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1851100259HBStuttgart:, Müller, 1851. 275 (1) Seiten, 1 lithographische Tafel, 1 lithographische Karte als Faltkarte, 3 gefaltete Tabellen, moderner Ppbd. unter Verwendung des Originalumschlags, 20 x 12 cm. [2 Warenabbildungen]
18714478AGN.Y. Appleton, 1871. Stahlstich Hinshelwood nach Fenn, Darst. 23 x 13,7 (excl. Text); Bll. 31,8 x 23,3 Auf Wunsch Digitalaufnahme in jpg-Format erhältlich- photo in jpg-format available. Je nach Versandart können die Portokosten bis zu 2 ? weniger als angegeben betragen.+
186046891New York: S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. 1860. Folio 12¼" X 15¼" image area 11½" X 14". Hand colored. Very good. Lightly age toned. Bright and attractive map of these three southern states from the 1864 edition of "Mitchell's New General Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World Plans of Cities Etc." Interestingly Florida and its title is positioned horizontally at lower right given its shape while North Carolina and its title appear at the map's top and South Carolina and its title below it. Small inset "Map of Charleston Harbor." Handsomely colored with fine decorative border. S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. unknown
186046973New York: S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. 1860. Folio 12¼" X 15¼" image area 11½" X 14". Hand colored. Very good. Lightly age toned with bit of faint soiling; couple of small discreet stains. A well colored map of this southern trio from the 1864 edition of "Mitchell's New General Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World Plans of Cities Etc." Interestingly Florida and its title is positioned horizontally at lower right given its shape while North Carolina and its title appear at the map's top and South Carolina and its title below it. Small inset "Map of Charleston Harbor." Quite attractive with fine floral border. S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. unknown
18872347741887. 26 leaves with 63 mounted albumen prints most 4-1/2 x 7-7/8 inches all captioned in ink. 1 vols. 4to. Recent red morocco and original red cloth over boards. One photograph with clean split across image no loss. Some fading generally fine and clear. 26 leaves with 63 mounted albumen prints most 4-1/2 x 7-7/8 inches all captioned in ink. 1 vols. 4to. Assembled by a party of men on an extended tour and hunting expedition in the area the album documents numerous locations in southwest Florida in the period immediately following the extension of the Florida Southern Railroad into the Peace River region in 1886. All of the photographs are captioned in ink and all but the first nine which were taken at Interlachen near Gainesville relate to southwest Florida. The album includes scenes of the grounds of Charles Francis Jr. at Interlachen and the residence of Goerge Long; the railway station an office car and a street scene at Trabue; views of the Hotel Punta Gorda under construction; waterfront scenes along the Punta Rassa; views of Fort Myers; a Spanish Fishing village; a "Cracker" family and their orange grove; Judge Ziba King and his house at Fort Ogden; scenes of the Myakka River Bartow and Zolfo Springs and a number of hunting and camping scenes. Nineteenth century photographic albums of Florida are very scarce; the present album shows the rural landscape of southwest Florida at the dawn of the modern age. unknown
18802391081880. Albumen prints on thick printed card curved corners. A trifle dusty one card with adhesive burn else images near fine. Albumen prints on thick printed card curved corners. Views include Palemettos on the St. John's River St. Augustine market and entrance to the city a staged hunting scene with a heron and alligator a canals and a wagon hitched to a cow titled "The Lightning Express; Or the Team of a Florida Cracker". unknown
1859354316St. Augustine: Kernan & Alba 1859. Large folding plate 50 x 5 inches short numbered key on verso of front wrapper. Original printed front wrapper rear wrapper lacking. Wrappers dampstained. Old tape marks on some folds. Folding view torn neatly in half. Moderate soiling and edge wear. Good. Large folding plate 50 x 5 inches short numbered key on verso of front wrapper. A large folding view looking towards St. Augustine from the Matanzas river. Executed by John S. Horton this is one of the variant issues with the key. It is possible the latter half of the key is lacking because only a portion of the buildings numbered are described in the text. "The drawing from which the woodcuts were made dates from the late 1850's; the names of several individuals are found in the St. Johns County census of 1850 and others are given in the 1860 census.The view was sold separately for many years and was apparently inserted haphazardly in various other works" - Servies. According to Servies Kernan & Alba were not printers but local pharmacists offering the item for sale. A nice Florida item. Not on OCLC. SERVIES 4398. EBERSTADT 128:249 Kernan & Alba unknown
1837370450New York 1837. First edition. 16pp. 8vo. Original printed yellow wrappers repairs to small chips and separation at fold. Provenance: Thomas W. Streeter booklabel on inner rear wrapper pencil notes on front wrapper and first page of text. First edition. 16pp. 8vo. Comprising 1.4 million acres of land on the Gulf of Mexico between the Apalachicola and Wakulla Rivers in West Florida the Forbes land grant was ceded by the Seminoles and Lower Creeks to John Forbes & Company in payment for debts. With trade with Native Americans unprofitable during the War of 1812 Forbes sold the claim. The treaty transferring Florida to the United States did not go into effect until 1821 and private title under Spanish land grants with the territory was questionable. Decades of lawsuits ensued going as high as the Supreme Court. After the resolution of claims the title was reorganized as the Apalachiocola Land Company in 1835. The present report by the President of the Board of Directors of the New York-based company describes the geography of the region and outlines the plan for its division into lots for dwellings and businesses. The report summarizes the surveys of the region and describes the land and its resources and flora. Sabin calls for a map in this report although Servies does not note one. However the text references a map on page 7 which was likely not issued with all copies. <br /> <br /> The development of the land was not successful and the company eventually folded. "As an object of speculation the Forbes Purchase not only originated in a chaotic era but was hampered for many years by uncertain title to the land. Its development was also hindered by a lack of good agricultural land as well as by competition from the United States itself which was selling new lands in the American West at the same time the Apalachicola Land Company was getting started" Upchurch.<br /> <br /> This Streeter copy is the only example appearing in auction records and the only one we can trace in the market. Streeter purchased it from Rosenbach in 1936 for $50 and it was acquired at the Streeter sale for $65 by dealer and former Rosenbach employee John Fleming. It was eventually acquired by the collector Jay Kislak. Servies 2010; Streeter sale 1240 this copy; Sabin 5878; American Imprints 43274. See John C. Upchurch "Aspects of the Development and Exploration of the Forbes Purchase" Florida Historical Quarterly Vol. XLVIII No. 2 October 1969 unknown
1822339169Washington D.C.: Gales & Seaton 1822. 17th Congress 1st Session House Report No. 14. 13-35 1 blankpp. 8vo. Disbound. 17th Congress 1st Session House Report No. 14. 13-35 1 blankpp. 8vo. The appendix to a memorial not present presented to the House Committee on the Public Lands requesting that the association formed by Chazotte be allowed to purchase land in the Key Largo area for the purpose of cultivating coffee cocoa and tropical fruits. The Appendix with its own caption title was first published separately in Philadelphia in 1821. Shoemaker 11211 [Gales & Seaton] unknown
188059537London: T. Nelson and Sons 1880. First edition. With 37 engravings. 1 vols. 8vo. Brick cloth beveled boards decorated in black and gilt. Extremites rubeed hinges just starting; overall a bright copy. First edition. With 37 engravings. 1 vols. 8vo. Kingston 1814-1888 was a prolific author of juvenile novels "On the Banks of the Amazon" "In the Wilds of Africa" etc.: ".in his day he was perhaps the most popular of juvenile writers." - Kunitz & Haycraft. Interestingly he also translated Jules Verne. Wolff 3854. Wolff 3854 <br/><br/> T. Nelson and Sons hardcover
1853351784Paris: Jannet 1853. One of 100 copies. 4 xvi 228pp. 12mo. Early calf backed marbled paper boards spine abraded. One of 100 copies. 4 xvi 228pp. 12mo. A reprint of the first edition of 1586 one of the earliest books on Florida and one of the first works to describe the native American tribes of Florida. "This rare little volume is dedicated to Sir Walter Raleigh in whose praise there are also several Latin poems; one of them by Hakluyt. It contains an account of Ribault's Voyage in 1562 Laudonniere's in 1564. Ribault's second voyage in 1565 and Gorgues' in 1567" Rich. According to Sabin 100 copies were printed of this edition. Sabin 39235. Sabin 39235 <br/><br/> Jannet hardcover
1882345842Braidentown Florida: Published by the author 1882. Second edition. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the upper part of the front coverr. Frontispiece and illustrations. 83pp. 12mo. Original printed wrappers staining minor wear. Provenance: Thomas W. Streeter booklabel. Second edition. Presentation copy inscribed by the author on the upper part of the front coverr. Frontispiece and illustrations. 83pp. 12mo. "This is an early piece on the beginnings of settlement on the west coast of Florida below Tampa. The tract says that the railroad from Palatka on the St. John's River should be completed "within two years" and that "a narrow-gauge railroad from Tampa to the Manatee and thence to Sarasota Bay will soon follow" Streeter. The portrait is of "Madam Julia Atzeroth The Lady who raised the first coffee grown in the United States." Clark New South I:231; Streeter 1264 this copy Published by the author unknown
1822339148Washington D.C.: Gales & Seaton 1822. 17th Congress 1st Session House Report No. 47. 35 1 blankpp. 8vo. Disbound. 17th Congress 1st Session House Report No. 47. 35 1 blankpp. 8vo. A request that the association formed by Chazotte be allowed to purchase land in the Key Largo area for the purpose of cultivating coffee cocoa and tropical fruits. Pages 13 through 30 comprise a separate section with its own caption title: Facts and Observations on the Culture of Vines Olives Capers Almonds &c. in the Southern States and of Coffee Cocoa and Cochineal in East Florida. This section first published separately in Philadelphia in 1821. Shoemaker 11210 [Gales & Seaton] unknown
1896310060Ocala Fla 1896. Oblong 12mo. Red velvet over boards. Minor wear. Oblong 12mo. The album contains sketches some dried flowers letters and a number of ribbons including ones from C.C. Gold Camp the Florida State Teacher's Association and ribbons and receipts to the National Republican League convention in Denver in 1894 as well as a ticket to the top of Pike's Peak.<br /> Sketches include one of three Chinese children and 2 black children. Miss Green married Mr. Burnett in 1898. unknown
187367802Stockholm 1873. 8vo. Originalt typografisk omslag. UbeskÃ¥ret. 4 140 s. Sigfrid Flodins förlag Svensk. <br/><br/><em>Lite nevn pÃ¥ foromslaget. Harriet Beecher Stowe 1811-1896 er mest berømt for Ã¥ ha skrevet “Onkel Toms hytteâ€. Wikipedia skriver at hun var inspirert av den svenske litteratur og den danske kultur. </em> unknown
18804993N.p. but likely Live Oak FL 1880. Very good. Albumen photograph 4.5 x 7.75 inches mounted on card. Card trimmed with pinholes at corners remnants of printed caption in bottom margin slight surface soiling and spotting. Penciled annotation on verso. A stunning original photograph featuring Rev. Joseph Leroy Atwell Fish 1828-1890 and his wife and children posed amongst their African-American students at an unnamed "colored school" which was very likely the Florida Baptist Institute. The images captures Fish his wife and probably his daughters in the middle of the frame standing in front of a large two-story schoolhouse surrounded by about eighty young Black men and women in suits and dresses. Revered Fish was a graduate of Amherst College and the Newton Theological Seminary who was ordained a Baptist minister in 1856. Fish was also a teacher who helped found Florida Memorial University Florida Baptist Institute in Live Oak in 1880 where he served as first president of the institution until his death there on March 26 1890. Florida Memorial University is the only HBCU in the southern part of the state. The penciled annotation on the present photograph provides some information on the photograph but is probably ultimately misleading in one regard: "Rev. J.L.A. Fish & wife In Virginia teaching a colored school -- He married my Father & Mother Mr. & Mrs. Milan Hills Lucy M. Williams Dec. 21 1875."<br /> <br /> The latter part of this inscription is indeed true. Reverend Fish married Milan Hills and Lucy Williams on December 21 1875 in Hebron New York where he was serving as a church pastor. But the historical record does not indicate that Reverend Fish ever taught at an African-American school in Virginia if he did it was so brief that it is now lost to history. Fish's first known foray into teaching African American students was a brief six-month stint in Natchez Mississippi in 1879. Immediately thereafter Fish was appointed to the Florida Baptist Institute where he served the last decade of his life. As such it is far more likely that the inscriber here meant to say that Reverend Fish and his wife were "In FLORIDA teaching a colored school."<br /> <br /> Reverend Fish's work at the Florida Institute is covered in the Obituary Record of Graduates of Amherst College for the Academical Year ending June 27 1883: "His chief work was with the Freedmen as he brought Florida Institute out of all its troubles financial and social changed the feeling of the whites from hatred to sympathy with his work and put the school on a permanent foundation. His aim was to educate leaders for the race and the principal effort of his school was to train teachers and preachers to go out through the state and by their example to lift up and educate both intellectually and morally the colored people. His influence was felt throughout the state both through his training of teachers and preachers and through his counsels given at conventions associations and other gatherings of the colored men and in private. He is mourned by both white and black. By the whites because they knew his teachings would help the colored people without causing trouble to them. By the latter because they miss their leader teacher and friend. unknown
187934329DeLand Volusia County Florida: Codrington & Scovel 1879. Newspaper. Good. Two newspaper issues. Both issues are folded and uncut. First issue is dated Wednesday June 18 1879. Pages 33-40. Second issue is dated July 9 1879. Pages 57-64. Occasional light toning to the pages. Small pin holes at some of the folds. Previous owner inscription of "C H Hart Federal Point Fla" written in light pencil top of each issue. <br /> <br /> Contents include a variety of agriculture articles advice on beautifying homes selecting palm trees domestic economy an article titled "Our Orange Groves and Settlements. Part II." individuals listed in homestead patents illustrated advertisements and more. Codrington & Scovel unknown
183932459Washington DC: United States Senate 1839. Wraps. Good. Disbound folio wraps. 3 pages of content 4th page blank. This is an amendment to Senate Bill 61 in the House of Representatives in which "Mr. Lincoln submitted the following; which when the bill from the Senate No. 61 "for the benefit of the Alabama Florida and Georgia Railroad Company " shall be taken up for consideration he will move as an AMENDMENT. Abbreviation of the Amendment states:<br /> <br /> Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the following be granted to the Alabama Florida and Georgia Railroad Company incorporated by the Legislatures of Alabama and Florida respectively the right of way through portions of the public lands as the said railroad in its course of location pursuant to the charter granted to said company shall pass over: Provided That the portion of the public land occupied by said railroad shall not exceed eighty feet in width." The amendment goes on to describe surveying taking of field notes materials for the construction of the railroad time frame and more. <br /> <br /> Light foxing to the paper. A couple of small edge tears to the paper. Good condition. United States Senate unknown
186334799Long Swamp Florida: n.p. 1863. Letter. Good. Manuscript letter written on blue paper. Approx. 10" x 8". 1 page of content. On the back side is written "J L McGahagin Seller Jany 25th 1863". Hand writing is difficult to read at times. Letter has multiple folds. The paper is in good condition with some small splits at the folds. Transcription below:<br /> <br /> Long Swamp Fla Jan 25th 1863<br /> Mr. H. L. Flast<br /> Dear Sir<br /> <br /> I received your letter with draft of $1500 on Maj Teasdale which I will not want to use at percent - 8 I was disappointed in getting the cotton at or near Wacahoota persons in that section have put is up to 45 cts I have about 15 Bales seed Cotton and 12 gined at Home. I will tomorrow to haul down more seed cotton which I think I will enough to make 20 Bales I went to Gainesville and got the draft of 1900 from Dawkins I will have to pay for cotton if I get any more at 'presant' I to pay 'presant' prices - I have not heard from the teacher as yet that you were to and we have an application from Miss Baker for a friends of hers and are waiting to hear from you let us hear soon<br /> <br /> Yours Respectfully signed J L McGahagin<br /> <br /> From find a grave dot com:<br /> <br /> His first wife Sarah Adeline Eubanks McGahagin 1830-1856 is buried on the north side of him. On his other side is his second wife Margaret Jane Leitner McGahagin 1838-1896. His brother William Emmit McGahagin and his brother’s wife Sarah Eliza McCormick McGahagin are buried about fifteen feet south of J.L. McGahagin's tombstone.<br /> Joshua L. McGahagin was a farmer a saw-mill owner and owned real estate. He owned property in Brazil as well as in this country. He owned a sawmill on Lake Weir. He would barge logs across the lake take them by ox cart to the Ocklawaha River where they were barged to Jacksonville. He was a Captain in the Confederate Army.<br /> <br /> "Longswamp was the name applied to a large area which extended from the site of the present Belleview south and southwestward to the Withlacoochee River. A post office under Joshua L. McGahagin was established for this region on August 29 1846. Frequently the office was in the home of the postmaster and mail was carried by rider once each week."<br /> <br /> "In August of 1850 panic followed after finding an Indian camp nearby on the Withlacoochee. As all Indians were supposedly within a reservation in the Everglades wild rumors were circulated. On the McGahagin plantation log barricades were hurriedly erected and settlers from isolated homes rushed here for protection. But the alarm was unjustified. An intensive search disclosed only eleven Indians. These Indians were soon deported back to the Everglades."<br /> <br /> These excerpts were taken from a history of Marion County called "Ocali Country Kingdom of the Sun" by Eloise Robinson Mrs. Roy V. Ott and Louis Hickman Chazal.<br /> <br /> One day several years after the Civil War a man who had served under Joshua Lucas MaGahagin's C.S.A. command entered the home of his eldest son William "Billy" Emmit. He saw his father's framed photograph over the mantel and exclaimed "Why that's the Ole Warhorse!"<br /> <br /> Joshua left for South America in 1868 taking one of his daughters Lula with him. He was back in Marion County in 1870 as he was listed in the Census that year.<br /> <br /> After surviving the Civil War and a trip to Brazil spending hours on horseback Joshua died when he was thrown from a horse. n.p. unknown
18905287Various locations in Cuba and Florida 1890. Very good. Twelve cabinet card photographs each measuring 3.5 x 4.5 inches on matching mounts measuring 5.25 x 6.5 inches all with manuscript captions on verso. Moderate dust-soiling minor overall wear a few small unobtrusive chips to corners. A dozen original photographs picturing a group of men traveling in Florida and Cuba around the turn of the 20th century. The men seem relatively well-to-do and visit several different locations in each place. Four of the photos emanate from Florida while the remainder picture scenes in Cuba. The photographs are all captioned on the verso which read as follows:<br /> <br /> 1 "In the Court of Ponce De Leon Hotel St. Augustine"<br /> 2 "A frozen fountain in St. Augustine Florida - the white is ice"<br /> 3 "Fishing in St. Augustine"<br /> 4 "A Tree in Tampa Florida where one tree runs up on another takes root up in tree then runs down & takes root in the ground again"<br /> 5 "A Street in Nevaelas Cuba"<br /> 6 "A Country Road in Cuba"<br /> 7 "Natives in Havana"<br /> 8 "In Morro Castle Havana Cuba. Prisoners braking sic rocks"<br /> 9 "On top of Morro Castle Havana Cuba"<br /> 10 "Country Scene in Cuba"<br /> 11 "Country Scene in Cuba" different image<br /> 12 "Plaza at south of the Prado Havana unknown
1872361607Tallahassee FL: Charles H. Walton State Printer 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. A considerable portion of this year's session was consumed by the impeachment of the Republican governor Harrison Reed led by members of his own party. He was accused of fraud connected to the issuance of railroad bonds. While the Assembly formerly the House of Representatives prior to the 1868 post-Civil War constitution impeached Reed during this session the Florida Senate did not convict him. This was the second of two impeachments that Reed survived during his contentious four-year term as Florida's first Reconstruction governor.<br/> <br/> This legislative session was "Begun and held in the capitol in the city of Tallahassee on Tuesday January 2 1872" and concluded on February 17 1872.<br/> <br/> 350 journal 76 reports pages. Contents generally very good and clean. Title page self wrapper spotted and stained. Finely bound in three-quarter's leather and marbled paper-covered boards. The spine has raised bands and is stamped in gilt. A truly lovely period-style binding. Charles H. Walton, State Printer hardcover
1854308253Tallahassee FL: Office of the Floridian & Journal Printed by Dyke & Williams 1854. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. A nicely-bound volume collecting the Florida House and Senate proceedings for 1854–55.<br/> <br/> Each journal—the message of Governor James E. Broome to the legislature and a daily report of the activities of the legislative bodies—are followed by the same appendix of "Documents Accompanying the Governor's Message." <br/> <br/> House Journal pagination: 340 Journal 54 Documents pages.<br/> <br/> Senate Journal pagination: 337 Journal 54 Documents pages. With a final blank leaf. Contents generally very good no separate wrappers as issued. Pages tanned and foxed as usual. This volume is finely bound in three-quarter's leather and marbled paper-covered boards. The spine has raised bands and is stamped in gilt. A truly lovely period-style binding. Office of the Floridian & Journal, Printed by Dyke & Williams hardcover
1855308254Tallahassee FL: Office of the Floridian & Journal Printed by James S. Jones 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. A nicely-bound volume of the daily log of this legislative session with the message of Governor James E. Broome and a number of state office reports issued as an appendix to the governor's message.<br/> <br/> 175 28 pages. Contents generally very good no separate wrappers as issued. This volume is finely bound in three-quarter's leather and marbled paper-covered boards. The spine has raised bands and is stamped in gilt. A truly lovely period-style binding. Office of the Floridian & Journal, Printed by James S. Jones hardcover
1858361605Tallahassee FL: Office of the Floridian & Journal Printed by Jones & Dyke 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. With most of the legislature's time taken up with questions of infrastructure particularly the Florida railroad Governor Madision S. Perry uses his annual address to warn of coming conflict with the north and to encourage the spread of slavery. This is a nicely-bound volume of the daily legislative log and the accompanying state office reports. The session ran from November 22 1858 to January 15 1859.<br/> <br/> In his prescient call for funding a militia an action that the legislature does not appear to have discussed seriously Gov. Perry warns that "the late elections in the non-slaveholding States forebode no good to us in the South. He would be a false sentinel who under the present aspect of affairs would cry peace" pp. 27–28. He then observes that many White Floridians are ambivalent about slavery and he encourages the legislature to make changes in the law to encourage slaveholding another action the lawmakers seem to have not spent much time on.<br/> <br/> Another subject that Perry devotes time to is the forcible removal of Native Americans from Florida. After twenty years of conflict the federal government had recently declared victory and ended the war. Both the governor and the legislature make appeals in this document to continue the effort until all the Seminoles and other tribes are gone from the state.<br/> <br/> 456 journal 70 reports pages. According to the daily log the print run of this issue was 700 copies. Contents heavily foxed; title page laid down on paper; some loss to the margins; fifth gathering duplicated in error; corner loss to final leaves of the reports section with no loss of text. Finely bound in three-quarter's leather and marbled paper-covered boards. The spine has raised bands and is stamped in gilt. A truly lovely period-style binding. Office of the Floridian & Journal, Printed by Jones & Dyke hardcover
1815267901New York 1815. unbound. 2 pages front and back 13 x 8 inches signed "Ruggles Hubbard" as Sheriff of New York City -- an arrest warrant for two defendants to appear in Mayors Court September 25 1815 in part: ".I Ruggles Hubbard Sheriff of the City of New York do hereby assign the within written Bail Bond to the use of the plaintiff s to be sued for _____ according to the form of the statute in that case made and provided." Evenly toned with usual folds and a minimum of fraying at the borders; very good condition overall.<br/> <br/> New York City Sheriff and adventurer who joined his friend General Gregor McGregor's expedition in conquering Spanish Florida June 29 1817 - December 23 1817 culminating in his appointment as Governor of Fernandina. His six-week reign came to an abrupt end after being overthrown by the notorious pirate Luis Aury who claimed Florida in the name of Mexico.<br/> <br/> unknown