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1808288891Richmond: Printed by Samuel Pleasants Junior 1808. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Volume II only of a collection of acts passed by the General Assembly of Virginia covering 1802 to 1808 published by Samuel Pleasants. Collates complete; vi 167 322 pp. with lengthy appendices and index at the rear. Toning to the text. Creasing to a few leaves near the rear. Contemporary owner's name in ink on the front endpaper booksellers plate on the front pastedown lacking the rear endpaper. Spots of loss to the spine and rear joint. Full calf with red leather label. Very Good binding. Printed by Samuel Pleasants, Junior unknown books
1819643Harrisburg 1819. 8vo. 26 pp. <br><br>Sergeant is alleged to have solicited $2000 a year from applicants for the post of clerk the money to be paid to a relative; and in other ways here enumerated to have misused his office to the detriment of the government all while serving as Secretary of the Commonwealth.<br>Â Â Â Â The American Antiquarian Society catalog record for this work gives the pagination as "26 2 p." and says "Text stops in midsentence on p. 27." Shaw & Shoemaker give the pagination as "26 p. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 49050. Folded and stitched as issued. Lacks the wrappers. Uncut unopened. Staining to last leaf. unknown books
1891286218Richmond VA: Everett Waddey Company 1891. Half Leather. Very Good binding. The Acts of Assembly Concerning the James River Company the James River and Kanawha Company and the Richmond and Alleghany Railroad and Richmond and Alleghany Railway Companies. Acts passed by the General Assembly of Virginia concerning some railway and river companies of the Richmond area. Very scattered marginalia in ink. Previous owner's name stamped on the front pastedown and stamped on the front board in gilt. Fully rebacked by a conservator using black Japanese tissue. Section of the original spine laid in. Half black leather over dark cloth covered boards. Overall in Very Good condition. Very Good binding. Everett Waddey Company unknown books
18201362Harrisburg PA: Pr. by J. Wyeth 1820. 8vo. 2 ff. 275 1 blank 19 1 blank 26 50 19 1 blank pp. <br><br>Findlay was accused of accepting payments and loans from his appointees. The General Assembly cleared him of all charges and he went on to serve as senator from Pennsylvania and director of the U.S. Mint. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shoemaker 2690. Good. Removed from a nonce volume. First four leaves detached and brittle with shallow chipping in the margins. Pages lightly browned with scattered staining and occasional foxing. Rubber-stamps from a now-defunct library including one on title-page. A manuscript index of two leaves has been pasted in before p. 1. Pr. by J. Wyeth unknown books
183227635Providence: William Marshall State Printer 1832. First edition. Removed. Scattered foxing light dampstain to one corner some pages offset last few leaves darkened still about very good. 72149 pp. 8vo. Political Anti-Masonry which first began in New York gained a strong foothold in Rhode Island beginning in 1829. By 1831 the Anti-Masons convinced the state legislature to investigate Freemasonry: "Whereas the crimes and enormities within a few years committed in a neighboring State by certain Freemasons avowedly in the cause of masonry have excited universal indignation and abhorrence and have awakened jealousies and suspicions very unfavorable to all masonic institutions. Therefore in the hope of allaying the great and increasing excitement thus occasioned and that the innocent may be distinguished from the guilty if in this state there are any who can justly be charged with advocating the criminal doctrines imputed to freemasonry. are hereby appointed a committee fully to investigate and inquire into its causes." This is the 72 page report of that committee with 149 pages of appendices. Sabin 70652. Amer. Imprints 14514. Cohen 9356. William Marshall, State Printer unknown books
185857010Charleston: Harper & Calvo Printers 1858. Paperback. Good. 40p. Partial wrapper lacking back cover. 23cm. Soft crease. Old paper and glue remnants along left side of front cover some lettering slightly obscured. Blank bottom corner of one leaf torn off. Minor scattered foxing. Contents sound and clean. First published in 1857. The author of this report and minority of one was James Johnston Pettigrew 1828-1863. The question being considered was apparently whether South Carolina should revive the slave trade. Pettigrew argued against its revival although he was not against slavery. Pettigrew later served with distinction in the Confederate army rising to the rank of Brigadier General. He was killed in 1863 during the Confederate retreat from Gettysburg. <br/><br/> Harper & Calvo, Printers paperback books
183643732Providence: Printed by William Simons Jr. 1836. Stitched self wrappers. A very good uncut unopened and untrimmed copy signed on front and rear wrappers edges worn light dampstain on lower fore-margin contents lightly soiled. 112 pp. 8vo. Signed in ink by Henry Bowen as "Sec'ry" on the rear under "True copy-witness." Henry Bowen 1785-1867 son of Jabez Bowen Jr was R.I. Secretary of State from 1819 to 1849. William Simons Jr. was appointed state printer during the May 1836 session of the General Assembly. Noted on the front cover: "Town Clerk Glocester." Rare. Not in American Imprints or Sabin. OCLC locates only one copy of this document at the American Antiquarian Society but without any notation of a signature OCLC: 83805212. [Printed by William Simons, Jr.] unknown books
1900List518Most Cuba or Jacksonville 1900. Silver gelatin or albumen photographs various sizes ranging from 3 x 3 to 6 x 8 most captioned to verso. With handwritten manuscript four leaves discussing various diseases. The Spanish-American War was the first war in which nurses formed their own dedicated units as well as the first war in which they were accepted within military hospitals. While no nurses died in battle 153 died during the war from disease. Nurses were responsible for both treating soldiers as well as maintaining sanitary conditions within the camps. Conditions were often poor leading some to work until they were too sick to continue. <br /><br /> The current collection of photographs documents the experiences of a Mrs. Waters who was originally from Groton Massachusetts. The collection begins with a couple early photographs including a portrait as a young woman and a cyanotype of one of Waters' leprosy patients at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. The next section shows Waters' training in Jacksonville Florida with either the Fourth or Seventh Army Corps at what was called Camp Cuba Libre both Corps trained there in 1898. The photographs of Jacksonville show life around the military camp and environs with some notable photographs of African-American inhabitants of the region. Three photographs quite notably show the Congregation of American Sisters a small group of American Indian nuns led by Reverend Francis Craft. The photographs taken in Cuba are notable for their portrayal of local life. Several photographs of military installations are taken around the "trocha" or line established by General Valeriana Weyler from Mariel to Majana. Another notable photograph is a cabinet card of a large group of nurses taken by the Havana photographer R. Testar. <br /><br /> The group overall shows very early photographic records of military nurses in training as well as a scarce photographic record from a woman in a combat situation. The photographs are generally well preserved in very good to excellent condition with some light fading. Accompanying the photographs is a four page manuscript essay presumably by Waters discussing leprosy as well as the booklet Spanish Phrase Book for American Soldiers and Sailors published by the National Relief Commission of Philadelphia. <br /><br /> Offered in partnership with Daniel / Oliver Gallery. books
