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181215514Washington: A. & G. Way printers 1812. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>Continuing ownership problems in West Florida arising out of conflicting grants issued by the Spanish and British governments. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 27326. Removed from a nonce volume leaves separating. Lightly pencilled librarian's notation in top right corner of p. 1. Very shallow tearing at top edge of first leaf. A. & G. Way, printers unknown books
181724311Washington: William A. Davis 1817. 8vo. 2 pp. <br><br>On pre-emption rights. Caption title. At head of title in square brackets: 50. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 42714. Removed from a nonce volume. Inner margin irregular. William A. Davis] unknown books
181027970Washington D. C.: Printed by Roger C. Weightman 1810. First edition. Removed. A very good copy foxed and chipped where binding was removed. 4 pp. 8vo. OCLC shows only two copies: Yale and Naval Hist. Ctr. Shaw & Shoemaker 21833; Shaw & Shoemaker 21862. Printed by Roger C. Weightman unknown books
181416596Washington City: Pr. by Roger C. Weightman 1814. 8vo. 2 ff. versos blank. <br><br>Printed by order of the Senate of the United States." On the ransoming of the ship Montesquieu. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 33471. Removed from a nonce volume; inner edge a little irregular. Title-page with a librarian's lightly pencilled notation p. 3 with check mark in crayon at top margin. Pr. by Roger C. Weightman unknown books
181416597Washington City: Pr. by Roger C. Weightman 1814. 8vo. 7 pp. <br><br>Printed by order of the Senate of the United States." Claim concerning the ship Allegany owned by Bowie and Kurtz of Georgetown. Reported by Mr. Goldsborough. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 33469. Removed from a nonce volume. Title-page with a librarian's lightly pencilled notation. Very good. Pr. by Roger C. Weightman unknown books
186525960Washington DC: Government Printing Office. Fair. 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. no dust jacket as issued heavily worn including exposure of boards at all corners but binding is intact; foxing/discoloration to endpapers and early pages; ex-private library with label of W.H. Edwards Downers Grove Illinois on front pastedown. The official Congressional report on one of the major debacles of the Civil War known historically as the Battle of the Crater. An early engagement in the Union Army's siege of Petersburg Virginia this event involved the detonation of 8000 pounds of gunpowder packed into a mine shaft that had been dug by Union troops underneath a Confederate fortification. The idea was to blow a big hole in the enemy's defensive line through which the troops were to then charge overwhelming the enemy; however things went badly almost from the get-go when the 500-foot fuse fizzled out and some poor schmuck was ordered to crawl into the tunnel and re-light it. The explosion was eventually achieved and a gigantic crater was created and nearly 300 Confederate soldiers instantly killed but almost everything thereafter went wrong and in the end both sides suffered massive casualties about 850 men killed and a couple of thousand wounded and the unsuccessful assault instead of bringing a quick end to the siege as its planners had hoped was merely the precursor to another eight months of brutal trench warfare. General Ulyssses S. Grant called the battle "the saddest affair I have witnessed in this war" and part of the aftermath was the Congressional investigation which resulted in this very report which includes personal testimony and statements from many of those involved as well as numerous supporting documents. The two generals most directly responsible -- Gen. Ambrose Burnside and Gen. George Meade -- both testified at length and others interrogated by the Commitee included Lt. Col. Henry Pleasants the engineer who came up with the exploding-mine scheme in the first place Brig. Gen. Edward Ferrero commander of a division of African-American troops which suffered heavy casualties in the battle and U.S. Grant himself. This copy bears a five-line inscription on the second front endpaper see scanned image accompanying this listing but all I can make anything out of is the third line: "with the compliments of." I doubt that the signature is authorial -- since there was no author per se for this Congressional report -- but it's possible there may be some historical or associational significance to the inscription and/or signature a puzzlement which I will leave to the eventual purchaser to work out. The book's one-time owner W.H. Edwards was a businessman and bank president in Downers Grove Ill. the latter position assumed in 1898 but the inscribee's name does not resemble "Edwards" at all so I assume he was not the book's first owner. . Government Printing Office hardcover books
180615553City of Washington: A. & G. Way printers 1806. 8vo. 8 pp.; 1 fold. f. <br><br><br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 11728. Removed from a nonce volume. Lightly pencilled librarian's notation on title-page. A. & G. Way, printers unknown books
180615552City of Washington: A. & G. Way printers 1806. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>Proposed amendments to the bill. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 11720. Removed from a nonce volume. Lightly pencilled librarian's notation on title-page. Leaves separated. A. & G. Way, printers unknown books
180616792City of Washington: A. & G. Way printers 1806. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>The petitioner claims a tract of land containing three hundred and twenty acres lying on the bayau Pierre . in virtue of a Spanish patent legally and fully executed to Benjamin Faoy dated the 29th day of August 1798 who conveyed to the petitioner by deed . p. 3". <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 11723. Removed from a nonce volume. Title-page with a librarian's lightly pencilled notation and darkened along top edge. Light spotting. A. & G. Way, printers unknown books
180616793City of Washington: A. & G. Way printers 1806. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br><br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 11722. Removed from a nonce volume. Title-page with a librarian's lightly pencilled notation. Leaves separated. A. & G. Way, printers unknown books
181215610Washington: A. & G. Way printers 1812. 8vo. 7 pp. <br><br><br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 27329. Removed from a nonce volume. Lightly pencilled librarian's notation on title-page. Leaves separated. A. & G. Way, printers unknown books
181724308Washington: William A. Davis 1817. 8vo. 10 pp. <br><br>Concerning the petitioners claim for title to land in Arkansas granted to him his father Elisha Winter and his brother William Winter in 1797 by the Spanish governor of Louisiana. Caption title. At head of title in square brackets: 38. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 42711. Removed from a nonce volume. Inner margins irregular. William A. Davis] unknown books
181843074Washington D.C.: n.p. 1818. First edition. Removed. A very good- unopened uncut and untrimmed copy removed from a larger volume. 15 pp. 8vo. 15th Congress 1st session. Claims for compensation for war service as a wagon conductor in Petersburg Va. in 1778 "and such compensation for its long detention as may seem just." Includes three petitions by John Porter and documents in the case. OCLC locates only one print copy at Univ. Vir. Amer. Imprints 46532. n.p. unknown books
181517854Washington City: Pr. by Roger C. Weightman 1815. 8vo. 89 pp. <br><br>Comprised mostly of letters from various leaders civil and military on the topic. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 36384. Removed from a nonce volume. Librarian's pencilled notation on title-page. A little toning light spotting and stains on bottom margins of a couple of leaves. Some pages trimmed shorter at outer margin. Very good. Pr. by Roger C. Weightman unknown books
181312386Washington: A. & G. Ways printers 1813. 8vo. 8 pp. <br><br>Concerning the frequency of distribution of arms to the states but noting that exigencies of the militia are often urgent and on short notice. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 30345. Removed from a nonce volume. A. & G. Ways, printers unknown books
18939590Washington: GPO 1893. xxix 269p. half-leather pressed calf in very good condition over marbled boards with maroon leather labels gilt raised bands and devices quite bright good quality marbled endsheets; minor rubbing and handling wear of covers small exterior paper adhesion text block paper slightly browned. On the garment industry. J. DeWitt Warner was the chair of the Committee. U.S. House of Representatives. 52d Congress 2d session. Report no. 2309. GPO unknown books
181212094Washington City: Pr. by R. C. Weightman 1812. 8vo. 11 pp. <br><br>John Henry Canadian adventurer in British employ met with some success in fomenting New England dissatisfaction towards the war" Howes S262 the British plan being to exploit New England's disaffection during the War of 1812 and cause it to unite with Canada.<br>Â Â Â Â With the testimony of "Count Edward de Crillon" on pp. 511. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 27321; Howes M557 S262. Removed from a nonce volume. Light stains in inner margins. Closed tear at bottom margin of last leaf not touching text. One page corner chipped without touching text. Pr. by R. C. Weightman unknown books
181515539Washington City: Pr. by Roger C. Weightman 1815. 8vo. 2 ff. versos blank. <br><br><br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 36382. Removed from a nonce volume. Leaves separated. Lightly pencilled librarian's notation on title-page. Pr. by Roger C. Weightman unknown books
183035701Washington D.C.: Duff Green 1830. Small 8vo. 88 pp. <br><br>Is composed of essays and letters by Du Ponceau and d'Homerque on American silk with directions to farmers for raising silk worms. Important early work on sericulture in the U.S. Wood-engraved illustration.<br>Â Â Â Â House document United States. Congress. House 21st Congress 1st session no. 126. Removed from a nonce volume. Foxing. Duff Green] unknown books
181724306Washington: William A. Davis 1817. 8vo. 3 pp. <br><br>Caption title. At head of title in square brackets: 46. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 42707. Removed from a nonce volume. William A. Davis] unknown books
180615594City of Washington: A. & G. Way printers 1806. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>Relates to an "Act to Enable the President of the United States to Borrow Money for the Public Service. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 11718. Removed from a nonce volume. Lightly pencilled librarian's notation on title-page. A. & G. Way, printers unknown books
180718868City of Washington: A. & G. Way printers 1807. 8vo. 8 pp. <br><br>December 31 1806. Read and referred to a committee of the whole House on Friday next. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 14067. Removed from a nonce volume. Lightly pencilled librarian's notation on title-page. Leaves separated. A. & G. Way, printers unknown books
180615551City of Washington: A. & G. Way printers 1806. 8vo. 2 ff. versos blank. <br><br><br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 11719. Removed from a nonce volume. Lightly pencilled librarian's notation on title-page. Leaves separated. A. & G. Way, printers unknown books
180318080Washington 1803. 8vo. 12 pp.; 2 fold. ff. <br><br>Read and ordered to be referred to a committee of the whole House on Monday next. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 5449. Removed from a nonce volume. A librarian's lightly pencilled notation on p. 1. Very good. unknown books
181416601Washington: A. & G. Way printers 1814. 8vo. 8 pp. <br><br>Concerning the petitioners' prayer for relief for the forfeiture of a schooner and cargo of coffee and the penalty incurred for its unlawful importation. The letter from the Tresury Dept. pp. 58 signed in type: "A. J. Dallas." Government document: House document United States. Congress. House; 13th Congress 3rd session no. 22. At head of title: 22. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 33450. Removed from a nonce volume. Title-page with a librarian's notation in crayon and rubber-stamped by the War Dept. Library. A. & G. Way, printers unknown books
