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184635899Florida 1846. 3-1/2" x 8". Ink manuscript on unlined paper. Light toning and spotting light folds and a few wrinkles. Overall Very Good. <br/><br/> Thomas T. Clardy 1795-1845 born in South Carolina married Annah Jane Gore b.1799 in 1815 at North Carolina. They had one daughter: Amanda Mobley Clardy. They later settled in Florida where Thomas died at age fifty. unknown books
188041853Washington, Government Printing Office, 1880. 8°. Mit 1 gef. Karte. 38 SS. Br. mit Rückenfalz (guter Erhaltungszustand).
1886LIST112Cincinnati: St. Andrews Bay Railroad and Land Company 1886. Various Formats. Near Fine. An unusual collection of ephemera relating to the early development of the area of the Florida Panhandle east of Pensacola and an interesting ephemeral window into the type of land schemes that led to the population of Florida by northerners. In the late nineteenth century the area of Port Panama City in the Florida Panhandle was largely undeveloped though the town had strategic interest as a supplier of salt for the confederacy. In the 1880s the St. Andrews Bay Railroad and Land and Company was the second of two companies to sell land in the St. Andrews Bay region to unsuspecting northerners only to go bankrupt. The company promised to build a railroad from Alabama down to Southport crossing North Bay and eventually terminating in St. Andrews. Though the railway project was abandoned many people settled in the area as a result of the land sales. The company became known locally as the "Cincinnati Company."<br /> <br /> <br /> Includes: <br /> <br /> Warranty deeds for land sold to Lizzie Kegema Hosley of Somerville MA. 1886-1887.<br /> <br /> Letter from the St. Andrews Bay Railroad & Land Co to L.K. Hosley of Somerville Mass. explaining why the offer of 40 acres for $1 was contingent on her purchasing 299 building lots. On color lithographed letterhead featuring oranges and fishing.<br /> <br /> Notice on taxes to be paid by owners of property at St. Andrews Bay.<br /> <br /> Two envelopes with printed notices "This sealed envelope contains one Free Land Warrant" no contents.<br /> <br /> Envelope addressed to Lizzie Kegema Hosley of Somerville Mass. from the St. Andrews Bay R.R. and Land Co. Northern Office Cincinnati Oh.<br /> <br /> An interesting and early collection of Floridian real estate detritus. Generally well preserved in very good to near fine condition. St. Andrews Bay Railroad and Land Company unknown books
185334119Paris: Jannet 1853. 160 228pp. Contemp. full calf 16mo raised bands. This is a later edition of the 1586 original edition. Clark: Travels in the old south vol. 1# 16: "This volume contains basic material on the French colony at Fort Caroline and provides as well a description of this early frontier region and the problems confronting colonizing undertakings. The account is contained in three letters of Laudonniere during the years 1562 1564 and 1565. In the present work the editor evidently added the account of De Gourgues expedition in 1567." See the Streeter Sale vol. 2# 1170. Church 131. Sabin 39234. One of the earliest and rarest books relating to Florida. This work also contains one of the earliest accounts of the Native Americans of the southeast. Jannet hardcover books
1824WRCAM41349Washington 1824. 84pp. plus folding table. Stitched. Uncut untrimmed some foxing folding table loose. Very good. An investigation into land claims in East Florida by Alexander Hamilton a commissioner of land titles. The report includes correspondence with Spanish agents related to the ownership of land and the precedence set by the Spanish government in the Florida territory. Hamilton was to determine with this correspondence the legitimacy of settler's claims to land in Florida. The table includes information about the settlers the date of their claims and the location and size of the tracts of land. unknown books
186233591Tallahassee: Office of the Floridian & Journal. Printed by Dyke & Carlisle 1862. 79 1 blank IV pp. Bound in institutional cloth gilt-lettered spine labels institutional bookplate. A clean and lightly worn text. Very Good.<br/><br/> An early Florida Confederate imprint with much material on the ongoing War. <br/>Parrish & Willingham 2734. Office of the Floridian & Journal. Printed by Dyke & Carlisle unknown books
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 books
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 books
1868ZB380129Washington: GPO 1868. 31 pp issued as 40th Congress 2d Session HMD 114; light extraction roughness at spine light general age toning last few leaves have a line of damp staing at margin now in self wrappers. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Washington: GPO, unknown
1880307572St. Augustine Florida: The Florida Club 1880. Ephemera. Near fine. A stereoview card that can be read at many levels: as a glimpse of post-Reconstruction African American life in Florida as a White supremacist image as a statement of class superiority and as an early image of the Lost Cause.<br /> <br /> These photographs offer a portrait of a young Black boy at work probably for a poor white farmer. The boy sits in an oxcart in the St. Augustine Plaza de la Constitucion. Presumably the driver of the cart has stepped away leaving the child in charge. That the child is working is suggested by the caption pasted on the verso back which refers to the boy and the ox as "the team of a Florida cracker" which is "a nickname applied to the poor white people of The South" Bartlett's Dictionary of Americanisms 1877.<br /> <br /> The intent of this stereoview is clearly to denigrate the boy for being black and the oxcart's owner for being poor but it also shows significant responsibility entrusted to a child as well as suggesting the prevalence of child labor in Florida at the end of the 19th century. <br /> <br /> The publisher of this image was a Florida photographers' cooperative founded by Charles Seaver Jr. and George Pierron which sold views from the St. Augustine area in the 1870s and 1880s. From the location of the scene the photograph can be dated more precisely to 1879 or after. The Confederate Memorial Obelisk is clearly visible in the background. The 1872 obelisk was the first monument to the Lost Cause of the Confederacy erected in Florida. It was moved to the Plaza de la Constitución in 1879.<br /> <br /> Southern Gems series. Flat mount stereoview stereograph. Albumen silver print 6-1/8 by 3-5/32 inches. Letterpress caption affixed to the back verso. A near fine example with very minor nicks to the edge of the mount. The image is a copy image of the two original stereoview photographs printed as a single photograph. The image has good contrast and detail. The Florida Club unknown
182713398Washington 1827. Broadside. Light tan Very Good. unknown books
188137307Tallahassee Fla.: Printed at the Floridian Book and Job Office 1881. XVI 1302 pp. Bound in modern legal buckram with title stamped on spine. Margins of title and a couple of other leaves reinforced. Rubberstamp on title page. Else clean and Very Good.<br/><br/> The Digest includes the Constitutions of the United States and Florida; Ordinances declaring Secession null and void ratifying the post-War Reconstruction Amendments and surveying the laws in alphabetical order from "Adjutant-General" to "Witnesses in Criminal Cases." Like many States Florida forbade marriage between whites and "any negro mulatto or quarteroon or other colored person."<br/> An Appendix prints "Charters of Railroad Canal and Telegraph Companies." A detailed Index is printed at the end.<br/>Babbitt 77. Printed at the Floridian Book and Job Office unknown books
1831WRCAM31652Tallahassee 1831. 123pp. Original half calf and boards printed label. Spine heavily chipped front board detached boards spotted and edgeworn. Front free endpaper excised pencil notation on p.3 contemporary ink signature illegible on p.5. Light scattered foxing. A good copy. Prints a list of the officers of the Territory of Florida acts and resolutions of the legislative council laws of the United States relative to the Territory and the text of the Treaty of Washington. Includes important early laws relating to Indian affairs transportation commercial development etc. Servies locates only one copy in Florida. SERVIES 1541. AII FLORIDA 132. GILCREASE p.335. hardcover books
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. The Florida Frontier 1887. 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 books
187231647Tallahassee: Charles H. Walton State Printer 1872. Stitched untrimmed and uncut. 350 2 blanks 76 pp. Except for a spotted title page which is chipped at the blank corners a clean Very Good copy.<br/><br/> An informative Journal recounting Floridians' resistance to Radical Reconstruction. Governor Harrison Reed's Message addresses ongoing disturbances and "fatal and disgraceful violence. Nine-tenths of the suffering induced has fallen upon Republicans and mainly upon colored citizens-- giving unerring evidence that these excesses have been strongly tinctured by if they have not entirely originated in political prejudice." Many murders and disruptions had occurred in Calhoun and Jackson Counties forcing citizens to flee their homes and seek shelter in other parts of the State. A Committee of Five was appointed "to examine into the cause of said murders and to ascertain why the perpetrators have not been brought to justice." The Committee concluded that "there exists an organized band whose object is to resist the laws and who are the supposed authors of the many murders and outrages committed in the county." Threats of violence and a "reign of terror" had deterred witnesses from coming forward. In Jackson County "no less than one hundred and eight -four murders fifteen of the number being women and children and almost the entire number being colored people brutally assassinated by this band of outlaws for daring to think for themselves." Similar outrages occurred in Lafayette and other counties. <br/> Governor Reed Florida's governor from 1868-73 faced impeachment charges from this Assembly as he had in 1868 and 1870. He was later charged in sixteen Articles with illegally issuing state bonds embezzlement and bribery. The charges were dismissed. The Assembly treated other matters of government including special elections marred by violence; "an act to incorporate Brown's Theological Institute" now Edward Waters College founded in 1866 to educate former slaves and considered the oldest historically black college in Florida. Senate Bill No 82 "to be entitled an act to incorporate the Buckingham Smith Asylum for the colored people of St. Augustine" was passed. Charles H. Walton, State Printer unknown books
184229240Washington 1842. 27th Cong. 2d Sess. HD206. 27 1 blank pp. Disbound and lightly toned. Three pieces of clear adhesive tape at spine. Else Very Good.<br/><br/> Florida entered the Union in 1845. unknown books
1828WRCAM50429Washington 1828. 7pp. plus one folding chart. Dbd. Minor staining light foxing. Good. A rare report on officers who have died while in service in Florida. "List of officers of 4th Artillery Regiment who died 1821-1825; of the 16 named 11 of the men died at St. Augustine" - Servies. The folding chart records expenses for the movements of the first through fourth regiments to and from the Gulf region. Rare with only three copies in OCLC. SERVIES 1410. SHOEMAKER 36253. OCLC 79171277. unknown books
188931803Tallahassee 1889. Eleven volumes library cloth binding gilt-lettered red morocco spine labels. Old library rubberstamps and bookplates else Very Good. The volumes are a complete picture of Florida's legislative responses to Reconstruction and the decade after the end of Reconstruction. <br/><br/> a FIRST SESSION 1868. THE ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF FLORIDA AT ITS FIRST SESSION 1868 UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF A.D. 1868.Tallahassee: 1868. x 231 xx pp. Lightly toned.<br/> b SECOND SESSION 1869. THE ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS.AT ITS SECOND SESSION. Tallahassee: 1869. 49 1 blank li-lvi pp. Text is dirty first several leaves torn at outer margin with loss to the side margin notes. <br/> c EXTRA SESSION 1869. THE ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS. EXTRA SESSION BEGINNING JUNE 8 1869. Tallahassee: 1869. 52 3 lvi-lxi pp. bound with<br/> d THIRD SESSION 1870. THE ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS. THIRD SESSION. Tallahassee: 1870. 139 2 cxlii-cxlx pp. bound with<br/> e EXTRA SESSION 1870. THE ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS. Tallahassee: 1870. 29 2 xxxii pp. Some light spotting upper blank margin of title page repaired. bound with<br/> f FOURTH SESSION 1871. THE ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS. Tallahassee: 1871. 54 3 LVIII-LX pp.<br/> g Bush Allen H.: A DIGEST OF THE STATUTE LAW OF FLORIDA OF A GENERAL AND PUBLIC CHARACTER IN FORCE UP TO THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY 1872. Tallahassee: 1872. 4 838 pp. With the 1868 Constitution abolishing slavery repudiating the Ordinance of Secession guaranteeing suffrage to all adult males. <br/> h FIFTH SESSION 1872. THE ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS. Tallahassee: 1872. 120pp. Blank margin of title page repaired small hole in last several index pages affect several letters. bound with<br/> i SIXTH SESSION 1873. THE ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS. Tallahassee: 1873. 55 viii pp. bound with<br/> j SEVENTH SESSION 1874. THE ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS. Tallahassee: 1874. 139pp. bound with<br/> k EIGHTH SESSION 1875. THE ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS. Tallahassee: 1875. 98pp. Closed tear to one leaf no loss.<br/> l NINTH SESSION 1877. THE ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS. Tallahassee: 1877. 219pp.<br/> m TENTH SESSION 1879. THE ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS. Tallahassee: 1879. 224pp.<br/> n ELEVENTH SESSION 1881. THE ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS. Tallahassee: 1881. 282pp. bound with<br/> o TWELFTH SESSION 1883. THE ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS. Tallahassee: 1883. 207pp<br/> p THIRTEENTH SESSION 1885. THE ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS. Tallahassee: 1885. 180pp.<br/> q CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA ADOPTED BY THE CONVENTION OF 1885 TOGETHER WITH AN ANALYTICAL INDEX BY A.H. KING. Jacksonville Fla.: 1887. 64pp.<br/> r FIRST SESSION 1887. THE ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS. Tallahassee: 1887. 353pp. Title page margin-chipped and laid down.<br/> s EXTRA SESSION 1889. THE ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS. Tallahassee: 1889. 4 20 pp. bound with<br/> t REGULAR SESSION 1889. THE ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS. Tallahassee: 1889. xix 386 pp. Last several index leaves with some chipping and bit of loss. unknown books
186917890Tallahassee Fla.: Edw. M. Cheney State Printer 1869. 52 2 lv-lxi pp as issued. Original printed wrappers chipped with wrapper title as issued stitched into modern wrappers. Partly uncut light wear and age-toning. One gum label on blank portion of title page. Good. <br/><br/> The Session ratified the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution the last of the Reconstruction constitutional amendments prohibiting racial discrimination in the exercise of the franchise. <br/>FIRST EDITION. I Harv. Law Cat. 705. Edw. M. Cheney, State Printer unknown books
1821WRCAM39560St. Augustine: Richard W. Edes & Co. 1821. 4pp. Cut of the Seal of the United States in masthead. Early horizontal fold. Neatly separated at center fold unobtrusive tape repair at head of center fold on pp.1 and 4. Light foxing small ink stain in upper margin of first page not affecting text. Very good. The fourth issue of the FLORIDA GAZETTE the first American newspaper in Florida. The GAZETTE began publication in July 1821 at the time of Spain's cession of the Floridas to the United States; Florida Territory was organized the following year. This issue of the weekly newspaper prints the names of the St. Augustine city council an account and description of the "Creoles of Louisiana" from the LOUISIANA ADVERTISER a lengthy article on the treatment of dysentery various advertisements letters a notice on the capture of five escaped slaves and local news including a story on a "splendid ball" thrown by the American officers of the St. Augustine garrison for the Spanish ladies and gentlemen of the town. OCLC lists only five institutions holding any issues of the GAZETTE. Edes died of yellow fever in October and the last recorded issue dates from Dec. 22 1821. A rare early Florida imprint. SERVIES 1075. Richard W. Edes & Co. unknown books
1868WRCAM16338Boston 1868. 20pp. Self wrappers. Stitched as issued. Bit tanned otherwise very good. Early promotional guide encouraging New Englanders to move to Florida. A wealth of information on Florida's hotels climate natural resources land prices and agriculture. Grudgingly but honestly admits the only two drawbacks of the region: insects and reptiles. The second edition of a work that must have convinced many a Northerner to move to Florida. SERVIES 5093 another ed. unknown books
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 books
1861WRCAM19664Tallahassee 1861. 33338pp. Modern cloth leather label. Very good. Floridian Confederate imprint recording the House proceedings at the start of the Civil War. PARRISH & WILLINGHAM 2745. SERVIES 4586. hardcover books
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
