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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CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. PAPERS RELATING TO THE CASE OF MR. JOHN CARNALL...ORDERED BY THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, TO BE PRINTED, 29 JUNE 1827
by [Carnall, John]
London, 1827. 25, [1] pp. Folio, stitched, untrimmed. Occasional light foxing, else quite clean. The Journal of Captain John Carnall, in the form of a "Diary of the treatment I have received at the Cape of Good Hope, on a charge of having aided in the escape of a person named Edwards, then about undergoing his sentence of transportation to New South Wales for writing Lord Charles Somerset a letter." One entry reads: "Monday, 20th September...Dreadful cries and flogging... Read More
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RADICAL MEMBERS OF THE SO. CA. LEGISLATURE
by [Reconstruction in South Carolina]
[Columbia, SC?, 1868. Carte-de-visite, mounted on card stock, 2.5" x 4". Composite photographs of white and black members of South Carolina's Reconstruction legislature. Verso identifies each legislator. Very Good plus. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by J.C. Gibbes, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of South Carolina." Reconstruction gave South Carolina freedmen the vote. Carolina's blacks far outnumbered the whites; their votes established a new State Constitution in 1868, which called... Read More
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MINUTES OF THE FORTIETH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE EVANG. LUTHERAN SYNOD AND MINISTERIUM OF NORTH CAROLINA
by Evangelical Lutheran Synod and Ministerium of North Carolina
Baltimore: Printed at the Publication Rooms, 1846. 45, [1] pp. Disbound, stitched. Light foxing to first and last leaves, else text quite clean. Good. OCLC 50392122 [1-Univ. NC].
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MINUTES OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TYGER-RIVER BAPTIST ASSOCIATION, HELD WITH BETHLEHEM CHURCH, SPARTANBURG DISTRICT, S. C. AUGUST 17, 18, 19, AND 20, MDCCCLX
by Baptist Church in South Carolina
Spartanburg: Cavis & Trimmier, Printers, 1860. Original printed wrappers [dusted, old institutional duplicate rubberstamp], stitched. 32pp, tanned, partly uncut. Good+ or so. The activities of the Association, with names and functions of participants in the Meeting and their doings, are detailed. With reports on the Bible Cause, Education, domestic missions, Sunday Schools, colportage, and brief descriptions of the work of each member church, including activities in behalf of the slaves. The Circular Letter, a table showing statements... Read More
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MINUTES OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TYGER-RIVER BAPTIST ASSOCIATION, HELD WITH ANTIOCH CHURCH, SPARTANBURG DISTRICT, S. C. AUGUST 19, 20, 21, AND 22, MDCCCLIX
by Baptist Church in South Carolina
Spartanburg: Cavis & Trimmier, Printers, 1859. Original printed wrappers [light spotting, old institutional duplicate rubberstamp, blank corner chip to rear wrap], stitched. 32pp. Very Good. The activities of the Association, with names and functions of participants in the Meeting and their doings, are detailed. With reports on foreign and domestic missions, colportage, and an exhortation to care for the souls of "the colored population of our country. They are alienated from religious influences, because no effort is... Read More
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MINUTES OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WELSH NECK BAPTIST ASSOCIATION, HELD WITH THE BENNETTSVILLE CHURCH, NOVEMBER 8-11, 1856
by Baptist Church in South Carolina
Charleston: Printed by A.J. Burke, 1856. 20pp. Original printed wrappers [light soil], stitched. Scattered foxing. Good+ to Very Good. The pamphlet lists the participants and church affiliations, their activities at this Convention, Committee Reports, and reports from each district. The Committee on Queries affirms that it is "consistent with Baptist principles to invite ministers of other denominations into our pulpits." The Circular Letter discusses "the importance of weekly prayer- meetings in reference to the prosperity of the... Read More
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MINUTES OF THE SYNOD OF SOUTH CAROLINA, HELD AT CHESTER, S. C., OCTOBER 20-24, 1869
by Presbyterian Church in South Carolina
Columbia, S.C., 1869. 22pp, stitched, original printed wrappers. Light to moderate foxing, light wear. Good+. With lists of ministers and churches for each presbytery in the Synod. Much is written on the "sad destitution in ministerial service." FIRST EDITION. Not in Turnbull.
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MINUTES OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TYGER-RIVER BAPTIST ASSOCIATION, HELD WITH REEDY RIVER CHURCH, GREENVILLE DISTRICT, S. C. AUGUST 12, 14, 15, AND 16, MDCCCLVIII
by Baptist Church in South Carolina
Spartanburg: Carolina Spartan Print, 1858. Original printed wrappers [old institutional duplicate rubberstamp], stitched. 27, [2], [1 blank] pp. Lightly tanned, Very Good. The activities of the Association, as well as the names of participants in the Meeting and their doings, are detailed. The Meeting urges, "We should not forget our duty also to our colored population. Sunday Schools for their oral instruction in the Scriptures ought to be established in our churches." The Circular Letter is... Read More
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MINUTES OF THE TWENTY-SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE WELSH NECK BAPTIST ASSOCIATION, HELD WITH THE HARTWELL CHURCH, NOVEMBER 12-15, 1853
by Baptist Church in South Carolina
Charleston: Steam Power-Press of Walker and James, 1854. 19, [1 blank] pp. Original printed wrappers [light soil, several small 'duplicate' rubberstamps], stitched. Scattered spotting, Good or so. Listing the participants, their activities at this Convention, Committee Reports, reports from each district. The Circular Letter informs on the status of the controversy "between us, as Baptists, and our Pedobaptist brethren, with regard to the subject of baptism." FIRST EDITION. Not in Turnbull.
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MINUTES OF THE TWENTY-THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE TYGER-RIVER BAPTIST ASSOCIATION, HELD WITH THE NEW PROSPECT CHURCH, SPARTANBURG DISTRICT, S. C. AUGUST 15, 16, 17, AND 18, MDCCCLVI
by Baptist Church in South Carolina
Spartanburg: Carolina Spartan Print, 1856. Original printed wrappers [old institutional duplicate rubberstamp], stitched. 17, [2], [1 blank] pp. Scattered foxing, Good+. The activities of the Association, as well as the names of participants in the Meeting and their doings, are detailed. The Circular Letter insists on "the doctrine of an overruling Providence directing all the affairs of this world." A two-page table displays the name of each church, its post office, district, minister, and clerk. FIRST EDITION. Not in... Read More
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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN TICKET. FOR PRESIDENT, LEWIS CASS. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, WM. O. BUTLER. 1ST DIST. THOMAS BRAGG, JR. .
by [North Carolina]
[North Carolina, 1848. Electoral ticket, 3" x 2-7/8." Light wear, Very Good. This is the electoral ticket for North Carolina Democrats supporting Lewis Cass in the 1848 presidential election. Cass won the nomination but lost to the Whig Winfield Scott. His elector Thomas Bragg, Jr., was elected Governor in 1854. Another elector, Asa Biggs, was a Congressman, a U. S. Senator, and a judge. Other listed electors enjoyed similar prominence in North Carolina's public affairs.
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SOUTHERN SLAVERY CONSIDERED ON GENERAL PRINCIPLES; OR, A GRAPPLE WITH ABSTRACTIONISTS. BY A NORTH CAROLINIAN
by [North Carolina]
New York: Rudd & Carleton, Publishers, 1861. Disbound without wrappers. Persistent upper area stain in inner corners, with occasional pencil marginalia, else a clean text. Good+. "Abstractionists," the author says, also known as "one-idea people, at all times are the bane of society." On the divisive issue of slavery, "Remember, that it is one thing to answer this question in the quiet security of his domestic circle at the North, and quite another to live at the... Read More
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![REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE TO WHOM WAS REFERRED ON THE 7TH ULTIMO, THE PETITION OF WILLIAM HILL AND OTHERS. 4TH. APRIL, 1800. [PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/646/693/140693646.0.l.0.jpg)
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE TO WHOM WAS REFERRED ON THE 7TH ULTIMO, THE PETITION OF WILLIAM HILL AND OTHERS. 4TH. APRIL, 1800. [PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.]
by North Carolina
[Philadelphia, 1800. 7, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, else Very Good. A summary of North Carolina's boundary changes, as the result of Treaties with the Cherokees before adoption of the Constitution, land cessions to the United States, and other statutory changes. The Committee recommends an appropriation of funds sufficient to extinguish remaining Cherokee land titles in North Carolina, and securing title to settlers "in such manner as would have vested good title under the said state of North... Read More
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REPORTS OF CASES RULED AND DETERMINED BY THE COURT OF CONFERENCE OF NORTH-CAROLINA. BY DUNCAN CAMERON AND WILLIAM NORWOOD, OF HILLSBOROUGH
by North Carolina
Raleigh: J. Gales, 1805. Original scuffed sheep. 556, xvii, [1blank] pp. Light toning. One closed tear, barely affecting a letter or two, else Very Good. "The early appellate courts of North Carolina were Courts of Conference composed of the circuit-riding trial judges who reviewed decisions made by their brethren wherever sessions of trial court were held." 66 N.C. Reports 732 [Judge Cecil J. Hill, 'When the North Carolina Supreme Court Sat in the Capitol']. The Court of... Read More
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SWAMP LANDS OF THE STATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA: FACTS FOR EMIGRANTS AND CAPITALISTS. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE LITERARY BOARD
by [North Carolina]
Raleigh, N. C.: Printed by W. E. Pell, State Printer, 1867. 31, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, loosening, old rubberstamp on blank portion of title leaf. Mild foxing. A half page addition is laid down on page 19, a portion of General Gwynn's Report to the Literary Board in 1867 concerning "the fertility of the lands drained by Mr. Franck." Good plus. A post- Civil War, early New South pamphlet issued at the behest of the Governor, seeking to... Read More
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JOURNALS OF THE ANNUAL CONVENTIONS OF THE DIOCESE OF NORTH CAROLINA, 1860-1870. PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH
by North Carolina
1860. Eleven Journals, 1860-1870. All printed in North Carolina, with the following imprints: 1860-1864, Fayetteville [by Hale]; 1865, Raleigh [Gorman]; 1866-1868 & 1870, Fayetteville; 1869, Raleigh [Littlefield]. Each Journal @60-128 pp. Bound together in later buckram. First editions, scattered fox and tan, none with original wrappers. Light scattered wear, corner repairs to several leaves of the 1864 Journal. Good+. Private bookplate of Lawrence F. London, author of works on the Episcopal Church in North Carolina. A continuous run... Read More
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JOURNAL OF THE CONVENTION OF THE PEOPLE OF NORTH CAROLINA. THIRD SESSION. HELD IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, 1862
by North Carolina
Raleigh: Jno. W. Syme, Printer to the Convention, 1862. 119, [1 blank] pp. Disbound. Title page printed on verso of first leaf. Light to moderate foxing, Good+. Military and civil affairs are treated in this wartime Convention. Parrish & Willingham 3384 and Thornton Official Publications 433 [listing this with other Conventions].
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THE DAILY JOURNAL. WILMINGTON, N. C., SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4, 1858. VOL. 8. - NO. 76
by [North Carolina]
Wilmington NC, 1858. Folio, 4 pp. Each page printed in five columns separated by rules. Disbound. Light foxing. Very Good. Filled primarily with advertisements for an active business community. Several articles on contemporary events.
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TO THE PEOPLE OF NORTH-CAROLINA
by [North Carolina]
[np, 1868. Caption title, as issued. 46, 2 pp. Stitched. Very Good but for two old rubberstamps [one in upper margin of title page, the other in lower margin]. The pamphlet consists of an Address explaining the proposed 1868 Constitution, plus the printed Constitution, with Ordinance submitting it to the People for ratification. Its signers are listed in type at the end. The Constitution repudiates the doctrine of secession and asserts citizens' paramount loyalty to the United... Read More
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL & MECHANICAL SOCIETY HELD IN COLUMBIA, S.C., NOVEMBER 10-12, 1869
by [South Carolina]
Charleston, S.C.: Walker, Evans & Cogswell, 1869. Original printed wrappers [detached but present, spine wrapper shorn]. 72pp. Good+ to Very Good. A studious and earnest 'New South' production, the first Convention in "more than eight years. . . We have been recovering from this fierce paroxysm of civil strife, and have moved 'as a sick man in his sleep'." Carolinians were stunned by their defeat, having been taught by State Rights philosophers and "our theologians, that our... Read More
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THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, WITH THE AMENDMENTS
by South Carolina
Columbia: Printed at the Telescope Press, 1819. Later plain wrappers, stitched. 25, [3 blanks] pp. Probably as the result of a printer's error, pages [26-27] are blank and not printed. This printing of South Carolina's Constitution includes only the first page [page 25] of the1808 amendments; pages [26-27] are blank instead of with the completed text. Eligibility for a seat in the House of Representatives required the elector to be a "free white man" with substantial property... Read More
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IN MEMORIAM. HON. BENJAMIN FANEUIL DUNKIN, CHIEF JUSTICE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. PROCEEDINGS OF THE MEETING OF THE CHARLESTON BAR, 18TH DECEMBER, 1874
by South Carolina
[Charleston, 1874. 28pp, lightly tanned. Original printed wrappers [foxed], stitched. Good+. A biography of the Chief Justice, from his youth to his service in the War of 1812, to his early career at the Bar, and his judicial service from 1838 until his death. C.G. Memminger was one of his eulogists. FIRST EDITION. Not in Turnbull. 104 NUC 0313460 [5].
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION, COMPOSED OF DELEGATES FROM THE SEVERAL DISTRICTS AND PARISHES OF THE STATE OF SOUTH- CAROLINA, ASSEMBLED AT COLUMBIA, ON THE 22D MAY, 1843
by South Carolina
Columbia: Printed at the "South Carolinian" Office, 1843. 21, [3 blanks] pp. Stitched in original printed wrappers [blank lower corner clipped]. Lightly foxed, Very Good. Whitemarsh Seabrook was President of the Convention, whose attendees are listed here. The Convention was called in order to nominate "JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUN to the first office in the gift of the American people." An Address of the Convention of South-Carolina to the Democratic Republican Party of the United States, printed... Read More
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REPORTS ON THE FREE SCHOOL SYSTEM, TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AT THE REGULAR SESSION OF 1839
by South Carolina
Columbia: A.H. Pemberton, State Printer, 1840. 88pp, disbound, with light to moderate spotting. Good+. The Committee on Education defends South Carolina's Free School system from charges that it "is a failure," although it acknowledges "many defects; but these defects are rather in the administration of the system, than in the system itself." Included is the "Report of Professors Elliott and Thornwell, on the free school system," which cites as a major difficulty "the carelessness of the poor... Read More
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