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Bishop, A. W. LOYALTY ON THE FRONTIER; OR, SKETCHES OF UNION MEN OF THE SOUTH-WEST; WITH INCIDENTS AND ADVENTURES IN REBELLION ON THE BORDER.
St. Louis 1863 First edition 228pp. Modern cloth binding . Inscribed presentation copy from the author on front flyleaf. Not in Coulter. Bishop was a colonel in the first Arkansas Cavalry Volunteers. Dornbusch vol. 2:90. Howes B474. Rare first hand account of the war in the southwest...
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Bryan, Francis T. [REPORT CONCERNING THE OPERATIONS OF A PARTY ASSIGNED TO EXPLORE THE ROUTE FROM FORT RILEY TO BRIDGER PASS.].
Wash. HD2pt.2 1857 Appendix H of the report of the Secretary of War contained in: Message of the President...Vol. 2,pp.455-520. Cloth. First edition. Wagner-Camp-Becker 286: "This exploration occurred in the summer of 2856. Accompanying Bryan and reporting with him were John Lambert, topographer, Henry Engelmann, geologist, and Dr. B. F. Shuman, paleontologist..." Not in Howes or Graff.
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Buck, Solon J. THE GRANGER MOVEMENT: A STUDY OF AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION AND ITS POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL MANIFESTATIONS, 1870-1880.
Cambridge 1913 382pp. Original cloth. (small emb. lib. stamp, book plate removed). First edition. Harvard Historical Studies 19. Howes B916.
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Bunn, Matthew. JOURNAL OF THE ADVENTURES OF...
Chicago 1962 (3),24pp. Original printed wrappers. A facsimile of the copy in the Everett D. Graff Collection at the Newberry Library. Howes B952, Providence 1796. Foreword by Colton Storm. One of 2000 copies.
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Green, Thomas M. SPANISH CONSPIRACY...CONTAINING PROOFS OF THE INTRIGUES OF JAMES WILKINSON...
Cinci. 1891 406,(2)pp. Original cloth. First edition. Howes G374. Tompkins 48. One of the great rarities and most important works on the Burr-Wilkinson conspiracy. Raines p.99: "The spanish policy was to separate the western states from the Union. Larned 1784: "This work deals with an important but keenly contoversial subject in an acutely controversial spirit. Family feeling in Kentucky has entered deeply into the matter, and the author may be said to hold the brief of one side of the quarrel. This book is a reply to John Mason Brown's 'The Political Beginnings of Kentucky,' and will be valuable to the student of the general subject." Jillson, Rare Kentucky Books p.159: "Scarce. An attempt to suppress the book has been made by friends of those Green attacked. It is a difficult work to obtain, or to keep, on an open shelf."
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Davis, George. RECOLLECTIONS OF A SEA WANDERER'S LIFE: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN OLD TIME SEAMAN WHO HAS SAILED IN...NEARLY EVERY QUARTER OF THE GLOBE...
N.Y. 1887 [8],408pp. Illus. Original pictorial cloth, lightly fading to top of spine. First edition. Howes D111. Cowan p.158. Material on whaling, and a long chapter on California. A scarce and important work. presentation copy signed by Davis
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McIlhany, Edward W. RECOLLECTIONS OF A '49ER. A QUAINT AND THRILLING NARRATIVE OF A TRIP ACROSS THE PLAINS, AND LIFE IN THE CALIFORNIA GOLD FIELDS.
Kansas City, Mo 1908 First edition Kansas City, Mo., 1908. 212pp. Illus. Original gold stamped pictorial small 8vo cloth Howes M111. Cowan p.407. Hubach p.109. Morgan (Pritchard. 186). Wheat, Gold Rush 133.Graff 2614: "McIhany was a member of the Charlestown Company."
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Langevin, Hector L. ESSAI COURRONNE: LE CANADA SES INSTITUTIONS, RESSOURCES, PRODUITS, MANUFACTURES...
Quebec 1855 166,[3]pp. Original printed front wrapper. First edition. TPL 5673: "This essay was awarded an extra prize by the Canadian Paris Exhibition committee in 1855." Small library stamps.
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Sifferath, Rev. N. L. A SHORT COMPENDIUM OF THE CATECHISM FOR THE INDIANS, WITH THE APPROBATION OF THE RT. REV. FREDERIC BARAGA, BISHOP SAUT SAINTE MARIE, 1864.
Buffalo 1869 First edition 62,[2]pp. Original plain 16 mo wrappers, in quarter morocco slipcase. Sabin 80996. Pilling Algonquin p.462. Sifferath was a missionary of the Ottawa and Otchipwe Indians.
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Simpson, Sir George. LONDON CORRESPONDENCE INWARD FROM...1841-1842.
London, 1973. [58],212,[17]pp. Illus., folded map,plates. Original cloth, d.j. First edition. Hudson's Bay Record Soc. Vol. 29. One of a limited edition.
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Fisher, J. R. CAMPING IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. TWO LECTURES DELIVERED BY...
N.Y. 1880 112pp. Original gold stamped 16 mo cloth, covers lightly stained. First edition. An excessively rare little travel account of camping out in Colorado. Not in Howes, Graff, Eberstadt, Decker, Reese: Train to Plane, Soliday, Wynar, Streeter Sale, auction records, etc. Elaborate description of Colorado and Denver in particular. Also, available a copy in original gold stamped stiff 16mo wrappers.
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Comettant, Jean P. Oscar. LE NOUVEAU MONDE, SCENES DE LA VIE AMERICAINE.
Paris 1861 First edition [16],375pp. Contemporary 12 mo leather with raised bands and gold stampingMonaghan 464. Howes C642. Contains some material on the Shakers and travel in the South.
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Parrish, T. Michael and Robert M. Willingham, Jr. CONFEDERATE IMPRINTS: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SOUTHERN PUBLICATIONS FROM SECESSION TO SURRENDER.
Austin, Tx. and Katonah, N.Y. 1987 1133pp. Illus. Original cloth, d.j. The first definitive bibliography of Confederate imprints, this massive reference work will prove indispensable to all scholars, libraries, collectors and booksellers interested in the Civil War era. This work expands and revises the earlier works of Marjorie Crandall and Richard Harwell.
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Cross, Osborn. A REPORT, IN THE FORM OF A JOURNAL, TO THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL, OF THE MARCH OF THE REGIMENT OF MOUNTED RIFLEMEN TO OREGON, FROM MAY 10 TO OCTOBER 5, 1849...
Wash. HR1, part II 1850 Pp.127-244. dbd. Folding tables (only) Graff 4415. Howes C923. Sabin 17660. Wagner-Camp-Becker 181:3: "Major Cross's report presents a detailed description of the emigrant trail to Oregon. The troops thus moved to the new military posts on the Pacific Ocean..." The House issue of this report does not contain the maps, or plates.
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Curtiss, Daniel S. WESTERN PORTRAITURE AND EMIGRANT'S GUIDE: A DESCRIPTION OF WISCONSIN, ILLINOIS AND IOWA; WITH REMARKS ON MINNESOTA AND OTHER TERRITORIES.
N.Y. 1852 First edition 351,18pp. Illus., folded map in very god condition. Original cloth,spine and joints mended. Howes C967. Pp.306-342 contain Thompson's "Letters from the West"--"Of first class and unusual value."-Buck p.12. An important Midwest guide. Based in part on personal observation, this is one of the best descriptive books of the period.
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Holabird, Lt. Col. Samuel B. LETTER OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR COMMUNICATING ...A COPY OF THE REPORT OF LT. COL. SAMUEL B. HOLABIRD, OF A RECONNOISSANCE MADE BY HIM IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DAKOTA, IN 1869.
Wash. SD8 1870 32pp. dbd. First edition. Howes H575. Much on the forts and Indians of the Dakotas.
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Delano, C. LETTER OF...COMMUNICATING...THE REPORTS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF TRUSTEES OF COLORED SCHOOLS OF WASHINGTON AND GEORGETOWN.
Wash. SD20 1871 36pp. dbd. First edition.
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Breese, Mr. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES...REPORT... "TO AUTHORIZE THE DRAINAGE OF THE EVERGLADES, IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, BY SAID STATE...
Wash., SRC242,1848. 133pp. dbd. First edition. Contains 27 reports by Jesup, Smith, Gadsden, William, Westcott, McLaughlin, Young, etc.
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Hermann, Binger. THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE AND OUT TITLE WEST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS WITH A REVIEW OF ANNEXATION BY THE UNITED STATES.
Wash. HD708 1900 87pp. Illus., plates, 4 folding maps. Original gold stamped small quarto cloth, light stain to frove cover. First edition.
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Price, Edward A. JACOB ALRICKS AND HIS NEPHEW PETER ALRICKS.
Wilmington 1898 First edition 60pp. Original cloth. "Compliments of the author..." Papers of the Historical Society of Delaware 22.
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Johnson, Andrew. RIGHTS OF AMERICAN CITIZENS: MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES...RELATIVE TO TRIAL AND CONVICTION OF AMERICAN CITIZENS IN ENGLAND FOR FENIANISM.
Wash. HED 157 1868 363,595,2pp. New cloth with leather label. Includes part 2 and 3: Trial and Conviction of American Citizens in Great Britain...
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Monroe, James. MESSAGE FROM...TRANSMITTING...INFORMATION OF THE NUMBER AND POSITION OF THE PERMANENT FORTIFICATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Wash. 1824 7pp. 2 large folded tables. dbd. First edition.
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Coues, Eliot ed. Garces, Francisco. ON THE TRAIL OF A SPANISH PIONEER: THE DIARY AND ITINERARY OF...IN HIS TRAVELS THROUGH SONORA, ARIZONA, AND CALIFORNIA, 1775-1776...TRANS. BY ELLIOTT COUES.
N.Y. Harper 1900 First edition 2 vols. Illus., 3 folded maps, 5 facs., 12 plates. Original cloth. Howes C801. One of 950 numbered sets.
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Hobart, John Henry. THE CORRESPONDENCE OF...1757-1797. ARCHIVES OF THE GENERAL CONVENTION EDITED BY ORDER OF THE COMMISSION ON ARCHIVES.
N.Y. privately printed at the Merrymount Press 1911-2 6 vols. Original half cloth. First edition. One of 250 sets. Edited by Arthur Lowndes and printed by D. B. Updike. In the first quarter of the 19th century, when religion in the United States was in a more or less inchoate state, friend and foe alike bore testimony to Hobart's sincerity and welcomed his activity in the cause of religious stability. His energy and enthusiasm made a positive contribution to the upbuilding of his church and the leading of men into spiritual certainties. This work is the prime source on Hobart and his work.
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INDIAN AFFAIRS. TESTIMONY TAKEN BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS CONCERNING THE MANAGEMENT OF THE INDIAN DEPARTMENT.
Wash. HMD167 1876 431pp. Dbd. First edition. In re fraudulently awarded contracts for goods and supplies.
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STATE PAPERS AND CORRESPONDENCE BEARING UPON THE PURCHASE OF THE TERRITORY OF LOUISIANA.
Wash. HD431 1903 299pp. dbd. First edition. Contains all the reports, documents, papers, etc. printed 1801-1803, on Louisiana Territory and its purchase from the French. Published on the 100th anniversary.
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Milnor, James. ORATION ON MASONRY, DELIVERED AT ST. JOHN'S CHURCH IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, AT THE REQUEST OF THE...GRAND LODGE OF PENNSYLVANIA...TO WHICH IS PREFIXED AN ACCOUNT OF THE PROCESSION...
[Phila 1844} First edition 41pp. dbd.. Shaw 23395
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Baxter, W. T. THE HOUSE OF HANCOCK: BUSINESS IN BOSTON, 1724-1775.
Cambridge 1945 [27],321pp. Illus. Original cloth, d.j. First edition. Harvard Studies in Business History Vol. 10. An important source for economic activities during the Colonial period. Contains chapters on the War of Jenkin's ear , 1739-44; King George's War,1744-1748; the French and Indian War, 1755-63; etc.
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Holmes, Thomas J. COTTON MATHER: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS WORKS.
Cambridge Harvard 1940 First edition 3 vols. Original quarter morocco. One of 500 sets.
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Mattes, Merrill J. PLATTE RIVER ROAD NARRATIVES: A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TRAVEL OVER THE GREAT CENTRAL OVERLAND ROUTE TO OREGON, CALIFORNIA, UTAH, COLORADO, MONTANA, AND OTHER WESTERN STATES AND TERRITORIES, 1812-1866.
Urbana [1988] First edition [4],632pp. Illus. Original cloth. With a foreword by James A. Michener.Contains an annotated bibliography of 2082 travel narratives.
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Merrick, George B. OLD TIMES ON THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI: THE RECOLLECTIONS OF A STEAMBOAT PILOT FROM 1854 TO 1863.
Cleveland Clark 1909 323pp. Illus. Original cloth. First edition. Howes M 539. Contains many platesand a fine map.
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Colburn, Mary J. and William R. Smith. MINNESOTA AS A HOME FOR IMMIGRANTS. BEING THE FIRST AND SECOND PRIZE ESSAYS...
St. Paul 1865 80pp. Original printed wrappers. First edition. Not in Howes, Graff or Eberstadt. Decker Cat. 49:180. Mn. Imprints Inventory 618. Two essays encouraging emigration to the fertile land of Minnesota.
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Monaghan, Frank. FRENCH TRAVELLERS IN THE UNITED STATES: 1765-1932; A BIBLIOGRAPHY...
N.Y. 1961 [22],130pp. Original cloth. One of 750 copies. A useful and well documented work.
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Morris, Maurice O'Connor. RAMBLES IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS; WITH A VISIT TO THE GOLD FIELDS OF COLORADO.
London, 1864. [8],264pp. Original cloth, x-library but nice.First edition. Howes M831. Graff 2899.Sabin 50853. Wagner-Camp-Becker 404: "Morris's entertaining journal takes the reader from St. Louis to the Colorado Rockies in the summer of 1863. He had intended to travel by steamer up the Missouri to Fort Benton and the Montana gold fields. The boat broke down at Saint Joseph, however, and the author changed his destination to Denver where he spent several months before returning to the Atlantic states."
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Armstrong, Robert D. NEVADA PRINTING HISTORY: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF IMPRINTS AND PUBLICATIONS, 1858-1880. AND 1881-1890.
Reno 1981 First edition 2 vols. Original cloth, d.j. First edition.
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Dickey, Roland. NEW MEXICO VILLAGE ARTS.
Albuquerque 1949 265pp. Illus., drawings by Lloyd L.Goff. Original cloth, d.j. First edition.
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Grant, U. S. MESSAGE OF...COMMUNICATING...INFORMATION RELATING TO THE PRESENCE OF THE HON. WILLIAM McDOUGALL AT PEMBINA, IN DAKOTA TERRITORY, AND THE OPPOSITION BY THE INHABITANTS OF SELKIRK SETTLEMENT TO HIS ASSUMPTION OF THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY.
Wash. SD33 1870 52pp. dbd. First edition. Complete details of the political affairs in the Red River Region. Peel 317.
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Polk, James K. MESSAGE OF...RELATIVE TO THE INTERNAL FEUDS AMONG THE CHEROKEES.
Wash. SD298 1846 224pp. Dbd. Important correspondence of S. C. Stambaugh, Amos Kendall, John Ross, Edwin Starr, etc.>
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Noble, John W. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR...TRANSMITTING CERTAIN PAPERS AND GIVING INFORMATION RELATIVE TO CERTAIN CONTRACTS MADE WITH INDIANS, AND THE RELATION OF AGENTS OR ATTORNEYS TO THE SAME.
Wash. SED18 1893 786pp. dbd. First edition. A report of great importance giving a detailed look at the dealings of the U. S. government with regard to the American Indian.
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Hodge, Gene Meany. THE KACHINAS ARE COMING. PUEBLO INDIAN KACHINA DOLLS WITH RELATED FOLKTALES.
Flagstaff 1967 129pp. Illus., 18 plates in full color. Original cloth boards. Facsimile of the rare1936 original edition. Foreword by Frederick W. Hodge.
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Venegas, Miguel. JUAN MARIA DE SALVATIERRA OF THE COMPANY OF JESUS: MISSIONARY IN THE PROVINCE OF NEW SPAIN, AND APOSTOLIC CONQUEROR OF THE CALIFORNIAS.
Cleveland 1929 350pp. Illus. Original cloth, bookplate. First English translation. Howes V68. Spain in the West Series Vol. 5.
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Schmitt, Martin F. and Dee Brown. FIGHTING INDIANS OF THE WEST.
N.Y. 1948 [18],362pp. Illus. Original cloth, d.j. First edition. A picture history of the Indian wars, with 270 photographs, sketches and paintings.
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McLaughlin, Mrs. Marie L. MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF THE SIOUX.
BIsmark 1917 First edition 200p. Illus. Original pictorial cloth. Wife of the Indian agent at Devil's Lake and Standing Rock for ten years during the transition of the Sioux from proud warriors to a beaten band of reservation Indians.
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Sitgreaves, Lorenzo and Isreal Woodruff. NORTHERN AND WESTERN BOUNDARY LINE OF THE CREEK COUNTRY...
Wash. HD104 1858 32pp. Illus., folded map, "Boundary of the Creek Country...", 69.7 x 92.2cm. Half morocco. First edition. Wagner-Camp-Becker 307A: "The 'Creek Country' lies between the Red Fork of the Arkansas River and the Canadian River immediately to the west of Fort Smith...contains the report of Dr. S. W. Woodhouse, medical officer and naturalist on the survey, on the geology of the area together with lists of plants, birds, shells, and tables of astronomical observations." Phillips p.332. This fine map, overlooked by Wheat, was lithographed by J. Bien.
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Smith, Joseph. OLD REDSTONE; OR, HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF WESTERN PRESBYTERIANISM, ITS EARLY MINISTERS, ITS PERILOUS TIMES, AND ITS FIRST RECORDS.
Phila 1854 First edition 459pp. Contemporary half calf, with gold stamp spine and raised bands. Howes S621. Contains sketches of the important 18th century ministers and events in the Redstone parish, etc.
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Tyler, John. CHARGES AGAINST OFFICERS OF THE PENITENTIARY, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. MESSAGE FROM...
Wash. HD174 1842 63pp. dbd. First edition.
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MESSAGE OF...COMMUNICATING...INFORMATION IN RELATION TO THE ABDUCTION OF ONE ALLEN MACDONALD FROM THE TOWNSHIP OF MOORE IN CANADA.
Wash. SD39 1868 21pp. dbd. First edition.
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Raulston, Marion Churchill. MEMORIES OF OWEN HUMPHREY CHURCHILL AND HIS FAMILY.
N.p. 1950 91pp. Illus. Original boards. First edition. Adams Herd 1864: "A privately printed history of the Churchill family, published in a small edition, and now scarce..." Inscribed presentation copy from Raulston.
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Harper, Robert Goodloe. LETTER FROM...OF SOUTH CAROLINA TO HIS CONSTITUENTS.
[Cambridge, Ma.] Hilliard 1801 l6pp. dbd. First edition. Shaw 612, locates 5 copies. He was bitter in his opposition to Jefferson and the Republicans, and when the election was thrown into the House, he voted for Aaron Burr. Through out, he remained a staunch defender of Federalism.
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Stewart, Lucy S. THE REWARD OF PATRIOTISM: A REFUTATION OF THE PRESENT-DAY DEFAMATIONS OF THE DEFENDERS AND PRESERVERS OF THE UNION IN THE CIVIL WAR AND AN EXPOSITION OF THE CAUSE WHICH THEY OVERCAME.
N.Y. Neale 1930 484pp. Illus. Original cloth, d.j. First edition. Krick 480: "A violently partisan diatribe, triggered by such disgraceful goings-on as congressional bills to preserve Custis-Lee Mansion in Arlington..." Dornbusch vol.3: 304. Not in Nevins.
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OBITUARY ADDRESSES DELIVERED ON THE OCCASION OF THE DEATH OF ZACHARY TAYLOR, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES...
Wash. 1850 112pp. Illus. Original black wrappers. First edition.
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Gailor, Thomas F. SOME MEMORIES.
Kingsport, Tn. 1937 [18],339pp. Illus. Original cloth. First edition. Contains chapters on the Civil War, religious experiences in Tennessee, etc. Gailor was the third bishop of Tennessee.
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Garrison, George P. DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS.
Washington,D.C. GPO 1908-1911 First edition 3 vols. Original cloth. Jenkins Basic Texas Books # 73:" This is the basic source work for official diplomatic papers of the Republic of Texas. It is indispensable for any study of this period of Texas History..."
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Monroe, James. MESSAGE FROM...TRANSMITTING A PROCLAMATION OF A CONVENTION, BETWEEN THE U. S. AND SPAIN, TOGETHER WITH THE TRANSLATION OF A LETTER FROM THE MINISTER OF SPAIN, TO THE SEC. OF STATE.
Wash. Krafft 1819 16pp. dbd. First edition. Shaw 49880. Streeter 1075: "The convention mentioned inthe entry had to do with claims and had no relation to Texas. In the letter mentioned in the title, Onis discusses the Texas boundary and claims that the Mermente, the eastern boundary of the so-called Neutral Ground, and not the Sabine, should be the boundary."
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Tyler, John. CORRESPONDENCE WITH SPAIN-1816 TO 1820. MESSAGE FROM...
Wash. HD277 1844 51pp. dbd. First edition. Streeter Bibliography of Texas 1544: "This is correspondence preliminary to the Adams™Onis Treaty of 1819, much of it on the boundary between Mexico, then belonging to Spain, and the United States."
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Calhoun, J. C. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR, OF A PLAN FOR THE REDUCTION OF THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES...
Wash. 1820 20pp. 3 folded tables. dbd. First edition.
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ADDRESSES AND HISTORICAL PAPERS BEFORE THE CENTENNIAL COUNCIL OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE DIOCESE OF VIRGINIA, AT ITS MEETING IN ST. PAUL'S AND ST. JOHN'S CHURCHES, IN RICHMOND...
N.Y. 1885 [4],195pp. Original cloth. First edition. x-l stamp on title page.
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Madison, James. MESSAGE FROM...TRANSMITTING A REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE IN RELATION TO INDIVIDUALS SELECTED FROM AMERICAN PRISONERS OF WAR, AND SENT TO GREAT BRITAIN FOR TRIAL, AND ALSO IN RELATION TO ANY ORDERS FOR RETALIATION.
Wash. Weightman 1814 353pp. Folded tables. dbd. First edition. Shaw 33312.
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Kip, Col. Lawrence. THE INDIAN COUNCIL AT WALLA WALLA, MAY AND JUNE, 1855...A JOURNAL.
Eugene Star 1897 28pp. dbd., stapled. Reprint of the rare 1855 edition of 25 copies. Sources of theHistory of Oregon Vol. 1 Part 2. Howes K173.
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West, John. THE SUBSTANCE OF A JOURNAL DURING A RESIDENCE AT THE RED RIVER COLONY, BRITISH NORTH AMERICA; AND FREQUENT EXCURSIONS AMONG THE NORTH-WEST AMERICAN INDIANS, IN THE YEARS 1820,1821,1822,1823.
London Seeley 1824 First edition [12],210,[1]pp. New 1/4 morocco and paper over boards. Wagner-Camp217: "Entered Canada by way of Hudson's Bay, York Factory, and Lake Winnipeg...in winter traveled by dog sled to Brandon House, describes the life there, and the customs of the natives. Final chapters deal with the esquimaux at Churchill and remarks on Arctic exploration." Field 1634. Streeter Sale 6:3696. Peel 81. TPL 1307. Sabin 102738
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Poinsett, Joel R. LETTER FROM...RELATIVE TO THE PAN PROPOSED FOR THE DEFENCE OF THE WESTERN FRONTIER; ALSO, WHAT TRIBES OF INDIANS INHABIT THE COUNTRY IMMEDIATELY WEST OF ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI.
Wash. SD379 1840 14pp. dbd. First edition. Rittenhouse 319. Wagner-Camp-Becker 80: "...The report recommends that, under certain circumstances, a line of posts be established between the Sabine River and Lake Superior..."
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Whitman, Narcissa. A JOURNEY ACROSS THE PLAINS IN 1836.
Portland Oregon 1893 pp.40-68. In: Transactions of the Nineteenth Annual Reunion of the Oregon Pioneer Association. Also included, pp.69-78: "Dr. Whitman's bill and his letter to the Sec. of War; and, pp.79-179, letters written by Mrs. Whitman from Oregon to her relatives in New York.
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Whitney, Caspar. CHARLES ADELBERT CANFIELD.
N.Y. privately printed 1930 First edition 217[2]pp. Original folio half cloth, gold stmaped leatherlabel on spine, some speckling to covers. A rare memoir of this noted western mining and oil magnate, produced in an edition of 175 copies, only 25 were found in full morocco. Canfield started mining in Colorado in 1870, moving on to Nevada in 1874, and New Mexico in 1886, and then moved to Los Angeles where he went bust in land speculation. In 1892 he went into oil with E. L. Doheny. Howes W384. Paher Nevada 2152. Cowan IV 672. Not in Eberstadt, Decker, Graff, Soliday, etc.
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Wise, Jennings Cropper. THE LONG ARM OF LEE; OR, THE HISTORY OF THE ARTILLERY OF THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA WITH A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE CONFEDERATE BUREAU OF ORDNANCE.
Lynchburg, Va. 1915 2 vols. Illus. Not yet bound. First edition. Dornbusch III:829. Nevins I:181: "An exhaustive, valuable study, often consulted and widely quoted; included a summary of the Confederate Ordnance Bureau.
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Turrill, Gardner S. A TALE OF THE YELLOWSTONE; OR, IN A WAGON THROUGH WESTERN WYOMING AND WONDERLAND.
Jefferson, Ia Turrill 1901 First edition 128pp. Illus., about 100 views of scenes en route. Original pictorial cloth, rear cover has some staining. Streeter VII: 4121: "Contains numerous photographs throughout the text." Not in Howes or Graff. Jefferson Iowa, May 8, 1902."
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Adams, John Quincy. CONGRESS AT PANAMA. MESSAGE OF...IN RELATION TO THE PROPOSED CONGRESS TO BE HELD AT PANAMA.
Wash. HD129 1826 89pp. dbd. First edition.
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Grant, U. S. MESSAGE OF...COMMUNICATING...COPIES OF CORRESPONDENCE WITH AND ORDERS TO THE COMMANDER OF OUR NAVAL SQUADRON IN THE WATERS OF THE ISLAND OF SAN DOMINGO SINCE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE LATE NEGOTIATIONS.
Wash. SD34 1871 38pp. dbd. First edition.
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Grant, U. S. MURDER OF AMERICAN CITIZENS IN CUBA. MESSAGE OF...REQUESTING INFORMATION RELATIVE TO THE MURDER OF ONE OR MORE AMERICAN CITIZENS IN CUBA.
Wash. HD140 Pt. 2 1870 8pp. dbd. First edition.
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Smith, Thomas J. PETITION OF...IN REPLY TO THE REMONSTRANCE OF WILLIAM A. WHITEHEAD AGAINST THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PORT OF ENTRY AT INDIAN KEY.
Wash. SD71 1839 15pp. dbd. First edition.
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DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE EIGHTH ARTICLE OF THE TREATY WITH SPAIN, OF THE 22ND FEB., 1819. WITH THE CONSTRUCTION GIVEN TO IT BY THE SUPREME COURT, AFFECTING CLAIMS IN LOUISIANA AND FLORIDA.
Wash. SD80 1833 25pp. dbd. First edition. Contains an exposition on the 8th article by Joseph M. White.
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Moorhead, Henry Clay?. TAN-GO-RU-A: AN HISTORICAL DRAMA. IN PROSE.
Phila., Petersen, 1856. 280,[32 ads]pp. Original cloth. First American edition. Characters are Indians and Moravian missionaries. Time: about the middle of the 18th century; scene: province of Pennsylvania.
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SALE OF IRON-CLADS...REPORT...ON...THE ALLEGED FRAUDULENT SALE BY THE NAVY DEPARTMENT OF THE IRON-CLADS ONEOTO AND CATAWBA TO ALEXANDER SWIFT AND CO., AND REPORT ALL THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES CONNECTED...
Wash. HR64 1868 138pp. dbd. First edition.
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Moeder, John M. EARLY CATHOLICITY IN KANSAS AND HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF WICHITA.
Wichita 1937 [12],200pp. Illus. Original cloth. First edition.
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Lincoln, Robert T. INDIAN WAR CLAIM OF FLORIDA: LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR RELATIVE TO THE CLAIM OF FLORIDA AGAINST THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF INDIAN HOSTILITIES BETWEEN THE YEARS 1855 AND 1860.
Wash. HED203 1882 97pp. Tables. dbd.
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Pope, Major General John. REPORT OF MAJOR GENERAL JOHN POPE. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR... TRANSMITTING COPY OF REPORT... CONCERNING THE OPERATIONS OF THE ARMY OF VIRGINIA, WHILE UNDER HIS COMMAND...
Wash. HD81 1863 256pp. Illus., large folding map. Original cloth, spine faded. First edition. Contains 65 reports from the various sub-commanders dealing with every facet of the campaign. Dornbusch III:1604.
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Van Buren, Martin. BOUNDARY - UNITED STATES AND MEXICO. MESSAGE FROM... TRANSMITTING THE INFORMATION...CONCERNING THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO.
Wash. HD42 1837 94pp. dbd. First edition. Streeter Texas 1298.
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Poinsett, J. R. REPORT FROM...TRANSMITTING...STATEMENTS SHOWING THE PERSONS EMPLOYED, THE FUNDS FURNISHED, AND THE IMPROVEMENTS VALUED, UNDER THE CHEROKEE TREATY OF DECEMBER, 1835.
Wash., SD277, 1839. 100pp. dbd. First edition.
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Lander, F. W. MAPS AND REPORTS OF THE FORT KEARNEY SOUTH PASS, AND HONEY LAKE WAGON ROAD. LETTER FROM...
Wash., HD64, 1861. 39pp. dbd. First edition. Howes L58: "250 copies printed." Wagner-Camp-Becker 376:2: "...consists of a report by Lander and a number of letters and reports from Capt. James H.Simpson, W. H. Wagner, Major J. Lynde, and others regarding routes westward from the Rockies to Oregon and California. The maps mentioned in the title were not published." Graff 2378.
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INDIAN TERRITORY, WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI... REPORT:... TO INQUIRE INTO THE EXPEDIENCY OF ORGANIZING A TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT IN THE INDIAN COUNTRY WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI, TO WHICH THE INDIANS HAVE BEEN REMOVED BY THE GOVERNMENT...
Wash. HR736 1848 14pp. dbd. First edition. The establishment of what was to become Oklahoma Territory and a reservation for the tribes of Choctaw, Creek, and Cherokee Indians.
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Pierce, Franklin. CESSATION OF INTERCOURSE WITH THE BRITISH MINISTER. MESSAGE FROM... COMMUNICATING CESSATION OF INTERCOURSE WITH THE ENVOY EXTRAORDINARY AND MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY OF GREAT BRITAIN.
Wash. HD107 1856 80pp. dbd. First edition. Some material on Canada and the West Indies. Not in TPL.
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Chinard, Gilbert. LA VIE AMERICAINE DE GUILLAUME MERLE D'AUBIGNE. EXTRAITS DE SON JOURNAL DE VOYAGE ET DE SA CORRESPONDANCE INEDITE 1809-1817.
Baltimore 1935 152pp. Illus. Original cloth. First edition.
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Clark, Sterling B. F. and James Phelan. HOW MANY MILES FROM ST. JO? THE LOG OF STERLING B. F. CLARK, A FORTY-NINER... TOGETHER WITH BRIEF AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JAMES PHELAN, 1819-1892, PIONEER MERCHANT.
San F. 1929 56pp. Illus. Original boards, cloth backstrip. First edition. Graff 742. Cowan p.127. Matthews p.314. Limited edition.
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Coit, Daniel Wadsworth. DIGGING FOR GOLD WITHOUT A SHOVEL: THE LETTER OF... FROM MEXICO CITY TO SAN FRANCISCO, 1848-1851.
Denver 1967 [2],116pp. Illus. Original folio pictorial cloth. Edited, with an introduction by George P. Hammond. One of 1250 copies.
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Cole, Arthur C. THE CONSTITUTIONAL DEBATES OF 1847.
Springfield 1919 [30],1018pp. Folding table. Original cloth. First edition. Illinois St. Hist. Lib.Coll. V. 14.
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CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF UTAH. ADOPTED BY THE CONVENTION, APRIL 27, 1882...
Salt Lake City Deseret News 1882 42pp. Original printed front wrapper only. Kuhlman p.79. Includes the journal of the convention proceedings and the 4 page Memorial to Congress. This was an extremely popular document, winning the acceptance of the people 27,814 to 498.
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Dunlap, Kate. THE MONTANA GOLD RUSH DIARY OF...
Salt Lake City 1969 15,43,15pp. Illus. Original pictorial folio cloth. Edited and annotated by Lyman Tyler.
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CALIFORNIA CLAIMS... REPORT:... AN ACT FOR ASCERTAINING AND PRAYING THE CALIFORNIA CLAIMS...
Wash. HR817 1848 39pp. dbd. First edition. Deals with claims incurred by Stockton, Fremont, Hensley, and Reading during the Mexican War.
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Wagner, Glendolin D. OLD NEUTRIMENT...
Boston Hill 1