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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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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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Twisleton, Edward. EVIDENCE AS TO THE RELIGIOUS WORKING OF THE COMMON SCHOOLS IN THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, WITH A PREFACE.
London Ridgway 1854 98pp. dbd. First edition. Not in Sabin. Twisleton was the late chief commissioner of poor laws in Ireland.
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MacGibbon, Elma. LEAVES OF KNOWLEDGE.
[Spokane 1904] 237pp. Illus. Original decorated cloth. First edition. Adventures and travels in Oregon and Washington, mainly on the Columbia, at Astoria, in the Willamette Valley, Seattle, Walla Walla, Tacoma, Olympia, etc. Also some chapters on Montana. Smith 6339.
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Cady, John H. ARIZONA'S YESTERDAY: BEING THE NARRATIVE OF JOHN H. CADY, PIONEER.
[Patagonia Arizona 1916] 127pp. Illus. Original printed pictorial wrappers, mended. Howes C16. Adams Herd 391. Jones 1731. Graff 535.
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Geiger, Vincent and Wakeman Bryarly. TRAIL TO CALIFORNIA: THE OVERLAND JOURNAL OF...
New Haven 1945 266pp. Original cloth. First edition. Illus. Edited by D. M. Potter. The original journal was begun by Vincent Geiger at St. Joseph, Missouri and continued by Wakeman Bryarly from the North Platte until the arrival in California.
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Brigham, Clarence S. PAUL REVERE'S ENGRAVINGS.
Worcester 1954 First edition [16],181pp. Illus., many folding plates and facsimiles. Original cloth, d.j. An indispensable reference tool.
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Kingsley, James L. A HISTORICAL DISCOURSE DELIVERED BY REQUEST BEFORE THE CITIZENS OF NEW HAVEN, APRIL 25, 1838, THE TWO HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST SETTLEMENT OF THE TOWN AND COLONY.
New Haven Noyes 1838 First edition 115pp. Original printed wrappers. "C. W. Upham from his friend E. S. Foote" on front flyleaf. Shaw 51140. Sabin 37891: "With valuable notes and biographical notices."
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Porter, James Madison. SPEECH OF ... OF NORTHAMPTON, IN THE CONVENTION OF PENNSYLVANIA, ON THE SUBJECT OF THE RIGHT TO ANNUL CHARTERS OF INCORPORATION ...
Phila. 1837 59pp. dbd. First edition. "Presented by ____ to Wm. Findlay" in ink on title page. Shaw46362. Not in Kress. Sabin 64273.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ENGINEERS CONCERNING RESERVOIRS ...
Cambridgeport, Cox Brown & Co. 1843 8pp. Sewn as issued. First edition. Many parts of Cambridge were greatly exposed to the ravages of fire because of the unavailability of water to extinguish them. This rare little report indicates the location for each of these needed reservoirs. Samuel Sanders, Chief Engineer, prepared the report. Not in Sabin or Kress.
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Kelsey, Henry. THE KELSEY PAPERS.
Ottawa, 1929. [83],128pp. Illus., folding map. Original cloth, ex-library . First edition. Edited with introduction by Peel 2: "Kelsey's journal was published in the report of the Committee on Hudson's Bay in 1749, but it was only in 1926 that the original manuscript was found among the Dobbs papers in the public record office of Northern Island. The first two papers cover his exploration, the third covers Indian beliefs and superstitions, while the remaining eight deal with events on Hudson Bay." TPL 162. He was the first white man on the Canadian prairie.
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Corwin, Thomas. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY...IN RELATION TO THE TRADE AND COMMERCE OF THE BRITISH AMERICAN COLONIES WITH THE UNITED STATES...
Wash. SD23 1851 775,[1]pp. Full calf, top of spine chipped. First edition. An exceptionally important contribution to the economic dependence of Canada on U. S. exports and trade.
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Jewett, Henry E. ISRAEL EDSON DWINELL, D.D. : A MEMOIR... WITH SERMONS.
Oakland [1892] 320pp. Illus. Original cloth. First edition. Missionary and religious experiences inTennessee, Illinois, Maine and California. Inscribed presentation copy from Jewett.
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MINUTES OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE OF MAINE, AT THEIR ANNUAL MEETING IN WISCASSET...
Portland 1832 32pp. Sewn as issued. First edition. Not in Shaw. Presbyterian Conference.
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LIST OF CLAIMS BEFORE THE SPANISH TREATY CLAIMS COMMISSION. LETTER FROM... TRANSMITTING A LIST OF CLAIMS NOW BEING DEFENDED BEFORE THE SPANISH TREATY CLAIMS COMMISSION, AND OTHER INFORMATION.
Wash. SD299 1902 190pp. dbd. First edition.
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Bennett, James. OVERLAND JOURNEY TO CALIFORNIA: JOURNAL OF... WHOSE PARTY LEFT NEW HARMONY IN 1850 AND CROSSED PLAINS AND MOUNTAINS UNTIL THE GOLDEN WEST WAS REACHED.
N.Y., 1932. 45pp. Original wrappers. Limited edition of 200 copies from New Harmony Times of 1906. Howes B357a. Graff 261.
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Benton, Thomas H. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES... REPORT... TO VINDICATE THE CHARACTER AND HONOR OF THE SENATE AGAINST THE CHARGES OF CORRUPTION PUBLISHED IN ... THE "DAILY TIMES"...
Wash. SD222 1846 36pp. dbd. First edition. The Senate and Benton in particular, had been accused ofcorrupt communications with the British Minister in relation to the settlement of Oregon question. This is his vindication.
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Bibb, George M. REPORT OF... COMMUNICATING INFORMATION IN RELATION TO THE CLAIM TO LAND IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA CALLED THE "HOUMAS CLAIM."
Wash. SD45 1845 156,4pp. Illus., 3 folding maps of the claim. dbd. First edition. Contains 77 transcripts and copies of letters from 1841™1845 dealing with this important claim.
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Strickland, William. JOURNAL OF A TOUR IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 1794-1795 ... WITH A FACSIMILE EDITION OF WILLIAM STRICKLAND'S "OBSERVATIONS ON THE AGRICULTURE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA."
N.Y. 1971 [23],335pp. Illus. Original cloth. New York Hist. Soc. Coll. Vol. 83. First edition. From original journals and letters, this English traveller's experiences in the north and his relationships with important Americans of the era.
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A BILL FOR THE ADJUDICATION AND LIQUIDATION OF THE CLAIMS FOR PROPERTY TAKEN AWAY IN VIOLATION OF THE FIFTH ARTICLE OF THE TREATY OF GHENT.
Wash. HR395 1827 5pp. dbd. Folio. First edition.
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Randolph, Edmund. A VINDICATION OF EDMUND RANDOLPH, WRITTEN BY HIMSELF, AND PUBLISHED IN 1795. NEW EDITION, WITH A PREFACE BY P. V. DANIEL, JR.
Richmond Wynne 1855 [11],82pp. Marbled boards in half leather, small paper label on spine. Daniel, son of the United States Supreme Court Justice and the grandson of Randolph, passionately defends him. "This man is suddenly stricken down, condemned, and disgraced, so far as such a man can be disgraced-- and for what cause, and on what evidence of guilt or unworthiness?" he asks rhetorically. The Vindication is printed in full here, along with Washington's anti-France Message of December 1793, his nomination of John Jay as our envoy to England, and Randolph's letter of August 1794 to Washington on the foreign policy implications of the Whisky Rebellion. Howes R55: "The author had resigned from Washington's cabinet under fire, suspected of aiding French intrigue." Swen 44676.
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Stewart, W. Frank. PLEASANT HOURS IN AN EVENTFUL LIFE.
San F. 1869 94pp. Original gold stamped cloth. First edition. Cowan p.615: "The subjects of severalof these poems are Californian, and many were written here from 1849 to 1856."
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Fairchild, Lucius. CALIFORNIA LETTER OF...
Madison, Wi. 1931 [19[,212pp. Illus. Original cloth. First edition. Edited with notes and introduction by Joseph Schafer. Wisc. Hist. Pubs. Colls. Vol. 31. Not in Howes, Cowan, or Graff.
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Argyll, John. THE CANDIAN NORTH-WEST. SPEECH DELIVERED AT WINNIPEG BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE MARQUIS OF LORNE, GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA.
Ottawa 1883 16pp. Illus. Folding map. dbd., small rubber library stamp on title page. Peel 558.
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Armour, J. Ogden. THE PACKERS, THE PRIVATE CAR LINES, AND THE PEOPLE.
Phila. 1906 380pp. Illus. Original pictorial cloth. First edition. Adams Herd 167. Reese Six Score 6. One of the great items in the literature of the American cattle trade.
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Arthur, John. A. BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE EXPERIENCES OF A PIONEER OF 1843.
Salem Oregon 1887 In: Oregon Pioneer Association Proceedings #15, pp.96-104, Original printed wrappers. First edition. Overland to Oregon from Missouri.
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Bayfield, Henry Wolsey. THE ST. LAWRENCE SURVEY JOURNALS OF CAPTAIN HENRY WOLSEY BAYFIELD 1829-1853.
Toronto, Champlain Society, 1984-1986. 2 vols. Illus. Original cloth. First edition. Publications of the Champlain Society LIV & LV. Limited to 1350 numbered copies.
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Bolton, Herbert E. PALOU AND HIS WRITINGS.
[Berkeley 1926] 74pp. Illus. Original printed wrappers. Reprinted from the introduction to Palou's "New California..."
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Burleton, Solomon Stevens. AN OFFICER OF THE LINE: IN THE CONQUEST OF THE CONTINENT. BY HIS SONS.
Hartford Church Missions Pub. Co. 1911 Illus. Original cloth. First edition. Missionary experience in Minnesota Wisconsin and Oneida.
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Carroll, John M. CUSTER IN TEXAS: AN INTERRUPTED NARRATIVE.
N.Y., 1975. 288pp. Illus. Original cloth. First edition.
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A TRIBUTE TO GENERAL GATES PHILLIPS THRUSTON.
[Dayton, Ohio 1914] 129pp. Illus., tipped in ports. Original boards. First edition. Contains his genealogy, military record, life in Nashville, etc. He was the author of "The Antiquities of Tennessee..." Not in Dornbusch, Nevins, or Nicholson.
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Speer, Alexander. SOUTH CAROLINA CLAIMS ... REPORT ... THE MEMORIAL OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA BY ... COMPTROLLER GENERAL.
Wash. HR66 1830 71pp. dbd. First edition.
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Monroe, James. MESSAGE FROM ... TRANSMITTING, A LETTER FROM THE GOV. OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AND EXTRACTS FROM THE JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE ...
Wash. HD129 1818 8pp. dbd. First edition.
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Buchanan, James. SOUTH CAROLINA. MESSAGE FROM ... TRANSMITTING CORRESPONDENCE IN RELATION TO FORT SUMTER, ETC.
Wash., HD61, 1861. 17pp. dbd. First edition.
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JAMES MONROE. MEMORIAL OF THE CITIZENS OF ALBEMARLE COUNTY IN VIRGINIA, PRAYING CONGRESS TO RECONSIDER THE CLAIMS OF MR. MONROE ... AND TO REMUNERATE HIM FOR HIS LOSSES ... INCURRED IN THE SERVICE OF THE COUNTRY.
Wash. HD94 1829 6pp. dbd. First edition.
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THE CASE OF THE UNITED STATES, TO BE LAID BEFORE THE TRIBUNAL OF ARBITRATION, TO BE CONVENED AT GENEVA UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN, CONCLUDED AT WASHINGTON, MAY 8, 1871.
Wash. SED31 1872 204pp. Folding map. Original cloth. First edition.
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Clark, William H. THE SOLDIER'S OFFERING.
Boston 1875 First edition 76pp. Original cloth. Part I,pp.1-44: Reminiscences of the Thirty-Fourth Regiment, Mass. Vol. Inf., Part II, pp.51-76: original poems. Dornbusch I:300. Nicholson cat p. 155. Nevins VOl. 1 p.71. Presentation copy from G. W. Clark.
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LES CONSERVATEURS ET LA POLITIQUE NATIONALE DE 1878 A 1882.
St. Hyacinthe 1882 96pp. Original wrappers. First edition. Gagnon II:1641. Conservative campaign document attacking McKenzie's records on the CPR, the LeTellier affair, and fanaticism.
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CANADA'S GOVERNOR GENERAL, 1867-1952.
Toronto [1952] [26],210pp. Illus. Original cloth. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies. With aforeword by R. C. Wallace.
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Taylor, Zachary. MESSAGE OF ... TRANSMITTING REPORTS FROM THE SEVERAL HEADS OF DEPARTMENT RELATIVE TO THE SUBJECT OF ... ALLEGED REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS IN CUBA.
Wash. SD57 1850 124pp. dbd. First edition. Foreigners, enjoying the protection of the U. S., were getting up armed expeditions to invade Cuba.
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Decker, Malcolm. BENEDICT ARNOLD: SON OF THE HAVENS.
N.Y. Antiquarian Press 1961 [13],534pp. Illus. Original cloth. One of 750 copies. A very scarce andimportant biographical sketch.
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Rich, E. E. et al. MOOSE FORT JOURNALS, 1783-1785.
London Hudson Bay Record Society 1954 [30[,[4],392,[14]pp. Illus., folding maps. Original cloth. First edition. One of a limited numbered edition. Hudson Bay Record Soc. V.17.
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Davis, Henry. A SERMON DELIVERED ON THE DAY OF GENERAL ELECTION AT MONTPELIER, OCTOBER 12, 1815, BEFORE THE... LEGISLATURE OF VERMONT.
Montpelier Walton and Goss 1815 First edition 40pp. dbd. McCorrison 1727. Shaw 34541
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Moebs, Thomas T. U.S. REFERENCE-IANA: [1481-1899]. U.S. REFERENCE-IANA: [1481-1899]: A CONCISE GUIDE TO OVER 4000 BOOKS AND ARTICLES FOR RESEARCHING... SPECIFICALLY COMPILED FOR AMERICANA COLLECTORS, BOOKSELLERS AND LIBRARIANS.
Williamsburg, Va. 1989 [11],826,[4]pp. Illus. Original cloth, d.j. First edition. Art, books, broadsides, ephemera, manuscripts, newspapers, maps, pamphlets, photographs, and prints relating to that area within the present limits of the United States. Introduction by Archibald Hanna.
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Rohne, J. Magnus. NORWEGIAN AMERICAN LUTHERANISM UP TO 1872.
N.Y. 1926 [24],271pp. Original cloth, d.j., a few small pieces of d.j. missing. First edition. One of the most important works on the subject.
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THE CHURCHMAN'S CALENDAR ... DESIGNED TO EXHIBIT AN ACTUAL VIEW OF THE HOLY CATHOLIC AND APOSTOLIC CHURCH ... NO. VIII.
N.Y. 1868 264pp. Original 12mo wrappers. First edition. Contains sketches of the activities of the Church in Alaska, Canada, the West and South. Also sketches of religious life in the West Indies and Latin America.
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Chapin, Eugene. BY-GONE DAYS; OR, THE EXPERIENCES OF AN AMERICAN.
Boston 1898 120pp. Illus. Original cloth. First edition. Chapin was acting assistant paymaster of the U. S. Navy. This book contains chapters on the West, hunting, life at Key West, adventures at Tampa Bay, St. Joseph's Bay, naval days, etc.
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Dow, George Francis. EVERY DAY LIFE IN THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY.
Boston 1935 [12],293pp. Illus. Original marbled boards, cloth spine.(pictorial dust jacket). First edition. One of 1000 copies. An important picture of life in the early days of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Much of the intimate detail of existence in the colony, in the 17th century, has been lost.
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Leonard, Irving, [trans.]. SPANISH APPROACH TO PENSACOLA, 1689-1693.
Albuquerque Quivira Soc. 1939 323pp. Illus., large folded map, frontis., plates. Original vellum backed boards. Limited to 550 numbered copies. An extremely fine group of documents for the first time translated. The importance of this mass of original sources for the history of the old Southwest and indeed, for the later history of the farther west, is matched only by their importance as a part of the history of Spanish exploration and settlement in the region north of the Gulf of Mexico.
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Schofield, J. M. LETTER OF... COMMUNICATING... REPORTS IN RELATION TO RECENT DISTURBANCES IN LOUISIANA.
Wash. SD15 1869 45pp. dbd. First edition. A riot which occurred in the parish of St. Landry betweenthe whites and the free people of the parish.
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Edwards, Rev. George. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH HISTORY.
Helena, Mt. 1907 In: Contributions to the Hist. Soc. of Montana, Vol. 6, pp.290-444. Original cloth. First edition.
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MONTANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. CONTRIBUTIONS.
Helena, Mt. Volume 6. Original cloth.
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Latham, Dr. Hiram. TRANS-MISSOURI STOCK RAISING: THE PASTURE LANDS OF NORTH AMERICA: WINTER GRAZING...
Denver 1962 [16],94pp. Illus., drawings E. M. Schiwetz. Original cloth, d.j. With an introduction by Jeff Dykes. Facsimile of the rare 1871 original edition. This edition limited to 999 copies printed and designed by Carl Hertzog. Adams Herd 1409. Graff 2408. Howes L118. Dykes Schiwetz 29. Lowman 146. Reese Six Score 68.
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Mason, Charles and Jeremiah Dixon. THE JOURNAL OF...
Phila. 1969 231pp. Illus. Original folio cloth, d.j. torn. The printing of the original manuscript journal that Mason and Dixon kept during their famous survey.
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Lovejoy, Joseph C. and Owen. MEMOIR OF THE REV. ELIJAH P. LOVEJOY; WHO WAS MURDERED IN DEFENCE OF THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS, AT ALTON, ILLINOIS, NOV. 7, 1837...
N.Y. 1838. First edition 382pp. Original cloth, spine faded, wear to joints and spine. Howes L522.McCoy L365: "The story of Lovejoy, who was murdered by a proslavery mob, written by two of his brothers immediately after his death, and the major source of material on his life and the Alton Riot." Dumond p.76.
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Davis, Mr. DIARY OF MR. DAVIS, 1852.
Portland 1910 First edition Portland, 1910. In: Oregon Pioneer Association Transactions #37, pp.355-381. Original printed wrappers. He crossed the plains to Oregon in 1852 and this is his day by day account. He became dissatisfied in 1855 and went to Iowa where he married. He came back to Oregon in 1880.
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Perkins, Edith Forbes. LETTERS AND JOURNALS OF EDITH FORBES PERKINS, 1908-1925.
[Cambridge, Ma.] for private distribution 1931 4 vols. Illus. Original cloth, boxed. First edition.Contains material on Iowa, California, Wyoming in the 90's, Colorado, etc.
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Miles, William. JOURNAL OF THE SUFFERINGS AND HARDSHIPS OF CAPT. PARKER H. FRENCH'S OVERLAND EXPEDITION TO CALIFORNIA WHICH LEFT NEW YORK CITY, MAY 13TH, 1850, AND ARRIVED AT SAN FRANCISCO, DEC. 14.
[N.Y. 1916] 26pp. Original printed wrappers. Facsimile reprint of the rare Chambersberg, Pa., 1851 original. Cowan p.429. Howes M597. Jones 1265. Matthews p.327. Wagner™Camp 202. Graff 2791. One of 250 copies printed.
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Pearson, Henry Greenleaf. BUSINESS MAN IN UNIFORM. RAYNAL CAWTHORNE BOLLING, GENERAL SOLICITOR OF THE UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION, COLONEL [SIGNAL CORPS], U.S.A..
N.Y. Duffield 1923 First edition [10],2,215pp. Illus., 12 plates. Original gold stamped boards withcloth spine. Major Bolling headed a mission to Europe, in 1917, to study the various aspects of the organization and aircraft of the allies. He was killed in action east of Estrees by German Infantry, March 26, 1918, after his car became lost. He was a member of the First Aero Company, N.Y. National Guard. Noffsinger 1140.
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Dolbeare, Dr. Benjamin. A NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTIVITY AND SUFFERING OF DOLLY WEBSTER AMONG THE CAMANCHE INDIANS IN TEXAS, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE MASSACRE OF JOHN WEBSTER AND HIS PARTY, AS RELATED BY MRS. WEBSTER.
New Haven Yale 1986 [11],34pp. Original cloth boards, facsimile reprint of the rare Clarksburg, 1843 original, with an important scholarly introduction by George Miles. One of 500 copies printed. Unrecorded by Howes, Wagner-Camp, Graff, etc. Streeter 1453 "No copy located..." West Virginia Imprints 377.
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Douglas, R. Alan. JOHN PRINCE: A COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS.
Toronto 1980 [60],228pp. Illus. Original cloth. First edition. Prince was one of the most colorful individuals to reside in upper Canada. He was an attorney, politician, soldier, entrepreneur, and jurist.
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Dunton, John. LETTERS FROM NEW ENGLAND, A.D. 1686... NOW FIRST PUBLISHED...
Boston Prince Soc 1867 First edition [24],340pp. Contemporary half morocco, x-library. One of 150 copies printed on small paper. Howes D581: "Interesting picture of New England life in the seventeenth century, but chiefly plagiarized from Josselyn, Mather and others." Larned 929: "An important and interesting account of New England, and particularly of Boston society, as it was near the close of the seventeenth century..."
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EDIT DU ROY, DONNE A PARIS AU MOIS D'AVRIL, 1717. PORTANT REGLEMENT GENERAL POUR LE COMMERCE DES INDES ET DE L'AMERIQUE ...
Grenoble; au palais, Giroud [1717] First edition 21pp. Modern wrappers. One of the most important decrees concerning French trade with its colonies, on which all subsequent regulations were based. The decree remained in force for a considerable time, suffering certain amendments sporadically, to suit varying economic and political changes. It appoints trading centers for America, duties on American vessels, classes of goods that may be imported, that all goods from America had to pass through France, etc. This edict, containing over thirty clauses, regulates every phase of trade between France and America and the Indies. Not in Kress.
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Howay, Frederic W. VOYAGES OF THE "COLUMBIA" TO THE NORTHWEST COAST, 1787-1790 AND 1790-1793.
[Boston] Ma. Hist. Soc. 1941 [33],518pp. Illus. Original cloth. First edition. Ma. Hist. Soc. Colls. Vol. 79. Not in Howes or Graff. The journals of John Hoskins, John Boit and Robert Haswell are included herein. It is a fascinating collection of material with a fine scholarly introduction and notes. Hill's Pacific Voyages p.148. Tourville 2203.
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FORT SNELLING INVESTIGATION ... REPORT. THE SELECT COMMITTEE ... TO INVESTIGATE THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES, ETC., CONNECTED WITH SALE OF THE MILITARY RESERVATION AT FORT SNELLING ...
Wash. HR351 1858 456pp. Original cloth, leather label. First edition.
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Viele, Teresa. FOLLOWING THE DRUM. A GLIMPSE OF FRONTIER LIFE.
N.Y. 1858 256,[7],[1]-4pp. Original cloth, spine faded., x-library. First edition, first issue. Wagner-Camp-Becker 312a:1: "Describes her year's stay at Ringgold Barracks in Texas." Hanna Yale Exhibit: "As a bride, she went with her soldier husband to Texas when the Mexican War was not long over and where the fierce Comanches were plentiful." Howes V92.
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Strevell, Charles N. AS I RECALL THEM.
N.p. ca. 1943. 304,[3]pp. Plates. Original brown cloth with title in gilt on front cover and spine.Recollections on Abraham Lincoln in Illinois in 1860 [Strevell persuaded Abe to stand against a door frame and have his height verified as 6'4"]; experiences in cattle ranching in Montana in the 1880's; hardware sales in Ogden and Salt Lake City, Utah, during the 1890's, as well as various banking activities. Adams Guns 2158.
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Cordner, Rev. John. AMERICAN CONFLICT: AN ADDRESS BEFORE THE NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY OF MONTREAL, AND A PUBLIC AUDIENCE, IN NORDHEIMER'S HALL...
Montreal 1865 48pp. Original printed wrappers. First edition. TPL Cat. 9323. Deals with the American Civil War. Rare.
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Kip, W. Ingraham. A FEW DAYS AT NASHOTAH.
Albany Munsell 1849 First edition 31pp.dbd. Small slip pasted to title page "with authors regards." Howes K177. A journey in 1847 from Milwaukee to Nashotah, with detailed observations on the mission. Bibliotheca Munselliana p.37: " thousand copies."
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Schoenberg, Wilfred P. JESUIT MISSION PRESSES IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
Portland Champoeg Press 1957 76pp. Illus., frontis. A history and bibliography of imprints of the Jesuit Mission presses from 1876 to 1899. A fine work designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy. One of 804 copies.
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Safford, William H. THE LIFE OF HARMAN BLENNERHASSETT. COMPRISING AN AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE OF THE BURR EXPEDITION: AND CONTAINING MANY ADDITIONAL FACTS NOT HERETOFORE PUBLISHED.
Chillicothe Ohio 1850 First edition 239pp. Illus., frontis. Original small 8vo gold stamped cloth, spine faded, old marginal stain in text. Howes S13. Tompkins 89. An important source of first hand information on the conspiracy that attempted to set up a kingdom in the southwest. Also, much information on Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, etc.
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Van Cleve, Charlotte O. "THREE SCORE YEARS AND TEN." LIFE LONG MEMORIES OF FORT SNELLING, MINNESOTA, AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WEST.
[Minneapolis] 1888 176pp. Illus. Original green cloth, bookplate. First edition. First issue, copyright notice on slip. Howes V21: "Authoress was the first white child born in Wisconsin." Most of the work deals with fort life in the 1820's. Graff 4455.
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Earle, Rev. A. B. BRINGING IN SHEAVES.
Boston 1869 384pp. Illus. Original gold stamped small 8vo cloth. First edition. Contains missionaryexperiences in New Brunswick, New York, Mass., Vermont and a sermon delivered in San Francisco in 1866, as well as several chapters on California and Nevada in the 60's. Not in Cowan, Howes or Graff.
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Tracy, Russell Lord. SOME EXPERIENCES OF RUSSELL LORD TRACY.
[Privately printed 1941] [12],211pp. Illus. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies. Contains histrip with General Sheridan to the Yellowstone, trapping the grizzly, geysers, Grand Canyon, visit to Alaska, ride on the Denver and Rio Grande, Honolulu, Cuba, etc.
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