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179743741Philadelphia: Printed by William Ross 1797. First edition. Removed. Very good mostly unopened uncut untrimmed copy minor browning at lower edge. 3 226-232 2 pp. 8vo. Evans dated it both 1797 and 1798. two petitions both concerning a waving of taxes on spirits the Orchard Cook and Abiel Wood case claiming the ship was wrecked on an island and the cost of recovering the cargo exceeded the cost of the mechandise and that their insurance had lapsed. In the second case Hooper claimed he was lax in filing papers for re-shipping a cargo overseas. Wisely both were declined as the committee felt the government is not in the business of insuring that a business is successful and well run. Ah to return to those days. Orchard Cook 1763-1819 and Abiel Wood 1772-1834 had a better idea. They both became U.S. Representatives from Massachusetts. OCLC locates eight copies. Evans 33015. Evans 34753. ESTCW15017. [Printed by William Ross] unknown books
179843744Philadelphia 1798. First edition. Removed. A very good copy lightly soiled and edge worn. 4 pp. 8vo. Nathaniel Cutter wanted relief from being re-taxed on goods that left Massachusetts where he had paid tax and then returned to the same port with the same goods because he was harrassed by the British and French and turned away in the Dominican Republic. The committee wisely wrote: "Your Committee however cannot find any good reason for relieving him against consequences of a risque which every exporter ought to calculate for himself." Cutter would continue to take risks suppling the French in Saint-Domingue and a claim was allowed him in 1803 by the American Commission in Paris for unpaid costs by the French See Greg H. Williams: The French Assault on American Shipping 1793-1813: A History p. 154. Evans 34754. ESTCW25464. unknown books
1729658131729. London: printed and sold by J. Roberts 1729. London: printed and sold by J. Roberts 1729. English Trade in the West Indies Trade. Great Britain. Amhurst Nicholas 1697-1742 Attributed. Observations on the Conduct of Great-Britain With Regard to the Negociations and Other Transactions Abroad. London: Printed: And Sold by J. Roberts 1729. 61 1 pp. Octavo 7-3/4" x 4-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in later plain wrappers. Light rubbing minor wear to spine ends and corners light soiling to title page and verso of final leaf. Light toning to text light foxing to a few leaves. A nice copy. $100. First edition. Attributed in some sources to Nicholas Amhurst this pamphlet defends Sir Robert Walpole then chancellor of the exchequer against accusations of neglecting England's West Indian commerce to the advantage of Spain. It describes English expeditions to counter Spanish influence and in the interest of fairness lists English ships taken by Spain since the Treaty of Hanover 1725. English Short-Title Catalogue T41776. unknown books
17384782London: Printed by John Baskett Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty 1738. Octavo-sized title plus one leaf. Removed from larger collection of acts. Near fine. Printed by John Baskett, Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty unknown books
1773WRCAM14144Paris 1773. 4pp. Quarto bifolium. Light stain else good. Relates to various problems and disturbances in the port of Marseilles including fraud in the tobacco tax and trade. Not in Wroth. unknown books
1712WRCAM40325London 1712. 2323-324pp. Folio. Dbd. Small tear to fore edge of p.323 not affecting text. Lightly soiled. Very good. An act "for the incouragement of the trade to America" alleviating duties on incoming goods from the colonies. Mainly aimed a relieving duties on goods seized in the then on-going war between England France and Spain. ESTC N52389. unknown books
1797WRCAM3973Philadelphia 1797. 7pp. Dbd. Printed self-wrappers. Very good. This report raises the issue of the arming of merchant vessels. The harassment of American commerce by European powers was a chronic problem in the Adams Jefferson and Madison administrations. EVANS 33039. unknown books
1774WRCAM51552Paris 1774. Broadside 20 1/4 x 16 1/4 inches. Folded with three small holes along fold lines otherwise very good. A French chart detailing export and import figures for British trade with its American island colonies from 1697 to 1773 using amounts in both pounds sterling and livres tournois gathered from parliamentary reports and calculations by Charles Whitworth financial statistician and Member of Parliament for constituencies in Cornwall and Somerset from 1747 to 1778. Extremely scarce with only one copy recorded in OCLC. unknown books
178834190Philadelphia: John Dunlap and David C. Claypoole 1788. 4pp folio caption title as issued folded. Printed in four columns per page. Uniformly toned some edge and spine wear. About Very Good.<br/><br/> More than three columns on page two print Parliament's Act regulating the African Slave Trade. The Act forbade any British ship "from any port of this kingdom" to transport African slaves except in accordance with registration requirements and detailed health and safety regulations. Many advertisements are also printed some of which reflect the busy West Indian trade; as well as news of arriving and departing vessels. John Dunlap and David C. Claypoole] unknown books
175141756London: n.p. 1751. Modern marbled paper-covered boards. Minor wear to extremities browning to title page edge wear to last leaf still a near fine copy. 1 57 1 pp. Folio. "Very rare and valuable. It contains an Appendix of Premiums paid by the Irish Linen Board" Higgs Bibliography of Economics p.8. An important source document. There is also a 28 page edition. OCLC locates only four complete copies of this separate issue: Yale Amer. Textile Museum Univ. Mass. Univ. Minn. and nine of the 28 page extract. Kress 5155. Higgs 54. Goldsmiths'-Kress 08612.1. n.p. hardcover books
176428707Paris: Aux dépens de la Compagnie 1764. 1 vols. 12mo. 19th century marbled boards paper manuscript label. Blanks at front and back removed marginal repair to title some soiling at front and back else very good with the signature of La marquise des Armoises d'espineaux with the 1765 date throughout. 1 vols. 12mo. For the Commercial Traveller. Not in Kress Aux dépens de la Compagnie unknown books
1789WRCAM37445Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale 1789. 3pp. Quarto. Folded sheet. Large woodcut vignette at head of first page. Moderate agetoning particularly at edges leaves slightly separated at fold. A very good copy. A very rare decree concerning the trade in wheat and grain between France and the United States. Echeverria and Wilkie records a single copy in a private library OCLC cites a copy at Yale Franklin Collection with a variant imprint. ECHEVERRIA & WILKIE 789/44A. OCLC 45249572 different printer. de l'Imprimerie Royale unknown books
1789WRCAM47977Madrid 1789. 3pp. Folded folio sheet. Two worm holes very minor soiling else fine. This royal decree liberalized the tightly controlled trade between Spain New Spain and the Captaincy of Caracas. The Crown hoped to spur navigation and commerce and lessen the incentive for smuggling. Export duties on goods traveling to the Indies were to be slashed by ten percent but penalties against contraband would still be enforced. unknown books
1714WRCAM39833London 1714. Small folio broadsheet. 1p. plus printed docket title on verso. Dbd. Early folds and early stab holes in left margin. Mild foxing. Very good. An early British petitionary leaflet calling for greater enforcement of customs laws for imported goods. The author charges that most consignments of foreign goods are now being made to "Naturalized Foreigners and Unfreemen" who are not under the same obligations as Freemen who state in their oath "not to Colour of Cover the Goods of Aliens." If "no Remedey be given" it is argued "all Persons will be discouraged from taking their Freedoms and few will be left of Substance to perform the necessary Service in the Government of London." The document is among the earliest examples of lobbying literature which first began proliferating during the major changes in British government in the mid-1710s. ESTC records four copies at the British Library Oxford National Library of Wales and California State Library. HANSON 1980. unknown books
1794WRCAM30005Philadelphia: Printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine 1794. 8pp. Dbd. Contemporary ownership signature on titlepage and manuscript notes on final leaf. Very good. This copy bears the ownership signature of noted New York jurist and legal scholar James Kent who ran for Congress from New York in 1793 but was defeated by his brother-in-law Theodorus Bailey. He would go on to a distinguished career as a judge on the Chancery court and as an author of legal commentaries. At the conclusion of the text is a manuscript note: <br> <br> "Mr. Wadsworth stated in the House of Representatives the 19th May 1794 that within the last six months American vessels & property had been captured by the British Privateer in the W. Indies to the extent of one million of dollars - & that other nations had seized American property to 1/2 mil. dol. & that the total loss to our commerce was 1 1/2 mil. dol." <br> <br> In this report to President Washington the new Secretary of State Edmund Randolph details the depredations against American shipping caused by the powers involved in the French Revolutionary Wars. He quotes from a study by the "committee of Philadelphia" on the interference with American trade by the British French Spanish and Dutch and summarizes the methods used by those countries. The British impress American sailors into service the French are embargoing American goods etc. He makes no recommendations as to an appropriate response. <br> <br> OCLC locates four copies. Scarce. EVANS 27917. OCLC 8090321. Printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine unknown books
17852954The Hague: Isaac Scheltus 1785. Very Good. Broadside. Text in two columns. Large woodcut of coat of arms of the Dutch Republic along with the arms of all member states woodcut initial also with modified Dutch Republic arms. Crease down the vertical and horizontal middle other small creases in the lower half ink offsetting from folding on lower half small tears and chips along edges small dark stain just above top woodcut. The origins of the Dutch Naval College. <br/><br/>Fascinating broadside detailing tax duties on ships trading in the East and West Indies America the Cape of Good Hope and elsewhere levied for - and applied towards - the newly founded Dutch Royal Naval College "Kweekschool voor de Zeevaart" or Seminary for Navigation which produced officers for the Dutch Sea Service. Notably these officers were not trained at sea but in the classroom -- and in the courtyard where the navy erected large model training ship for the ultimate experiential learning. The vessel was large enough for young students to climb the rigging. It is with good reason that graduates were described as "paper sailors." <br/><br/>According to this broadside the Dutch Republic approved and consented to the establishment and maintenance of the Kweekschool in the year 1781 for which the bespoke taxes were collected. The academy was officially opened in 1785 the same year that this "Publicatie" was printed. Taxes were only levied on ships of the East Indies Oostindien and the Cape of Good Hope Kaap.<br/><br/>It was with some urgency that the Kweekschool was developed: at this time there was a radical shift in the balance of maritime power: the power of the Dutch East India Company was in gradual decline in deference to the rising British East India Company which came to dominate global trade. In particular 1785 marks the first full year following the end of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War which broke out over British and Dutch disagreements on the legality and conduct of Dutch trade with Britain's enemies during the War of American Independence. <br/><br/>The broadside is signed in print by Caspar Clotterbooke 1711-1791 who was Secretary of the States of Holland at the time.<br/><br/>OCLC shows no copy in any institution outside of the Netherlands. Our copy appears to be the only one on the market; it is probable that this is the only one in private hands.<br/><br/>Literature: See especially Margaret E. Schotte Sailing Schools: Navigating Science and Skill 1550-1800 JHU Press 2019 passim. Isaac Scheltus unknown books
1778WRCAM39128London 1778. 3pp. plus printed docket title on verso of second leaf. Bifolium. Three early horizontal folds. Very minor foxing and soiling. Near fine untrimmed. The rare Parliamentary printing of a bill relating to American trade under consideration by the house of Commons. In 1660 during the reign of Charles II Parliament passed a bill "for the encouraging and encreasing of Shipping and Navigation" which granted bonding for ships and vessels transporting goods from British plantations in Africa Asia and America directly to another British plantation or to a port in England Ireland or Wales. Three years later Ireland was struck from the list. The present law passed during the American Revolution restores Ireland's bonds privileges allowing her ports to accept goods directly from the colonies in the Americas now mostly limited to Canada and the West Indies Asia and Africa. Not in Kress Goldsmiths' or TPL. OCLC locates three copies at the University of Arizona the University of Texas at Dallas and the University of Regina Saskatchewan. A rare example of a law reflecting the changes of British mercantilism at the close of the First Empire. unknown books
1775WRCAM14145Versailles 1775. 8pp. Quarto. Printed self-wrappers. Fine. An important treaty between France and Spain with significant ramifications for their colonial holdings in America. Herein Vergennes and the Conde d'Aranda further define commercial arrangements between the two countries in an attempt to control contraband. This had special impact for the Caribbean basin where the colonies of both powers were required to ship goods through European ports. Dissatisfaction over this prohibition was a key factor in the Louisiana Rebellion of 1768. This convention was agreed to at Versailles on Dec. 27 1774. Not in Wroth. DAVENPORT 155. unknown books
180044270Paris: Ve. Panckoucke An IX 1800. First Edition. Octavo 20cm.; recent salmon paper-covered boards red gilt morocco spine label; 4xvi118pp.; folding map bound in rear "Carte de la Côte Occidentale D'Afrique entre le Cap Blanc et le Cap Tagrin." New endpapers though half title and rear free endpaper retained. A Fine exceedingly fresh copy. Pelletan served as the director of the Compagnie de Sénégal the administrative company for the colony in 1787 and 1788 though the present work was composed from memory while Pelletan was imprisoned in 1793 at the height of La Terreur. The "Mémoire" provides geographical descriptions of the western coast of the African continent as well as an account of imports and exports the latter chiefly rubber and slaves Pelletan mentions 1000 to 1200 perhaps for the years under his administration prior to the suppression of the slave trade. The second half of the work deals primarily in describing the ravages of the slave trade on the country and it people: "It is without a doubt that the abolition of the slave trade will completely change the face of the region devastated for centuries by ceaseless warfare crippled by the enslavement of portions of its peoples and depopulated by this horrific commerce conducted by degraded persons and greedy European merchants who can only satisfy their avarice at the price of the blood and freedom of these miserable Africans" our translation; pp. 48-9. Pelletan also dedicates brief sections to the moral and physical attributes of the Senegalese inhabitants as well as a description of their homes and pottery before proposing a detailed outline for a newm post-slave trade colonial government for the region. See George E. Brooks "Western Africa and Cabo Verde 1790s-1830s" 2010 p. 13; and Paul Masson "Marseille et la Colonisation Française" 1906 pp. 231-2. Ve. Panckoucke unknown books
1731WRCAM46721London 1731. 31pp. Folio. Vertical fold reinforced with tissue. Minor soiling. Very good. A protest against a Bill to restrain the northern colonies from trading with the French and Dutch sugar islands. One of five editions published all rather scarce. Only four copies of this edition noted by ESTC - at the National Archives New-York Historical Society University of Michigan and the University of Minnesota. European Americana also notes Yale and JCB. ESTC N15514. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 731/37. unknown books
1731WRCAM46722London 1731. 31pp. Folio. Vertical fold reinforced with tissue. Very light foxing and wear. Very good. A protest against a bill to restrain the northern colonies from trading with the French and Dutch sugar islands. One of two editions published. Only four copies located by ESTC: British Library Bibliothèque National John Carter Brown Library and University of Minnesota. ESTC T20672. HANSON 4222. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 731/39. unknown books
17622191Cadiz: Don Manuel Esoinosa de los Monteros 1762. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to. 20.5 x 14 cm 158 pp. 1 f. index. With woodcut head- and tail-pieces blazon of Charles III and two Spanish galleons. Bound in mottled calf over boards spine gilt in six decorative compartments. Somewhat worn at extremities. Generally very good. First enlarged edition of an illustrated merchant's guide to the duties and tariffs levied by the Spanish crown on exports from the Americas chiefly gold and silver but also concerning timber textiles furs coffee spices and foodstuffs.After first offering a general overview of Spanish colonial commerce with Western Europe Garcia de Prado provides a wide range of practical instructions for traders negotiating the hazardous waters of colonial finance giving sample calculations for the volume of shipping containers converting currency and-crucially-providing a comprehensive alphabetical list of the royal tariffs on exports from America and the West Indies printed as a table for quick reference in terms of maravedis de plata silver coins of account and quintales approx. 46 kg. The second half of the work is concerned with trade in gold and silver explaining the six classes of government tariffs and their application to quintales of the metals in their various states acuñada labrada grana fina etc. Printed at the Royal Navy Office in Cadiz where Spanish shipping vessels would have arrived from the Americas the present work anticipates later efforts by the Spanish Bourbons-particularly Charles III and the Marquis de Esquilache-to reform the fiscal administration of its colonial properties. Garcia de Prado remarks in his introduction that a much smaller work un Quaderno with the same title was printed in 1745 and that the present work aims to augment and update the information contained therein. JCB.III.1320; Medina 3999; Palau 58415; Sabin 15037 Don Manuel Esoinosa de los Monteros hardcover books
1778WRCAM37240Madrid: Pedro Marin 1778. 219262pp. plus engraved leaf with royal coat of arms. Quarto. Contemporary mottled calf gilt spine gilt extra. Edges of covers slightly worn corners heavily worn. Modern bookplate on front pastedown old book dealers' descriptions on front pastedown. Contemporary ownership inscription "Castillo" on titlepage. Occasional minor soiling and dampstaining in upper margins of a few leaves remainder of text fresh and clean with wide margins printed on heavy paper. Very good plus. Detailed rules and regulations governing Spain's late 18th-century commercial policy in Latin America with a preliminary section of nineteen pages providing a summary of the articles and tariffs documented in the main portion of the text. With this REGLAMENTO. the Crown terminated Cadiz and Seville's monopoly of trade with Spanish America allowing other cities of the realm to participate. In addition to much information on commerce and numerous tariffs on a large variety of Spanish and American goods several sections discuss shipping ports and other maritime activities directly related to commercial activity. The work also includes the text of concessions granted to Louisiana. PALAU 255843. SABIN 68890. MEDINA BHA 4845. Pedro Marin unknown books
1790WRCAM51521Rouen: L. Oursel 1790. 3pp. with: PRINTED FORM LETTER COMPLETED IN MANUSCRIPT CONCERNING THE PROCLAMATION. N.p. 1790. 1p. Quarto on a folded folio sheet. Light wear and soiling. Very good. Proclamation by the Revolutionary government of France abolishing the monopoly of the French East India Company on trade beyond the Cape of Good Hope and declaring it open to all Frenchmen. The Compagnie des Indes Orientales was established in 1664 to compete with the British and Dutch East India companies. It had considerable difficulty maintaining itself financially through its long history and it was finally liquidated in 1769. In 1785 it was reconstituted and granted a seven-year monopoly on trade beyond the Cape of Good Hope but the French Revolution and the democratic zeal that accompanied it put an end to that with the present decree. The brief proclamation is accompanied by a transmittal form from the Bureau Intermediane du Departement de Montivilliers indicating that one copy of the proclamation was sent to the recipient. L. Oursel unknown books
179635853New York 1796. Single page 9-1/2" x 15-3/4" entirely in manuscript. Headed with names of three cases pending in the New York District Court followed by Harison's letter to Rawle. Old folds with a pinhole at a fold intersection no text loss. Short fold split expertly repaired. Very Good.<br/><br/> Harison 1747-1829 was President Washington's appointee in 1789 as the first United States Attorney for the District of New York. He served until 1801 when Edward Livingston succeeded him. His correspondent William Rawle was Washington's appointee as U.S. Attorney for Pennsylvania. Rawle was founder and first president of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania president of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society and a highly respected writer on governmental matters.<br/> The Slave Trade Act of 1794 passed by the Third Congress and signed by President Washington was the first American regulation of the international slave trade. It prohibited Americans from trading in slaves to any foreign country. Harison had brought several cases under the Act as noted in this Letter: The United States vs. The Brigantine Active; and two by George Geer for himself and the USA vs. Elisha King. Harison explains "The above Suits were commenced upon the Act prohibiting American Citizens from carrying on the Slave Trade in foreign Countries." <br/> Harison's problem: "The principal witness is supposed to have been prevailed upon by undue Methods to quit this District is thought to be either in Philadelphia or Baltimore." If he's in Philadelphia "I will esteem it a Favor if you will take every regular Method of procuring his Testimony." If he's in Baltimore please "recommend the Business to the Attorney for the District of Maryland. The Public is in every Point of View interested in the Event." Diligent research has uncovered no additional information on these cases. unknown books
