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1801WRCAM38554AWashington 1801. 13pp. Contemporary blue paper wrappers. Light toning and scattered foxing. A near fine copy. The scarce 1801 edition of the rules for conducting Senate business following earlier printings in 1790 and 1798. Signed in print at the end by Secretary Samuel A. Otis and dated Dec. 7 1801 the text details forty rules for Senate business and concludes with three pages of "joint rules acted on between the two houses." Scarce. Shaw & Shoemaker list copies at LC and NYPL; OCLC adds copies at the University of Connecticut Yale and the Houghton Library. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 1560. SABIN 74090. OCLC 36079611. unknown books
180123420Washington 1801. Caption title as issued. 13 3 blanks pp. Light dusting bound in modern blue wrappers. Very Good. <br/><br/> The third printing of Senate Rules after the extremely rare 1790 and 1798 editions. Sources and precedents are cited; pages 11-13 print the Joint Rules Acted on Between the Two Houses. <br/>OCLC 36079611 4- UConn Yale AAS Houghton as of May 2019. AI 1560 2- DLC NN. Not in Cohen. unknown books
185344417Washington DC 1853. <p>United States. Senate. 32nd Congress 2nd Session. H. R. 336 To accompany report no. 421. In the Senate of the United States. February 19 1853 . . . Amendment . . . 3pp. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1853. 297 x 205 mm. Unbound. Some dampstaining edges a bit frayed but very good. Docketed.</p> <p> First Edition of this rare ether controversy document with no copies listed in OCLC. In January 1853 responding to renewed debate over who deserved credit for inventing ether anesthesia the U. S. Senate appointed a select committee to determine whether W. T. G. Morton Charles Jackson or Horace Wells had the best claim to the discovery. On February 19 Senator Isaac P. Walker the committee's chairman submitted an amendment to army appropriations bill H. R. 336 confirming the U. S. government's right to use and benefit from the discovery and proposing an award of $100000 to "the discoverer." The final version of the amendment which we are offering here also proposed that the issue of priority be decided in federal court with Morton Jackson and the representatives of Horace Wells appearing as defendants to prove the merits of their respective cases. The Senate ended up rejecting the amendment leaving the question of priority unsettled for the time. Wolfe Tarnished Idol pp. 316-17; 330-335. </p> . unknown books
1818287444Washington D.C. 1818. Quarter Leather. Very Good binding. A sammelband of sixty pamphlets printed for the Senate of the United States March through April of 1818. Most are petitions to the Committee of Claims as well as a 358 pp. list of pensioners and an index at the rear. Also with ten folding tables depicting the provisioning of the Northwest Army during the War of 1812 folding table of the funding of the U.S. debt and one additional folding table. Union Library Co. nameplate and librarian's name on the front pastedown. Quarter brown leather over marbled paper with a '2' blindstamped on the spine. Very Good. ~~Memorial of Thomas Tenant and George Stiles of the city of Baltimore merchants and ship owners praying that certificates of registry may be granted to their vessels. ~20 pp.~In Senate of the United States March 11 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 11 1818. 1 pp.~In Senate of the United States March 11 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 10 1818. 1 pp. ~Message from the President of the United States transmitting a report from the Secretary of War respecting the requisitions that were made on the contractors. on the frontiers of Georgia. Washington 1818. 26 pp. ~Folding table~In Senate of the United States March 12 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 12 1818 2 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 12 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 13 1818. 1 pp. ~Message from the President of the United States transmitting in obedience to a resolution of the Senate of the Third of February last a Report from the Secretary of the Treasury respecting the progress made under the act to provide for surveying the coast of the United States. 21 pp.~Message from the President of the United States transmitting a Statement of the Proceedings which may have been had under the Act of Congress passed on the 3d of March 1817 entitled "An act to set apart and dispose of certain public lands for the encouragement and cultivation of the Vine and Olive." 10 pp.~In Senate of the United States March 16 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 16 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 20 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 20 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 20 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 20 1818. 1 pp.~In Senate of the United States March 23 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 23 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 24 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 24 1818. 2 pp.~In Senate of the United States March 20 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 24 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 25 1818. 1 pp.~In Senate of the United States March 25 1818 1 pp.~In Senate of the United States March 25 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 25 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 25 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 25 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 26 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 26 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 27 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 27 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 27 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 27 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 30 1818. 1 pp.~In Senate of the United States March 31 1818. 1 pp. ~Message from the President of the United States Transmitting a Report of the Secretary of War in Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate .a list of all the Pensioners. March 28 1818. Washington 1818. 358 pp. ~In Senate of the United States March 31 1818. 1 pp.~In Senate of the United States March 31 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States April 1 1818 1 pp.~In Senate of the United States April 1 1818. 2 pp. ~In Senate of the United States April 3 1818. 3 pp.~In Senate of the United States April 3 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States April 6 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States April 4 1814 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States April 4 1818. 1 pp. ~Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury to the Chairman of the Committee of Finance of the Senate in Relation to the Application of the Board of Directors to the Congress for permission to issue Bills and Notes signed by other persons than the President and Cashier of the Bank. April 9 1818. 1818. 7 pp. ~Message from the President of the United States transmitting a Report from the Secretary of War in Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate containing a list of the names of the several agents of Indian Affairs and of the Agents of Indian Trading Houses with the pay and emoluments of the Agents respectively. April 10 1818. 8 pp. ~Message from the President of the United States transmitting a report from the Secretary of War in Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate respecting the Supplies of the Northwestern Army within certain periods therein specified by Contractors Commissaries and Agents and the expense thereby incurred. April 10 1818. Washington 1818. 11 pp. ten folding tables.~In Senate of the United States April 10 1818. 2 pp. ~In Senate of the United States April 14 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States April 14 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States April 15 1818. 1 pp. ~Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting in obedience to a resolution of the senate of the fourth instant the amount of the funded debt of the United States bearing an interest at seven six and three per cent which has been paid by the subscribers towards the capital of the bank of the united states distinguishing the amount of each which has been paid upon the several installments; stating the sums and species of funded debt sold by the bank; how much thereof was redeemed by the united states; how much has been sold without the united states; and how much is now held by the bank. April 15 1818. 9 pp. Folding table.~In Senate of the United States April 16 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States April 16 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States. April 17 1818. 1 pp. ~In Senate of the United States April 18 1818. 1 pp. ~Index. 9 pp. ~. Very Good binding. unknown books
190013559Washington: Government Printing Office 1900. First Edition. Very Good. 4to 11.5x9.5in; vii 856 pp. indices by report and Indian tribes 27 fold out maps plate images and illustrations in text; Half calf with marbled paper over covers gilt lettering on ribbed spine marbled end papers all edges trimmed with marbled ink stain; Shelf wear rubbing and splitting to covers edges and corners splits at top and bottom of front joint and hinge corners worn through heavy wear to leather binding and moderate wear scratches and stains on cloth marbled ink edges to text worn and soiled maps are fine with minimal and minor closed tears at hinge. Wickersham 9544. From Wickersham "Report submitted by Mr. Carter from the Committee on Military Affairs to whom was referred resolution no. 189 agreed to Dec. 9 1897 directing the committee to report to the Senate on the extent of explorations by the United States army in Alaska etc. S. Rep. 1023 56th Cong. 1st Sess. in v. 11.". Title page states "April 18 1900. - Reported from the Committee of Military Affairs by Mr. Carter and Ordered to Print." This is an excellent reference resource if exploration in the first 30 years that Alaska was owned by the United States. The expeditions were led by C.W. Raymond 1869; C.O.O. Howard 1875; Ivan Petroff 1880; F. Schwatka 1883; P.H. Ray 1884 1897 1898; W.R. Abercrombie 1884 1898; H.T. Allen 1897; E.H. Wells 1898; E.F. Glenn 1899; and W.P. Richardson 1899. Government Printing Office unknown books
186643052Washington D.C.: n.p. 1866. First edition. A very good copy with inch marginal closed tear light soiling faint marginal stain. Broadside. 6 x 9 1/2 inches. Michigan senator Jacob Merritt Howard 1805-1871 who had worked closely with Lincoln in drafting and passing the Thirteenth Amendment was a strong supporter of his measures including "emergency actions during the secession crisis and advocated 'severe exemplary and speedy punishment of the rebels. He was especially vocal on all matters pertaining to the confiscation of rebel property and the emancipation of slaves. He was also one of the most forceful advocates of the 1863 Conscription Act" ANBO. His ire extended to trying for treason the Confederate leaders. In December he wanted to know why Davis had not been put on trial and now despite it being well-known that Davis did not have complicity in Lincoln's murder he declared in this resolution that Davis be "charged with the crimes of having incited the assassination of Abraham Lincoln President of the United States and with the murder of soldiers of the Unites States held a prisoners of war during the rebellion and other cruel and barbarous practices in violation of the rules and usages of civilized war." Clement C. Clay was also to be tried. It appears that Merritt's resolution never made it to the floor for a second reading as was required by law. Scarce. We could find only one in auction or dealer sales records in 1964. OCLC locates only one copy: Univ. of Mississippi OCLC669843127 in its "Civil War: Primary Source Publications Related to Mississippi." Owen: Bibliography of Mississippi p. 685. Eberstadt 165-210. ANBO 04/04-00529. n.p. unknown books
184436140Washington D.C.: n.p. 1844. First edition. Removed. A very good copy. 1 pp. 8vo. The main resolution was an attack on the heinous process of re-enslaving freed blacks: "Resolved. That we do most solemnly in behalf of the people of this State protest against the existence of any laws in any of the States of Territories of this Union which subject our free colored citizens to the liability to be arrested and imprisoned and to be sold into slavery for the payment of the costs of such arrest and imprisonment; that we do protest against such laws as unconstitutional and as endangering the Union." Maine approved this on March 22 1843 sent a copy to all members of the House and Senate and to all the governors of States and Territories. OCLC locates no copies. Not in Sabin Blockson Dumont Work LCP. Afro-Americana Clark: New England in U.S. Government Publications 1789-1849: 1145. n.p. unknown books
1869288969New York: American Photolithographic Company 1869. paperback. very good. Map: lithograph. 16" x 28.5". In very good condition. <br><br>Pamphlet: Thin 8vo. 31 pages. Staple-bound stain to paper cover binding fragile. Washington: Government Printing Office. In very good condition.<br/><br/> Map is tipped in at back cover of pamphlet and shows Northern & Southern Pacific Trunk Lines railways completed and railways projected. The majority of the committee that wrote this report included W.M. Stewart Chas D. Drake John Conness Alexander Ramsey J.C. Abbott B.F. Rice<br/><br/> American Photolithographic Company unknown books
186057505Washington DC 1860. 8vo pp. 71 255. Bound in clothendpapers foxed VG. The official report into the revoutionary invasion of Harper's Ferry by John Brown. from Wikipedia: "John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry also known as John Brown's raid or The raid on Harpers Ferry; in many books the town is called "Harper's Ferry" was an effort by white abolitionist John Brown to initiate an armed slave revolt in 1859 by taking over a United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry Virginia. Brown's raid accompanied by 21 men in his partywas defeated by a company of U.S. Marines from the Marine Barracks 8th And I Washington DC led by First Lieutenant Israel Greene USMC. Colonel Robert E. Lee USA was in overall command of the operation to retake the arsenal. John Brown had originally asked Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass both of whom he had met in his formative years as an abolitionist in Springfield Massachusetts to join him in his raid but Tubman was prevented by illness and Douglass declined as he believed Brown's plan would fail. unknown books
190040546Washington DC: GPO 1900. 4to. vii 4 5-856 pp. b/w folding maps and plates. <br /><br />"A collection of the principal narratives of the U.S. military exploring expeditions in Alaska from 1869 to 1899. assembled to facilitate a review of territory covered possibilities of opening "all American" routes to the interior and means of promoting friendly cooperation with the native peoples." - Arctic Bib. 18336. Sixteen reports with 27 folding maps and 33 b/w plates. Bound in original printed wrappers and scarce thus. Wrappers chipped contents very good condition. GPO books
1850573101850. U.S. SENATE. PROCEEDINGS OF THE U.S. SENATE ON THE FUGITIVE SLAVE BILL-THE ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE-TRADE IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-AND THE IMPRISONMENT OF FREE COLORED SEAMEN IN THE SOUTHERN PORTS: With the Speeches of Messrs. Davis Winthrop and Others. Washington: U.S. Senate 1850. 1-57 pp. 1 page only of appendix missing the last gathering; but article complete. 8vo. stab-sown paper wrappers. Library label to front stain to fore-edges and fore-corner. As is. unknown books
1828169181Washington: Duff GReen 1828. First Edition. hardcover. very good-. Volume III only. vii 734pp. 8vo full contemporary calf leather labels; calf lightly scuffed one label repaired corners bumped light foxing throughout otherwise very good. Washington: Duff Green 1828. Very good -.<br/><br/> Contains communications from James Madison James Monroe and John Quincy Adams. This volume begins on December 6 1815 and ends on February 23 1829. One of 700 copies.<br/><br/> Duff GReen unknown books
1844546891844. With Numerous Plates and Several Large Maps Mostly of Places in Michigan Iowa and Wisconsin Senate United States. Public Documents Printed by Order of the Senate of the United States First Session of the Twenty-Eighth Congress Begun and Held at the City of Washington December 4 1843. Washington: Printed by Gales and Seaton 1844. Volume VII of a seven-volume set. Various paginations. Numerous plates and maps some in color several fold-out many quite large. Octavo 9" x 6". Contemporary calf blind fillets to boards lettering piece and blind fillets to spine. Light rubbing to extremities corners bumped and lightly worn some discoloration to sections of boards light to moderate wear and some small tears to edges of folding maps. Toning light foxing internally clean. $250. This volume contains reports from the cabinet departments and government agencies. The plates include patent drawings and geological specimens. There are several maps mostly relating to mining surveys. 26 maps depict sections of the Ohio River and canals connected to it. The largest map 45" x 30" depicts the Detroit River and Detroit. There are also several fascinating plates and diagrams relating to geological botanical and anthropological studies in the region encompassing Iowa and Wisconsin. unknown books
1844546851844. With 13 Maps and Other Illustrations United States. Senate. Public Documents Printed by Order of the Senate of the United States First Session of the Twenty-Eighth Congress Begun and Held at the City of Washington December 4 1843. Washington: Printed by Gales and Seaton 1844. Volume I of a seven-volume set. 703 pp. 13 fold-out tables diagrams and maps. Octavo 9" x 6". Contemporary calf blind fillets to boards lettering piece and blind fillets to spine. Some rubbing to extremities and spine a few minor scuffs to boards which are slightly bowed some discoloration to front near head minor wear and small tears to edges of folding leaves. Toning light foxing internally clean. $250. This volume contains reports from the cabinet departments and government agencies. The maps which relate to projects by the US Army Corps of Engineers depict the Harbor of St. Louis the Des Moines Rapids and the Rock Island Rapids. The diagrams depict a cross-section of the USS Union an experimental warship and equipment used to produce thread and cloth from hemp. unknown books
1868296731Washington: Government Printing Office 1868. hardcover. very good-. Three volumes. xxii 741 pages; xxii 498 pages; and xxii 401 pages 8vo dark brown pebbled cloth; covers worn with loss of cloth on the spines of Volumes 1 & 2 repaired with black cloth the first 16 pages of Volume 3 comprising part of the index have a tear with some minor loss of text. Washington: Government Printing Office 1868. Text clean tight still overall a very good- set.<br/><br/> The Senate's report on the trial of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson 17th president of The United States.<br/><br/> Government Printing Office unknown books
18397738baLansing MI: State of Michigan 1839. Book. Very good- condition. Paperback. Michigania; 11 pages; dis-bound; not American imprints or in Michigan imprints. State of Michigan Paperback books
182524326Washington: Gales & Seaton 1825. 336pp. Gathered signatures untrimmed lightly foxed entirely unsophisticated. Very Good. All the work of this Session of the Senate. FIRST EDITION. AI 22902 2. Gales & Seaton unknown books
18866521Washington DC: Govt. Printing Office 1886. First edition. Very Good. xxxiv602pp. Index. Cont. 1/2 brown morocco gilt over marbled boards some minor rubbing. "Senate. 50th Congress. 2d Session. Report No. 2707 and Views of Minority." The select committee authorizing this report consisted of Senators Platt chairman Cullom Jones of Nevada Coke and Blackburn. Govt. Printing Office hardcover books
185312666Washington 1853. 8vo. 216 pp.; 1 plt. <br><br>Report and testimony in the U. S. Senate on corruption within the Treasury Department specifically concerning a sale of contracts for the construction of light houses on the Pacific coast. The chairman of the Select Committee appointed to inquire into abuses bribery or fraud was Sam Houston. Given in a special session of the Senate March 22 1853. Government document: Special Session. Senate. Rep. Com. No. 1. Removed from a nonce volume; two holes in inner margin not touching. Very good. unknown books
1860WN559139Washingtion D.C.: Government Printing Office 1860. Original dark brown pebbled cloth with gilt spine lettering and blind stamping of American eagle. Cloth is worn with chipped edges and spine ends faded lettering and overall rubbing and worn spots but remains very tight. Some foxing and staining on pre and postliminaries but interior not bad considering inferior quality paper. This is the bound copy of the official U.S.Senate Report of its inquiry into the invasion of Harper's Ferry by John Brown and his men. The Report was issued on June 15 1860. Laid in is a card about the book in fancy calligraphy. First Edition. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. Government Printing Office Hardcover books
18491114Washington DC: Not Stated 1849. Special Session Notes. Pamphlet. Very good. Octavo 94pp. Unbound from original publication. Light toning throughout. Collection of speeches and letters relating to Steamboat navigation on the Ohio River. Not Stated unknown books
181711557Washington: William A. Davis 1817. 8vo. 5 1 pp. <br><br>The beginning of the United States government's Indian removal policy. This resolution provides an appropriation of money to enable the President to carry out his authority to negotiate treaties with the Indian tribes residing east of the Mississippi with the goal of moving them west of that river. "42" printed at head of title. Government document: Senate document United States. Congress. Senate; 14th Congress 2nd session no. 42. Scarce. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 42485. Removed from a nonce volume; gutter margin a little irregular; edges a little darkened; foxed. Title-page rubber-stamped by the War Department Library. William A. Davis unknown books
181523901Washington City: Pr. by Roger C. Weightman 1815. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>Congressional praise for the people of New Orleans during the Battle of New Orleans December 1814 January 1815 for "voluntarily affording the best accommodations in their power and giving the kindest attentions to the wounded not only of our own army but also to the wounded prisoners of a fallen though vindictive foe." Resolutions submitted by William Branch Giles. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 36410. Removed from a nonce volume; gutter margin a little irregular. Leaves separating. Good condition. Pr. by Roger C. Weightman unknown books
181511447Washington City: Pr. by Roger C. Weightman 1815. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>Congressional praise for the people of New Orleans during the Battle of New Orleans December 1814 January 1815 for "voluntarily affording the best accommodations in their power and giving the kindest attentions to the wounded not only of our own army but also to the wounded prisoners of a fallen though vindictive foe." Resolutions submitted by William Branch Giles. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 36410. Removed from a nonce volume; gutter margin a little irregular. Leaves separating. Good condition. Pr. by Roger C. Weightman unknown books
181511448Washington City: Pr. by Roger C. Weightman 1815. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>High praise for Comm. D.T. Patterson Ma.r Daniel Carmick and for the officers seamen and marines under their respective commands for the gallant and successful defense of New Orleans during the War of 1812. Resolutions submitted by Charles Tait. Scarce: OCLC locates only three copies. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 36409. Removed from a nonce volume; gutter margin a little irregular. Very good condition. Pr. by Roger C. Weightman unknown books