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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 stamped 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 1934 First edition 256pp. Illus. Original cloth. Old Neutriment, or John Burkman, is the story of General Custer's whole western career as seen through the eyes of his old army orderly Burkman, who was given the nickname of Old Neutriment because of his extreme fondness for the food from the General's kitchen. Howes W5. Luther 74. Dustin 266.
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APPOMATTOX ROSTER: A LIST OF THE PAROLES OF THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA ISSUED AT APPOMATTOX COURT-HOUSE ON APRIL 9, 1865...
N.Y. 1962 508pp. Illus. Original cloth. Facsimile reprint of the 1887 original edition. Foreword byPhilip Van Dorenstern. One of 750 copies printed.
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Crawford, William H. REPORT OF... FOR THE ADJUSTMENT OF LAND CLAIMS IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Wash. SD22 1823 6pp. dbd. First edition.
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ORLEANS NAVIGATION COMPANY... REPORT... UPON THE MEMORIAL OF THE INHABITANTS OF THAT PART OF WEST FLORIDA, WHICH IS NOW ATTACHED TO THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, IN RELATION TO THE NAVIGATION OF THE BAYOU OR RIVER ST. JOHN...
Wash. HR138 1828 22pp. dbd. First edition.
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MEMORIAL OF SUNDRY CITIZENS OF MISSOURI, PRAYING THAT FURTHER PROVISION BE MADE FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF LAND TITLES DERIVED FROM THE FRENCH AND SPANISH GOVERNMENTS.
Wash., SD101, 1828. 8pp. dbd. First edition. In re the status of the cession of Louisiana. Shaw 36556, locates 2 copies.
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REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE... THE PETITION OF SUNDRY CLAIMANTS UNDER THE TITLE OF THE MARQUIS DE MAISON ROUGE, TO CERTAIN LANDS IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, ACCOMPANIED WITH A BILL TO AUTHORIZE ...THE MARQUIS DE MAISON ROUGE TO INSTITUTE A SUIT AGAINST THE UNITED STATES...
Wash. HD18 1825 8pp. dbd. First edition. Deals with a large tract of land situated in the parishes of Ouachita and Catahoula, in Louisiana. Shaw 23103, locates 2.
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Browning, O. H. LETTER OF ... COMMUNICATING CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO CONTEMPLATED ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE TEMPORARY SUBSISTENCE OF THE NATIVE POPULATION OF THE ISLANDS ST. PAUL AND ST. GEORGE, ALASKA.
Wash. SD43 1869 3pp. dbd. First edition. Wickersham 7949.
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McCulloch, H. LETTER OF THE ... COMMUNICATING ... INFORMATION IN REGARD TO THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA AND THE FUR INTERESTS THEREIN.
Wash. SD8 1869 10pp. dbd. First edition. Not in Wickersham.
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ALASKA INVESTIGATION ... REPORT: ...
Wash. HR35 1869 41pp. dbd. First edition. Funds unaccounted for when Alaska was purchased from Russia. Wickersham 10059.
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MEMORIAL AND RESOLUTION OF THE LEGISLATURE OF LOUISIANA UPON THE SUBJECT OF A CANAL FROM LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN TO THE RIVER MISSISSIPPI.
Wash. HD57 1825 4pp. dbd. First edition.y
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DOCUMENTS RELATIVE TO AN OUTRAGE ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN COMMITTED ON JAMES H. WEST, A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES, BY THE AUTHORITIES OF THE ISLAND OF CUBA.
Wash. SMD3 1853 40pp. dbd. First edition.
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Buchanan, James. ISLAND OF CUBA. MESSAGE FROM ... CALLING FOR CORRESPONDENCE IN REGARD TO THE ACQUISITION OF CUBA.
Wash. HD57 1859 2pp. dbd. First edition.
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Welles, Gideon. LETTER OF ... COMMUNICATING A REPORT OF REAR-ADMIRAL CHARLES H. DAVIS ... IN RELATION TO THE VARIOUS PROPOSED LINES FOR INTEROCEANIC CANALS AND RAILROADS BETWEEN THE WATERS OF THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC OCEANS.
Wash. SD62 1866 28pp. Illus., 13 large foldiing maps, some have some splitting. Original small 4to cloth, joints worn, spine faded, some edgewear, old library markings.
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Polk, James K. MESSAGE FROM ... COMMUNICATING CORRESPONDENCE IN RELATION TO THE IMPRISONMENT OF WILLIAM HENRY BUSH IN THE ISLAND OF CUBA.
Wash. SD33 1849 20pp. dbd. First edition.
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Fillmore, Millard. MESSAGE FROM ... COMMUNICATING ... CERTAIN CORRESPONDENCE IN RELATION TO CENTRAL AMERICA.
Wash., SD27, 1853. 106pp. Modern wrappers. First edition. Correspondence between Hon. Abbot Lawrence and Lord Palmerston relative to the Mosquito Coast, Honduras and Yucatan.
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Whitehead, William A. MEMORIAL OF ... IN ANSWER TO THE PETITION OF THOMAS J. SMITH, IN FAVOR OF MAKING INDIAN KEY A PORT OF ENTRY.
Wash. SD140 1839 16pp. dbd. First edition.
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Delano, C. LETTER OF ... COMMUNICATING ... THE REPORTS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF COLORED SCHOOLS OF WASHINGTON AND GEORGETOWN.
Wash. SD20 1871 36pp. dbd. First edition.
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Tyler, John. MESSAGE FROM ... TO THE TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS, AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE TWENTY EIGHTH CONGRESS ...
Wash. SD1 1843 703pp. Illus., 3 maps, 1 plan, 4 tables, 5 plates, mostly folded. Dbd. First edition. Streeter Texas 1465: "... pages 25-48 ... give correspondence with Mexico relating to Mexican protests to the proposed annexation of Texas and the decree of Santa Anna closing the customs house at Taos, Paso del Norte and Presidio del Norte."
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Boutwell, George S. SURVEY OF ALASKA AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS. LETTER FROM... TRANSMITTING A LETTER FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE UNITED STATES COAST SURVEY, ASKING FOR AN APPROPRIATION TO SURVEY ALASKA AND THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS.
Wash. HD255 1870 7pp. dbd. First edition. Wickersham 7369. From Benjamin Pierce containing: "Plan for a survey of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands" by W. H. Dall.
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Grant, U. S. MESSAGE OF ... COMMUNICATING ... COPIES OF CORRESPONDENCE WITH AND ORDERS ISSUED TO THE COMMANDER OF OUR NAVAL SQUADRON IN THE WATERS OF THE LATE NEGOTIATIONS.
Wash SD34 1871 38pp dbd. First edition.
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Corwin, Thomas. REPORT OF ... IN RELATION TO THE TRADE AND COMMERCE OF THE BRITISH AMERICAN COLONIES WITH THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES SINCE 1829.
Wash. SED23 1851 775pp. Dbd. First edition. Very important material on the trade between the U. S. and Canada,with sections on fisheries, mines and minerals,light-houses, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, New Brunswick,etc.
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Adams, Ramon F. THE RAMPAGING HERD: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS ON MEN AND THE CATTLE INDUSTRY.
Cleveland 1982 463pp. Original cloth, d.j. Facsimile reprint of the scarce 1959 original edition. Fine copy in the original shrinkwrap.
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Ewing, John S. BROADLOOMS AND BUSINESSMEN: A HISTORY OF THE BIGELOW-SANFORD CARPET COMPANY.
Cambridge 1955 [xx],439pp. Illus. Original cloth, d.j. First edition. Harvard Studies in Business History Vol. 17.
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Foreman, Grant. A PATHFINDER IN THE SOUTHWEST: THE ITINERARY OF LIEUTENANT A. W. WHIPPLE DURING HIS EXPLORATIONS FOR A RAILWAY ROUTE FROM FORT SMITH TO LOS ANGELES IN THE YEARS 1853 AND 1854.
Norman 1941 [15],298pp. Illus. Original cloth. First edition.
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Goodman, David M. A . WESTERN PANORAMA, 1849-1875. THE TRAVELS, WRITINGS, AND INFLUENCE OF J. ROSS BROWNE ON THE PACIFIC COAST, AND IN TEXAS, NEVADA, ARIZONA AND BAJA CALIFORNIA ...
Glendale 1966 328pp. Illus. Original cloth. First edition. Western Frontiersman Series Vol. 13.
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Haskell, Daniel N. THE BOSTON COMMITTEE IN CANADA. A SERIES OF EIGHT LETTERS REPRINTED FROM THE BOSTON ATLAS.
Boston 1851 43pp. Original printed wrappers, rebacked. First edition. x-l. TPL 3172: "The author was a member of a deputation which visited Toronto, Montreal, Quebec, etc., in August, 1851, on behalf of a committee of business men formed in Boston to promote trade and travel after the railway lines between Boston and Montreal were completed."
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Hoig, Stan. WESTERN ODYSSEY OF JOHN SIMPSON SMITH: FRONTIERSMAN, TRAPPER, TRADER, AND INTERPRETER.
Glendale 1974 254pp. Illus. Original cloth. First edition. Western Frontiersman Vol. 15.
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Holt, Joseph. AN ADDRESS ... TO THE PEOPLE OF KENTUCKY ... ALSO HIS LETTER TO J. F. SPEED.
N.Y. 1861 31pp. Printed wrappers. Deals with "the Fallacy of Neutrality" and is strongly pro-Lincoln and pro-Union.
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Kearny, Stephen Watts. JOURNAL OF ...
St. Louis 1908-11 In: Mo. Hist. Soc. Colls. Vol. 3. Pp.8-29;99-131. Original printed wrappers, frayed and wearing. First edition. Matthews p.240: "Military exploration journal, July™August, 1820; Council Bluffs-St. Peter's expedition, between Upper Missouri, near Omaha, and Camp Cold Water, near Minneapolis; describes forts, towns, Indian villages, geography..."
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Kelly, George H. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY.
ARIZONA, 1864-1912. [Phoenix] 1926 [14],399pp. Illus., folded maps, port. Original cloth. First edition. From the creation of the territory to statehood, with extracts from the governors' messages and laws enacted of special importance. The maps show the appearance of the counties by legislative enactment.
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Fernald, Charles. A COUNTY JUDGE IN ARCADY: SELECTED PRIVATE PAPERS OF CHARLES FERNALD, PIONEER CALIFORNIA JURIST...
Glendale Clark 1954 268pp. Illus. Original cloth. First edition. With introduction and notes by Cameron Rogers.
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Stansbery, Lon R. THE PASSING OF THE 3-D RANCH.
N.Y. Buffalo Head Press 1966 92pp. Original cloth. Facsimile reprint of the rare 1930 original edition. Adams Herd 2146, name misspelled: "Rare." One of 500 copies.
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McAllister, Rev. John. DIARY OF... A PIONEER OF 1852.
Portland 1925 In: Oregon Pioneer Association Transactions #50, pp.471-508. Original printed wrappers. First edition. An unusually good trans-plains diary by virtue of its frequent reference to the length of the day's journey, the camping places, and description of the physical conditions along the "old Oregon trail." Matthews p.334.
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Morice, A. G. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE CANADIAN NORTHWEST.
Winnipeg 1936 83,[2]pp. Illus. Original pictorial printed wrappers. First edition. Peel 3522. The writer was a veteran missionary, an accomplished linguist, and was one of the most highly respected authorities on the history of Canada.
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Oliphant, Laurence. NOTES ON CANADA AND THE NORTHWEST STATE OF AMERICA.
Edinburgh 1855 In: Blackwood's Magazine, v. 77-78, April - Sept, pp.438-50; 569-82, 701-714; pp.39-54, 165-180, 322-338. Contemporary half morocco. First edition. Buck 524: "The writer crossed northern Illinois to Chicago. It was published in book form as "Minnesota and the Far West." Howes O64.
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Pease, Theodore C. THE COUNTY ARCHIVES OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.
Springfield 1915 [141],730pp. Original cloth. First edition. Ill. Hist. Lib. Colls. Vol. 12.
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Pope, Nathaniel. DIGEST 1815.
Springfield [1938-40] 2 vols. Original cloth. Facsimile of the rare 1815 original edition. Edited with introduction by Francis S. Philbrick. Ill. St. Hist. Lib. Colls. Vol. 28 and 30.
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Potter, Elisah R. MEMOIR CONCERNING THE FRENCH SETTLEMENTS AND FRENCH SETTLERS IN THE COLONY OF RHODE ISLAND.
Providence 1879 81pp. Original wrappers. First edition.
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF THE PROPOSED STATE OF OKLAHOMA HELD AT GUTHRIE ... NOVEMBER 20, 1906 TO NOVEMBER 16, 1907.
Muskogee [1907] 486,73pp. Original half sheep. First edition. Eberstadt 166#115: "Possibly the longest convention ever held, which adopted what is probably the longest constitution ever written. it is, for example, infinitely more extended than the code of Hammurabi - but the Sooners, of course, did not have to inscribe it on tablets."
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Raymond, Sarah and Waid Howard. OVERLAND DAYS TO MONTANA IN 1865 THE DIARY OF SARAH RAYMOND AND JOURNAL OF DR. WAID HOWARD.
Glendale, Ca. 1971 232pp. Illus. Original cloth. First ed. American Trail Series vol.8
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A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES OF MAJOR ISAAC ROACH. COMPILED AT THE SOLICITATION OF A NUMBER OF CITIZENS OF SOUTHWARK.
Phila. 1838 23pp. Plain wrappers. First edition. Sabin 71708: "Mr. Roach as engaged in the War of 1812, and was captured and imprisoned at Queenstown. This is a campaign document in his favor as candidate for office of sheriff of the city and county of Philadelphia..."
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Salzbacher, Joseph. MEINE REISE NACH NORD-AMERIKA...
Vienna 1845 First edition In two parts. [8],68;[12],69-480,[2]pp. Illus., large folding map, with colored outlines, shows the south, midwest, and Canada. Original printed wrappers. Howes S58. Graff 3661: "Dr. Salzbacher toured the south first and went as far west as St. Louis. Later, he traveled east via Chicago. His primary concern was Roman Catholic institutions." Buck 373: "...he tells... of a trip to St. Louis by way of the Ohio and Mississippi River and back across Illinois by stage to Vincennes..." Clark, Travels in the Old South, Vol 3:233. Extremely scarce in wrappers.
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Spooner, Henry J. MARYLAND CAMPAIGN WITH THE FOURTH RHODE ISLAND.
Providence 1903 27pp. Original front wrapper, chipped, . First edition. Limited to 250 copies. Soldiers and Sailors Historical Society of R. I., Sixth Series, No.5. Dornbusch R.I. 105.
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Townsend, E. D. THE CALIFORNIA DIARY OF GENERAL ...
[L.A.] Ward Ritchie [1970] [10],184pp. Illus. Original cloth, boxed. First edition. Covers the period 1851-5. Edited by Malcolm Edwards.
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Van Der Zee, Jacob. THE BRITISH IN IOWA.
Iowa City 1922 340pp. Illus. Original cloth. First edition.
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White, Father Andrew (S. J.). RELATIO ITINERIS IN MARYLANDIAM.
DECLARATIO COLONIAE DOMINI BARONIS DE BALTIMORO EXCERPTA EX DIVERSIS LITTERIS MISSIONARIORUM ... Balt. 1874 [4],128pp. dbd. First edition. Md. Fund Pub. 7. Howes W348.
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White, Philo. PHILO WHITE'S NARRATIVE OF A CRUIZE IN THE PACIFIC TO SOUTH AMERICA AND CALIFORNIA ON THE U. S. SLOOP OF WAR "DALE", 1841-1843.
Denver [1965] 84pp. Illus., some colored. Original small folio cloth. First edition. Limited to 1000 copies designed by Lawton Kennedy and edited by Charles L. Camp.An interesting and important first hand account of life aboard ship in the Pacific.
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Wood, Richard G. STEPHEN HARRIMAN LONG, 1784-1864: ARMY ENGINEER, EXPLORER, INVENTOR.
Glendale 1966 292pp. Illus. Original cloth. First edition.
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JESSE JAMES: THE LIFE AND DARING ADVENTURES OF THIS BOLD HIGHWAYMAN AND BANK ROBBER AND HIS NO LESS CELEBRATED BROTHER, FRANK JAMES. TOGETHER WITH THE THRILLING EXPLOITS OF THE YOUNGER BOYS. WRITTEN BY (ONE WHO DARE NOT NOW DISCLOSE HIS IDENTITY) ...
Phila., Barclay ca 1882 First edition 19-96pp. Illus. Original printed pictorial wrappers, plastic protective covering taped to wrappers.. A very rare item. Howes J47. Adams Guns 1148. Adams 150 #82: "... the usual Jesse James material,, though this one is better done than the majority. It is another collector's item."
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Keleher, William A. THE FABULOUS FRONTIER: TWELVE NEW MEXICO ITEMS.
Santa Fe Rydal [1945] First edition [14],317pp. Illus., endpaper maps, plates. Original cloth. One of 500 copies printed. Howes K37. Adams Guns 1214: "A scholarly and dependable book which can be safely used as a source for material on Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, Jim Miller, and other New Mexico gunmen." Adams Herd 1262.
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Spring, Agnes Wright. SEVENTY YEARS: A PANORAMIC HISTORY OF THE WYOMING STOCK GROWERS ASSOCIATION INTERWOVEN WITH DATA RELATIVE TO THE CATTLE INDUSTRY IN WYOMING.
Cheyenne 1942 273pp. Illus. Original pictorial wrappers. First edition. Adams Herd 2141. Reese Six Score 101: "Excellent history of the cattle industry in Wyoming..." Howes S850.
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[Jeffreys, George W.]. A SERIES OF ESSAYS ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS; IN FORTY SEVEN NUMBERS. BY "AGRICOLA," A NORTH CAROLINA FARMER.
Raleigh Gales 1819 223,[2]pp. Full contemporary 16mo calf, gold stamped leather label spine, top ofspine and front joint expertly mended. Shaw 48370. Thornton 6872. Not in Howes or Kress. One of the great North Carolina rarities. Much early work on agriculture, manures, deep ploughing, grasses, tillage, wheat, orchards, Indian corn, oxen, livestock, hogs, draining, etc.
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Slattery, Charles Lewis. FELIX REVILLE BRUNOT 1820-1898: A CIVILIAN IN THE WAR FOR THE UNION: PRESIDENT OF THE FIRST BOARD OF INDIAN COMMISSIONERS.
N.Y. 1901 304pp. Illus. Original cloth, x-library. First edition. Contains much material on the Utes and Sioux in the early seventies. Inscribed presentation copy from Slattery to Alfred Reed Hill.
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