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185938203St. Anthony & Minneapolis: Croffut & Clark 1859. First edition of the second directory of Minneapolis 8vo pp. 6 15-162 2; numerous advertisements throughout; later black cloth with the insertion of 5 postcard photographs one with the stamp of Edward Bromley on the endpapers and pastedowns a number of early pencil annotations throughout the printed advertisements at the front and the title page have been trimmed no loss of letterpress ownership signatures of F.B. Cornell and Edward C. Gale; in spite of defects noted a good sound copy of a very scarce directory. Contains a brief historical sketch of St. Anthony and Minneapolis numerous full-page advertisements for various local businesses and an alphabetical listing of the city's residents with addresses. Spear p. 328 giving the collation as 3 11-162 3 probably including advertisements on the original paste-downs which are not present here and locating only 4 copies; Martin Minnesota Imprints 244. Croffut & Clark unknown
185938203St. Anthony & Minneapolis: Croffut & Clark 1859. First edition of the second directory of Minneapolis 8vo pp. 6 15-162 2; numerous advertisements throughout; later black cloth with the insertion of 5 postcard photographs one with the stamp of Edward Bromley on the endpapers and pastedowns a number of early pencil annotations throughout the printed advertisements at the front and the title page have been trimmed no loss of letterpress ownership signatures of F.B. Cornell and Edward C. Gale; in spite of defects noted a good sound copy of a very scarce directory. Contains a brief historical sketch of St. Anthony and Minneapolis numerous full-page advertisements for various local businesses and an alphabetical listing of the city's residents with addresses. Spear p. 328 giving the collation as 3 11-162 3 probably including advertisements on the original paste-downs which are not present here and locating only 4 copies; Martin Minnesota Imprints 244. <br/><br/> Croffut & Clark hardcover books
183617436Washington D.C.: Gales and Seaton 1836. First edition 8vo pp. 168; 4 engraved plates plus a large folding map in separate sleeve of later green cloth paper label on spine; original brown cloth extremities faded some spotting bookplate removed else very good. This copy inscribed to "The Hon. Mr. Woodbury with the comps. of the author." The map which measures approx. 27 1/2" x 40" shows "a portion of the Indian country lying east and west of the Mississippi River to the forty-sixth degree of north latitude" showing much of Wisconsin and sections of Illinois Minnesota and Iowa and all of Lake Michigan. The result of a British scientist's geological reconnaissance through the Great Lakes and upper Mississippi valley in 1835-37. Featherstonhaugh began his journey in Washington D.C. and traveled via Pittsburgh and Cleveland before visiting Detroit and travelling by canoe on Lakes Huron and Michigan to Mackinac and Green Bay thence via the Fox and Mississippi Rivers to Saint Anthony and Fort Snelling where Featherstonhaugh's party ascended the Minnesota River as far as Lake Traverse on the Dakota border and back again via Lake Pepin Galena and Saint Louis. His travels by canoe in Wisconsin and Minnesota are of particular interest. Not in Howes or Graff; Sabin 23963. <br/><br/> Gales and Seaton hardcover books
185710042Saint Paul: Goodrich & Somers 1857. Small 8vo pp. viii 194 2; printed endpapers and pastedowns without the rare folding map lacking in most copies; printed on yellow blue white and green paper original printed paper-covered boards backed in black morocco lettered in gilt; boards soiled top and bottom of spine chipped away otherwise a sound and reasonably clean copy. This is Saint Paul's second city directory substantially augmented over the first of the previous year which contained 76pp. only. Martin Minnesota Imprints 175; Spear p. 333. Goodrich & Somers unknown
185710042Saint Paul: Goodrich & Somers 1857. Small 8vo pp. viii 194 2; printed endpapers and pastedowns without the rare folding map lacking in most copies; printed on yellow blue white and green paper original printed paper-covered boards backed in black morocco lettered in gilt; boards soiled top and bottom of spine chipped away otherwise a sound and reasonably clean copy. This is Saint Paul's second city directory substantially augmented over the first of the previous year which contained 76pp. only. Martin Minnesota Imprints 175; Spear p. 333. <br/><br/> Goodrich & Somers hardcover books
188959298July 9 1889 to August 23 1889. 12mo approx. 7" x 4½" approx. 130 pages in ink; legible and in near fine condition. The journal begins with a London entry: "We arrived from Oxford at 6 o'clock and were driven at once to the Royal Hotel where we had engaged rooms." This is the journal of a tourist primarily albeit a famous one with visits and detailed descriptions of the National Gallery the British Museum and other museums where he discourses at length on the artworks and the Houses of Parliament where "the Queen's reading room which is rather more finished than the public rooms generally having a beautiful floor laid of hardwood polished and as equally as fine as some floors of this style in the best houses in Minneapolis." At Westminster Abbey he marvels at the statue of Pitt: "The first monument after entering immediately on the right is that of the immortal Pitt. This is chiselled from white marble and the design is most beautiful and impressive and as it should hold the place of honor or first-place in the Abby. We perhaps revered the name of Pitt more than that of any other from the fact of his great influence in behalf of the States during the early struggles for a republican form of government - and for the eloquent defence of the rights of American people and his continued friendship down to the day of his death." On July 16 Pillsbury notes: "This has been a rather quiet day with myself Mrs. P. Alfred and Bill in company with Mr. & Mrs. McMillan visited the museums & art gallery at East Kensington while I attended to some business with Morton Rose & Co. and Mr. Sterling of the Trustees Executors & Securities Co. which consumed nearly or quite the forenoon. In the afternoon Mr. McMillan and myself visited the Court Buildings . We were also admitted to the room where the Parnell trial was in session." Other visits in London include The Tower of London the Royal Academy Academy of Fine Arts Foundling Hospital Windsor Castle Hyde Park Madam Toussard's Wax Museum. On the 25th of July Pillsbury spent "most of the day in company with W. D. Washburn at Morton Rose & Co. . with matters connected with Mill Syndicate . Mr & Mrs. McMillan left this morning for Paris all expected to accompany them but I was detained by business. We expected to stop overnight at Canterbury as this is a historic city. We finally completed the purchase of Royal Worcester . and did some other looking about preparatory to leaving for Paris." By train to Paris via Dover and Calais. In Paris they visit the Exposition Buildings including the department of jewels and precious stones gold and silver and displays on Japan China and Egypt. Also the Louvre "Paris is almost under the rule of Roman Catholic religion. There are but few Protestant churches. The Sabbath is not generally observed. The stores retailers are open and business is being done by most all classes." Leaving Paris they visit Fontainbleau and Luxemburg Gardens. Back in Paris they visit the Pantheon the Museum of Cluney and the tomb of Napoleon. Later on they take the train to Versailles to which Pillsbury devotes a full 12 pages describing the history architecture and artworks. On August 9 Pillsbury writes: "Having received a dispatch from W. D. Washburn at Karlsbad in which he requested me to see Mr. Payson regarding the sale of the flour mills. We did not accomplish much in the forenoon. In the afternoon we visited the Louvre before going to the gallery however. We went to Goupes Art Gallery to look at some new paintings which had just arrived." Pillsbury has a keen eye and writes often in detail of the art sculpture and architecture he sees and is comfortable with his mixing pleasure and business interests. He has also visited Brussels and Waterloo the Hague Haarlem and Amsterdam where the journal ends. Pillsbury 1827-1901 was the 8th governor of Minnesota and the co-founder with his nephew Charles Alfred Pillsbury of the Pillsbury Company. July 9, 1889 to August 23 unknown
183461045Washington D.C.: Gales & Seaton print 1834. House Doc. 323 23d Congress 1st Session. 8vo pp. 68; large folding map "Map of the Route passed over by an expedition into the Indian Country in 1832 to the source of the Mississippi by Lieut. J. Allen U.S. Inf. reduced from the original drawn by Lieut. Drayton" stretching from Lake Pepin in the Mississippi River in the south to Lake Winnipeg in the north; map with 3" tear entering from the stub but without loss; recent tan niger-backed brown cloth gilt-lettered spine. At the head of the title: Schoolcraft and Allen---Expedition to North-West Indians. Field 1366; Sabin 77847; Streeter 1793. Gales & Seaton, print unknown
1900ZB445597Columbus: Ohio State University 1900-1991. volumes 1-91 formerly THE OHIO NATURALIST a continuous run of complete volumes bound ex library illustrated volumes 1-12 require external repairs or rebinding overall very good. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Columbus: Ohio State University unknown
1868007605Boston: Ticknor & Fields 1868. The First Ticknor & Fields edition in the publisher's original dark brown pebbled cloth with gilt lettering and decorations on the spine both covers decorated in blind stamped wreaths and rules dark brown end pages 415 pp. Contemporary small bookplate front paste down dated 1871 of F. M. Thayer Evansville Indiana for many years editor of the Journal of that city and Postmaster. Near Fine bottom corner last 2 pages creased that corner bumped 1/4" dark mark rear cover overall a lovely tight copy that feels unread. Thoreau's first book a classic of American writing. . Second Issue . Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ticknor & Fields Hardcover books
18272031650Vandalia Illinois: Robert Blackwell 1827. Hardcover. Used-Very Good. Original three quarter calf over paper-covered boards. iv 1-406 pp. Some edgewear to binding but quite sturdy. Foxing to most leaves but quite legible throughout. 2000 copies were prinnted. Byrd 75. Buck 1225. Robert Blackwell hardcover
18292031676Shawnee Illinois: A.F. Grant & Co 1829. Hardcover. Used-Very Good. 5-276 pp. Printed by Lodge L'Hommedieu & Hammond in Cincinnati.Contemporary three quarter calf over paper-covered boards. Front board detached but present. Moderate foxing to some leaves but very readable throughout. Not recorded in Byrd being printed in Cincinnati it does not meet his strict crtiteria. A.F. Grant & Co hardcover
186533225New York: Kimmel & Forster 1865. Lithograph. Approximately 21" X 26. Very good. Lightly evenly age toned; blank margins either trimmed or edgeworn for the cream mat goes to the image edge at the top and sides while the bottom includes the full title line mat opening 23" X 18¼". First edition. Magnificent allegorical lithograph issued by the famed New York print publisher who also produced a companion piece entitled "The End of the Rebellion in the United States 1865." A large figure of Columbia stands at center atop a huge splitting rock looking to the viewer's right and clutching a waving flag in her right hand; meanwhile her other hand wags a pointing finger toward the viewer's left side. At her feet lie a whip and open shackles representing the abolition of slavery. To the viewer's right stands Abraham Lincoln and indeed the entire right side represents the Republican cause. A stern General Winfield Scott stand behind Lincoln and a crowd of young men strain forward some offering up bags of gold some bearing arms all willing to join the cause; a woman in the foreground covers her eyes and is comforted by two children. The background on this side is horizon of mountains and a glorious sunrise. On Columbia's other side stands the figure of Justice without her usual blindfold raising up her scales in one hand and sword in the other glaring angrily toward all those at the left side of this hectic scene. James Buchanan's sleeps blissfully at the edge of the split rock while next to him crouches his secretary of war John B. Floyd -- who was charged with corruption -- eagerly scooping up gold coins into a large sack. Further back Jefferson Davis clutching a ripped U.S. flag and Alexander H. Stephens stand beside a palm tree with a huge snake coiling up its length and spitting at the scales of justice. An angry cluster of soldiers swirls around them. The background on this side is grim and muted with battle scenes. A superb handsome example of this famous Civil War allegorical print. Kimmel & Forster unknown
1845230646Washington DC: Gales and Seaton 1845. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo 693 pages publisher's black embossed cloth gilt title on spine; light water stain to top and bottom margins pp.1-16; .small ash burn hole leaf 225/226 other ash marks marginal chip at bottom p. 237 lower right corners stained pp. 41 to rear rear joint spltting a bit at both ends edgeworn corners bumped. Provenance: ex libris David Bixler; Lewis C. Groves California Historical Society with "Sold" sticker from 1944 ; and Bernhard Franz bookseller & stationer Virginia City Nevada Territory with his sticker at rear endpaper. The large Preuss Map of 36 panels has multiple breaks at folds a several old cellphane tape repairs not discolored. <br/><br/> Cohen MAPPING THE WEST pp. 130-133; Howes F370; Streeter 3131; Wagner-Camp IV: 115:1; Graff 1436; Field 565; Sabin 25845. Soliday I:861. Rosenbach 32:146. Wheat 497 & 3266; Cowan pp. 223-4; Zamorano 80 #39; Reese Best of the West 86; . Important Report by the amazing John C. Fremont also known as "The Pathfinder". This copy has the 22 plates and five maps including the two folding text maps AND the important famed large map by Charles Preuss laid in at the rear pocket: " It fills up the vast geographical chasm" between Missouir and the Columbia River. It is "monumental in its breadth - a classic of exploring literature." - Goetzmann EXPLORATION AND EMPIRE page 248. Gales and Seaton hardcover
186036243Springfield Chicago 1860. 16pp. Caption title as issued. Disbound else Very Good. <br /> <br /> This Illinois campaign document is probably the first of three printings each with similar but not identical material. Each attacks Douglas for hypocrisy on the question of Congressional power to control slavery in the Territories. Each paints him as an extreme Southern Rights partisan supporting the Dred Scott Decision and scuttling the Missouri Compromise. <br /> It is as Ernie Wessen noted "a most important Lincoln campaign document; quoting heavily from Lincoln's Columbus speech." <br /> In his early public career Douglas had extolled the immutable nature of the 1820 Missouri Compromise and insisted that Congress had full power over the Territories. But in 1854 leading the Kansas-Nebraska Act forces and advocating Popular Sovereignty he changed horses: only a Territory's inhabitants could decide whether to bar slavery within its borders. His attempt to reconcile the Dred Scott Decision with Popular Sovereignty and his unconcern with slavery as a social and moral question are mocked and scorned. <br /> FIRST EDITION. LCP 8794. Sabin 20696n. Not in Monaghan Eberstadt Decker Miles Ante-Fire Imprints. 97 Midland Notes 308. unknown
186040024Springfield 1860. Caption title as issued. Disbound else Very Good. <br /> <br /> This Illinois campaign document leads with the letter of Edward Bates the old Missouri Know-Nothing to Orville Browning endorsing the Lincoln-Hamlin ticket denouncing the "wanton and reckless" Democrats asserting that "the national government has sovereign power over the Territories and that it would be impolitic and unwise to use that power for the propagation of negro slavery." Lincoln is "a sound safe national man. He could not be sectional if he tried." <br /> Monaghan 27 records a separate printing of Bates's endorsement. Our document also prints the Republican Douglas Democrat and Breckinridge Democrat platforms; examines the pro-slavery record of Douglas's running mate Herschel Johnson of Georgia; chronicles the disastrous results of Douglas's Squatter Sovereignty policy and his failed position on "The Everlasting Nigger Question;" and finally prints Lincoln's and Hamlin's letters of acceptance.<br /> FIRST EDITION. Monaghan 27 note. Not in Eberstadt Decker Sabin Miles LCP. unknown
1860876921860. MAP - NEW YORK STATE. THE STATE OF NEW YORK FROM NEW AND ORIGINAL SURVEYS under the direction of J. H. French O.E. Syracuse: Robert Pearsall Smith Publisher 1860. A large-format wall map of New York State surrounded by vignette maps of Syracuse Oswego Manhattan Long Island Hudson Schenectady Poughkeepsie Albany Auburn City Utica Buffalo Rochester a geological and land patent map a meteorological map and a time indicator i.e. a series of dials indicate the time at several points throughout the state when it is noon at Albany. 68 x 73 inches. An excellent example of "scientific mapping" at the time the French map is considered to the best state map produced before the civil war. It was widely used in public schools and offices at the time and is still useful as a detailed picture of roads and town locations as they existed at the time. It appears to be the first commercial map of New York State to present statistical information in cartographic form.Bottom roller missing. Varnish yellowed with small creases. Edges worn with some small tears and dampstaining. Overall in very good condition.Allen D.Y.;' The Mapping of NY State'. Ristow; American Maps p355-78. unknown books
1860876921860. MAP - NEW YORK STATE. THE STATE OF NEW YORK FROM NEW AND ORIGINAL SURVEYS under the direction of J. H. French O.E. Syracuse: Robert Pearsall Smith Publisher 1860. A large-format wall map of New York State surrounded by vignette maps of Syracuse Oswego Manhattan Long Island Hudson Schenectady Poughkeepsie Albany Auburn City Utica Buffalo Rochester a geological and land patent map a meteorological map and a time indicator i.e. a series of dials indicate the time at several points throughout the state when it is noon at Albany. 68 x 73 inches. An excellent example of "scientific mapping" at the time the French map is considered to the best state map produced before the civil war. It was widely used in public schools and offices at the time and is still useful as a detailed picture of roads and town locations as they existed at the time. It appears to be the first commercial map of New York State to present statistical information in cartographic form.Bottom roller missing. Varnish yellowed with small creases. Edges worn with some small tears and dampstaining. Overall in very good condition.Allen D.Y.;' The Mapping of NY State'. Ristow; American Maps p355-78. unknown
1829053217New Orleans: Printed by A. T. Penniman & Co. 1829. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavos. xii 325 3 cxii; 2 410 pages. Untrimmed. Lacks the final leaf of Volume II part of Table of Contents. Hardcovers bound in early 20th century 3/4 leather with black cloth-covered boards. Raised bands and gilt titles on the spines. Housed in a sturdy cloth-covered slipcase. An ex-library set with removed shelf numbers at the foot of the spines. Library bookplate on the front pasteowns. Each volume has the name of "Junius Davis" stamped in gilt on the front cover. The bindings show moderate rubbing and wear and has a little hinge cracking at the headcap and foot of the spines. Still a sturdy set. In Volume I about 1/3 of the half title is torn away affecting some of the text. The final three leaves have large tears at the bottom margins not affecting the text. In Volume II the leaf for pages 409-410 is torn away at the fore edge with significant loss of text part of the Table of Contents it lists the contents of the last two chapters of the volume. There is heavy damping to the bottom half of the text blocks in both volumes and both volumes have soiling to the title pages and final leaves. Wide margins to the text. This was the copy of Junius Davis 1845-1916. Davis was a lawyer who was the son of George Davis the Attorney General of the Confederate States. Junius was born in Wilmington and studied at the Bingham School near Hillsborough before he enrolled in the Confederate Army at 17 serving with the Tenth North Carolina Regiment. He was in the Battles of Drewry's Bluff and Bermuda Hundred and was part of the attack on Fort Harrison. He was slightly wounded in the trenches around Petersburg during the last days of the war and was part of the retreat to Appomattox. He and some others were cut off from the main group and retreated into the woods only to hear the next day that Lee has surrendered. They were not certain of this and went to Lynchburg where they were advised to go home. They then returned to Greensboro North Carolina in hopes of joining up with Johnston but they learned that Johnston had surrendered there and so they turned themselves over to the Federal Provost Marshall. After the War Junius Davis studied law and joined his father at his law firm. There is a partial faint pencil signature on the torn half title of Volume I reading "Geo." This is likely his father George Davis. Although the Table of Contents at the end of Volume II is incomplete this is overall an attractive and sound set and contains an interesting provenance. <br/> <br/> Printed by A. T. Penniman & Co. hardcover
1881007885New York: Harper's Weekly 1881. RARE. A single leaf extracted from HARPER'S WEEKLY of Jan. 1 1881 16 1/2" w x 22 3/4" h. The original and iconic Thomas Nast engraving on newsprint. Very Good small chips along edges larger chips each side of centerfold not affecting image newsprint evenly lightly toned. Page nos. 8 and 9 top margin. Text from reverse side shows on close examintion. Unmounted under shrinkwrap atop mat board and with cardboard backing. "Cartoonist Thomas Nast established the bounds for Santa Claus' current look with an initial illustration in an 1863 issue of Harper's Weekly as part of a large illustration titled 'A Christmas Furlough'." The Public Domain Review. This 1881 engraving marked the beginning of our modern-day conception of Santa Claus. Will be mailed flat- please inquire for added cost. Eminently suitable for framing. . First Printing. Newsprint. Very Good. 16 1/2" w x 22 3/4" h. Harper's Weekly Paperback books
18504492<p>No date Ca. 1850. Good softcover. Center-stitched pamphlet in self-wraps. First page/front cover is age darkened with some soiling and staining and has a 3/4 x 1.5 inch chip missing at top fore corner - 1st page text not affected 2nd page missing 1st letter of first three lines; last page/rear cover is age darkened with light foxing and few small pencil marks at top fore corner and has contemporary black stamp 'For Sale in Williamsville Vt. By W. L. Williams.' ; tightly bound; few interior pages are age darkened with foxing most are fairly bright and clean but for some pencil marginalia; all text is easily legible; all leaves remain supple. Consists of 4 page narrative about captivity by Indians and white man William Wallace's exposure to Indian remedies; remaining 12 pages are ads for 'Brant's Indian Pulmonary Balsam' and 'Brant's Indian Purifying Extract' which cure scrofula fevers liver complaints abscesses consumption piles mercurial diseases female complaints etc. Not dated but some advert testimonials are dated 1844 - 1849 and pencil note in a margin is dated 1850. 8vo 16 pp; illustrated adverts. Cf Sabin #34480; OCLC #765809491. Note that caption title on this work is exactly as stated and differs from Sabin which includes 'no fiction' in title and 'Taro-way Indians' as well as differing from OCLC which has 'no fiction' and 'Taw-way Indians'.</p> New York: Wallace & Co. paperback
1885WRCAM45707Washington: Government Printing Office 1885. 77pp. printed on blue paper. Folio. Original pink front wrapper rear wrapper lacking bound into later green cloth spine gilt. Contemporary ownership inscription on front wrapper bookplate on front pastedown. A bit of light wear. Near fine. The copy given to the newly-appointed United States Ambassador to France Robert M. McLane with an inscription on the front wrapper and signed in manuscript by Secretary of State Thomas F. Bayard on the printed transmittal page. Robert Milligan McLane 1815-98 was a congressman from Maryland and later governor of the state. He was appointed Ambassador to France in 1885 having previously served as U.S. Commissioner to China 1853-54 and Minister to Mexico 1859-60. Thomas Francis Bayard 1828-98 was a three-term Senator from Delaware and was appointed Secretary of State by Grover Cleveland in 1885. <br> <br> These instructions were meant to address questions of diplomatic conduct for American representatives abroad in an era before instant worldwide communication. From transit to the post to presentation of credentials to accurate record keeping and correspondence with the Department virtually anything imaginable is covered. It is also in its way a précis of international law at the time. Printed in a small number for the use of the diplomatic corps. OCLC locates only four copies of the complete printing of these instructions with the index on pages 69-77 at Columbia University Law School Newberry Library Library of Congress and Cornell University. OCLC 63625201 183423169. Government Printing Office hardcover books
1808008919Raleigh NC: Printed by William Boylan 1808. Book. Good. Hardcover. Second Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. RARE. No institutional holdings noted at OCLC. A Good copy of the 2nd Edition the 1st Haywood published 1800. Missing 1/2" of calf at top of spine 1/2"-2" at bottom of spine front board with 3" missing outer leather layer rear paste down with scribbles in reddish pencil front blank end page detached front board hanging by a strip of leather at spine blank rear end page missing. All pages with text present. Front paste down and front end page with several early owner names and dates early owner name at title page. Front end page unattached. 414 pages. Laid in one page circa 1904-1908 titled "Important Meetings for Fishermen and Oystermen - Itinereray of Fish Committee" listing a number of meetings with dates and places. On verso is a manuscript in pencil roughly 50 word description of where and how this book was found and who one of its prior owners was said to have been. The writing presumable in the hand of Joseph Hyde Pratt state geologist of North Carolina at the time as noted on the front and from whose estate this book came. For all its flaws. a fascinating copy of this RARE early North Carolina imprint. Cohen 8443 Shaw 34857. Printed by William Boylan Hardcover
1841643Washington D.C. 1841. 4to. 253 x 203 mm. 10 x 8 inches. 2 pp. folded sheet. Watermarked. Docketed. Fine legible hand. Contemporary copy.  On March 20 1841 during the administration of President William H. Harrison the following circular designed to limit political activity of public servants was issued by the Hon. Daniel Webster Secretary of State: "The President is of opinion that it is a great abuse to bring the patronage of the General Government into conflict with the freedom of elections and that this abuse ought to be corrected wherever it may have been permitted to exist and to be prevented for the future. "He therefore directs that information be given to all officers and agents in your Department of the public service that partisan interference in popular elections whether of State officers or officers of this Government and for whomsoever or against whomsoever it may be exercised or the payment of any contribution or assessment on salaries or official compensation for party-election purposes will be regarded by him as cause of removal. "It is not intended that any officer shall be restrained in the free and proper expression and maintenance of his opinions respecting public men or public measures or in the exercise to the fullest degree of the constitutional right of suffrage. But persons employed under the Government and paid for their services out of the Public Treasury are not expected to take an active or officious part in attempts to influence the minds or votes of others such conduct being deemed inconsistent with the spirit of the Constitution and the duties of public agents acting under it; and the President is resolved so far as depends upon him that while the exercise of the elective franchise by the people shall be free from undue influence of official station and authority opinion shall also be free among the officers and agents of the Government." John Bell 1796 -1869 to whom this circular was addressed was one of Tennessee's most prominent antebellum politicians. He served in the House of Representatives the Senate and was Speaker of the House for the 23rd Congress. He briefly served as Secretary of War during the administration of William Henry Harrison 1841. Docketed on p. 4 in ink by Bell "J.B." indicating this was referred to the different bureaus of the War Department dated in ink at the War Dept. promptly on March 23rd. There were many later challenges and revisions to the law in the circular. The Hatch Act of 1939 officially An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities prohibited employees in the executive branch of the federal government except the president vice-president and certain designated high-level officials of that branch from engaging in some forms of political activity. The law was named for Senator Carl Hatch of New Mexico. unknown books
18806003Paris, Auguste Eudes, 1880. 8 parties reliées en 4 volumes in-8, demi-maroquin rouge à coins, dos à nerfs ornés, pièces de titre et tomaison en maroquin noir, têtes dorées, couvertures conservées. La reliure est signée par Trinckvel.
188059140Taylor's Falls Minnesota: Sanford C. Sargent for the St. Paul & Duluth Railroad n.d. 1880. Mammoth albumen photograph approx. 12¾" x 16¼" on a mount approx. 20" x 24" with printed caption; one corner of the mount bent and the mount toned; overall very good. Sargent 1851-1914 was born in New York and had studios in both Taylor's Falls and Minneapolis. He was active in Minnesota in the 1880s and 1890s. Sanford C. Sargent for the St. Paul & Duluth Railroad, n.d. unknown
