2], 172pp. Stitched. Original printed wrappers [closed tear to the front wrap, not affecting printing; wraps lightly dusted; wrapper spine worn, with rear wrap detaching]. Inner front wrapper advertises Baltimore's Howard Hotel; rear wrapper advertises the Baltimore Gazette, "A Well-Known Conservative Journal." Text clean and bright. Ownership signature on front wrap of "Capt. A.B. Beers." Very Good. Mrs. Wharton was acquitted, after a 42-day trial, of poisoning General... Read More
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DYNAMITING AND EXTRA-TERRITORIAL CRIME. BY FRANCIS WHARTON LL.D., AUTHOR OF COMMENTARIES ON AMERICAN LAW, LECTURER ON INTERNATIONAL LAW IN BOSTON UNIVERSITY, AND MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW. FROM THE CRIMINAL LAW MAGAZINE FOR MARCH, 1885
by Wharton, Francis
Jersey City, NJ: Frederick D. Linn & Co., 1885. [155]-181, [1 blank] pp. Original printed brown wrappers, wrapper title, stitched. Light vertical fold running through text. Text clean. Very Good. Treating the question of jurisdiction for international crimes, Wharton argues that "the prosecution of persons sending dynamite abroad for criminal purposes belongs to the states from whose soil the dynamite is sent." OCLC 35281114 [10]. Not in Harv. Law Cat., Marke.
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![THIS INDENTURE MADE THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF APRIL IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD [1822] BETWEEN THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND COMMONALTY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK OF THE FIRST PART, AND THOMAS R. SMITH AND JOHN K. TOWNSEND OF THE SECOND PART. WITNESSETH, THAT THE SAID PARTIES OF THE FIRST PART FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION OF THE RENTS, COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS HEREINAFTER MENTIONED DEVISE, GRANT AND TO FARM LET UNTO THE SAID PARTIES OF THE SECOND PART THE RATES AND FEES WHICH NOW OR FROM TIME TO TIME SHALL BE BY LAW ESTABLISHED, OR WHICH SHALL OR MAY BECOME DUE BETWEEN THE FIRST DAY OF MAY [1822] AND THE FIRST DAY OF MAY [1823], OF AND FROM THE MASTERS, OWNERS AND POSSESSORS OF EACH AND EVERY VESSEL AND SMALL CRAFT, WHICH SHALL COME INTO OR LIE AT, OR IN, ANY OF THE DOCKS, WHARVES, PIERS OR SLIPS WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE SAID CITY, AND BELONGING TO THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND COMMONALTY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. EXCEPTING AND RESERVING HOWEVER ALL SUCH DOCKS, WHARVES PIERS OR SHIPS, WHICH HAVE HERETOFORE BEEN RESERVED BY THE SAID P](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/479/954/1493954479.0.l.jpg)
THIS INDENTURE MADE THE TWENTY SECOND DAY OF APRIL IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD [1822] BETWEEN THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND COMMONALTY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK OF THE FIRST PART, AND THOMAS R. SMITH AND JOHN K. TOWNSEND OF THE SECOND PART. WITNESSETH, THAT THE SAID PARTIES OF THE FIRST PART FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION OF THE RENTS, COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS HEREINAFTER MENTIONED DEVISE, GRANT AND TO FARM LET UNTO THE SAID PARTIES OF THE SECOND PART THE RATES AND FEES WHICH NOW OR FROM TIME TO TIME SHALL BE BY LAW ESTABLISHED, OR WHICH SHALL OR MAY BECOME DUE BETWEEN THE FIRST DAY OF MAY [1822] AND THE FIRST DAY OF MAY [1823], OF AND FROM THE MASTERS, OWNERS AND POSSESSORS OF EACH AND EVERY VESSEL AND SMALL CRAFT, WHICH SHALL COME INTO OR LIE AT, OR IN, ANY OF THE DOCKS, WHARVES, PIERS OR SLIPS WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE SAID CITY, AND BELONGING TO THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND COMMONALTY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. EXCEPTING AND RESERVING HOWEVER ALL SUCH DOCKS, WHARVES PIERS OR SHIPS, WHICH HAVE HERETOFORE BEEN RESERVED BY THE SAID P
by [New York City Wharves]
New York, 1822. Folio document entirely in ink manuscript, 9-1/2" x 15-1/2." Old fold splits [some repaired skilfully, minimal loss to a small amount of text], lightly foxed. Signed in elegant ink manuscript at the end by Smith and Townsend. Good+. A rare, early document explaining the manner in which the City of New York arranged to profit from its waterfront ownership, by leasing the property to private entrepreneurs in exchange for rents.
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![THIS INDENTURE MADE THE THIRTIETH DAY OF APRIL IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD [1821] BETWEEN THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND COMMONALTY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK OF THE FIRST PART, AND EDWARD HITCHCOCK OF THE SECOND PART. WITNESSETH, THAT THE SAID PARTIES OF THE FIRST PART FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION OF THE RENTS, COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS HEREINAFTER MENTIONED HAVE DEVISED, GRANTED AND TO FARM LETTEN UNTO THE SAID PARTY OF THE SECOND PART THE RATES AND FEES WHICH NOW OR FROM TIME TO TIME SHALL BE BY LAW ESTABLISHED, OR WHICH SHALL OR MAY BECOME DUE BETWEEN THE FIRST DAY OF MAY [1821] AND THE FIRST DAY OF MAY [1822], OF AND FROM THE MASTERS, OWNERS AND POSSESSORS OF EACH AND EVERY VESSEL AND SMALL CRAFT WHICH SHALL COME INTO OR LIE AT, OR IN, ANY OF THE DOCKS, WHARVES, PIERS OR SLIPS WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE SAID CITY, AND BELONGING TO THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND COMMONALTY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. EXCEPTING AND RESERVING HOWEVER ALL SUCH DOCKS, WHARVES PIERS OR SHIPS, WHICH HAVE HERETOFORE BEEN RESERVED BY THE SAID PARTIES OF THE FI](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/505/954/1493954505.0.l.jpg)
THIS INDENTURE MADE THE THIRTIETH DAY OF APRIL IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD [1821] BETWEEN THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND COMMONALTY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK OF THE FIRST PART, AND EDWARD HITCHCOCK OF THE SECOND PART. WITNESSETH, THAT THE SAID PARTIES OF THE FIRST PART FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION OF THE RENTS, COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS HEREINAFTER MENTIONED HAVE DEVISED, GRANTED AND TO FARM LETTEN UNTO THE SAID PARTY OF THE SECOND PART THE RATES AND FEES WHICH NOW OR FROM TIME TO TIME SHALL BE BY LAW ESTABLISHED, OR WHICH SHALL OR MAY BECOME DUE BETWEEN THE FIRST DAY OF MAY [1821] AND THE FIRST DAY OF MAY [1822], OF AND FROM THE MASTERS, OWNERS AND POSSESSORS OF EACH AND EVERY VESSEL AND SMALL CRAFT WHICH SHALL COME INTO OR LIE AT, OR IN, ANY OF THE DOCKS, WHARVES, PIERS OR SLIPS WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE SAID CITY, AND BELONGING TO THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN AND COMMONALTY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. EXCEPTING AND RESERVING HOWEVER ALL SUCH DOCKS, WHARVES PIERS OR SHIPS, WHICH HAVE HERETOFORE BEEN RESERVED BY THE SAID PARTIES OF THE FI
by [New York City Wharves]
New York, 1822. Folio document entirely in ink manuscript, 9-1/2" x 15-1/2." Old fold splits [some repaired skilfully, minimal loss to a small amount of text], lightly foxed. Signed in neat ink manuscript at the end by Htichcock. Good+. A rare, early document explaining the manner in which the City of New York arranged to profit from its waterfront ownership, by leasing the property to private entrepreneurs in exchange for rents.
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A SHORT HISTORY OF THE TOWER OF LONDON; WITH A LIST OF INTERESTING CURIOSITIES
by Wheeler, Joseph
[London]: Sold at the Armory Ticket Office, 1852. Contemporary plain wrappers. Stitched. 36pp. Illustrated title page. Light dusting and wear, Good+. This pamphlet was published at least five times from the early 1840's to the mid 1850's. OCLC 6873435 [5] as of July 2025.
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AN APPEAL FROM THE NEW TO THE OLD WHIGS, IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE SENATE'S COURSE, AND PARTICULARLY OF MR. WEBSTER'S SPEECH UPON THE EXECUTIVE PATRONAGE BILL. BY A WHIG OF THE OLD SCHOOL
by [Whigs]
Boston, 1835. 52pp, disbound, lightly worn and foxed. Clipped presentation, "E. Quincy Esq. fr. his friend C.F. Adams." Good+. Fearing that the nation will be cast "wide afloat upon the ocean of uncertain experiment" the anonymous author-- identified by American Imprints as Charles Francis Adams-- criticises Webster and other anti-Jackson Senators for arguing that the President's power of removal from executive offices requires the Senate's advice and consent. Nothing, he argues, could be clearer, from the Constitution... Read More
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE WHIG STATE CONVENTION, HELD AT SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, SEPTEMBER 10, 1851
by [Whigs]
[np, 1851. 24pp, stitched, first and last leaf moderately soiled and lightly worn. Else Very Good. An interesting Convention, because it portrays the last gasps of the Whig Party, sundered by the slavery issue and denouncing the Free Soil Party for its inroads into Whig support. The Convention, composed primarily of accomodationists with the South and hence known as 'Cotton Whigs,' views with alarm the growing "spirit of fanaticism and madness" that threatens the Union. The Address... Read More
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CONFIDENTIAL. BANGOR, AUG. 31, 1838. GENTLEMEN,..
by Whig State Committee, Maine
Bangor, 1838. Folio sheet folded to 9" x 11-1/4". Printed on first page only, middle two pages blank. Last page addressed in ink to Moses Emery of Saco, faint postal cancel from Bangor in September, folded for mailing. Tear from blank seal, a remnant of the seal remaining. Good+. Ink note [unrelated to the text] dated Sept 3 in blank inner margin appointing three commissioners to survey a boundary. This appeal from the Whig State Committee is signed... Read More
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE R.R. CONFERENCE. COUNCIL HILL STATION, AUGUST 11TH, 1863.| DEAR BRETHREN:| MOST GLADLY WOULD I HAVE AVERTED SO TERRIBLE A CALAMITY AS THAT WHICH HAS BEFALLEN MY FAMILY, BUT IT WAS NOT IN MY POWER. AND, IN VIEW OF THE FINAL JUDGMENT, I CAN TRULY SAY, NO MAN EVER MORE SINCERELY AND AFFECTIONATELY OFFERED TERMS OF PEACE AND RECONCILIATION THAN I HAVE TO MY MISTAKEN AND ERRING WIFE..
by [Whipple, Henry]
[Galena, IL, 1863. 4pp, printed with caption title [as issued], folded. Light foxing, old folds, Good+. Reverend Henry Whipple, Pastor of the Bench Street Methodist Episcopal Church in Galena, married Emma Weigley in July 1862. Less than a year into the marriage, Emma claimed the Reverend had treated her badly; she fled to the her father's house. Whipple attempted reconciliation for several months. This Letter to the members of the Rock River Conference rebuts his wife's... Read More
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RAYMOND'S VACATION EXCURSIONS. A WINTER IN CALIFORNIA. EIGHT GRAND TRIPS. LEAVING BOSTON NOVEMBER 13 AND DECEMBER 11, 1890; JANUARY 13 AND 15, FEBRUARY 3 AND 12, AND MARCH 5 AND 10, 1891
by [Raymond and Whitecomb]
[New York: Raymond & Whitcomb, 1890. Oblong, 4.5" x 5.5". 188, [4] pp. Original printed wrappers [light tanning and dustsoiling, some chipping to edges of wraps], two staples. Sections of book are tanned. Else Very Good.
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OLD ZACK'S QUICK STEP. ARRANGED FROM THE POPULAR MELODY OF ROSA LEE
by White, Edward L.
Boston [MA]: Published by Oliver Ditson, 115 Washington Street, 1848. 10" x 13". 2pp, folded. Caption title [as issued]. Disbound, split at fold with leaves detached. Minor dustsoiling, light foxing. Good or so. OCLC 35175734 [5].
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EXCESSIVE CRUELTY TO SLAVES. THREE MONTHS IN JAMAICA, IN 1832: COMPRISING A RESIDENCE OF SEVEN WEEKS ON A SUGAR PLANTATION
by Whitely, Henry
[London?, 1833. 16pp. Disbound, with some loosening. Caption title as issued. Good plus. Whiteley is very quickly disabused of the notion "that, all things considered, the condition of the negro slave was much preferable to that of the factory child. And with these impressions I landed at St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica." The pamphlet is a chronicle of the harsh, inhumane conditions of plantation slavery. "The author was sent to Jamaica by a London West India house with a... Read More
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CHARGES, PREFERRED BY JOHN WHITE, OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, PILOT, AGAINST HENRY CAHOONE, ESQ. LATE COMMANDER OF THE REVENUE CUTTER ACTIVE, OF THIS PORT, AND NOW COMMANDER OF THE REVENUE CUTTER ALERT, OF THE SAME PORT: TOGETHER WITH THE TESTIMONY IN SUPPORT OF THOSE CHARGES
by [White, John]
New York: Hopkins & Morris, 1825. 76pp. Disbound and foxed. Tear at leaf 53-54 affects about seven letters. Good to Good+. 'H.M. Western' inscribed at head of title. Henry M. Western [1797-1853], a prominent New Yorker, was a great jury lawyer and a leading advocate in criminal cases, especially capital ones. He represented cult-like religious leader Matthias [a/k/a Robert Matthews] at his murder trial in 1835, and advised freed slave and member of Matthias's flock, Isabella Baumfree, who later... Read More
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EIGHT NOTES AND LETTERS, ENTIRELY IN INK MANUSCRIPT, TO CONFEDERATE MAJOR P.W. WHITE, CHIEF COMMISSARY OF SUBSISTENCE, FLORIDA, CONCERNING SHIPMENTS OF CATTLE AND BEEF, 1863 AND 1864
by [White, P.W., Confederate Chief Commissary, Florida]
Tallahassee and Quincy, Florida; Charleston, Columbus, 1864. Each a single leaf, varying lengths, in ink manuscript. Occasional light wear, Very Good. Shipments of cattle and salt beef to Confederate troops in the field are the primary subject of these letters. Logistic and administrative matters, railroad availability, and other aspects of supplying the troops are discussed. Pleasants Woodson White "was born in Georgia in 1820, the son of a Methodist minister who soon moved his family to Quincy... Read More
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THE NEW GOSPEL OF PEACE ACCORDING TO ST. BENJAMIN
by White, Richard G.
Manchester and London: Abel Heywood, Printer, 1863. 42, [2 blanks] pp, Original printed wrappers present but detached [bit of blank extremity chipping]. Disbound. Good+. Howes says "White disavowed authorship" of this satirical piece, a biblical rendering of the slavery conflict in U.S. history, with references to Charles the Summoner, James 'whose surname being interpreted meaneth Facing-both-ways,' Abraham the Honest, and the Phiretas (for the Fireaters of the South). White, a New York man of letters who wrote... Read More
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THE CHRONICLES OF GOTHAM. BOOK SECOND
by [White, Richard Grant]
New York and London, 1872. 12mo, original printed orange wrappers [rubbed, spine reinforced]. pp [45]-87 [as issued]. Good+. A satire on New York in biblical language, in the style of White's New Gospel of Peace published in the previous decade. Thinly disguised references to Ulysses Grant, Fernando Wood, Boss Tweed, and other emblems of municipal corruption abound. White was a brilliant man of letters, Shakespeare scholar, and father of Stanford White. FIRST EDITION. II Wright 2707.... Read More
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THE CELEBRATED SPARK PROOF DOUBLE CUT OFF SLIDE VALVE AGRICULTURAL ENGINE CLIMAX WITH UPRIGHT BOILER AND THE NEW ECONOMIZER WITH HORIZONTAL RETURN FLUE BOILER. BUILT EXPRESSLY FOR THRESHING PURPOSES WITH A PERFECT SPARK ARRESTER. COMBINING ECONOMY, EFFICIENCY, DURABILITY & SAFETY. SEPARATORS & ENGINES SUPPLIED AT LOWEST PRICE| R. WHITELAW, WOODSTOCK, ONT
by [Whitelaw, Robert]
[Toronto]: A.H. Correl & Co. Propr's, Toronto Lith. Co., 1880. Pictorial broadside, oblong, 5.75" x 17". Beautiful full color lithograph advertisement featuring an elaborate scene of the "climax" engine expelling steam and hooked up to a thresher with several men working, an "economizer" engine sitting idle to the left, a background of several trees and hills, a small cottage, and a lake with a sailboat upon it. Near Fine. Robert Whitelaw [1827-1920], a native of Scotland, opened... Read More
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A SERMON, DELIVERED JUNE 10TH, 1795. AT THE ORDINATION OF JOSHUA CUSHMAN, TO THE PASTORAL CARE OF THE CHRISTIAN SOCIETY IN WINSLOW. BY KILBORN WHITMAN, OF PEMBROKE
by Whitman, Kilborn
Hallowell: Wait and Baker, 1796. 36pp, with the half title, as issued. Disbound, rubberstamp on half title, widely scattered foxing, Good+. A scarce Maine imprint. The Charge is given by Reverend Josiah Winship of Woolwich; and the Right Hand of Fellowship by Reverend Jonathan Ellis, of Topsham. Evans 31629. ESTC W9259 [ AAS, Harvard, Huntington, NYPL, Union Theol].
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THE CAVALIER DISMOUNTED: AN ESSAY ON THE ORIGIN OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE THIRTEEN COLONIES. BY...MEMBER OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AND OF THE NEW-ENGLAND HISTORIC-GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
by Whitmore, William H.
Salem: G M Whipple & A A Smith, 1864. 48pp, Disbound. Old institutional stamp, else a clean text and Very Good Annoyed by the "monstrous assertions of the leaders of the rebellion," Whitmore rebuts the Southern claim of "superiority over their Northern brethren in respect to their ancestry" He purports to demonstrate "that an oligarchy was possible in the Southern states, because there had never been any true equality there, and because so great a proportion of their inhabitants... Read More
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SOME ACCOUNT OF THE EARLY HISTORY AND PRESENT STATE OF THE TOWN OF QUINCY, IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
by Whitney, George
[Boston, 1827. 64pp, frontis "View of the Congregational Church in 1827- built in 1732." Disbound without wrappers and lightly worn. This copy is inscribed in ink on the recto of the frontis: 'For the Kentucky Historical Society, from S.G. Drake of Boston.' There is a light perforation stamp of the Louisville Free Public Library at p.43. Good+. S.G. Drake "in 1828 established in Boston the first antiquarian book-store in the United States, devoting special attention to the collection... Read More
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THE WORK OF THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE IN THE PANIC OF 1929. ADDRESS DELIVERED BY RICHARD WHITNEY, PRESIDENT, NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. BEFORE THE BOSTON ASSOCIATION OF STOCK EXCHANGE FIRMS AT THE ALGONQUIN CLUB, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, JUNE 10, 1930
by Whitney, Richard
[Boston, MA, 1930. 29, [3 blank] pp. Original gray printed wrappers [minimal sunning and wear], two staples. Text clean. Near Fine. Whitney explains, "I intend to confine my remarks wholly to the past, in describing certain episodes of the panic as they appeared at the time to the administration of the New York Stock Exchange . . . The volume of trading on the Exchange was active, but not at all out of hand. The downward trend... Read More
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AN ORATION DELIVERED ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE NEW-ENGLAND SOCIETY, CHARLESTON, S. C. DECEMBER 22D. 1835; IN COMMEMORATION OF THE LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS, UPON THE ROCK OF PLYMOUTH, 1620
by Whitridge, Joshua Barker
Charleston: E.J. Van Brunt, 1837. pp 61, [1 blank], [1], [1 blank]. Stitched and disbound without wraps. Scattered fox, Good+. Whitridge became Vice President of the American Unitarian Association, a position that stirred much controversy in that organization, because he was a slaveholder. Here he praises the Puritans for their contribution to creating the independent American nation. FIRST EDITION. II Turnbull 381. AI 42463 [5].
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A DISCOURSE, OCCASIONED BY THE DEATH, AND DELIVERED AT THE FUNERAL, OF MRS. MARY CLAP, RELICT OF THE LATE REV. PRESIDENT CLAP. WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE SEPTEMBER 23D, 1769. IN THE LXVIth YEAR OF HER AGE
by Whittelsey, Chauncey
New-Haven: Printed by Thomas and Samuel Green, 1769. 24pp. Stitched into modern marbled wrappers. Toned with a little foxing. Else Very Good. With contemporary ownership signature of "Anne Williams her Book". Whittelsey was Pastor of the First Church in New Haven. Mary Clap was the widow of the President of Yale College, Thomas Clap. Reverend Whittelsey describes her excellent character; a long footnote chronicles her ancestry. Evans 11530. Trumbull 1650. Sabin 103787. ESTC W38065 [7 locations as... Read More
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THE IMPORTANCE OF RELIGION IN THE CIVIL RULER, CONSIDERED. A SERMON, PREACHED BEFORE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT, AT HARTFORD, ON THE DAY OF THE ANNIVERSARY ELECTION, MAY 14TH, 1778. BY...PASTOR OF THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST IN NEW-HAVEN
by Whittelsey, Chauncey
New Haven: Thomas and Samuel Green, 1778. 23, [1 blank] pp, with the half title [which is spotted at the blank lower forecorner]. Stitched and disbound, lightly toned, Very Good. Whittelsey reflects on "the present very critical situation of affairs...The hand of God has been very conspicuous" in aiding "the now United Independent American States," formerly "thirteen disconnected, and many of them distant provinces...When we consider the weak, defenceless and unprepared state of the country when hostilities... Read More
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THE EXILES: A TALE OF NEW ENGLAND. AN "ORIGINAL POEM" PRINTED IN 'THE NEW WORLD,' NEW-YORK, SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1841
by [Whittier, John Greenlead]
New York: Park Benjamin, Editor, 1841. Huge elephant folio sheet, folded to [4] pages, each page printed in eight columns. Engraved masthead. Whittier's poem is printed in about one-and-a-half columns. Several significant and unsightly blotches on each page; one of them touches a small portion of the Whittier poem but does not affect legibility. Some blank margin chips. Good. "Not far from the Whittier home in Amesbury, MA, was the Macy House, about which Whittier wrote one of... Read More
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