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MANUSCRIPT SHEET DATED 6 MARCH 1869 FROM GALVESTON TEXAS SIGNED BY NUMEROUS SHAREHOLDERS OF THE BRAZOS IRON BRIDGE COMPANY TRANSFERRING THEIR SHARES TO JOHN SEALY; PLUS THIRTEEN RECEIPTS FROM THE COMPANY DATED IN APRIL AND JULY 1867 TO THOSE SHAREHOLDERS FOR THE STOCK THEY ORIGINALLY PURCHASED

AFRICA BRIDGE Horatio author; HAWTHORNE Nathaniel editorABAA

Journal of an African Cruiser: Comprising Sketches of the Canaries the Cape de Verds Liberia Madeira Sierra Leone and Other Places of Interest on the West Coast of Africa Presentation Copy

185345888New York: George P. Putnam & Co 1853. First Edition. Presumed Third Printing First Issue. Octavo 19.25cm; brown vertically-ribbed cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine triple-ruled border and decorative centerpieces stamped in blind to covers; pale yellow endpapers; iiviii1793pp. Inscribed in pencil on the front flyleaf: "Hon. J. Collamer / With respects of The Author" possibly Jacob Collamer judge and U.S. Senator from Vermont. Tiny chip to upper left corner of rear endpaper handful of dog-eared pages smoothed out else very Near Fine. Handsome copy of this volume Hawthorne edited for his friend and patron Horatio Bridge 1806-1893 a United States Navy officer. First printed in wrappers in 1845 Journal is the narrative of Bridge's trip on the USS Saratoga "the flagship of Commodore Matthew Perry with the mission to stop and search all American ships on the west coast of Africa that might be carrying slaves. That mission was fruitless they saw none but Bridge's comments on the efforts of the American Colonization Society in Liberia and on Africa in general were vivid" Moore Margaret B. the Salem World of Nathaniel Hawthorne p.135. An interesting printing not noted by BAL - "What appear to be first-issue sheets with the Putnam title page intact gathered in the same form as the Putnam publication are also found in a typical Ticknor format A binding.When Ticknor and Fields bought the Putnam plates for Mosses and Cruiser at the Bangs Bros. Trade Sale in New York March 1854 they may have acquired some Putnam sheets that were later bound up in Ticknor style and distributed in an effort to recover some of the purchase costs" Note: CLARK A14.1.c1. Presentation copies uncommon with only two noted in Rare Book Hub PBA 2019; Goodspeed 1910. cf.BAL 7597. George P. Putnam & Co unknown books

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HAWTHORNE Nathaniel editor; Horatio BRIDGEABAA

Journal of An African Cruiser. By an officer of the U. S. Navy

1845319256New York & London: Wiley and Putnam 1845. 8vo 19 x 12.3 cm. i-viii v-vi 179 pages. Complete with half-title and 16-page advertisements at end. Early 20th-century brown half morocco marbled boards by the Club Bindery original printed wrappers bound in. Provenance: Edwin B. Holden bookplate; his sale American Art Association 28 April 1920 lot 774 part. Holden formed a very sizable book collection and was an early member and president of the Grolier Club; his bookplate was created by Edwin Davis French 1851-1906 one of the most respected bookplate engravers of his era. Some light rubbing to joints; very pale marginal dampstain in lower gutter but overall a very handsome copy. 8vo 19 x 12.3 cm. i-viii v-vi 179 pages. Complete with half-title and 16-page advertisements at end. Early 20th-century brown half morocco marbled boards by the Club Bindery original printed wrappers bound in. Provenance: Edwin B. Holden bookplate; his sale American Art Association 28 April 1920 lot 774 part. Holden formed a very sizable book collection and was an early member and president of the Grolier Club; his bookplate was created by Edwin Davis French 1851-1906 one of the most respected bookplate engravers of his era. FIRST EDITION BAL's Printing A the title with 4-line copyright and a cancel wrapper 1 three works listed under Wiley and Putnam's Library of American Books- including Poe's Tales. Bridge and Hawthorne were classmates at Bowdoin and became lifelong friends with Bridge at times offering needed encouragement and financial aid. Bridge helped finance the publication of Hawthorne's Twice-Told Tales 1837 and gave the proceeds of this popular work his first to Hawthorne. Bridge published his Personal Recollections of Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1893. BAL 7597; Clark A14.1.a1. Wiley and Putnam unknown books

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Wheeling Bridge CaseABAA

TWELVE PAMPHLETS ABOUT THE WHEELING BRIDGE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN VIRGINIA AND PENNSYLVANIA

33025This important case arose from the competition between Pennsylvania and Virginia for domination of the developing trade with western markets. The State of Virginia authorized construction of a bridge from Wheeling across the Ohio River. The State of Pennsylvania claimed that such a bridge would impede free passage of steamboats to Pittsburgh a major terminus of such trade. Pennsylvania sought to enjoin construction on the ground that the bridge was "a nuisance and an obstruction to interstate commerce on a navigable river" II Warren The Supreme Court in United States History 234. For years Pennsylvania had engaged in an ambitious program of canal railroad and turnpike improvements; the bridge it was claimed would diminish the value of these State-sponsored modes of transportation. The Supreme Court commissioned R. Hyde Walworth to determine whether the suspension bridge "is or is not an obstruction to the free navigation of the Ohio river at the place where such bridge is erected across the same by vessels propelled by steam or sails engaged or which may be engaged in the commerce or navigation of said river; and if it is such an obstruction what change or alteration if any can be made consistent with the continuance of the bridge across the said river that will remove the obstruction to the free navigation by such vessels." Congress also weighed in on the issue scheduling hearings at which the competing positions were aired passionately and in detail. "Few cases have ever excited greater interest or seemed to affect more extensively the internal commerce of the country than this celebrated controversy." Id. at 235. The Supreme Court held that Virginia's enabling Act unconstitutionally conflicted with Congress's power to regulate navigation and enjoined the construction as a nuisance. Dissenting Chief Justice Taney argued that Congress's failure to exercise its regulatory power left Virginia free to authorize construction of the bridge which in any event Pennsylvania had failed to prove was a public nuisance. The pamphlets are: a. Ellet Charles Jr.: THE WHEELING BRIDGE SUIT: A NOTICE OF ITS HISTORY AND OBJECTS ADDRESSED TO THE LEGISLATURE OF PENNSYLVANIA. Philadelphia: John C. Clark. 1852. 20pp. Disbound a bit roughly old rubberstamp on title page. With as issued large folding 'Map of the Western Railroads Tributary to Philadelphia With Their Rival Lines. Prepared Under the Direction of Charles Ellet Jr. Civil Engineer by W. Williams Map Engraver.' State boundary outlines in color showing rail lines east from Wisconsin and Illinois to the East Coast as far south as Virginia expert archival repairs at folds on blank verso bit of chipping to outer blank margin very small loss detached from text block. Good. Modelski 80. OCLC 25783946 9 as of July 2016. b. REPLY TO A PAMPHLET ENTITLED "WHEELING BRIDGE SUIT: A NOTICE OF ITS HISTORY AND OBJECTS ADDRESSED TO THE LEGISLATURE OF PENNSYLVANIA." CONTAINING FACTS REPORTED BY CHANCELLOR WALWORTH TO THE SUPREME COURT. REASONS WHY THE SUIT NOW PENDING SHOULD NOT BE DISCONTINUED. np: 1852. 12pp stitched as issued. Light wear Very Good. Cohen 12043. OCLC locates four copies under two accession numbers as of July 2016. c. Thompson George W.: THE WHEELING BRIDGE; AN ARGUMENT FOR ITS NATIONALITY AND PRESERVATION BY HON. GEO. W. THOMPSON OF VIRGINIA. Washington: Towers. 1852. 16pp. Disbound scattered foxing Good. OCLC 21314680 4 as of July 2016. d. Ellet Charles Jr.: REMARKS TOUCHING THE WHEELING BRIDGE SUIT ADDRESSED TO THE HON G.W. THOMPSON. BY CHARLES ELLET JR. CIVIL ENGINEER. Philadelphia: John C. Clark. 1852. 24pp. Disbound. Light margin spotting Good. OCLC 21310267 11 as of July 2016. Cohen 12039. e. WHEELING BRIDGE CASE. ABSTRACT OF THE EVIDENCE. Wheeling: Swearingen & Taylor Prs. 21 Water Street. 1852. 8pp. Caption title as issued Disbound else Very Good. Not located on OCLC as of July 2016. Norona 1101 2- NN Perry. f. MEMORIAL OF THE WHEELING BRIDGE COMPANY TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. WITH A RAIL ROAD MAP. THE WHEELING BRIDGE SUIT IS A PART OF A RAIL ROAD CONTROVERSY. Philadelphia: John C. Clark. 1852. 21pp. Disbound light margin spotting. With large folding map detached from text block couple of short clean fold splits entitled 'Map of the Western Rail Roads Tributary to Philadelphia.' Good. Modelski 80. OCLC records ten locations as of July 2016 under several accession numbers. Cohen 12053. g. Ellet Charles Jr.: THE WHEELING BRIDGE. np: 1852. 6 2 blanks pp. Caption title as issued. Disbound roughly loose. Otherwise Good. OCLC 21310284 8 as of July 2016. Cohen 12040. h. Wilkins William: STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA VS. THE WHEELING AND BELMONT BRIDGE COMPANY. ARGUMENT OF HON. WILLIAM WILKINS IN BEHALF OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURG. READ BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON POST-OFFICES AND POST-ROADS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES APRIL 21 1852. Philadelphia: Lippincott Grambo and Co. Printers. 1852. 15 1 blank pp. Disbound Good. OCLC 191317317 1- AAS as of July 2016. i. WHEELING BRIDGE. MR. OLDS FROM THE COMMITTEE ON THE POST OFFICE AND POST ROADS MADE THE FOLLOWING REPORT.Washington: 1852. 16pp disbound probably incomplete other sources record 34 pages. j. WHEELING BRIDGE. MINORITY REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON POST-OFFICES AND POST-ROADS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE U.S. ON THE MEMORIAL OF THE WHEELING AND BELMONT BRIDGE COMPANY. Philadelphia: Lippincott Grambo and Co. Printers. 31 1 blank pp. Disbound scattered foxing Good. OCLC 21314636 2- U TX WI Hist. Soc. as of July 2016. k. Harding George: ARGUMENT FOR THE COMPLAINANT IN THE CASE OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA VS. THE WHEELING AND BELMONT BRIDGE COMPANY IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER'S REPORT UPON THE NECESSITY AND UTILITY OF THE STEAM PACKET CHIMNEYS NOW USED ON THE OHIO RIVER. IN REPLY TO MR. RUSSELL. Washington: 1851. Original printed wrappers stitched 16pp. Light wear and mild spotting Very Good. Cohen 12041. OCLC records only a few copies some of which are Kirtas Technologies reprints. l. Taney Roger B.: THE OPINION OF CHIEF JUSTICE TANEY IN THE WHEELING BRIDGE CASE. Richmond: Ritchie & Dunnavant. 1852. 14 2 blanks pp. Disbound else Very Good. Ownership signature 'Hon. Samuel W. Parker.' Cohen 12049. Not in Haynes. unknown books

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MANUSCRIPT SHEET DATED 6 MARCH 1869 FROM GALVESTON TEXAS SIGNED BY NUMEROUS SHAREHOLDERS OF THE BRAZOS IRON BRIDGE COMPANY TRANSFERRING THEIR SHARES TO JOHN SEALY; PLUS THIRTEEN RECEIPTS FROM THE COMPANY DATED IN APRIL AND JULY 1867 TO THOSE SHAREHOLDERS FOR THE STOCK THEY ORIGINALLY PURCHASED

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MANUSCRIPT SHEET DATED 6 MARCH 1869 FROM GALVESTON TEXAS SIGNED BY NUMEROUS SHAREHOLDERS OF THE BRAZOS IRON BRIDGE COMPANY TRANSFERRING THEIR SHARES TO JOHN SEALY; PLUS THIRTEEN RECEIPTS FROM THE COMPANY DATED IN APRIL AND JULY 1867 TO THOSE SHAREHOLDERS FOR THE STOCK THEY ORIGINALLY PURCHASED

A FORTNIGHT IN HEAVEN: AN UNCONVENTIONAL ROMANCE

Journal of an African Cruiser: Comprising Sketches of the Canaries the Cape de Verds Liberia Madeira Sierra Leone and Other Places of Interest on the West Coast of Africa.By an Officer of the U.S. Navy

ALS; 2 pages to Mrs. Mitchell August 7 1939 with mailing envelope

The Laws of Bridge as Adopted by the Whist Club: Also the Etiquette of the Game with Hints for Play

Journal of an African Cruiser . by an Officer of the U.S. Navy. Edited by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Greenpoint Ave. Bridge over Newtown Creek. Plan and Elevation

Journal of an African Cruiser: Comprising Sketches of the Canaries the Cape de Verds Liberia Madeira Sierra Leone and Other Places of Interest on the West Coast of Africa Presentation Copy

Journal of An African Cruiser. By an officer of the U. S. Navy

TWELVE PAMPHLETS ABOUT THE WHEELING BRIDGE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN VIRGINIA AND PENNSYLVANIA

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