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1802WRCAM36254Washington 1802. 4pp. Dbd. Contemporary manuscript page inscription and early stain in upper outer corner not affecting text. Minor foxing and offsetting. Good. Congressional report calling for government encouragement of infant industries by allowing certain raw materials to be imported free of duty while imposing a 20% duty on imported fur hats brushes stone ware printing types saddles cannon ball and glass ware and other duties on gun powder cordage soap candles of tallow window glass and iron. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 3412. unknown books
1802WRCAM36248Washington 1802. 4pp. Dbd. Contemporary manuscript page inscription and early stain in upper outer corner throughout affecting some text. Minor foxing and offsetting. Good. Report on a House resolution that Thomas K. Jones a Boston wine merchant would receive drawback for Malaga wine he reshipped despite having added brandy for preservation. Shaw & Shoemaker locate two copies; OCLC locates none. Rare. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 3406. unknown books
181737608Washington D.C.: Printed by William A. Davis 1817. First edition. Removed. A very good copy with War Department Library stamp on title light foxing. 4 pp. 8vo. Shaw & Shoemaker 42693. [Printed by William A. Davis] 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
180637541Washington D.C.: A. & G. Way Printers 1806. First edition. Removed. Last leaf detached else very good. 6 pp. 8vo. The survey was intended to "ascertain the practicability of erecting a lighthouse lighted beacon or buoy on or near the extreme points of them or either of them." OCLC shows ten locations. Shaw & Shoemaker 11716. A. & G. Way, Printers unknown books
180637539Washington D.C.: A. & G. Way Printers 1806. First edition. Removed. A very good copy. 4 pp. 8vo. Discusses whaling and the duty on American oil. Shaw & Shoemaker 11714. A. & G. Way, Printers unknown books
180318878Washington 1803. 8vo. 8 pp. <br><br>Relates to the taxation of sugar. "20th December 1803. Received and ordered to lie on the table. 21st December 1803. Read and ordered to be committed to a committee of the whole House on Monday next. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 5444. Removed from a nonce volume. A librarian's lightly pencilled notation on title-page. Very good. unknown books
180411552Washington 1804. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>The Committee proposes that the ship General Greene be converted into a sheer-hulk or store ship and not sold since its decayed state would only sell for a modest price. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 7604. Removed from a nonce volume; gutter margin a little irregular. Good copy. unknown books
180615595City of Washington: A. & G. Way printers 1806. 8vo. 12 pp. <br><br>Petition of Nicklin and Griffith of Philadelphia praying that the ship America may be restored to the benefits of American registry. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 11712. Removed from a nonce volume. Lightly pencilled librarian's notation on title-page. A. & G. Way, printers unknown books
180611568City of Washington: A. & G. Way printers 1806. 8vo. 8 pp. <br><br>Concerning the petitioner's claim to a drawback. Uncommon: OCLC reports only one holding of this item. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 111711. Removed from a nonce volume. Very good condition. A. & G. Way, printers unknown books
180515590City of Washington: A. & G. Way printers 1805. 8vo. 8 pp. <br><br>The interesting aspect of this pamphlet is not the petition itself which concerns a drawback on a shipment of sugar but mention of an outbreak of yellow fever in New York City. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 9620. Removed from a nonce volume. Lightly pencilled librarian's notation on title-page. Leaves separated. A. & G. Way, printers unknown books
180418876Washington 1804. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>23d January 1804. Read and ordered to a committee of the whole House on Friday next." The petitioner was consignee of the ship Chesapeake bound from London to New Orleans with a cargo of European goods. He asks reimbursement for money paid to the collector of the port of New York. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 7607. Removed from a nonce volume. Lightly pencilled librarian's notation at top margin of title-page. Very good. unknown books
180616692City of Washington: A. & G. Way printers 1806. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>Petition requesting reimbursement for money expended in erecting piers as a substitute for buoys damaged by vessels and ice running against them placed on several of the most dangerous rocks and shoals in the Merrimack River. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 11708. Removed from a nonce volume. Lightly pencilled librarian's notation on title-page. Very good. A. & G. Way, printers unknown books
180715694City of Washington: A. & G. Way printers 1807. 8vo. 2 ff. versos blank. <br><br>Petition to Congress for an increase of duties on foreign window glass to encourage domestic manufacturing of the product. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 14062. Removed from a nonce volume. Librarian's lightly pencilled notation on title-page. A. & G. Way, printers unknown books
180318897Washington 1803. 8vo. 10 pp. <br><br>25th November 1803. Read and ordered to be referred to a Committee of the whole House on Wednesday next." On the petition for relief from payment of a bond made to the government for the exportation of domestic distilled spirits to Africa. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 5432. Removed from a nonce volume. Title-page with a librarian's lightly pencilled notation. Very good. unknown books
180418788Washington 1804. 8vo. 10 pp. <br><br>25th January 1804. Read and ordered to be referred to a Committee of the whole House on Monday next. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 7608. Removed from a nonce volume. Pencilled librarian's notation on title-page. Very good. unknown books
180515609Washington 1805. 8vo. 8 pp. <br><br>The memorialists pray that a drawback be allowed on the exportation to foreign countries of all refined sugar equivalent to the duty paid on the raw sugar employed in the manufacture. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 9619. Removed from a nonce volume. Lightly pencilled librarian's notation on title-page. First leaf detaching a little. unknown books
180216699Washington 1802. 8vo. 7 1 blank pp. <br><br>The petitioner owner and commander of the schooner Hannah prays for remission of duty on cargo damaged in a fire aboard the vessel. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 3409. Removed from a nonce volume. Lightly pencilled librarian's notation on title-page. Very good. unknown books
180811367Washington City: A. & G. Way printers 1808. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>Scarce: Only three copies traced via OCLC. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 16569. Removed from a nonce volume; gutter margin a little irregular and slightly darkened. Good condition. A. & G. Way, printers unknown books
18072759City of Washington: A. & G. Way 1807. 8vo. 7 pp. fold. table. <br><br>The petitioners seek to have Congress make Plymouth North Carolina a port of entry. The congressional committee recommends against it. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 14060. Removed from a library-style pamphlet binding and in new wrappers. A. & G. Way unknown books
180627931Washington D. C.: A. &. G. Way Printers 1806. First edition. Removed. A very good copy with inked page numbers marginalia editing remarks and scattered soiling. 12 pp. 8vo. Shaw & Shoemaker 11712. A. &. G. Way, Printers unknown books
180226171Washington: No publisher/printer 1802. 8vo. 2 4 pp. <br><br>House report authorizing payment of a drawback to Thomas K. Jones a Boston wine merchant for a shipment of Malaga red wine that had been fortified with brandy. First leaf blank. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 3406. Removed from a nonce volume. First blank leaf darkened along inner edge. No publisher/printer unknown books
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
196913084Zaria: Institute of Administration 1969. Paperback. Very Good. 88 unnumbered pages. Stapled softcover. 26cm. <br/><br/> Institute of Administration paperback books
18361442824th Cong. 1st Sess.: SD375. 1836. 319pp Disbound Very Good. SD375. unknown books
