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178018834genève pellet 1780 -in-4 une carte ancienne gravée sur cuivre (Copper etching) en noir par André, gravée par Arrivet. Format : 31 x 20,5 cm, pour illustrer l'uvre de l'Abbé Guillaume-Thomas Raynal intitulée "l'Histoire philosophique et Politique des Etablissemens et du Commerce des Européens dans les Deux Indes", pli central horizontal normal venant d'un atlas( horizontal centerfold), 1780 Genève Pellet Editeur,
177127425Paris Lattré 1771 1 carte ancienne colorée d'époque en vert , rouge et jaune, cartouche non coloré, gravée par Arrivet. Format total : 50 centimètres de haut par 39 centimètres de large, 1771 Paris Lattré Editeur,
177127426Paris Lattré 1771 1 carte ancienne colorée d'époque en vert , rouge et jaune, cartouche non coloré, gravée par Arrivet. Format total : 50 centimètres de haut par 39 centimètres de large, 1771 Paris Lattré Editeur,
177934736London: Printed by R. Haswell 1779. First Edition. Newspaper. Fair. Newspaper. 18" x 12". Folded. 4 pages. Removed from a larger gathering with edge wear to the spine. Pages separated. Light toning to the single issue. Fair condition. <br /> <br /> Contents include an article titled "Philip Stephen Esq. Extract of a Letter from Captain Henry Senior Officer of his Majesty's ships in Georgia to Sir George Collier Savannah May 23 1779". The article details the British army movements against Charleston. "Charleston has offered to capitulate if they might remain neuter neutral which was refused: Our army is in possession of several flats and canoes on Ashley River." Other articles include population numbers of American States; a reprinted article "From Rivington's Royal Gazette printed at New York" also covering American Revolution news; several advertisements; a poem titled "Stanzas in the Grand Fleet on their last sailing from Portsmouth; and more. Printed by R. Haswell unknown
178836781Boston: Benjamin Russell 1788. First Edition. Newspaper. Good. Newspaper. Single issue removed from larger gathering. Paper measures proximately 15" x 9.5". 4 pages. Stitched holes on the left margin. Scattered brown spots. Light toning to the paper.<br /> <br /> Contents include the latest "American Intelligence". Including the front page news article titled: "Augusta Georgia January 5. We have the pleasure to announce to the publick that on Wednesday last the Convention of this State unanimously ratified the Federal Constitution in the words following viz. <br /> <br /> State of Georgia. In Convention Wednesday January 2 1788. We the Delegates of the people of the State of Georgia in Convention met having taken into serious consideration the Federal Constitution agreed upon and proposed by the Deputies of the United States in General Convention held in the city of Philadelphia on the 17th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven Have assented to ratified and adopted and by these presents do in virtue of the powers and authority to us given by the people of the said State for the purpose for and in behalf of ourselves and our constituents fully and entirely assent to ratify and adopt the said Constitution which is hereunto annexed under the great seal of said State. Done in Convention at Augusta in the said State on the second day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand and seventy eight and of the Independence of the United States the twelfth." <br /> <br /> Other items from the paper includes news from Charleston S. C.; Wilmington Delaware; Philadelphia; New York; Massachusetts; and Europe. Much of the Massachusetts news concerns the newly adopted Constitution. [Benjamin Russell] unknown
1797WRCAM31626Philadelphia: John Fenno 1797. 4pp. Self-wrappers. Old stab holes in left margin. Minor edge wear. Very good. A firm statement by the Senate affirming the United States' legitimate claim to Yazoo lands west of the current state of Georgia despite appeals to the contrary by Spain and Great Britain. The report also appoints three commissioners to oversee land claims in the region requests that the United States perform a census to determine the number of inhabitants there and proposes that if the State of Georgia does not object and if the census figures show that such action is warranted a territorial government be established. The entire issue was born of rampant land speculation and fraud in the Yazoo territory. The attribution to Fenno is made by Evans. Rare. Not on OCLC. ESTC W25358. EVANS 32968. John Fenno unknown books
1798WRCAM13370New York 1798. Title2pp. Dbd. Slight foxing else very good. "Favors compensation to Georgia for cession of Talassee county to Creeks by the Treaty of New York August 7 1790" - De Renne. Evans 34784 lists a very similar printing. DE RENNE I p.286. unknown books
176434339Paris: Jacques Nicolas Bellin 1764. Map. Very good. Approx. 9" x 7" map. Light foxing. Map shows Saint Augustine; Savannah Georgia; Georgia Islands; Port Royal parts of South Carolina; Augusta Georgia; Florida boundry etc. No date provided but published in 1764. Jacques Nicolas Bellin unknown
1795WRCAM839Hartford 1795. 64pp. Gathered signatures stitched as issued. Lightly tanned. Tear in upper margin of final two leaves affecting four words of text else very good. Untrimmed and partially unopened. One of the pamphlets relating to the Yazoo Claims problem. The controversy was a result of the granting of lands by the state of Georgia in the area of present-day Alabama and Mississippi touching on the course of the Yazoo River. This pamphlet was issued by the Georgia Mississippi Company to defend their rights to the lands they were offering for sale in Georgia Alabama and Mississippi. The lands were granted to the Company by the Georgia legislature after extensive bribes changed hands and the case quickly became a major scandal. Georgia rescinded the grant the following year although the case dragged on in court until 1814. According to Everitt Wilkie this was printed in Hartford not Philadelphia as stated in Evans. HOWES G126 "aa." EVANS 28745. STREETER SALE 1158. DE RENNE I p.270. VAIL 1027. COHEN 7867. SABIN 27112. DAH V p.503. REESE FEDERAL HUNDRED 51. unknown books
17936592Washington County Georgia 1793-1794. Acceptable. 2 leaves with pendant wax seal. Georgia Land Office grant 33 cm x 33cm signed by Governor George Mathews countersigned by Edward Watts and docketed by Secretary of State John Milton. Attached surveying document 17cm x ~28cm with manuscript plan of property and surveyor's warrant signed by surveyor George Wetherby and endorsed by T. McCall naing chain carriers H. Holley and J. Coleman <br /><br />1000 acres granted to Richmond Dawson by the governor who would in the succeeding years mastermind the Yazoo Land Fraud selling large tracts of land at bargain basement prices to political insiders. The grant for 1000 acres in Washington County is to Richmond Dawson. unknown
1733319970London: Thomas Baskett 1733. pp. 2 443-455 1 blank. Woodcut seal on the title. Folio. Disbound. Foxing trimmed. pp. 2 443-455 1 blank. Woodcut seal on the title. Folio. This Parliamentary Act authorized a grant of £10000 "for establishing the colony of Georgia in America to be applied toward defraying the charges of carrying over and settling foreign and other Protestants in the said colony" p. 448. The act further authorizes the application of £500000 from the sinking fund to pay off one million South Sea annuities. Not in Sabin Howes Rich Church Streeter or De Renne. Thomas Baskett unknown
1760PHO-12672 ouvrages en un vol. in-12, rel. d'époque, plein cuir marbré ,dorure sur les coupes, dos à 5 nerfs, caissons ornés de fleurons dorés, titre dans une pièce de cuir marron, trois tranches rouges. Rousseurs, mouillures , manque la pièce de titre, coiffe sup. usé et fente intérieure
177835493Paris 1778. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. 1 158 pages. Frontispiece engraving of D' Estaing. Text printed in French. Contemporary green vellum covered boards. Small leather title label on the spine. Light chip head of spine. Boards are bowed. Front joint is cracked and the rear joint is partly cracked. Page 38 numbered 37. <br /> <br /> Author unknown. The writer likely served as an officer in Estaing's squadron and is highly critical of his commander's conduct. Contents describe operations of the French fleet during the American Revolution 1778-1779. Narrative includes various encounters with the British fleet and the attack on Savannah Georgia.<br /> <br /> Howes E-198; De Renne I:224; Streeter II: 803; Clark I 234. hardcover
1718PHO-1706Amsterdam, la Compagnie, 1718. 2 tomes en un volume in-4, relié plein veau (19eme), dos à nerfs orné, pièce de titre rouge, de la bibliothèque du Comte de Glendall avec son ex-libris en page de garde, armes en tête, tranches cailloutées, 15ff.-188pp., 1f.-208pp.-8ff., illustré de 89 planches h.t. et 46 gravures dans le texte, manque 1 plat, coiffes usées, mouillure par intermittence, frottement au dos, fente au mors,
1794WRCAM53655Augusta Ga. 1794. Two printed forms completed in manuscript the first approximately 13 x 13 inches the second approximately 12 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches. Large wood and wax seal of Georgia attached with ribbon. Folded. Light tanning and foxing. Very good. An impressive printed land grant completed in manuscript for 1000 acres of land in Washington County Georgia granted by Gov. George Mathews to Richmond Dawson. The document is signed by Mathews as well as the surveyor George Weatherby who has included a sketch of the land in question. The land is described as "on the waters of Choopee River bounded South West and South East by said Dawson's Land and on all other sides by Vacant Lands." <br> <br> Governor Mathews had an eventful career first as a Revolutionary soldier including a stint as colonel of the Virginia troops in Greene's Carolina campaign then as governor of Georgia and finally as a special agent leading "irregular" activities in attempts to wrest Florida from Spain in 1810-12. In the end the U.S. government repudiated Mathews' Florida actions and he died in Augusta a bitter old man. "By his demise the authorities at Washington escaped the consequences of his threat that he'd 'be dam'd if he didn't blow them all up' and he carried to the grave much evidence that might explain his debatable conduct" - DAB. A handsome Georgia document and unusual early imprint. unknown books
1738221273London: Printed for James Hutton at the Bible and Sun without Temple-Bar 1738. First edition w/o half-title. viii 23 1 pp. Printed by William Bowyer; his records show 1000 copies printed. 1 vols. 8vo. Removed. Fine. First edition w/o half-title. viii 23 1 pp. Printed by William Bowyer; his records show 1000 copies printed. 1 vols. 8vo. Disagreeing with some of the Moravian Ceremonies. Whitefield was leader and founder of the Calvinistic Methodists having followed Wesleys to Georgia and was made Minister for Savannah. He spent years travelling in Europe and America and speaking soliciting funds and evangelizing. He was a follower of Wesley but separated over predestination. He constructed an orphanage in Savannah which was converted into Bethedsa College. Sabin 103511; ESTC T33528 Printed for James Hutton at the Bible and Sun without Temple-Bar unknown books
171817654Amsterdam, Aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1718. Deux tomes en un volume in-4° de [28]-188; [2]-208-[16] pages, demi-basane blonde, dos lisse orné de filet doré, pièce de titre en papier cartonné, non rogné.
1734377785London: Printed by M. Downing 1734. First edition. 472pp. 8vo. Modern panelled calf. Extensive paper restoration largely at margins of title and terminal leaf. First edition. 472pp. 8vo. The first edition of an account of a journey undertaken in 1734 by a group of exiled Salzburgers from England to Charleston South Carolina and then to Georgia. <br /> <br /> The pamphlet consists of extracts of journals maintained by von Reck the leader of the journey and Bolzius one of the ministers of the settlement. Upon arriving in the new colony of Georgia the exiles were settled by James Oglethorpe at a location on the Savannah River to be known as Ebenezer. The account describes life in 18th-century Georgia providing details regarding geography farming and developing towns such as Savannah. "There are good observations on Indians land and scenery morals and religion" Clark. <br /> <br /> The first printing of two first-hand accounts documenting the settlement of Georgia in the mid-18th century. Scarce. Howes R104 "b"; Sabin 68369; Church 917; De Renne p.52; Clark I:136 Printed by M. Downing unknown