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1957253309Washington: GPO 1957. Pamphlet. Of the 95 parts to this series we have 80 parts nos. 1-10 12-424446-50 52-53 55-64 68-74 76-78 80-89 for about 7.5 vertical inches. Wraps good condition. GPO unknown books
195291143Washington: GPO 1952. Paperback. 312p. wraps slightly worn and creased. GPO paperback books
181712243Washington 1817. 8vo. 1 f. verso blank. <br><br>Motions that a suitable building be erected for the reception of the library of Congress and that the librarian be responsible for the transfer of the books. Government document: Senate document United States. Congress. Senate; 14th Congress 2nd session no. 105. "105" printed at head of title. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 42545. Removed from a nonce volume; inner and outer margins somewhat ragged; inner margin darkened. Rubber-stamp of the War Department Library on first page. unknown books
181625712Washington D.C: Printed by William A. Davis 1816. 8vo. 13 pp. <br><br>At head of title: 26. List of the debts and expenditures of the Library of the United States for 1815. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 39386. Removed from a nonce volume. Darkened with mild foxing. Printed by William A. Davis unknown books
186525960Washington DC: Government Printing Office. Fair. 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. no dust jacket as issued heavily worn including exposure of boards at all corners but binding is intact; foxing/discoloration to endpapers and early pages; ex-private library with label of W.H. Edwards Downers Grove Illinois on front pastedown. The official Congressional report on one of the major debacles of the Civil War known historically as the Battle of the Crater. An early engagement in the Union Army's siege of Petersburg Virginia this event involved the detonation of 8000 pounds of gunpowder packed into a mine shaft that had been dug by Union troops underneath a Confederate fortification. The idea was to blow a big hole in the enemy's defensive line through which the troops were to then charge overwhelming the enemy; however things went badly almost from the get-go when the 500-foot fuse fizzled out and some poor schmuck was ordered to crawl into the tunnel and re-light it. The explosion was eventually achieved and a gigantic crater was created and nearly 300 Confederate soldiers instantly killed but almost everything thereafter went wrong and in the end both sides suffered massive casualties about 850 men killed and a couple of thousand wounded and the unsuccessful assault instead of bringing a quick end to the siege as its planners had hoped was merely the precursor to another eight months of brutal trench warfare. General Ulyssses S. Grant called the battle "the saddest affair I have witnessed in this war" and part of the aftermath was the Congressional investigation which resulted in this very report which includes personal testimony and statements from many of those involved as well as numerous supporting documents. The two generals most directly responsible -- Gen. Ambrose Burnside and Gen. George Meade -- both testified at length and others interrogated by the Commitee included Lt. Col. Henry Pleasants the engineer who came up with the exploding-mine scheme in the first place Brig. Gen. Edward Ferrero commander of a division of African-American troops which suffered heavy casualties in the battle and U.S. Grant himself. This copy bears a five-line inscription on the second front endpaper see scanned image accompanying this listing but all I can make anything out of is the third line: "with the compliments of." I doubt that the signature is authorial -- since there was no author per se for this Congressional report -- but it's possible there may be some historical or associational significance to the inscription and/or signature a puzzlement which I will leave to the eventual purchaser to work out. The book's one-time owner W.H. Edwards was a businessman and bank president in Downers Grove Ill. the latter position assumed in 1898 but the inscribee's name does not resemble "Edwards" at all so I assume he was not the book's first owner. . Government Printing Office hardcover books
18638961New York: The Tribune Association 1863. 8vo. 8 pp. <br><br>Includes a one-page advertisement. Tract no. 3 signed in type: B.F. Wade i.e. Benjamin Franklin Wade. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â NSTC 2USA974 tract no. 1 & 2USA972 tract no. 3; Sabin 69849 tract no. 1 & 33227 tract no. 3. Removed from a nonce volume. Resewn; in later plain and worn wrappers. Light foxing to first page final page browned. One instance of crayon writing in top right corner of p. 1 of tract no. 1 one instance of crayon underlining to title on p. 1 of tract no. 3. Very small fore-edge tears to pages of tract no. 3. The Tribune Association unknown books
187372825Washington 1873. Paperback. Good. xix 523p. Disbound removed from a bound volume. No separate wrapper or title-page present. 23cm. Spine sloped. Browning and edge-wear but still sound. 42d Congress. 3d Session. House of Representatives Report No. 77. <br/><br/> paperback books
18811336103Washington: U.S. G.P.O. 1881. Hardcover. Octavo xii 281 pages; VG-; 3/4 bound in black leather red marbled boards gilt lettering to spine; marbled endpapers; moderate rubbing to hinges edges of boards head and tail of spine; 26 folding plates in rear; "March 3 1881.--Laid on the table and ordered to be printed."; name written on second free endpaper; Shelved in case 8 1/2. 1336103. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. [U.S. G.P.O.] hardcover books
185627844Washington D. C.: n.p. 1856. Removed. A very good copy lightly creased 2 small pinholes throughout a few leaves roughly opened. pp. 68-109. 8vo. The second section of "Kansas affairs . report . of the special committee appointed to investigate the troubles in the territory of Kansas" 34th Congress 1st session. House of Representatives. Report no. 200. LCP. Afro-Americana 10599. n.p. unknown books
183424298Washington D.C.: Gales & Seaton print. 1834. 8vo. 68 pp. <br><br>Letters of preliminary explorations of how best to conduct the census and at end a sample of the proposed breakdown of categories of population statistics to be gathered. At head of title: 23rd Congress 1st session. Rep. No. 334. Ho. of Reps. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â American Imprints 28531. Removed from a nonce volume. Gales & Seaton, print. unknown books
181618661Washington: William A. Davis 1816. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>Government document: House document United States. Congress. House; 14th Congress 1st session no. 16. "16" printed at head of title. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 39615. Removed from a nonce volume; gutter margin a little irregular; foxing. Faint rubber-stamp of the War Department Library on first page. Pages with light browning around impression and on edges. Lightly pencilled librarian's notation on first page. Good condition. William A. Davis unknown books
181611412Washington: William A. Davis 1816. 8vo. 10 pp. <br><br>The legislature and people of the Mississippi Territory petition Congress to settle differences "between residents claiming lands under Spanish grants and non-residents claiming the same lands under British grants ." Includes "A list of British grants filed with the register of the land office at Washington Mississippi Territory and claimed by non-residents" on pp. 810. House document United States. Congress. House; 14th Congress 1st session no. 47. "47" printed at head of title. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 11412. Removed from a nonce volume; gutter margin a little irregular; foxing. Faint rubber-stamp of the War Department Library on first page. Good condition. William A. Davis unknown books
181718398Washington: William A. Davis 1817. 8vo. 40 pp. <br><br>Letters and reports of Samuel Lane Commissioner of Public Buildings Benjamin Henry Latrobe 17641820 Surveyor of the Capitol and James Hoban 17621831 Superintendent of the President's house i.e. White House concerning the rebuilding of those buildings following their partial destruction during the War of 1812. With detailed estimates of building costs. Government document: House document United States. Congress. House; 14th Congress 2nd session no. 89. Printed at head of title: "89. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 42720. Removed from a nonce volume. Lightly pencilled librarian's notation on title-page. Very light foxing. Very good. William A. Davis unknown books
181718433Washington 1817. 8vo. 10 pp. <br><br>Concerns a furnace invented by Daniel Pettibone to warm the apartments of public buildings. Includes certificates documents A B C and D attesting to the efficacy of Pettibone's stove a letter of Benjamin Henry Latrobe to Daniel Pettibone Pettibone's petition to Congress and his estimate of the costs of heating certain rooms in the Capitol. Government document: House document United States. Congress. House; 14th Congress 2nd session no. 90. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 42721. Removed from a nonce volume. Lightly pencilled librarian's notation on title-page. Chip out of fore-margin of pp. 9/10 not affecting text. Very good. unknown books
182612477Washington 1826. 8vo. 9 pp. <br><br>On a resolution "to inquire into the expediency of appropriating a portion of the nett sic annual proceeds of the sales and entries of the public lands exclusively for the support of Common Schools and of apportioning the same among the several States in proportion to the representation of each in the House of Representatives." Government document: 19th Congress 1st Session. Rep. No. 88. Ho. of Reps. Removed from a nonce volume; two small holes in inner margin touching several letters of text on some pages but not affecting sense of text. First page with ink numeral in upper margin. unknown books
181215610Washington: A. & G. Way printers 1812. 8vo. 7 pp. <br><br><br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 27329. Removed from a nonce volume. Lightly pencilled librarian's notation on title-page. Leaves separated. A. & G. Way, printers unknown books
181215515Washington: A. & G. Way printers 1812. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>Continuing ownership problems in West Florida arising out of conflicting grants issued by the Spanish and British governments. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 27327. Removed from a nonce volume. Lightly pencilled librarian's notation in top right corner of p. 1. A. & G. Way, printers unknown books
181215514Washington: A. & G. Way printers 1812. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>Continuing ownership problems in West Florida arising out of conflicting grants issued by the Spanish and British governments. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 27326. Removed from a nonce volume leaves separating. Lightly pencilled librarian's notation in top right corner of p. 1. Very shallow tearing at top edge of first leaf. A. & G. Way, printers unknown books
18163328Washington 1816. Unbound. Very Good. accompanied with a bill to establish a board of commissioners to decide finally on claims to land in Louisiana and the Mississippi Territory. April 15th 1816. 21cm; 3 1 pages. Report establishes the Committee empowered to review claims to land that pre-dated the Louisiana Purchase. unknown books
181115516Washington City: Pr. by R. C. Weightman 1811. 8vo. 12 pp. <br><br>The committee re-submits the separate reports made last session the resulting bill not having been acted on. The petitions resulting in legislation reserving federal land for the use of the Baptist Church which led to President Madison's famous veto February 28 1811 of the bill. Madison opposed it because it appropriated funds "for the use and support of religious societies contrary to the article of the constitution which declares that Congress shall make no law respecting a religious establishment. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 24294. Removed from a nonce volume. Outer and inner edge of several leaves slightly irregular. Lightly pencilled librarian's notation in top right corner of p. 1. Pr. by R. C. Weightman unknown books
181212095Washington City: Pr. by R. C. Weightman 1812. Small 8vo. 6 pp. <br><br>Elisha Winters claims a lot of ground in the city of New Orleans which the Spanish government had previously in 1791 occupied to build a curtain of fortifications. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 27330. Removed from a nonce volume; inner edge a little irregular; leaves separating. Age-toning minor offsetting. Pr. by R. C. Weightman unknown books
181415082Washington City: Pr. by Roger C. Weightman 1814. 8vo. 2 ff. versos blank. <br><br>The petitioners ask Congress for a donation of land for the purpose of erecting a water grist mill for the settlement. Government document: House document United States. Congress. House; 13th Congress 2nd session no. 32. Printed at head of title: 32. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 33473. Removed from a nonce volume. Librarian's pencilled notation on p. 1. Pr. by Roger C. Weightman unknown books
18163315Washington 1816. Unbound. Very Good. 21cm; 10 pages. Number 47 at head of title. Text states the United States postition on government claims to land in the Mississippi valley disputed by the non-resident families of British land grant recipients. A list of British grants their acreage and location is appended to the text. unknown books
18173326Washington 1817. Unbound. Very Good. 21cm; 2 pages. Report confirms a Spanish land grant in Louisiana. In 1795 the governor-general of Louisiana and East Florida the Baron Carondelet had granted a tract of land in Louisiana to the marquis de Maison Rouge. Upon examination the Committee on Public Lands found the claim valid and confirmed it. The present document summarizes the claim and asserts the Committee's approval of it. AI 42723 unknown books
18163317Washington 1816. Unbound. Very Good. 21cm; 3 1 pages. Report confirms a Spanish land grant in Louisiana. In 1797 the governor-general of Louisiana and East Florida the Baron Carondelet had granted to Elisha Winters Gabriel Winters John Price William Russell and Joseph Stillwell various grants of lands in the lower Arkansas region. Upon examination the Committee on Public Lands found that only Gabriel and Elisha Winters had fulfilled the terms of the grant that is had actually made improvements on the land and they confirm the claims of the Winters and reject the claims of the others. unknown books
