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179547834Philadelphia: March 16 1795. 4to 10 leaves the last blank; original drab blue paper wrappers stitched as issued; previous folds and a couple of short splits at them entering from the fore-margin; all else very good. Docketed on the back wrapper: "An act passsed 1795 with forms accompanying." Following the passage of "An Act making further provision in cases of drawbacks" the Secretary of the Treasury issued instructions for using the forms and with explanations of seven forms to be used by customs collectors under the terms of this Act. The three pages of explanations are signed in ink by the Treasury Secretary Oliver Wolcott followed by copies of the seven forms printed on rectos only in question viz: Coastwise goods to be exported to another district; Exportation of goods from a district other than that into which they were imported; Bond for delivery of goods; Debenture form; Abstract of goods exported from any district other than that into which they were originally imported; Abstract of drawbacks or debentures payable in consequences of exportations; and Abstract of debentures paid. Evans 29764 noting "pp. 3"; no hard copy found in OCLC but a copy also signed by Wolcott apparently resides at AAS however AAS notes "the one recorded copy is not available"; Bristol; B9392 locating the Rosenbach Foundation copy only and noting "1 p.l. 6 p."; Shipton & Mooney 47657 "8 pp. The one recorded copy is not available". <br/><br/> March 16 unknown books
178365768Hartford CT 1783. Printed pay warrant 5 ½ x 6 ¾ inches also signed by commission member Fenn Wadsworth countersigned by Jedidiah Huntington 1743-1818; American Revolutionary War general and signed in type by John Lawrence as treasurer. This warrant approves payment of 10 pounds eighteen shillings eight pence to one Samuel Hills. The printed and manuscript text is framed within an ornamental border; docketed on verso. Folded very good. <br/><br/> unknown books
178365769Hartford CT 1783. Printed pay warrant 5 ½ x 6 ¾ inches countersigned by Jedidiah Huntington 1743-1818; American Revolutionary War general and signed in type by John Lawrence as treasurer. This warrant approves payment of three pounds seven shillings three pence to the Guilford Select Men. The printed and manuscript text is framed within an ornamental border; docketed on verso. Folded very good. <br/><br/> unknown books
178365770Hartford CT 1783. Printed pay warrant 5 ½ x 6 ¾ inches also signed by commission member William Moseley countersigned by Jedidiah Huntington 1743-1818; American Revolutionary War general and signed in type by John Lawrence as treasurer. This warrant approves payment of four pounds eighteen shillings eight pence to one Timothy Blackman. The printed and manuscript text is framed within an ornamental border; docketed on verso. Folded very good. <br/><br/> unknown books
178507935Lebanon 1785. Autograph Document Signed "Wm. Williams" one page 9" x 13" dated April 4 1785. The present legal document is regarding common land: "We the subscribers bring by the proprietors of the comon sic undivided lands in Lebanon appointed a committee and agents to sue and prosecute to final judgement and execution all persons who have committed any trespass on such common land."Light stain in lower left not affecting signature or the text of the document; wear at folds; very good with a fine bold signature. William Williams 1731-1811 graduated Harvard in 1751 was businessman partiot and Signer of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut. <br/><br/> unknown books
1766177778London: Printed for Paul Vaillant in the Strand 1766. Leather bound. VG soiling but otherwise bright and very clean inside a superb copy. Full red leather with extensive gilt tooled border on both covers all edges gilt marbled endpapers. 5 raised bands with extensive and detailed gilt tooling in the compartments. 8 302 pages 9 unnumbered leaves of plates Tables 1-5 Plates I II III IV. The last four leaves of plates are numbered I-IV. A superb copy of a book rarely encountered either in the trade or at auction. Printed for Paul Vaillant, in the Strand unknown books
176507820London from Sat. May 4 to Tues. May 7 1765 1765. Unbound. Folio vol. XVII No.1307 pages 433-440. News of interest about Great Britain and elsewhere including "For Gout and Rheumatism" sections on "To Be Sold" and "To Be Lett" and marriages. Very good with light soiling to front page. <br/><br/> unknown books
176507818London from Tues June 25 to Thurs June 27 1765 1765. Folio vol. XVII No.1329; pages 609-616. News of interest about Great Britain and elsewhere including an article "An Experiment to make Potatoes thrive without Dung" by Mr. Tichiffeli. On final leaf are some stock prices Christenings numbers of dead by disease and by casualty. Very good. <br/><br/> unknown books
171531816Drumfries: Printed by Robert Rae. 1715. 4to. 4 27. 1 blank pp. Disbound lightly toned and dusted portions of several lower blank margins spotted. Very Good.<br/><br/> Observing "That by Disputes about Religion Contentions only are inflamed" the author seeks a solution to this "thornie" issue. "That both Church and State may enjoy each their own Priviledges is the design of this Essay." The University of Glasgow's entry on OCLC names John Pollock as the author. <br/> England's established Church causes the author to advocate a greater involvement of civil government in religious matters than prevails in the United States. But otherwise his prescription is very much like modern American conceptions of religious liberty: the Church is in charge of spiritual matters and gives "all due Respect and Obedience to the Civil Magistrate; whatever with Scripture warrant they can allow him will not be wanting." The Magistrate provides the environment for the free exercise of worship. "Even Heathen Magistrates may and ought to aid and help the Church. Whence it is that by God's Command Prayers are to be made for them." Differences of religious opinion do not justify disobedience to the civil ruler.<br/>OCLC 181867601 1- U Glasgow as of February 2015. ESTC T56725 four copies in the British Isles one in the U.S. at the U of KS. Printed by Robert Rae... unknown books
179720536New-York: Printed and Published by John Harrisson at his Printing-Office Yorick's Head No. 3 Peck-Slip 1797. 4pp folded folio leaf 9.75" x 12". Caption title as issued. Printed in three columns. Some fox folds tan light wear. Good. In addition to a continuation of Miss St. Leger's 'Youthful Indulgence' this Number contains some news a tornado in New Haven poetry obituaries and business advertisments. Printed and Published by John Harrisson, at his Printing-Office, [Yorick's Head] No. 3, Peck-Slip unknown books
175647549London: Printed in the Year 1756. 1st Printing. Printed by William Bowyer; his records show 500 cc printed. Disbound red edgestain. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Nr Fine. 2 38 pp. Headline for pp 24 - 28: A Further Account of the Domesday Survey. 4to: A1 B - D4 E5 F2. 9-1/2" x 7-1/4" <br/><br/> Printed in the Year unknown books
177625320Middelburg: Pieter Gillissen 1776. 8vo 20.9 cm 8.25". 6 xviii 117 11 pp. <br><br>First edition of this history of the Dutch Reformed Church written by a clergyman and professor at Leiden University. The title-page is printed in red and black.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Covers gilt-stamped with the device of Francis Egerton 1st Earl of Ellesmere.<br>Â Â Â Â Binding: Contemporary calf framed in gilt triple fillets and blind roll rebacked preserving original spine gilt extra with gilt-stamped leather title-label; covers gilt-stamped with supra-libros as above. All edges marbled.<br>Â Â Â Â Uncommon: OCLC and NUC Pre-1956 find only six U.S. locations. Bound as above; spine leather with small chips and cracks sides with small unobtrusive areas of rubbing and light discoloration. Binding overall solid and still attractive; interior clean and nice. Pieter Gillissen hardcover books
17617561Lyon: Chez Pierre Bruyset - Ponthus 1761. Full Leather. Very Good. President George Washington's copy with his bookplate which was restruck before 1863 from the original copper plate. "The inventory of Washington's books made at the time of his death.shows that his library then numbered about nine hundred volumes. These under his will became the property of his nephew Judge Bushrod Washington who also inherited his papers and the Mansion House of Mount Vernon. Here Judge Washington lived and added to General Washington's library a part at least of his own books. In his will in 1826 he provided as follows: 'All the papers and letter books devised to me by my uncle Gen'l Washington as well as the books in my study other than law books I give to my nephew Geo. C. Washington; the books in the cases in the dining-room I give to my nephew John A. Washington.' In the inventory of his estate are these items: In the dining-room 468 vols. miscellaneous works left to John A. Washington 658 vols. of miscellaneous works left to Geo. C. Washington 1125 N. of miscel. Pamphlets left Geo. C. Washington beside 169 vols. of State papers 22 vols. of Journals of Congress and 649 vols. of Law Books 22 law pamphlets. These latter were destined for Bushrod Washington Herbert the son of a niece in case he should be trained for the law. Mount Vernon was next occupied by John A. Washington. The books left to George C. Washington remained there for many years but in 1847 or 1848 a considerable portion of them perhaps all that remained were sold to Henry Stevens the bookseller. Mr. Stevens announced his intention of sending them over to the British Museum. To prevent this and to secure them for Boston a number of Boston and Cambridge men particularly Prof. Jared Sparks Prof. Andrews Norton Mr. George Livermore and Mr. Charles Eliot Norton.raised $3800 to purchase them from Stevens. This amount and $450 beside was collected the Athenaeum itself contributing $500; and at a meeting of the subscribers it was voted to place the books permanently in the Boston Athenaeum.The remainder of Washington's library has been scattered and no large number of his books now exists in any one place beside the Boston Athenaeum. What became of the rest of the books left to George C. Washington can only be conjectured. Those given to John A. Washington passed to his son John A. Washington and then to his son Lawrence Washington of Alexandria Va.other sales have given an opportunity to book collectors to bid for books which once belonged to Washington. The titles of the Catalogues of these sales will be found on pp. 470-475 of this volume. A sale of books claiming to be from Washington's library but having spurious book-plates took place in Washington in 1863." The present title is one of those. So the "spurious" bookplate was struck by the Washington family from the original copper plate and placed into some of the books in the collection - so to call it "spurious" is a misnomer. The collection of General Washington in the Boston Athenaeum contains 13 volumes with this bookplate - they were purchased in Washington in 1863 see page 565 of "A Catalogue of the Washington Collection in the Boston Athenaeum". 12mo 775 pages. Contemporary calf marbled end papers red leather lettering piece on spine; all edges stained red. Internally very good; binding shows considerable wear. Bookplate of George Washington on front pastedown a 19th century restrike from the original copper plate. Housed in a contemporary full leather box with a slide-off top. <br/><br/> Chez Pierre Bruyset - Ponthus hardcover books
178063128Head Quarters Bergen County NJ 1780. Folio one page approximately 125 words in part: "I perceive . that you had collected about two hundred Cattle more and that a further number might be obtained . I cannot of right command the services of the militia . let the commanding officers know how distressed the Army has been and is likely to be for provisions and that it will be rendering splendid service to us and distressing the enemy to remove the Cattle from those parts of the Coast which furnish the New York Markets." Very good. Browned one small piece detached one word of text easily repaired. After Washington's victory at Monmouth June 1778 during which battle Forman had served as an advisor to Charles Lee the war settled into stalemate with Washington's army in New Jersey and the British forces content to remain in New York both sides keeping an eye on each other while trying to provide for their soldiers the American forces suffering deprivation similar to that of Valley Forge. Meanwhile on the day this letter was written word reached Washington of the complete rout of Horatio Gates and his troops at Camden South Carolina opening Virginia to British invasion from the South. Bolstered by American victories at Kings Mountain Oct. 1780 and Cowpens Jan. 1781 and the depletion of Cornwallis's army at its victory over Nathaniel Green at Guilford Court House Washington in conjunction with his French allies moved south to envelop Yorktown earning the British surrender in October 1781 effectively ending the war. General David Forman 1745-1797 born and raised in Monmouth County New Jersey was appointed colonel of a New Jersey regiment that reinforced Washington at New York in June 1776. After suppressing a loyalist uprising later that year during which time he earned the nickname "Devil David" he was chosen to lead a regiment in the Continental army and in 1777 was commissioned brigadier general to lead the New Jersey militia commanding that force in the battle of Germantown Oct. 1777. Disagreements with the New Jersey legislature led to his resignation from that command and he spent the rest of the war running listening posts especially along the coast of New Jersey providing Washington with intelligence on the movements of the British fleet and army a service he was providing at the time of this letter. see DAB Tench Tilghman 1744-1786 born and raised in Talbot County Maryland graduated from the precursor to the University of Pennsylvania in 1761 taking up a mercantile business until the outbreak of the revolution. After serving briefly as a captain in the army he joined Washington as a volunteer and served continuously as an aide-de-camp to the general for the balance of the war. "The amount of secretarial work in addition to military duties that he performed for Washington was prodigious" DAB and he was granted a regular commission of lieutenant-colonel in 1781. After the victory at Yorktown Tilghman was chosen by Washington to carry the announcement of the surrender of Cornwallis to the Continental Congress. Provenance: When recently purchased the letter was in an old frame and removal revealed an autograph note inside the backing included here as follows: "This letter was bought by me about 1860 of Miss Brown residing at 92 Columbus Street Albany New York. She was a sister of an old minister of St. Peters Church. This Miss Brown was a client of Orlando Meads and myself and found this letter in a barrel in the garret of the home occupied by her sister at Manalapan New Jersey formerly owned by General David Forman. signed Dexter Reynolds / Albany Sept. 7 1902. Presented to my son Marcus T. Reynolds." A newly discovered Washington letter shedding light on the general's relationship to state militias and his concerns for providing for his troops while disrupting the supply lines of the British. Not in Fitzgerald or the Founders Online from the National Archives which lists 57 other Washington letters to Forman 1777-1782 showing a gap from 24 July 1780 to 17 May 1781 and two others post-war. 9836. <br/><br/> unknown books
1711WRCAM53956London 1711. 888pp. Dbd. Some toning. Very good. An interesting work relating to the actions of French Huguenot soldier and diplomat Henri de Massue Earl of Galway during the War of the Spanish Succession. Galway's failure at the Battle of Almanza led to the defeat of the British and his eventual censure by Parliament. ESTC T18844. GOLDSMITH 4973. unknown books
1715WRCAM39768London 1715. Small folio broadsheet. 1p. plus printed docket title on verso. Ornamental initial. Dbd. Early folds and early stab holes in left margin. Mild foxing. Very good. A petition to Parliament by the officers of Lieut. Gen. George Hamilton's Regiment of Foot seeking pay due for services abroad in the War of Spanish Succession. Lord George Douglas-Hamilton 1666-1737 was a Scottish Williamite officer during the Glorious Revolution who later married William III's mistress Elizabeth Villiers became a confidant of William was created Earl of Orkney in 1696 was appointed Governor of Virginia in 1714 and in 1736 was the first British general promoted to the rank of Field Marshal. In 1701 at the beginning of the War of the Spanish Succession Hamilton led the First Regiment of Foot the Royal Scots to the Netherlands where the regiment fought for the remainder of the war. Despite their long service and the high position of Hamilton the officers suggest in the present petition that having been so long overseas they had been forgotten by the British government and charge that they had not received their pay even after frequent petitions. The document is an early example of lobbying literature which first began proliferating in the lobby of the House of Commons at the time of the accession of King George I and the British general election of 1715. ESTC records four copies two at the British Library one at Oxford and one at the National Library of Scotland. unknown books
1715WRCAM39783London 1715. Small folio broadsheet. 1p. plus printed docket title on verso. Ornamental initial. Dbd. Early folds and early stab holes in left margin. Some foxing. Very good. A rare political leaflet petitioning Parliament for relief of warrant officers who had fought in the recent War of the Spanish Succession. In March 1715 the House of Commons ordered that a list of all the regimental and warrant officers be drawn up but by the time this document was printed numerous warrant officers had not been entered into the list and rumors had begun to circulate that they would therefore not be receiving expected compensation for their service. "Besides the Nature of several of the Warrant Officers Posts was such as they could not be put on a Regimental List viz. Directors of Hospitals Commissaries Officers who have lost their Limbs and many other Officers whose particular Hardships Pretensions and Disappointments are more at large set forth and specify'd in their several Warrants. So that their Condition is very deplorable." This is among the earliest examples of lobbying literature which first began proliferating in the lobby of the House of Commons at the time of the accession of King George I and the British general election of 1715. ESTC lists only two copies at Oxford and the University of Missouri. HANSON 2212. unknown books
1735002174London: Printed for W. Feales at Rowe's Head against St. Clement's Church in the Strand et al 1735. Book. Very good condition. Paperback. Unknown edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 92 numbered pages followed by three pages each of un-numbered publisher's advertisement and blanks. First leaf is blank the verso of which is an engraving. First and last pages are slightly age-toned. Measures 6 and 3/16" tall. The text is attached and functional but there are no boards. Printed for W. Feales, at Rowe's Head, against St. Clement's Church, in the Strand, et al Paperback books
1709247632London: H. Hills 1709. Later edition. First edition was 1672. 1 vols. 12mo. Bound in full brown mottled calf gilt spine. Fine. Later edition. First edition was 1672. 1 vols. 12mo. ESTC T168627 H. Hills unknown books
1719LV2044Lugduni Batavorum Leiden Netherlands:: Apud Samuelem Luchtmans 1719. 1719. 8vo. xl 748 118 pp. Engraved half title plate by F. Bleyswyk Bleyswyck red and black title with printer’s device woodcut decorative initials and tailpieces index; occasional light foxing. Original gilt and blind-stamped full calf five raised bands with gilt-stamped maroon spine piece; worn joints cracked but reinforced with painted Kozo paper. Ownership blind emboss stamps on first and last few leaves including title. Binding worn internally very good. This Compendium of Roman History by Velleius is an early edition of Dutch classical scholar Pieter Burman the elder. His history written in a rhetorical style covered the period from the end of the Trojan War to the death of Livia in 29 A.D. and most useful for the period from the death of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C. to the death of Augustus in 14 A.D. Bryan Michael. Bryan’s Dictionary of Painters and Engravers Volume 1. G. Bell 1903. p. 145. "Velleius Paterculus’ short work is the earliest surviving attempt on the part of a post-Augustan historian to survey the history of the res publica from its origins to his own times. In a period from which no other contemporary historical narrative survives in more than meagre fragments Velleius’ work is uniquely important. It is a critical counter to the later accounts of Tacitus Suetonius and Cassius Dio not simply because it offers a different view of Tiberius but because Velleius saw continuity where later authors saw only radical change which destroyed the Republic and put monarchy in its place. For other reasons too Velleius occupies a unique position in Roman historiography." – See: Eleanor Cowan ed. Velleius Paterculus: Making History Classical Press of Wales 2011. Apud Samuelem Luchtmans, 1719. hardcover books
179611247Philadelphia: Pr. by Francis Childs 1796. 8vo 22 cm. 4 pp. <br><br>Secrtary of the Treasury Oliver Wolcott jr. writes " . it is representated by the memorialists that the trade of the city of Philadelphia is exposed to great and increasing danger in consequence of the insufficiency of the public piers in the river Delaware ." p. 4. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Evans 31454. Removed from a nonce volume. Pr. by Francis Childs? unknown books
179712227Philadelphia: Pr. by Zachariah Poulson jun. & W. Young 1797. 8vo. 47 pp. <br><br>Second title page on p. 5: "Report of the Secretary of the Treasury accompanied with estimates of the sums necessary to be appropriated for the service of the year 1798; also a statement of receipts and expenditures at the Treasury of the United States for one year preceding the first of October 1797; accompanying a letter from the secretary of the Treasury. 11th December 1797 referred to the Committee of Ways and Means. Published by order of the House of Representatives. Philadelphia: Printed by Zachariah Poulson Jun. & W. Young. 1797. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Evans 33075. Removed from a nonce volume; two holes in inner margin not touching text. Very good condition. Pr. by Zachariah Poulson, jun., & W. Young unknown books
179812771Philadelphia: Pr. by William Ross 1798. Small 8vo. 8 pp. <br><br>The memorialists represent that the distance of the port of Philadelphia from the sea and the casualties to which vessels are exposed in the winter season have rendered it necessary to erect and maintain piers in different parts of the river Delaware ." Various new piers are proposed and the sum of $59500 is sought. Ascribed to the press of William Ross by Evans. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Evans 34866. Removed from a nonce volume. Browning in margin of final leaf. Pr. by William Ross? unknown books
179813181Philadelphia: Pr. by Joseph Gales 1798. 8vo. 8 pp. <br><br>Report of Oliver Wolcott relating to the public debt preventing counterfeiting of documents and petitioners speculators who bought up Revolutionary War debts. "Printed by order of the House of Representatives" stated on the title-page. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Evans 34853. Removed from a nonce volume. Title-page with small ink numeral in top margin. Very good. Pr. by Joseph Gales unknown books
179712762Philadelphia: Printed by William Ross 1797. Small 8vo. 20 pp. <br><br>Evans ascribed this publication to the press of William Ross. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Evans 33077. Removed from a nonce volume; browning. Good copy. Printed by William Ross? unknown books
