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181221316Washington City: Pr. R.C. Weightman 1812. 8vo. 4 pp. 1 folded table. <br><br>Presented the sixteenth December 1811."<br>Â Â Â Â . <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 27140. Removed from a nonce volume. Pr. R.C. Weightman unknown books
1839WRCAM51068Washington 1839. 4pp. Dbd. Tiny marginal tear to spine edge. Very good. A short government report regarding land settlement in South Florida towards the end of the Second Seminole War. Contains a letter by the Surgeon General to Senator Benton speaking on the suitability of South Florida lands for agriculture. Also contains "Notes on the region south of the Withlacoochee including Talakchopto at the head of Pease Creek the Coloosahatchee region and lands near Cape Roman and Cape Sable. The Seminole war can be ended only by the armed occupation of South Florida just as the western country was won from the savages of that region" - Servies. Rare with only five copies in OCLC. SERVIES 2382. OCLC 14365342 51245504. unknown books
1839WRCAM51067Washington 1839. 6pp. Dbd. Very good. Congressional report regarding military pay for Col. A.G. Morgan of Missouri for his service in Florida during the Second Seminole War. Rare with only two copies in OCLC at the University of South Florida and the Wisconsin Historical Society. Not in Servies. OCLC 48035242. unknown books
18471731Puebla 1847. Good plus. Broadside approximately 17 x 12.25 inches. Previously folded near lower and right edges to fit in a folio volume with several small stab holes at left edge where previously bound. Some separation from left edge along lower fold line and small area of loss at fold point not affecting text. Light tanning and faint foxing. A rare broadside that promulgates a March 16 1847 decree of the Puebla state government that sought to raise emergency funds for the army facing the American invasion at Veracruz during the Mexican-American War. This decree printed and published in Puebla the following day under the authority of its governor Domingo Ibarra orders the formation of a group to be called the "Patriotic Board of Aid" in order to assure the participation of its citizens. The first article of the decree announcing the establishment of the junta reads as follows:<br /><br />"Entretanto se decretan y realizan contribuciones generales á fin de que todos los habitantes del Estado cooperen á los goastos de la guerra se establecerá en la capital una reunion para proporcionar prontos recursos que se denominará 'Junta patriotica de auxilios.'"<br /><br />The subsequent sixteen articles define the constitution authority and goals of the group. The second article for example stipulates the specific legislative judicial religious and municipal bodies that will nominate two members each to the junta. The fourth article outlines the responsibilities of the board -- to acquire a loan of up to 100000 pesos using the state income as collateral; to seek cash and military supplies via donation loan or purchase; to administer the delivery of goods and money to the army at Veracruz; and to issue state treasury bonds to lenders. The group according to the last article has eight days to amass a much as possible before reporting their results to the state.<br /><br />At this point in the war not only was the entire country under enormous pressure from the landing of Winfield Scott's army but Puebla was also suffering from the significant unrest of the Polkos Revolt which had led to an unsuccessful insurrection aided by a portion of the military garrison in the city just a week prior to the publication of this decree. Indeed the need to ensure the participation of all citizens in the costs of the war is mentioned and emphasized at several points in the decree. The larger size of this broadside underscores the importance of the message and its distribution as well. <br /><br />A fascinating and rare document of emergency efforts at the state level to support the war effort against the United States. We locate only one copy of this rare broadside at Yale. books
18471729Puebla 1847. Very good. Broadside 12.5 x 8.5 inches. Minor foxing and toning. An unrecorded broadside that prints the thanks and admonitions of the Governor of Puebla Domingo Ibarra following an attempted insurrection there in late February and March 1847 during the Mexican-American War. The uprising was a part of the so-called Polkos Rebellion that followed popular outrage at a January law that allowed the federal government to seize church property in order to pay for the war effort. In Puebla the revolt involved elements of the city's military garrison but was successfully put down by the rest of the guard. Ibarra begins by lamenting the sedition and thanking the loyal portion of the garrison:<br/><br/>"La tranquilidad publica se ha visto en el riesgo mas inminente de perderse. Unos oficiales del 2o Batallon que no merecian por cierto pertenecer á la Guardia Nacional ni menos tener por gefes a los muy honrados patriotas que los mandaban intentaron atrevidamente abrir las puertas de su cuartel para convocar á la gente que habian seducido y rebelarse contra sus mismos gefes y compañeros en la espresada Guardia y demas cuerpos de esta guarnicion. Solo calculando la magnitud de los males que de tan loca idea podian sobrevenir á los habitantes de esta hermosa ciudad es como puden estimarse los servicios del Sr. comandante general de los Sres. gefes oficiales y tropa de la Guardia Nacional y de los otros benémeritos cuerpos de esta guarnicion que lograron librarnos de aquellos sin que derramase una sola gota de sangre."<br/><br/>And he continues by warning the citizens of Puebla against continued foolishness in the face of the enemy and also by asserting his resolve to resist further insurrection:<br/><br/>¡Plegue al cielo dar à todos los mexicanos el juicio bastante para no provocar sobre nostros mismos otras desgracias que las consiguientes à una guerra extrangera con un enemigo astuto y ponderoso y que nos invade por todas partes! Pero si desgaciadamente y lo que no es de esperarse aun aparecieren sìntomas de nueva rebelion descansad conciudadanos en que el ejecutivo del Estado se sacrificará por hacer que reine en esta ciudad la confianza la paz y la union sincera que tanto necesitamos."<br/><br/>A strong statement by a clearly relieved Mexican state official. We locate no copies in OCLC or available sales records. unknown books
1919WRCLIT79139New York: Waterson Berlin & Snyder Co. 1919. 4pp. Folio 31 X 23 cm. Pictorial upper wrapper. A couple tiny edge tears to lower leaf. with some light dust smudging very good. A doughboy's noncommittal good-bye to his French lady friend as he heads home. OCLC: 56842973. Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co. unknown books
1981179190New York: Irish Northern Aid 1981. Poster slightly over 11x17 inches very good; black and white photo of Sands with his trademark long hair text in black on white. Datable to a relatively narrow time frame as Sands went on strike on March 1 and died of starvation on May 5. Irish Northern Aid unknown books
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. <br/><br/> unknown books
199620196NY: Oxford University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 0195096797 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Oxford University Press hardcover books
1980UWARDRE00LAWArms and Armour Press 1980. Very Good. War Office. Dress Regulations for the Officers of the Army including the militia 1900. Carman introduction W.Y. London: Arms and Armour Press 1980. 117 79 platespp. Indexed. Illustrated. 4to. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good with subtly bumped and rubbed edges. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with gently bumped edges. Small old bookseller's label on front flap. Arms and Armour Press hardcover books
1970UDRE00LAWCharles E. Tuttle Company 1970. Very Good. War Office. Dress Regulations for the Officers of the Army: 1900. Rutland Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company 1970. 118pp. Illustrated. 4to. Brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Book condition: Very good with bumped and lightly rubbed corners and small abraision in front pastedown. Dust Jacket Condition: Good with rubbed extremities subtly soiled rear panel and tiny closed tear in fold of rear flap. Charles E. Tuttle Company hardcover books
156171hardcover. 24mo cloth; some light soiling to some pages small hole in 3 pages with loss of a few words light wear to extremities. Washington: GPO 1908.<br/><br/> unknown books
1942133731Washington.: Government Printing Office. 1942. Softcover printed wraps with truck illustration on cover. . Very good with blank driver’s certificate inside front cover. . 12mo. Government Printing Office. paperback books
183811730Washington: Thomas Allen printer 1838. 8vo. 5 pp. <br><br>Estimated expense for the construction of defensive works barracks and quarters and military posts including Fort Leavenworth on the Western frontier. With tables showing the organization of the present and proposed Staff of the Army. Government document: 25th Congress 2d Session. Doc. No. 114. Ho. of Reps. Removed from a nonce volume; four holes in inner margin not touching text. Light foxing. Title-page with number inked in upper right corner by an early hand. Thomas Allen, printer unknown books
183811728Washington: Thomas Allen printer 1838. 8vo. 3 pp. <br><br>Estimates from several bureaus of the War Department of the amount required for the defense of the Canada frontier. Government document: 25th Congress 2d Session. Doc. No. 89. Ho. of Reps. Removed from a nonce volume; inner margin a little irregular; four holes in inner margin not touching text. Foxing. Title-page with number inked in upper right corner by an early hand. Thomas Allen, printer unknown books
187147695Barcelona: Imp. Llorens 1871. First Edition. Original pictorial letterpress broadsheet 31.5x22.5cm.; top third of recto adorned with original woodcut text printed in double columns. Faint fold lines a few tiny chips to extremities light soil else Very Good to Near Fine. Fortune-telling broadsheet regarding the fate of France following the Siege of Paris in September 1870. The author a certain "Doctor Refilando" predicted the event in an article in "La Conviccion" two days prior and the concluding list of predictions made on verso refer to his success as a soothsayer. Additional prophecies reproduced here include that made by a nun in Belley France in 1810; one made by another nun in Paris 1829; a prophecy made in the13th century in verse; and a list of fifteen made by Caesarius of Arles in the sixth century. Apparently unrecorded broadsheet adorned with an original woodcut depicting the Siege of Paris during that Franco-Prussian War. We find none in commerce or the auction records as of February 2020; nor separately catalogued in OCLC COPAC or KVK. Imp. Llorens unknown books
183811729Washington: Blair & Rives printers 1838. 8vo. 7 pp. <br><br>On the state of United States coastal defenses. Consists of a letter signed in type by J. R. Poinsett Secretary of War dated 9 January 1838 and an extract from a letter of General Winfield Scott dated 19 November 1837. Government document: 25th Congress 2d Session. Senate. 88. Removed from a nonce volume; four holes in inner margin not touching text; fore-margin of last two leaves with slight paper loss but no loss of text. Light foxing. Blair & Rives, printers unknown books
183212681Washington 1832. 8vo. 1 f. verso blank. <br><br>Lewis Cass the Secretary of War reports that the majority of Creeks were hostile to the United States in the late war with Great Britain. Government document: 22d Congress 1st Session. Doc. No. 61. Ho. of Reps. Removed from a nonce volume; inner margin with two holes not touching text; inner edge slightly irregular. unknown books
183811916Washington 1838. 8vo. 17 pp. <br><br>J. R. Poinsett concludes "From these documents it appears that the defences on the Atlantic seaboard and Gulf of Mexico are altogether infefficientthe works being unfinished unarmed and without garrisons not even men enough to preserve them from dilapidation or to protect them from plunder; and that every naval station and principal seaport on the whole maritime frontier of the United States is exposed to be attacked and destroyed by a very inferior force." Government document: 25th Congress 2d Session. Doc. No. 199. Ho. of Reps. War Dept. Removed from a nonce volume. First and last pages foxed. First page with number inked in upper right corner by an early hand. unknown books
184112078Washington: Blair & Rives printers 1841. 8vo. 111 pp. <br><br>Interesting report of the board of ordnance officers who visited France Prussia Sweden England to purchase arms and artillery manuals and observe the different methods of manufacturing cannon swords and sabres firearms etc. in each of those countries. With list of arms equipment and books purchased in Europe. Government document: 26th Congress 2d Session. Senate. 229. Removed from a nonce volume; title-page and a few other pages lightly foxed. First page with inked numeral at top right corner. Blair & Rives, printers unknown books
183118249Washington: Hamilton printer 1831. 8vo. 250 pp.; illus. & maps. <br><br>Comprehensive report on the state of the nation's fortifications with several in-text illustrations and maps. Government document: 32d Congress 1st Session. H. of Reps. Ex. Doc. No. 5. Removed from a nonce volume; stitch holes in inner margin. Lightly pencilled number in upper right corner of p. 1. A few stray spots of foxing. Very good. Hamilton, printer unknown books
185213987Washington 1852. 8vo. 3 pp. <br><br>On the harbor of San Diego and the practicability of diverting the river San Diego into False Bay to prevent further obstruction of the harbor. Contains the letter of transmittal of C. M. Conrad Secretary of War; report of J. J. Abert Chief Topographical Engineer; and report of Capt. Edm. L. F. Hardcastle. Government document: 32d Congress. 1st Session. Senate. Ex. Doc. No. 48. Removed from a nonce volume. Very good. unknown books
185214091Washington 1852. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>Contains the letter of transmittal of the Secretary of War and Brig. Gen. Gideon J. Pillow's supplemental report to Gen. Winfield Scott detailing the actions of his brigade during the battle of Cerro Gordo 18 April 1847. Cerro Gordo was situated astride a mountain pass en route to Mexico City and was a natural position from which to block the American advance from Vera Cruz. Pillow's command was charged with creating a diversion in front of the Mexican line of entrenchments defended by artillery and infantry armed with muskets as the bulk of Scott's army swung around the Mexican flank and rear. Government document: 32d Congress 1st Session. Senate. Ex. Doc. No. 51. Removed from a nonce volume. Very good. unknown books
185314828Washington: no publisher/printer 1853. 8vo. 16 pp. <br><br>Contains the letter of C. M. Conrad Secretary of War and cost estimates for building a new post and military road. Government document: 32d Congress 2d Session. Ho. of Reps. Miscellaneous No. 16. Removed from a nonce volume. Lightly pencilled notation on first page otherwise clean. Very good. no publisher/printer unknown books
183812191Washington: Thomas Allen printer 1838. 8vo. 21 4 pp. <br><br>Government document: 25th Congress 2d Session. Doc. No. 278. Ho. of Reps. War Dept. Removed from a nonce volume; two holes in inner margin not touching text. Several pages unopened. Foxed. Thomas Allen, printer unknown books
