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184137252Providence 1841. Elephant folio sheet folded to 15-1/4" x 21-1/2." 4 pp. Old folds light foxing. Good.<br /> <br /> The "Proposed Constitution" adopted at "the Convention of the People" on 18 November 1841 is printed. It would grant the suffrage to "Every white male" adult. Articles favoring its adoption are printed along with Rhode Island's 1790 Declaration of Rights. Articles on national and local political affairs plus numerous advertisements are also printed. <br /> In 1843 Thomas Dorr was arrested at the offices of the Republican Herald for high treason. unknown
18203330Mexico City: July 11 1820. About very good. Large double-sheet broadside approximately 23.5 x 17 inches. Two sheets joined at central horizontal fold. Five chips at left edge not affecting text and some additional minor edge wear; otherwise light toning and dust soiling. Two contemporary manuscript signatures at foot; contemporary duty stamps on blank verso. Fascinating and otherwise unrecorded broadside that dictates the organization and process for the 1820 election of Mexican deputies to the Spanish Cortes during the second and last period of constitutional monarchy in Mexico. Colonial Mexico first achieved some representation in the Spanish government under the liberal Constitution of 1812 which lasted for two years before being revoked by Ferdinand VII upon his return to power in 1814. The reinstatement of the liberal constitution and the Cortes of Cadiz in 1820 however was not enough to prevent Mexico from obtaining full independence one year later. This broadside promulgated in Mexico on July 11 1820 by the colonial Viceroy Juan Ruiz de Apodaca y Eliza announces the renewed representation via regional elections to select Provincial Deputies for the Cortes and contains eight articles delineating the process by which these elections are to be held. In brief these articles order representation be apportioned according to the population as approximated from the 1792 census; divides Mexico into provinces for the purposes of the election; and places parameters on representation for each province. In all a very interesting window onto the formation of the brief final period of Spanish colonial rule in Mexico. July 11 unknown
180736654Brookfield: Printed by E. Merriam & Co. For Isaiah Thomas 1807. Later printing. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo. 108 pages. Remnants of paper over boards. Covers chipped. Thin leather spine. No title labels. Front end sheet torn in half. Rear end sheet missing. Light toning to the contents. Contents contain Massachusetts Constitution United States Constitution and Washington's farewell address. Fair. <br /> <br /> Sabin 45692; Shaw and Shoemaker 13016. Printed by E. Merriam & Co. For Isaiah Thomas hardcover
1858505860Harper and Brothers 1858. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. Vol. 1 1860 xxxvi 518; Vol. 2 1858 xvi 653 pp. 8vo original black cloth with gilt spine lettering and ornament to front covers a variation on the Great Seal of the United States. Tips show a bit of rubbing with some trivial loss typical light offsetting both volumes very clean and sharp internally with sound square bindings. From the personal library of lawyer F. K. Arnold with his Portland Oregon bookplate to FPEP and pencil signature d. 1876 to FFEP of volume 1. Harper and Brothers hardcover
1802106375<p>8vo period calf rebacked with leather 2 266 pp. Joints cracked rebacking crude some wear to covers paper slightly fragile front endpaper detached other front endpaper with piece missing ink name on front pastedown some darkening to contents; otherwise about very good. This is a rich volume of early American government. In addition to the United Sates Constitution and Declaration of Independence this volume also contains the constitutions of the original states and the ordinances for the government of the North West Territory. Printed under the title is the notation that "This edition contains the constitutions of Vermont Delaware Georgia and Kentucky with the regulations for the government of the territory north west of the river Ohio." This material was not in any other edition. </p> William Duane,
1827374087Philadelphia: R. Desilver 1827. Typeset frontispiece within typographic border approx. 15x18-1/2 inches detached from the accompanying almanac. 67 1pp. 8vo. Disbound. Old folds tear to gutter. Typeset frontispiece within typographic border approx. 15x18-1/2 inches detached from the accompanying almanac. 67 1pp. 8vo. Shaw & Shoemaker 27484; Drake 11567 R. Desilver unknown
18774062Washington 1877. 48 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original stitched wrappers. Minor soiling. Very Good. 48 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Conkling was the senator from New York and in 1877 was the "favorite son" of New York for the Republican nomination in rivalry with James G. Blaine. As it turned out the nomination and the Presidency went to Rutherford B. Hayes. Conkling was bitterly opposed to Hayes and in this document questions the manner of vote counting by the House and Senate in regard to the election of the President. <br/><br/> unknown
