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Porter, J. M. REPORT OF ... COMMUNICATING ... COPIES OF CORRESPONDENCE IN RELATION TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS AND A RAILROAD IN FLORIDA.
Wash. SD62 1844 20pp.,illus( Large folded map). dbd. First edition. Text and map relative to fortifying the keys and islands around Cape Florida, and of connecting the waters of the river Matanzas at the Mosquito lagoon with Indian river, at the haulover, in East Florida.
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Davis, Jefferson. MILITARY ROADS IN OREGON TERRITORY ... REPORT ... FOR THE COMPLETION OF MILITARY ROADS IN THE TERRITORY OF OREGON ...
Wash. HR188 1856 3pp. dbd. First edition.
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PACIFIC HISTORICAL REVIEW.
Berkeley, Ca. 1932-1988 V. 1 - 46 #3 1932 - 1978. Uniform cloth volumes 1-45, the balance in original printed wrappers. First edition. Important journal containing many important articles on the Pacific Coast, and the whole Pacific area. Much on history, travel, economics, treaties, lore, etc.
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WEST VIRGINIA HISTORICAL MAGAZINE QUARTERLY.
Charleston, W.V. V.4#1-4, V.5#1. Jan. 1901 - Jan. 1905. Original printed wrappers, some loose. the lot... 75.00
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Finotti, Joseph M. BIBLIOGRAPHIA CATHOLICA AMERICANA : A LIST OF WORKS WRITTEN BY CATHOLIC AUTHORS, AND PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES.
N.Y. [1971] 318,5pp. Original cloth.
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Dondore, Dorothy Anne. THE PRAIRIE AND THE MAKING OF MIDDLE AMERICA: FOUR CENTURIES OF DESCRIPTION.
N.Y. 1961 472pp. Illus. Original cloth. Facsimile reprint of the 1926 edition. Limited to 750 copies.
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Dobie, J. Frank and Jeff Dykes. FORTY FOUR RANGE COUNTRY BOOKS TOPPED OUT BY J. FRANK DOBIE IN 1941 & 44 MORE RANGE COUNTRY BOOKS TOPPED OUT BY JEFF DYKES IN 1971.
Austin 1972 13,32pp. Original boards with paper label. Limited edition signed by Dykes.
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Dionne, N. E. INVENTAIRE CHRONOLOGIQUE DES LIVES, BROCHURES, JOURNAUX ET REVUES, PUBLIES EN LANGUE FRANCAIS DANS LA PROVINCE DE QUEBEC, DEPUIS L'ESTABLISSEMENT DE L'IMPRIMERE AU CANADA... 1764-1905.
N.Y. [1969] 5 parts bound in two volumes. Cloth.
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EXHIBITION COMMEMORATING THE SETTLEMENT OF GEORGIA 1733-1948... TOGETHER WITH A CATALOG OF THE EXHIBITION.
Wash., GPO, 1948. 92pp. Illus. Original printed wrappers. First edition. Contains an address "Georgia: a Venture for Freedom" by Hon. Walter F. George, pp. 1-8; catalog of the exhibition, pp. 9-82.
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CALENDAR OF THE AMERICAN FOR COMPANY'S PAPERS.
Wash. 1945 2 vols.: Part I, 1831-40; Part II, 1841-49. Original cloth. First edition. Almost 2000pp. of first hand source material on the fur trade in America and Canada.
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Pilling, James C. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE ESKIMO LANGUAGE.
Wash., 1887 First edition 116pp. Illus. Original printed wrappers, spine defective. BAE Bulletin 1.
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Pilling, James C. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WAKASHAN LANGUAGES.
Wash. 1894 [5],70pp. Original printed wrappers, spine rebacked in library cloth. First edition.
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Ghodes, Clarence L. THE PERIODICALS OF AMERICAN TRANSCENDENTALISM.
Durham 1931 [7],264pp. Original cloth. First edition.
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Haertel, Martin Henry. GERMAN LITERATURE IN AMERICAN MAGAZINES 1846 TO 1880.
Madison, Wi., 1908. 188pp. Original printed wrappers. First edition. Bulletin of the U. of Wisconsin No. 263. Covers the period of the novel, chronological list of reerences, German authors referred to, list of journals examined.
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Harrisse, Henry. NOTES POUR SERVIR A L'HISTOIRE, A LA BIBLIOGRAPHIE, ET A LA CARTOGRAPHIE DE LA NOUVELLE FRANCE ET DES PAYS ADJACENTS 1545 - 1700.
[Dubuque, Ia.], ca. 1970 [33],367,[4]pp. Original cloth. Facsimile reprint of the 1872 original edition.
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Terry, Maj-Gen. Alfred A. GENERAL ORDERS NO. 10... A RESOLUTION TO PRESENT THE THANKS OF CONGRESS TO BREVET MAJOR GENERAL ALFRED H. TERRY, AND THE OFFICERS AND MEN UNDER HIS COMMAND.
Wash. Jan 26 1865 1p. small 8vo broadside. First edition.
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Briggs, L. Vernon. CALIFORNIA AND THE WEST, 1881 AND LATER.
Boston Privately printed 1931 First edition xiv,214pp. Illus., 44 plates. Original cloth. Howes B773. Experiences in northern California, the geysers, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Yosemite, Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, etc.
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Hasse, Adelaide R. MATERIALS FOR A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE PUBLIC ARCHIVES OF THE THIRTEEN ORIGINAL STATES. COVERING THE COLONIAL PERIOD AND THAT STATE PERIOD TO 1789.
Wash. 1908 334pp. Original cloth. First edition. In: American Hist. Assoc. Annual Report, 1906, Vol. 2.
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Heartman, Charles F. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF HUGH HENRY BRACKENRIDGE.
N.Y. [1968] 37pp. Illus. Cloth.
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Jackson, Stuart W., comp. LA FAYETTE: A BIBLIOGRAPHY.
N.Y. Rudge 1930 First edition [23],226pp. Illus., Original cloth, d.j. One of 400 copies printed. The bibliography is broken into 6 parts, general works, political, historical society publications, periodicals, drama & fiction and eulogies and sermons.
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Keniston, Hayward. LIST OF WORKS FOR THE STUDY OF HISPANIC - AMERICAN HISTORY.
N.Y., Hispanic Soc. 1920 [18],451pp. Original 16mo printed cloth. Hispanic Notes and Monograph #5. Covers South America, Central America, Cuba, Mexico, California, Florida, and the southwest.
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Kerwood, John R. UNITED STATES CAPITOL: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ...
Norman, Ok. [1973] 448pp. Illus. Original cloth, d.j. First edition.
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Matthews, William. AMERICAN DIARIES; AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN DIARIES WRITTEN PRIOR TO THE YEARS 1861.
Berkeley 1945 383pp. Original cloth. First edition. A very important reference tour for pre-Civil War America. 50.00 //
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MICHIGAN BIOGRAPHIES INCLUDING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, ELECTIVE STATE OFFICERS, JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT, MEMBERS OF THE MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE...
Lansing 1924 First edition 2 vols. 482,484pp. Original cloth, bookplates. Important source for biographical material on Michigan notables.
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Mode, Peter G. SOURCE BOOK AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE TO AMERICAN CHURCH HISTORY.
Boston 1964 735pp. Original cloth. Important study on American theology and denominational history.This is the reprint edition of 500 copies>now out of print.
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Monaghan, Jay. LINCOLN BIBLIOGRAPHY 1839-1939.
Springfield 1943 First edition 2 vols. Original cloth, spine a little faded. Illinois State Hist. Soc. Lib. Colls. V. 4-5.
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Calhoun, John C. LETTER FROM... IN RELATION TO CONTRACTS FOR THE SUPPLY OF STONE FOR FORTIFICATIONS ON THE WATERS OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...
Wash. HD98 1825 13pp. dbd. First edition.
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Pope, Wm. F. EARLY DAYS IN ARKANSAS: BEING FOR THE MOST PART THE PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF AN OLD SETTLER.
Little Rock Ark. 1895 330pp. Illus. Original cloth, a few spots and old stains on covers. First edition. Howes P480. Clark, Travels in the Old South III:89: "A journey in September, 1832, from Louisville to Little Rock, where he went as secretary to the territorial governor of Arkansas, John Pope. The trip was taken on a side-wheel steamer down the Ohio and Mississippi and up the Arkansas River to Arkansas Post, and thence overland to Little Rock."
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OLD SOUTH LEAFLETS.
Boston Old South Work (1896 - 1900?) Volumes 1-7 # 1-175. Original gold octavo blue cloth with gold stamping on spines and small paper labels. Each number contains an historical item dating back to Coronado and 1540, and covering all of Colonial and Revolutionary America.
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O'Neill, Edward H. BIOGRAPHY BY AMERICANS, 1658-1936: A SUBJECT BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Phila. 1939 [10],465pp. First edition. Original cloth, spine faded.
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Owen, Thomas P. REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS IN ALABAMA: BEING A LIST OF NAMES COMPILED FROM AUTHENTIC SOURCES, OF SOLDIERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION WHO RESIDED IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA.
Montgomery 1911, 131pp. Original printed wrappers. First edition. An excellent reference work on the American Revolution, showing the participation of Alabama men.
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Wagner, Henry R. and Charles Camp and Robert Becker. THE PLAINS & THE ROCKIES: A CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF EXPLORATION, ADVENTURE AND TRAVEL IN THE AMERICAN WEST 1800-1865.
San F. 1982 745pp. illus. Cloth. Fourth edition. Revised, enlarged and edited by Robert H. Becker. At last, the long awaited revision of the premier reference book of western Americana. The significance of this new edition lies in its thorough bibliographic treatment of each known issue and edition of each title, giving line-by-line transcriptions of every page and every map, full collations, references and confirmed locations of copies, together with brief editorial comments, and an index of authors, titles, and subjects.
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Paullin, Charles O. ATLAS OF THE HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE UNITED STATES.
Wash. Carnegie Inst. 1932 [15],145pp. Illus., 166 plates and maps in color. Original folio cloth, spine expertly mended. First edition. Sheehy DB 162: "The first adequate atlas of American history, with good maps, including reproductions of early maps, and descriptive text for each with lists of sources; indispensable in any library doing much work in the United States history..."
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Roos, Frank J. Jr. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF EARLY AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE: WRITINGS ON ARCHITECTURE CONSTRUCTED BEFORE 1860 IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL UNITED STATES.
[Urbana, Il. 1968] [6],389pp. Original cloth, d.j.
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Sears, Joseph H. TENNESSEE PRINTERS, 1791-1945: A REVIEW OF PRINTING HISTORY FROM ROULSTONE'S FIRST PRESS TO PRINTERS OF THE PRESENT.
Kingsport, Tn. privately printed [1945] 47pp. Original cloth boards, paper label on front cover. First edition. Smith p.254. Allen 1309.
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Storm, Colton. A CATALOGUE OF THE EVERETT D. GRAFF COLLECTION OF WESTERN AMERICANA.
Chicago 1968 855pp. Illus. Cloth, d.j. First edition. An indispensable reference tool for the studyof the American west.
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TABLES OF AND ANNOTATED INDEX TO THE CONGRESSIONAL SERIES OF THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC DOCUMENTS.
Waltham, Ma. 1963 769pp. Original cloth. A must tool for use with the U.S. Serials set. A subject guide to all House and Senate documents up to and including the 52nd Congress.
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Tuckerman, Henry T. AMERICA AND HER COMMENTATORS: WITH A CRITICAL SKETCH OF TRAVEL IN THE UNITED STATES.
N.Y. 1961 460pp. Original cloth. Reprint of 1864 edition. Limited edition of 750 copies. Howes T400.
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HENRY RAUP WAGNER, 1862-1957: AN EXHIBITION OF RARE BOOKS HONORING THE CENTENARY OF HIS BIRTH.
Chicago Newberry Lib. 1962 17pp. Illus. Original printed wrappers. First edition. Biographical sketch by Everett D. Graff. One of 2000 copies.
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Holmes, Thomas J. COTTON MATHER: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS WORKS.
Newton, Ma. 1974 3 vols. Original cloth. Reprint edition of 500 sets.
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Winkler, Ernest W. and Llerena Friend. CHECK LIST OF TEXAS IMPRINTS, 1861-1876.
Austin 1963 [12],734pp. Illus. Original cloth, d.j. First edition.
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Kappler, Charles J. INDIAN AFFAIRS. LAWS AND TREATIES...
Wash., SD53 1929 First edition Volume 4. (LAWS COMPILED FROM 1914 - MARCH 4, 1927) . 1406pp. Original printed quarto printed wrappers.
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Latrobe, Charles J. THE RAMBLER IN NORTH AMERICA, 1832-1833.
N.Y. Harper 1835 First Am edition 2 vols., 243; 242,(2)pp. Original small octavo muslin backed boards, with printed paper labels on spines, some old soiling. Howes L127. Clark: Travels in the Old South 2:623. Incidents of travel in the South and West, including buffalo hunting, Little Rock, Fort Gibson, Richmond, Charleston, Florida, Tennessee, New Orleans, etc. Wagner-Camp-Becker 57:2. Buck 250 notes. Rader 2206. Sabin 39222. Latrobe accompanied Washington Irving on his "Tour of the Prairies." Graff 2413.
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Werner, Herman. ON THE WESTERN FRONTIER WITH THE UNITED STATES CAVALRY FIFTY YEARS AGO.
N.p. [1934] 98pp. Illus. Original printed wrappers. First edition. Howes W259: "The Modoc War, Montana operations, etc."
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Priestley, Herbert I. FRANCISCAN EXPLORATIONS IN CALIFORNIA.
Glendale Clark 1946 First edition 189pp. Illus., facs. of manuscript map, 6 plates. Original cloth.Spain in the West Series Vol. 6. Much on the founding of the missions including Anza's first two expeditions, exploration of the river valleys, San Rafael Mission, etc.
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Grant, U. S. COLORADO MILITIA. LETTER FROM... TRANSMITTING A STATEMENT OF THE SETTLEMENT OF THE ACCOUNTS OF THE COLORADO MILITIA FOR 1864 AND 1865.
Wash. HD7 1866 23pp. dbd. First edition.
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Johnson, Andrew. MESSAGE OF... RETURNING TO THE SENATE THE BILL ENTITLED "AN ACT FOR THE ADMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO INTO THE UNION," WITH HIS OBJECTIONS TO ITS BECOMING A LAW.
Wash. SD45 1866 4pp. dbd. First edition.
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Calder, Isabel M. COLONIAL CAPTIVITIES, MARCHES, AND JOURNEYS..
N.Y. 1935 First edition N.Y., 1935. 255pp. Illus. Original cloth, x-library. Contains a narrative of seventy five years of conflict. Material on Quebec,Perry Expedition from New Orleans in 1758, economic servitudes, military captivities, marches, and journeys, including a 1768 survey of West Florida and a trip to the Upper Creek nation in 1771,etc.
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Monroe, James. MESSAGE FROM... TRANSMITTING... SUNDRY PAPERS RELATIVE TO THE RECOGNITION OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN COLONIES.
Wash. SD89 1821 13pp. dbd. First edition.
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Yates, Norris W. WILLIAM T. PORTER AND THE SPIRIT OF THE TIMES: A STUDY OF THE BIG BEAR SCHOOL OF HUMOR.
Baton Rouge Louisiana State U. 1957 222pp. Illus. Original cloth, d.j. First edition.
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Endicott, William C. LETTER FROM... TRANSMITTING.... A REPORT RELATIVE TO THE RAISING OF VOLUNTEER TROOPS TO GUARD OVERLAND AND OTHER MAILS FROM 1861 TO 1866.
Wash. SD70 1889 366pp. dbd. First edition. Correspondence on raising and organizing volunteer troops for the purpose of guarding the overland and inland mail and emigrant routes. Written to the division commanders of the Pacific, Dept. of the Columbia, and California.
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White, John. CHARGES PREFERRED BY JOHN WHITE, OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, PILOT, AGAINST HENRY CAHOONE, ESQ., LATE COMMANDER OF THE REVENUE CUTTER ACTIVE, OF THIS PORT, AND NOW COMMANDER OF THE REVENUE CUTTER ALERT, OF THE SAME PORT: TOGETHER WITH THE TESTIMONY IN SUPPORT OF THOSE CHARGES.
N.Y. 1825 76pp. dbd. First edition. Shaw 23310.
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Berra, Tim M. WILLIAM BEEBE: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY.
[Hamden, Ct.] Archon 1977 157pp. Illus. Original cloth, d.j. First edition.
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Tyler, John. MESSAGE FROM... TRANSMITTING THE CORRESPONDENCE IN RELATION TO THE PROCEEDINGS AND CONDUCT OF THE CHOCTAW COMMISSION, UNDER THE TREATY OF DANCING RABBIT CREEK.
Wash. SD168 1844 224pp. Dbd. First edition. This treaty provided for the final extinction of Choctaw claims to land in Mississippi and the removal of the nation west of the Mississippi. The cession totaled 7,796,000 acres - many speculative frauds followed.
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Irving, John T. INDIAN SKETCHES, TAKEN DURING AN EXPEDITION TO THE PAWNEE TRIBES.
Philadelphia Carey 1835 First edition 2 vols. Original small 8vo cloth, gold stamped on upper spines, spine on volume two ruffled. Field 764. Howes I79. Rader 2026. Wagner-Camp-Becker 55:2. Hubach p.75. Graff 2157. In 1833, John Irving and his uncle, Washington Irving, accompanied a government party under the charge of commissioner Henry L. Ellsworth to the Otoe and Pawnee villages. There they witnessed the signing of a peace treaty and one of the last occurrences of the Pawnee "morning star sacrifice." Sabin 35116. Jones 973.
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Powell, Aaron M. PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF THE ANTI-SLAVERY AND OTHER REFORMS AND REFORMERS.
N.Y. 1899 [20],279pp. Illus. Original cloth. First edition. Not in Work, Oberlin Cat., or Dumond. Much on W. L. Garrison and the abolitionists, Pennsylvania anti-slavery society, Long Island Anti-Slavery meetings, etc.
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Terry, Brv. Maj. Gen. Alfred H. GEORGIA. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR IN ANSWER TO A RESOLUTION OF THE HOUSE... TRANSMITTING COPIES OF GENERAL TERRY'S REPORTS ON GEORGIA.
Wash. HD288 1870 207pp. dbd. First edition. Restoration of Civil Law in Warren County, Georgia after murders of citizens and the attempted murder of the sheriff of Warrrenton.
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Hunt, Aurora. KIRBY BENEDICT: FRONTIER FEDERAL JUDGE: AN ACCOUNT OF LEGAL AND JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTHWEST, 1853-1874, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE INDIANS, SLAVERY, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL AFFAIRS, JOURNALISM AND A CHAPTER ON CIRCUIT RIDING WITH ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS.
Glendale Clark 1961 268pp. Illus. Orig. Cloth. First edition.
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Marcy, W.L. REPORT OF... COMMUNICATING A REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS IN RELATION TO THE CLAIMS AGAINST THE CHEROKEES, UNDER THE TREATY OF AUGUST 6, 1846.
Wash. SD28 1849 189pp. Cloth with leather label. First edition. Contains all the previous information and treaties which bear on the claims.
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Mengarini, Fr. Gregory, S. J. RECOLLECTIONS OF THE FLATHEAD MISSION: CONTAINING BRIEF OBSERVATIONS BOTH ANCIENT AND CONTEMPORARY CONCERNING THIS PARTICULAR NATION.
Glendale Clark 1977 256pp. Illus. Original cloth. First edition. Translated and edited with a biographical introduction by Gloria R. Lothrop.
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[Fry, Henry]. TO THE HONORABLE THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED. THE MEMORIAL OF... THAT... HE RECEIVED FROM PRESIDENT MADISON... AN APPOINTMENT OF PURSER IN THE NAVY...
[Phila. 1835] 24pp. dbd. First edition. Contemporary manuscript notes. Shaw 31774, locates 2 copies. All the correspondence, including official U.S. documents, dealing with this memorial.
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Perkins, Simeon. THE DIARY OF... 1804-1812.
Toronto Champlain Soc. 1978 [53],520,[24]pp. Original cloth. First edition. Edited with introduction and notes by Charles B. Fergusson. One of 1400 numbered copies. Champlain Soc. Pub. Vol. 50. Perkins was the patriarch of Liverpool, Nova Scotia. He served in many capacities of the Provincial government to the detriment of his own private interests.
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Harris, William. HARRIS PAPERS.
Providence 1902 410pp. Original cloth. First edition. With an introduction by Irving B. Richman anda calendar and notes by Clarence S. Brigham. R. I. Hist. Soc. Colls. Vol. 10.
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Arthur, Chester A. MESSAGE FROM ... RESPECTING ABANDONED MILITARY RESERVATIONS, AND RENEWING RECOMMENDATION FOR SUCH LEGISLATION AS WILL PROVIDE FOR THE DISPOSAL OF MILITARY SITES THAT ARE NO LONGER NEEDED.
Wash. SD25 1883 63pp. Illus., 9 large folded maps. dbd. First edition. Forts included Fort Lewis, Colorado; White River, Col.; Fort Thornburgh, Utah; Fort Yuma, Ca.; etc.
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SALE OF IRON CLADS ... REPORT ... TO INQUIRE INTO THE ALLEGED FRAUDULENT SALE BY THE NAVY DEPARTMENT OF THE IRONCLADS OREONTO AND CATAWBA TO ALEXANDER SWIFT AND CO., AND REPORT ALL THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES CONNECTED THEREWITH ...
Wash. HR64 1868 138pp. dbd. First edition.
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WAR WITH MEXICO ... REPORT: THE ACT OF CONGRESS APPROVED MAY 13, 1846, FOR THE PROSECUTION OF THE EXISTING WAR BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO, HAVING BECOME A LAW, ON AN EXIGENCY ...
Wash. HR752 1846 52pp. dbd. First edition. Tutorow 1585. Survey of the events leading to the outbreak of war, and correspondence from Andrew Jackson, John Forsyth, Miguel Valentin, Luis Gonzaga Cuevas, Caleb Cushing, et al.
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Reading, Pierson B. JOURNAL OF ... WRITTEN DURING HIS JOURNEY FROM WESTPORT, MISSOURI, TO MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA, IN 1843.
San F. 1930 In: Quarterly of the Soc. of Ca. Pioneers, Vol. 7#3, pp.148-98. Original printed wrappers. First edition. Matthews p.194: "... account of route, hardships, organization of party, Sutter's estates, down Sacramento River to San Francisco, brief account of voyage to Monterey."
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RECUEIL DE VOIAGES AU NORD ... ACCOUNT OF THE INCURSION INTO CALIFORNIA BY THE SPANIARDS IN 1683.
San F. 1930 In: Quarterly of the Soc. of Ca. Pioneers, Vol. 7#2, pp.73-100. Illus., 3 maps, plate. Original printed wrappers. Originally published in Amsterdam, 1715, translated by Colonel Erneste V. Smith.
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Knoche, Herman. ALSO PIONEERS.
San F. 1929 In: Quarterly of the Soc. of Ca. Pioneers, Vol. 6#4, pp.175-86. Illus. Original printedwrappers. First edition. On the native flora of California, with a chart of 123 different varieties.
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Boehmer, Fritz. EARLY DAYS IN CALIFORNIA.
San F. 1927 In: Quarterly of the Soc. of Ca. Pioneers Vol. 4#2, pp.86-103. Illus., port. Original printed wrappers. First edition.
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Paul, Almarin B. MY FIRST TWO YEARS IN CALIFORNIA.
San F. 1927 In: Quarterly of the Soc. of Ca. Pioneers Vol. 4#1, pp.24-54. Illus., port. Original printed wrappers. First edition.
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Grant, U. S. MESSAGE OF ... COMMUNICATING A COPY OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE COUNCIL OF INDIAN TRIBES HELD AT OCMULGEE IN DECEMBER OF 1870.
Wash. SD26 1871 23pp. dbd. First edition. To establish forms of government compatible with the Constitution of the U. S.
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LETTER FROM THE GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL OF MARYLAND, TRANSMITTING A REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED TO SURVEY THE RIVER POTOMAC.
Wash. SD28 1823 53pp. dbd. First edition.
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Halkett, John. STATEMENT RESPECTING THE EARL OF SELKIRK'S SETTLEMENT OF KILDONAN, UPON THE RED RIVER, IN NORTH AMERICA; ITS DESTRUCTION IN 1815 AND 1816; AND THE MASSACRE OF GOVERNOR SEMPLE AND HIS PARTY...
London [Bretell 1817] [1],125,]89]pp. Illus., large folding map. Contemporary half morocco. Rarefirst issue. TPL 1093. Sabin 20704. Peel 42. Lande 1206. The map is captioned "Sketch of part of the Hudson's Bay Company's Territory. The [1]page preliminary leaf after the title page states: "As most of the depositions which accompany the following statement contain separate narrative of what occurred at Red River..."
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Wright, Julia M. AMONG THE ALASKANS.
Phila. [1883] First edition Phila., [1883]. 351pp. Illus., maps, woodcuts, etc. Original 12mo cloth. Tourville 4973. Ricks p.262: "Establishment of Presbyterian missions in Alaska." Wickersham 1360. Arctic Bibliography 19725.
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Whitman, John W. REPORT OF A TRIAL IN THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT, HOLDEN AT BOSTON, DEC. 16TH AND 17TH, 1828, OF THEODORE LYMAN, JR., FOR AN ALLEGED LIBEL ON DANIEL WEBSTER, A SENATOR OF THE UNITED STATES, PUBLISHED IN THE JACKSON REPUBLICAN ...
Boston 1828 First edition 76pp. dbd., original printed wrappers. Samuel Drake's copy with his signature on the title page. During the Jackson campaign, Lyman wrote an editorial which so infuriated Webster as to result in a suit of criminal libel. The trial was celebrated, but the jury could not agree on a verdict and the case was later dropped. McCoy L388. Shaw 35002. Sabin 42801
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[Eliot, Samuel A.]. A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF HARVARD COLLEGE. BY A MEMBER OF THE CORPORATION.
Boston 1849 53pp. Original printed wrappers. First edition. Sabin 22173.
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Gaston, William. AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE AMERICAN WHIG AND CLIOSOPHIC SOCIETIES OF THE COLLEGE OF NEW-JERSEY ...
Princeton N.J. 1835 32pp. Original printed wrappers. Second edition. Shaw 31804. "Governor Findlay with the respects of Saml Haines _____"
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Marchmont, Hugh Hume. A STATE OF THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF OUR DISPUTES WITH SPAIN AND OF THE CONDUCT OF OUR MINISTERS RELATING THERETO.
London Cooper 1739 [1]-48,41-56,65-76pp. dbd. First edition. Kress 4446. Sabin 90630. De Renne Cat.Vol. 1, p.78. JCB Cat. 611. Sperling 555. Free navigation in the American seas, Spanish pretensions in America, West Indies and Jamaica, British trade in North America, South Sea Company, Georgia colony, etc.
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Newlight, Aristarchus [pseud.]. HISTORIC CERTAINTIES RESPECTING THE EARLY HISTORY OF AMERICA, DEVELOPED IN A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES OF THE LAND OF ECNARF.
London Parker 1851 [2]2,[4],62pp. dbd. First edition. A satirical look at relations with proper names and countries spelled backwards, i.e. France is Ecnarf. DNB: "... to German rationalism he was as strongly opposed as to sacerdotalism and Calvinism (see 'Historic Certainties ...' an ingenious travesty of the higher criticism, in which he collaborated with William Fitzgerald ...)."
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Boddam-Whetham, J. W. WESTERN WANDERINGS; A RECORD OF TRAVEL IN THE EVENING LAND.
London 1874 First edition [13],364pp. Illus., 12 plates, Witch Rocks, Utah, Big Tree, Yosemite Valley, Mount Shasta, view on the Columbia River, Vulcan's steam works, etc. Original gold stamped decorated cloth. Travels across the plains to Salt Lake City, Virginia City, Stockton, Yosemite, San Francisco, Mount Shasta, Lava Beds, Modocs, Fort Klamath, Victoria, Fraser River, Nanaimo, the Geysers, etc. Cowan p.59.
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Whitaker, Fess. HISTORY OF CORPORAL FESS WHITAKER.
Louisville, Ky. 1918 152pp. Illus. Original cloth. First edition. Life in the Kentucky mountains, Mexico and Texas. Coleman 250 "A crudely written account of Kentucky mountain life in and around Whitesburg and Letcher County...
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OUR RELATIONS WITH AMERICA. CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE ENGLISH AND AMERICAN GOVERNMENTS UPON THE ENLISTMENT QUESTION, AS PRESENTED TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES...
London 1856 61pp. dbd. First edition. Letters between Campton and Marcy, and Buchanan. England was at war with Russia and requests the U. S. as an ally not to refit or supply any Russian vessel in a U. S. port.
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Jefferson, Thomas. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT TRANSMITTING CERTAIN LAWS OF THE INDIANA TERRITORY.
Wash., 1803 First edition 7pp. dbd. The regulation of fees paid to certain territorial employees. Shaw 5372 locates 2 copies. Rauch: Bib. of the Laws of Indiana p.9: "The three laws thus transmitted were those adopted of Indiana Territory at their third session."
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Volwiler, Albert T. GEORGE CROGHAN AND THE WESTWARD MOVEMENT, 1741-1782.
Cleveland Clark 1926 First edition 370pp. Illus., colored maps. Original cloth, discoloration and staining to top of spine, two small stains on front cover. Limited to 1000 copies. Early Western Journals #3. Croghan was an Indian trader and Indian agent who was involved in land speculation in New York and Ohio prior to the American Revolution.
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Gowanlock, Theresa and Theresa Delaney. TWO MONTHS IN THE CAMP OF BIG BEAR. THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF THERESA GOWANLOCK AND THERESA DELANEY.
Parkdale Times Office (Canada) 1885 First edition 136pp. Illus. Original gold stamped small octavocloth, light soiling and staining on front cover, new endpapers. Ayer Supp. 60. Peel 602. The two women were captured at the time of the Frog Lake massacre in North Saskatchewan in 1885; they were the sole survivors. They were rescued after two harrowing months.Graff 1605.
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Talbot, Theodore. THE JOURNALS OF THEODORE TALBOT 1843 AND 1849-52 WITH THE FREMONT EXPEDITION OF 1843 AND WITH THE FIRST MILITARY COMPANY IN OREGON TERRITORY 1849-1852.
Portland Oregon 1931 153pp. Original cloth. First edition. Howes T13. Judd: Voyages to Hawaii Before 1860 # 169 A. Wagner™Camp 115n. Talbot's journal is an essential supplement to Fremont's narrative, providing many noteworthy details not elsewhere recorded. He saw and talked with many of the overland pioneers of 1843 and during the expedition he traveled often in company with Fitzpatrick and Carson.
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Freudenthal, Elsbeth E. FLIGHT INTO HISTORY: THE WRIGHT BROTHERS AND THE AIR AGE.
Norman U. of Ok. 1949 [13],268pp. Illus. Original cloth, d.j. First edition. The Wright brothers dominated the first decade of flight (1900-1910). As early as 1905 they had flown a distance of over twenty four miles while other men were stil trying to fly a few hundred yards.
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[Sargent, Lucius M.]. NOTICES OF THE HISTORIES OF BOSTON, BY SIGMA.
Boston Williams 1857 7pp., double columns. Original printed wrappers. First edition. Sabin 77019.
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