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177726884London England: Printed for the Company of Stationers 1777. Twenty-two issues of this yearly British almanac bound in one volume; consecutive and inclusive from the 1777 issue to 1797. These are printed in red & black have the tax stamps on the margins of the title pages and are of 32 pages' length with exceptions or notes as below: 1782: On page 31 the section "VI Rebus by Mr. R. Richardson of Frosterly" has been solved with the manuscript letters & names of clues neatly written at the margins. 1786: pgs 1-2 15-32; However another issue is bound after this incomplete issue that is entire in 48 pages. These almanacs are noted on the title pages as printed for the Company of Stationers; and this "extra" issue is noted on the title page as "Printed for T. Carnan in St. Paul's Church Yard; who after an expensive Suit in Law and Equity by the unanimous Opinion of the Judges of the Court of Common Please dispossessed the Stationers' Company of their pretended exclusive Privilege of Printing Almanacks which they had usurped for two Centuries; a convincing Proof that no unjust Monopoly will ever stand the Test of an English Court of Justice." 1788: pgs 1-2 15-32 only. 1793 Misbound pages out of order and complete 32 pages. 1795: A name of "Old Batholomew" has been added in ms. at the 4th Sept. in the monthly almanac pages section. 1797 pgs 1-16 only. "The existence of the Ladies' Diary or the Woman's Almanack an 18th century English magazine devoted largely to problems and puzzles in mathematics indicates that stereotypes about the inability of women to understand and enjoy mathematics were less strongly believed in the 18th century than they are today.The Ladies' Diary became one of the widely read 18th century magazines devoted to the popularization of science and mathematics; these were addressed mainly to readers with no specialized training in the subjectsThe Ladies' Diary differed from these others primarily in the language used in some of the problems--language which reminds the reader that the problems were addressed to women" from the excellent overview of the magazine its influence & impact by Teri Perl San Francisco State Univ. Historia Mathematica 6 1979 article on the 'Diary' Indecipherable by us previous owner name on back endpaper.Approx. 4" x 6 3/8" size; bound in marbled-paper covered boards leather corners edges tinted yellow; spine covering gone; wear to the edges tips of the binding; bottom cord of top board let go; the block still solidly sewn some edges trimmed close; contents generally clean and in good condition. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. Printed for the Company of Stationers hardcover books
1774669331774. London: Printed for W. Owen 1774. 2nd ed. London: Printed for W. Owen 1774. 2nd ed. One of the First Works to Draw on Blackstone's Commentaries A Gentleman of the Inner Temple Editor. Bohun William Attributed. Laws Concerning the Election of Members of Parliament; With The Determinations of the House of Commons Thereon and All Their Incidents; Continued Down to the Present Time. The Whole Digested Under Proper Titles; Also an Appendix of Precedents With a Table of the Principal Matters. A New Edition With Additions. London: Printed for W. Owen 1774. xx 94 2 95-392 12 6 pp. Includes 6-page publisher catalogue. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5". Contemporary calf blind rules to boards blind fillets along joints raised bands and lettering piece to spine joints and head of spine mended. Some rubbing to extremities corners bumped and somewhat worn hinges cracked. Light toning to text somewhat heavier in places brief early owner annotation to front free endpaper. A handsome copy. $450. Second edition. With an index of parliamentary acts. The anonymous editor notes in the advertisement that he has drawn extensively on Comyns' Digest of the Laws of England Lyttleton's Life of King Henry II Whitelocke's Notes Upon the King's Writ for Choosing Members of Parliament in Morton's edition and Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England then a recent work. One of the very first books to draw on the Commentaries Laws Concerning the Election is a landmark in the history of its reception by the English bar. It is also a remarkably thorough work that considers causes determined by parliamentary committee and the House of Commons and the laws of England Scotland and Wales from 1382 to 1780. Some references attribute this work to William Bohun. The first edition was published in 1768 its last edition the third in 1780. English Short-Title Catalogue N10410. unknown books
1780527981780. London: Printed. for W. Owen 1780. 6th ed. London: Printed. for W. Owen 1780. 6th ed. One of the First Works To Draw on Blackstone's Commentaries A Gentleman of the Inner Temple Editor. Laws Concerning the Election of Members of Parliament; With the Determinations of the House of Commons Thereon And All Their Incidents: Continued Down to the Present Time. The Whole Digested Under Proper Titles. Also an Appendix of Precedents; With Considerable Improvements And Additions From the Best Authorities To Which is Added A Copious Index. London: Printed by His Majesty's Law Printers for W. Owen 1780. xxxviii i.e. xxxvii 1 118 2 119-192 191-192 193-383 21 2 pp. Includes two-page publisher list. Title page of second part misbound. Octavo 5-1/4" x 7-3/4". Recent period-style three-quarter calf over marbled boards raised bands blind ornaments and original lettering piece with chipped edges to spine endpapers renewed. Early annotation to front endleaf light foxing in a few places interior otherwise fresh. Ex-library. Small inkstamps to title page and a few text leaves. A handsomely bound copy. $250. Sixth edition. With an index of parliamentary acts. The anonymous editor notes in the advertisement that he has drawn extensively on Comyns' Digest of the Laws of England Lyttleton's Life of King Henry II Whitelocke's Notes Upon the King's Writ for Choosing Members of Parliament in Morton's edition and Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England. One of the very first books to draw on the Commentaries Laws Concerning the Election is a landmark in the history of its reception by the English bar. It is also a remarkably thorough work that considers causes determined by parliamentary committee and the House of Commons and the laws of England Scotland and Wales from 1382 to 1780. English Short-Title Catalogue T112824. unknown books
1706046828London: Andrew Bell 1706. Third Edition. Hardcover Half Leather. Very Good Condition. 19th century half leahter over marbled boards worn but sound Printed in two columns scattered age toning small paper lift to title. 548pp plus index. Volume one of three<br/><br/>John Dunton started the Athenian Mercury and Athenian Gazette where he is credited with inventing the advice column. The Athenian Oracle collects the best of these along with some other material. Size: Octavo 8vo. One volume of the 3-volume set. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Inventory No: 046828. Andrew Bell hardcover books
1735279042Dublin: Samuel Fairbrother 1735. Regarding an important controversy over taxation of landed Protestants of Ireland by the Clergy. Many were forced by economics to sell their lands and leave; the result of this "tythe" was threat of mass emigration to America by the remaining Protestants. A report from an ad hoc committee of the Irish House of Commons called in 1735 to consider an important question on tax burden and emigration. Irish clergy had demanded an additional income from the imposition of a tax for "agistment" pasturage of cattle on Irish Protestant landowners. The committee decided after reviewing the evidence presented in this report that the tax would "impair the Protestant interest" by causing Protestants to emigrate to America reducing the influence of the established church in Ireland. It resolved to find a "proper remedy" though it took no legal action until the Irish House of Commons was dissolved in 1800 when the parliament in London forced an abolition of the old tithes as a formality. 8 folded quarto leaves in a folded drab portfolio. Samuel Fairbrother unknown books
1787045863London: H. Gardner 1787. Third Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Very Good Condition. Contemporary acid calf light wear at the edges spine cracked in the center and book a bit over opened but binding still sound. Identified as the Third Edition on the title though it went through a few editions with slightly different titles since it was first published in 1754. 2 volumes bound as 1; 211pp; 210pp. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; Inventory No: 045863. <br/><br/> H. Gardner hardcover books
170639295Rome 1706. 8vo 22.7 cm 9.5' 10 ff. <br><br>The parish church in the municipality of Cicognolo in the province of Cremona in the Italian region of Lombardy located about 90 kilometres 56 mi. southeast of Milan and about 14 kilometres 9 mi. northeast of Cremona has=> petitioned to establish a chapter of the archconfraternity of the Stigmata of St. Francis.<br>Â Â Â Â Approval has been granted and this is the official document establishing the archconfraternity there. It is written in roman hand in brownish-black ink with => extensive variously sized headings indited in gold and has a full-page portrait of St. Francis a medallion vignette of his hands receiving the stigmata and a large triple-bordered decorated initial "D" all accomplished => in colors and gold and incorporating or surrounded by generous flourishes of flowers painted variously in shades of rose yellow and blue. All leaves have borders in black and gold and sometimes green except one initial blank.<br>Â Â Â Â On the verso of the last leaf are the signatures of "custodians" of the archconfraternity in Rome below which are two paper and wax seals one lacking the paper with the seals' owners' names below attesting to the completion of the application process and the granting of the petition.<br>Â Â Â Â Binding: Contemporary crimson morocco covers lavishly gilt-tooled. The center panel is richly filled with floral motifs and small stars surrounding a center emblem of the hands of St. Francis within a circular border of flames. Surrounding the center panel are four outer frames created by variety of large and small rolls. Marbled paper pastedowns in an unusual "patchwork" style. Binding as above manuscript recased without the original ties. Some text rubbed and illegible clean cracks in fourth leaf crudely repaired hole in last leaf causing text loss. Curious green tarnishing of the gold. A most attractive binding a beautifully painted manuscript an interesting artifact of Catholic social history and => a great tool for teaching about conservation concerns. unknown books
1773643241773. London 1709. Sole edition. London 1709. Sole edition. "So as Much to Enable the Young Clerk" Attorney of the Court. The Attorney's Compleat Guide in the Court of Common Pleas: Containing the Whole Modern Practice of the Court Laid Down in a New Familiar and Concise Manner With Practical Remarks on Each Head Illustrated by Cases Selected from the Best and Latest Authorities: And also an Account of the Monies Paid Out of Pocket on Each Particular Article of Business at the Publick Offices and Judges Chambers; So as to Enable the Young Clerk to Prosecute or Defend a Suit from its Commencement to Judgment and Execution Through All the Different Minutiae of Practice Without Further Assistance. London: Printed by W. Strahan and M. Woodfall 1773. vii 1 371 1 pp. 12mo 6-1/2" x 4". Contemporary sheep blind fillets to boards raised bands and early hand-lettered initials "G P" to spine. Moderate rubbing to extremities a few minor nicks scuffs and stains to boards small scuff near foot of spine corners bumped pastedowns loose. Light toning to text faint inkspots to a few leaves. Early owner stamp J. Ridout to front free endpaper interior otherwise clean. A handsome copy. $950. Only edition. "The following sheets were at first composed merely for private Use; The great Advantage the Author has reaped from them in an extensive Practice is his chief Inducement for offering them to the Public as a sure Guide whereby the Young Clerk may readily acquire every necessary Information with respect to this Court" iii. This is a scarce title. OCLC locates 6 copies in North American law libraries Harvard LA County Library of Congress University of Minnesota York Yale. English Short-Title Catalogue N15039. unknown books
1790789081790. STEELE Richard Authors of the Tatler Spectator and Guardian. THE TOWN TALK THE FISH POOL THE PLEBEIAN THE OLD WHIG THE SPINSTER &c. London: John Nichols 1790. First Collected in 1789: A New Edition. Title page engraving of Steele and two plates. iv 439 pp. 1 p. publisher's advertisement. 8vo. leather rebacked. Erased owner's pencil notes ffep indentation still visible; personal bookplate on front pastedown. Very good spine rules decoration extremities gilt. Leather well-cared for. 1 inch closed tear in text on pp. 27-28. Steele's collection of letters speeches short pieces; the Peerage Bill; the Spinster "in Defence of the Callicoe Manufactures" humorous response to "The Weaver's True Case." 1719 pamphlet decrying the wearing of printed calico and linen "destructive to the Woolen and Silk Manufactories". unknown books
1789045740London: John Nichols 1789. First Edition. Hardcover Half Leather. Very Good Condition. Half 19th century calf over green cloth with a bit of the original spine laid down hinges rubbed but sound. Front endpapers replaced scattered light foxing a few small damps stains 331-335 stained on the bottom right touching some text very clean otherwise. 2 plates 452pp. In a custom cloth slipcase. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Humour; Essays & Literary Criticism. Inventory No: 045740. <br/><br/> John Nichols hardcover books
17727530Poplin 1772. Docketed on April 19 1776; a promissory note signed within the text one page 7 1/2" x 5" written on July 9 1772. Promissory note reads in part: "I Nicholas Gorden.promise to pay to Josiah Bartlett on order Twenty one shillings & three pence.with interest till paid for value received." Very good to fine. Josiah Bartlett 1729 - 1795 First Governor of New Hampshire Revolutionary patriot member of the Continental Congress Jurist and the SECOND Signer of the Declaration of Independence from NH. <br/><br/> unknown books
179657661Boston: printed by Samuel Hall no. 53 Cornhill 1796. 8vo pp. 29 1; removed from binding half-title wanting; very good. BAL 937; Evans 30052; Sabin 4438. <br/><br/> printed by Samuel Hall, no. 53, Cornhill unknown books
1788008501London: Printed for J. Rivington and Sons J. Dodsley S. Crowder G. Robinson T. Cadell and T. Evans 1788. Five volumes bound in contemporary dark brown calf gilt backs armorial bookplates of Sir Harford Jones and later bookplates of Sidney . With two frontispiece portraits Volume I the Duke of Sully and Henry the IV. Fold out map Vol. I Near Fine old dampstains at corners. The books Very Good the boards well rubbed and showing their age yet solidly bound and sturdy. Old dampstaining all volumes mostly to edges and margins gilt at spines dulled free of foxing and toning a set that shows its history while maintaining its dignity. . New Edition. Calf. Very Good -/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Printed for J. Rivington and Sons, J. Dodsley, S. Crowder, G. Robinson, T. Cadell, and T. Evans Hardcover books
177832766Boston 1778. Unsigned manuscript document folded to 9-1/2" x 7-1/4". 2pp plus integral blank. 25 lines. Old folds light foxing Very Good.<br/><br/> "The Subscriber being informed that the Squadron of his most Christian Majesty now in the harbour of Boston require the use of an island in that harbour which is now in his possession known by the name of Gallops Island-- willing to render every assistance in his power to accomodate the Fleets or Army of his most Christian Majesty he would propose to give them his rights to the Improvements of said Island upon the Following Terms viz.<br/> "The major of the Squadron shall grant him the exclusive rights of Erecting a Storehouse on Long Island & Supplying the French Officers & Soldiers with all those necessaries which they may want to purchase ---- viands Groceries of all kinds. Cyder wines vegetables &c & he will agree to sell those articles at a very small advance from the price of Boston & expressly Stipulate that no undue advantage shall be taken in the Price of any necessary that he may have to sell.<br/> "He will also Contract to furnish the Squadron with 2000 Cord of wood delivered at any part of said Island that may be directed to at 28 Lives money of France per Cord payable upon the delivery of each 100 Cords.<br/> "He will supply the Squadron with any Quantity of Fresh water delivered along side the Ships at 7 deniers money of France per Gallon provided that there be no delay in hoisted the water from the Boats on Board the Ships of the Cask are furnished for Transporting the water in ------ here the document ends in the middle of page 2. <br/> Elisha Leavitt Jr. and/or James Brackett owned Gallops Island at this time; historical records are ambiguous. Some sources indicate that the French erected earthworks at Gallops Island in 1778 to defend their fleet anchored in the harbor; others assert that the earthworks were on George's Island bought by Leavitt Jr. in 1768. Leavitt was a Tory a fact well known in town: people burned down his barn and surrounded his home at one point. The story goes that the pleasant elegantly dressed Mrs. Leavitt invited the mob in for cakes and wine which calmed everyone down. unknown books
174856612Taunton Mass. 1748. Pro-forma document approx. 6¼" x 7½" accomplished in ink in a neat and legible hand concerning Charity Allen a single woman evidently with child and who with her presumed father a blacksmith and one Richard Tree acknowledge themselves to be severally indebted to the King for five pounds Charity and 50 shillings each Jeremiah and Richard "to be levied on their goods and chattels lands or tenements and in want thereof upon their bodies . the condition of the above Written Recognizance is such that if" above bounden Charity Allen "shall personally appear before the Justices . to be holden at" Taunton "in the County of" Bristol . "on the" second Tuesday of June next . "to answer to such matters and things as shall be objected against her on His Majesty's behalf" and more especially for her being with child of a bastard child." I take this to be a subpoena of sorts obliging the pregnant Charity together with her father to appear before the court . but why Birth records for Rehoboth show Charity was born July 5 1729 so at the time she would have been almost 19 and that she gave birth to a boy named Jacob in June of 1748 the "reputed son of Thomas Peck and Charity Allen." <br/><br/> unknown books
179447429London / Edinburgh: Printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell in the Strand and W. Creech at Edinburgh 1794. The Fifth Edition. Period brown full calf bindings with red leather title labels to spine. General wear. Vol I front joint split though board held by cords. Vol III lacks ffep. Period ownership signature of one "A. Crawford". An overall VG set. 3 volumes: xii 311 1 blank; vi 312; vi 314 pp. 12mo. 7-1/8" x 4" <br/><br/> Printed for A. Strahan, and T. Cadell in the Strand, and W. Creech, at Edinburgh hardcover books
177557996Amsterdam: Chez Marc-Michel Rey 1775. First continental edition after the first edition in Russian of 1766. 8vo Two volumes pp. 408 110; 375. Bound in full calf that shows some light rubbing to head bands and edges free endpaper loose in volume one. A nice clean copy. Illustrated with 4 folding tables. Scarce. Cioranecu 38333; V. Gestel-Van het Schip 14; Mortier & Mat Diderot et son temps 196 note; STCN 4 copies. from Wikipedia: "Catherine II Russian: Yekaterina Alekseyevna; 2 May O.S. 21 April 1729 - 17 November O.S. 6 November 1796 also known as Catherine the Great Yekaterina Velikaya was Empress of Russia from 1762 until 1796 the country's longest-ruling female leader and arguably the most renowned. She came to power following a coup d'état when her husband Peter III was assassinated. Russia was revitalised under her reign growing larger and stronger than ever and becoming recognised as one of the great powers of Europe. She enthusiastically supported the ideals of The Enlightenment thus earning the status of an enlightened despot. As a patron of the arts she presided over the age of the Russian Enlightenment a period when the Smolny Institute the first state-financed higher education institution for women in Europe was established. At the instigation of her factotum Ivan Betskoy she wrote a manual for the education of young children drawing from the ideas of John Locke and founded 1764 the famous Smolny Institute which admitted young girls of the nobility." Betskoi who had worked with Diderot was Catherine's chief advisor for this enlightened educational initiative. Catherine was not advocating universal education but girls were included with boys and children of the petit bourgeois were mixed with children of the nobility in pilot schools. This idea along with that of Catherine's orphanage and theories on the duties of enlightened rule were an attempt to assimilate the advances in political thinking on the continent with the traditional Russian temperament while establishing Catherine as a center of European thought. Chez Marc-Michel Rey unknown books
179890506a<p>ChÅ Gessho 張月樵 and Kazaore YÅ«jo 風折有丈 artists.<b> Zoku Koya Bunko 続姑射文庫 5 vols.</b> Nagoya Kansei 寛政 10 1798. 5 volumes 27 X 18cm string-bound Japanese-style fukuro-toji. Original format with original covers and title labels housed in a modern striped chitsu with clasps 27.3 x 19cm. Original monochrome woodblock prints many double page with Japanese text. Edited by BÅkŠ暮雨巷. A sequel to Koya Bunko 姑射文庫 done in 1768.</p><p>The "Sequel to the Koya Library" done by principal artist ChÅ Gessho 張月樵 1765-1832 and Kazaore YÅ«jo 風折有丈 is a remarkable rarity that captures the vibrant world of art and poetry centered on haikai and haiga in Nagoya. It is justly celebrated by critics from Brown to Hillier and was featured in the Library of Congress' major Japanese art exhibition "The Floating World of Ukiyo-e: Shadows Dreams and Substance." With hundreds of full-page black and white woodblock images it is probably the most extensive original example of the Haiga aesthetic in existence. Vol 1 has 52 cho Vol 2 has 50 cho Vol 3 has 53 cho Vol 4 has 53 cho and Vol 5 has 56 cho including colophon. Identical to Volumes held in ARC Koten Seki portal database online Ritsumeikan University ç«‹å‘½é¤¨å¤§å¦ with the exception of an added modern page to their introduction in Vol 1.</p><p>In very good condition throughout worn original covers and title labels worming on rear wrapper of vol 5 very good impressions. Mitchell 564</p><p><br /></p> books
1733002239S. l. Boston: s. n. 1733. Softcover. First edition; removed no half-title page; 7 1/2 x 4 3/4; pp. 1 ii-iv 1 2-35; laid paper printed in black; woodcut border to beginning of text; small number to upper corner of title page; overall in very good condition.Charles Chauncy 1705 - 1787 was an American Congregational Pastor of the First Church in Boston and arguably one of the most influential religious figures of New England during his lifetime. He was the grandson of the second President of Harvard he himself held a Masters' of Divinity from the university he vehemently defended Universalism and greatly opposed the evangelical revitalization movement sweeping the Colonies in the mid-1700s known as the First Great Awakening. His current sermon was delivered in honor of Nathaniel Byfield 1653 or 1651 - 1733 - the first judge of the Court of Vice-Admiralty from June 9 1699 until May 20 1700. He was also an avid opponent of what he called the "Witchcraft Delusion" and was known to have never had a decision upon appeal reversed by a higher court. S. l. (Boston): s. n. paperback books
1800WRCLIT62002London: Printed and Dublin Reprinted: by John Gough 1800. 28pp. 12mo. Extracted from bound pamphlet volume. Somewhat soiled and occasionally foxed faint old stamps of a defunct mercantile library but a sound copy. Denoted the "Fourth Edition" but the first Dublin printing reported by ESTC following three uncommon London printings beginning in 1798. ESTC Online locates copies at NLI and the Royal Irish Academy only. ESTC 7167853. by John Gough unknown books
1777BB002<p>CLINTON George First Governor of New York State 1777-1795 1801-1804; also 4th Vice-President of the United States 1805-1812 under Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.<br /></p><p>"Kingston laid in ashes by the Enemy" . <br /></p><p>8vo 7-3/4 x 6-1/2 inches 1-1/2 pages on laid paper with integral address leaf remnants of wax seal some fading to text and signature scattered minor<br /></p><p>It should be noted that Clinton was sworn in as New York's first governor on 9th July 1777 shortly after Kingston was established as its first capitol 20th April 1777. Thus the burning of Kingston and change of capitol to eventually Albany was a consequence of the War for Independence. <br /></p><p>Remarkable handwritten manuscript explaining that the British troops arrived at Kingston before his own re-enforcements whereupon 1000 men burned the town and immediately returned to their ships warning that a similar fate awaits the settlements along the shore and that forage and property should be moved from the path of the enemy reminding him to take the sleigh from the barn as it is all the personal property that remains to him after the destruction in Kingston noting that the enemy is advancing up the river to Saugerties with Tryon commanding on the east side and Vaughn on the west.<br /></p><p>Transcript</p><p><i>Head Quarters Hurley 17th October 1777</i></p><p><i>Dear Brother</i></p><p><i>"Before this can reach you you will receive the – disagreeable account of Kingston being laid in ashes by the Enemy. They landed before my troops arrived after a little opposition by the few militia Cols Pawling & Snyder could collect and marched about 1000 Men immediately up to Town - where they were told by some Tories who continued in it that my People were advancing on the Hurley Road & they immediately set it in Flames and extracted precipitately on Board their Vessels tho their Orders were to proceed to Hurley & the adjacent Neighborhoods to give them the same Fate so that tho I was not able to get my Troops Time enough to save Kingston they saved this and the other Parts of the Country near it. This will show you the Fate New Windsor & the other settlements along shore are to partake on the Enemy's Return down. Therefore the Necessity of removing the Forage &c from the Banks of the River among which remember my Slay in the Barn as it is now the only moveable Property I have left the Best being removed to Kingston shared its Fate tho indeed a great share of Property has been saved out of Town. The enemy sailed up the River this Morning as high as Saghertyes burning along Shore as they go. When they go a little higher I will follow them. They have Parties on both Sides of the River. Tryon commands those on the East & Vaughan on the West Side of the River.</i></p><p><i>Yours Sincerely</i></p><p><i>Geo Clinton</i></p><p>On Friday evening 16 October 1777 a British fleet commandeered by James Wallace and John Vaughn the latter on board the 'Friendship' which had anchored near Easopus Island the day before came into the mouth of Rondout Creek and engaged the gallery "Lady Washington". Shortly after noon the British landed on Rondout Creek and the Cove above Columbus Point. Vaughn personally led the march capturing and forcing a negro to lead them into town without meeting resistance. The troops went through the streets in parties led by Tories setting the whole place on fire in response to the occasional resistance lodged by residents from within their houses. There was looting and vandalism. Meanwhile part of the fleet went a bit up the River and creek to destroy landings and sloops. By the time George Clinton arrived into Kingston the whole town was ablaze and the British party had set out to return to their ships.</p><p>In a letter on 18 October penned at Little Britain NY in response to this letter his brother B. Genl. James Clinton writes:</p><p><i>D'r Brother</i></p><p><i>Yours of yesterday's Date I have just received. I am sorry for the Loss of Kingston &c. </i><i>Five of the Enemy's Shipping Returned Down the River last night without Doing any Damage Except fireing Some Cannon and small arms at our men and wounding one of ours on Board of a Ferry Boat…"</i></p><p>The war became personal for the governor specially after what had happened to Kingston. In a letter to William Smith @ 31 October 1777 his sentiments and commitment are laid bare:</p><p><i>"The Cruelties as well Cowardice with which this Warr has been conducted ag't us must I think be sufficient at this late Hour to convince every Man that all connection with Great Britain is at an End…"</i></p><p>Reference: <b><i>Public Paper of George Clinton</i></b> First Governor of New York War of the Revolution Series. New York: Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co. 1900. Volume II pp. 457-459. Our letter of 17 October 1777 appears to be unknown to the editors of the Clinton papers although they do list and transcribe the 18th October response by his brother James. Consequently our letter appears to be the only firsthand account by the governor of New York on the actual burning of Kingston an event historically reenacted locally each year within Ulster County.</p> Autograph Letter Signed, “Geo Clintonâ€, written to his brother Gen. James Clinton in New Windsor (“Dear Brotherâ€), from books
173522771n.p. 1735. Illustration Engraving. 1 vols. Folio 39.8 x 47.8 cm. Matted framed and glazed. Margins trimmed to plate mark; mounted on board. Illustration Engraving. 1 vols. Folio 39.8 x 47.8 cm. Mythological pantomime with accompanying fireworks staged for the entertainment of the Dauphin. The audience is in the foreground a dragon is being slain in the midground and the fireworks are in the background. Lotz pages 67 69 116; Hodgkin 87 unknown books
179433750Manchester: Printed by Order of the Society for the Information of the Ley-Payers 1794. 4 xxx 31 1 blank pp. Disbound. Title page dusted inner margin and spine reinforced. Else a clean and Very Good text.<br/><br/> On the taxation of citizens for the "support and government of the poor" of Manchester.<br/>ESTC T100801. Kress B.2785. OCLC records nine locations under several accession numbers as of January 2018. Printed by Order of the Society for the Information of the Ley-Payers unknown books
179063676New York: Printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine 1790. First published edition of this act establishing the Federal court system in North Carolina. Printed broadside 13 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches the headline printed bold the text arranged in four paragraphs below the title. Signed in type below the text by Augustus Muhlenberg Speaker of the House of Representatives John Adams Vice-President of the United States and with approval June 4 1790 notes George Washington. The act established one district to be called "North-Carolina district" to be presided over by one judge who was to reside in the district and hold four sessions of the court annually at the town of Newbern as well as two circuit courts. Not in Evans Shipton & Mooney or Bristol. ESTC W14372 American Antiquarian Society South Carolina Archives. OCLC locates three copies American Antiquarian Society Minnesota North Carolina. Some stab holes in the left margin where previously bound with other similar acts a little browning around the edges but a lovely copy in original condition. Original untrimmed edges. 11134. <br/><br/> Printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine unknown books
1789D2306London: Printed for J. Debrett 1789. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Plain paper-covered boards. Front board and FFEP detached. Some faint brown spots on title-page; top corner of text block a little wrinked; but overall bright and clean. <br/><br/> Printed for J. Debrett hardcover books
