LETTER ADDRESSED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ON SLAVERY, CONSIDERED IN RELATION TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IN THE UNITED STATES. BY AN AMERICAN CITIZEN
by American Citizen, An [Chickering, Jesse]
Boston: Redding and Company, 1855. [2], 91, [1 blank] pp. Disbound and lightly worn, else Very Good. This printed Letter to Doughface President Franklin Pierce is signed in type at the end, "AMERICAN CITIZEN" and dated Boston, December 1, 1854. Its message doubtless fell on deaf ears. The author, probably Chickering [see Appleton's], argues that Lord Mansfield's 1772 decision in the Sommersett Case, and subsequent legislation and decisions following that groundbreaking precedent, effectively abolished slavery in England and... Read More
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THE OFFICERS OF THE C.S. ARMY & NAVY. PHOTOGRAPHED AND PUBLISHED BY C.F. MAY, 519 8TH AVENUE, NEW YORK
by [Confederate States of America]
New York, 1865. Oblong 7" x 10," on a mount 11" x 13-7/8." Composite albumen photograph of 49 chest-up images. Each Officer is identified with printed key on the mount. Several images, including Robert Lee and Stonewall Jackson are probably from the Mexican War period; they certainly appear younger than in typical photographs from the Civil War. Light fading, the mount has a corner chip and light edge wear. Very Good. The Library of Congress estimates the date... Read More
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ABSTRACT OF JOURNAL OF EXECUTIVE SESSION OF THE CONGRESS, C.S.A. FEBRUARY 27, 1861. THE CONGRESS BEING IN EXECUTIVE SESSION MR. RHETT FROM THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS, MADE THE FOLLOWING REPORT
by [Confederate States of America]
[Montgomery, Alabama, 1861. Autograph document, entirely in ink manuscript, in the hand of Alabama lawyer Alex. B. Clitherall, Assistant to Burton Harrison, Jefferson Davis's private secretary. The document is signed "J.J. Harper, Secretary per Alex B. Clitherall Asst." "Commn to European Powers. For the President," docketed on recto of second leaf, probably by Harrison. Very Good. "The Congress being in Executive Session Mr. Rhett from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, made the following report: "The Committee... Read More
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SWAGGERING FARMERS [and] SUSANNAH DON'T YOU CRY
by Americana
Durham [England]: ca., 1850. Broadside, 25 x 19cm. Decorative border. Very Good or better. Text of two popular verses of the day, the latter in its original version-- reflecting the casual racism of the time-- before Disney et al cleaned it up. The former pokes fun at uppity farmers living beyond their means in a laughable effort to achieve upward mobility. The two printed side by side. OCLC 912810680 [1- Durham U], 21265073 [2- U TX, U Pitt]... Read More
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U.L.A. THE TRUE DESIGNS OF THE CHICAGO CONVENTION. THE CONSPIRACY OF THE REBELS AND THE PEACE DEMOCRACY
by Union League of America
[np, 1864. 16pp, folded, caption title [as issued]. Toned, light spotting, Good+. An attack on the Democratic Party, which has become the party of treason, and its most prominent members. "Look at the record of Pendleton, second on the ticket..." "Look at Vallandigham who dictated the platform...These men only lacked the courage and audacity to nominate Jeff. Davis instead of McClellan." The pamphlet examines the record of treason and collaboration by the Democrats' leading lights. Sabin 12663.... Read More
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FORM OF A COUNCIL
by Union League of America
[Washington?, 1863. 3.5" x 5.5". 20pp. Original plain yellow wrappers [light wear, small number in ink at head of front wrap], stitched. Bit of light spotting. Bottom blank outer corners of text lightly worn. Signed in type on June 12, 1863 in Washington, D.C. by J.M. Edmunds, G.P., and W.R. Irwin G.R.S. Very Good. This scarce pamphlet discloses the inner workings of the Union League of America. It contains details on officers and their stations, emblems and... Read More
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TO THE HONOURABLE THE JUDGES OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF COSHOCTON. YOUR PETITIONER JOHN H. HUTCHINSON RESPECTFULLY REPRESENTS UNTO YOUR HONORS THAT BY BIRTH HE IS A SUBJECT OF HIS MAJESTY GEORGE THE FOURTH KING OF THE UNITED KINGDOMS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, THAT IT IS HIS WISH AT THIS TIME TO BECOME A NATURALIZED CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES, THAT HE WAS RESIDING WITHIN THE LIMITS AND UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES BETWEEN THE FIRST DAY OF AUGUST 1822, AND THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF NOVEMBER 1826, THAT HE HAS RESIDED WITH THE LIMITS OF THIS STATE MORE THAN ONE YEAR PRECEDING THIS APPLICATION. ALSO THAT HE RENOUNCES FOREVER ALL ALLEGIANCE AND FIDELITY TO EVERY FOREIGN PRINCE, POTENTATE, STATE AND SOVEREIGNTY WHATEVER, AND MORE PARTICULARLY ALL ALLEGIANCE TO HIS MAJESTY GEORGE THE FOURTH AFORESAID TO WHOM HE IS NOW A SUBJECT. JOHN H. HUTCHINSON
by [American Citizenship] Hutchinson, John H.
Coshocton, Ohio, 1826. Single leaf, 7-1/4" x 12-1/4." Entirely in manuscript. Folded for docketing: "John H. Hutchinson | Declaration of Intention | to become a Citizen &c. | Filed November 23 1826. Common Please Record No. 31 of November Term 1826 Recorded." Light wear, a few fold splits [repaired with archival tape]. Very Good. The Constitution grants Congress the power to enact uniform laws of naturalization. Hutchinson's application was governed by the Naturalization Act of 1802, which required... Read More
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PRINTED LETTER FROM W. McLAIN, SECRETARY OF THE AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY, COLONIZATION ROOMS, WASHINGTON CITY, NOVEMBER 1, 1848, DISCLOSING "THE PECULIAR CONDITION IN WHICH WE FIND OURSELVES," AND MAKING "AN EARNEST APPEAL TO ALL OUR FRIENDS AND A BENEVOLENT PUBLIC GENERALLY FOR ASSISTANCE.
by [American Colonization Society] McLain, W.
Washington D.C., 1848. Printed broadside document, signed in type by McLain, "In behalf of the Society." A couple of short, blank edge chips. Clean horizontal closed tear expertly repaired without loss. Good+. The Society advocated colonization as the solution to the "problem" of Free Negroes in America. The Society attracted support from numerous slaveholders, who viewed the status of Free Negroes as a threat to the stability of Slave Institutions. Secretary McLain reports on the Society's activities. In... Read More
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THE SPEECH OF MR. AMES, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. . . ON THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1796, IN SUPPORT OF THE FOLLOWING MOTION: RESOLVED, THAT IT IS EXPEDIENT TO PASS THE LAWS NECESSARY TO CARRY INTO EFFECT THE TREATY LATELY CONCLUDED BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE KING OF GREAT-BRITAIN
by Ames, Fisher
Philadelphia: John Fenno, 1796. [4], 59, [1 blank] pp, with the half title [torn at top blank portion]. Stitched, untrimmed, light to moderate foxing. Good+. Congress's most eloquent Federalist and Anglophile advocates adoption of the Jay Treaty with England. His support assured its passage. He warns the opposition "that a government wantonly refusing to fulfill its engagement is the corrupter of its citizens." The French Revolution has destroyed the good judgment of some Americans: "In the spirit... Read More
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AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY: OR, ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1763
by Ames, Nathaniel
Boston: Printed & Sold by J. Draper, in Cornhil..., 1762. 12 leaves, stitched, beginning to loosen. Light wear and soil, toned. Good+. Ames reminds his readers that "in general we know nothing of the Connection of Things, we cannot see the Links of that great Chain which binds with certainty all the events of the wide extended Universe. Indeed the Devil does not know so much of future Events as many expect an Almanack-Maker should foretell." With... Read More
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AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY; OR, ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST 1767
by Ames, Nathaniel
Boston: Printed and Sold by the Printers and Booksellers, 1766. 12 leaves (complete), stitched and untrimmed. Light wear, Very Good. NAIP says "this is undoubtedly the pirated edition," despite the advertisement on the last page warning of "spurious editions." The Almanac celebrates the Stamp Act's repeal with a patriotic preface by Ames, lauding Americans' "exertion of that noble spirit of Freedom, which every thinking honest Man that has ever been galled with the chain of slavery is... Read More
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AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY; OR ALMANACK, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST 1770
by Ames, Nathaniel
Boston: Printed and Sold by the Printers and Booksellers, 1769. 12mo. 12 leaves (complete), tanned, untrimmed, stitched. Some dusting and darkening, Good+. "This is the only known Boston edition of Ames for 1770, and presumably the one advertised in the Boston Evening Post, Dec. 4, 1769..." NAIP. New London, Hartford, Portsmouth, and New Haven printings also issued. It has a Table of roads and distances from Boston, "with the most noted Houses of Entertainment on the Roads."... Read More
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AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY; OR, ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST 1768
by Ames, Nathaniel
Boston: Printed and Sold by the Printers and Booksellers, 1767. 12 leaves (complete), stitched. Light dustsoiling, blank corner wear. Good+. The almanac prints the important pre-Revolutionary Resolutions of the Town of Boston, urging development of domestic industries and discouraging European importations, in view of the "heavy Debt, incurred in the Course of the late War...Moneys that should go in Payment, are now to be taken from us, without our Consent, to support, independent of the People, and... Read More
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AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY; OR, ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST 1767
by Ames, Nathaniel
Boston: Printed and Sold by William M'Alpine, 1766. 16mo. 12 leaves (complete). Loose, light edge wear, toned, Good+. This Almanac celebrates the Stamp Act's repeal with a patriotic preface by Ames, lauding Americans' "exertion of that noble spirit of Freedom, which every thinking honest Man that has ever been galled with the chain of slavery is possessed of-- a spirit which GOD grant no tyrant may ever be able to extinguish amongst us." He encourages Nationalism, so... Read More
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SEDITION AND DEFAMATION DISPLAY'D: IN A LETTER TO THE AUTHOR OF THE CRAFTSMAN
by [Amhurst, Nicholas]
London: Printed for J. Roberts, 1731. [4], viii, 48pp, stitched with the half title. Mild dusting, untrimmed, Very Good. [offered with] A PROPER REPLY TO A LATE SCURRILOUS LIBEL; INTITLED, SEDITION AND DEFAMATION DISPLAY'D. BY CALEB D'ANVERS, OF GRAY'S-INN, ESQ. London: Printed for R. Francklin. 1731. 36pp, stitched. Upper corner area spotted for about half the text, Good+. [offered with] AN ANSWER TO ONE PART OF A LATE INFAMOUS LIBEL, INTITLED, REMARKS ON THE CRAFTSMAN'S VINDICATION OF... Read More
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ANDERSON IMPROVED: BEING AN ALMANACK, AND EPHEMERIS, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1774
by Anderson, John
Newport, Rhode-Island: Printed by Solomon Southwick..., 1773. 12mo. (32) pp. Illustrated with woodcut of an astronomer with telescope, on front wrapper, and woodcut of the anatomy of the human body, p. (8). Some extremity wear, without loss. Very Good. With "A Table to bring Old Tenor into Lawful Money"; information on courts in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Connecticut; "A Receipt for the Pleurisy" and one "to cure the Want of Appetite"; tables of roads from Rhode... Read More
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BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF ANDERSONVILLE PRISON FROM THE SOUTH-EAST
by [Andersonville Prison] Morton Jr., Joseph W.
Philadelphia: Keystone Publishing Company, 1890. Detailed elephant folio chromolithograph, oblong 26" x 20." "Copyright 1890 Keystone Pub. Co. Phila." printed at lower left; "Sparks From the Camp Fire" printed at lower right. Closed tear at top margin [slightly into image] and a short closed tear, both expertly repaired on verso with archival tape. Minor blank edge chip. Brilliantly colored. Very Good copy of a scarce Civil War prison broadside. "Print showing Andersonville Prison, with the vast prison... Read More
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DEDICATION OF THE MONUMENT AT ANDERSONVILLE, GEORGIA OCTOBER 23 1907 IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF CONNECTICUT WHO SUFFERED IN SOUTHERN MILITARY PRISONS. 1861 - 1865
by [Andersonville]
Hartford: Publsihed by the the State, 1908. Large 8vo in original blue publisher's cloth, with gilt-titled and decorated cover. [8], 73, [1 blank] pp. Two frontis photo illustrations. Inner hinges a bit weakened. Very Good.
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HISTORY OF THE WAR WITH AMERICA, FRANCE, SPAIN, AND HOLLAND; COMMENCING IN 1775 AND ENDING IN 1783. IN FOUR VOLUMES WITH PORTRAITS, MAPS AND CHARTS
by Andrews, John
London: Published by His Majesty's Royal Licence and Authority. For John Fielding, Pater Noster Row; and John Jarvis in the Strand., 1786. Four volumes: [2], ii, [3]-448 pp, plus six portrait plates [including frontis plate of George III]; [2], 449 pp, plus two folding maps and four portrait plates; [2], 445 pp, plus three portrait plates and one folding map; [2], 416, [59 - Index], [1blank], [v]-xiv [List of Subscribers] pp, plus three folding maps, one full-page map, and... Read More
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FULL REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF SAMUEL M. ANDREWS, FOR THE MURDER OF CORNELIUS HOLMES
by [Andrews, Samuel M.]
Plymouth: Memorial and Rock Press, 1868. 52pp. Stitched in original printed wrappers, with wrapper title, as issued. Near Fine. The case resonates among today's hot-button political-social issues. "The oldest plea of homosexual panic in America seems to have been made in Massachusetts in 1868. Accused of killing a longtime friend, a young man named Samuel M. Andrews claimed that he had been driven into 'transitory insanity' when the friend pushed him down, tore open his pantaloons, and... Read More
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FOUR SEPARATE IMPRINTS, BOUND TOGETHER, RELATING TO THE TRIAL OF CHARLES ANGUS ON AN INDICTMENT FOR THE WILFUL MURDER OF MARGARET BURNS
by [Angus, Charles]
Liverpool, 1809. Four imprints in contemporary binding [hinges cracked, extremities rubbed]. Light to moderate foxing throughout. Good+. 1. THE TRIAL OF CHARLES ANGUS, ESQ. ON AN INDICTMENT FOR THE WILFUL MURDER OF MARGARET BURNS, AT THE ASSIZES HELD AT LANCASTER, ON FRIDAY, 2D SEPT. 1808, BEFORE THE HON. SIR. ALAN CHAMBRE, ONE OF THE JUSTICES OF HIS MAJESTY'S COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. TAKEN IN SHORT HAND BY WILLIAM JONES, JUN. Liverpool: Printed by William Jones. . . [1808].... Read More
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VILLAGE ANNALS, CONTAINING AUSTERUS AND HUMANUS. A SYMPATHETIC TALE. EMBELLISHED WITH FINE ENGRAVINGS
by [Anonymous]
Philadelphia, PA: Published by Johnson & Warner, No. 147, Market Street; Griggs & Dickinsons, Printers, 1814. 12mo. 35pp, woodcut frontispiece illustration, 6 full page woodcut illustrations. Bound in stiff plain yellow wrappers [lightly toned], stitched. First and last leaves pasted down to wrappers. Stitched, spine worn. Uniform tanning, light scattered foxing. Good+ to Very Good. Rosenbach 514.
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NARRATIVE AND DOCUMENTS CONNECTED WITH THE DISPLACEMENT OF THE PROFESSOR OF THE GREEK LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, APRIL 2D, 1851: BY... A.M.
by Anthon, George C.
New York: J.R. Winser, 1851. Original printed wrappers, Disbound. Clipped presentation inscription to Hon. William Kent. Very Good. Anthon's vindication of his conduct, written after the University dismissed him as Professor, claiming that he was shunned as an outsider [a Columbia man] who insisted on higher standards than those prevailing at the City University. Anthon came from a family of classical scholars, some of whom are written up in DAB. FIRST EDITION. Sabin 1672a. 17 NUC 0343204 [9]. Not... Read More
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![MEMORIAL. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. TO THE HONORABLE THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT ASSEMBLED. THE UNDERSIGNED, CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF [blank] RESPECTFULLY REPRESENT- THAT AT THE TWO FORMER SESSIONS OF THE LEGISLATURE, MEMORIALS, SIGNED BY MANY THOUSANDS OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMONWEALTH, WERE PRESENTED, PRAYING FOR A REPEAL OF THE CHARTER OF THE GRAND LODGE..](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/616/892/56892616.0.l.1.jpg)
MEMORIAL. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. TO THE HONORABLE THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT ASSEMBLED. THE UNDERSIGNED, CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF [blank] RESPECTFULLY REPRESENT- THAT AT THE TWO FORMER SESSIONS OF THE LEGISLATURE, MEMORIALS, SIGNED BY MANY THOUSANDS OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMONWEALTH, WERE PRESENTED, PRAYING FOR A REPEAL OF THE CHARTER OF THE GRAND LODGE..
by Anti-Masonry
[Boston?, 1830. Broadside, 7 3/4 x 13". Some old folds, lightly foxed upper and lower margins, Very Good. A rare broadside illustrating the anti-Masonic fervor of the times. Many prominent Americans opposed organizations whose secret rituals and oaths suggested fealty to a higher authority than the United States. Fueled by the alleged Morgan murder, the movement took on a special vitality in Massachusetts with efforts to make Freemasonry a central political issue. John Quincy Adams was one... Read More
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FREE DEMOCRATIC TICKET. FREE SOIL, FREE SPEECH, FREE LABOR, FREE MEN! HALE AND JULIAN. FOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT & VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
by [Antislavery Democrats in 1852]
[Boston, 1852. Broadside, 5-3/4" x 9-1/2." Some spotting at right lower half, mostly in the blank margin; torn at blank lower corner. Text complete. Iconic Screaming Eagle, holding olive branch and arrows in its talons, and carrying "E Pluribus Unum" banner, within the title. Good+. John Hale of New Hampshire was a longtime antislavery man. He won the presidential nomination of the short-lived Independent Democrats in 1852. George Julian of Indiana was his running mate. They would soon... Read More
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