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190025439Havana Cuba: Not Published 1900. Both letters two pages on Samuel Wyman Smith Importer Havana Cuba letterhead paper; dated Jan. 4 1900 and Dec. 5 1900. Both addressed to "My Dear Gilbert"; the contents typed and concerning the fate of their mutual investment in "The Studio" restaurant & bar in Havana. ".all the papers that I can find at the Studio have been forwarded to you at Cambridge Springs. The reason for this delay has been that I have been quite ill having had a toe amputated.You will see the Studio is improving. I have just made an arrangement with two Chinamen as cooks Spanish waiters however.this should finally put the place on a paying basis." adding handwritten ".I trust you will soon send me a good sized check as I need money desperately." The letter of December relates Smith's attempts to find buyers and leasors for the restaurant ".I am bothered to death by the bills of the place existing before you left some of which I have personally guaranteed.have also had a proposition from a Spaniard to take the restaurant.As a restaurant is always a dead loser except under very competent management this seems to me to be most advantageous.The quarantine has been taken off the camps here and business is much better."; continuing to ask for money. With the original mailing envelopes addressed to Mr. W.E. Gilbert. This venture was perhaps an attempt to meet the needs of the very large population of North Americans residing in Cuba after the Spanish-American War; many businesses opened especially in Havana including hotels bars and restaurants. In his book "On Becoming Cuban: Identity Nationality and Culture" By Louis A. Perez 2008 Univ. of North Carolina Press an individual named Edward E. Nelson opened the Studio restaurant in Havana in 1899 and was not very successful per the contents of these letters. Envelopes very soiled and worn; letters with light wear old fold lines; in very good condition. Interesting Cuban - U.S. business history ephemera from the early days of the 20th century telling of the unsettled commercial climate. . Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published paperback books
181123306Oyster Bay Long Island New York: Not Published 1811. Collection includes 17 separate documents all of which reference this court case regarding the petitioner Alexander Peacock an insolvent debtor from Oyster Bay Queens County Long Island NY; appearing before Cary F. Dunn Jr. first judge of the court of common pleas County of Queens; Peacock was ".conforming himself to the directions of the act entitled 'An act for the benefit of insolvent debtors and their creditors'."; the first document partially printed titled No. 1 Petition has been notarized with the blindstamp at top of E. Ely Notary and is addressed to Judge Dunn; the next is the proof of residence deposed and signed by John B. Hicks & the judge; the following is an Account of Creditors a long list of over 30 names and including individuals living in New York Philadelphia and New Jersey the debts amounting to $ 5468.00; next is an accounting of the 6 suits and judgements brought against Mr. Peacock including that of Joseph C. Hornblower of Newark NJ James King and Archibald McKellar of the City of New York and others; the next document is an inventory of the estate of Peacock with a list of 15 people who have notes outstanding owed to him including Benjamin Smith Gilbert Robertson & Co. David R. Floyd Jones Luther Hildreth a Mr. Sibbsone of England Capt. Jones of the United States Vessel Revenge and Louis Jones a Colored man totalling $ 5647.62 - the back of this sheet gives a list of the "Body Clothing Beds & Bedding." Peacock being fairly well-dressed and provided for; other documents here include the Oath certifying the amounts owed; a certification of copies of the documents by James Fairlie Clerk of the Supreme Court; a legal agreement & acknowledgment from Peacock to meet with creditors at the house of Joseph Roe innkeeper in the Village of Jamaica; also is the "Order for Advertisement" document signed by Judge Dunn requesting that the notice of the meeting be published ".in the paper printed by the printer to the State and in the Columbian and Long island Star for six weeks successively requiring his creditors to appear before me at the House of Joseph Roe."; attached here are the printed papers completed in manuscript attesting to the publication of the notice to publicize by the judge from Charles Holt printer of the Columbian and counter-signed by James Campbell Master in Chancery and tipped-on is a printed copy of the actual advertisement as it appeared in the newspaper; with a similar notice from Solomon Allen printer of the Albany Register another from Alden Spooner printer of the Long Island Star both of these also with their samples of notice tipped-on; with a notice signed by the judge assigning all of Peacock's properties excepting his bedding & clothing to his creditors; and an attesting witness of the judge's assignment signed by Edward Parker; with a certifying document with original seals of Peacock's main creditors receiving conveyance of his estate as assignees in satisfaction of the debts signed by Edward Parker John B. Hicks and Christian Truss as witnesses signed & sealed by Wm. Wright David Findlay and Wm. Crow with the verso attested to by the judge; with a notice of oath-taking of Wright & Findlay to uphold the decision of the court; and a similar oath by Wm. Crow and signed by Judge Dunn; each page is signed by Alexander Peacock; originally these were all sealed or adhered to each other at the top of the sheets to make one continuous 'case' of materials - some of the old glue has given way and now there is separation of the pages; varying sizes from 6 3/4" x 8" to 8 1/2" x 13 1/2" size sheets; most of the paper of very good quality chain-laid some with the paper makers' watermark; some edge tips wear and chipping to edges some darkening and old fold lines; in very good condition overall and a collection offering a glimpse of the process for relieving debt in this case substantial especially useful for outlining the entire process under the law in the early days of the American Republic; interesting legal history documentation. Noteworthy individuals mentioned in this case are: Joseph Coerten Hornblower 1777 - 1864 American lawyer and jurist from Belleville New Jersey Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court; Alden Spooner 1783-1848 who ".has the distinction of being a printer in two Long Island towns Sag Harbor and Brooklyn. It was natural that he chose to be a printer as his father Judah Paddock Spooner was the pioneer printer of Vermont and his uncle Timothy Green was a printer in New London Connecticut." Spooner also started Brooklyn's first daily newspaper Doggett Long Island Printing; Judge Carey Dunn Jr. Revolutionary War veteran; Commodore Jacob Nicholas Jones 1768 - 1850 officer in the United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France the First Barbary War and the Second Barbary War and the War of 1812. Manuscript. Not Bound. Good. Not Published Paperback books
191323286Farmingdale Nassau Co. L.I. N.Y.: Not Published 1913. Archive consists of 8 documents including: Aug. 7 1913 typed letter signed on State of NY Executive Chamber letterhead to Edward H.L. Smith St. James L.I. ".establishment of the New York State School of Agriculture on Long Island is a work of which New York State should be justly proud.it affords me great pleasure to appoint you as a Trustee.Very sincerely your friend signed in pen Wm. Sulzer" William Sulzer 1863 - 1941 Governor of NY at the time first and only NY governor to be impeached - this with the original mailing envelope; August 19 1913 on printed New York State School of Agriculture on Long Island letterhead TL signed by the board member from Brooklyn Franklin H. Hooper inquiring about the appointment of Smith and further explaining that Smith was to take the place of Ezra A. Tuttle of Eastport and asking him of all this directly ".because of the complicated situation which exists at present in Albany." F.H. Hooper 1851 - 1914 considered one of the main proponents of the founding of the school and a prominent Brooklyn NY & national educator; with a copy of the Aug. 23rd 1913 completed and signed Oath of Office of Smith witnessed and notarized; and the Aug. 26 letter regarding the office signed by Mitchell May the Sec. of State of NY; On Aug. 28 Franklin Hooper acknowledges the receipt of the letter of appointment & oath & gives notification of the next Board meeting with mailing envelope; with the October 15th 1913 8-page typed document signed "Estimate of Money Needed for Running Expenses of the New York State School of Agriculture on Long Island from January 1st 1914 to January 1st 1915" prepared by A.A. Johnson and signed by him in ink at the introductory passage and which gives a detailed budget for the school various departments salaries the demonstration farm and more in the original blue paper over-folder; a December 16 1913 typed letter 2 pages signed by Hooper writing to all the Board which declares that ".on Thursday December 11 representatives of the State Comptroller and of the State Attorney General went to Farmingdale and that Messrs. Mott Smith and Ruland were on that day paid by the State Comptroller for their three farms respectively in pursuance of the contract as made by the Board of Trustees of the school and the three vendors.thereby completing the transaction for the purchase of lands for the school. It is now possible for members of the Board of Trustees to enter upon the lands and to prepare to use them for the purposes of the school." and with further information regarding the surveying of the property and a February 5 1914 TLS by Hooper to Smith regarding information to be sent to Lathrop Brown; the letters with old fold lines light wear and in very good condition; envelopes worn stained used; overall in very good condition and an excellent group of letters regarding the historical foundation of the school at Farmingdale the oldest public institution of higher education on Long Island. Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published Paperback books
192526992Sayville N.Y.: The Suffolk Citizen 1925. 32 pages; about 1/2 are advertisements for various Sayville Patchogue and other South Shore businesses of the time. The other content regards the early and continued history of Long Island especially concerning the South Shore areas and Sayville particularly; along with the advertisements are a section of short promotional paragraphs on these businesses their owners and good services. Back cover with illustrations of Dr. King's Private Hospital Bay Shore exterior and interior views; our research indicates that this practice & physical premises of Dr. King is no longer extent. Approx. 9" x 11 1/2"size; bound in the original printed gray-green stapled paper covers. A little light wear to the binding; a couple of leaves loose collated complete; short 1/2" closed tear at side margin throughout; no loss; good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. The Suffolk Citizen paperback books
192826293New York NY: The New York Magazine Program 1928. 24 pages; color cover & endpaper illustrations; black and white illustrated within. Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4" size; stapled paper wraps some darkening wear to covers corners with tiny chips; contents clean and in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. The New York Magazine Program paperback books
192626294New York NY: New York Theatre Advertising Medium 1926. 24 pages; color cover & endpaper illustrations; black and white illustrated within. Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4" size; stapled paper wraps some darkening wear to covers rubbed; previous owner note on page 1 regarding seeing the play; contents clean and in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. New York Theatre Advertising Medium paperback books
192826306New York NY: The New York Magazine Program 1928. 22 pages; black and white illustrated covers and within. Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4" size; stapled paper wraps some darkening wear to covers; contents in good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. The New York Magazine Program paperback books
192826299New York NY: The New York Magazine Program 1928. 16 pages; color cover & endpaper illustrations; black and white illustrated within. Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4" size; stapled paper wraps some darkening wear to covers; contents clean and in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. The New York Magazine Program paperback books
193026300New York NY: The New York Magazine Program 1930. 24 pages; color cover & endpaper illustrations; black and white illustrated within. Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4" size; stapled paper wraps some darkening wear to covers; closed edge-tear last page; contents clean and in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. The New York Magazine Program paperback books
192726290New York NY: New York Theatre Program Corporation 1927. 24 pages; color cover & endpaper illustrations; black and white illustrated within. Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4" size; stapled paper wraps detached; some darkening wear to covers tips chipped a little; contents clean and in good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. New York Theatre Program Corporation paperback books
192626291New York NY: New York Theatre Program Corporation 1926. 32 pages; color cover & endpaper illustrations; black and white illustrated within. Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4" size; stapled paper wraps detached; some darkening wear to covers tips chipped a little; contents clean and in good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. New York Theatre Program Corporation paperback books
192926305New York NY: The New York Magazine Program 1929. 16 pages; color cover & endpaper illustrations; black and white illustrated within. Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4" size; stapled paper wraps some darkening wear to covers back cover bottom corners chipped; contents in good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. The New York Magazine Program paperback books
192526302New York NY: The New York Theatre Advertising Medium 1925. 16 pages; color cover & endpaper illustrations; black and white illustrated within. Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4" size; stapled paper wraps some darkening wear to covers; previous owner note regarding seeing the show on first page; contents clean and in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. The New York Theatre Advertising Medium paperback books
192826296New York NY: The New York Magazine Program 1928. 32 pages; color cover & endpaper illustrations; black and white illustrated within. Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4" size; stapled paper wraps some darkening wear to covers couple of tiny edge-chips; contents clean and in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. The New York Magazine Program paperback books
192926298New York NY: The New York Magazine Program 1929. 16 pages; color cover & endpaper illustrations; black and white illustrated within. Approx. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4" size; stapled paper wraps some darkening wear to covers covers creaed; in good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. The New York Magazine Program paperback books
184827085New York: Lithographed for Henry Austin Brady Esquire 1848. The two titles lithographed and reproduced bound in one; 8 55 12 34 pages; both of these originally printed in 1698; illustrated with a small folding map as well. Previous owner name on front endpaper. Approx. 5" x 8 1/8" size; bound in the original light gray paper-covered boards paper title label on the spine; some edge tips wear & dustiness to the binding spine paper edge-chipped; in good condition. . Hard Cover. Good. Lithographed for Henry Austin Brady, Esquire hardcover books
26330United States of America: Unknown Black and white portrait framed & glazed of Daniel Webster 1782 - 1852 American lawyer & statesman. ".Webster's remarkable political diplomatic and legal careers were aided by his intellectual brilliance and personal magnetism. He contributed significantly to the concept of American nationality to the idea of a perpetual Union to perspectives on economic growth to a modern legal system and to the rising importance of the United States in foreign relations." Maurice G. Baxter in the ANB Approx. 11 1/2" x 13 1/2" size overall. Some rubbing & edge-wear to the wooden frame; in very good condition. Art. Framed & Glazed. Very Good. Unknown paperback books
26329United States of America: Unknown Black and white portrait framed & glazed of Daniel Webster 1782 - 1852 American lawyer & statesman. ".Webster's remarkable political diplomatic and legal careers were aided by his intellectual brilliance and personal magnetism. He contributed significantly to the concept of American nationality to the idea of a perpetual Union to perspectives on economic growth to a modern legal system and to the rising importance of the United States in foreign relations." Maurice G. Baxter in the ANB Approx. 10" x 12 1/2" size overall; lightly penciled 'D.Webster' under the image. Some rubbing & edge-wear to the wooden frame; in very good condition. Art. Framed & Glazed. Very Good. Unknown paperback books
185226313United States of America: Various 1852. 15 individually-published items all in their original paper wraps and bound in a single volume; condition notes are provided at each title as listed below. Including: Woods Leonard Jr. D.D. President of Bowdoin College. A Eulogy on Daniel Webster delivered by request of the City Government and Citizens of Portland Wednesday Nov. 17 1852 Brunswick Maine 1852. 55 pages. Printed and Published by J. Griffin. A few pencil lines in margins. Allen William H. LL. D. President of the Girard College for Orphans. Eulogy on the Character and Services of the Late Daniel Webster pronounced at the Request of the Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia January 18 1853. Philadelphia 1853. 51 pages. Crissy & Markley Printers Goldsmiths Hall Library Street. Previous owner name insc. at top of title page; laid-in couple of manuscript notes regarding Webster; Young Men's Christian Union label on front cover; few pencil lines in margins; covers darkened foxing edge-soiling within. Webster Rev. George W. A Sermon Preached to the First Independent Congregational Society of Wheeling Va. on the Occasion of the Death of Daniel Webster. Second Edition. Wheeling: Printed by Swearingen & Taylor No. 21 Water Street 1853. 24 pages. Light foxing on last leaves. Weiss John. A Discourse Occasioned by the Death of Daniel Webster Delivered in the Unitarian Church New Bedford November 14 1853. 27 pages; with tissue-guarded engraved portrait by A.H. Futchie after a Daguerreotype by John A. Whipple. Portrait darkened offsetting of image on title page. Mason Rev. Charles Rector of Grace Church Boston. A Discourse on the Death of Daniel Webster Delivered Oct. 31 1852. Printed by Request for Private Circulation 1852. Boston. Printed by John Wilson & Son 22 School Street. 25 pages. King Thomas Starr Pastor of the Church. The Death of Mr. Webster: A Sermon Preached in Hollis-Street Meeting-House on Sunday Oct. 311852. Boston: Benjamin H. Greene 124 Washington Street. 40 pages. Lothrop Rev. S.K. A Sermon Preached in the Brattle Square Church On the Sunday Succeeding to the Death of Hon. Daniel Webster. Published by Request Boston: 1852. Eastburn's Press. 20 pages. McCoy Amasa. Funeral Oration on the Death of Hon. Daniel Webster Delivered at a Commemoration in the Presbyterian Church Ballston Spa N.Y. Monday Evening November 8 1852. Third Edition. Boston: C.C.P. Moody Printer 52 Washington Street. 1856. 4 39 pages. The preliminary pages are printed with "Letters from Distinguished Sources in Connection with the Death of Hon. Daniel Webster." Choate Rufus. A Discourse Delivered Before the Faculty Students and Alumni of Dartmouth College on the Day Preceding Commencement July 27 1853 Commemorative of Daniel Webster. Eight Thousand. Boston and Cambridge: James Munroe and Company 1853. 88 pages. With the small name-stamp of Calvin Stebbins at the top edge of the title page. Parker Joel LL.D. Royall Professor. Daniel Webster as a Jurist. An Address to the Students in the Law School of the University at Cambridge. Second Edition. Cambridge: John Bartlett 1853. 71 pages. With the small name-stamp of Calvin Stebbins Jr. at the top edge of the title page; cover with the inscription "Mr. Calvin Stebbins South Wilbraham for W.S. Burt." Stearns Rev. William A. The Great Lamentation: A Sermon in Commemoration of Daniel Webster Delivered in Cambridge On Sunday Morning November 21 1852. Second Edition. Boston and Cambridge: James Munroe and Company. 44 pages. A little foxing & spotting on first and last leaves. With the small name-stamp of Calvin Stebbins at the top edge of the title page. Adams Nehemiah D.D. Pastor of Essex Street Church Boston. A Sermon Preached to the Congregation at the Essex Street Church October 31 1852 the Sabbath after the Interment of Hon. Daniel Webster. Printed by the Young Men of the Congregation for their Private Use. Boston: Press of Geo. C. Rand Cornhill. 1852. 23 pages. Cover with the inscription "Mr. C. Stebbins with N.C. Leeds's regards." Back edge of cover wrap with old paper repair of closed edge-tear. Bartol C.A. Junior Minister. The Hand of God in the Great Man: A Sermon Delivered in the West Church Boston Occasioned by the Death of Daniel Webster. Published by Request. Second Edition. Boston: Crosby Nichols and Company 111 Washington Street. 1852. 22pages. Walker T. Oration on the Life and Public Services of Daniel Webster. Delivered Before the Bar of Cincinnati November 22d 1852. Published at the Request of the Cincinnati Bar. Cincinnati: Morgan & Overend Printers. 1852. 45 pages. Previous owner name of John E. Thayer Esq. Boston on front cover at top edge. Spear Charles Editor of "Prisoners' Friend." Incidents of the Hon. Daniel Webster in Relating to the Late Mission to England. Boston Prisoners' Friend Office 130 Washington Street. 1853. 8 pages. With tissue-guarded engraved portrait by O. Pelton; W.T. Goddard printer. Portrait with edge-foxing spotting; A little offsetting of image on title page. Various Obituary Addresses on the Occasion of the Death of the Hon. Daniel Webster of Massachusetts Secretary of State for the United States: Delivered in the Senate and in the House of Representatives of the United States Fourteenth and Fifteenth December 1852. Washington: Printed by Robert Armstrong. 1853. 86 pages. Contemporary inscription on title page partially legible. Spotting and foxing to much of the first few dozen pages & title cover. Previous owner bookplate of E.F. Keene on front endpaper. Tipped-on at top of that endpaper is a typed list of the titles found within. also A typed letter from Erwin F. dated July 11th 1928 noted in handwriting below as "Replying to Chambers of July 14." which is in regards to various writing projects of Keene including a biography of Webster and others and physical difficulties which he has faced preventing completion. Approx. 6" x 9" size; bound in beige linen cloth dark brown leather spine title label gilt simply lettered 'Webster.' Covers worn soiled spotty & faded inner hinge-papers split; still solidly bound. Contents as described above generally clean and in good condition. Daniel Webster 1782 - 1852 American lawyer & statesman. ".Websters remarkable political diplomatic and legal careers were aided by his intellectual brilliance and personal magnetism. He contributed significantly to the concept of American nationality to the idea of a perpetual Union to perspectives on economic growth to a modern legal system and to the rising importance of the United States in foreign relations." Maurice G. Baxter in the ANB . First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. Various paperback books
189022345Massachusetts: First Congressional District Campaign Committee 1890. With a line-drawn portrait of Crosby at top of the broadside illustration in black and white; offering the political biography of the candidate through 1889 and especially underlining his favorable voting on pro-labor initiatives including the 10-hour day for women in mercantile establishments and other laws for mail clerks & letter carriers less hours of work for tour workers in paper mills more; "Issued by First Congressional District Campaign Committee W.J. Coogan Chairman - Henry J. Ryan Secretary; approx. 9" x 16" size; laid-down to cardstock at some point in the past; some edge-chipping soiling to broadside old closed edge-tears; the laying-down has preserved it well and so in good condition; a fragile survival of the times interesting ephemeral political item from the latter part of the 19th century in Massachusetts. . First Edition. Broadside. Good. First Congressional District Campaign Committee books
199722234Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office 1997. Printed in black script on a rich cream-white paper stock with the embossed gilt Capital building at top ".requests the honor of your presence to attend and participate in the Inauguration."; approx. 8 1/2" x 11"; light wear; interesting U.S. government presidential and printing history ephemera. First Edition. Broadside. Very Good. U.S. Government Printing Office books
197024869Schuylerville New York: The Artisan Press Barry Targan Prop. 1970. Artists' book with this traditional nursery rhyme illustrated printed in two colors with 12 accordion-fold panels. Approx. 4 1/2" x 6 3/4" size; bound in patterned-paper covered boards; light wear binding a little darkened; little bit of off-setting to the colors; in very good condition and a charming rendition of this story in pictures & prose. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Arleen Targan. The Artisan Press, Barry Targan, Prop. hardcover books
196526586Peterborough New Hampshire: David L. O'Neal Antiquarian Booksellers Inc. 1965. Printed double-side broadside style; ".designed and edited at the Philidor Press in Boston. The types are Centaur Kennerley Caledonia Goudy Mediaeval and Arrighi." with 125 titles of publications and their descriptions prices. Approx. 17 1/4" x 23 1/4" size printed on heavy paper stock; edges a little darkened & on old fold lines; in very good condition. . Booksellers Catalog. Boadside. Very Good. David L. O'Neal Antiquarian Booksellers, Inc. paperback books
197626585New York NY: The Herity Press Elizabeth and Ben Lieberman Props. 1976. Single-sided letterpress printing; in red black blue. Approx. 5 7/8" x 11" size a little light wear; clean and in very good condition a good impression. Fine Press. Single Sheet. Very Good. The Herity Press Elizabeth and Ben Lieberman, Props. paperback books
198025332San Francisco CA: Scenic Road Press 1980. Small broadside keepsake printed at the Scenic Road Press for members of the Roxburghe & Zamorano Clubs on the occasion of their Joint Meeting in 1980; one of 200 printed. A letter of February 24 1887 from William Morris to 'My dear Smith' noticing his indignation that he'd been sent by Smith to visit a woman he'd thought to be a potential client who actually wanted him instead to look at her designs. Approx. 4 1/2" x 7" size; printed black in a Kelmscott-style type on quality paper stock; with the original plain paper envelope; slight wear; in very good condition. First Edition. Broadside. Very Good. Scenic Road Press books
