Guerre

Mexican War. Polk James K. Buchanan James & Taylor Zachary ContributorsABAA

MESSAGE From The PRESIDENT Of The UNITED STATES To The TWO HOUSES Of CONGRESS At The COMMENCEMENT Of The FIRST SESSION Of The THIRTIETH CONGRESS. December 7 1847. Senate. 30th Congress 1st Session. Executive No. 1

184737719Washington: Printed by Wendell & Van Benthuysen 1847. 1st edition. Modern quarter-bound brown leather spine with marbled paper-wrapped boards and gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Bindings - Fine. Textblocks - VG. 2 volumes: 810; 811 - 1369 1 blank 249 1 blank pp. Appendix last 250 pp of Vol. II. Text only lacks maps & folding tables. 8vo. 9-1/2" x 5-3/4" Printed by Wendell & Van Benthuysen hardcover books

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MINNESOTA IN THE CIVIL WARABAA

Shortly After The Southern States Started To Seceed Minnesotans From Belle Plaine Send A Petition To Congress To Reconcile National Differences

5052MINNESOTA IN THE CIVIL WAR. DS. 2pg. 7 Â¼â€ x 9 Â½â€. No date circa late January 1861. Belle Plaine Minnesota. A Civil War petition signed by thirteen residents of Belle Plaine. It is entitled â€œMemorial to the Senate & House of Representatives of the United Statesâ€ and states in part: â€œThe undersigned citizens of the town of Belle Plaine Minnesota representing the nationalities of the new & old world fraternally united in devotion to the Constitution of the Federal Union and the principles of free government thereby secured look with anxiety & alarm upon the increase in public dissension evidently arising from the perturbed state of political affairs now threatening the disruption & overthrow of the most perfect system of civil government ever devised by the wisdom of menâ€¦â€. The petition was signed by Alex Pace Peter S. MacDonald Newton Southworth Patrick Griffin Eli Southworth Joe Guion David Musser and others. The 1860 Presidential election was Minnesotaâ€™s first and the state went overwhelmingly for Lincoln. Based on the wording this was likely written in late January 1861 between the secession of Louisiana the sixth such state and Texas the seventh. It is in very good condition with short splits and an ink smear. unknown books

Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Inc. · États-Unis350,00 $US≈ 296,14 €

OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION COINER Charles artistABAA

Poster: "Give It Your Best!

194225224Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1942. Original offset-lithographed poster in colors printed on off-white stock and measuring 51.5cm x 72.3cm ca 20" x 28" - the smallest of three formats. Professionally linen-backed with old fold lines faintly visible; expert conservation to upper edges of blue portion on the flag with 2cm infilling and professional re-touching to upper left corner; Near Fine. A-. A simply-designed poster unsigned but credited to artist Charles Coiner. Among the earliest posters produced by the Office of War Information OWI Poster No.9 unmistakably patriotic with the "Give It Your Best" slogan meant to inspire increased production in the nation's factories during wartime. A well-preserved example of one of the iconic propaganda posters of the Second World War. U.S. Government Printing Office unknown books

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Pastry War Mexico FranceABAA

MEXICAN DOCUMENTS PASTRY WAR : EL PRESIDENTE DE LA REPUBLICA MEGICANA A SUS CONCIUDANOS MEGICANOS: YA EN FINES DE MARZO DE ESTE AÑO HABIA TENIDO EL SENTIMIENTO DE ANUNCIAROS QUE LAS RELACIONES AMISTOSAS ENTRE ESTA REPUBLICA Y LA NACION FRANCESA HABIA SIDO INTERRUMPIDAS.ANASTASIO BUSTAMANTE.

183880037México November 30 1838. 1 lv 1 broadside A declaration by the president of the Mexican Republic Anastasio Bustamante of the cessation of friendly relations with France and the refusal to give into the ultimatum issued by France to Mexico; he further calls on the citizenry to sacrifice and to show their patriotism in the face of French hostilities. No copies show in OCLC or Bancroft unknown books

Howard Karno Books Inc · États-Unis350,00 $US≈ 296,14 €

Townsend ED. Assistant Adjutant General War Dept. E. D.ABAA

DRAFT COPY OF GENERAL ORDER NO. 171 REGARDING HORSES FOR TRANSPORTATION JUNE 9 1863

186365277G.O. 171 W.D. A.G.O. 1863. Single sheet of lined paper 9.5 x 7.5 in. 2 pp. approx. 220 words. A manuscript copy in a clerical hand signed secretarial by E.D. Townsend. Blind embossed stamp of the Capitol building and "Congress P & P" in upper left corner docketed on the second page. Old fold lines short separation along one fold. General Order No. 171 consisted of five parts regulating the care and disposition of officer's horses. The first section requires that a departing officer turn in his horse for remuneration for not more than he paid for it. The second section states that he cannot sell a horse provided for him and the third and fourth refer to orders to transport horses at the public expense. Finally officers who apply for transfers can not transport their horse from one department to another. The published versions of the General Orders were nearly all issued by Assistant A.G. Townsend Adjutant Generals Office of the War Dept. in Washington DC. Edward Davis Townsend 1817-1893 was born in Boston Massachusetts and graduated from West Point in 1837. He served in the artillery during the Seminole War and then on the northern frontier. Townsend joined the Adjutant General's Department in 1852 serving first on the Pacific coast then in Washington DC during the Civil War. Townsend was charged with gathering and organizing many of the government documents into an official record of the war a project that lasted well beyond his lifetime taking some forty years to complete. see his obituary in the New York Times May 12 1893 and Alan & Barbara Aimone's book "A User's Guide to the Official Records of the American Civil War" Shippensburg PA: 1993. unknown books

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War Between France Prussia...ABAA

HISTORY OF THE LATE WAR BETWEEN FRANCE AND PRUSSIA RUSSIA AND SWEDEN

180720583Edinburgh: Ogle and Aikman 1807. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE CAMPAIGN IN 1806 TO THE CONCLUSION OF PEACE BETWEEN FRANCE AND RUSSIA AND PRUSSIA ON THE 9TH OF JULY 1807. Edinburgh: Ogle and Aikman 1807. First edition. Illustrated with a copperplate frontispiece of Alexander I. 58 pp. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Loose folded sheets in modern blue cloth portfolio. Minor browning and offsetting to the first sheet comprising the frontispiece and title-page. Over all the sheets are nice and clean. Very good/No dust jacket. Insurance required to ship this item. Ogle and Aikman hardcover books

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World War I Poetry: Bridges RobertABAA

OCTOBER AND OTHER POEMS WITH OCCASIONAL VERSES ON THE WAR

1920WRCLIT75917London: William Heinemann 1920. Large octavo. Grey paper boards printed spine label fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Slight rubbing and dusting to boards and label endsheets slightly tanned a bit of foxing along fore-edges otherwise very good internally about fine. First edition limited issue. One of sixty- five numbered copies specially printed on large handmade paper and signed by the author of which fifty were for sale. By virtue of the limitation an uncommon book. REILLY p.67. William Heinemann hardcover books

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World War I: AlabamaABAA

ANNOTATED VERNACULAR PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM DEPICTING A YOUNG MAN'S LIFE IN INDIANA AND HIS MILITARY TRAINING IN ALABAMA IN PREPARATION FOR SERVICE IN WORLD WAR I

1918WRCAM54314Indiana and Camp McClellan Al 1918. Contemporary black cloth photograph album with over 100 mounted silver-gelatin photographs. Minor shelf wear. A few loose photographs. Very good. An interesting vernacular photograph album of a young American's life in the early 20th century. The compiler of the album served with the 36th Artillery Regiment and trained at Camp McClellan in Alabama of which there are almost fifty photographs present here. Additionally most of the photographs are annotated in ink identifying the soldiers in the photographs the settings and locations and the activities in the pictures. The photographs include tanks a gas mask a brownie gun and three shots of an African- American soldier or staffer. Numerous images capture the training in progress with the soldiers "out on a hike" while they "prepare for action guns set ready for loading" and more. One image depicts a simple Alabama farm and is captioned in manuscript "Alabama scene." The remainder of the album is devoted to the young man's life in Indiana with numerous shots of farm life and prairie land and including a trip to a cabin in Morgan County. These shots are not annotated but provide an important peek into rural life in the Midwest during the early 20th century. hardcover books

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World War IIABAA

Vintage World War II Poster: MEN WORKING TOGETHER!

1942WRCLIT70193Washington DC: Office for Emergency Management / GPO 1942. Oblong folio photolithographed broadside 28 x 40"; 72 x 102 cm. Folded as issued Very slight tanning at the folds on the blank verso a couple of minuscule breaks at junctions of folds but a very near fine bright unused example. A famous WWII home front poster from the Office of Emergency Management promoting the production effort featuring an American worker front and center flanked by a GI and a sailor. An original example of a poster which has been reproduced countless times in various media. Office for Emergency Management / GPO unknown books

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World War II Map Armored DivisionABAA

"Hell on Wheels War Against the Axis 1942-1943-1944-1945"

194575299Germany: Second Armored Division. Very Good. 1945. Original Vintage Map. 29 x 42 inch original vintage map produced by the U.S. Military titled "Hell on Wheels War Against the Axis 1942-1943-1944-1945" detailing the route and battles of the 2nd Armored Division as they worked their way from France through Belgium and into Germany in World War II. This is the larger version of a map which was issued the previous year. The map shows general handling wear and some edge chipping. There is a small mostly closed tear in the lower left quadrant. Included with the map is the original heavy mailing tube which shows it was sent by a Private Anderson APO New York to his family in Quinnimont Fayette County West Virginia. The map appears to be scarce in the trade with only 1 original currently listed for sale online vialibri. An example is listed and shown at David Rumsey's map website. We are offering this vintage World War II map with its original mailing tube. OCLC offers this note: "Shows route of 2nd Armored Division from Littry France to Gutergluck Germany with historical notes for selected locations. Includes brief history of the 2nd Armored Division. Marginal information includes place names military insignia and names of military divisions. Passed for press duplication by A.E.F. Field Press Censor." . Second Armored Division unknown books

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Woman History Civil WarABAA

Young lady's friendship album from the Civil War period

16539Friendship album of a young woman in Toledo Iowa kept from 1863-1869. "The Gem Album." New York: Leavitt & Allen n.d. Original black leather boards. 7 x 5 Â½ in. Embossed front and back covers gilt-edged pages gilt detail on front cover and spine. 48 pages. Includes 3 full-page engravings of family scenes such as children blowing bubbles "The Happy Family" and a girl with a small dog. 16 handwritten notes and inscriptions to the owner dated from 1863 to 1869. Spine is lightly worn. Very good condition. Friendship album of Lizzie Armstrong a young woman living in Iowa during the Civil War period. Many messages include good wishes of happiness and friendship such as "Whoever should inscribe sentiments on these pages let them be a true copy of the heart and mind the holy feelings of true Friendship." Others address her as "Cousin Lizzie" and exclaim "Forget thee No I never shall" Some notes also express darker elements of grief and sadness most likely from friends serving and dying in the Civil War. One friend express deep sentiments of thanks for Lizzie's friendship during a period of "sadness and grief": "You have my heartfelt thanks for you many kindness sic which have to some extent lightning my sorrows." An entry from Lizzie's brother in November 1865 also expresses grief over lost friends who left inscriptions in the album: "Even now I read the beautiful lines of one whose angel spirit has returned to God who gave it; other will follow but on memory's table will they be treasured with a hearts fondest affection." Over 76000 men from Iowa served in the Union Army during the Civil War and at least 13000 perished in battle and from disease. This devastating number of casualties impacted people from all walks of life; and affected many young women who were left without their sweethearts and husbands. unknown books

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Civil WarABAA

CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN JAMES MASON AND THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT DURING THE CIVIL WAR

1863WRCAM26245London: Printed by Harrison and Sons 1863. No. 2 1863: 17pp. No. 14 1864: 37pp. Gathered signatures stitched separately. Overall very good partially untrimmed. The Confederacy wanted Britain's recognition as a separate and independent country. Britain which relied heavily on Southern cotton naturally favored the Confederacy secretly helping to arm warships but was reluctant to grant official recognition. James Mason was selected as the Confederate representative to England and his mission was clear. These documents reflect his attempts to secure recognition for the Confederacy as well as other concerns. NORTH AMERICA. No. 2. 1863. CORRESPONDENCE WITH MR. MASON RESPECTING THE BLOCKADE AND RECOGNITION OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES. Contains much information on ships entered and cleared at blockaded ports as well as a letter subtly asking the British government to please continue trade despite the blockade. Also has copies of correspondence between Mason and Earl Russell in which Mason openly tries to convince Russell to recognize the Confederacy Russell seems unreceptive refusing personal interviews and writing terse responses. NORTH AMERICA. No. 14. 1864. CORRESPONDENCE WITH MR. MASON COMMISSIONER OF THE SO-STYLED CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA. Correspondence about various matters: sinking of a steamer in British waters removal of British consuls etc. An extract from the Richmond Whig shows the frustration felt by the Confederacy: "to be sure we know that we have no national existence outside of our own fond imaginations and that in the eyes of Great Britain we are still part and parcel of the United States and destined for all she cares to remain so forever." Printed by Harrison and Sons unknown books

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Civil WarABAA

Officers of the Union Army and Navy Their Lives and Portraits. Vol. 1 all published

186210012816mo original cloth with gilt title on top cover illustrated with 30 lithographic portraits 148 4 pp. Some wear at extremities top hinge somewhat weak but still holding one plate is loose normal aging some notes on endpapers; otherwise very good. Despite the fact that the title indicates volume one this was the only edition published. While most of the text relates to biographies of illustrated officers including a young Major General George B. McCellan there are two pages dedicated to presenting Union and Rebel victories in the early part of the war. L. Prang & Co. hardcover books

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Civil War HistoryABAA

SOLDIER'S MEMORIAL.REGIMENTAL ROSTER. 207th REGT. PENNA. VOLS. 2d Brigade 3d Division 9th Army Corps.; Organized at Harrisburg Pa. Sept. 5 1864

186548398Baltimore Md: J. C. Fuller & Co. Lith of Major & Knapp 449 Broadway New York 1865. 1st Printing. Significant paper loss to image at top with most of the title gone. Staining with some closed tears to sheet. A Good example of this rare survivor which has not been examined out of the frame. Broadside 3 column. Line Officers Companies A - E to left; Field & Staff Officers as well as Non-Commissioned Staff in center; Line Officers Companies F - K to right. Wood engraved border with vignettes depicting war scenes. Large battle scene at bottom 4-1/8" x 11-5/8". Broadside visible: 18" x 15-1/2". Frame: 24" x 20-1/4" Not found on OCLC though we find many similar such publications by Fuller for other Civil War units. J. C. Fuller & Co. Lith of Major & Knapp, 449 Broadway, New York unknown books

Tavistock Books, ABAA · États-Unis325,00 $US≈ 274,98 €

Michelangelo Antonioni director screenwriter; Gerard Brach Tonino Guerra screenwriters; Tomas Milian Daniela Silverio ChristABAA

Identification Of A Woman Identificazione Di Una Donna Original screenplay for the 1982 film

1982144397Rome: Iterfilm 1982. Agency draft script in English for the 1982 Italian film. Antonioni's rarely discussed final feature and one of his greatest achievements. Niccolo Tomas Milian a recently divorced movie director pursues a new relationship with a younger woman Mavi Daniela Silverio who he imagines could play the leading role in his next film. She quickly vanishes and he embarks on a search to find her sparking up a series of romances with other women. Winner of the 35th Anniversary Prize at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival. Shot on location in Venice and Rome. Blue untitled agency wrappers. Title page present with credits for director Michelangelo Antonioni. 91 leaves with last page of text numbered 82. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound internally with three gold brads. Criterion Collection 585. Iterfilm unknown books

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Revolutionary War PeriodABAA

Autograph Letter from Stephen Lush to Jellis Jacob Fonda.

17861008004 page letter sheet I pp of text 13 lines of test signed and mailed remnant of wax seal labeled duplicate docketed on last page. Legible probably a second copy made for legal purposes signed by author some wear at folds and some staining second sheet split and cracked a bit but text page in very good condition. Interesting letter that appears to have the wrong date on the front page. What appears to be January 20 1706 should read January 20 1786 according to the docketted date on the last page. The letter is written by Stephen Lush 1753-1825 to Jellis Jacob Fonda 1751-1839. It relates to taxes on land in New York owned jointly by Lush and Fonda. John Lansing an attorney and former delegate to the Constitutional Convention seems to have resquested the payment of one shilling per acre on the 40000 of acres they own jointly. Provides some interesting content on land taxation for the period. Lush practiced law in Albany until the War for Independence; he was commissioned a captain and saw action in New York City but was captured by the British. Major Fonda was considered one of the first patriots of Schenectady and after Lexington he formed a company of Minutemen. He fought in the Campaign against Burgoyne and at the Battle of Bemis Heights. Fonda organization website. ny education government website. books

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Slavery Postal Covers in the Civil WarABAA

FIVE POSTAL COVERS UNUSED DEPICTING SLAVES IN CIVIL WAR THEMES

186536346Philadelphia Lancaster PA and elsewhere: Magee Philadelphia Zahm Lancaster and three others 1865. Five postal covers all in Very Good condition: a. "The latest Contraband of War." A working slave stands confidently: "Whar is Massa Jeff now dat's what's de matter." Weiss C-BL-16. b. "Him fader's hope / Him moder's joy / Him darling little / Contraband Boy." A white man holds a little black baby. Weiss C-BL-11. c. A medicine bottle labeled "Black Drop" with the head of a Negro at its top: "A popular medicine used by the C.S.A. aristocracy that cannot be obtained in any Northern apothecary shop being com-POUND-ed exclusively on the sacred soil." italics instead of caps in the original. "S.H. Zahm & Co. Publishers Lancaster Pa." Weiss C-BL-12. d. A black man polishes boots in a house. Referring to Ben Butler's capture of New Orleans he says "By golly Massa Butler I like dis better dan workin' in de field for ole Sesesh massa." Weiss C-BL-59. e. "A member of Jim Francis' Philadelphia Dog Detective Gards has Jeff in a tight place." A black man holding some twigs looks down at a dog with collar labeled "Jeff." An observing donkey says "Jeff has the feelings of a prince of wails." Published by Magee 316 Chestnut Street Philadelphia. Weiss C-BL-35. Magee [Philadelphia], Zahm [Lancaster], and three others unknown books

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Women Medical Civil WarABAA

Letter to a Woman on Donations for a "floating hospital" on a Steamer for Civil War Soldiers

16010CIVIL WAR. Western Sanitary Commission. YEATMAN JAMES E. letter to Miss Mary E. Howe in Cambridge Massachusetts. Bureau of Western Sanitary Commissions. St. Louis Missouri. April 2 1862. 8.25 x 8.5 inches folded in half. 4 pp. Postal cover 3c Washington postage stamp cancelled Saint Louis . Detailed and interesting letter from James Yeatman of the Western Sanitary Commission who thanks Miss Howe for sending her box of clothes and reports that "we are progressing fairly with our work and each day something new is developed that requires renewed efforts--we really fear that the public and our good friends will tire of our repeated appeals . so far they have responded in a most liberal manner . " He discusses the case of the one hospital steamer they have; he notes it has three surgeons twelve male and five female nurses. Yeatman speaks of the generous contributions of the "ladies of New England especially Massachusetts" and the hopes he has for a second floating hospital. He notes that a major battle is imminent in the Tennessee area and speaks of sending supplies. He thanks her for directing the attendance of Mr. Bernard to his commission and finally asks for more clothes including vests and pants. "Miss Howe" the recipient of the letter was Mary Eleanor Howe who was born June 27 1817 in Worthington Massachusetts. Her father was Judge Samuel Estes Howe 1785-1828 a noted abolitiionist. Her mother was Sarah Lydia Robbins. Mary Eleanor never married but lived witH her mother and school teacher sister and servants in Cambridge until her death on August 13 1897. She is buried in Forest Hills Cemetery in Boston. http://www.cambridgehistory.org/content/dr-estes-howe-citizencambridge The Sanitary Commission was a private relief agency created by federal legislation on June 18 1861 to support sick and wounded soldiers of the United States Army during the Civil War. It enlisted thousands of volunteers many of whom were women. The Western Sanitary Commission of which Yeatman was president was a private agency based in St. Louis and operated in the west to help the Army deal with sick and wounded soldiers. Led by abolitionists it focused more. on the needs of Freedmen. It was founded in St. Louis August 1861 under the protection of General John C. Fremont and under the leadership of Reverend William Greenleaf Eliot 1811-1887 as well as James E. Yeatman 1818--1901 . Born in Tennessee Yeatman moved to St. Louis in 1842 and established a branch of a Nashville iron manufacturing facility. In 1850 he opened a commission house and became one of the founders of the Merchants' Bank. Though once a slave holder Yeatman was a strong supporter of the Union cause. A major activity of the Western Sanitary Commission was acquiring adequate stocks of medicines and medical supplies for the hospitals run by the U.S. Army. Working with Dorothea Dix he also took charge of finding women to be civilian nurses and nurses' aides in Army facilities. unknown books

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World War I Poetry: Kipling RudyardABAA

SONGS OF THE SEA . ILLUSTRATED BY DONALD MAXWELL

1927WRCLIT71841London: Macmillan and Co. 1927. Quarto. Parchment and boards t.e.g. Color plates and monochrome text illustrations. Foretips bumped endsheets show usual slight offsetting and a few small spots binding very slightly tanned and soiled; about very good though without dust jacket or slipcase. First edition limited issue for the UK. One of 500 copies printed on large paper specially bound and signed by the author. REILLY WWI p.190. RICHARDS a369. STEWART 527n. Macmillan and Co. hardcover books

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World War I Poetry: Woodbury Benjamin Collins 1882 1948ABAA

WAR SONNETS

1918WRCLIT82690Honolulu H.T.: Gurrey's Limited 1918. 631pp. 12mo. Drab wrappers printed label. A very good copy. First edition of the author's first book. After earning a medical degree in Boston and practicing in his native Maine for nine years Woodbury moved with his new bride to Honolulu in 1916 where he maintained a homeopathic practice for three years and was active in amateur literary and dramatic productions. In March 1919 he left the islands for San Francisco and after two years practice there he returned to New England. His war sonnets are interleaved with and often are responses to quotations from political military and literary writers Seeger Hagedorn Kipling Cicero Wells Bridges et al that are printed en face with them. Woodbury was not a combatant during the war but served as an examiner at the Honolulu Naval Station. OCLC locates some 20 copies but at this point one would be hard pressed to locate an actual printed original rather than a blurry p.o.d. [Gurrey's Limited] unknown books

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Aroostook WarABAA

MAINE BOUNDARY - MR. GREELY &c. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TRANSMITTING THE INFORMATION.IN RELATION TO THE IMPRISONMENT OF MR. GREELY AT FREDERICKTON IN THE BRITISH PROVINCE OF NEW BRUNSWICK caption title

1838WRCAM38189Washington 1838. 438pp. Modern cloth gilt leather label. Fine. A scarce government report regarding one of the events that became a cause celebre during the undeclared bloodless "Aroostook War" along the Maine boundary with Canada. Specifically this collection was prompted by the arrest by British authorities in New Brunswick of Ebenezer Greely of Maine who was involved in taking a census of residents along the disputed region of the Upper St. John River between the United States and Canada. The exact border in this region had been in dispute since the 1783 Treaty of Paris ending the American Revolution and the issue was not put to rest until the Webster- Ashburton Treat of 1842. British authorities were also on edge as a result of several instances in which Americans aided rebellious Canadians seeking independence. This extensive report brings together dozens of documents relating to the Maine Boundary Dispute. OCLC locates only two copies - at Mount Allison University and the Toronto Public Library. OCLC 63011178 71767491. hardcover books

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CIVIL WARABAA

Autograph Letter Signed

1863286999Appleton WI 1863. unbound. very good. Fine content A.L.S. 4to. 2 pages Appleton WI January 27 1863 providing news of troop movements and the firing and replacement of several Generals in part: ".I suppose Rosecrans Army is at Murfreesboro yet. You see they cashiered and dismissed Porter. They ought to do the same with Buell or shoot him. When such traitors are out of the Army we shall do better. I believe Rosecrans to be a true good officer. I understand he has dismissed a many good officers and I hope he will continue to do so until the last sympathizers are out of the Army. It is reported that Burnside has resigned and Hooker has taken his place. Hooker is not ably as good an officer as Burnside but it seems bad to be changing Commanders so much. Matters do not look encouraging yet I believe we shall succeed by and by." Condition: weak folds with minor fraying at the top margin that affects parts of two letters. Overall very good. unknown books

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Civil WarABAA

CORRESPONDENCE RESPECTING THE "TUSCALOOSA." PRESENTED TO THE HOUSE OF LORDS BY COMMAND OF HER MAJESTY IN PURSUANCE OF THEIR ADDRESS OF FEBRUARY 16.

1864WRCAM15984London 1864. 32pp. Printed self-wrappers. Some wear to extremities pages loose else very good. An interesting British document reprinting communications between the Secretary of the Admiralty Mr. Hammond and members of Parliament on what to do regarding the Confederate prize-vessel Tuscaloosa originally the American vessel Conrad while docked at the Cape of Good Hope. Ultimately the Duke of Newcastle instructed the Governor of the Cape to restore the Tuscaloosa to the Confederate lieutenant who last commanded her. A controversial decision considering the British government's failure to officially recognize the Confederate States of America. An intriguing example of British sympathy for the Confederate cause. unknown books

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CIVIL WAR Gen. Joseph Wheeler 1836 1906ABAA

Typed and Handwritten Letter Signed to his Daughters

1903232609Cleveland 1903. unbound. Typed letter to his daughters with a two-page handwritten continuation and signature. The letter concerns the rents his family has been charging tenants in part: ".I am sorry we have to reduce rents but the only way to get along in this world is to adjust ourselves to the conditions as they are forced upon us. If a merchant holds up to high prices when everybody around him is making low prices he will soon be left without a business and he will probably never get it back because the impression that he is a high-priced man will get into the peoples' minds and even if he reduced them afterwards he could not remove the impression." Three pages total 11 x 8.25 inches with a handwritten envelope The McClean Arms and Ordnance Co. Cleveland December 22 1903. Very good condition. unknown books

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