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1790WRCAM34639New York: John Fenno 1790. 224pp. pp.222-224 misnumbered 122-124. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards rebacked in period style maroon gilt morocco label. Rubbed. Minor spotting and toning. Very good. The Senate journal of the second session of the first Congress. This is the first issue with the final leaves incorrectly numbered. Many important issues were settled in the discussions recorded herein and many significant moments in the nation's history are treated in depth. Included are the first State of the Union Message discussions of state surrender of western lands notices of ratification of the Bill of Rights and discussions concerning the seat of government and Hamilton's fiscal proposals. <br> <br> A highly important journal describing some of the founding legislation of the United States. ESTC W20579. EVANS 22982. John Fenno hardcover books
1790WRCAM35946New York: John Fenno 1790. 224pp. Folio. Three-quarter calf and marbled boards in antique style spine gilt leather label. Old unobtrusive library blindstamp on title. Light scattered foxing. Else very good. Second issue of the Senate journal of the second session of the first Congress with the pagination of the terminal leaves corrected and an errata added. Many important issues were settled in the discussions recorded herein and many significant moments in the nation's history are treated in depth. Included are the first State of the Union Message discussions of state surrender of western lands notices of ratification of the Bill of Rights and discussions of questions of the seat of government and Hamilton's fiscal proposals. <br> <br> A highly important journal describing some of the founding legislation of the United States. EVANS 22982. John Fenno hardcover books
1792WRCAM51234Philadelphia: John Fenno 1792. Two volumes bound in one. 228 misnumbered 224; 100pp. Folio. Contemporary sheep gilt leather label. Minor scattered foxing. Very good. An important pair of rare journals of the Senate from the Second Congress. These important early Congressional documents describe the actions of the Senate in late 1791 and early 1792 at the height of the Federalist and Anti-Federalist struggle. George Washington's address to Congress printed here contains an interesting note about the tax on distilled spirits. Protests to this tax would result in the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794. Also contains important early legislation on frontier defenses Ohio fisheries lighthouses the Mint and militias. "First edition first issue of the rare journal containing numerous messages from Pres. Washington.notifications of official ratifications of the Bill of Rights the Presidential Succession Act debate and passage the establishment of the U.S. mint and coinage the first militia act and foundation Northwest Territory Acts" - Jenkins. <br> <br> Bound with the first is the Senate journal from the second session of the Second Congress. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 was passed in this session of the Senate. The second Senate also passed the Judiciary Act of 1793 further defining the structure of the judicial system of the fledgling nation. This second session of the Senate also passed legislation relating to compensation of the president and vice president the regulation of foreign coinage Indian trade and treaties and more. EVANS 24911 26333. GOODSPEED 323:29. ESTC W20586. ESTC W20582. JENKINS 505. John Fenno hardcover books
1791WRCAM34638Philadelphia: John Fenno 1791. 203pp. Folio. Antique-style three-quarter calf and marbled boards spine gilt leather labels. Lightly foxed. Ownership signature of James Hillhouse 1754-1832 a New Haven lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Congressman and later Senator. Very good. The journal of the Senate recorded during the third session of the first Congress and including its response to a State of the Union address by Washington detailing issues with public credit and the northwest frontier; sundry acts authorizing the President to discharge foreign debts; and "An Act Declaring the Consent of Congress that a New State be Formed within the Jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Virginia and Admitted into this Union by the name of the State of Kentucky." In all many important issues were settled in the discussions recorded here and many significant events in the nation's history are treated in depth. ESTC W20589. EVANS 23901. John Fenno hardcover books
1793WRCAM29347Philadelphia: John Fenno 1793. 205pp. Folio. Modern three-quarter calf and boards gilt-stamped spine. Titlepage soiled laid down on archival paper. Scattered foxing. Very good. With a notice from George Washington that the Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic of France Edmund Genêt has been recalled. Despite repeated warnings from both Washington and Jefferson Genêt persisted in outfitting private United States ships for naval raids on British vessels ultimately resulting in his being recalled. Other important issues addressed are the increasingly difficult trade environment with England and France at war and frontier Indian relations. EVANS 27911. ESTC W20584. John Fenno hardcover books
1791WRCAM33180Philadelphia: John Fenno 1791. 228pp. p.228 misnumbered 224 as in some copies. Folio. Contemporary sheep neatly rebacked in matching style gilt morocco label. Very good. An important early Congressional document describing the actions of the Senate in late 1791 and early 1792 at the height of the Federalist-Anti-Federalist struggle. As well George Washington's address to Congress printed here contains an interesting note about the tax on distilled spirits. Protests to this tax would result in the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794. Also contains important early legislation on frontier defenses Ohio fisheries lighthouses the Mint and militias. EVANS 24911. ESTC W20582. John Fenno unknown books
1791WRCAM33180BPhiladelphia: John Fenno 1791. 228pp. Folio. Contemporary sheep gilt leather label. Noticeable edge wear front joint partially split. Early 20th-century bookplate on front pastedown small ink stamp on rear pastedown. Small embossed blindstamp on titlepage and one internal leaf. Otherwise clean internally. Very good. An important early Congressional document describing the actions of the Senate in late 1791 and early 1792 at the height of the Federalist-Anti-Federalist struggle. George Washington's address to Congress printed here contains an interesting note about the tax on distilled spirits. Protests to this tax would result in the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794. Also contains important early legislation on frontier defenses Ohio fisheries lighthouses the Mint and militias. Indexed. "First edition first issue of the rare journal containing numerous messages from Pres. Washington.official ratifications of the Bill of Rights the Presidential Succession Act debate and passage the establishment of the U.S. mint and coinage the first militia act and foundation Northwest Territory Acts" - Jenkins. EVANS 24911. ESTC W20582. JENKINS 505. John Fenno hardcover books
1793WRCAM49298Philadelphia: Printed by John Fenno 1793. 100pp. Folio. Contemporary marbled wrappers bound into 20th-century buckram gilt. Minor edge wear some dust soiling. Wrappers chipped and backed on archival paper. Small repair at bottom edge small ink library stamp on verso of titlepage minor dampstaining to first few and last few leaves minor foxing a few bottom corners repaired. Good. A rare and important Senate journal from the second session of the second Congress. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 was passed in this session of the Senate and notice of President Washington signing it into law can be found on page 57. The second Senate also passed the Judiciary Act of 1793 further defining the structure of the judicial system of the fledgling nation. This second session of the Senate also passed legislation relating to compensation of the president and vice president the regulation of foreign coinage Indian trade and treaties and more. EVANS 26333. GOODSPEED 323:29. ESTC W20586. Printed by John Fenno hardcover books
1794WRCAM34630APhiladelphia: John Fenno 1794. Two volumes bound in one. 205; 11412pp. Folio. Contemporary sheep gilt morocco label. Boards rubbed. Minor scattered foxing. Very good. Two Senate journals of the Federal period. The first contains a notice from George Washington that the Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic of France Edmund Genêt has been recalled. Despite repeated warnings from both Washington and Jefferson Genêt persisted in outfitting private United States ships for naval raids on British vessels ultimately resulting in his being recalled. The second contains addresses by George Washington and John Adams on the Whiskey Rebellion. With an appendix and index. EVANS 27911 29724. ESTC W20587 w020584. John Fenno hardcover books
1794WRCAM34630Philadelphia: John Fenno 1794. Two volumes bound in one. 205; 11412pp. Folio. Modern three-quarter calf and marbled boards spine gilt leather labels. Small hole in titlepage affecting a few letters of imprint. Light foxing and scattered toning. Very good. Two Senate journals of the Federal period. The first contains a notice from George Washington that the Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic of France Edmund Genêt has been recalled. Despite repeated warnings from both Washington and Jefferson Genêt persisted in outfitting private United States ships for naval raids on British vessels ultimately resulting in his being recalled. The second contains addresses by George Washington and John Adams on the Whiskey Rebellion. With an appendix and index. EVANS 27911 29724. ESTC W20587 w020584. John Fenno hardcover books
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
1912140940054Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1912. First Edition. Very Good. 92 pp. First paperback edition. Stapled pamplet. Very Good with several small chips to edges foxing to covers textblock edge prelims and terminals. Staples rusted wear to staple holes on front cover though firmly attached. A report on the sinking of the Titanic with recommendations that did much to increase the safety of the world's sea lanes. Full title: "Titanic" Disaster Report of the Committee on Commerce United States Senate Pursuant to S. Res. 283 Directing the Committee to Investigate the Causes Leading to the Wreck of the White Star Liner "Titanic" Together with Speeches by Senator William Alden Smith of Michigan and Senator Isidor Raynor of Maryland Report N. 806 62d Congress 2d Session. Government Printing Office 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
2007490492007. ISBN-13: 9781584778080; ISBN-10: 1584778083. Complete Set of Senate Hearings on FDR's Court-Packing Plan United States Senate. Reorganization of the Federal Judiciary. Hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate Seventy-fifth Congress First Session on S. 1392 a Bill to Reorganize the Judicial Branch of the Government. Originally published: Washington: Government Printing Office 1937. 2040 49 pp. 6 parts in 3 vols. Reprinted 2007 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. Set ISBN-13: 9781584778080. Set ISBN-10: 1584778083. Hardcover. New. $595. Complete reprint of the sole edition. Includes the Adverse Report and Hearings Part 1 to 6. This set of hearing transcripts and the texts of supporting documents chronicles the history of Franklin D. Roosevelt's court-packing plan and its defeat in the United States Senate. Angered by the Court's hostility to legislation relating to the New Deal Roosevelt proposed a bill to expand the membership of the court on February 5 1937. Presented as a way to increase efficiency it was intended to create seats for justices who would support the New Deal. The resulting struggle was a critical episode in Roosevelt's presidency and one of the nastiest clashes between the executive and judiciary in American history. Roosevelt's plan failed but the debate had a profound effect on the Court's attitude toward the New Deal which lead many to believe that the president was ultimately successful. 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
2007530732007. ISBN 1584778083. United States Senate. Reorganization of the Federal Judiciary. Hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate Seventy-fifth Congress First Session on S. 1392 a Bill to Reorganize the Judicial Branch of the Government. Washington: Government Printing Office 1937. 2040 49 pp. 6 parts in 3 vols. Reprinted 2007 by The Lawbook Exchange Ltd. Set ISBN-13: 9781584778080. Set ISBN-10: 1584778083. Cloth. Light shelfwear corners bumped light soiling to fore-edge of Volume I internally clean $475. Complete reprint of the sole edition. Includes the Adverse Report and Hearings Part 1 to 6. This set of hearing transcripts and the texts of supporting documents chronicles the history of Franklin D. Roosevelt's court-packing plan and its defeat in the United States Senate. Angered by the Court's hostility to legislation relating to the New Deal Roosevelt proposed a bill to expand the membership of the court on February 5 1937. Presented as a way to increase efficiency it was intended to create seats for justices who would support the New Deal. The resulting struggle was a critical episode in Roosevelt's presidency and one of the nastiest clashes between the executive and judiciary in American history. Roosevelt's plan failed but the debate had a profound effect on the Court's attitude toward the New Deal which lead many to believe that the president was ultimately successful. 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
1799WRCAM41661Philadelphia: John Fenno 1799. 3362xx pp. Modern beige paper spine and blue boards. Scattered soiling. Old institutional rubberstamp on verso of titlepage. Good. President Adams' Message and the Senate's response treat - in addition to relations with England and France - "the arts and calumnies of factious designing men" who "have excited open rebellion a second time in Pennsylvania." These unruly Keystoners "have openly resisted the law directing the valuation of houses and lands." Additionally the Journal has proceedings resulting from the death of George Washington including a letter to the Congress from Martha Washington. Much material also appears on Weights and Measures; the Mint; the Judiciary Act the attempt to repeal it provided the first test of Jefferson's strength in the following year; the Aurora and its publisher William Duane who were charged with having committed seditious libel; Connecticut's cession of the Western Reserve; sale of lands in the Northwest Territory. EVANS 38749. John Fenno hardcover 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
536034to. One page approximately 100 words in part: "I think there must be good and legal reason why you have not paid these taxes. I cannot think that you who has been selected to administer and declare and enforce the law can refuse to pay what the law requires." Folded. A little browned but very good. A native of Fauquier County Virginia Hunton practiced law serving as commonwealth's attorney and gained the upper ranks of the Virginia militia before the war; he commanded the 8th Virginia until gaining a brigade in 1863 fighting in most of the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia being wounded at Gettysburg. In addition to his national political service following the war he wrote an autobiography that was not published until 1933; it is one of the rarest and most sought after of Civil War memoirs. <br/><br/> unknown books
1976006203Washington D.C.: U.S Government Printing Office 1976. SCARCE 2 documents recording the Hearing before and Report of the Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and other Internal Security Laws of the Committee on the Judiciary chaired by James O. Eastland of Mississippi. This hearing was in response to the Wounded Knee Takeover which began in February 1973 when around 200 Oglala Lakota Native Americans and followers of the American Indian Movement seized and occupied the town of Wounded Knee South Dakota on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The Hearing document is 207 pp. with Index numbered i-xiv. It is Near fine staples rusted. The report is Fine 44 pp. Both documents contain numerous black and white photos. . First Editions. Stapled Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. U.S Government Printing Office Paperback books
