QUESTIONS PROPOUNDED TO THE CANDIDATES FOR SPEAKER, AND THEIR RESPONSES. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1856
by [Banks, Nathaniel]
[Washington, D.C.: Republican Association; Buell & Blanchard, Printers, 1856. 8pp. Caption title [as issued], printed in double columns. Folded [split along spine fold], untrimmed [light edgewear], partly uncut. Light toning. Good+. The contest for Speaker of the House at the opening of the Thirty-Fourth Congress illustrated the deeply divisive issue of slavery in the Territories acquired from Mexico. Representatives made the issue a litmus test for the candidates. Nathaniel Banks of Massachusetts was the candidate of Republicans,... Read More
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MINUTES OF THE SIXTH ANNUAL SESSION OF THE SHELBY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION, HELD AT ENON CHURCH, BIBB COUNTY, ALA. FROM THE 10TH TO THE 13TH OCT., 1857
by [Alabama Baptists]
Centreville, Alabama: Central Enquirer Job Printing Office, 1857. Original printed yellow wrappers, stitched. 10, [2] pp. Lightly foxed, old Historical Society rubberstamp and withdrawal. Very Good. Centreville, the Bibb County seat, is a little town in south central Alabama. This rare imprint records the Constitution of the Shelby Association of Baptist Churches; Minutes of proceedings and doings of the named participants; and a Statistical Table at the end. Not in Ellison. OCLC 641884320 [1- AAS] [as of... Read More
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MINUTES OF THE PHILADELPHIA BAPTIST ASSOCIATION, HELD AT PHILADELPHIA, OCTOBER 2, 3, 4, & 5, 1792
by [Baptists]
[Philadelphia, 1792. 8pp, caption title [as issued]. Small 4to. Disbound with some loosening, untrimmed, light scattered foxing. Good+. The Minutes report names of Ministers and Messengers, churches, baptisms and excommunications, minutes, and the Circular Letter on " the ASSURANCE OF GRACE AND SALVATION." Signed in type at the end by Isaac Skillman as Moderator and Burgiss Allison, Clerk. Evans 24685.
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THE HISTORY OF MY OWN TIMES. BY THE REV. DANIEL BARBER, A. M. FORMERLY A PROTESTANT MINISTER IN CLAREMONT, NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND AUTHOR OF A PUBLICATION UNDER THE TITLE OF "CATHOLIC WORSHIP AND PIETY EXPLAINED AND RECOMMENDED.
by Barber, Daniel
Washington City: Printed for the Author, by S. C. Ustick, 1827. 48pp in contemporary plain wrappers. Stitching absent, unbound. Faint rubberstamp on title page, gum label at lower spine. Good plus. This is the first part of what became a three-part book. Each is a separate imprint. Parts II and III were printed in 1828 and 1832. Part II, like the first Part, was printed by Ustick in Washington. Part III was printed in Frederick Maryland by... Read More
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AN APOLOGY FOR THE TRUE CHRISTIAN DIVINITY: BEING AN EXPLANATION AND VINDICATION OF THE PRINCIPLES AND DOCTRINES OF THE PEOPLE CALLED QUAKERS
by Barclay, Robert
Philadelphia: Joseph James, 1789. Original full leather, with gilt-lettered spine lettering on red leather label. [16], 3-574, [14] pp. Widely scattered foxing, binding a bit rubbed. Very Good. Evans 21668.
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SALT. TO THE EDITORS OF THE NEW YORK WORLD
by [Barker, J.W.]
[Syracuse?, 1871. 7pp. Original printed wrappers [lightly dustsoiled and worn]. Caption title [as issued]. Stitched. Light tan and scattered foxing. Good+ or so. A representative of the Salt Company of Onandaga, the "Great Salt Monopoly" of which Barker was Secretary, demands a fair hearing, angrily protesting "when you hold us up to public odium as a monopoly." The Company admits to economies of scale, attempts to expand its market, stabilize prices, and "carry the salt as near... Read More
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DOCTOR WATTS'S IMITATION OF THE PSALMS OF DAVID, CORRECTED AND ENLARGED. BY...TO WHICH IS ADDED A COLLECTION OF HYMNS; THE WHOLE APPLIED TO THE STATE OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN GENERAL
by Barlow, Joel
Hartford: Barlow and Babcock, 1785. 12mo. 300, [15], 302-348 pp [as issued]. Leaf 177-178, as the references note, is a cancel, with stanza 4 on page 177 reading, 'least you fall.' The 'S' on page 178 is inverted. Contemporary sheep, rubbed, front cover detached but present, title leaf chipped at blank outer margin. Scattered fox and light wear, Good. The first edition under this title. BAL 860, 20543. Evans 18931. Trumbull 1581. ESTC W30908.
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DOCTOR WATTS'S IMITATION OF THE PSALMS OF DAVID, CORRECTED AND ENLARGED. TO WHICH IS ADDED A COLLECTION OF HYMNS; THE WHOLE APPLIED TO THE STATE OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN GENERAL
by Barlow, Joel
Hartford: Barlow and Babcock, 1785. pp 300, [10 index] [bound with] Watts, I[saac]: HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS, IN THREE BOOKS. Boston: 1787 252, xi pp Expertly repaired closed tear to title and another leaf [no loss] Contemporary full leather [wooden boards exposed, hinges weak] Scattered foxing Good+ The first item, recorded at Evans 18931, lacks the four-page Table that follows the Index. NUC records three locations for the two works collated together, as here, as well... Read More
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AN OFFICE TO BE USED AT THE MEETINGS OF THE BROTHERHOOD OF S. BARNABAS
by Brotherhood of St. Barnabas
Troy, 1856. 3 3/4" x 5 1/2". 19, [1 blank] pp. Stitched, original printed green wrappers. Light wear, Very Good. This obscure Troy organization, an offshoot of the Protestant Episcopal Church, was formed in 1852. Its Constitution from that date is listed on OCLC, but this pamphlet is evidently unrecorded. The wrapper title reads, 'Liturgy of the Brotherhood of S. Barnabas.' Not located on OCLC, or in Sabin.
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IN THE MATTER OF THE SURVEY OF WOLF LAKE AND LAKE GEORGE IN LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA, NOW PENDING ON APPEAL TO THE HONORABLE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. ARGUMENT FOR APPELLANT. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, GENERAL LAND OFFICE
by [Barnard, Job]
Washington, D.C.: Printed and Bound at the National Republican Printing House, 1876. Original printed wrappers with wrapper title and caption title [as issued]. Stitched, 17pp. Folding map sketch of the area in question. Wrappers moderately worn, Good+. After his War service in the Union army, Barnard settled down to a legal career in Crown Point, Indiana. He took on this case after he moved himself and his practice to Washington. His Brief in this case provides a history of... Read More
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CHRISTIAN CHURCHES FORM'D AND FURNISH'D BY CHRIST. A SERMON PREACH'D AT THE GATHERING OF A CHURCH, AND THE ORDINATION OF THE REVEREND MR. TIMOTHY WALKER TO THE PASTORAL OFFICE, AT THE NEW PLANTATION CALLED PENNICOOK. NOV. 18TH 1730. BY JOHN BARNARD, M.A. PASTOR OF A CHURCH IN ANDOVER. TO WHICH ARE ANNEXED, THE CHARGE, AND THE RIGHT HAND OF FELLOWSHIP, USED ON THAT OCCASION. NOW MADE PUBLICK AT THE DESIRE OF SEVERAL WHO WERE PRESENT AT THAT SOLEMNITY
by Barnard, John
Boston in New-England: Printed by B. Green, for John Phillips, 1731. [4], 42 pp, with the half title but lacking the final blank. Disbound, light rubberstamp at upper blank portion of half title. Scattered foxing. Good+. Pennicook [also 'Pennycook'] is now the Concord, New Hampshire area. A scarce, early American imprint. Evans 3390. ESTC W30340 [8 institutional locations as of May 2018].
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THE TRUE DIVINITY OF JESUS CHRIST; EVIDENCED IN A DISCOURSE AT THE PUBLIC LECTURE IN BOSTON, THE DAY AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT, JULY 16, 1761. AND PUBLISHED AT THE DESIRE OF THE HEARERS
by Barnard, John
Boston: N.E.: Edes and Gill, 1761. 38, [2 blanks] pp, with the half title. Disbound, minor foxing, Very Good. A Harvard graduate and Congregational Minister in Marblehead for over fifty years, Barnard was, according to Charles Chauncy, "equalled by few in regard either of readiness of invention, liveliness of imagination, or strength and clearness of reasoning" [DAB]. His early work, Ashton's Memorial, was "a worthy and early American addition to the literature of castaways" [II Streeter Sale 671].... Read More
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THE LORD JESUS CHRIST THE ONLY, AND SUPREAM HEAD OF THE CHURCH. A SERMON, DELIVERED, IN PUBLICK, TO THE ASSEMBLY OF MINISTERS, AT THEIR ANNIVERSARY CONVENTION, IN BOSTON; WHICH WAS FOLLOWED WITH A COLLECTION FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL. JUNE 1. 1738
by Barnard, John
Boston: S. Kneeland and T. Green, 1738. [4], 34, [2 blanks] pp, with the half title [chipped at blank lower margin]. Disbound, scattered foxing and light wear, Good+. A Harvard graduate and Congregational Minister in Marblehead for over fifty years, Barnard was, according to Charles Chauncy, "equalled by few in regard either of readiness of invention, liveliness of imagination, or strength and clearness of reasoning" [so quoted in DAB]. His early work, 'Ashton's Memorial', was "a worthy and... Read More
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THE PRESENCE OF THE GREAT GOD IN THE ASSEMBLY OF POLITICAL RULERS. A SERMON PREACHED BEFORE HIS EXCELLENCY WILLIAM SHIRLEY, ESQ.; GOVERNOUR; THE HONOURABLE HIS MAJESTY'S COUNCIL; AND THE HONOURABLE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PROVINCE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS-BAY IN NEW-ENGLAND, MAY 28TH. 1746. BEING THE DAY FOR THE ELECTION OF HIS MAJESTY'S COUNCIL FOR THE SAID PROVINCE. BY...PASTOR OF A CHURCH IN ANDOVER
by Barnard, John
Boston in New-England: Printed by John Draper, printer to His Excellency the governour and Council, for Daniel Gookin, over against the Old-South Meeting-House., 1746. 30pp, but lacking the half title and final blank. Attractive ornamentation. Disbound with some loosening. Good plus. "For one Person alone to have the Government of a People in his Hands, would be too great a Temptation. It tends to excite and draw forth the Pride of Man, to make him unsufferably haughty;... Read More
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A DISCOURSE, DELIVERED BEFORE THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, AT THE SEMIANNUAL MEETING, JUNE 10, 1794
by Barnard, Thomas
Boston: Printed at the Apollo Press, 1794. 25, [1 blank] pp, with the half title. Stitched and disbound. Scattered foxing. Good+. "The appendix, p. 18-25, is devoted to membership and other matters relative to the Society" [ESTC]. The Society promotes the "important interest of the civil community" by saving lives. "Population is of more importance to states, than silver and gold, or the most precious stones." Evans 26620. ESTC W20163. Not in Austin.
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A SERMON PREACHED AT THE ORDINATION OF THE REV. WILLIAM WHITWELL, TO THE JOINT PASTORAL CARE OF THE FIRST CHURCH AND CONGREGATION IN MARBLEHEAD, WITH THE REV. JOHN BARNARD, AUGUST 25. 1762
by Barnard, Thomas
Boston: J. Draper, 1762. (4), 51, (1 blank) pp, with the half title (presentation inscription from Barnard). Bound in modern quarter morocco and marbled boards [some wear]. Text with a few fox spots, Very Good. Reverend John Barnard gave the Charge, "preceded by an introductory Discourse in Defence of the ecclesiastical Establishment of these Churches, and followed by an historical Account of the First Church in Marblehead." Reverend Simon Bradstreet of Marblehead gave the Right Hand of... Read More
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THE DIVINE GOVERNMENT. A SERMON, FOR THE DAY OF THANKSGIVING, HUMILIATION & PRAYER, APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR OF SOUTH-CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 21, 1851, BY REV. W.H. BARNWELL, RECTOR OF ST. PETER'S CHURCH, CHARLESTON
by Barnwell, W[illiam] H.
Charleston: Printed by Edward C. Councell, 119 East-Bay, 1851. 23, [1 blank] pp [lightly foxed]. Original printed wrappers [foxed with some wear, spine eroded], stitched. Manuscript presentation at head of front wrap: 'Wm. Barnwell Esq. with kind regards of Barnwell.' Good+. Barnwell dedicates his scarce sermon to Robert Barnwell Rhett, the enthusiastic South Carolina secessionist and southern nationalist. Advancing Calhoun's theory of the concurrent majority and troubled by the South's diminishing influence, Barnwell discourses on the tyrannical... Read More
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A CAUTION AGAINST HUMAN DEPENDENCE. A SERMON, DELIVERED IN ST. PETER'S CHURCH, CHARLESTON, ON SUNDAY, THE 7TH OF APRIL, 1850. BY. . . RECTOR OF ST. PETERS. ON THE OCCASION OF THE DEATH OF THE HON. JOHN C. CALHOUN
by Barnwell, Wm. H.
Charleston: Edward C. Councell, 1850. 23, [1 blank] pp. Stitched in original printed green wrappers. Light foxing, front wrapper chipped at blank upper margin. A couple of institutional rubberstamps and a gum label. Good+. Mourning the loss of the "great statesman," Barnwell says Calhoun was "struck down in his sphere of high and responsible duty, just at the time when his services were most needed," during the "crisis in our national affairs." He watched over South Carolina's... Read More
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VIEWS UPON THE PRESENT CRISIS. A DISCOURSE, DELIVERED IN ST. PETER'S CHUCH, CHARLESTON, ON THE 6TH OF DECEMBER, 1850, THE DAY OF FASTING, HUMILIATION, AND PRAYER, APPOINTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF SOUTH-CAROLINA. BY WM. H. BARNWELL, RECTOR OF SAID CHURCPUBLISHED BY REQUEST
by Barnwell, Wm. H.
Charleston: Letter-Press of E.C. Councell, 119 East Bay, 1850. 16pp, disbound. Light foxing starting at edges, else clean. Very Good. Dedicating his Discourse to Governor Seabrook of South Carolina, Reverend Barnwell denounces the Compromise of 1850, champions South Carolina's secessionist cause, and gives free rein to his fire-eating Southern nationalism. He warns of the "covert, but decided menace on the part of those in authority, to prohibit, by force, the exercise of her unquestionable right, to resume... Read More
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A CAUTION AGAINST HUMAN DEPENDENCE. A SERMON, DELIVERED IN ST. PETER'S CHURCH, CHARLESTON, ON SUNDAY, THE 7TH OF APRIL, 1850. BY...RECTOR OF ST. PETERS. ON THE OCCASION OF THE DEATH OF THE HON. JOHN C. CALHOUN
by Barnwell, Wm. H.
Charleston: Edward C. Councell, 1850. 23, [1 blank] pp. Stitched in original printed pale blue wrappers. Light foxing, Very Good. Inscribed by Barnwell on the front wrapper to Captain John Fripp. Elegant signatures on the plain rear wrapper of 'T.J. Capen Beaufort S.C.' Mourning the loss of the "great statesman," Barnwell says Calhoun was "struck down in his sphere of high and responsible duty, just at the time when his services were most needed," during the "crisis... Read More
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BARRETT'S AUTHENTIC EDITION. LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, (OF ILLINOIS.) WITH A CONDENSED VIEW OF HIS MOST IMPORTANT SPEECHES; ALSO A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF HANNIBAL HAMLIN (OF MAINE)
by Barrett, J.H.
Cincinnati: Moore, Wilstach, Keys & Co. 25 West Fourth Street., 1860. Original cloth [rubbed at extremities, spine lettering dulled]. Port. frontis of a clean-shaven Lincoln, 'Middleton, Strobridge & Co.' in small lettering. Port. of Hamlin after page 194. 216 pp. Foxed, lacks endpapers, some doodling on blanks. Good+. "Barrett had been a delegate to the Chicago convention, and seems to have been closely associated with Lincoln for several days after its adjournment. Years later he wrote: 'He... Read More
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE GENERAL COURT MARTIAL CONVENED FOR THE TRIAL OF COMMODORE JAMES BARRON, CAPTAIN CHARLES GORDON, MR. WILLIAM HOOK, AND CAPTAIN JOHN HALL, OF THE UNITED STATES' SHIP CHESAPEAKE, IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY, 1808
by [Barron, James]
[Washington]: Printed by Jacob Gideon, Junior, 1822. 496pp. Disbound and mildly toned. Old rubberstamp and light blindstamp on title page. Good+. "James Barron (1769-1851) was court-martialed for his role as commander of the ill-fated American frigate Chesapeake which Barron had surrendered to the British warship Leopard in an encounter on June 22,1807. The Leopard had attacked the Chesapeake and badly damaged it after Barron refused to permit the British to board it and seize alleged deserters from two... Read More
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PROCEEDINGS OF A COURT OF ENQUIRY, HELD AT THE NAVY YARD, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, UPON CAPTAIN JAMES BARRON OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY, IN MAY, 1821
by [Barron, James]
Washington City: Printed by Jacob Gideon, Junior, 1822. 111, [1 blank] pp. Disbound with light scattered foxing. Good+ or so. "James Barron (1769-1851) was court-martialed for his role as commander of the ill-fated American frigate Chesapeake which Barron had surrendered to the British warship Leopard in an encounter on June 22,1807. The Leopard had attacked the Chesapeake and badly damaged it after Barron refused to permit the British to board it and seize alleged deserters from two other... Read More
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A DESCRIPTION OF PITCAIRN'S ISLAND AND ITS INHABITANTS. WITH AN AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT OF THE MUTINY OF THE SHIP BOUNTY, AND OF THE SUBSEQUENT FORTUNES OF THE MUTINEERS. [At head of title: HARPER'S STEREOTYPE EDITION; on front board: HARPER'S FAMILY LIBRARY. NO. XXXI.]
by Barrow, Sir John
New-York: J. & J. Harper, 1832. xii, [13]-303pp, 2 illustration plates. Original brown cloth boards with black print [rubbed, joints split but holding, some spine lettering rubbed]. Text block partly loosened, light scattered foxing. Signature at head of front board reads, "Wash. Hood| Lieut. U.S. Army." Good+. The first American printing of this well-known story. Washington Hood [1808-1840], to whom this book once belonged, was a topographical engineer for the U.S. Army. He became a cadet at... Read More
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HISTOIRE DE LA FONDATION DES COLONIES DES ANCIENNES REPUBLIQUES, ADAPTEE A LA DISPUTE PRESENTE DE LA GRANDE BRETAGNE AVEC SES COLONIES AMERICAINES. TRADUITE DE L'ANGLAIS
by [Barron, William]
Utrecht, 1778. Contemporary boards, rebacked in morocco, with morocco spine label. [4], 247, [1 errata] pp, with the half title. Text clean and Very Good. Stevens explains, "The point labored at was to show that Great Britain was fully justified by the precedents of antiquity in her attempt to tax the American Colonies." Stevens says the piece "was published under the patronage of the Court and Ministry." This, the second edition, is the first French translation of... Read More
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