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179038217New York: John Fenno 1790. Folio. 224pp. Contemporary half sheep and marbled paper covered boards red morocco lettering piece<br/> <br/>Lovely example in original condition of the journal of the second session of the first Congress.<br/> <br/>Many important issues were settled in the discussions recorded herein and many significant moments in the nation's history are treated in depth. Included are George Washington's first State of the Union Message discussions of state surrender of western lands notices of ratification of the Bill of Rights and discussions of questions of the seat of government and Hamilton's fiscal proposals. The present example is the first issue of the Senate journal of the second session of the first Congress with the pagination of the two final leaves uncorrected and without an errata. A highly significant journal describing some of the founding legislation of the United States in lovely original condition.<br/> <br/>Evans 22982; NAIP w020579. John Fenno unknown books
176415085Glocester: R. Raikes for T. Jefferys 1764. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Quarto pp. 8 280 8 with 7 engraved maps and plates 4 folding. Contemporary calf boards with new complementary calf spine in six compartments. Some edgewear to boards; minor foxing to endpapers; text and plates exceptionally clean and bright. Bookplate of Sir Joseph Copley on front pastedown. An abridged translation of the Russian edition of 1755 which offered "The first reliable descriptions of Kamchatka based on the observations of the author and his companions during the Russian expedition to the far north 1734-43 a part of Bering's Great Northern Expedition" Arctic Bib. 9264 9265. It describes the customs morals religion and languages of the inhabitants of the Kamchatkan peninsula. In addition the the author had access to the notes made by pioneering German botanist George Steller during his travels to North America with Bering's expedition and the second part of the narrative includes much on the natural history of the region. Steller's observations "are an important part of this work and constitute one of the earliest accounts of Alaska and the Aleutian islands" Hill 948. R. Raikes for T. Jefferys hardcover books
1793008946Philadelphia New York and London : Various 1793. Five works in all each bound without original wrappers in order of binding: The Speech of Albert Gallatin delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States on the first of March 1798 upon the Foreign Intercourse Bill 2nd Edition with an Appendix Philadelphia Printed by Richard Folwell 1798 48 p. Sabin 26996. shallow chip and prior owner name in ink top edge of title page evenly browned WITH The Political Censor for Nov. 1796 Remarks on Citizen Adet's notes to the Secretary of State no place Philadelphia no authorPeter Porcupine no publisher William Cobbett 1796 5 - 78 p. Evans 30226. pages 73-78 with top and bottom fore corner chips not affecting text a few widely scattered spots of browning. WITH A New Year's Gift to the Democrats; or Observations on a Pamphlet entitled "A Vindication of Mr. Randolph's Resignation" Second Edition Philadelphia Published by Thomas Bradford Printer by Peter Porcupine William Cobbett 71 p. shallow chip fore edge of title page early writing top edge of title page evenly browned. WITH Persecution The Case of Charles Pigott; contained in the Defence He Had Prepared and Which Would Have Been Delivered by Him on His Trial if the Grand Jury had not thrown out the bill preferred against him London Printed for D. I. Eaton 1793 by Charles Pigott vi 52 p. lacking the half-title slight toning else clean and lovely. WITH A Dissertation Concerning Political Equality and the Corporation of New-YorkNew York Printed by D. Denniston by James Cheetham 1800 50 p.Shaw & Shoemaker 37171. evenly toned. Overal Very Good bound in contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards spine label titled "Pamphlets" in gilt on darker brown calf the binding rubbed and worn at the corners yet solid. Gallatin's Speech last seen at auction 1961 not found in current commerce. The Case of Charles Pigott not found in current commerce one in dealer's catalogue in 2020 no auction record at RBH. Cheetham's Dissertation on Political Equality last seen at auction 1946 none in current commerce. . Quarter Calf. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Various Hardcover books
179256096Philadelphia: Printed by Childs and Swaine 1792. First edition the issue without the statement of deposition on page four. Folio. 4 pp. Evans 24896. Marcus and Perry "The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States" 177. Removed from a bound volume of pamphlets. Toned some browning to outer edges a few small damp spots "No. 15" written in an early hand at the base of the first page but a very good copy. "Perhaps the most pressing judicial issue facing the Second Congress was the need for some more detailed regulation of federal process and procedure. The Process Act of 1789 which had been intended as a stopgap measure left most of those questions to be settled by reference to the practice of the various states. This temporary solution resulted in inequities. Some of these inequities such as the inadequacy of state fees for service of process had been addressed by the Compensation and Circuit Court Act of 1791. But because the 1791 act had not established uniform federal fees for judicial personnel such as clerks their compensation still varied widely from state to state. Faced with the expiration of the 1791 act in May 1792 the Senate appointed a committee to draft a bill providing compensation for judicial officers jurors and witnesses on November 1 1791. The committee consisted of John Henry of Maryland Caleb Strong of Massachusetts and James Monroe of Virginia. Despite the committee's limited mandate on January 26 1792 Henry reported a bill that also touched on judicial process. Its first two sections essentially reenacted the process Act of 1789 with two changes. Section 1 directed that court seals were to be provided at the expense of the United States a point not specified in the 1789 act and Section 2 omitted the direction that fees in the federal courts were to be determined by the fees allowed in the highest courts of the respective states. The remaining section specified among other things some of the fees that were to prevail in the federal system" Marcus and Perry. 2652. <br/><br/> Printed by Childs and Swaine unknown books
179736485Philadelphia 1797. Folio Broadsheet 7-3/8" x 12." Old horizontal folds three chips at blank edges some foxing in the upper blank margin. Good.<br/><br/> This apparently unrecorded imprint of the Fourth Congress prints three Acts two of them approved March 3 1797 the day before the inauguration of President John Adams and one approved March 2 1797. <br/> The first Act suspends duties on snuff and sugar. The second establishes procedures for remitting or mitigating forfeitures and fines levied pursuant to acts regulating vessels in the fisheries or coasting trade. The third Act concerns the registration and licensing of ships engaged in the coasting and fisheries trade. Each Act is signed in type by George Washington among his final acts as President Jonathan Dayton Speaker of the House and William Bingham President of the Senate pro tempore. <br/>Not in Evans Bristol Shipton & Mooney Stark & Cole ESTC or the online sites of AAS and OCLC as of December 2019. unknown books
17808583Hamburg: C.E. Bohn 1780. First German edition and first edition in a foreign language 8vo pp. xxiv 456; engraved folding map; nice copy of a scarce edition in 20th century 3/4 red morocco gilt by Stikeman. A seminal book in the history of the exploration of the American west and a cornerstone in Minnesota history. Peace between Great Britain and France at the close of the French and Indian Wars in 1763 brought eastern Minnesota under the British flag for the first time thus opening the vast territory to British fur traders. "Carver spent the winter of 1766-67 a short distance up the Minnesota River with the Sioux. He was then serving as mapmaker and advance man on an expedition led by Captain James Tute and inspired by Maj. Robert Rogers commandant at Fort Mackinac intended to cross the continent in quest of the Northwest Passage. The plan had to be given up but Carver later wrote and published an account of his travels which became a "best seller" of its day and gave to thousands on both sides of the Atlantic their first information about the Minnesota country" Fridley A Sketch of Minnesota p. 3. Sabin 11187. <br/><br/> C.E. Bohn unknown books
179434555Philadelphia 1794. Broadside 8" x 13-1/2". ". Old horizontal folds several fold splits without affecting text bottom quarter toned. Margin reinforcements on blank verso. Good.<br/><br/> This scarce document is signed in type at the end by "Geo. Taylor jun. Ch. Clk. in the Department of State." The Rule prohibits a vessel within "the jurisdictional line of the United States on the ocean" from sailing for 24 hours against a belligerent vessel which has left American waters. Failure to abide by the Rule is deemed a violation of "the law of nations."<br/>Evans 27928. ESTC W23289 AAS NYPL Lib. Congress. unknown books
179435253Philadelphia: Childs and Swaine 1794. 438 29 1 blank pp. Stitched untrimmed top edge uncut as issued. Remnant of original plain front wrapper rear wrapper present. Very Good or better.<br/><br/> This document includes several Messages of President Washington including his December 1793 Address opening the Session his first Message to Congress since his re-election. He warns "The United States ought not to indulge a persuasion that contrary to the order of human events they will for ever keep at a distance those painful appeals to arms with which the history of every other nation abounds. There is a rank due to the United States among nations which will be withheld if not absolutely lost by the reputation of weakness." <br/> Washington urges fairness in commerce with the Indians: "It ought to be conducted without fraud without extortion with constant and plentiful supplies." Also printed is Washington's Message of December 5 expressing annoyance at Citizen Genet whose utterances have tended "to involve us in war abroad and discord and anarchy at home." Subsequent presidential messages include additional material on the Genet Affair and difficulties with the Creeks and Cherokees "owing to the murder of several friendly Indians by some lawless white men." Also included is material on the Embargo; passage of the Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution barring federal court jurisdiction of suits against a State by citizens of another State; a bit of discussion of the Bon Homme Richard; and a host of other matters. The Session closed in May 1794. <br/>FIRST EDITION. Evans 27910. Childs and Swaine unknown books
17993745Philadelphia: Pr. for the House of Representatives 1799. 8vo 20.1 cm 7.9". 123 1 blank pp. <br><br>with Message from the President of the United States accompanying a report of the Secretary of State containing observations on some of the documents communicated by the President on the eighteenth instant. 21st January 1799. Philadelphia: John Ward Fenno 1799. 8vo. 2 45 3 2 blank pp.<br>Â Â Â Â President John Adams introduces both items; the first work consists primarily of the correspondence of Elbridge Gerry American envoy at Paris with Talleyrand prior to the former's recall from France. Evans assigns this to William Ross's press. The second piece is a report by the Secretary of State on developments following the transactions cited in the first. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â 18th: ESTC W026145; Evans 36551. 21st: ESTC W026008; Evans 36546. Recently attractively bound in quarter blue goat over blue cloth leather edges rolled in gilt; spine with gilt-stamped title place and date raised bands accented with gilt-stamped abstract floral design and straight and wavy rules. Title-page hinged on with long-fiber tissue outer margin repaired with same. Varying degrees of foxing with some leaves untouched some slightly spotted and some notably darkened. Pr. for the House of Representatives hardcover books
179734640Philadelphia: Ross 1797. 561 26 Constitution and Amendments thereto iv Table of Contents Index of 24 leaves. Bound in attractive modern calf and marbled boards with gilt-lettered morocco spine label. Occasional light toning and mild foxing Very Good.<br/><br/> This is a complete offering of Ross's printing of the Acts of all three Sessions of the Fifth Congress including the Alien & Sedition Acts and establishment of the Marine Corps plus a treaty with the Cherokees. <br/>Evans 32951 34688 36479. Sabin 15501-15503. Ross unknown books
180012055Philadelphia: no publisher/printer 1800. Small 8vo. 41 3 blank pp. <br><br>Concerns service in Georgia during the period 1790-94 in the wars with the Creek and Cherokee Indians. Gives an excellent review of the events and personalities. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Evans 38774; Eberstadt Cat. 114 item 326. Removed from a nonce volume. Very good condition. no publisher/printer unknown books
179517611Philadelphia: Francis Childs 1795. Caption title as issued. 6" x 9 3/4". 2 pp. Minor edge wear bound in modern wrappers. Good or better. <br/><br/> The Act establishes duties on imported printing-types sugars Malaga wine burgundy and champaign teas and other items. Approved January 29 1795 it is signed in type by President Washington Vice President and Senate President Adams and House Speaker Muhlenberg. <br/> Two states exist: Evans's copy notes the deposition statement; this one like the Bristol copy and as noted by Stark and Cole NYPL is without the statement. Very scarce each having only a few institutional locations. <br/>Evans 29699. Bristol B9375 2. Stark & Cole 1164. NAIP w014576 5. Francis Childs unknown books
1793003158Dublin: P. Byrne Grafton-Street 1793. First Edition full calf red label with gilt titles to spine. Calf rubbed front and rear boards moderate foxing throughout page block. prior owners names front endpages and title page front hinge just starting to separate. Contents are unmarked. One of the prior owners whose name is handwritten 3 times is "Alfred Balch Nashville". Balch was a close personal friend and neighboring plantation owner to President Andrew Jackson. He was a practicing lawyer in Nashville and eventually became head of the Nashville Bar Association. During Andrew Jackson's presidency Balch was appointed to the role of Commissioner of Indian Treaties. During this time he would be active in trying to resolve issues the Creek and Seminole tribes had with the United States government and may have helped resolve the Second Seminole War. Later in 1840 during the presidency of Martin Van Buren Jackson would pressure his former vice president to appoint Balch to the role of United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida where he would serve as a Florida District Judge for only one year. In 1835 letters appear between Alfred Balch and Andrew Jackson suggesting a level of comfort that only friends would have with one another. In one letter Jackson seems to write angrily about a secret conspiracy to undermine his chosen successor Martin Van Buren. What evidence there is seems to suggest a very close relationship between Andrew Jackson and Alfred Balch.Balchepedia; the Encyclopedia of Balch History. A great association to Presidential and Tennessee history ! . First Edition. Full Calf. Very Good Minus/No Jacket As Issued. P. Byrne, Grafton-Street Hardcover books
1792008987Boston: I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews 1792. In contemporary marbled calf red morocco label with gilt lettering back viii 9-396 pp. Contains 28 sermons. Volume II only of the 2 volume set. Very Good a few pages with marginal marks and notations in pencil moderate toning throughout boards rubbed first front end page almost separated. The period ownership signature at title page of David Goodwin. Possibly David Goodwin c.1744-1825 who served as a militia officer during the Revolutionary War later represented Charlestown in the Massachusetts legislature and he was a founding member of the Massachusetts Bible Society. Printed by Isaiah Thomas 1749-1831 the famous Yankee patriot printer newspaper editor historian and founder of the American Antiquary Society. . Early American Imprint. Marbled Calf. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews hardcover books
178821538Paris: Chez Frouelle 1788. First Edition. Complete set of four parts bound in three volumes. 8vo pp. 383; 259; 292; 366. In a soiled and partly damaged contemporary full leather binding and with old staining from damp and mildew nothing active no bad odors to varying degrees in all three volumes. Fair to good overall. No beauty but complete and fully legible. "Italian by birth Mazzei emigrated to the United States to introduce the culture of grapes olives and other Mediterranean fruits. He established an experimental farm at Colle next door to Monticello and soon became acquainted with Jefferson Patrick Henry and other leaders of the American Revolution. During the war he travelled to Tuscany as official representative of the state of Virginia. In 1875 he returned permanently to Europe where he published his history of the United States based partly on material furnished him by Jefferson" Howell Catalogue 1972. Sabin 47206 Howes M-456. Chez Frouelle unknown books
179720588Philadelphia: Printed by Ormrod & Conrad for J. Ormrod 1797. Hardcover. Good. Titile continues: Delivered before the Society in the First Presbyterian Church in High-street Philadelphia on the 17th Dec. 1796. 8vo 46 pp in a later binding of 3/4 polished calf and marbled boards. Rubbing to corners and joints evidence of bookplate removed from front pastedown embossed library stamp on title page and pg. 46 otherwise very good. David Rittenhouse 1732-1796 was an astronomer inventor clockmaker mathematician surveyor a first director of the U.S. Mint. Rush reviews much of his career and accomplishments in this eulogy. Rittenouse was president of the American Philosophical Society at the time of his death and was succeeded by Thomas Jefferson. Printed by Ormrod & Conrad for J. Ormrod hardcover books
1800WRCAM31197Philadelphia 1800. 42pp. Dbd. Internally clean. Very good. A short précis of our national defense resources including a census of non- commissioned officers. In the wake of Washington's farewell plea for neutrality and the Quasi-War with France the issue of a standing army was of prime importance to the federal government. The Secretary of War James McHenry included in his report a list of proposed improvements. Quite scarce. OCLC locates only four copies. ESTC W21905. EVANS 38876. OCLC 17128067 10291600. unknown books
179411761Philadelphia: Fenno 1794. 32pp caption title as issued disbound. Light scattered foxing Very Good. <br/><br/> Thomas Pinckney President Washington's minister to England protests England's restrictions on American commerce particularly its order to block passage of American ships carrying grain and other products to France and to seize the ships and cargo. For says Pinckney "when two nations are at war those who chuse to live in peace retain their natural right to pursue their agriculture manufactures and other ordinary vocations; to carry the produce of their industry for exchange to all nations belligerent or neutral as usual." England in response insists on the legality of its position. <br/>Evans 27892. NAIP w005308 9. Fenno unknown books
179836591Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph Gales 1798. 8pp disbound with scattered light foxing. Untrimmed top edge uncut. Good. <br/><br/> Secretary Wolcott reports on the public debt much of it consisting of Revolutionary War obligations. An Act passed March 1795 barred the payment of certain United States debts. Treasury Secretary Wolcott in response to the importuning of holders of this now worthless revolutionary paper ruminates on whether without encouraging fraudulent or counterfeit claims the Act might be suspended in certain worthy cases. <br/>Evans 34853. I Jenkins Early American Imprints 515. ESTC W13467 8 copies at 6 locations. Printed by Joseph Gales unknown books
1796WRCAM31240Philadelphia 1796. 7pp. Dbd. First and last leaf detached. Quite clean. Very good. A collection of pronouncements including those by George Washington and French minister plenipotentiary P.A. Adet on the occasion of the official presentation of the French tri-color to the United States Congress. Rare. OCLC locates only four copies. EVANS 31365. ESTC W26439. OCLC 20812152. unknown books
179634092Philadelphia: Printed by F. Childs 1796. 14pp folding table is pages 5-6 as issued disbound mild wear. Very Good. At head of title: "Received the 18th December 1795."<br/><br/> Vice President John Adams who signs in type on page 4 presents the Report "on behalf of the Board." The Treasury Department records are presented in detail.<br/>Evans 31462. Printed by F. Childs unknown books
179712267Philadelphia: Pr. by William Ross 1797. 8vo. 12 pp. <br><br>Includes a "Report. 26th January 1796. ." on pp. 911 and a report of the War Department on pp. 1112. The question at hand is unresolved Revolutionary War debts. Imprint from Evans. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Evans 33006. Removed from a nonce volume; two holes in inner margin not touching text; tiny dog-ears. Overall very good. Pr. by William Ross unknown books
179912029Philadelphia: John Ward Fenno 1799. 8vo. 6 2 pp. <br><br>An uncut and unopened copy of a letter from Lord Grenville describing the British reaction to a French decree that sailors on British or neutral vessels were to be considered pirates. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Evans 36554; ESTC W25014. Sewn. As issued. John Ward Fenno unknown books
1799231766Philadelphia: Printed by John Ward Fenno 1799. First edition. 222 vi xiv pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half calf marbled boards black leather spine label. Joints tender else Near Fine. Contemporary owner's signature on ffep. First edition. 222 vi xiv pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The Journal prints President Adams's Address to Congress of December 8 1798 discussing at length the "alarming and destructive pestilence" which had prevented the assembling of the government at Philadelphia; and recommending that Congress pass public health measures by virtue of its power over interstate commerce to prevent a recurrence. Evans 36521 Printed by John Ward Fenno unknown 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
