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181044417NY 1810. Very good folded few edge tears one obscuring a small portion of text light soiling & ink bleed contents legible. 2 pp. 7.5 x 13 inches. Unsigned and unpublished manuscript draft of a series of resolves supporting the Madison administration's policy towards Britain and ending with support for the nomination of Daniel Tompkins for Governor of New York and John Broome for Lt. Governor for the election of 1810. "The alarming condition to which our country is reduced by the repeated aggressions of the belligerent powers of Europe makes it the indispensable duty of every true American to lay aside party animosity and to stand forth in defiance of the violated rights of his country. and to tell them that we are determined to support our liberty and independence at the hazard of our lives against my power whatever. therefore Resolved: That we deem it high time for every citizen who has the good of his country at heart to rally around the standard of his government to support our administration in every lawful attempt to resist foreign aggressions and should they deem it necessary to have recourse to arms we will cheerfully sacrifice our lives in defiance of our liberty Resolved: That we approve the conduct of the President in dismissing Frances James Jackson otherwise Copenhagen Jackson for insulting our government in charging it with a falsehood Resolved: That we highly approve of the just rebuke of Thomas Sammons in defense of Jackson's conduct Resolved: That we concur in the nomination of Daniel Tompkins for Governor and John Broome for Lt. Governor as fit persons for those offices & whose capacity has been tried to our satisfaction & that we will support them to the utmost of our power. A wonderful document elucidating the issues and emotions driving the country apart and leading to the War of 1812. unknown books
1831D13063Albany: Croswell and Van Bethuysen 1831. Hardcover. Very Good. Contemporary red morocco gilt-stamped lettering on spine "Rules and Orders / 1831" and upper board "John Van Buren / Ulster"; 24mo 125x84mm; pp. 212 1 calendar plus 3 floor plans of the Senate and Assembly 3 folding maps see below. Binding a little scuffed here and there; spine a touch darkened; upper board flaring it would seem that the plates were added by the owner. Some foxing; closed tears along the creases of folding plates. A scarce volume OCLC locates just 6 copies not overly specific in their cataloging -- the most detail we can find is a copy which includes "2 folded leaves of plates illustrations map." This copy includes much more and additionally bears some handwritten notes on the plates -- presumably all by John Van Buren who also adds his ownership signature and a decoration to the front paste-down. Plates include: folding map of the City of Troy labelled by hand with notes locating landmarks; folding floor plan of the assembly dated by hand 1834; small hand-colored folding map of the city of Albany; folding floor plan of the assembly printed date 1831 presumably original to this volume; small folding floor plan of the Senate chamber printed date 1831 presumably original to this volume; large hand-colored folding "Map of the State of New York and the Surrounding Country" by David H. Burr printed date of 1829. <br/><br/>John Van Buren 1810-1866 was an American lawyer and politician. He served as Attorney General of New York and Democratic Party Leader. He was the subject of much innuendo even after his death -- rumored to have lost $5000 his father's home Lindenwald and his mistress the very popular Elena "America" Vespucci descendent of Amerigo Vespucci to George Parish of Ogdensburg New York in a card game at the LeRay Hotel in Evans Mills New York. This story has not been verified but it plagued Van Buren's reputation. He has also been credited with the semi-humorous saying "Vote early and vote often". Croswell and Van Bethuysen hardcover books
1896155740New York: The Albertype Co. 1896. Oblong octavo pp. 1-4 18 plates publisher's cloth stamped in gold and blind string tied. Second edition An album of photographic views. Apparently there is an 1893 edition which differs from this one. Both editions are uncommon. A fine copy. #155740 The Albertype Co. unknown books
1896JC126001896. Ephemera. Very Good. Single leaf tan paper printed and illustrated an image of DeLeon's act in black ink on the recto only 355x165mm; with cloth backing. Some flattened creases from folding; a little light wrinkling; faint inkstamp. Displays nicely. <br/><br/>DeLeon was known for walking on a bare cable charged with electricity 50 feet in mid-air a continuous current "passing through his body. beautifully illuminated by the deadly fluid." He "makes an Arc Lamp of himself by holding a carbon in each hand and thus forming a lamp of 2000 Candle power." Step right up. unknown books
1850517Bainbridge N.Y.: Chenango Free Democrat Office 1850. Very good. Broadside 15.75 x 12 inches. Matted. Light even tanning. An attractive illustrated broadside dated August 10 1850 advertising a short trip up the Susquehanna River from Bainbridge to Corbin's Mills scheduled for August 14. "Ladies and gentlemen are invited to attend - fare 25 cents each way." This broadside was printed at the office of the Chenango Free Democrat a free soil paper that would last from 1849 to 1850. The wonderful large wood engraving signed "Clarkson" shows the steamboat smoke billowing from her stacks the American flag fluttering in the breeze behind and passengers on the upper and lower decks. The Susquehanna flows through the center of Bainbridge but we could not locate a place named Corbin's Mills in the area at that time though the Corbins were a prominent family in the area and a lumber mill by the same name appeared about two decades later. Scarce with no listings in OCLC for this or similar items. Chenango Free Democrat Office unknown books
185343806Monticello NY 1853. Very good lightly browned edges and folds. 2 pp. bifolium 1 sheet. 8 x 10 inches. The first letter written prior to the convention is dated Monticello August 30 1853 from John C. Holly who had been elected Sheriff the prior year is addressed to "Friend James K. Gardner" 1805-1860 one of the most prominent citizens of Barryville which he help found; in 1852 he was elected to the New York State Legislature and held numerous other offices. Holly complains about the jockeying before the convention: "The time has arrived when the friends of the several candidates throughout the county were up and doing and the love of contention appears to be this fall who shall go to the Senate and it appears to be determination of the General and his aids to have the doctor on the course and if he cannot do it in one way why in some other. The game appears to be this that the doctor is to get as many delegates throughout the county as he can and the General as many as he can and when they come to the convention all go in for the doctor. Now Lord George W. Lord prominent Monticello lawyer is a candidate for nomination and have understood that you was and I think the best way is to write your forces. Lord is not in any way anxious for the nomination and would rather throw his votes in with you . than in the hands of the General." The second letter was written after the convention by Archibald C. Niven 1803-1882 a Surrogate of Sullivan County New York from 1828 to 1840 Adjutant General of the New York State Militia in 1844 Democrat to the 29th United States Congress 1845-1847 and District Attorney of Sullivan County 1847-1850 most likely also to Gardner though there is no salutation and it is marked dpl. on September 10th 1853; "it would seem that Lord had determined to be Senator & among other things asserted that he had a letter from you & that you were in his favor. This of course was unpalatable to those who are unfavorable to Lord for he was defeated at our town Caucus by a decided majority. Well the county convention . and as I am told only 10 towns were represented making 30 delegates and as Col. Tremain & others were determined to go for me they counted and found I had 17. Woodbridge has said or at least a letter was received here from Albany stating that he had there said that he could or would control your vote & had done so during the session. All this excited prejudices and free-soilers with Curtis Major James C. Curtis at the head set to work & by trickery." unknown books
185836063n.p.: n.p. 1858. First edition. Disbound. One leaf separated dampstain to one corner soiling several small tears on edges still a good copy. 8 pp. one folded sheet. 8vo. Includes three sections: 1 Address of the Republican State Committee to the Electors of the State of New-York signed by the Republican State Central Committee; 2 The State Tax Its History and Necessity. All Parties Responsible for It; and 3 The Appeal of the Republicans of the Free West! to the Republicans of the Empire State a campaign document arguing for New York to keep its rightful place as a strong Free State and to ignore the fact that the Republicans had raised taxes to pay for the continued construction of the New York canal system a fact that the Democrats were using against them. Points out that the issue is a diversion from the real issue of the day slavery and its spread. An apparently unrecorded work with no copies located in OCLC nor NUC. n.p. unknown books
18851775New York: L.W. Ahrens Co 1885. Very good plus. Chromolithograph 21.5 x 28 inches. Matted. Minor wear soiling and a couple of modern pencil annotations at lower corners. A fine image of a proposed railroad bridge across the Hudson River just north of Peekskill New York. Plans to build a bridge over the Hudson River at the site between Fort Clinton and Anthony's Nose had been made as early as 1868. A contract was signed the following year and construction was expected to commence rapidly on the Hudson Highland Suspension Bridge. The purpose of the bridge was to provide a railroad toward Derby Connecticut enabling the supply of coal and iron for industry in the Lower Naugatuck Valley. By 1887 reports suggested the bridge would be finished in two years but by 1896 it was still unfinished when the Hudson Suspension Bridge and New England Railway Company reincorporated as the Hudson Highland Bridge and Railway Company. As a result of the long depressions including stock market crashes of 1873 and 1893 the bridge remained unfinished and the charter for construction expired in 1916. In March 1922 the state authorized the creation of the Bear Mountain Hudson River Bridge Company to complete the project. The bridge was opened on November 27 1924 and was the longest suspension bridge span in the world at the time but looked markedly different from the proposed bridge in this lithograph which bears a passing resemblance to the Brooklyn Bridge. L.W. Ahrens Co unknown books
1860550New York 1860. Very good. Broadside 15.75 x 9.75 inches. Old folds some minor loss and chipping. Rare broadside prospectus for the New Universal Index Advertiser a business newspaper in New York. The Universal Index Advertiser promoted itself as a paper that focused on the interests of business above all else without "those great names which have so violently agitated the American world." The prospectus touts a novel new order of arrangement in which organization would follow the plan of "dictionaries indexes concordances." and would classify its contents like such and organize its listing of commodities alphabetically by the commodity and then the name of the seller rather than the other way around as had been done. Intended to be published daily the paper would cost $12 a year; the bottom of the sheet is left blank for subscriber information. Despite its grand claims to revolutionize the format of the newspaper we can find no evidence that the Advertiser ever went to press. We do find a single copy of the broadside at the New-York Historical Society. unknown books
185132809New York: McSpedon & Baker Printers 1851. First edition. Cloth. Spine ends chipped edgewear to corner foxing on endpapers offsetting on title from frontispiece otherwise text very clean binding tight a good or better copy. 117 pp. Illus. with engraved frontispiece and two other engravings. 8vo. Contemporary gift inscription to Benson Lossing the author. Last page misnumbered 107. McSpedon & Baker, Printers hardcover books
185010335New York: McSpedon & Baker 1850. 8vo. 797850 pp. <br><br>Document no. 53. Includes the "Proceedings &c. respecting Major John Andre Adjutant General of the British Army" on pp. 807850. Scarce item: OCLC lists only 3 holdings. Sewn; disbound. Light stains in bottom margins throughout. Several pages with rubber-stamps of the New Jersey Historical Society. McSpedon & Baker unknown books
18421240New York: Wm. G. Boggs printer 1842. 8vo. 46 pp. 1 blank f. <br><br>Mayor Morris refused to swear in Heath and Roome as assessors claiming election irregularity. The state supreme court held: "The loss of the votes in one of the four districts into which the Sixth ward was divided did not defeat the election in that ward. If the votes of the First district are to be considered as wholly out of the question in consequence of the riotous proceedings which drove the Inspectors from the room where they were canvassing the result of the election must then be determined from the votes of the three remaining districts." Does this sound like foreshadowing of the 2000 presidential election Good. Stitched in self-wrappers. Title-page soiled with very shallow chipping. Corners bumped. Pages browned in the margins. Last leaf creased. Wm. G. Boggs, printer unknown books
1856515371856. New York. Rice Victor M. Superintendent. Code of Public Instruction of the State of New-York. Prepared and Published by Order of the Legislature Under the Direction of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Albany: Weed Parsons and Company 1856. iv 492 pp. Octavo 5-3/4" x 8-1/2". Contemporary sheep black-stamped fillets and lettering piece to spine. A few tiny stains some rubbing to extremities crude repair to lower corner of front board front joint just starting at head. Light browning and foxing in a few places. Early owner inscription to front pastedown interior otherwise clean. A sound copy. $75. This code contains "laws and regulations respecting common schools" including those for Indians indigent persons and pupils who are "deaf and dumb." It also includes a digest of decisions by superintendents. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 4846. unknown books
1894106422<p>Pamphlet 8vo 6 pp. Some old creases a couple of edge chips and folds Some browning aging and a little soiling; otherwise about very good. Published before the first subway opened this pamphlet discusses the need for rapid transit in New York City. A rather scarce title on this subject. </p> Press of the Chamber of Commerce, books
1807106419<p>Pamphlet 8vo disbound all pages detached 6 of 7 pages. Chips and tears along edges and margins some repaired with archival tape paper a little brittle and aged page seven is missing; otherwise good. Rather scarce New York City census that actually includes a small table on the decrease in slavery in NYC. Not an easy title to find. Tables show population growth in the city comparing the 1806 and 1807 censuses. Page seven is missing which included a table that shows population growth from 1697 to 1807. </p> Henry C. Southwick, books
18601559936th Cong. 1st Sess. SED. 1860. No. 5. 1860. 50pp. stitched as issued. Very Good. unknown books
1860WRCAM31231New York 1860. Broadside 8 x 10 inches. Docketed on verso. Faint fold lines. Very good. A printed letter to New York Republicans including a roll of nominated delegates to the State Convention. The letter also advocates the re-nomination of Gov. Edwin D. Morgan. unknown books
186521050Albany: Weed Parsons and Company Printers 1865. 28 4 blank pp lacks large folding frontis plate. Original printed wrappers stitched light wear. Good. OCLC 10873643 4 54307229 2. Weed, Parsons and Company, Printers unknown books
1826WRCAM48519New York: Mahlon Day 1826. 23pp. 12mo. Dbd. Light foxing and soiling. Several leaves loosening. Good. A splendid little book for juveniles featuring brief prose vignettes illustrated with charming woodcuts including a steamboat a carriage and several images of children mainly with bad things happening to them such as "A Little Girl on Fire!" "The Fall" "Hard-Hearted Boy" etc. SHOEMAKER 25829. Mahlon Day unknown books
186519942New-York: John W. Amerman Printer 1865. 68pp stitched. Original printed front wrapper tape repairs at spine institutional rubberstamp. Good. A movement to reform health care services in New York City and Brooklyn in order to avert the upcoming cholera threat. OCLC 54173322 3. Not in Eberstadt or Decker. John W. Amerman, Printer unknown books
181711103New York: Published by Order of the Committee 1817. Contemporary plain grey-blue wrappers stitched 11pp. Untrimmed light wear Very Good to Near Fine. <br/><br/> A scarce Tammany Hall excoriation of De Witt Clinton would-be Governor of New York. "We considered him as retired from the political stage; convicted of too many errors in his course to have ventured directly or indirectly so soon before the tribunal of the public." <br/> Tammany reminds the voters of Clinton's record: Federalist "candidate for the office of President of the United States; in open opposition to the will of the Republican party throughout the wide extent of our country which called loudly and imperiously for the virtuous and noble Madison!" Who were Clinton's allies in that election "The enemies of the war from Maine to Georgia"-- the "angry and turbulent spirits which New England had generated. those solemn Hartford Conventionists; those Abhorrers of American Prowess." The right man for the job is."MAJOR GENERAL PETER B. PORTER." <br/>FIRST EDITION. AI 40643 2. Not in Sabin. We located only facsimiles on OCLC as of August 2019. Published by Order of the Committee unknown books
18345864Albany 1834. 12pp folded lightly soiled and worn. Very Good. <br/><br/> New York Jacksonians express their "undiminished confidence in the wisdom purity of purpose and elevated patriotism of ANDREW JACKSON;" defend his Bank policies; and blast Webster Clay and Calhoun that unholy "political Triumvirate" for censuring Jackson for removing the deposits from the Bank of the United States. Signed in type by the Republican Senators and Representatives. Lieutenant Governor John Tracy is listed as Chairman of the Meeting. <br/>FIRST EDITION. Sabin 96417. AI 22841 5. Not in Wise & Cronin. unknown books
187320567New York: Evening Post Steam Presses. 1873. 27 1 blank pp. Disbound. Clean. Very Good. "Metaline is a name that has been given to a series of substances made by new processes intended for application to all kinds of machinery where friction is encountered-obviating the necessity of oi. or other lubricant." Page 1. Includes brief history of metaline several testimonials from users of metaline products and two articles about metaline which appeared in "The Engineer" and "The Mechanics' Magazine". Not in OCLC. Evening Post Steam Presses. unknown books
1824WRCAM30692Albany 1824. 32pp. Gathered signatures stitched as issued. Tanned and foxed contemporary ownership signature on titlepage. Good untrimmed. One of a series of laws enacted in New York State beginning in the 1780s designed to expedite the recovery of debts through legal measures. This one was known as the "Fifty Dollar Act." Includes the text of required forms. Not in Shoemaker. OCLC locates only one copy in the New York State Library. Rare. OCLC 26234135. unknown books
186122180New York 1861. 19cm. 3 1 blank pp disbound loose. Caption title as issued. Very Good. OCLC 41394127 1-Buffalo & Erie Cnty. Pub. Libr. unknown books
