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18341686223rd Cong. 1st Sess.: HR368. 1834. 41 1 blank pp disbound. Scattered foxing. Very Good. HR368. unknown books
1826WRCAM51041Washington 1826. 12pp. Dbd. Very good. A rare Congressional publication concerning relief for damages among residents of East Florida during the War of 1812 as outlined in the treaty with Spain in 1819. "The claims were disallowed since the losses in 1812 were not covered by the 9th article of the Treaty of Washington" - Servies. Includes memorials of some of those affected by the invasion including Spanish subjects and residents of East Florida one of whom argued in a letter to the Secretary of the Treasury that the losses suffered "constitute an obligation upon the U.S." Rare with only four copies in OCLC. SERVIES 1303. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 27095. OCLC 79155586. unknown books
1858WRCAM31659Tallahassee 1858. 45672pp. Gathered signatures stitched. Exterior leaves edgeworn and wrinkled. Uniformly tanned scattered foxing. Good untrimmed and unopened. Lacks final two leaves of the "Documents Accompanying the Governor's Message." Prints several government reports including those from the state Comptroller and Treasurer and on all manner of public affairs such as issues dealing with Indians and railroads. Also includes Gov. Madison S. Perry's annual message and the appendix contains "Documents Accompanying the Governor's Message." SERVIES 4374. AII FLORIDA 298. McMURTRIE FLORIDA 216. unknown books
0265411416.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1024605353.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
46414054like new. unknown
0266738001.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0260816345.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
18901668651st Cong. 1st Sess.: SED163. 1890. 4pp folding map disbound loosened a few short closed tears at fore-edge. Light tanning. Good. SED163. unknown books
1019834625.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
182426006Washington: Gales & Seaton 1824. Document 158 18th Congress 1st Session. 84pp faint rubberstamp at upper margin of page 3. Bound in modern cloth with spine title stamped in gilt bookplate on front pastedown. Very Good.<br /> <br /> Much material on the derivation and settling of land titles in Florida.<br /> Servies 1204. Gales & Seaton unknown
182426006Washington: Gales & Seaton 1824. Document 158 18th Congress 1st Session. 84pp faint rubberstamp at upper margin of page 3. Bound in modern cloth with spine title stamped in gilt bookplate on front pastedown. Very Good.<br/><br/> Much material on the derivation and settling of land titles in Florida.<br/>Servies 1204. Gales & Seaton unknown books
1847WRCAM49540Tallahassee: Office of the Floridian 1847. 28pp. Original blue printed wrappers. Spine chipped minor soiling old ink call number on front cover. Minor foxing. Else very good. The first rules governing the militia for the new state of Florida with the first act establishing and organizing the militia in 1846 with subsequent acts laying out the duties of various officers and the rules governing the militia. Very rare. Servies records one copy at the University of Florida's P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History; OCLC records only five others. SERVIES 3239. AII FLORIDA 281. McMURTRIE FLORIDA 142. OCLC 28826102. Office of the Floridian unknown books
0331374730.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0260885010.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1819WRCAM17484London 1819. 12328pp. plus errata. Half title. Original boards expertly rebacked. Some light scattered foxing. A lovely copy untrimmed and partially unopened. The author resided in Florida from the fall of 1817 to the following spring. His is an important account of the last years of Spanish rule in Florida and includes a narrative of a journey by land from St. Augustine to St. Mary's on the Florida- Georgia border. "Almost the whole of the volume is devoted to the Seminole Indians; the barbarous character of the war of the Americans with them; and anecdotes respecting the Seminoles" - Field. The book is also an important source for the Arbuthnot-Ambrister incident and M'Gregor's filibuster. <br> <br> The Streeter copy sold to Henry Stevens for $225 in 1967. FIELD 1119. HOWES N12 "b." STREETER SALE 1201. SABIN 51782. SERVIES 992. hardcover books
a75267Tallahassee 1936 Department of Agriculture. 4to. 142pp. photo illustrations colorful pictoruial wraps. Artwork on cover by Seaholts. Good light soiling and wear on cover. Binding secure no ownership marks. . paperback
1826WRCAM51016Pensacola 1826. 4pp. Bifolium. Creases on final page flattened with repair tape. Bright and clean. Very good plus. An incredibly early edition of one of the first newspapers in Florida. The PENSACOLA GAZETTE was founded in 1824 and was issued on a weekly basis for approximately thirty-five years ending in 1861. This four-page issue covers basic interests such as foreign affairs local news and classifieds. Rare. unknown books
71996Vol. XXII No. 5. Saturday November 3 1810. folio 4pp. 5 columns per page. Portsmouth: William Treadwell 1810.<br/><br/> Contains printing of the Declaration of Independence of West Florida. ".he Ferdinand VII of Spain has endeavored to pervert into an engine of destruction by encouraging in the most persidious manner the violation of ordinances sanctioned and established by himself as the law of the land. Being thus left without any hope of protection from the mother country by being betrayed by a magistrate.and exposed to all the evils of a state of anarchy.it becomes our duty to provide for our own security as a free and independent state. .We therefore the representatives.declare this Territory of West Florida to be a free and independent state." Also contains report by the commander in chief of the Fort of Baton Rouge Philemon Thomas on the capture of the fort. "My orders were not to fire till we received a shot from the garrison and to cry out in French and English `ground your arms and you shall not be hurt.'"<br/><br/> unknown books
182826005Washington: Gales & Seaton 1828. House Document 169 20th Congress 1st Session. Bound in modern cloth bookplate on front pastedown gilt-stamped spine title. 53pp 5 folding tables. Light rubberstamp at upper margin of page 3 light to moderate foxing. Good.<br /> <br /> A compendium of the disposition of claims to land in Florida an important resource for understanding the tangle of land claims in early Florida.<br /> AI 36727 2. Servies 1414. Gales & Seaton unknown
1829WRCAM31631Washington: Gales & Seaton 1829. xiv2277pp. Contemporary legal sheep black and red gilt morocco labels. Minor foxing. Very good. "A collection of Spanish and French ordinances affecting land titles in Florida compiled by Joseph M. White of Florida who was employed as assistant counsel on behalf of the U.S.The documents p.12-277 are in the original language with English translations" - Servies. Despite the 1828 date given in the imprint this document from the second session of the 20th Congress was actually printed in 1829. Scarce. SERVIES 1466. Gales & Seaton unknown books
1828WRCAM54097Washington 1828. 53pp. plus five folding tables. Dbd. Spine split. Light tanning and foxing. Good. An 1828 Congressional report on the complex web of competing land claims in Florida. SERVIES 1414. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 36727. unknown books
182826005Washington: Gales & Seaton 1828. House Document 169 20th Congress 1st Session. Bound in modern cloth bookplate on front pastedown gilt-stamped spine title. 53pp 5 folding tables. Light rubberstamp at upper margin of page 3 light to moderate foxing. Good.<br/><br/> A compendium of the disposition of claims to land in Florida an important resource for understanding the tangle of land claims in early Florida.<br/>AI 36727 2. Servies 1414. Gales & Seaton unknown books
18771701344th Cong. 2d Sess.: HR143. 1877. Parts I and II. 51 35pp disbound edges of first leaf chipped. Good. HR143. unknown books
1881WRCAM49882Washington or Philadelphia 1881. Individual details of each imprint provided below. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards spine gilt. Some abrading and wear to leather. Bookplate removed from each pastedown ownership inscription on front pastedown. Internally clean. Overall very good. An excellent collection of rare or scarce pamphlets relating to East Florida land claims. Many of the pamphlets were written by Charles E. Sherman who served as the attorney for the American and Spanish claimants in East Florida. This sammelband belonged to attorney Charles B. Collier with his ownership inscription on the front pastedown and his annotations to Sherman's BRIEF STATEMENT OF THE LAW AND FACTS SET FORTH IN THE MEMORIAL AND ACCOMPANYING PAPERS. number 16 below. Collier worked with Sherman on behalf of the East Florida claimants. Two of Collier's publications are included here see numbers 17 and 25 below. The imprints included here are as follows in the order in which they are bound: <br> <br> 1 James Cooper and Charles E. Sherman: SECRET ACTS RESOLUTIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS UNDER WHICH EAST FLORIDA WAS INVADED BY THE UNITED STATES TROOPS NAVAL FORCES AND VOLUNTEERS IN 1812 AND 1813. Washington. 1860. 71pp. "Includes correspondence of Gen. Matthews Col. T.A. Smith and others relating to the U.S. invasion of East Florida in 1812" - Servies. Only seven copies in OCLC. SERVIES 4466. OCLC 1627113. <br> <br> 2 Charles E. Sherman: FLORIDA TREATY CLAIMS. STATEMENT SHEWING 1. THE WANTON AND INDISCRIMINATE DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY BY THE AMERICAN ARMY IN 1812 AND 1813.caption title. Washington. 1858. 16pp. The author was the attorney for the claimants seeking to reclaim land in East Florida. Scarce with only five total copies in OCLC. SERVIES 4300. OCLC 1646102 191313930. <br> <br> 3 Charles E. Sherman: AN EXAMINATION OF THE EAST FLORIDA TREATY CLAIMS. Washington. 1860. 20pp. Only one copy accounted for in OCLC at the University of Florida. SERVIES 4506. OCLC 1646077. <br> <br> 4 U.S. House of Representatives: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPORT NO. 216. ROBERT HARRISON AND OTHERS. MARCH 3 1859.caption title. Washington. 1859. 16pp. A favorable report for Harrison's lost interest claims but it was overturned in the Court of Claims. Does not include the six-page minority report. Not in OCLC. SERVIES 4439. <br> <br> 5 Daniel Webster: OPINION OF THE HON. DANIEL WEBSTER ON THE FLORIDA CLAIMS ARISING UNDER THE NINTH ARTICLE OF THE TREATY OF 1819 BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND SPAIN. Washington. 1849. 25pp. Original printed wrappers. Only three copies in OCLC none in Florida. SERVIES 3507. OCLC 28104356. <br> <br> 6 William Wirt: OPINION OF THE HON. WM WIRT ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES. N.p. N.d. 4pp. printed on rectos only. Dated May 17 1826 an offprint from Vol. 2 p.28 of OFFICIAL OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEYS GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 1852. <br> <br> 7 Benjamin Franklin Butler: OPINION OF HON. B.F. BUTLER ATTORNEY GENERAL. MRS. O'SULLIVAN'S CASE. N.p. N.d. 2pp. printed on rectos only. An offprint from Vol. 3 p.217 of OFFICIAL OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEYS GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 1852. <br> <br> 8 Isaac Toucey: OPINION OF HON. ISAAC TOUCEY ATTORNEY GENERAL. N.p. N.d. 1p. Dated Feb. 16 1849 an offprint from Vol. 5 p.271 of OFFICIAL OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEYS GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 1852. <br> <br> 9 Reverdy Johnson: OPINIONS OF HON. REVERDY JOHNSON ATTORNEY GENERAL. N.p. N.d. 5pp. printed on rectos only. Dated May 30 1849 an offprint from Vol. 5 p.105 of OFFICIAL OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEYS GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 1852. <br> <br> 10 CASE OF DE LA FRANCIA. N.p. N.d. 2pp. printed on rectos only. A short summation of the case from the same source as the four opinions just above from OFFICIAL OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEYS GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 1852. <br> <br> 11 Charles E. Sherman: STATEMENT OF THE CASES OF THE ENCOMIUM AND COMET SHOWING THE LEGAL MEASURE OF DAMAGES UNDER THE LAW OF NATIONS FOR THE UNLAWFUL SEIZURE OR DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY AS SETTLED BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN IN 1839. Washington. 1852. 11pp. Only two copies located in OCLC neither in Florida. Not in Servies. OCLC 25726609. <br> <br> 12 EAST FLORIDA TREATY CLAIMS. OPINIONS OF EX-SECRETARY THOS. EWING HON. J.M. CARLISLE HON WM. M. EVARTS. Washington 1871 7pp. Original printed wrappers. Only two copies in OCLC at Brooklyn Public Library and the State Library of Florida. SERVIES 5350. OCLC 1897215. <br> <br> 13 U.S. Senate: SENATE. MIS DOC. No. 55. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. No. 197.UNITED STATES APPELLANTS vs. FRANCIS P. FERREIRA. Washington. 1860. 97pp. "Petition of Francis P. Ferreira Feb. 1850; papers relating to losses sustained by Pass at his estate Sampson 20 miles northwest of St. Augustine" - Servies. Not in OCLC. SERVIES 4524. <br> <br> 14 Charles E. Sherman: EAST FLORIDA TREATY CLAIMS. AN EXAMINATION OF THE NINTH ARTICLE OF THE TREATY OF 1819 AND OF THE ACTS PASSED TO CARRY IT INTO EFFECT. Washington. 1875. 280pp. Original printed wrappers. Only three copies in OCLC none in Florida. SERVIES 5915. OCLC 28264721 78622618. <br> <br> 15 Charles E. Sherman: MEMORIAL TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES PRAYING THE FAITHFUL EXECUTION OF THE ACTS OF CONGRESS PASSED TO CARRY INTO EFFECT THE NINTH ARTICLE OF THE TREATY OF 1819 BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND SPAIN wrapper title. Washington. 1875. 32pp. Original printed wrappers. Not in Servies or OCLC. <br> <br> 16 Charles E. Sherman: BRIEF STATEMENT OF THE LAW AND FACTS SET FORTH IN THE MEMORIAL AND ACCOMPANYING PAPERS SUBMITTED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN BEHALF OF THE CLAIMANTS UNDER THE NINTH ARTICLE OF THE TREATY OF 1819 WITH SPAIN wrapper title. Washington. 1875. 17pp. Original printed wrappers. Pencil annotations on front wrapper and first three pages of text. Only one copy in OCLC at the Library of Congress. SERVIES 5914. OCLC 35262771. <br> <br> 17 Charles B. Collier: PRIVATE PRINT. FLORIDA TREATY CLAIMS. BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF "MEMORIAL." Philadelphia. 1878. 14pp. Original printed wrappers. Annotation of President Hays' endorsement on the front wrapper. Only one copy in OCLC at Florida State. SERVIES 6420. OCLC 44031183. <br> <br> 18 George F. Talbot: REPORT OF HON. GEORGE F. TALBOT SOLICITOR OF THE TREASURY IN FEBRUARY 1877 ON A REFERENCE BY PRESIDENT GRANT UPON THE EAST FLORIDA CLAIMS. Washington. 1877. 9pp. Original printed wrappers. Not in OCLC. SERVIES 6369. <br> <br> 19 William M. Evarts: PRINTED LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT REGARDING CHARLES E. SHERMAN'S CLAIMS OF SPANISH SUBJECTS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES. Washington. 1878. 2pp. The letter is dated Aug. 23 1878. Not in Servies or OCLC. <br> <br> 20 Henry O'Connor: SUBJECT. MEMORIAL OF CHARLES E. SHERMAN ESQ. IN BEHALF OF CLAIMANTS UNDER THE NINTH ARTICLE OF THE TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND SPAIN OF 1819 KNOWN AS EAST FLORIDA CLAIMS. Washington. 1878. 4pp. Only one copy in OCLC at the University of Florida. SERVIES 6493. OCLC 1647225. <br> <br> 21 Charles E. Sherman: BRIEF STATEMENT OF THE LAW AND FACTS SET FORTH IN THE MEMORIAL AND ACCOMPANYING PAPERS SUBMITTED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN BEHALF OF THE CLAIMANTS UNDER THE NINTH ARTICLE OF THE TREATY OF 1819 WITH SPAIN. Washington. 1875. 17pp. Same text as number 16 above but without the wrappers. Only one copy in OCLC at the Library of Congress. SERVIES 5914. OCLC 35262771. <br> <br> 22 THE DUTY OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WITH RESPECT TO THE TREATY OF 1819 WITH SPAIN. Washington. 1880. 25pp. Original printed wrappers. "Authorities showing that it is the constitutional duty of the president to cause the ninth article of the Treaty of 1819 with Spain to be executed." - Servies. Not in OCLC. SERVIES 6751. OCLC. <br> <br> 23 Rutherford B. Hayes: EAST FLORIDA CLAIMS. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN RELATION TO THE UNSETTLED CLAIMS OF SPANISH INHABITANTS OF EAST FLORIDA DURING THE YEARS 1812 AND 1813 caption title. Washington. 1880. 2pp. Not in OCLC. SERVIES 6890. <br> <br> 24 Rutherford B. Hayes: MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES COMMUNICATING IN COMPLIANCE WITH A RESOLUTION.IN RELATION TO THE NINTH ARTICLE OF THE TREATY OF 1819 BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND SPAIN caption title. Washington. 1880. 52pp. Includes previously unpublished correspondence on the East Florida claims. Only two copies in OCLC at the University of Florida and the Virginia Law Library. SERVIES 6884. OCLC 1646407. <br> <br> 25 Charles B. Collier: SPAIN AND THE UNITED STATES. THE TREATY OF 1819. TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: SPAIN CALLS UPON THE UNITED STATES FOR THE FULFILLMENT OF THE NINTH ARTICLE OF SAID TREATY wrapper title. Washington. 1880. 268pp. Original printed wrappers. Four copies in OCLC. SERVIES 6743. OCLC 1635381. <br> <br> 26 U.S. House of Representatives: EAST FLORIDA CLAIMS. FEBRUARY 14 1881.THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS.HAVING HAD UNDER CONSIDERATION THE SPECIAL MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT.RELATING TO WHAT ARE KNOWN AS THE EAST FLORIDA CLAIMS.caption title. Washington. 1881. 14pp. "On the message of the President.claims should be paid with reasonable allowance for damages resulting from delay. Draft of a bill to provide for the complete execution of the ninth article of the treaty of 1819 between the U.S. and Spain" - Servies. Only one in OCLC at the State Library of Florida. SERVIES 7079. OCLC 156974300. <br> <br> 27 U.S. Senate: ACTION OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES ON THE SPECIAL MESSAGE OF PRESIDENT HAYES OF MARCH 1 1880 REFERRING THE EAST FLORIDA TREATY CLAIMS TO CONGRESS FOR DECISION.TUESDAY MARCH 1 1881. EAST FLORIDA CLAIMS caption title. Washington. 1881. 3pp. "The President's message Mar. 1 1880.asked Congress to settle claims under the 9th article of the Treaty of Washington; the Senate felt the matter was the responsibility of the Executive department" - Servies. One copy in OCLC at the State Library of Florida. SERVIES 7074. OCLC 21175563. <br> <br> A monumental collection of works relating to the East Florida land claims ranging from incredibly rare to scarce. This collection was the personal copy of one of the lawyers involved in the struggle. An excellent resource for researching Spanish East Florida land claims. hardcover books
