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183212525Washington 1832. 8vo. 17 pp. <br><br>Letters of President Jackson Edward Livingston Secretary of State and Samuel Larned Chargé d'Affaires of the United States at Lima and documents detailing the above incident. Government document: 22d Congress 1st Session. Doc. No. 272. Ho. of Reps. Executive. Removed from a nonce volume; very small hole in inner margin not touching text. First page with ink numeral in upper margin. Pages browned; occasional brown spots. First leaf and several other leaves separated. unknown books
181318679Washington City: Pr. by Roger C. Weightman 1813. 8vo. 22 pp. <br><br>Concerns the authority of consuls of the United States to grant protections to seamen. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 30179. Removed from a nonce volume. Lightly pencilled librarian's notation on title-page. A little spotting and staining in some margins. Very good. Pr. by Roger C. Weightman unknown books
180312159Washington City: Pr. by William Duane & Son 1803. 8vo. 16 pp. <br><br>Tobias Lear 17621816 was private secretary to General Washington and in 1802 consul-general of Santo Domingo. Concerns expenses incurred and fees received by him in his official capacity in Santo Domingo. Also mentions his conduct during the slave rebellion that gripped the island and contains an estimate of the damage done to his house and possessions as a result of plundering and fires in the city of Cape Francois. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 5325. Removed from a nonce volume. Light spotting on one leaf. Bottom edges slightly irregular. Pr. by William Duane & Son unknown books
180013304Philadelphia: no publisher/printer 1800. 8vo. 6 2 blank pp. <br><br>Lists the newspapers which published the laws passed during the 3rd session of the 5th Congress and their fees. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Evans 38757. Uncut and partially unopened and rare thus. no publisher/printer unknown books
181018297Washington City: Pr. by R. C. Weightman 1810. 8vo. 2 ff. <br><br>Consists of a covering letter addressed to the President of the Senate and a report both dated February 21 1810 concerning the release of impressed American seamen the petitioners George H. Hannah William Goldsborough and others. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 21683. Removed from a nonce volume. Lightly pencilled librarian's notation on title-page. Very good. Pr. by R. C. Weightman unknown books
181212134Washington City: Pr. by R. C. Weightman 1812. 8vo. 51 pp. <br><br>U. S. spoliation claims on France and the violation of American neutral commerce. Contains James Madison's letter of transmittal and correspondence between Secretary of State James Monroe and Minister Plenipotentiary Joel Barlow. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 27236. Removed from a nonce volume; two holes in inner margin not touching text. Light foxing. Pr. by R. C. Weightman unknown books
17993745Philadelphia: Pr. for the House of Representatives 1799. 8vo 20.1 cm 7.9". 123 1 blank pp. <br><br>with Message from the President of the United States accompanying a report of the Secretary of State containing observations on some of the documents communicated by the President on the eighteenth instant. 21st January 1799. Philadelphia: John Ward Fenno 1799. 8vo. 2 45 3 2 blank pp.<br>Â Â Â Â President John Adams introduces both items; the first work consists primarily of the correspondence of Elbridge Gerry American envoy at Paris with Talleyrand prior to the former's recall from France. Evans assigns this to William Ross's press. The second piece is a report by the Secretary of State on developments following the transactions cited in the first. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â 18th: ESTC W026145; Evans 36551. 21st: ESTC W026008; Evans 36546. Recently attractively bound in quarter blue goat over blue cloth leather edges rolled in gilt; spine with gilt-stamped title place and date raised bands accented with gilt-stamped abstract floral design and straight and wavy rules. Title-page hinged on with long-fiber tissue outer margin repaired with same. Varying degrees of foxing with some leaves untouched some slightly spotted and some notably darkened. Pr. for the House of Representatives hardcover books
181212173Washington City: Pr. by R. C. Weightman 1812. 8vo. 17 pp. <br><br>Correspondence between James Monroe and Augustus J. Foster. "Message. To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States" on p. 3 signed in type: "James Madison. June 8th 1812. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 27212. Removed from a nonce volume. Very good condition. Pr. by R. C. Weightman unknown books
179912029Philadelphia: John Ward Fenno 1799. 8vo. 6 2 pp. <br><br>An uncut and unopened copy of a letter from Lord Grenville describing the British reaction to a French decree that sailors on British or neutral vessels were to be considered pirates. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Evans 36554; ESTC W25014. Sewn. As issued. John Ward Fenno unknown books
181018308Washington City: Pr. by R. C. Weightman 1810. 8vo. 41 pp.; 4 fold. ff. <br><br>Documents accompanying the report are: A memorial of Americans at Christiansand; a letter from the consul at Christiansand; a list of seized American vessels; a letter from the consul at Copenhagen; resolutions and memorial from merchants at Philadelphia. Also includes on three folding leaves: "Statement of American vessels condemned by the Imperial Council of Prizes at Paris from the 18th of December 1806 to the 26th of May 1809" with longer notes on the most recent captures. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 21728. Removed from a nonce volume; two tiny stitch holes in inner margin not touching text. Lightly pencilled librarian's inscription on title-page. Some foxing. Very good. Pr. by R. C. Weightman unknown books
181018866Washington City: Pr. by Roger C. Weightman 1810. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>December 12th 1810. Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 21730. Removed from a nonce volume. Lightly pencilled librarian's notation on title-page. Leaves separated. Pr. by Roger C. Weightman unknown books
181712025Washington: William A. Davis 1817. 8vo. 77 pp. <br><br>Meaty document dealing with the Louisiana Purchase U.S. relations with Spain U.S. boundaries and the cession of Florida to the U.S. that would occur in 1819. There is even discussion of the fate of the province of Texas. 14th Cong. 2d sess. Senate. Doc. 114. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 42663. Removed from a nonce volume. Title-page with edges browned and with institutional stamp; pages with minor offsetting. William A. Davis unknown books
181734943Washington: William A. Davis 1817. 8vo. 77 pp. <br><br>Meaty document dealing with the Louisiana Purchase U.S. relations with Spain U.S. boundaries and the cession of => Florida to the U.S. that would occur in 1819. There is even discussion of the fate of the province of => Texas. 14th Cong. 2d sess. Senate. Doc. 114. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 42663. Removed from a nonce volume. Title-page with edges browned and with War Department stamp; pages with minor offsetting. William A. Davis unknown books
181613445Washington D.C.: Pr. by William A. Davis 1816. 15 1 pp. <br><br>Concerns trade with Canada the British West Indies and the British East Indies and the thorny problem of tariffs. The letter of transmittal is addressed to the House and the report is signed in type on p. 4 "James Monroe." Government document House document ; 14th Congress 1st session no. 84. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 39555. Removed from a nonce volume. Light impression of early 19th-century stamp of the War Dept. library. Pr. by William A. Davis unknown books
181112088Washington: A. & G. Way printers 1811. 8vo. 36 pp. <br><br>The report consists of diplomatic correspondence from the U.S. ministers in Paris and in London including copies of letters to and from their respective host governments dated Oct. to Dec. 1810 relating to the Continental system and British Orders in Council. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 24217. Removed from a nonce volume. Title-page with browned edges. Some pages with just a bit of soiling in margins. A couple of pages with bottom edge slightly ragged. A. & G. Way, printers unknown books
181012017Washington: A. & G. Way 1810. 8vo. 20 pp. <br><br>Reports by the Secretaries of State and the Treasury consisting of diplomatic correspondence with France and Great Britain and letters from consuls concerning forged ship's papers and English and French violations of the commercial and neutral rights of American vessels. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 21753. Removed from a nonce volume. A. & G. Way unknown books
183915467Washington: Blair & Rives 1839. 8vo. 73 pp. <br><br>Extremely detailed account in table form with good introduction of reciprocities duties restrictions etc. in place for U.S. ships doing business abroad. Government document: 26th Congress 1t Session Senate doc. 80. Removed from a nonce volume. Stab holes in inner margins from old binding. Blair & Rives unknown books
19401339465Washington: United States Government Printing Office 1940. Hardcover. Octavo; Volume 2 of 2 only; G; Hardcover; Spine brown with gold print; Boards in brown cloth with gold print light wear to spine caps and corners light shelfwear; Text block has spotting to edges tanning/foxing to endpapers creased top corners and creased fore edge at center of volume occasional foxing else clean and tight; xl 576 pages. 1339465. FP New Rockville Stock. United States Government Printing Office hardcover books
19391339464Washington: United States Government Printing Office 1939. Hardcover. Octavo; Volume I of 2 only; G; Hardcover; Spine brown with gold print; Boards in brown cloth with gold print light wear to spine caps and corners light bumps to front fore corners light shelfwear; Text block has tanning/foxing to endpapers else clean and tight; lxii 801 pages. 1339464. FP New Rockville Stock. United States Government Printing Office hardcover books
19158611Washington: Government Printing Office 1915. Folio. 198 pp. <br><br>At head of title: "European War no. 2. Printed and distributed October 21 1915. Department of State. Original wrappers; lightly soiled one small chip to fore-edge of back wrapper. Ex-historical society copy with rubber-stamp on the front cover. Very good. Government Printing Office unknown books
183611770Washington: Blair & Rives printers 1836. 8vo. 61 pp. <br><br>Compilation of documents with Andrew Jackson's letter of transmittal relating to the Southwestern frontier of the United States. Text in Spanish accompanied by translations. Street notes: "This relates for the most part to conditions in Texas including correspondence with General Gaines on the protection of the Louisiana-Texas frontier and correspondence with Gorostiza the Mexican special envoy. In a communication by Lewis Cass Secretary of War to the House dated May 4 1836 but not entered here an additional appropriation of one million dollars was requested to be used for the protection of the frontier." Government document: 24th Congress 1st Session. Doc. No. 256. Ho. of Reps. Executive. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Streeter rev. ed. Texas 1252. Removed from a nonce volume; three holes in inner margin not touching text. Foxing. Some leaves separated. Bottom margin of pp. 5152 and p. 61 closely trimmed with partial loss of bottom line of p. 51. Early inked ownership signature and number at top of first page. Blair & Rives, printers unknown books
183611876Washington: Blair & Rives printers 1836. 8vo. 61 pp. <br><br>Compilation of documents with Andrew Jackson's letter of transmittal relating to the Southwestern frontier of the United States. Text in Spanish accompanied by translations. Street notes: "This relates for the most part to conditions in Texas including correspondence with General Gaines on the protection of the Louisiana-Texas frontier and correspondence with Gorostiza the Mexican special envoy. In a communication by Lewis Cass Secretary of War to the House dated May 4 1836 but not entered here an additional appropriation of one million dollars was requested to be used for the protection of the frontier." Government document: 24th Congress 1st Session. Doc. No. 256. Ho. of Reps. Executive. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Streeter rev. ed. Texas 1252. Removed from a nonce volume; four holes in inner margin not touching text. Light foxing and soiling on title-page and last blank page. Title-page with number inked in upper right corner by an early hand. Very good overall. Blair & Rives, printers unknown books
180911353Washington City: A. & G. Way printers 1809. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>James Madison in his capacity as Secretary of State here submits a year-by-year breakdown of the number of naturalized citizens registered as American seamen at the different custom houses from 1796 to 1808. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 18922. Removed from a nonce volume; gutter margin a little irregular. Small dog-ears to bottom right corners. A few spots of foxing. A. & G. Way, printers unknown books
181612032Washington: Pr. by William A. Davis 1816. 8vo. 23 pp. <br><br>Consists of diplomatic correspondence between Luis de Onis minister plenipotentiary of Spain and James Monroe Secretary of State from December 30 1815 to January 19 1816 concerning West Florida and relations between the United States and Spanish America. House document United States. Congress. House; 14th Congress 1st session no. 32. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 39565. Removed from a nonce volume. Title-page with edges browned and rubber-stamp of the War Department Library. Pages with staining in margins and offsetting. Pr. by William A. Davis unknown books
181011384Washington City: Pr. by Roger C. Weightman 1810. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>February 9th 1810. Ordered to lie on the table." Contains James Madison's letter of transmittal and Secretary of State Robert Smith's report on the attempts to secure from Spain the free navigation of the Mobile river. Smith complains that Spanish authorities there have been exacting a duty of 12% on American goods. Scarce: OCLC locates only three copies at Yale Brown and Univ. of Georgia. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 21741. Removed from a nonce volume; gutter margin a little irregular; light foxing. Good condition. Pr. by Roger C. Weightman unknown books
