AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT LENOX, ON THE FIRST OF AUGUST, 1842, THE ANNIVERSARY OF EMANCIPATION, IN THE BRITISH WEST INDIES
by Channing, William E.
Lenox, Mass.: J.G. Stanly, 1842. Disbound, 38pp, scattered soil. Good+. AI 42-994 [5].
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EMANCIPATION: BY..
by Channing, William E.
Boston: E.P. Peabody, 1840. 111, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, a couple of rubberstamps in margins. Else Very Good. The first edition. Channing urges emancipation, but warns the Free States that they do not have the power to abolish slavery in the Slave States. Moreover, he does not wish "to give a political aspect to the anti-slavery cause. I am very unwilling, that it should take the form of a struggle for office and power." Dumond 36.... Read More
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MEMOIR OF JOHN GALLISON, ESQ. FROM THE CHRISTIAN DISCIPLE
by [Channing, William Ellery]
Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1821. 15, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, remnant of front wrapper, else Very Good. A laudatory biography of this young anti-slavery lawyer and scholar, who died in 1820 at the age of 32. American Imprints says Channing wrote it. AI 4945 [many].
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A DIGEST OF THE ORDINANCES OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF CHARLESTON, FROM THE YEAR 1783 TO OCT. 1844. TO WHICH ARE ANNEXED, THE ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE WHICH RELATE EXCLUSIVELY TO THE CITY OF CHARLESTON. PREPARED UNDER RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL BY GEORGE P. ECKHARD
by [Charleston]
Charleston: Walker & Burke, 1844. 4to. Modern cloth, marbled paper over boards. Original spine labels. 517, [3 blanks], vii, [1 blank] pp. Spotting and foxing, Good+. The Digest begins with 'Accounts', 'Amusements', 'Assessor'; it proceeds through the alphabet to 'Wooden Buildings' and 'Work House'. An elaborate Negro and Slave Code is included, and an Appendix and Index.
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ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CHARLESTON, FROM THE 19TH OF AUGUST, 1844, TO THE 14TH OF SEPTEMBER, 1854; AND THE ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY RELATING TO THE CITY OF CHARLESTON, DURING THE SAME INTERVAL. COMPILED BY H. PINCKNEY WALKER, BY DIRECTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
by [Charleston]
Charleston: Printed by A.E. Miller, 1854. Original quarter sheep [rubbed, hinges weak]. xvii, [1 blank], 233, [1 blank] pp. Faint blindstamp at base of title page, "Duplicate" in pencil on front free endpaper, scattered light foxing. Very Good. Private bookplate of John Paul Stratton of Charleston on front pastedown. The Ordinances with detailed chronological list, regulate the keeping and selling of gunpowder, activities in the harbor and port of Charleston, the sale of liquor, health and safety, slaves,... Read More
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THESE ARE TO CERTIFY ALL WHOM IT DOTH CONCERN, THAT PETER MULDER MASTER OR COMMANDER OF THE SHIP HARMONY BURDEN 220 24/95 TNS. TONS, OR THEREABOUTS, MOUNTED WITH TEN GUNS, NAVIGATED WITH SIXTEEN MEN, UNITED STATES BUILT AND BOUND FOR HAVANNAH HAVING ON BOARD CARGO AS BY ANNEXED MANIFEST. . . HATH HERE ENTERED AND CLEARED HIS VESSEL ACCORDING TO LAW. GIVEN UNDER OUR HANDS AND SEALS, AT THE CUSTOM-HOUSE OF CHARLESTON, THIS FOURTEENTH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1798 AND IN THE TWENTY THIRD YEAR OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
by [Port of Charleston]
Charleston: Printed by T.B. Bowen, No. 32, Church-Street, 1798. Broadside Ship Manifest, 9-1/2" x 15. Toned, otherwise Very Good. Printed document, surrounded by decorative border, completed in manuscript and signed in ink by James Simons and --- Waring. A rare 18th century American Imprint, unrecorded on ESTC, AAS, the Library Company, or the standard bibliographies. The Cargo listed included dry goods, brandy, rice, claret, salt, and other items. Whether any slaves were on board is a matter... Read More
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DIGEST OF THE ORDINANCES OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF CHARLESTON, FROM THE YEAR 1783 TO JULY 1818; TO WHICH ARE ANNEXED, EXTRACTS FROM THE ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE WHICH RELATE TO THE CITY OF CHARLESTON
by Charleston
Charleston: Archibald E. Miller, 1818. Red morocco presentation binding [lightly rubbed], decorated in gilt, gilt spine title and rules; lettered in gilt on front cover, 'John Hunter | Alderman of Ward No. 4.' pp 268 [i.e., 269, page 21 having been printed as '20,' as issued], [1 blank], 36 [Appendix], 21 [Index], [1 errata] pp. Toned, scattered foxing. Tear at leaf 11-12 [first count] costs several words in the Ordinance on Public Auctions. Good+. This is the first... Read More
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AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED, 7 MAY 1815, AS CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS
by [Chase, Jeremiah]
Folio sheet, folded to [4]pp, all in manuscript. Docketed on page [4]: "Petition of Lawson Clark of Montgomery County. Presented by Archibald Van Horn. Recorded 5 June 1815." The first two pages, plus two lines on the third page, consist of Clark's Petition. Page [3] is Judge Chase's Opinion, signed and written in his hand May 7, 1815. Very Good. Jeremiah Chase was a prominent Maryland jurist, though not as famous [or notorious] as his Federalist cousin, U.S.... Read More
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MEMORANDUM OF A MISSIONARY MEETING, HELD ON THE 2D AND 3D DAYS OF OCTOBER, 1846, AT THE RESIDENCE OF BISHOP CHASE, JUBILEE COLLEGE, PEORIA COUNTY, ILLINOIS
by [Chase, Philander]
Peoria: S.H. Davis, Printer., 1846. 11, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, lightly margin-dusted. Good+. Jubilee College was the creation of Chase, the Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Illinois. He envisioned it "as a nursery of Missionaries." The Meeting focuses on efforts to "build up" Jubilee College and advance "the Missionary cause." Byrd 1044. AI 46-1450 [6]. OCLC 16627405 [5] [as of July 2013].
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MALIGNITY EXPOSED; OR A VINDICATION OF BISHOP CHASE AGAINST THE MALICIOUS ACCUSATIONS OF AN ANONYMOUS PAMPHLET, PRINTED IN ANN-STREET, N.Y. BY THE REV. SAMUEL CHASE, JUBILEE COLLEGE
by Chase, Samuel
New York: Stanford and Swords, 1847. Original printed yellow front wrapper. Stitched. 47, [1 blank] pp. Lightly foxed, Good+. The author, Samuel Chase, Bishop Philander Chase's nephew, dedicates his pamphlet "to the Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States." Someone had written a nasty, anonymous attack ["even its authorship is enshrouded in the obscurity of the grave"] on Bishop Chase, entitled, 'A reply to A plain statement for the consideration of the friends of the... Read More
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THE APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC ANSWERED, IN BEHALF OF THE NON-EPISCOPAL CHURCHES IN AMERICA; CONTAINING REMARKS ON WHAT DR. THOMAS BRADBURY CHANDLER HAS ADVANCED, ON THE FOUR FOLLOWING POINTS. THE ORIGIN AND NATURE OF THE EPISCOPAL OFFICE. REASONS FOR SENDING BISHOPS TO AMERICA. THE PLAN ON WHICH IT IS PROPOSED TO SEND THEM. AND THE OBJECTIONS AGAINST SENDING THEM OBVIATED AND REFUTED. WHEREIN THE REASONS FOR AN AMERICAN EPISCOPATE ARE SHEWN TO BE INSUFFICIENT, AND THE OBJECTIONS AGAINST IT IN FULL FORCE
by Chauncy, Charles
Boston: Kneeland and Adams, for Thomas Leverett., 1768. 205, [1 bookseller advt.] pp. Lacking the half title, some lower portion spotting to first few leaves. Contemporary ink correction on page 27. With the contemporary ownership signature of Jacob Hurd. Good+ or so. Thomas Chandler was a Connecticut-born Episcopal priest. His 'Appeal to the Public' [1767] was a major weapon in the Church of England's dispute with Reverend Chauncy and others who resisted the Anglican Church's establishment in America.... Read More
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THE VALIDITY OF PRESBYTERIAN ORDINATION ASSERTED AND MAINTAINED. A DISCOURSE DELIVERED AT THE ANNIVERSARY DUDLEIAN-LECTURE, AT HARVARD- COLLEGE IN CAMBRIDGE NEW-ENGLAND, MAY 12. 1762. WITH AN APPENDIX, GIVING A BRIEF HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE EPISTLES ASCRIBED TO IGNATIUS; AND EXHIBITING SOME OF THE MANY REASONS, WHY THEY OUGHT NOT TO BE DEPENDED ON AS HIS UNCORRUPTED WORKS
by Chauncy, Charles
Boston, 1762. 118pp. Half title present but detached. Disbound. Else Very Good. This is a seminal work, not only in Chauncy's long repertoire of publications, but also in Colonial Americans' struggle to prevent domination by the Episcopal Church and to nurture their own democratic religious institutions. As DAB notes, "Chauncy devoted nine years to contending against Episcopal claims, beginning with his Dudleian Lecture of 1762 [this piece]..." Here he tells his audience, "You are, by this time, at... Read More
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THE VALIDITY OF PRESBYTERIAN ORDINATION ASSERTED AND MAINTAINED. A DISCOURSE DELIVERED AT THE ANNIVERSARY DUDLEIAN-LECTURE, AT HARVARD- COLLEGE IN CAMBRIDGE NEW-ENGLAND, MAY 12. 1762. WITH AN APPENDIX, GIVING A BRIEF HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE EPISTLES ASCRIBED TO IGNATIUS; AND EXHIBITING SOME OF THE MANY REASONS, WHY THEY OUGHT NOT TO BE DEPENDED ON AS HIS UNCORRUPTED WORKS
by Chauncy, Charles
Boston, 1762. 118pp, but lacking the half title. Disbound. Clean text. Good plus. This is a seminal work, not only in Chauncy's long repertoire of publications, but also in Colonial Americans' struggle to prevent domination by the Episcopal Church and to nurture their own democratic religious institutions. As DAB notes, "Chauncy devoted nine years to contending against Episcopal claims, beginning with his Dudleian Lecture of 1762 [this piece]..." Here he tells his audience, "You are, by this... Read More
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MINISTERS CAUTIONED AGAINST THE OCCASIONS OF CONTEMPT. A SERMON PREACHED BEFORE THE MINISTERS OF THE PROVINCE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS-BAY, IN NEW ENGLAND, AT THEIR ANNUAL CONVENTION, IN BOSTON; MAY 31. 1744
by Chauncy, Charles
Boston: Rogers and Fowle, for Samuel Eliot, 1744. 54pp, lacking the half title and final blank. Disbound, minor repair [expertly accomplished] to a small portion of the last leaf [no loss]. Good+. This significant Great Awakening Sermon supports the established "Body of the Ministers" and opposes "meer Novices [who] may take upon them the Office of the ministry, expecting the Bestowment of the Spirit, in extraordinary Gifts; as in the Days of the Apostles..." He cautions ministers... Read More
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THE CHARACTER AND OVERTHROW OF LAISH CONSIDERED AND APPLIED. A SERMON PREACHED AT THE DESIRE OF THE HONOURABLE ARTILLERY-COMPANY IN BOSTON, JUNE 3, 1734. BEING THE ANNIVERSARY DAY FOR THEIR ELECTION OF OFFICERS
by Chauncy, Charles
Boston: Printed by S. Kneeland & T. Green, for D. Henchman in Cornhill, 1734. [4], 19, [1 blank] pp, as issued. With the half title ["Mr. Chauncy's Artillery-Election Sermon, June 3. 1734"]. Stitched, untrimmed. Moderately spotted, Good+. With the contemporary ownership signature of James Cushing, probably the New England Congregational minister. This is the prolific Chauncy's third published sermon during a long and eventful career. He explains that a martial spirit is compatible with, and indeed necessary to,... Read More
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A DISCOURSE OCCASIONED BY THE DEATH OF THE REVERNED (sic) JONATHAN MAYHEW, D. D. LATE PASTOR OF THE WEST-CHURCH IN BOSTON: WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 9. 1766, AETATIS 46. DELIVERED THE LORD'S-DAY AFTER HIS DECEASE
by Chauncy, Charles
Boston: R. and S. Draper..., 1766. 40pp, but lacking the half title. Disbound and stitched. Good+. Chauncy eulogizes his ally and colleague Mayhew. They both led the effort to free American religious institutions from domination by the Anglican Church. Chauncy calls Mayhew "a friend to liberty both civil and religious...He was an avowed enemy to all human establishments in religion." Evans 10254. ESTC W20185.
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BREAKING OF BREAD" IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE DYING LOVE OF CHRIST, A GOSPEL INSTITUTION. FIVE SERMONS..
by Chauncy, Charles
Boston: D. Kneeland, 1772. 160pp. Disbound, lacks half title. Scattered spotting. Good+ Sermons by the great advocate of American religious and political freedom. FIRST EDITION. Evans 12350. ESTC W30019.
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THE BLESSEDNESS OF THE DEAD WHO DIE IN THE LORD. A SERMON PREACHED THE LORD'S DAY AFTER THE FUNERAL OF MRS. ANNA FOXCROFT, THE AMIABLE AND PIOUS CONSORT OF THE REVEREND MR. THOMAS FOXCROFT, WHO DIED OCTOBER 9TH 1749, IN THE 53D YEAR OF HER AGE
by Chauncy, Charles
Boston: Printed by Rogers and Fowle, 1749. 31, [1 blank] pp, but lacking the half title. Disbound, scattered foxing. Title page enclosed by a mourning border. Good to Good Plus. Thomas Foxcroft, a colleague of Chauncy and a prolific sermon-writer, "was learned, devout, and a good logician, and was admired both for his talents and for the elegance of his manners" [Appleton's]. Of his wife, Anna Foxcroft, we know little. "She married Thomas Foxcroft on 9 March 1718,... Read More
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THE NEW CREATURE DESCRIB'D, AND CONSIDER'D AS THE SURE CHARACTERISTICK OF A MAN'S BEING IN CHRIST: TOGETHER WITH SOME SEASONABLE ADVICE TO THOSE WHO ARE NEW-CREATURES. A SERMON PREACH'D AT THE BOSTON THURSDAY-LECTURE, JUNE 4. 1741. AND MADE PUBLIC AT THE GENERAL DESIRE OF THE HEARERS
by Chauncy, Charles
Boston: Printed by G. Rogers, for J. Edwards and S. Eliot., 1741. 47pp, but lacking the half title. Disbound, scattered spotting, Good+. Chauncy "was undoubtedly the most influential clergyman of his time in Boston, and, with the exception of Jonathan Edwards, in all New England" [DAB]. He was Edwards's most influential opponent of the Great Awakening and was, as DAB puts it, "a man of the intellect utterly distrusting the emotions as calculated to befog and pervert... Read More
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CORNELIUS'S CHARACTER. A SERMON PREACH'D THE LORD'S-DAY AFTER THE FUNERAL OF MR. CORNELIUS THAYER, ONE OF THE DEACONS OF THE FIRST CHURCH IN BOSTON; WHO DIED, APRIL 10. 1745. AETAT. 60
by Chauncy, Charles
Boston: Printed for D. Gookin in Marlborough-Street..., 1745. 38pp, with the half title but lacking the final blank leaf. Upper portion of half title restored in blank, not affecting the text but eliminating some of the upper border. Stitched, some light spotting [more so to the outer margin of the half title], else Very Good. Thayer, says Chauncy, had the character of his namesake, the devout Cornelius described in the Book of Acts. In his Sermon he... Read More
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A SERMON PREACHED MAY 6, 1767. AT THE ORDINATION OF THE REVEREND SIMEON HOWARD, M.A. TO THE PASTORAL CARE OF THE WEST-CHURCH IN BOSTON. TO WHICH THE CHARGE, AND RIGHT-HAND OF FELLOWSHIP, DELIVERED UPON THE SAME OCCASION, ARE ADDED. BY... A PASTOR OF THE FRIST-CHURCH [sic]IN BOSTON
by Chauncy, Chales [sic]
Boston: Printed by R. Draper, Edes & Gill, and T. & J. Fleet, 1767. Half title, 55, [1 blank] pp. Some spotting and light foxing, disbound with some loosening, Good plus. By the foremost Boston clergyman of his time, friend of American religious institutions and the American Revolution, and foe of the Great Awakening. Chauncy warns against excessive religious excitement, scolding parishioners who "have no relish for discourses, unless adapted to excite their passions. If these are... Read More
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THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT TO MINISTERS CONSIDER'D IN THEIR DIVERSITY; WITH THE WISE ENDS OF THEIR VARIOUS DISTRIBUTION, AND THE GOOD PURPOSES IT IS ADAPTED TO SERVE. A SERMON PREACH'D AT THE BOSTON THURSDAY-LECTURE, DECEMB. 17. 1741
by Chauncy, Charles
Boston: Rogers & Fowle...Also by S. Eliot in Cornhill, 1742. [3]-40 pp, lacking the half title. Stitched, untrimmed, scattered spotting, Good+. Pastor of the First Church of Christ in Boston, Chauncy was one of the most articulate opponents of orthodox theologians who sought to establish the Church of England in America. Here he lauds the diversity of ministerial gifts: some excel in Reason, "others have the gift of moving the passions," others can "touch the consciences of sinners."... Read More
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TWELVE SERMONS ON THE FOLLOWING SEASONABLE AND IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
by Chauncy, Charles
Boston: D. and J. Kneeland, for Thomas Leverett, 1765. ii, 344 pp. Lacking the half title. Else Very Good, in original calf [scuffed, hinges starting]. Sermons on religious matters by the foremost Boston clergyman of his time, friend of American religious institutions and the American Revolution, and foe of the Great Awakening. FIRST EDITION. Evans 9925.
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LES PETITS VOYAGEURS EN CALIFORNIE
by Chavannes de la Giraudiere, H. De.
Tours: Ad Mame et Cie, 1853. [1-half title], [1], [1 blank], [frontis], 188 pp. Chromolithographic frontispiece and 7 chromolithographic plates with tissue guards. Original pictorial paper covered boards in color and gilt [minor wear], all edges gilt. Front board illustration of a large sailing boat at sea, with a smaller boat containing three people in the foreground rowing to it. Very Good. This children's story centers on a Frenchman, transfixed by the Gold Rush. He travels from... Read More
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THE CHRISTIAN TRIUMPHING OVER DEATH THROUGH CHRIST. A SERMON PREACHED NOVEMBER 10, 1765, AT THE SECOND CHURCH OF CHRIST, IN BOSTON; UPON A MOURNFUL OCCASION. PUBLISHED WITH SOME ENLARGEMENTS
by Checkley, Samuel, Jun'r
Boston: N. E.: Printed by Kneeland and Adams, in Milk-Street, for Samuel Webb, in Corn-Hill, 1765. 45, [1 blank], with the half title but lacking the final blank. Stitched and untrimmed. Title enclosed by mourning border and death's-head. Untrimmed. Scattered spotting, some blank edge wear. Good plus. The half title: "Mr. Checkley's Sermon on Hebrews II. 14. 15. Upon a sorrowful Occasion." The occasion was, we learn in a footnote on page 25, the death of "Mrs. Mary... Read More
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