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17760087821776. Near Fine -. 1 handwritten document of 4 pages 39 x 25 cm. folded. On 12 Dec. 1776 William Rowan of Fawn Township York Co. Pa. yeoman mortgaged 245 acres in Fawn Township to Beulah Paschall of the city of Philadelphia spinster for 300 pounds of Pennsylvania due by 12 Dec. 1783 with interest paid yearly. Signed by William Rowan; witnesses Peter Miller and Abraham Shoemaker; Philadelphia Supreme Court Justice Thomas Willing; and York County Recorder Samuel Johnston. Embossed paper stamp of Pennsylvania. The mortgagee was Beulah Paschall 1732-1793 a Philadelphia Quaker and owner of Cedar Grove. Thomas Willing 1731-1821 was a highly successful merchant and real estate developer as well as a Philadelphia Supreme Court Justice from 1767 to 1776. He served as the first president of both the Bank of North America and the Bank of the United States and supported the American Revolution. York County Recorder Samuel Johnston on the other hand had come to York County from England as an official representative of the Penn family. He held a variety of county offices at various times in addition to that of recorder of deeds: clerk of courts prothonotary and register of wills. When he refused to take the oaths of allegiance to Pennsylvania during the Revolution he had to relinquish all public offices. However he did not opposed the Revolution. Two of his sons-in-law served as colonels in the American militia and two of his sons were privates. By 1786 Johnston lived in Maryland and was admitted as an attorny in Baltimore County. In Near Fine- Condition: just starting to separate along folds; minor soiling; otherwise bright and solid. unknown
177712597London/Edinburgh: W. Strahan T. Cadell/J. Balfour 1777. Hardcover. Fair. 8 1/2 x 11 in. Full brown calf with raised bands on spine. Condition is FAIR - front cover missing. Rear cover detached but present. Spine worn with cracking. Binding remains strong. Fold-out plate present no map if there ever was one. Text is clean with endpapers half title and title pgs some minor foxing to text. Contemporary owner's name in fine copperplate on title pg. Gift message at upper right presenting the book to Horace Binney Hare a judge in the Philadelphia court system circa 1860's. London/Edinburgh: W. Strahan, T. Cadell/J. Balfour hardcover
1786W2804London: J. Dodsley 1786. 6 1-256 1-246 6 pages. Bound in early full calf. The 4th edition of the anthology which contains the poem "Recollection" written by the American slave poet Phillis Wheatley. The book is in very good condition: clean and tight with foxed endpapers but only occasional light foxing on interior pages; one very small abrasion of the leather on the front cover; title patch is not present. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. J. Dodsley Hardcover
1775W2861London: J. Dodsley 1775. Bound in early full calf. The 2nd edition of the anthology which contains the poem "Recollection" written by the American slave poet Phillis Wheatley. The book is in very good condition: clean and tight with lightly foxed endpapers but only occasional light foxing on interior pages. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. J. Dodsley Hardcover
1800P2-6C-1Paris, imprimerie de Munier, chez Lepetit jeune, 8 [1800]. 3 vol. in-8° (210x130mm) ; Illustré de 10 planches (sur 12) h.-t. (qqs pp. lég. brunies, rares taches ou mouill. marg., large mouill. au début du vol. II), carte dépliante du Canada. ÉDITION ORIGINALE DE LA TRADUCTION de ce récit de voyage aux États-Unis et au Canada que l'explorateur irlandais Weld (1774-1856) entreprit afin d'y étudier les conditions de vie car il était persuadé que les Irlandais auraient à y émigrer massivement. Il porte un jugement sévère envers l'Amérique, lui préférant le Canada. L'édition originale en anglais parut à Londres en 1799. Illustré de 9 planches (mont Vernon et maison de Washington, rivière de Patowmac - i.e. rivière Hudson -, chutes du Niagara et de la rivière Mohawk, cap Diamant...) et d'1 carte dépliante figurant l'Amérique du Nord. First French edition of the travel through USA and Canada which Weld also made as research into countries for the Irish to emigrate to. Illustrated with 1 folding map and with 9 (of 11) plates. (REF: P2-6B)
1788013271London: J. Dodsley 1788 London: J. Dodsley 1788. Early printing of the United States Constitution with the Circular Letters transmitted to the Governors of the States Plan of the New Constitution signed in the plate by George Washington and the Constitution itself through Article VII followed by the resolution to lay the Constitution before Congress and a request by the Memorial Society for the Abolition of Slavery in Pennsylvania to Congress to abolish the slave trade as part of the constitution. Cloth binding leather spine labels minor pen marks inside front endpapers bow to boards. Very good. J. Dodsley hardcover
1800013835Boston: John Russell and John West 1800 Boston: John Russell and John West 1800. First Edition. Washington's Political Legacies. To which is annexed an appendix containing an account of his illness death and the national tributes of respect paid to his memory with a biographical outline of his character. 12mo. Newly bound in full morocco raised ridges to spine gilt titles. 208 xiv pp. Engraved title with funeral urn. Wonderful collection of primary source materials: Letter to Mrs. Washington signed by the editors Boston March 1800. Advertisement. Gen. Washington's appointment to the command of the American army in 1775. His order on the cessation of hostilities. His circular letter to the Governors of the several states in 1783. The address of Congress on the acknowledgment of his eminent services. His answer. His farewel address to the army. His address to Congress on resigning his military commission. Their answer. His inaugural speech to Congress in 1789. His valedictory address to his fellow citizens. His letter to President Adams on accepting the command of the American army in 1798. Gen. Marshall's address to the speaker of the house of representatives on the report of the death of Gen. Washington. The president's message to Congress enclosing Col. Lear's letter announcing the death of Gen. Washington. Gen. Marshall's second address to Congress. Resolutions of Congress respecting the manner of paying suitable honours to the memory of Gen. Washington. Address of condolence from the house of representatives to the president. His answer. Address of condolence from the senate to the president. His answer. Resolutions of Congress for perpetuating the memory of Gen. Washington. Gen. Lee's Eulogy pronounced before the national legislature. The presidents' proclamation. Particular account of the last illness of Gen. Washington. His funeral. The president's message to Congress communicating Mrs. Washington's letter. Biographical outline of Gen. Washington. Anonymous address to the American army in 1783. Gen. Washington's address to the army in answer to this artful and insidious address. IN-TEXT ILLUSTRATION OF CASKET SURROUNDED BY CAVALARY/INFANTRY GUARD MUSIC CLERGY PALLBEARERS COL. SIMMS COL. GILPIN COL. RAMSAY COL. MARSTELLER COL. PAYNE COL. LITTLE MOURNERS MASONIC BRETHREN CITIZENS. Subscribers names xiv pp. arranged alphabetically and by community. Scarce. John Russell and John West hardcover
1792PC63London: Charles Cooke 1792. Image: 3 1/2" X 2 5/8" on a sheet trimmed to 5 1/8" X 3 1/2"; mounted on a sheet 6 3/4" X 4 1/4". An original copperplate line engraving with some stippling of George III as king of Great Britain. Bust length with tied wig plain tie coat with Garter star and sash over left shoulder. Drawn by Richard Corbould from a Painting in the Possession of James Agar. Engraved by Charles Turner Warren and Published February 41792 by Charles Cooke London as the frontispiece to volume I of The Senator: or Clarendon's Parliamentary Chronicle. The print is in very good condition: clean and bright with some faint foxing in the blank margins and one tiny and faint spot in the image. Original. Single Sheet. Very Good. Illus. by Charles Turner Warren. 3 1/2" X 2 5/8". Fine Art Print. Charles Cooke
1748GT719London: M. Coooper 1748. 1st Edition . Hardback. Vg. 12mo. 316pp pp 253-316 contains The Journal of George Jams i His Pilgrimage amongst the Inland Natives of the Countires Adjoyning to South Carolina Field No 1618 Indian Bibliography. Original full calf with the original red morocco label. Original owners name George Basson to the inside front endpapercrossed out. Title-page dated MDCCXLVII .The spine calf has a lengthways crack affecting the original label. All original state. A RARE ITEM. No copy appears to have been at auction since 1955. Sabin 100991 27x10cms <br/> <br/> M. Coooper hardcover
1793003158Dublin: P. Byrne Grafton-Street 1793. Book. Very Good Minus. Full Calf. First Edition. 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 !. P. Byrne, Grafton-Street Hardcover
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
1767020957<p>Paris: Durand 1767. Paris: Durand 1767. Volume I of 3 volumes. First edition in French. 16mo. Leather spine over decorative boards. 7 compartments highly decorative design in gilt. All edges marble. Antique marble endpapers 360 pp. In French. Oldest history of California. Heavy rubbing to bottom rear corner of boards. Previous owner bookplate. Hinges sound. Very good. First Edition in French. Hard Cover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.</p> Durand hardcover
1767020956<p>Paris: Durand 1767. Paris: Durand 1767. Volume II of 3 volumes. First edition in French. 16mo. Leather spine over decorative boards. 7 compartments highly decorative design in gilt. All edges marble. Antique marble endpapers 375 pp. In French. Oldest history of California. Heavy rubbing to bottom front corner of boards. Previous owner bookplate. Hinges sound. Very good. First Edition in French. Hard Cover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.</p> Durand hardcover
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
180043315Boston: Young and Minns 1800. first edition. sewn into paper wrappers. Very good. 9 x 14 in. 26 pp. Hand-laid paper sewn into blue paper wraps. Condition is VERY GOOD ; 8 pgs have some fairly heavy foxing. Otherwise text is clean and bright. Paper wrappers very good with minor wear. Am. Hist. RGR. Young and Minns unknown
1800D130311London: Bunney and Gold 1800. Well worn with the front board missing and the rear detached. Foxed throughout with the edges of the text block soiled. One plate is missing "A Grand Emlematic Design relating to the Battle of the Nile by a Foreigner of Rank." The name Henley first name illegible is written at the top of the Preface page. 516 pages plus appendix and index. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Full-Leather. Poor/No Jacket. Bunney and Gold Hardcover
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
180015355Philadelphia 1800. 8vo. 2 ff.; fold. table. <br><br><br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Evans 38768. Removed from a nonce volume; two stitch holes in inner margin not touching text. Edges lightly browned; light spotting. Bottom edge with small chips. unknown 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
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
180013304Philadelphia: no publisher/printer 1800. 8vo. 6 2 blank pp. <br><br>Lists the newspapers which published the laws passed during the 3rd session of the 5th Congress and their fees. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Evans 38757. Uncut and partially unopened and rare thus. no publisher/printer unknown books
