AN ORATION, PRONOUNCED JULY 4TH, 1793, AT THE REQUEST OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF BOSTON, IN COMMEMORATION OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
by Adams, John Quincy
Boston: Printed by Benjamin Edes & Son, 1793. 21, [1 blank] pp, with the half title. Disbound and lacking the final blank. Else Very Good. This is the first of two editions, the second also published in 1793. John Jenkins called this Oration Adams's first published work. According to ESTC , it is his first work published in the United States. In 1792 his "Observations on Paine's Rights of Man" was printed in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Adams's... Read More
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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, COMMUNICATING TO THE HOUSE SUCH INFORMATION AS HE HAS RECEIVED TOUCHING A SUSPENSION OF THE ARRETE OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, MENTIONED IN HIS MESSAGE OF THE 28TH OF JANUARY LAST. MADE IN PURSUANCE OF A RESOLUTION OF THIS HOUSE, OF YESTERDAY
by Adams, John
Philadelphia: Fenno, 1799. 6, [2 blanks] pp. Folded, uncut folio leaf. Very Good. Adams warns Congress that France "subjects explicitly and exclusively American seamen to be treated as pirates, if found on board ships of the enemies of France." Adams also transmits Lord Grenville's letter to Rufus King, American Minister at London. Grenville assures King "that the first instance of the execution of this decree, shall be followed by the most rigorous retaliation against the French prisoners... Read More
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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ACCOMPANYING AN ACCOUNT OF THE APPLICATION OF GRANTS, MADE BY CONGRESS FOR THE CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF GOVERNMENT, FROM THE 1ST OF JANUARY, TO 5TH OF DECEMBER, 1799.20TH JANUARY, 1800. ORDERED TO LIE ON THE TABLE. [PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.]
by Adams, John
[Philadelphia, 1800. 3, [1 blank] pp. Disbound. Near Fine. Evans 38778. NAIP w026140 [10].
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A SERMON, DELIVERED AT THE ORDINATION OF THE REV. LUTHER WRIGHT, TO THE PASTORAL CARE OF THE FIRST CHURCH AND CHRISTIAN SOCIETY IN MEDWAY, JUNE 13, 1798. BY...PASTOR OF THE CHURCH IN ACTON. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, THE CHARGE, BY THE REV. MR. BRIDGE, OF EAST-SUDBURY, AND THE RIGHT HAND OF FELLOWSHIP, BY THE REV. PRENTISS, OF MEDFIELD
by Adams, Moses
Dedham: Mann and Adams, 1798. Disbound. 28pp, minor foxing. Attractive ornamentation at top of page [3]. Very Good. Adams warns Wright that "the spirit of the times creates and promotes much bitterness in society, highly unfavorable to religion." He faces the possibility of "persecution"; mean-spirited people hope American ministers will "meet the same treatment, which has been dealt to the clergy in France." FIRST EDITION. Evans 33265. Not in Jenkins.
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OUR LAPSE IN ADAM, AND REDEMPTION BY CHRIST CONSIDERED, IN TWO SERMONS, PREACHED AT STERLING, IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, THE 16TH OF JANUARY, 1791
by Adams, Zabdiel
Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, 1791. 35, [1 blank] pp. With the half title [rubberstamp in blank margin of half title]. Errata laid down on last leaf. Disbound. Good+. By Adam's sin, "Death, pain, toil, vanity, and a thousand dreadful disorders have...made our earth, an hospital of diseases, a place of skulls, a field of blood...Hence the rosy cheek, the ruby lips, and ivory teeth lose their attractive charms; and those who once possessed them... Read More
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THE BISHOP'S OFFICE A GOOD WORK. A SERMON PREACHED AT THE ORDINATION OF THE REV. MR. CHARLES STEARNS, TO THE PASTORAL CARE OF THE CHURCH IN LINCOLN, NOVEMBER 7, 1781
by Adams, Zabdiel
Boston: Printed by T. and J. Fleet, 1782. 30, [2 blanks] pp, with the half title, as issued. Erratum at the base of page 30. Disbound, scattered foxing, light old rubberstamp on half title. Good+. Adams was Pastor of the Church in Lunenburg. "Men of unprincipled hearts, of empty heads, and the most debauched lives, have been known to sit in St. Peter's chair... These persons desired the Bishop's office, not for what it is in itself, but... Read More
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NEW SENTIMENTS, DIFFERENT FROM ANY YET PUBLISHED, UPON THE DOCTRINE OF UNIVERSAL SALVATION, AS CONNECTED WITH DOCTRINES GENERALLY APPROVED. THE FORCE OF DIVINE REVELATION. A VIEW OF ANCIENT CHRISTIANITY COMPARED WITH MODERN. A SKETCH OF CHURCH HISTORY AND RELIGION OF NATIONS
by Adelos
Providence: Bennett Wheeler, 1786. 64pp. Stitched in worn contemporary or early 19th century stiff paper wrappers [inscribed, 'Thomas Green his Book bought of Mr. Clark']. Lightly worn, untrimmed, Very Good. The wrappers are also inscribed, 'Thomas Green desires that all who are favored with this Book, would read it & return it Quick & Safe'; and, 'John Cleavelands- a Gift from Rev. Mr. Green.' With several careful contemporary margin notes, and a short manuscript review on the rear free... Read More
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SEVEN ISSUES OF THE RICHMOND WHIG AND PUBLIC ADVERTISER, 1862 - 1863
by [Confederate Imprint] Richmond Whig and Public Advertiser
Richmond, 1863. All folio, four pages, each number printed in six columns. Occasional wear and tear with small losses. Good plus, all reporting on the War. The issues are November 4, 1862; November 25, 1862; December 5, 1862 [this number with a significant fold split, but small text loss; December 9, 1862; December 30, 1862 [upper margin chewed, with some text loss]; March 24, 1863; March 27, 1863 [significant fold split, small text loss]. Military and new political... Read More
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ACCOUNTS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF INDIAN AFFAIRS FOR THE SOUTHERN SUPERINTENDENCY
by Indian Affairs
37th Cong., 3d Sess.: HED47., 1863. 81pp, Disbound, Very Good with some loosening.
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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ACCOMPANYING A REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, CONTAINING OBSERVATIONS ON SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS, COMMUNICATED BY THE PRESIDENT, ON THE EIGHTEENTH INSTANT. 21ST JANUARY, 1799
by [XYZ Affair]
Philadelphia: Fenno, 1799. (2), 45, (1 blank), (1), (1 blank) pp. Light rubberstamp at blank upper margin of page [3]. Occasional tanning, Very Good plus. Bound in later cloth [bookplate on front pastedown]. "Relating entirely to French-American relations, with some remarks on privateering in the West Indies." Jenkins. Secretary of State Pickering details with frankness the attempts of the French government "to exculpate itself from the charge of corruption, as having demanded a douceur of Fifty Thousand... Read More
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INSTRUCTIONS TO THE ENVOYS EXTRAORDINARY AND MINISTERS PLENIPOTENTIARY FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TO THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, THEIR LETTERS OF CREDENCE AND FULL POWERS AND THE DISPATCHES RECEIVED FROM THEM RELATIVE TO THEIR MISSION. PUBLISHED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE
by XYZ Affair
Philadelphia: Ross, 1798. 131pp, stitched and lightly dusted, Very Good. Later plain wrappers. This document prints Secretary of State Pickering's instructions to envoys Pinckney, Marshall, and Geary; their dispatches to Pickering, including their report of Mr. X's surreptitious advice "that a sum of money was required for the pocket of the Directory and ministers, which would be at the disposal of M. Talleyrand...;" General Pinckney's response that he and his colleagues "had been treated with great slight... Read More
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MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TO BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS JUNE 21ST, 1798
by [XYZ Affair]
[Philadelphia, 1798. 8pp, caption title [as issued]. Bound in modern marbled wrappers, mild foxing, Very Good. President Adams says, "I will never send another Minister to France, without assurances, that he will be received, respected and honored, as the representative of a great, free, powerful, and Independent Nation." He transmits correspondence from Secretary of State Pickering, with the latter's instructions to our envoys Marshall, Gerry, and Pinckney: "In no event is a treaty to be purchased with... Read More
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AMERICA AND FRANCE. THE INTIRE MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS: COVERING THE FULL POWERS TO, AND DISPATCHES FROM, THE ENVOYS EXTRAORDINARY OF THE UNITED STATES, TO THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF CONGRESS
by [XYZ Affair]
Boston: B. Russell, 1798. 71, [1 blank] pp. Stitched, uncut. Generously margined. A piece from top left corner of title page has been cut out [no text loss] with one clean closed cut that carried through to second leaf [no text loss]. Lightly dusted and toned, a few small blank edge chips, light scattered foxing. Good+. This private Boston printing of Adams's Message includes "the famous 'XYZ' correspondence." The document includes Adams's letters credentialing Marshall, Pinckney, and Gerry... Read More
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![SUPPLEMENT TO THE COLUMBIAN CENTINEL. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1799. SECRETARY PICKERING'S REPORT. [PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY; AND CORRECTED.] CONGRESS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. MONDAY, JAN. 21. GENTLEMEN... ACCORDING TO AN INTIMATION IN MY MESSAGE OF FRIDAY LAST, I NOW LAY BEFORE CONGRESS A REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, CONTAINING HIS OBSERVATIONS ON SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS WHICH ATTENDED IT. JOHN ADAMS..](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/326/508/50508326.0.l.jpg)
SUPPLEMENT TO THE COLUMBIAN CENTINEL. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1799. SECRETARY PICKERING'S REPORT. [PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY; AND CORRECTED.] CONGRESS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. MONDAY, JAN. 21. GENTLEMEN... ACCORDING TO AN INTIMATION IN MY MESSAGE OF FRIDAY LAST, I NOW LAY BEFORE CONGRESS A REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, CONTAINING HIS OBSERVATIONS ON SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS WHICH ATTENDED IT. JOHN ADAMS..
by XYZ Affair
[Boston, 1799. Folio, 4pp, printed in four columns per page. Untrimmed, foxed, a bit of fading here and there. Good or Good+. One of the earliest printings of this Report. State Secretary Pickering details the attempts of the French government "to exculpate itself from the charge of corruption, as having demanded a douceur of Fifty Thousand Pounds sterling (222,000 dollars) for the pockets of the Directors and Ministers..." Much on XYZ matters is reviewed. Pickering summarizes things:... Read More
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THE WHITE SLAVE
by [African-Americana]
[Philadelphia?]: William Harrison, Dealer in Frames, Chromos, Stereoscopes, Views, Albums, &c. No. 345 South Street, Philadelphia., 1870. Two nearly identical stereoview albumen prints, mounted side-by-side on cardstock. Oblong 7" x 3-1/4." Applied paper title-- "The White Slave" -- and publisher/vendor label on verso. Housed behind glass in a nice wooden contact print frame [not examined out of frame]. Very Good. In each print, a young African-American man is dressed to the nines in boldly checked and striped pants,... Read More
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AFRICAE. DESCRIPTIO IX. LIB. ABSOLUTA
by Africanus, Ioannis Leonis
Lugd. Batav. Apud Elzevir., 1632. Two volumes in one. 800, [16- Index] ]pp. Engraved title page [dusted]. Continuously paginated. Volume Two included in continuous pagination. 24mo. Modern brown morocco with gilt rules, raised spine bands. Very Good. The first Elzevir edition. Wikipedia prints the author's biography. Born Al Hassan ibn Mohammed al Wazzan al Fassi in Spain around 4194, he was captured by Spanish corsairs while on a diplomatic mission and imprisoned. He was taken to Rome,... Read More
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SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF VICE-PRESIDENT SPIRO T. AGNEW, "TO BOB| WITH BEST WISHES, SPIRO T. AGNEW
by Agnew, Spiro T.
Color photograph, 4-1/4" x 6-1/4", mounted on 7-1/2" x 9" white card stock, in contemporary black frame with gilt accent border [light wear]. Bust portrait of Agnew in a suit, body turned left, facing foward. The first part of the dedication is in modern calligraphy; autographed by Agnew. The surname following "Bob" is covered with white-out. Agnew has his usual dulled expression. Photograph is yellowed with age. Good+.
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ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST JANUARY NEXT WE OR EITHER OF US PROMISE TO PAY MRS. JANE NEELY OR ORDER THE SUM OF EIGHTY FIVE DOLLARS FOR THE HIRE OF JORDAN & PROMISE HIM 2 SUITS OF CLOTHES, TWO PR SHOES, A HAT, A BLANKET- PAY ONE YEARS TAXES. AND IF SICK EMPLOY & PAY PHYSICIANS BILL AND RETURN HIM ON THE 25TH DECEMBER NEXT. WITNESS OUR HANDS & SEALS JAN 1, 1847. PATRICK PHEENY | JOHN MARLIN
by [Slave Hire Agreement]
[np], 1847. Single page in ink manuscript, oblong 5-3/4" x 7-3/4." Very Good. On verso, in ink: "Recd of David Wilson Ninety-Two dollars 42 c in full o'c within note. Ap. 3. 1849 Jane Neely.
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ON THE CULTURE OF POTATOES: EXTRACTED FROM COMMUNICATIONS MADE TO THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE IN GREAT-BRITAIN
by Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture
Boston: Printed by Young & Minns, Printers to the State and to the Agricultural Society, 1798. 25, [3 blanks] pp. Disbound, light scattered foxing. Good+. Everything anyone conceivably would want to know. Publication is motivated by "the importance of increasing the quantity of vegetable food for the comfort and happiness of mankind, as well as for the support of domestick animals. . ." Evans 34084. Not in Rink.
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LAWS OF THE PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING AGRICULTURE, AS REVISED AND ENACTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, HELD ON THE 14TH JANUARY, 1812. TO WHICH IS PREFIXED, A LIST OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY. INCORPORATED FEBRUARY 14, 1809
by Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture
Philadelphia: Printed by Lydia R. Bailey, 1812. 15, [1 blank] pp, uncut, untrimmed. Original plain blue wrappers [reinforced with archival tape at spine], stitched. Lightly tanned, a few very small spots. Very Good. Its officers [Richard Peters was President], members, and laws are printed. Rink 1021.
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LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING AGRICULTURE. CONTAINING, THE NAMES OF ITS PRESENT OFFICERS AND MEMBERS, LIST OF PREMIUMS, &C. WITH SOME INTERESTING EXTRACTS FROM FOREIGN AND DOMESTICK PUBLICATIONS. BY THE TRUSTEES
by Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture
Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, 1793. v, [1 blank], [7]-56 pp. Stitched, untrimmed, and Very Good. This document prints the Society's Articles of Incorporation, signed in type by John Hancock. Samuel Adams and other luminaries comprised the original incorporators. The Rules and Regulations, and list of officers, are also printed, along with other founding documents, including the list of original members-- John Adams, a Brattle, Bulfinch, Brooks, Cabot, and a long cast of eminent persons. ... Read More
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LABOR AND WAGES, AT HOME AND ABROAD: IN A SERIES OF NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
by Aiken, John
Lowell [MA]: D. Bixby & Co, 1849. 28, [1], [3 blank] pp. Disbound. Very Good. Aiken studied factories and wages in England, Scotland, and Ireland. He concluded that laborers got paid less there than in Lowell, then a leading textile manufacturing center. In the United States, "as capital has been increasing quite as fast as the number of laborers, the rate of wages has been rather advancing than receding. In no other country has labor been so well remunerated... Read More
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TO THE HON. THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF OHIO-- THE UNDERSIGNED HAVING BEEN APPOINTED A COMMITTEE OF THE CITIZENS OF AKRON, AT A MEETING HELD AT THE HOUSE OF GEN. NORTHROP ON THE 14TH OF DEC. 1835...FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE SUBJECT OF THEIR APPLICATION, HERETOFORE MADE, FOR THE CHARTER OF A BANK AT AKRON..
by [Bank of Akron]
[Akron, Ohio?], 1835. Folio sheet, folded to 8" x 10". [1], [3 blanks] pp. Printed on the recto of the first leaf. Light wear, short closed tear at outer margin [no loss]. Very Good. This rare plea for the establishment of a Bank at Akron is signed in type by James W. Philips, Richard Howe, and seven other members of the Committee at Akron, December 18, 1835. It emphasizes the accelerating development of commerce across the Alleghenies.... Read More
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CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA, AS REVISED AND AMENDED BY THE CONVENTION ASSEMBLED AT MONTGOMERY, ON THE FIFTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1867
by Alabama
Montgomery, Ala.: W. W. Screws, State Printer, 1871. xxx pp. A few mild fox spots, short closed margin tear [no loss]. Bound in modern red cloth with a defunct institution's bookplate. Very Good. This revolutionary Constitution abolishes slavery, proclaims the equality of all before the law, renders all residents citizens of the State of Alabama, and explicitly repudiates the right of secession. After Congress rejected Alabama's 1865 constitution and passage of the Reconstruction Acts in March 1867,... Read More
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![ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS OF THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT, TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA, AT ITS SESSION IN THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY. BEGUN AND HELD ON THE 3D MONDAY IN NOVEMBER, [20TH.] 1865](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/045/810/401810045.0.l.jpg)
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS OF THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT, TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA, AT ITS SESSION IN THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY. BEGUN AND HELD ON THE 3D MONDAY IN NOVEMBER, [20TH.] 1865
by Alabama
Montgomery, Ala.: Gibson & Whitfield- State Printers, 1865. 30, [2 blanks] pp. Stitched in original printed wrappers. Some pages toned and foxed, Good+. The Comptroller, M.A. Chisholm, notes that, from May 1865, until "the date of the inauguration of the Provisional Government, July 20th, 1865, the operation of this office was suspended." Chisholm recounts the procedures he undertook to assure accuracy during this unique period of transition, and his proposals to deal with the fiscal problems resulting from... Read More
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