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Vojta, Vaclav. CZECHOSLOVAK BAPTISTS.
[Minneapolis 1941] 276, [4]pp. Illus. Original cloth. First edition. Pp.121-276 deal with Czechoslovak Baptists in America and Canada, including the American south and west.
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Clinton, Lieut. Gen. Sir Henry. NARRATIVE OF LIEUT.-GEN. SIR HENRY CLINTON, K. B. RELATIVE TO HIS CONDUCT DURING PART OF HIS COMMAND OF THE KING'S TROOPS IN NORTH AMERICA...
Phila., 1866. [4],115pp. Original printed wrappers. Reprint of the London 1783 original edition. One of 250 copies printed. Howes C496.
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Lapham, William B. MY RECOLLECTIONS OF THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.
Augusta, Me Privately printed 1892 First edition 240pp. Original cloth, small stain at top of spineand covers. Coulter 283: "...his second enlistment was with the Seventh Maine battery, with which he fought under Grant from the Battle of the Wilderness to the fall of Petersburg..." Nevins V. 1, p.119. Nicholson p.462. Not in Howes.
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Sherwell, Samuel. OLD RECOLLECTIONS OF AN OLD BOY.
N.Y., 1923 First edition [12],271pp. Original cloth Howes S405. Graff 3757: "Medical memoirs chiefly, but includes an overland narrative to Colorado in 1863."
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Hall, Alexander. UNIVERSALISM AGAINST ITSELF; OR, AN EXAMINATION AND REFUTATION OF THE REFUTATION OF THE PRINCIPAL ARGUMENTS CLAIMED IN SUPPORT OF THE FINAL HOLINESS AND HAPPINESS OF ALL MANKIND.
St. Clairsville Ohio 1846 480pp. illus. Contemporary full calf. First edition. Not in Thomson. Rieger 1976: "Hall, a native of Bath, N.Y. was an Evangelist who distinguished himself as an opponent of universalism and evolution. He may have come to St. Clairsville about 1840, leaving sometime after 1851, the year in which he made known his plan - never realized - to establish a settlement to be known as Great Western, and located a few mils west of St. Clairsville, to be a great center of learning..." Rare and important early work on Universalism.
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Morgan, Thomas J. THE PRESENT PHASE OF THE INDIAN QUESTION... ALSO, A MEMORIAL ON THE EXTENSION OF LAW TO THE INDIANS, BY THE BOSTON INDIAN CITIZENSHIP COMMITTEE.
Boston 1891 23pp. Original printed wrappers, lightly chipped. First edition. An assessment promptedby the recent riots in Dakota.
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Sabine, Lorenzo. AN ADDRESS BEFORE THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL-GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY... THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF MAJOR GENERAL JAMES WOLFE, WITH PASSAGES OMITTED IN THE DELIVERY, AND ILLUSTRATIVE NOTES AND DOCUMENTS.
Boston Williams 1859 100pp. Original printed wrappers. First edition.
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Thurston, Henry W. WILLIAM HENRY RAY: A MEMORIAL.
Cambridge, Ma. 1891 [11],157pp. Illus., port. Original cloth backed boards. First edition. Pp.123-150 have a sketch of George Rogers Clark and his activities in the northwest territories of 18th century America.
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DIRECTORY OF THE KANSAS HISTORICAL EXHIBIT IN THE KANSAS STATE BUILDING AT THE WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION...
Topeka 1893 36pp. Original printed wrappers. First edition. Small embossed library stamp. Exhibitedby the State Historical Society.
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Upham, Warren. GEOLOGY OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN MINNESOTA. A PRELIMINARY REPORT.
St. Paul 1880 58pp. Illus., map. Original printed wrappers. First edition.
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Sanborn, Edwin D. AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BY REQUEST OF THE STUDENTS OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE... ON THE OCCASION OF THE DEATH OF GEN. Z. TAYLOR, LATE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
Hanover 1850 First edition 17pp.dbd. Has some material on his experiences during the Mexican War.
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Larkin, Elizabeth, T. [ed.]. SCENES IN THE EVENTFUL LIFE OF MARY W. FEW RICHARDSON.
Columbus, Ohio, 1894. 266pp. Illus., port. Original pictorial cloth, front cover faded. First edition. Contains her religious experiences in New England, Civil War times, trip to California and Salt Lake, temperance, revivals, etc. Not in Cowan, Flake, Howes etc. Quite scarce.
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Stone, Henry Dickinson. PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF THE DRAMA, OR, THEATRICAL REMINISCENCES, EMBRACING SKETCHES OF PROMINENT ACTORS AND ACTRESSES, THEIR CHIEF CHARACTERISTICS, ORIGINAL ANECDOTES OF THEM, AND INCIDENTS CONNECTED THEREWITH.
Albany N.Y. 1873 [12],316pp. Illus. Original cloth, bookplate, several small rubber library stamps.First edition. Flyleaf has a full inscription about this book by Charles Woodhouse author of poems ascribed to him by Stone at whose house he claims to have bought this copy in 1879. "It was the last and only copy for sale." An important contribution to the literature of 19th century American drama.
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Morris, B. F. THE LIFE OF THOMAS MORRIS: PIONEER AND LONG A LEGISLATOR OF OHIO, AND U.S. SENATOR FROM 1833 TO 1839.
Cincinnati Moore 1856 408pp. Original cloth. First edition. Chapters on pioneer life in Ohio, SouthCarolina nullification in 1832, slavery, Alton riots, fugitive slaves, Missouri compromise, boundary disputes, etc. Thomson p.254-255. Oberlin Anti-Slavery cat. 894.
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THE MEMORIAL OF THE OFFICERS OF THE U.S. NAVY FOR AN INCREASE OF THEIR PAY, WITH DOCUMENTS SETTING FORTH AND SUSTAINING THE SAME.
N.Y. Amerman 1866 44pp. Original printed wrappers. First edition. Committee consisted of Admirals Farragut, Porter, Dave, Stringham, Gregory, and more than 1000 other officers.
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REMARKS OF A CITIZEN UPON THE CONDITION OF OUR NAVY AND MERCANTILE MARINE.
Phila. butler 187 8pp. Original printed wrappers, rubber library stamp. First edition. Sabin 69390.A plea to modernize this "useless Navy" by building ironclads with steam and skillful machinery. "...if our Navy was wiped out tomorrow, the body of the county would scarcely miss it..."
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Hulton, Ann. LETTERS OF A LOYALIST LADY: BEING THE LETTERS OF ANN HULTON, SISTER OF HENRY HULTON, COMMISSIONERS OF CUSTOMS AT BOSTON, 1767-1776.
Cambridge Harvard 1928 [12],107pp. Illus. Original cloth spine over boards. First edition. One of 750 copies printed.
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Sumner, C. E. A SERMON PREACHED BY REV. C. E. SUMNER, PASTOR OF LINCOLN PARK CHURCH, ON THANKSGIVING DAY, NOVEMBER 27TH, 1873, IN THE FULLERTON AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH...
Chicago Clark and Edwards 1873 First edition 22pp. Original printed small 4to wrappers. Human rights, education, government, slavery , etc.
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Jones, William C. THE FIRST PHASE OF THE CONQUEST OF CALIFORNIA.
San Francisco 1887 In: Papers of the California Hist. Soc. V. 1, part 1, pp.61-94. Original printedwrappers, in cloth box. First edition.
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Flanders, Louis W. SIMEON IDE: YEOMAN, FREEMAN PIONEER PRINTER. WITH A GENEALOGY OF THE IDE FAMILY COMPILED BY EDITH FLANDERS DUNBAR. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE IMPRINTS OF SIMEON IDE BY R. W. G. VAIL.
Rutland, Vt 1931 347pp. Illus. Original cloth., spine faded. First edition. Ide went overland to California and was involved in the Bear Flag Revolt. He wrote two important books chronicling his experiences in California.
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Kirsten, A. [Dr.]. SKIZZEN AUS DEN VEREINIGTEN STAATEN VON NORDAMERIKA.
Leipzig Brockhaus 1851 [20],[1],347pp. Original printed wrappers. Howes K191. Clark, Travels in theOld South III:339: "...He does discuss in a general treatment [p.259-274] the slavery question and its important political implications." Not in Work, Dumond, or the Oberlin Anti-slavery catalog.
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Ryder, John J. REMINISCENCES OF THREE YEARS' SERVICE IN THE CIVIL WAR. BY A CAPE COD BAY.
New Bedford, Ma Reynolds 1928 First edition 85pp. Illus. Original gold stamped boards, cloth spine.Served with the 33rd Mass. Infantry. Dornbusch I: Mass. 294. There is a good first hand description of the Battle of Chattanooga.
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Hafen, LeRoy R. THE OVERLAND MAIL, 1849-1869: PROMOTER OF SETTLEMENT, PRECURSOR OF RAILROADS.
Cleveland Clark 1926 361pp. Illus. Original cloth. Howes H11. First edition.
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Bell, Charles H. JOHN WHEELWRIGHT: HIS WRITINGS, INCLUDING HIS FAST-DAY SERMON 1637; AND HIS MERCURIUS AMERICANUS, 1645; WITH A PAPER UPON THE GENUINENESS OF THE INDIAN DEED OF 1629, AND A MEMOIR.
Boston Prince Soc. 1876 First edition [8],253pp. Illus., 3 facs. Contemporary half morocco., x-library . One of 200 copies. Not in Howes. Larned 1032: "...the editing is of the high character found in all the publications of the Prince Society." There is much material on Indian history, and land claims for the seventh century.
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Osterberg, J. S. HISTORY OF THE SWEDES IN RHODE ISLAND: SVENSKARNA I RHODE ISLAND EN HISTORIK OFVER SVENSKARNAS UTI RHODE ISLAND LIFOCH VERKSAMHET FRAN DEN DAG DA DEN FORSTE SVENSKEN ANLANDE TILL NUVARANDE TID.
Worcester, Ma [1915} 360,[6]pp.. Illus. Original cloth. Text totally in Swedish. First edition.
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Scott, Thomas Jefferson and Wilfred W. Scott. OUR CLAN: A BIOLOGICAL AND GENEALOGICAL ACCOUNT OF THE FAMILY OF REV. ANDREW SCOTT: ITS ANCESTRY AND POSTERITY...
[Coytesville, N.J.] privately printed [1920] [14],124pp. Illus., folding table, plates. Plain wrappers. First edition. An Ohio family with mention of activities in the Civil War, life around New Alexandria.
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CONSTITUTION FOR THE STATE OF IOWA.
Wash., SD3, 1844. 15pp. dbd. First edition. Contains 13 articles and lists George S. Hampton as Secretary of the Convention and Shepherd Leffler, President.
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE TO WHOM WAS REFERRED THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN MR. MONROE AND MR. CANNING AND BETWEEN MR. MADISON AND MR. ROSE, RELATIVE TO THE ATTACK ON THE CHESAPEAKE; AND, ALSO A COMMUNICATION FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES... WITH A LETTER FROM MR. ERSKINE TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE, AND A LETTER FROM M. CHAMPAGNY TO GEN. ARMSTRONG.
Wash. Weightman 1808 10pp. dbd. First edition. A detailed correspondence relative to the attack made upon the Chesapeake by the British Ship of War - Leopard. The Leopard stopped the Chesapeake and demanded they hand over four deserters. When Capt. Barron refused, the Leopard opened fire and damaged the Chesapeake badly. Only England's offer of reparations to Jefferson averted a war.
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Reed, Andrew and James Matheson. A NARRATIVE OF THE VISIT TO THE AMERICAN CHURCHES BY THE DEPUTATION FROM THE CONGREGATIONAL UNION OF ENGLAND AND WALES.
N.Y. 1835 First Am edition 2 vols. Original cloth. Burr p.566: "In the form of letters, pays much attention to the benefits and dangers of revivalism..." One of the best works explaining and vindicating American religion to Europeans. They revealed an almost unexplored and unreported field by observations mingled with travel narrative and notes.
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Marcy, W. L. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR... CALLING FOR INFORMATION IN RELATION TO THE SEMINOLE INDIANS IN FLORIDA.
Wash. SD90 1847 15pp. dbd. First edition. Terms by which the Seminole are permitted to stay in Florida.
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Thompson, J. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR... UPON CLAIMS FOR DEPREDATIONS BY INDIAN IN THE TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO.
Wash. SD55 1858 62pp. dbd. First edition.
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Pierce, Franklin. MESSAGE OF PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES COMMUNICATING.. THE INSTRUCTIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND MAJOR GENERAL WOOL, IN REGARD TO HIS OPERATIONS ON THE COAST OF THE PACIFIC.
Wash. SD16 1855 128pp. dbd. First edition. Important chronicle of events in California between the end of the Mexican War and 1855. French pretensions, corrupt Mexicans, Indians, etc.
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Saunders, William. THROUGH THE LIGHT CONTINENT; OR, THE UNITED STATES IN 1877-8.
London Cassell 1879 [11],409,[6]pp. Orginal gold stamped coth. First edition. Contains chapters on Colorado, gold and silver mining, southern states, emigration, railway travel, banking, protection, the western states, etc. Travels in the New South 194: "Saunders... went to Washington by way of Texarkana, Galveston, New Orleans, Montgomery, Atlanta, Greensboro, and Richmond... a brief but excellent discussion of southern life."
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Ramezay, ([Jean B. N. Roch] sieur de). MEMOIRE DU SIEUR DE RAMEZAY, COMMADANT A QUEBEC, AU SUJET DE LA REDDITION DE CETTE VILLE, LE 18 SEPTEMBRE 1759, D'APRES UN MANUSCRIPT AUX ARCHIVES DU BUREAU DE LA MARINE, A PARIS...
Quebec Lovell 1861 [4],84,38pp. Original printed wrappers, x™lib. First edition. Sabin 67021. HowesR24. Ramezay was commander of Fort Nipigon on Hudson Bay in 1742. In 1759, after the flight of Vaudreuil, following Montclam's defeat, he made every effort to save Quebec from the English, but was obliged to capitulate. Not in TPL.
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Davis, Henry T. SOLITARY PLACES MADE GLAD: BEING OBSERVATIONS AND EXPERIENCES FOR THIRTY-TWO YEARS IN NEBRASKA.
Cincinnati 1890 422pp. Illus. Original cloth., slightly soiled. Illus., frontis., port. Howes D114.Graff 1018: "A fine copy of an interesting account of early Nebraska settlements. Contains an account of the author's trip across the plains in the spring of 1850 from South Bend, Indiana to Weaveville, California." Eberstadt Modern Overlands 119. Also includes life in the gold diggings in 1850, lynch law, vigilance committee, and his trip back from California by the way of the Isthmus. Cowan, volume 4 # 129: "Davis spent two years in California after crossing the plains to get there in 1850." Mintz: The Trail 116.
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CONSTITUTION OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: SHALL IT BE ALTERED? STRICTURES ON THE MARRIAGE QUESTION. A NEW INTERPRETATION OF LEVITICUS, 18TH CHAPTER, 18TH VERSE. BY A RULING ELDER.
Louisville Hull 1859 20pp. Original printed wrappers. First edition. Not in Sabin or Coleman.
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Monroe, James. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR, TRANSMITTING A STATEMENT OF THE MEN WHO HAVE BEEN RECRUITED FOR THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES, DURING THE PRESENT YEAR. NOVEMBER 10, 1814.
Wash. Weightman 1814 4pp. One large folding table. dbd. Folio. First edition. Shaw 33291, locates five. Greely p.707: "... defective returns from some of the regiments and lack of any from others render it difficult to make an accurate general return; bounties paid by the paymaster-general for new recruits, estimate of the apportionment of the militia among the several states and territories."
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Anderson, Joseph. LETTER FROM THE COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY TRANSMITTING A STATEMENT OF BALANCES WHICH HAVE REMAINED DUE FOR MORE THAN THREE YEARS PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1816; ON THE BOOKS OF THE ACCOUNTANT OF THE NAVY, FEBRUARY 19, 1817.
Wash. Davis 1817 21pp. dbd. Folio. First edition. Shaw 42617, locates four. Greely p.809: "...list of debtors; amounts due; cause of non-settlement."
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Horetzky, Charles. CANADA ON THE PACIFIC; BEING AN ACCOUNT OF A JOURNEY FROM EDMONTON TO THE PACIFIC BY THE PEACE RIVER VALLEY... WITH REMARKS ON THE PHYSICAL FEATURES OF THE PACIFIC RAILWAY ROUTE AND NOTICES OF THE INDIAN TRIBES OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Montreal 1874 First edition 244pp. Illus., folding plan of Fraser River area and folding map of British Columbia and the Pearce River region. Original 12 mo cloth,light wear and rubbing of joints, foxing. Not in Peel, Lande or TPL, although the author's other works are duly reported. Based on the author's experiences with the 1872 Fleming expedition, this is an excellent account of travel in the far west of Canada, as well as observations on the Indians of the area. Lowther 466. Whale 630: "A journey undertaken by the Canadian Pacific's chief surveyor with botanist John Macoun and others through Northern British Columbia down to Victoria." Also contains a chapter on San Francisco, Astoria, Canadian Pacific Route, Indians, etc.
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Holman, A. M. & Contant R. Marks. PIONEERING IN THE NORTHWEST. NIOBRARA-VIRGINIA CITY WAGON ROAD.
Sioux City 1924 150pp. Original cloth. First edition. Narrative of the opening of the wagon road toVirginia City by Sawyer's expedition of 1865.
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Dodge, Major-General Grenville M. BATTLE OF ATLANTA AND OTHER CAMPAIGN ADDRESSES, ETC.
Council Bluffs, Ia. Monarch 1911 183pp. Illus. Original cloth. First edition. Printed presentation slip tipped in. Contains chapters on the southwestern campaigning, General Dodge, Indian campaigns, 1864-1866, Tennessee Campaign, Campaign in the west, General Grant, etc.
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Smith, Samuel H. LETTER FROM THE (ACTING) SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, TRANSMITTING, IN OBEDIENCE TO A RESOLUTION OF THE 10TH INSTANT, SUNDRY STATEMENTS OF THE REVENUE RECEIVED UNDER EXISTING LAWS. OCTOBER 15, 1814.
Wash., Way, 1814. 14[1]pp. 6 large folding tables. dbd. Folio. First edition. Shaw 33180, locates four copies. Greely p.717: "Statement of the valuation of lands, dwelling houses, and slaves in the several collection districts of the states..." Includes Tennessee, North Carolina, and Louisiana.
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AMERICAN REVIEW OF HISTORY AND POLITICS.
[Phila.] 1811-1812 Vols. 1-4. Bound. Complete file of all published. Mott Vol. 1, pp.271/2: "The first standard quarterly review in American... founded by Robert Walsh.. The chief ends of this miscellany, says the review, are the propagation of sound political doctrines, and the direction and improvement of the literary taste of the American people..."
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Kaufmann, Peter. DER TEMPEL DER WAHRHEIT, OBER DIE WISSENSCHAFT FUR IMMERDAR FORTSCHREITENDER ERKENNTNISS; ENTHALTEND DIE GRUNDLAGE UND ELEMENTE EINES SYSTEMES, UN ZU ABSOLUTER GEWIKHEIT IN ALLEN DINGEN ZU GELAUGEN...
Cincinnati, Canton Ohio 1858 348pp. Original cloth. First edition. One of the most active members of the Harmony Society was Peter Kaufman, who had signed the revised Harmony constitution and then, soon after, withdrew. He wrote Rapp in 1827 about the great progress of their Society of United Germans and about the new state of Teutonia. In this new order, man would not be looked upon and treated as a sexless creature. Arndt: George Rapp's Harmony Society, pp.358-377. An important Utopian piece by an associate of Robert Owen.
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Dallas, Francis Gregory. PAPERS OF FRANCIS GREGORY DALLAS, UNITED STATES NAVY CORRESPONDENCE AND JOURNAL, 1837-1859. EDITED BY GARDINER W. ALLEN.
N.Y. Naval Hist. Soc. 1917 [51],303,[1]pp. Illus. Original boards vellum spine. First edition. One of 750 numbered copies. Naval Hist. Soc. Pubs. Vol. 8. Virtually a history of our Navy between the War of 1812 and the civil War.
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Willard, Margaret Wheeler, ed. LETTERS ON THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1774-1776.
Boston 1925 [19],370pp. Illus., maps. Original boards, paper label on spine slightly faded. One of 1040 copies printed. First edition. The writers of the letters included in this collection were colonists or Englishmen temporarily sojourning in America. The British letter writers were officers and soldiers stationed mostly in Boston. The period encompasses from the first Continental Congress to the taking of New York by the British.
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Loomis, Hezekiah. JOURNAL OF HEZEKIAH LOOMIS, STEWARD ON THE U.S. BRIG "VIXEN," CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH, U.S.N. WAR WITH TRIPOLI, 1804. EDITED AND COMPILED BY LOUIS F. MIDDLEBROOK.
Salem, Ma. Essex Inst. 1928 [4],67pp. Illus. Original boards, printed paper label on front cover. First edition. Matthews p.206. Printed in a small edition.
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Hopson, Winthrop H. MEMOIRS OF DR. WINTHROP HARTLY HOPSON.
Cincinnati, Standard, 1887. [13],239pp. Original cloth. First edition. Chapters on Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, etc. His experiences as a missionary, Civil War experiences in Kentucky, reconstruction, etc. Not in Dornbusch. Coleman 2929.
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GEORGE BANCROFT, SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, THE TRADUCER AND EULOGIST OF GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON.
Wash 1846 15pp. Original printed wrappers. Contains three articles by Northampton accusing Bancroftof Tylerism and betrayal of his Whig principles with regard to the former President. There is a bit of material on the U. S. Navy included.
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McEvoy, Bernard. FROM THE GREAT LAKES TO THE WILD WEST: IMPRESSIONS OF A TOUR BETWEEN TORONTO AND THE PACIFIC.
Toronto Briggs 1902 288pp. Illus. Original pictorial cloth. First edition. Peel 1685: "A collectionof sketches originally published in the mail and empire. Approximately a third of the book is devoted to the prairies." McEvoy was a journalist and author of Toronto and Vancouver.
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Fulford, Francis. THE SERMON AT THE CONSECRATION OF HORATIO POTTER, D.D., IN THE EPISCOPATE, PREACHED BY APPOINTMENT, IN TRINITY CHURCH, NEW YORK... BY... LORD BISHOP OF MONTREAL.
N.Y. Dana 1854 31pp. Original printed wrappers. First edition. TPL 8363.
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Duane, William. CANADA AND THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, DELIVERED BEFORE THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA AS THEIR ANNUAL ADDRESS, ON THE 31ST OF JANUARY, 1850.
Phila. Gaskill 1850 20pp. Original printed wrappers. First edition. TPL 5434. Sabin 20994.
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Cordner, John. FOUNDATIONS OF NATIONALITY: A DISCOURSE PREACHED IN THE UNITARIAN CHURCH, MONTREAL, ON THE SUNDAY AFTER THE GREAT RAILWAY CELEBRATION, NOVEMBER, 1856.
Montreal 1856 28pp. dbd. First edition. TPL 8485. Mentions the Iroquois, southern slavery, etc. Very scarce.
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Ramsey, Alexander. ANNUAL MESSAGE OF GOVERNOR RAMSEY TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA.
St. Paul 1861 31pp. Original printed wrappers. First edition. One of 500 copies printed. Minn. Imp.Inv. 387, locates six copies. Supervision of state lands, schools, railroads, Indians, immigration, prisons, slavery, etc.
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PILGRIM CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF SAINT LOUIS. ANNUAL RECORD REV. C. L. GOODSELL, D.D. PASTOR.
St. Louis 1881-1885 1880 - 25pp.; 1881 - 24pp.; 1882 - 28pp.; ANNUAL DIRECTORY ...:1883 - 29pp. 1884 - 30pp. Original printed wrappers. Each annual: 50.00
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Field, Thomas W. AN ESSAY TOWARDS AN INDIAN BIBLIOGRAPHY. BEING A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS, RELATING TO THE HISTORY, ANTIQUITIES, LANGUAGES, CUSTOMS, RELIGION, WARS, LITERATURE, AND ORIGIN OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS, IN THE LIBRARY OF THOMAS W. FIELD. WITH BIBLIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTES...
New Haven 1991 x,430pp. Cloth. Reprint of one of the most useful bibliographies in Americana. The first edition of this bibliography is practically unobtainable, and the only reprint (Columbus, 1951) is so scarce as to bring several hundred dollars when it appears at auction. Field's bibliography lists 1708 books relating to American Indians, covering the colonial period in the British and French colonies. There are also numerous important listings for western and Latin Americana as well. A must for every Americana reference shelf.
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Otey, J. H. CHRISTIAN EDUCATION. SERMON BEFORE THE GENERAL CONVENTION OF PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AT ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND...
Richmond Enquirer 1859 First edition 21,[1]pp. Original printed wrappers. First edition. Virginia State Library Catalogue 13499. Otey was a Bishop of the Dioccese of Tennessee.
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Loring, Hon. George B. A VINDICATION OF GENERAL SAMUEL HOLDEN PARSONS AGAINST THE CHARGE OF TREASONABLE CORRESPONDENCE DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
Salem, Ma. 1888, 38pp. Original printed front wrapper only, corners clipped. First edition. Contains an appendix with letters for Gen. W. T. Sherman, Hon. Chas. J. McCurdy and Chas. A. Hall.
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Reed, Mrs. Hattie Almira. THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS AT SUNSET, AND OTHER POEMS.
Boston, 1873. 216pp. Original decorated cloth. First edition. A collection of poems of which a few are "The Apache," "Rocky Mountains at Sunset," "On the Bank of the Platte," "The Sierras," etc.
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Lyon, E. Wilson. LOUISIANA IN FRENCH DIPLOMACY, 1759-1804.
Norman U. Okla 1934 First edition 268,[1]pp. Original cloth, d.j. endpaper maps. A portrayal of France's interest in the Mississippi Valley from the seven years war to the final alienation of Louisiana by sale to the U.S.
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Crowley, D. O. and Charles A. Doyle. A CHAPLET OF VERSE BY CALIFORNIA CATHOLIC WRITERS...
San F. 1889 171pp. Original cloth. First edition. Contains a preface by Peter H. Burnett. Some of the writers included are Sarah C. Burnett, Anna M. Reed, Fannie Miller, Daniel O'Connell, Harriet Skidmore, Charles W. Stoddard, etc. Not in Cowan.
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ADDRESSES ON THE DEATH OF HON. EDWARD D. BAKER, DELIVERED IN THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1861.
Wash. 1862 87pp. Original printed wrappers, right lower corner of front wrapper missing, some chipping, small embossed library stamp. First edition. Cowan p.28. Served in the Mexican War, California, Oregon, etc. Not in Tutorow or Graff.
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M'Robert, Patrick. A TOUR THROUGH PART OF THE NORTH PROVINCES OF AMERICA: BEING A SERIES OF LETTERS WROTE ON THE SPOT, IN THE YEARS 1774 AND 1775...
[Phila. 1935] 47pp. Original boards with printed paper label on front cover. Howes M187. Facsimileof 1776 original edition. Hist. Soc. of Penn. Pamphlet Series #1.
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Meads, S. P. IN MY OWN LOT AND PLACE: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY...
Oakland [ca,1922] First edition 102pp. Illus. Original printed wrappers. Not in Cowan. Life in California [San Jose and Oakland], from 1876 onward.
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Thomas, Rev. Abel C. AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF REV. ABEL C. THOMAS: INCLUDING RECOLLECTIONS OF PERSONS, INCIDENTS, AND PLACES.
Boston 1852 408pp. Illus. Original cloth. First edition. Contains material on Ohio, Hosea Ballou, Abner Kneeland, Rev. William L. McCalla, Niagara Falls, Ohio River, a visit to the Shakers, Lake Otsego, Miami Valley, Louisville, Cincinnati, etc.
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[Blatchford, Henry]. IU OTOSHKI-KIKINOIUIN AU TEBENIMINUNG GAIE BEMAJIINUNG JESUS CHRIST: IMA OJIUE INVEUINING GIIZHITONG. THE NEW TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST; TRANSLATED INTO THE LANGUAGE OF THE OJIBWA INDIANS.
N.Y. American Bible Society 1856 [4],717pp. Original 12 mo full calf. Pilling Indian Languages 395.Pilling: Algonquin p.52. The preliminary pages contain the orthography and the index. Very scarce.
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Shea, John G. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE CAPUCHIN MISSION IN LOUISIANA.
[N.p., , ca. n.d. 1875] 6pp. dbd. as issued. First edition. Probably printed in an edition of 100 copies for the author.
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Shea, John Gilmary. COLUMBUS AND THE MEN OF PALOS.
[N.p. n.d. ca. 1875?] 12pp. Original plain wrappers. First edition. Probably issued in an edition of 100 copies for the author.
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Peirce, Charles. A METEOROLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF THE WEATHER IN PHILADELPHIA, FROM JANUARY 1, 1790 TO JANUARY 1, 1847, INCLUDING FIFTY-SEVEN YEARS; WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING A GREAT VARIETY OF INTERESTING INFORMATION...
Phila. 1847 300pp. Contemp. half mo.inner hinges strengthened). First edition. Contains month by month statistics, temperatures, cold and stormy winter in America pre-1790, railroads, steamboats, large fires, remarkable earthquakes, etc. Very scarce original work on American weather.
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Scidmore, E. R. ALASKA: ITS SOUTHERN COAST AND THE SITKAN ARCHIPELAGO.
Boston [1885] First edition [8],333,[8]pp. Illus., folding map, frontis., plates. Original pictorial small octavo wrappers. Wickersham 3968. Tourville 4024. Exceedingly rare in this format
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Graham, George. LETTER FROM THE ACTING SECRETARY OF WAR, TRANSMITTING A PLAN FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND DISCIPLINE OF THE MILITIA...
Wash. DAvis 1816 14pp. dbd. First edition. Shaw 39490.
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Holmes, Thomas J. INCREASE MATHER: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS WORKS... WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY GEORGE PARKER WINSHIP...
Cleveland 1931 First edition 2 vols. Original half morocco, spine show some wear. One of 500 sets. Perhaps the best reference work done on this important religious figure.Streeter sale 4350.
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Connelley, William E. WILD BILL AND HIS ERA: THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF JAMES BUTLER HICKOK.
N.Y. Pioneers 1933 First edition [12],229pp. Illus. Original gold stamped cloth, spine a trifle faded. Howes C690. Adams 238. Dobie pp.141-142. Rader 896. Graff 852.
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AN ACT TO REPEAL SEVERAL LAWS RELATING TO THE FISHERIES CARRIED ON UPON THE BANKS AND SHORES OF NEWFOUNDLAND, AND TO MAKE PROVISION FOR THE BETTER CONDUCT OF THE SAID FISHERIES FOR FIVE YEARS...
London 1824 7pp. Folio. dbd. Anno Quinto Georgii IV. Regis.
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PROCEEDINGS IN COMMEMORATION OF THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SETTLEMENT OF TALLMADGE; WITH THE HISTORICAL DISCOURSES OF HON E. N. SILLL, AND REV. L. BACON, AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS OF THE TOWNSHIP, BY AMOS STEWARD, ESQ., TOGETHER WITH ADDRESSES, CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.
Akron, Ohio Beebe 1857 111,[1]pp. Old cloth, small embossed library stamp, bookplate removed. Firstedition. Howes T18. Thomson 700. An important work on pioneer Ohio with sketches of many early settlers.
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED... ON THE MEMORIAL OF THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA. FEBRUARY 12...
Wash. Way 1806 4pp. dbd. First edition. Deals with the disputed limits between Georgia and North Carolina. Shaw 11698. DeRenne 327.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES... THE MILITARY COMMITTEE... TO INQUIRE INTO THE EXPEDIENCY OF PROVIDING FOR THE FINAL SETTLEMENT OF THE MILITIA CLAIMS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, FOR SERVICES RENDERED... 1792, 1793 AND 1794...
Wash. 1822 7pp. dbd. First edition. Not in DeRenne. Shaw 10891.
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Whelpley, Samuel. THE TRIANGLE: A SERIES OF NUMBERS UPON THREE THEOLOGICAL POINTS, ENFORCED FROM VARIOUS PULPITS IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK. BY INVESTIGATOR.
N.Y. Wiley 1832 396pp. dbd. First edition. Shaw 17052, locates 5 copies. Contains 31 separate articles on religious controversy in New York.
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Benecke, Louis. HANDBUCH FUR IMMIGRANTEN UND KURZE DARSTELLUNG DER BORTHEILE, WELCHE CHARLTON COUNTY, IM STAATE MISSOURI, DEN IMMIGRANTEN BIETET.
St. Louis, Riedner, 1873. 15pp. Original printed wrappers. First edition. A handbook in German intended to induce settlement in Charlton County, Missouri. Very scarce.
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Jacob, John J. A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF THE LATE CAPTAIN MICHAEL CRESAP.
Cincinnati, Ohio 1866 158,23pp. Cloth 4to, library bookplate, small embossed library stamps. Howes J32, reprint edition. "Defense of Cresap from Jefferson's charges against him in the Logan affairs." Bound in [23pp.] is a "Journal of Wayne's Campaign... against the Northwestern Indians..." by Lieut Boyer. Cincinnati, 1866. Howes B675. First edition. Only one hundred copies printed of these two rarities.
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Martin, Sister M. Aquinata. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ON THE NEBRASKA FRONTIER [1854-1885]...
Wash. 1937 [9],202pp. Original printed wrappers. First edition. An important dissertation, with each chapter denoting an era in the churches development.
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Fellows, Stephen N. HISTORY OF THE UPPER IOWA CONFERENCE OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 1856 - 1906.
Cedar Rapids [1907] 260,[4]pp. Illus. Original cloth. First edition.
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Henry, C. S. CONSIDERATIONS ON SOME OF THE ELEMENTS AND CONDITIONS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND HUMAN PROGRESS. BEING ACADEMIC AND OCCASIONAL DISCOURSES AND OTHER PIECES.
N.Y. 1861 [10],415pp. Original cloth. First edition. Contains a chapter entitled: "California: the historical significance of its acquisition." pp.153-182. Not in Cowan or Howes. For a lenghty biographical sketch see the D.A.B.
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A BILL CONCERNING THE REORGANIZATION OF THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES...
Wash. HR893 1837 7pp. dbd. Folio. First edition. Not in Shaw. Deals with appointments to the Corps of Engineers, Quartermasters, and appointments to the U. S. Military Academy.
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Lechford, Thomas. PLAIN DEALING; OR, NEWS FROM NEW ENGLAND.
Boston Wiggin 1867 [40],211pp. Old cloth, a few old library markings. Best textual edition. . Contains a facsimile of the London, 1642 original edition. Laned 965: "Full of valuable information relating to the manners and customs of the colony, written by an able and important hand..." One of 286 numbered copies.
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