ACTS AND LAWS, MADE AND PASSED BY THE GENERAL COURT, OR ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT, IN AMERICA; HOLDEN AT NEW-HAVEN, (BY ADJOURNMENT) ON THE FIRST THURSDAY OF JANUARY, ANNO DOM. 1789
by Connecticut
[New-Haven: Green, 1789. 8pp [pp. 371-378], folio, stitched, lightly browned, light wear. Very Good. This imprint demonstrates Connecticut's adaptation to the new "Constitution, agreed upon by the Convention of the United States." The General Assembly enacts legislation prescribing election procedures for Senators and Representatives to Congress. Another Act requires all legislative, executive, and judicial officers of the State to "support the Constitution, agreed upon by the Convention of the United States, and ratified by the Convention... Read More
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ACTS AND LAWS, MADE AND PASSED BY THE GENERAL COURT OR ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT, IN AMERICA; HOLDEN AT NEW HAVEN, IN SAID STATE, ON THE SECOND THURSDAY OF OCTOBER, ANNO DOM. 1784
by Connecticut
[New London, 1784. Folio, pp. 309-315. Disbound, moderately soiled. Good. The Acts generally treat commercial matters and subjects relating to duties and imposts. FIRST EDITION. Evans 18415.
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ACTS AND LAWS, MADE AND PASSED BY THE GENERAL COURT OR ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT, IN AMERICA, HOLDEN AT NEW-HAVEN, IN SAID STATE, ON THE SECOND THURSDAY OF OCTOBER, ANNO DOMINI, 1790
by [Connecticut]
[New London: Green, 1790. Folio. pp.399-400. Moderate wear, Good or so. Evans 22424.
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ACTS AND LAWS, MADE AND PASSED BY THE GENERAL COURT OR ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT, IN AMERICA; HOLDEN AT HARTFORD, (IN SAID STATE) ON THE SECOND THURSDAY OF MAY, ANNO DOMINI, 1784
by [Connecticut]
[New London, 1784. Folio, pp. 267-307. Disbound [some loosening]. Moderately age-toned. Near Very Good. Organizing, in this busy post-Revolutionary legislative session, the Superior Court system; and encouraging commerce by establishing the ports of New Haven and New London as "free Cities and Ports for the Term of seven Years," so that "Foreigners and Citizens of any of the United States" shall not be subject to discriminatory duties. The General Assembly also authorizes Congress, still hobbled by the... Read More
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LETTER FROM COLONEL CONNELL TO SENATOR THURMAN. THE PARTY IN A FALSE POSITION, AND CONNELL REFUSES TO SPEAK. LANCASTER, OHIO, AUGUST 2D, 1871. HON. A.G. THURMAN, CHAIRMAN DEMOCRATIC STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:..
by Connell, John M.
Lancaster, OH, 1871. Folio printed broadside, 8-1/4" x 16-3/4". Old folds, some wrinkles, light dustsoiling and wear. A few very short closed tears at edges, minor spotting. Good+. Connell fought for the Union in the Civil War. Afterward he became a prominent Ohio Democrat, a State Senator, and losing candidate for State Attorney General in 1869. By 1871 he was disgusted with his Party which, he claims, is no longer the defender "of the rights of the... Read More
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THE AMERICAN WEEKLY MESSENGER. SEPTEMBER 25, 1813
by Conrad, John (Editor)
Philadelphia: John Conrad, 1813. Volume I, No. 1. Caption title, as issued. Lightly foxed, Stitched. Good plus. This opening issue begins with the Prospectus. "In a republic like this, where every man is of some importance in his political capacity, and where the rulers are dependent for their situations upon the standing they hold in public estimation, politics will be the prevailing topic in all the periodical publications." Each issue will contain a weekly summary of foreign... Read More
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THE ALARM BELL, NO. 1. BY A CONSTITUTIONALIST
by Constitutionalist, A.
New York: Baker & Godwin, 1863. 16pp, stitched but loosened. Lightly dusted and worn, Good+. This is the first [and only] issue of an intended series of anti-Catholic propaganda, curiously focusing on a papal conspiracy centered in Austria. The anonymous author focuses on "Abraham Lincoln and the British Minister at Washington, and the Crown of Great Britain; the People of the United States, and the People of Great Britain." The restoration of the Bourbons to France, he explains,... Read More
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SUPPLEMENT TO THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION. REPORT OF THE ANALYSES AND ESTIMATION OF VALUE OF TEN DIFFERENT COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS, FOR THE GEORGIA STATE AGRICULTURE SOCIETY. B.H. WHITE, PROFESSOR OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY IN THE GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND THE MECHANIC ARTS
by Atlanta Constitution
[Atlanta, 1874. Broadsheet, 10" x 13" and printed in four columns. Light wear, Very Good. The Report provides analyses "of most of the leading guanos and phosphates that are sold in this State." Included also are articlues by Mark W. Johnson of Atlanta on Cheap Corn Culture, using the Thomas Patent Smoothing Harrow and Broadcast Reaper; and advice to every Georgia planter to "plant at least one to five acres of millet.
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HONITON, DEVON, DECEMBER 13TH, 1792. AT A NUMEROUS AND RESPECTABLE MEETING OF THE INHABITANTS OF THIS TOWN AND NEIGHBOURHOOD, HELD THIS DAY, AT THE GOLDEN LION INN, IN THIS TOWN, TO SUPPORT THE KING AND CONSTITUTION, AS NOW ESTABLISHED. MR. EDWARD HOLLAND IN THE CHAIR. RESOLVED, THAT WE WILL FORM OURSELVES INTO A SOCIETY FOR THE PRESERVING LIBERTY AND PROPERTY, AGAINST LEVELLERS AND REPUBLICANS. TO BE ENTITLED "AN ASSOCIATION FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT OF THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION.
by Association for the Maintainance [sic] and Support of the British Constitution
[Honiton, England, 1792. Folio leaf, 16" x 13." Folded to [4] pp. Printed on verso of first leaf and recto of second leaf only. Light old folds, spine with early reinforcement tape. Text clean and bright. Very Good. Public enthusiasm for the tenets of the French Revolution and Thomas Paine worried those who supported the established monarchy and British parliamentary government. In response, Loyalists created local Societies like this one, pledging "that we will to the... Read More
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CARTAS CRITICAS SOBRE VARIAS QUESTIONES ERUDITAS, CIENTIFICAS, PHYSICAS, Y MORALES, A LA MODA Y AL GUSTO DEL PRESENTE SICLO, ESCRITAS EN IDIOMA TOSCANO POR EL ABOGADO JOSEF ANTONIO COSTANTINI:TRADUCELAS AL CASTELLANO DON ANTONIO REGUART. TOMO NOVENO. CON LICENCIA, Y PRIVILEGIO
by Constantini, Joseph Antonio
Madrid: En la Imprenta de Blas Román, donde se hallará, 1778. 4" x 6". [6], 448 pp, with the half title. Volume 9 of a 12 volume set. Bound in contemporary vellum [light wear]. Wormed on last 12 leaves [loss of a few letters from each page], else Very Good.
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REPUBLICAN HERALD. VOL. 14. - NO. 49. PROVIDENCE, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4, 1841. WEEKLY
by [Peoples Constitution]
Providence, 1841. Elephant folio sheet folded to 15-1/4" x 21-1/2." [4] pp. Old folds, light foxing. Good+. The "Proposed Constitution," adopted at "the Convention of the People" on 18 November 1841 is printed. It would grant the suffrage to "Every white male" adult. Articles favoring its adoption are printed, along with Rhode Island's 1790 Declaration of Rights. Articles on national and local political affairs, plus numerous advertisements, are also printed. In 1843 Thomas Dorr was arrested at... Read More
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NEW AGE AND CONSTITUTIONAL ADVOCATE. PROVIDENCE, FRIDAY DECEMBER 3, 1841. VOL. 2. NO. 42
by [Peoples Constitution]
Providence, 1841. Elephant folio sheet folded to 16-1/4" x 21." [4] pp. A persistent but light circular spot in the center of each page. Untrimmed, a bit of crimping. Good+. The "Proposed Constitution," adopted at "the Convention of the People" on 18 November 1841 is printed. It would grant the suffrage to "Every white male" adult. Articles favoring is adoption are printed, along with Rhode Island's 1790 Declaration of Rights. The New Age, a rare newspaper, was an... Read More
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IT IS AGREED BETWEEN THE MASTER, SEAMEN, OR MARINERS, OF THE BRIG LADY WASHINGTON OF NEWBURY PORT, SAMUEL KNAPP, MASTER, NOW BOUND FOR THE ISLAND OF MARTINICO & BACK TO THE UNITED STATES.| THAT IN CONSIDERATION OF THE MONTHLY OR OTHER WAGES, AGAINST EACH RESPECTIVE SEAMAN OR MARINER'S NAME HEREUNTO SET, THEY SEVERALLY SHALL AND WILL PERFORM THE ABOVE-MENTIONED VOYAGE; AND THE SAID MASTER DOTH HEREBY AGREE WITH, AND HIRE THE SAID SEAMEN OR MARINERS FOR THE SAID VOYAGE; AT SUCH MONTHLY WAGES OR PRICES, TO BE PAID PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND THE LAWS OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND THE CUSTOM AND USAGE IN THE PORT OF NEWBURY PORT.... MAY 20TH, 1837. SAMUEL KNAPP, MASTER... ROBERT TOWLE, MATE... SETH SOUTHWORTH, SEAMAN... WILLIAM CUNNEN, SEAMAN... JAMES HOOPER, COOK... WE WHO HAVE SUBSCRIBED OUR NAMES IN THIS COLUMN DO PROMISE THAT THE MAN WHO HAS ENGAGED FOR THIS PRESENT VOYAGE AND SIGNED HI NAME IN THE SECOND COLUMN OF THE SAME LINE, SHALL PROCEED ON THE SAID VOYAGE, AGREEABLE TO THE SH
by Mariner Wage Contract
Newburyport: W. & J. Gilman, 1837. Folio broadsheet, 12.5" x 16". Printed using different typesettings, decorative border at head. Completed in manuscript. Old folds [several fold splits, repaired with archival tape, a bit of text affected] , two small holes at fold corners [loss of several words]. The Act printed on the verso is printed in three columns with decorative border at head and foot. Good or so. Samuel Knapp [1796-1858] joined the Marine Society of Newburyport... Read More
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REGULAR DEMOCRATIC ONEIDA COUNTY NOMINEES FOR DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION. GREENE C. BRONSON, SAMUEL BEARDSLEY, HENRY A. FOSTER, HIRAM DENO. ELECTION, TUESDAY, APRIL 28TH, 1846, IN THE SEVERAL ELECTION DISTRICTS, IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE ANNUAL ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER. ADDRESS OF THE DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION
by [New York State Constitutional Convention]
[Utica?, 1846. Elephant folio broadside, 18" x 25-1/2." Old folds with several short splits but no text loss. Matted. Very large and bold type faces. Illustration of Screaming Eagle, with banner "Oneida County." Very Good. The New York Constitution of 1846 put a cap on State spending, in an effort to control the enthusiasms of its legislators. Voters approved the Constitution, but rejected a proposed amendment to repeal the ownership of property as a qualification for black men... Read More
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PROCEEDINGS OF A CONVENTION OF IRON WORKERS, HELD AT ALBANY, N. Y., ON THE 12TH DAY OF DEC., 1849
by Iron Workers' Convention
Albany: Published for the Convention, 1849. 58, [2] pp. Disbound with narrow band of wrapper remnant, else Very Good. A call by industrialists for protection to the Iron Industry, with Erastus Corning and other prominent representatives of the manufacturing interests participating. As the result of the current system's relaxed trade barriers, "the poorest qualities of iron are largely introduced to the great injury of the country, in place of the more useful and better qualities, these being... Read More
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THE ADVISER; OR VERMONT EVANGELICAL MAGAZINE, FOR THE YEAR 1809. VOLUME I.
by [Vermont General Convention]
Middlebury: Published by William G. Hooker, General Agent of the Editors. . . J. B. Huntington, Printer, 1809. Original full sheep [rubbed, hinges starting]. viii, 312 pp, as issued. General title page Address of the Editors, Index precede the twelve monthly issues of Volume I. Rear endpaper loosened, several inconspicuous blindstamps but Very Good. [offered with] THE ADVISER; OR VERMONT EVANGELICAL MAGAZINE. PUBLISHED MONTHLY. FEBRUARY 1810. VOL. II. NO.2. Middlebury: Printed by J. D. Huntington. 1810. Pages [33]-64, as... Read More
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE STATE DISUNION CONVENTION, HELD AT WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, JANUARY 15, 1857. PHONOGRAPHICALLY REPORTED BY J.M.W. PERRINTON
by Worcester Disunion Convention
Boston: Printed for the Committee, 1857. 60, 19, [1 blank] pp. Disbound without wraps, Good+. Organized by Thomas Wentworth Higginson, the Convention was triggered by the constant irritations of the Fugitive Slave Law's enforcement in Massachusetts as well as by the election to the presidency of James Buchanan, a Pennsylvania Democrat dominated by his Party's southerners. Like the Hartford Convention in an earlier generation, the Disunion Convention believed "the existing Union to be a failure, as being... Read More
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THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, CLAIBORNE COUNTY: I, WILLIAM DAVIS, A DEPUTY SURVEYOR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI AFORESAID, DO CERTIFY THAT I HAVE SURVEYED BY THE DIRECTION OF WM. DOTSON, JAMES A. HUTCHINSON, DANICE WILLIS, RAYNARD TURPIN AND ELBERT SHELBY... A MERIDIAN LINE... TO THE SOUTH BOUNDARY OF SECTION NO. 55. IN THE SAME TOWNSHIP REPRESENTED BY A DOUBLE LINE IN THE ABOVE DIAGRAM, AND WHICH IS INTENDED TO REPRESENT THE EAST BOUNDARY OF MRS. HANNAH KENNISON'S DOWER OUT OF LANDS HER LATE HUSBAND ONCE OWNED WHICH SAID DOWER IS BY SAID COMMISSIONERS ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ACRES. 19TH DAY OF MARCH, 1845. | WM. DAVIS, SURVEYOR, H. [On verso: PLAT OF MRS. KENNISON'S DOWER, &C., FEES, SURVEYING & PLAT, $16.00
by [Mississippi Land Conveyance]
Claiborne County, MS, 1845. Folio manuscript broadside, 8" x 13", in a neat, legible hand. With a detailed plat drawing at head. Lightly tanned and worn. Small corner tear costing a couple of letters. A few expert tape repairs to fold splits [no text loss]. Good+. The document shows several tracts along Kennison's Bayou, which is likely what is now known as Kennison Creek, running between Bayou Pierre River and Big Black River. Kennison's Creek was the... Read More
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A COUNTER-ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC, ON THE LATE DISMISSION OF A GENERAL OFFICER. THE THIRD EDITION
by [Conway, General Henry Seymour] [Walpole, Horace]
London: Printed for W. Nicoll, 1764. [47, [1- advt] pp, as issued. Disbound, light dusting, else Very Good. On the dismissal of General Henry Seymour Conway, a distinguished military man and Member of Parliament who had spoken against the Crown's imposition of restrictive measures upon the American Colonies. According to the Dictionary of National Biography, Conway was "dismissed from his offices and employments for opposing George III's arbitrary measures. This pamphlet by Horace Walpole, Conway's close friend and... Read More
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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. OCTOBER TERM, 1875. WILLEM FREDERIK PIEK, ET AL., APPELLANTS. VS. THE CHICAGO AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, GEORGE H. PAUL, ET AL. RESPONDENTS. APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN. B.C. COOK, ATTORNEY
by Cook, B.C.
Chicago, Ill.: Charles E. Southard, 1875. Original printed wrappers, stitched, 34pp. Light wear, Very Good. Signature, 'Edwin H. Abbot,' on front wrap. On the constitutionality of Wisconsin's 'Potter Law,' prescribing maximum freight rates within the State and imposing penalties for evasion of the Act. Cook argues that the Potter Law "would take the property of the railroad without just compensation," in violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
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![DEED NO. 461. WESTERN LAND ASSOCIATION OF MINNESOTA. THIS INDENTURE, MADE THIS SIXTH DAY OF MAY IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD [1881] BETWEEN THE WESTERN LAND ASSOCIATION OF MINNESOTA, A CORPORATION DULY CREATED BY AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, PARTY OF THE FIRST PART, AND WILLIAM G. WILLIS OF SAINT LOUIS COUNTY MINNESOTA, PARTY OF THE SECOND PART. WITNESSETH THAT THE SAID PARTY OF THE FIRST PART, IN CONSIDERATION OF THE SUM OF FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS, TO IT IN HAND PAID BY THE SAID PARTY OF THE SECOND PART. . .DOTH QUITCLAIM UNTO THE SAID PARTY OF THE SECOND PART . . . THE WESTERLY HALF OF LOT 41 ON WEST SUPERIOR STREET DULUTH](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/659/103/1717103659.0.l.jpg)
DEED NO. 461. WESTERN LAND ASSOCIATION OF MINNESOTA. THIS INDENTURE, MADE THIS SIXTH DAY OF MAY IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD [1881] BETWEEN THE WESTERN LAND ASSOCIATION OF MINNESOTA, A CORPORATION DULY CREATED BY AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, PARTY OF THE FIRST PART, AND WILLIAM G. WILLIS OF SAINT LOUIS COUNTY MINNESOTA, PARTY OF THE SECOND PART. WITNESSETH THAT THE SAID PARTY OF THE FIRST PART, IN CONSIDERATION OF THE SUM OF FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS, TO IT IN HAND PAID BY THE SAID PARTY OF THE SECOND PART. . .DOTH QUITCLAIM UNTO THE SAID PARTY OF THE SECOND PART . . . THE WESTERLY HALF OF LOT 41 ON WEST SUPERIOR STREET DULUTH
by [Cooke, Jay] Western Land Association of Minnesota
Printed folio document, 10-1/4" x 15-1/2." Completed in ink manuscript. Signed by the President [S. N. Felton] and Secretary [Chas. Hinchman] of the Western Land Association. Docketed on the verso, with manuscript release of portion of a mortgage from the Association. Usual folds, Very Good plus. A Jay Cooke project to give him access to the lands along a Minnesota Railroad. "One of the projects growing out of Jay Cooke's connection with the Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad... Read More
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REPORT FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR, COMMUNICATING, IN COMPLIANCE WITH A RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE, OF THE 21ST FEBRUARY, 1849, A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL PHILIP ST. GEORGE COOKE, FROM SANTA FE TO SAN DIEGO, &C
by Cooke, Philip St. George
[Washington]: Special Session. SD2, 1849. 85, [3 blanks] pp. Disbound, else Very Good. "This report is the first extended publication of the journal of the officer commanding the Mormon Battalion as it marched from New Mexico to California" [Wagner-Camp]. It is "the first publication of the journal in full" [Cowan]. "Only extracts from it had been included in the 1847 edition of Emory's Reconnaissance" [Howes]. "The commander's own day-by-day narrative of the harrowing winter march of... Read More
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A COMPENDIOUS SYSTEM OF THE BANKRUPT LAWS
by Cooke, William
Dublin: Printed for Messrs. Lynch, Colles..., 1786. Original calf [hinges starting, some rubbing]. Raised spine bands, gilt-lettered red morocco spine label. Pictorial bookplate of Paul Gurley Merrow on front pastedown. viii, [8], iv, 372, [8] ccxxxiii, [23], pp [complete and as issued, except that in our copy the pages numbered i-iv (third count) have been bound out of order within the Index pages]. Some spotting to the early leaves. Good+ [bound with] Cooke, William: ADDENDA TO THE COMPENDIOUS... Read More
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G. & D. COOK & CO.'S ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF CARRIAGES AND SPECIAL BUSINESS ADVERTISER. NEW HAVEN, CONN. 1860
by Cook, G. & D.
New York: Baker & Godwin, 1860. Oblong 8vo, 7" x 9 3/4" in original publisher's cloth. Front cover [detached but present] gilt-decorated and stamped in blind. Two frontis engravings [the Company's building in New Haven, and portraits of the Cooks and General Manager Kimball], with tissue guard. [4], 226pp. Except as noted, Very Good. With full-page woodcuts of carriages numbered in accordance with the Descriptive Price List. The facing page of nearly every woodcut is an attractive, detailed,... Read More
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HON. GEO. W. WOODWARD AND THE GUBERNATORIAL CONTEST IN PENNSYLVANIA. REVIEW OF HIS SPEECH IN INDEPENDENCE SQUARE, PHILADELPHIA, DECEMBER 13, 1860. A TRUE EXPOSITION OF HIS PRINCIPLES AND PURPOSES
by Cook, William A.
[np]: Chronicle Print, 1863. 18pp, stitched. Light dusting and corner wear, printed in double columns. Good+ or so. A Democrat, Woodward was a Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court while running for Governor. He did not wage an active campaign, preferring to remain on the Bench; he lost a close race to incumbent Republican Curtin. It was an important contest: some of the worst fighting of the War had occurred at Gettysburg, and Woodward had a reputation... Read More
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