CONSTITUTION, BY-LAWS AND RULES OF ORDER OF INDEPENDENCE LODGE, NO. 158, OF THE INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS, OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. RAILROAD FLAT, CALAVERAS COUNTY, CAL
by Odd Fellows in California
San Francisco: J. Winterburn & Co., 1882. 4" x 5 1/2". 56pp, stitched into original printed salmon wrappers. Near Fine. The pamphlet also includes a list of 'Past Grands' and Members, Prayers, Blank Forms, and an Index. OCLC locates four copies under two accession numbers. Not found in Rocq.
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![FROM DOCUMENT NO. 229, OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 3D SESSION 25TH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES CONTAINING ALLEGATIONS OF FRAUD "IN RELATION TO THE SETTLEMENT OF THE CLAIMS OF THE HALF-BREED RELATIVES OF THE WINNEBAGOE INDIANS," IN WHICH CASE THE COMMISSION OF GENERAL SIMON CAMERON WAS SET ASIDE. [Caption-title: TO THE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA... EXECUTION OF TREATY WITH THE WINNEBAGOES.]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/680/172/552172680.0.m.jpg)
FROM DOCUMENT NO. 229, OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 3D SESSION 25TH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES CONTAINING ALLEGATIONS OF FRAUD "IN RELATION TO THE SETTLEMENT OF THE CLAIMS OF THE HALF-BREED RELATIVES OF THE WINNEBAGOE INDIANS," IN WHICH CASE THE COMMISSION OF GENERAL SIMON CAMERON WAS SET ASIDE. [Caption-title: TO THE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA... EXECUTION OF TREATY WITH THE WINNEBAGOES.]
by [Cameron, Simon]
[Harrisburg?, 1855. 48pp. Stitched in original printed blue title wrappers [spine-chipped]. Two stab holes in blank left margin. Light scattered foxing, old vertical fold, Very Good. This document, says Howes, was reprinted "to discredit" Cameron, a Pennsylvania kingmaking politician who stuffed his pockets with the spoils of a panoply of public offices. In 1838 President Van Buren made him an Indian Commissioner in charge of settling the Winnebago Indian land claims. The appointment ended in scandal when... Read More
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REVIEW OF THE HON. JOHN P. KENNEDY'S DISCOURSE ON THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF GEORGE CALVERT, THE FIRST LORD BALTIMORE
by [Campbell, B.U.]
Baltimore: John Murphy, 1846. Original printed wrappers, stitched [loosening]. 32pp, double columns. A bit of wrinkling and light wear. Old institutional rubberstamps. Good+. Campbell concedes that Kennedy is "a respectable lawyer," as well as "a polished writer, and an agreeable speaker." But Campbell hits him hard in this piece: "His endeavors to build facts upon merely conjectural history-- however spirited and original-- should not have been essayed in opposition to the records, without a more thorough acquaintance... Read More
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AUTOGRAPH ALBUM COMPILED BY EDWARD CAMPBELL, BREVET BRIGADIER GENERAL OF THE 85TH PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS, WHILE STATIONED AT FOLLY ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, JULY 1863 THROUGH AUGUST 1873
by Campbell, Edward
[Ferry Island and Morris Island, S.C.], 1873. 5-1/2" x 7-3/4". [180] pp, of which about 50 pages are signed, Original tooled leather boards, gilt title "Autographs" and gilt design on front board [spine shorn, hinges loosening but still holding, text block shaken with some leaves beginning to loosen, some rubbing and wear to boards]. Inscribed on front flyleaf "Edward Campbell, Major 85th Pa. Vols. Brig. Gen. ... Staff, Folly Island, S.C. July 8th, 1863." Most autographs are in ink,... Read More
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GERTRUDE OF WYOMING; A PENNSYLVANIAN TALE. AND OTHER POEMS. BY THOMAS CAMPBELL, AUTHOR OF "THE PLEASURES OF HOPE," &C
by [Campbell, Thomas]
London: Printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court. Published for the Author, by Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme., 1809. 4to. [4], 134pp. Original tooled leather, boards detached but present. Good+. On the 1778 Wyoming Valley massacre-- Brits and their Iroquois allies killed 350 patriots, with allegations of torture. Sabin 10268.
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MANUSCRIPT LEDGER OF WILLIAM CAMPBELL, SHERIFF AND PROTHONOTARY OF BUTLER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, 1820 - 1828, CONTAINING ENTRIES OF LEGAL CASES AND THEIR DISPOSITIONS
by Campbell, William
Butler County, PA, 1828. Folio, 16" x 10" 292 pages bound in worn half leather [front board detached]. Some pages contain notes on smaller paper, affixed with straight pins, relating to cases. The disposition of each case is detailed, with names of hundreds of inhabitants. An excellent primary resource for law and commercial activity in the first third of the 19th century in western Pennsylvania. Very Good. William Campbell [1772-1828, born in Franklin County PA, moved to... Read More
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![CANADIAN ROSE BUD SONG BOOK. CONTAINING ALL THE POPULAR SONGS OF THE DAY. [NO. 2.] Toronto, Ont.: A.S.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/140/063/63063140.0.l.0.jpg)
CANADIAN ROSE BUD SONG BOOK. CONTAINING ALL THE POPULAR SONGS OF THE DAY. [NO. 2.] Toronto, Ont.: A.S.
by Canada
Irving, Publisher, 35 King Street West, 1880. [1, title page], [1 blank], [vii]-99, [1 blank] pp. Original printed wrappers [light chipping, minor foxing, faded numerical stamp on front wrap], disbound, loosened. A few minor spots of foxing, else clean. Good+. OCLC notes publishing date as 1880 and shows pages as beginning at vii, as does this copy. OCLC 20727258 [1] [Brown University].
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR, ON THE CANALS OF NEW YORK, FOR THE YEAR 1857
by [N.Y. Canals]
Albany: C. Van Benthuysen, Printer to the Legislature, 1858. Original printed front title wrapper [old rubberstamp, light dust and wear]. 192pp, plus folding canal-related maps and plans [several clean splits at the folds]. Clean text. Bound in modern cloth with gilt-lettered spine title. Good+.
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JOYFULNESS AND CONSIDERATION; OR, THE DUTIES OF PROSPERITY AND ADVERSITY. A SERMON PREACHED AT KING'S-CHAPEL, IN BOSTON, BEFORE HIS EXCELLENCY FRANCIS BERNARD, ESQ; CAPTAIN-GENERAL AND GOVERNOR IN CHIEF, THE HONOURABLE HIS MAJESTY'S COUNCIL AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OF THE PROVINCE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS-BAY, IN NEW-ENGLAND, JANUARY 1, 1761. UPON OCCASION OF THE DEATH OF OUR LATE MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN KING GEORGE THE SECOND
by Caner, Henry
Boston: New-England: Printed by Green & Russell, and Edes & Gill..., 1761. 31, [1 blank] pp. With the half title, as issued. Disbound, mild toning. Else Very Good. Caner, who devoted much of his religious career to defending orthodox Episcopacy in opposition to his fellow New England ministers Jonathan Mayhew and Charles Chauncy, laments "the loss of our Head, our Royal Master, the political Father of his People." He praises the new King, George III, and recommends... Read More
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THE ANTI-GALLICAN SENTINEL. DEDICATED TO ALL NATIONS. TRANSLATED FROM THE SPANISH, BY A GENTLEMAN OF THIS CITY
by Capmany y de Montpalau, Antonio de
New York: Ezra Sergeant, 1809. 71, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, Near Fine. [offered with] THE ANTI-GALLICAN SENTINEL, SECOND PART. Philadelphia: Fry and Kammerer. 1810. 48pp, disbound, minor scattered foxing. Very Good. These are the first American editions of Capmany's widely circulated attack on Napoleon, written "to awaken the energies of his countrymen, and to unite them in the glorious cause of their independence against the tyrannical usurper of Europe. It was written for Spaniards, but well... Read More
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THE PROSPECT: AGRICULTURAL, MANUFACTURING, COMMERCIAL, AND FINANCIAL
by Carey, Henry C.
Philadelphia: J.S. Skinner, 1851. 84pp. Disbound without wrappers, ink notes in title page blank margin, else Very Good. Carey, an economist, economic nationalist, and "chief advocate of protection for American manufactures" [DAB], was the son of Mathew Carey. He addresses this pamphlet to Robert Walker, "the leader of that portion of the community commonly known as the 'free trade party.'" As author of the Tariff of 1846, which substantially reduced tariffs on goods imported into America, Walker was, Carey... Read More
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RECONSTRUCTION: INDUSTRIAL, FINANCIAL, AND POLITICAL. LETTERS TO THE HON. HENRY WILSON, SENATOR FROM MASSACHUSETTS
by Carey, Henry C.
Philadelphia: Collins, Printer, 1867. 79, [1 blank] pp. Stitched in original printed wrappers, couple of old rubberstamps else clean and Very Good. "In 1867, Carey wrote a series of letters to Massachusetts Senator Henry Wilson, who would become Grant's second vice president. Strongly disagreeing with Wilson's laissez-faire, free-trade politics, Carey collected these letters as Reconstruction, Industrial, Financial and Political." [Thomas, Brook: THE LITERATURE OF RECONSTRUCTION: NOT IN PLAIN BLACK AND WHITE, Johns Hopkins University Press, January 17,... Read More
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LETTERS TO THE PEOPLE OF NEW JERSEY, ON THE FRAUDS, EXTORTIONS, AND OPPRESSIONS OF THE RAILROAD MONOPOLY. BY A CITIZEN OF BURLINGTON
by [Carey, Henry Charles]
Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1848. 64pp. Disbound. Institutional rubberstamps on two blank portions of title page. Light wear, Good+. Sixteen letters written by Carey, whose crusade against the legislative monopoly enjoyed by the Camden & Amboy Railroad Company challenged the New Jersey establishment. He cites instance after instance of fraudulent and oppressive conduct by the Company. OCLC 11946347 [10]. Not in Felcone.
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REVIEW OF THE REPORT OF THE LATE COMMISSIONERS FOR INVESTIGATING THE AFFAIRS OF THE JOINT COMPANIES: AND OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE MANAGERS OF THOSE COMPANIES: BY A CITIZEN OF BURLINGTON
by [Carey, Henry C.]
Philadelphia: L.R. Bailey, Printer, 1850. 78pp. Disbound and lightly worn, else Very Good. "Carey's critical review of 'Report of commissioners appointed to investigate...,' published earlier in the year. In ten 'Letters to the people of New Jersey,' Carey charges that the report of commissioners Aaron Robertson, James S. Hulme, and Alexander Wurts was merely a repetition of the statements of the directors of the joint companies, rather than an impartial investigation." Felcone. Carey says the Report "is... Read More
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COMMON SENSE ADDRESSES, TO THE CITIZENS OF THE SOUTHERN STATES: PROVING, I. THAT THE RESTRICTIVE SYSTEM IS NOT ABANDONED BY GREAT BRITAIN OR THE CONTINENTAL POWERS...IV. THAT HIGH PROHIBITORY DUTIES, GENERALLY REDUCE PRICES AND IMPROVE QUALITY. V. THAT THE DISTRESS OF THE SOUTHERN STATES PRIMARILY AROSE FROM THE POLICY PURSUED BY THIS GOVERNMENT FROM 1816 TO 1824, FROM THE EFFECTS OF WHICH THEY HAVE NOT RECOVERED. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, SIX APPENDIXES...FOURTH EDITION, ENLARGED AND IMPROVED. BY A CITIZEN OF PHILADELPHIA
by [Carey, Mathew]
Philadelphia, 1829. 56pp, disbound, lightly foxed. Good+. An attempt by the indefatigable Carey' to make free-trade Southerners see the error of their ways, and to embrace protectionism. He argues that the Southern States' economic distress arises, not from tariffs, but from their absence. AI 38057.
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THE PROTECTING SYSTEM. NO. 1. TO THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES
by [Carey, Mathew]
[Philadelphia, 1829. Caption title [as issued], 2pp. Lightly foxed, Good+. [bound with] 2. Caption title [as issued], 2pp. Good+. [bound with] 3. Caption title [as issued]. 3, [1 blank] pp. Good+. [bound with] 4. Caption title [as issued]. 3, [1 blank] pp. Good+. [bound with] 5. Caption title [as issued]. 2pp. Good+. [bound with] 6. Caption title [as issued]. 2pp. Good+. [bound with] 7. Caption title [as issued]. 3, [1 blank] pp. Good+. Each item separately paginated and separately... Read More
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THE AMERICAN MUSEUM, OR, UNIVERSAL MAGAZINE, FOR JUNE 1791. WITH, AMONG OTHER INTERESTING ARTICLES, 'ADDRESS OF THE HEBREW CONGREGATION IN NEWPORT, RHODE-ISLAND, TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AUGUST 17, 1790'
by Carey, Mathew
Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1791. 285-344, 48 [Appendix I], 40 [Appendix II], 48 pp [as issued]. Seixas's 'Address' appears in Appendix II of the June, 1791 issue at page 40. Scattered light foxing. Disbound. Early, crude stitching to repair tears at pages 299-302 [some loss]. Good+. "Born on March 28, 1744, Moses Seixas was a first generation Jewish-American whose parents migrated from Lisbon, Portugal, to Newport, Rhode Island. Seixas rose to prominence as warden of Newport's Touro Synagogue... Read More
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ESSAYS ON THE PUBLIC CHARITIES OF PHILADELPHIA, INTENDED TO VINDICATE THE BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES OF THIS CITY FROM THE CHARGE OF ENCOURAGING IDLENESS, AND TO PLACE IN STRONG RELIEF, BEFORE AN ENLIGHTENED PUBLIC, THE SUFFERINGS AND OPPRESSION UNDER WHICH THE GREATER PART OF THE FEMALES LABOUR, WHO DEPEND ON THEIR INDUSTRY FOR A SUPPORT FOR THEMSELVES AND CHILDREN. FOURTH EDITION, GRATUITOUS
by Carey, M[athew]
Philadelphia: J. Clarke, 1829. Stitched without wrappers, lightly dusted, with a couple of small institutional rubberstamps, short closed tear on title page [no loss]. pp xiv, [9]-34 [as issued]. Good+. The fourth edition, three having issued in 1828; its Preface, pp [iii]-xiv, is new. Carey seeks to demonstrate "the utter fallacy of the heartless, withering slang, that the wretchedness and sufferings of the poor are the result of their improvidence worthlessness and dissipation; that the shamefully reduced rate of... Read More
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HAMILTON, NO. VI.- EIGHTH SERIES. MESSRS. GALES & SEATON. GENTLEMEN,..
by [Carey, Mathew]
[Philadelphia, 1825. Caption title [as issued], Disbound, 4pp. Foxed, Good+. [bound with] VII.- EIGHTH SERIES. ALEXANDER HAMILTON'S POLITICAL ECONOMY. Caption title [as issued], pp [5]-8 [as issued]. Good+. Recorded separately by American Imprints, but continuously paginated, the pamphlets express Carey's well-articulated arguments for protectionism and against free trade. "The substitution of foreign for domestic manufactures is a transfer of the advantages of machinery to foreign nations." FIRST EDITION. AI 19961 [1], 19962 [1].
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HAMILTON- NEW SERIES, NOS
by [Carey, Matthew]
1823. II [4pp], IV [7, 1 blank pp], V [8pp], VI [8pp]. [bound with] HAMILTON- NO. VII. (SECOND EDITION) [8pp]. [bound with] HAMILTON- THIRD SERIES, NOS. I-II [16pp, paginated continuously]. [bound with] MESSRS. GALES & SEATON. 4pp [bound with] FOURTH SERIES, NOS. I-II [each 4pp]. [Philadelphia? 1823?]. Each with caption title [as issued]. Disbound, partly untrimmed. Scattered fox and dustsoil, Good+ or so. America's leading protectionist pamphleteer argues against free trade in each of these publications, which were evidently... Read More
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REFLECTIONS ON THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF BANKING, IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. WITH A PLAN TO REVIVE CONFIDENCE, TRADE, AND COMMERCE, AND TO FACILITATE THE RESUMPTION OF SPECIE PAYMENTS. BY M. CAREY
by Carey, M[athew]
Philadelphia: Published by the Author, 1817. 30pp. Disbound, title and last leaf moderately foxed. Contemporary ink number '5' touches a few letters in the title. Good to Good+. Several printings issued in this year-- American Imprints lists this January 30, 1817, printing with 28 pages, suggesting some bibliographical confusion. Bemoaning "the morbid state of manufactures, trade, commerce, and industry," Carey criticizes the Banks, which could, in his view, "in one week restore credit and confidence-- rescue numbers from... Read More
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THE OLIVE BRANCH ONCE MORE. NO. III. [offered with] ...NO. IV
by [Carey, Mathew]
Philadelphia, 1833. Pages 10-13 [as issued], disbound, with dove of peace at head of title; pages 14-17 [as issued], disbound. Good+. Two numbers in Carey's series, each evidently issued separately and one week apart, explaining to his recalcitrant southern brethren the merits of protectionism. Each is addressed 'To the Citizens of the Southern States,' and -- despite the offering of an Olive Branch, after the Nullification struggle-- each calls southern opposition to tariffs "disgraceful," "selfish," "virulent," and "destructive."... Read More
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AN APPEAL TO COMMON SENSE AND COMMON JUSTICE; OR, IRREFRAGABLE FACTS OPPOSED TO PLAUSIBLE THEORIES: INTENDED TO PROVE THE EXTREME INJUSTICE, AS WELL AS THE UTTER IMPOLICY OF THE EXISTING TARIFF. ILLUSTRATED BY A SKETCH OF THE POLICY AND SITUATION OF ENGLAND, FRANCE, AND HOLLAND
by Carey, M[athew]
Philadelphia: Published by H.C. Carey and I. Lea., 1822. pp viii, [5]-92, as issued. Light to moderate foxing, Good+. Carey was one of the most articulate pre-Civil War advocates of a high protective tariff to encourage American enterprise. "He did more than anyone else, if we except Hamilton, to found the American nationalist school of economic thought." DAB. Here he analyzes the economic depression in Pennsylvania in 1818-1820, and attributes it to insufficiency of protection for "the... Read More
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HAMILTON, NO. VIII.- EIGHTH SERIES. ALEXANDER HAMILTON'S POLITICAL ECONOMY. IMMIGRATION
by [Carey, Mathew]
[Philadelphia, 1825. Caption title [as issued], Disbound, 4pp. Foxed, Good+. "The important effects which the encouragement of manufactures would have produced in increasing the population and power of the country, by alluring to our shores hosts of manufacturers and artisans from the old world, to enrich us with their capitals, and impart to us the advantages of their skill and their talents." FIRST EDITION. AI 19963 [1].
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FIFTY-ONE SUBSTANTIAL REASONS AGAINST ANY MODIFICATION WHATEVER OF THE EXISTING TARIFF: WHEREBY THE CONSISTENCY AND PROPRIETY OF THE OPPOSITION OF THE COTTON PLANTERS, THE TOBACCO PLANTERS, THE TOBACCO PLANTERS, AND THE MERCHANTS, TO THE "INFERNAL BILL," ARE FULLY JUSTIFIED. BY A PENNSYLVANIAN
by Carey, Mathew
Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & Lea, 1824. Original printed wrappers, stitched, 12pp, untrimmed. Light wear and edge chipping. Very Good. Sabin attributes authorship of this pro-tariff argument to Mathew Carey. Intellectual support for protectionism and the Whigs' American System came primarily "from a group of writers and publicists in Philadelphia and Baltimore. The most important of them were Mathew Carey, an indefatigable pamphleteer and leader of the Pennsylvania Society for the Encouragement of Manufactures, the first large, organized pressure group... Read More
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