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Thurman, Michael E. NAVAL DEPARTMENT OF SAN BLAS: NEW SPAIN'S BASTION FOR ALTA CALIFORNIA AND NOOTKA, 1769 TO 1798.
Glendale 1967 382, [1]pp. Illus. Original cloth. First edition. Spain in the West Vol. 12. Not in Tourville.
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Grivas, Theodore. MILITARY GOVERNMENTS IN CALIFORNIA 1846-1850 WITH A CHAPTERS ON THEIR PRIOR USE IN LOUISIANA, FLORIDA, AND NEW MEXICO.
Glendale, Ca. Clark 1963 247pp. Cloth. First edition.
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Grant, U. S. ALLUVIAL BASIN OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. MESSAGE FROM... TRANSMITTING A REPORT OF THE COMMISSION OF ENGINEERS APPOINTED TO INVESTIGATE AND REPORT ON A PERMANENT PLAN FOR THE RECLAMATION... OF THE MISSISSIPPI...
Wash., HD127 1875 First edition Wash., HD127, 1875. 160pp. Illus., 4 folding war dept. weather maps, 1 folding plate. Original printed wrappers. Cover title: REPORT OF THE COMMISSION OF ENGINEERS APPOINTED TO INVESTIGATE AND REPORT ON A PERMANENT PLAN FOR THE RECLAMATION... OF THE MISSISSIPPI...
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Pickett, LaSalle C. (Mrs. G. E. Pickett). PICKETT AND HIS MEN.
Atlanta, Ca Foote and Davies 1899 [13],439pp. Illus. Original gold stamped cloth, small paper label on lower spine, old bookplates, rubber library stamp on title page. Dornbusch II:3051.
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Testman, Peter. PETER TESTMAN'S ACCOUNT OF HIS EXPERIENCES IN NORTH AMERICA. TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY THEODORE C. BLEGEN.
Northfield, Mn. 1927 [4],60pp. Original printed wrappers. Howes T 108. First English edition of this 1839 rarity. Norwegian-American Hist. Assoc. Travel and Description Series V. 2. Much material on Missouri and Minnesota.
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Chipman, Donald E. NUNO DE GUZMAN AND THE PROVINCE OF PANUCO IN NEW SPAIN.
Glendale Clark 1967 322pp. Illus. Cloth. First edition.
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Chaput, Donald. FRANCOIS X. AUBRY: TRADER, TRAILMAKER AND VOYAGEUR IN THE SOUTHWEST 1846-1854.
Glendale, Ca. 1975 249pp. Illus. Original cloth. First edition. Western Frontiersman Series V. 16.
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Featherstonaugh, George. REPORT FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR... ON THE MEMORIAL OF...
Wash. HD35 1833 7pp. dbd. First edition. Asks aid from the U. S. government to propagate education on the new science of geology.
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Hayes, John L. VINDICATION OF THE RIGHTS AND TITLES, POLITICAL AND TERRITORIAL, OF ALEXANDER, EARL OF STIRLING AND DOVAN, HEREDITARY LIEUTENANT GENERAL AND LORD PROPRIETOR OF CANADA AND NOVA SCOTIA.
Wash. 1853 First edition 2 parts: 52,76pp. Illus., 2 very large folding charts. Modern cloth, smallrubber library stamps. Part II is the trial of Lord Stirling. Lande S1047: "An interesting vindication of the Earl of Stirling's claims as proprietor of Nova Scotia and Canada, and a severe accusation of the British government on the methods of his trial." Sabin 31025-31026. Not in TPL.
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CARVER CENTENARY: AN ACCOUNT OF THE CELEBRATION, BY THE MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COUNCIL AND TREATY OF CAPT.
JONATHAN CARVER WITH THE NAUDOWESSIES, ON MAY 1, 1767, AT THE "GREAT CAVE," [NOW WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA]. St. Paul Pioneer 1867 23pp. Original printed wrappers, chipped, frayed and loose. First edition.
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Thomson, Rev. Edward. LIFE OF EDWARD THOMSON, D.D., LL.D., LATE A BISHOP OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Cincinnati 1885 336pp. Illus. Original cloth, spine faded. First edition. Contains chapters on the Ohio conference, the Nebraska bill, New York, letters from Galveston and New Orleans, California, Oregon, Nevada, West Virginia, etc. Scarce. Not in Cowan, Graff, Eberstadt or Howes.
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CENSUS OF MANITOBA. 1885-6. RECENSEMENT DE MANITOBA.
Ottawa Maclean 1887 [21],207pp. Original cloth. Perf. on title page. First edition. Peel 991, in English and French.
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Jillson, Willlard R. KENTUCKIE; A COLONIAL NARRATIVE...
Louisville Soc. of Colonial Wars 1932 [9],45,[5]pp. Illus. Original boards, printed paper label on front cover. First edition. One of 500 copies published. Also contains a chapter on Capt. Harrod on the wilderness trail, and a roster of officers and members of the Society of Colonial Wars in Kentucky. Coleman 1596: "A narrative of early Kentucky exploration written in old English hexameter...." Laid in is a bookplate signed by Jillson.
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Hein, Lieut. Col. O. L. MEMORIES OF LONG AGO...
N.Y. Putnam 1925 [10],310pp. Illus. Original cloth. First edition. Prominent persons encountered and notable incidents recalled, before and during the Civil War, 1855-65; while stationed on the western frontier, in the early seventies and eighties, etc. Much on the Apache outbreak of 1882 in Arizona.
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Teakle, Thomas. THE SPIRIT LAKE MASSACRE.
Iowa City 1918 [12],336pp. Original cloth. First edition. The best and fullest account of the massacre of white settlers in northwestern Iowa in 1857. The massacre not only aroused the authorities of Iowa to the necessity of exerting the force of military pressure upon the Indians to discourage or end their forays, but it also enlisted the efforts of the federal authorities. Not in Graff or Howes.
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Lienhard, Heinrich. A PIONEER AT SUTTER'S FORT, 1846-1850: THE ADVENTURES OF HEINRICH LIENHARD. TRANSLATED, EDITED AND ANNOTATED BY MARGUERITE EYER WILBUR...
L.A. Calafia Society 1941 [19],291pp. Illus., 6 plates. Original half calf. First English translation, in part. Howes L332: "In Sutter's employ, 1847." Cowan p.392. Wheat 127: "... excellent account of his experiences..."
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West, Nathaniel. THE ANCESTRY, LIFE, AND TIMES OF HON. HENRY HASTINGS SIBLEY, LL.D...
St. Paul 1889 596pp. Illus. Original cloth. First edition. Important observations on Minnesota, Wisconsin Sioux, civil War, etc. General Sibley was born in Detroit in 1811, was employed as a clerk by John Hulbert at Sault Ste. Marie for a few years prior to 1828, then in 1829. Entered the employ of Robert Stuart of the American Fur Co., at Ft. Mackinac. In 1834, he became a delegate to Congress from the territory of Wisconsin in 1849, and was also the first delegate from the territory of Minnesota, as well as the first governor of Minnesota.
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Holmes, Oliver Wendell. THE PROFESSOR AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE.
Boston 1859 In: Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 4, pp.119-128,132-243,369-379,500-511,622-634,751™766. Contemporary half morocco. Original cloth. "Robinson of Leyden" was first published in the July issue, p.128. See BAL 8791 for full work's entry. Also contains a portion of H. B. Stowe's "Minister's Wooing."
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Byrd, William. ANOTHER SECRET DIARY OF ... OF WESTOVER 1739-1741. WITH LETTERS & LITERARY EXERCISES 1696-1726.
Richmond, Va. 1942 490pp. Illus. Original cloth, d.j. Edited by Maude H. Woodfin and translated by Marion Tinling.
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Hoffman, Benneville O. SNARL OF A CYNIC: A RHYME.
Ephrata, Pa. privately printed 1868 40pp. Original printed boards, cloth spine. First edition.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES ... REPORT ..."TO INQUIRE INTO THE ALLEGATIONS OF FRAUD IN THE PROPOSED PURCHASE OF A SITE FOR FORTIFICATIONS UPON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BAY OF SAN FRANCISCO ..."
Wash. SRC389 1859 50pp. dbd. First edition.
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Clopper, Edward N. AN AMERICAN FAMILY: ITS UPS AND DOWNS THROUGH EIGHT GENERATIONS IN NEW AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, MARYLAND, OHIO AND TEXAS, FROM 1650 TO 1880.
[Huntington, W.Va. 1950] [13],624pp. Illus. Original cloth, d.j. First edition. Pp.152-end deal with their life in Texas, starting with a trip there in 1827, the Texas rebellion, the Civil War and Reconstruction.
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CORRESPONDENCE WITH MR. ADAMS RESPECTING ENLISTMENT OF BRITISH SUBJECTS IN THE FEDERAL ARMY.
London 1863 3pp. dbd. Folio. First edition. Parliamentary Papers on North America No. 9.
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Braxton, A. Caperton. THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT: AN ACCOUNT OF ITS ENACTMENT. ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE VIRGINIA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION ... 1903.
Lynchburg, Va. 1934 78pp. Illus. Original cloth, d.j. First edition.
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Sherman, Eleazer. THE NARRATIVE OF ELEAZER SHERMAN, GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE, EXPERIENCE, CALL TO THE MINISTRY OF THE GOSPEL, AND TRAVELS AS SUCH TO THE PRESENT TIME ...
Providence Brown 1830 83,72,108,35pp. Full contemporary calf.. First edition. Bound at the rear is "A Discourse Addressed to Christians of all Denominations." Providence, 1833, second edition. Shaw 14695. 35pp." Sabin 80357. Howes S399: "Describes his travels south to Georgia, plantation life there, etc." De Renne Cat. p.427. Not in Clark. Shaw 3466.
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Du Ru, Paul. JOURNAL OF PAUL DU RU [FEB. 1 TO MAY 8, 1700]. MISSIONARY PRIEST TO LOUISIANA. TRANSLATED WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES FROM A MANUSCRIPT IN THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY BY RUTH L. BUTLER.
Chicago Caxton Club 1934 First edition Chicago, Caxton Club, 1934. [x],74pp. Original cloth, paper label on spine and front cover. Inscribed presentation copy from Ruth Laphan Butler , the translator , on the front endpaper. One of 300 copies printed. Howes D597. A journal of a voyage made with M. d'Iberville from Biloxi Bay up the Mississippi.
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Taylor, Z. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ... RELATIVE TO HOSTILITIES COMMITTED BY THE SEMINOLE INDIANS IN FLORIDA ...
Wash SED49 1850 First edition 173pp. dbd. Deals with Seminole depredations of the past year, and the steps taken for their removal west of the Mississippi. Howes S283.
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Francis, Harriet E. ACROSS THE MERIDIANS AND FRAGMENTARY LETTERS.
[N.p. DeVinne Press] 1887 [14],300pp. Illus. Original cloth. First edition. Privately printed edition. Travels in Salt Lake, Yosemite, San Francisco, and Denver. The balance of the book is devoted to Europe and the Far East. Not in Howes, Eberstadt, Decker, Graff or Cowan. Inscribed presentation copy from H. E. F.
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White, Barclay. EXTRACTS FROM THE MINUTES OF A CONVENTION OF DELEGATES FROM THE SEVEN YEARLY MEETINGS OF FRIENDS HAVING CHARGE OF THE INDIANS IN THE NORTHERN SUPERINTENDENCY, WITH REPORT OF... SPECIAL AGENT OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS.
Phila., 1878. 23pp. Large folded plate showing a statistical analysis of the Indian tribes. Original printed wrappers. First edition. contains first hand detailed reports on the Pawnee, Otoe, Iowas, Sacs and Foxs of the Missouri, Omahas, Winnebagoes, Santee Sioux, etc.
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Isherwood, B. F. THE OFFICIAL REPORTS ON THE INEFFICIENCY OF THE U. S. S. WAMPANOAG, AND MR. ISHERWOOD'S DEFENCE. REMARKS ON MR. ISHERWOOD'S DEFENCE.
N.Y. Thompson 1868 43pp. Sewn as issued. First edition. Sabin 35249, note. He spent twelve years investigating the first systematic and sustained attempts to ascertain the distribution of energy and losses in engines and boilers. In 1862, he became the first chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering. He invented the Wampanoag class of sloops of war which became the forerunner of today's light cruiser. They were developed to blockade the coast of the Confederate states, and when built, were the fastest in the world, attaining a speed of 17 3/4 knots an hour. His work was the target of much criticism, but his achievements are still being put to use today. The steam engineering building at the Naval Academy is named for him.Harbeck p. 146.
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Fillmore, Millard. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES COMMUNICATING THE CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO THE PRISONERS CAPTURED BY THE SPANISH AUTHORITIES AT OR NEAR THE ISLAND OF CONTOY; AND ALSO THE CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO ANY PROJECTED EXPEDITION TO THE ISLAND OF CUBA ...
Wash. SD41 1851 90pp. dbd. First edition.
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FURTHER CORRESPONDENCE RESPECTING THE ENLISTMENT OF BRITISH SEAMEN AT QUEENSTOWN ON BOARD THE UNITED STATES' SHIP OF WAR "KEARSAGE.
" London 1864 7pp. dbd. Folio. First edition. Parliamentary Papers on North America No. 12.
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GENERAL ORDERS NO. 91. ORDER ORGANIZING BUREAU OF REFUGEES, FREEDMEN, AND ABANDONED LANDS. BY DIRECTION OF THE PRESIDENT, MAJOR-GENERAL O. O. HOWARD IS ASSIGNED ... AS COMMISSIONER ...
Wash. May 12, 1865 1pp. dbd. as issued, with two punch holes at inner margin. First edition.
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Greene, Evarts B., et al. GOVERNORS' LETTER-BOOKS, 1840-1853.
Springfield 1911 [118],469pp. Original cloth. First edition. Il. St. Hist. Lib. Colls. Vol 7.
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Greene, Evarts B., et al. THE GOVERNORS' LETTER-BOOKS, 1818-1834.
Springfield 1909 [33],317pp. Illus. Original cloth. First edition. Il. St. Hist. Lib. Colls. Vol. 4.
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Harrison, Benjamin. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. MESSAGE FROM BENJAMIN HARRISON RELATING TO THE ACTS OF CONGRESS FORBIDDING IMMIGRATION OF CHINESE AND THE TREATY STIPULATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES.
Wash. SD54 1893 43pp. dbd. First edition.
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Tassin, Ray. STANLEY VESTAL: CHAMPION OF THE OLD WEST.
Glendale Clark 1973 299pp. Illus. Original cloth, d.j. First edition.
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ADJUST CLAIMS OF SOUTH CAROLINA ... REPORT ... FROM THE SENATE ADJUSTING THE CLAIMS OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AGAINST THE UNITED STATES.
Wash. HR141 1832 70pp. dbd. First edition.
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Dinwiddie, E. C. AMERICAN ANTISALOON LEAGUE.
REPORT OF THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT OF THE AMERICAN ANTISALOON LEAGUE AT THE SIXTH NATIONAL CONVENTION ... ANNUAL REPORT ... Wash., SD133 1902 32pp. dbd. First edition.
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Savage, James W. A VISIT TO NEBRASKA IN 1662. COMMUNICATED TO THE NEBRASKA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Boston 1885 25pp. Original printed wrappers, loose and frayed at edges. First edition. Concerned largely with tracing Coronado's route and locating Quivira. Also describes the Pawnee sacrifice.
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Shambaugh, Benjamin F. IOWA CITY: A CONTRIBUTION TO THE EARLY HISTORY OF IOWA.
Iowa City 1893 116pp. Original printed wrappers. First edition.
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Sniffen, M. K. OBSERVATIONS AMONG THE SIOUX.
Phila. 1906 35pp. Original printed wrappers, loose. First edition. Indian Rights Assoc. 2nd Series #73.
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Shea, John Gilmary. DANIEL HYACINTH MARY LIENHARD DE BEAUJEU, COMMANDANT OF FORT DU QUESNE AND OF THE FRENCH FORCES IN THE BATTLE OF JULY 9, 1755.
N.p. n.d. ca.1880 8pp. Only 100 copies published. Original plain wrappers.
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Call, Mr. AERIAL NAVIGATION ... ADDITIONAL PAPERS BY JAMES SELDON COWDON IN RELATION TO HIS MEMORIAL FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF HIS INVENTION FOR AERIAL NAVIGATION.
Wash. SD186 1897 9pp. Illus., woodcuts in text. dbd. First edition. Randers-Pehrson 155: "Documentspresented in support of Cowdon's applications for financial support to build an airship of his invention."
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Castro, Enrique M. BOLIVAR Y SAN MARTIN. ANALISIS CRITICO-HISTORICO DE LA CARTA DEL SENOR PEDRO S. LAMAS, ARGENTINO, AL ILUSTRE AMERICANO GENERAL GUZMAN BLANCO.
Caracas La Opinoin Nacional 1885 First edition 62pp. Original printed wrappers.
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Conrad, C. M. REPORT OF C. M. CONRAD COMMUNICATING REPORTS IN REFERENCE TO THE INUNDATIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
Wash. SD20 1852 106pp. Illus., plates, 1 folded. dbd. First edition.
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Fenton, W. D. ANNUAL ADDRESS OF HON. W. D. FENTON, DELIVERED AT DAYTON, OREGON, JUNE 2, 1897.
Portland 1899 In: Oregon Pioneer Association Trans. #26, pp.57-86. Original printed wrappers. Firstedition. Much on early Oregon and its pioneers.
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JOURNAL OF THE SIXTY-FOURTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN VIRGINIA ... 1859.
Richmond 1859 128pp. Original printed wrappers bound in half morocco. First edition.
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Kellogg, Jane D. MEMORIES OF JANE D. KELLOGG STARTED ACROSS THE PLAINS FROM ELKHART, INDIANA, IN 1852.
Portland 1916 In: Oregon Pioneer Assoc. Trans. #41, pp.86-94. Original printed wrappers. First edition. Not in Matthews.
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Willard, Benjamin J. [Capt.]. CAPTAIN BEN'S BOOK: A RECORD OF THE THINGS WHICH HAPPENED TO CAPT. BENJAMIN J. WILLARD, PILOT AND STEVEDORE, DURING SOME SIXTY YEARS ON SEA AND LAND .
Portland, Me 1895 First edition 204pp. Illus. Original decorated cloth, label removed from lower spine. Adventures at sea during the eighteen fifties as well as incidents during the Civil War, including the capture the "Caleb Cushing" and the "Archer" by Confederate privateers. There are also several chapters on whales.
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Brower, J. V. ITASCA STATE PARK: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY.
St. Paul, Mn. 1904 285pp. Illus. Original cloth. First edition. One of 1175 numbered copies. Minnesota Hist. Soc. Cols. Vol. II.
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Newson, Thomas M. PEN PICTURES OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF OLD SETTLERS, FROM THE EARLIEST SETTLEMENT OF THE CITY, UP TO AND INCLUDING THE YEAR 1857. VOLUME 1. (ALL PUBLISHED).
St. Paul 1886 [8],746pp. Illus. Original cloth. First edition. The sketches of St. Paul's early settlement and settlers start with 1838 and go annually up to and including 1857. Not in Eberstadt, Graff, Soliday or Decker.
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Ruiz, Jose F. REPORT ON THE INDIAN TRIBES OF TEXAS IN 1828.
New Haven [1972] 42pp. Illus. Original folio cloth. First edition. Facsimile and translation editedand with an introduction by John C. Ewers. Translated from the Spanish Georgette Dorn. Inscribed presentation copy from Marge and Jack Ewers to Kathy and Franz Stenzel.
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Buchanan, James. MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT COMMUNICATING... ALL CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHN W. GEARY, LATER GOVERNOR OF THE TERRITORY OF KANSAS, NOT HERETOFORE COMMUNICATED TO CONGRESS.
Wash. SD17 1858 208pp. Boards with cloth spine. First edition. Every topic of territorial importance is mentioned and pursued in these letters.
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Buchanan, James. MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, COMMUNICATING A COPY OF THE CONSTITUTION OF MINNESOTA.
Wash. SED14 1858 24pp. dbd. First edition.
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Verlie, Emil Joseph. ILLINOIS CONSTITUTIONS.
Springfield, Il. 1919 [33],231pp. Original cloth. First edition. Illinois State Hist. Lib. Colls. V.13 (Constitutional Series V.1).
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Lothrop, Marion L. INDIAN CAMPAIGNS OF GENERAL M. G. VALLEJO DEFENDER OF THE NORTHERN FRONTIER OF CALIFORNIA.
San F. 1932 In: Quarterly of the Society of California Pioneers, V.9#3, pp.161-205. Illus. Originalprinted wrappers. First edition.
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Madison, James. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT TRANSMITTING COPIES OF TWO RATIFIED TREATIES ENTERED INTO ON THE PART OF THE U.S... WITH THE SEVERAL TRIBES OF INDIANS CALLED WYANDOTS, DELAWARES, SHAWNEES, SENEKAS, AND MIAMIS; THE OTHER ON THE 9TH OF AUGUST, 1814, WITH THE CREEK NATION OF INDIANS.
Wash. 1815 12pp. dbd. First edition. Shaw 36333.
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Madison, James. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT TO BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE SECOND SESSION OF THE THIRTEENTH CONGRESS.
Wash. 1813 16pp. dbd. First edition. Much on the War of 1812, with some material on the Creek uprising in Georgia, and the gallantry of Gen. Jackson.
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Madison, James. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TRANSMITTING THE TREATY OF PEACE AND AMITY BETWEEN THE U.S. AND HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY.
Wash. D66 1815 16pp. dbd. First edition. Defines the boundaries of the U.S., terms for peace, and makes some mention of solving the Indian problem. Shaw 36335 locates only 3 copies.
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Peck, Judge James H. JUDGE PECK. REPORT... THE MEMORIAL OF LUKE E. LAWLESS, COMPLAINING OF THE OFFICIAL CONDUCT OF JAMES H. PECK, JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MISSOURI...
Wash. HR325 1830 53pp. dbd. First edition. Peck had ruled against Lawless's client and lawless published an article in the Missouri Advocate criticizing the opinion of the court. He was cited, convicted, and punished for contempt. Lawless then filed a complaint against Peck before the House of Representatives. Peck was impeached in April of 1830 after more then three years of debate. The proceedings of the trial probably constitute the most thorough commentary available on the law of contempt. Shaw 4889.
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Peck, Judge James H. JAMES H. PECK. LETTER FROM... TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE... TRANSMITTING AN EXPLANATION IN ANSWER TO THE CHARGES PREFERRED AGAINST HIM, AS JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MISSOURI BY LUKE E. LAWLESS.
Wash. HR359 1830 53pp. dbd. First edition. The reply of Judge Peck to the proceedings document. Shaw 4820.
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Porter, Kenneth W. JACKSONS AND THE LEES: TWO GENERATIONS OF MASSACHUSETTS MERCHANTS, 1765-1844.
N.Y. [1969] 2 vols. Illus. Original cloth. Harvard Studies in Business History 3. Larson 329: "...The manuscripts used are largely in private hands and hitherto unpublished."
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Root, Elihu. PROTECTION OF SACRAMENTO AND FEATHER RIVERS, CALIFORNIA. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR...
Wash. HD431 1900 42pp., text; 16 large folding plans. Full calf., some staining. First edition. Important plates of geological and geographical importance. Information on the Uba River with construction documents of the Yuba River dam site.
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MODIFICATIONS OF BONDHOLDERS' AGREEMENT... MADE JULY 23, 1862.
[N.p. 1862] 3pp. dbd. First edition. Signed in type by S. L. Blatchford, chairman, N. A. Cowdrey, Sec.
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Kearny, Lawrence. MEMORIAL OF LAWRENCE KEARNY, A CAPTAIN IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY, PRAYING COMPENSATION FOR CERTAIN EXPENSES INCURRED AND SERVICES RENDERED.
Wash. SMD207 1858 88pp. dbd. First edition.
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Williams, John T. JOURNAL OF JOHN T. WILLIAMS, 1850.
Bloomington Ind. 1936 In: Indiana Magazine of HIstory V.32#4, pp.393-409. Original printed wrappers. Matthews p.328: "Travel dairy, March - Sept. 1850, from Indiana to Parks (sic) Bar, Calif., notes on distances, Indians..."
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Grover, Frank R. FATHER PIERRE FRANCOIS PINET, S. J., AND HIS MISSION OF THE GUARDIAN ANGEL OF CHICAGO, A.D. 1696-1699...
Chicago 1907 26pp. Illus. Original printed wrappers. First edition.
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Mason, J. Y. COLONIAL SETTLEMENTS - WESTERN COAST OF AFRICA. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, TRANSMITTING CORRESPONDENCE FROM COMMODORE W. C. PERRY, RELATIVE TO COLONIAL SETTLEMENTS ON THE WESTERN COAST OF AFRICA.
Wash. HD244 1844 41pp. dbd. First edition. Describes the condition of the colonial settlements on that coast and discusses the possible trade with the native tribes.
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Mason, J. Y. PUNISHMENTS IN THE NAVY; LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY... COPIES OF LISTS OF PUNISHMENTS IN THE NAVAL SERVICE FOR THE YEAR 1848.
Wash. HED51 1849 341pp. Ddb. First edition.
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Mason, J. Y. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, COMMUNICATING THE REPORT OF A BOARD OF EXAMINERS TO MAKE EXPERIMENTAL TRIALS OF INVENTIONS AND PLANS FOR PREVENTING EXPLOSIONS OF STEAM BOILERS.
Wash. S405 1844 52pp. Illus., 7plates, 6 folding: Evans Safety guard, A. B. Quinby's vaporimeter, A. B. Quinby's alarm altometer, Mr. Samuel Raub Junior double self acting safety value, longitudinal section of Eastons interior safety value, and T. S. Easton's interior safety value.
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Crowell, John. REMOVAL OF THE WINNEABAGOES. REPORT: THE COMMITTEE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS ... RESPECTING THE CONTRACT MADE WITH HENRY M. RICE FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE WINNEBAGOES FROM IOWA AND WISCONSIN TO THEIR LANDS IN MINNESOTA.
Wash. HR501 1850 64pp. dbd. First edition.
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Mackintire, Eliab P. LETTERS OF ELIAB P. MACKINTIRE OF BOSTON, WRITTEN BETWEEN 1845 AND 1863, TO REVEREND WILLIAM SALTER OF BURLINGTON, IOWA.
N.Y., N.Y. P.L. 1936 168pp. Illus. Original cloth, with printed paper label on spine and front cover. One of two hundred copies "for President Upham with the compliments of Philip Jordan (the editor)." First edition. Much on the Iowa Band, missionary life on the frontier, slavery, romanism, culture, these observations are as readable as when he first penned them in his Boston counting-house or thought them out in his comfortable Charlestown home on Union Street. 100.00>--_____. N.Y.P.L. 1936 Original printed wrappers.
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Madison, James. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT TO THE TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE SECOND SESSION OF THE FOURTEENTH CONGRESS.
Wash. 1816 16pp. dbd. First edition. Mentions attack of a Spanish warship on a U. S. Frigate in theGulf of Mexico, peace with the Indian tribes, and some final observations and last words by Madison, his last official report as President.
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Rush, Richard. CORPORATION OF BALTIMORE. REPORT OF RICHARD RUSH ON THE MEMORIAL OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, FOR PAY AND ALLOWANCE FOR MONEY ADVANCED AND SUPPLIES FURNISHED DURING THE LATE WAR.
Wash. HD39 1828 44pp. dbd. First edition.
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Taylor, D. B. IRA HARRIS GUARD CAVALRY [INVITATION TO GOV.MORGAN TO ATTEND A PRESENTATION TO COL. DE FOREST FOR RAISING A BRIGADE OF CAVALRY FOR THE WAR.
N.Y. 1861 lp. Octavo broadside. DeForest was to receive " a horse worthy to bear him on the field of battle."
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Cram, Thomas J. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR (JEFFERSON DAVIS), COMMUNICATING... A COPY OF THE REPORT OF CAPTAIN THOMAS J. CRAM, OF NOVEMBER, 1856, ON THE OCEANIC ROUTES TO CALIFORNIA.
Wash. SED51 1857 20pp. dbd. First edition.
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Walter, Jacob. STEAM AND ENGINEERING. ESSAY ON STEAM. ESSAY ON STEAM.
Wash. HD173 1839 15pp. dbd. First edition.
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Nollen, John Scholte. GRINNELL COLLEGE.
Iowa, City, Iowa State Hist. Soc. of 1953 283pp. Illus. Original cloth. First edition.
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Minto, The Fourth Earl of. LORD MINTO'S CANADIAN PAPERS: A SELECTION OF THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PAPERS OF THE FOURTH EARL OF MINTO 1898™1904.
Toronto 1981 2 vols Original cloth. Publications of the Champlain Soc. LI, limited to 1450 numberedcopies.
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Vila, Vincente. THE PORTOLA EXPEDITION OF 1769-1770: THE DIARY OF...
Berkeley 1911 119pp. Original printed wrappers. Edited by R. S. Rose. Academy of Pacific Coast History V.2#1.
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MEMORIAL OF CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES RESIDING IN THE VALLEY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, PRAYING THAT MILITARY ESCORTS MAY BE PLACED ON THE ROUTE BETWEEN THAT VALLEY AND CALIFORNIA, AND A PERMANENT MILITARY POST ESTABLISHED NEAR THE GOLD REGION IN THAT TERRITORY FOR THE PROTECTION OF EMIGRANTS.
Wash. SMD52 1849 3pp. dbd. First edition.
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Keens, F. G. PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL SESSION OF THE R. W. GRAND LODGE, I.O.G.T. HELD AT TOPEKA, KANSAS, U.S.A., MAY 24TH - 28TH, 1881.
Lincoln Neb. 1881 183pp. Original printed front wrapper. First edition.
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Eells, Rev. Myron. REV. H. H. SPALDING, MRS. E. H. SPALDING AND MRS. R. J. SPALDING.
Portland 1898 In: Oregon Pioneer Assoc. Trans #25, pp.106-120. Original printed front wrappers only. First edition.
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Minto, John. MRS. NANCY MORRISON: THE OREGON PIONEER WOMAN.
Portland 1892 In: Oregon Pioneer Assoc. Trans #18, pp.61-80. Original printed wrappers. First edition.
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Abbot, Edwin H. REVIEW OF THE REPORT UPON THE PHYSICS AND HYDRAULICS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER PREPARED BY CAPT. A. A. HUMPHREYS AND LT. H. L. ABBOT...
Boston 1862 42pp. Original printed wrappers. On the protection of the alluvial region against overflow and upon the deepening of the mouth.
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Rogers, John et al. CHEROKEE INDIANS. MEMORIAL OF JOHN ROGERS, PRINCIPAL CHIEF, AND JAMES CAREY AND THOMAS L. RODGERS, CHIEFS AND HEAD MEN, BEING MEMBERS OF A COMMITTEE ON BEHALF OF THE CHEROKEE OLD SETTLERS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI, FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR PEOPLE.
Wash. HD235 1844 36pp. dbd. First edition.
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Johnson, Amandus. JOURNAL AND BIOGRAPHY OF NICHOLAS COLLIN 1746 - 1831...
Phila. 1936 368pp. Illus. Original cloth, d.j. Fine copy in original publisher's cardboard case. First edition. Collin was the last Swedish pastor in the old Swede's churches on the Delaware. His journal tells of his religious labors, but also of his inventions and scientific studies.
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Tustin, Josiah P. A DISCOURSE DELIVERED AT THE DEDICATION OF THE NEW CHURCH EDIFICE OF THE BAPTISTS CHURCH AND SOCIETY, IN WARREN, R. I. MAY 8, 1845.
Providence 1845 193,125pp. Original cloth. First edition. The 125pp. appendix is the "History of Warren, R.I..." by C. M. Fessenden.
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