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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
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
180019664Philadelphia: Samuel Harrison Smith 1800. 223 1 vii pp. Original plain wrappers untrimmed. Front wrapper title page and first few leaves tattered some minor text loss of the marginal note of page 4. Some dampstaining. Good. <br/><br/> With the contemporary signature of 'Capt. John Hopkins' a Revolutionary War officer and captain of a company of Rangers according to some notes laid in. The Laws of this Session the last to be printed in the 18th century established the bankruptcy act authorized removal of the national government to Washington created the Indiana Territory and authorized a territorial government in the Mississippi Territory. <br/>FIRST EDITION. Evans 38700. Not in Jenkins. Samuel Harrison Smith 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
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
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
179432216Philadelphia: Childs and Swaine 1794. 2 2 blanks pp. Disbound else Very Good.<br/><br/> "The committee consisted of Rufus King James Gunn and Oliver Ellsworth" NAIP. Reviewing American payments on the French debt the Committee concludes that all obligations to France for the year 1794 have been satisfied and that no further payments for the year should be made. NAIP records holdings of this rare little item only at the Library of Congress and AAS.<br/>Evans 27897. NAIP w000926 2. Childs and Swaine? unknown books
180024695Philadelphia: no publisher/printer 1800. 8vo 22 cm; 8.75'. 2 ff. <br><br>The petitioners are owners of land in the Mississippi Territory. Their claim to title they say is derived from Spanish land grants. They want Congress to pass an act confirming their title; however but the Committee finds the request conflicts with the act of Congress establishing Georgia's boundary the government for the Mississippi Territory and settling title to conflicting land claims. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Evans 38894; ESTC W25688. Removed from a nonce volume and with old stitching holes in the inner margins. Signature and other notes in ink on title. no publisher/printer unknown 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
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
179915267Philadelphia: Ross 1799. 8pp disbound loose. Very Good. <br/><br/> The list of laws about to expire concerns regulation of trade with the Indian tribes; laws governing fisheries commerce aliens arms refugees from Canada. <br/>FIRST EDITION. Evans 36518. Ross 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
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
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
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
1800WRCAM35082Washington: Published by order of the House of Representatives 1800. 16pp. plus folding table. Dbd. Table neatly split along part of crease else very good. Tables indicate the number of seamen in respective ports as returned to the Secretary of State customs officials and lists the affidavits regarding impressed ships and the names of impressed seamen. Includes the reports of agents employed under the Act for the Relief and Protection of American Seamen. An important set of documents reflecting the perilous state of the seas at the turn of the 19th century. EVANS 38756. Published by order of the House of Representatives 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
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
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
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
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
