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1870ABE-1704155220817VOYAGE DANS LES VALLEES DE QUINQUINAS (BAS-PEROU), PAR PAUL MARCOY, 1849-1861-COURSE SUR LES GLACIERS DU MONT ROSE (VALAIS ET PIEMONT), PAR CHARLES GRAD, 1866-EXPLORATION DES AFFLUENTS ABYSSINIENS DU NIL, PAR SAMUEL W BAKER, RECITS DE CHASSE 1861-1862-ROME, PAR FRANCIS WEY, 1864-1870-SOUVENIRS D'UN VOYAGE CHEZ LES SLAVES DU SUD, PAR GEORGES PERROT, DESSINS PAR TH VALERIO, 1868-LE PANDJAB ET LE CACHEMIR, PAR GUILLAUME LEJEAN, 1866-QUATRE MOIS EN FLORIDE, PAR M POUSSIELGUE, 1851-1852-REVUE GEOGRAPHIQUE 1870, PAR M VIVIEN DE SAINT-MARTIN-RELIURE-TITRES DORES-SIGNET-434 PAGES-(EM1223)
18020041271802 Paris, Baudouin, 1802. In-quarto (208 X 261) demi-veau fauve, dos lisse, frise et deux filets dorés en place des nerfs, pièce de titre maroquin rouge, tranches jaspées (reliure de l'époque); (2) ff. blancs, (2) ff. de faux-titre et titre, III pages de table, 401 pages, (2) pages d'errata, (3) ff. blancs.
1895ZB333580Washington: 1895. 4 pp issued as 53d Congress 3d Session HED 160; one margin chipped now disbound in self wrappers complete but reading copy only. - 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. Washington: unknown
1821158541821. Gales & Seaton 1821. 4pp. Sewn. J.W. Walker was President of the Convention. <br/><br/> The first Alabama was proposed in 1819. The Convention requested that part of West Florida be annexed to Alabama. Shaw and Shoemaker 7370 locating 2 copies. unknown books
186439285Tallahassee and Quincy Florida; Charleston Columbus 1864. Each a single leaf varying lengths in ink manuscript. Occasional light wear Very Good.<br /> <br /> Shipments of cattle and salt beef to Confederate troops in the field are the primary subject of these letters. Logistic and administrative matters railroad availability and other aspects of supplying the troops are discussed. <br /> Pleasants Woodson White "was born in Georgia in 1820 the son of a Methodist minister who soon moved his family to Quincy Florida. Young White studied at Emory and began practicing law in Quincy in 1848. He was commissioned a major in the Confederate Army in 1861 and as Chief Commissary Officer for Florida commanded the important depot at Quincy. In 1863 despite his attempts at secrecy White's difficulties in supplying beef cattle to the army became known. The shortages thus revealed influenced the military campaign of 1864. White became active in politics after the war and served as Judge of the Second Judicial Circuit 1869-79. He also served as Commissioner of Lands and Immigration from 1881 to 1885 a period of railroad expansion in which his office was deeply involved. He became an attorney for the Florida Coast Line Canal and transport Company which controlled vast acreage near Miami. White became an ardent booster of the South Florida climate and divided his last years between his citrus groves in Lemon city and his civic and business interests in Quincy. He died in 1919" online University of North Florida Digital Commons. unknown
187823581Louisville KY: Richmond and Lousville Medical Journal Book and Job Steam Press 1878. Paperback. Mr. Livingston's signed copy of a pamphlet pertaining to Florida as a suitable "health resort" for Northern patients by Frederick Lente MD. Dr. Lente 1823 - 1883 was the primary surgeon at the West Point Foundry Cold Spring NY during the Civil War. He served at the Foundry from 1851 to 1870; later he was head of gynecology and children's health at the University of the City of New York and founder of the American Academy of medicine.<br /> <br /> Livingston was a member of a family of the Hudson River Valley which at one point owned some 900000 acres of land and about three dozen mansions in the area giving the area the nickname "Livingston Valley".<br /> <br /> 8vo 56pp errata slip bound in. Printed paper wrappers. Wrappers chipped at edges and marked. Good condition but fragile. OCLC: 1648852. Richmond and Lousville Medical Journal Book and Job Steam Press paperback
183132023Washington D. C.: n.p. 1831. Wraps. Very good. Stitched wraps. 120 pages. Untrimmed document. Light toning to the contents. Very good. <br /> <br /> Countents include correspondence between Georgia Florida and Government officials in setting a boundary between the territory of Florda and the State of Georgia. Boundaries included the St. Mary's River Appalachicola River and the Chattahoochie River. Florida became a territory of the United States in 1822 and a State in 1845. Scarce. 5 copies located in OCLC. n.p. unknown
186413103Quincy FL: January 1 1864. 1p. of manuscript docketed on verso. Old crease minor staining. Very good. A short but impactful and somewhat unusual document memorializing the inheritance of a young slave named "Anderson aged about twenty years" from a Florida estate in the penultimate year of the Civil War. Anderson was formerly owned by Daniel Love of Gadsden County and is here inherited by "John Shaw for Margaret E. Shaw" by Love's executor and likely brother Edward Love. The document is dated New Year's Day 1864. An unusual occurrence of a Florida slave being transmitted to a woman through inheritance. January 1 unknown
182045290Washington DC: Gales & Seaton 1820. First Edition. Fourteen volumes bound in one; contemporary sheep-backed marbled boards red gilt-lettered spine label. Boards rubbed and leather rather dried and flaking late 19th-century rubberstamp of the Patten Free Library to front free endpaper else Very Good internally fine. State papers covering a myriad of topics including a proposed law to deter kidnapping though the majority of the contents devoted to the cession of the Floridas to the Spanish government and the court martialing of Colonel William King Governor of West Florida. Contents as follows:. 1. William H. Crawford 109. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury Transmitting Sundry Statements in Relation to the Operations of the Mint of the United States. April 10 1820. Read and ordered to lie upon the table. 6pp.; two folding table plates. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 3830.<br /> <br /> 2. John C. Calhoun 110. Letter from the Secretary of War Transmitting Pursuant to a Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 25th ultimo Statements of the Amounts and Costs of Goods Furnished Annually to Indian Trading Houses Since the Year 1815. Specifying also the kinds and quantities of furs &c. &c. annually received since that period of said factories. April 13 1820. Read and ordered to lie on the table. 4pp.; one folding table plate. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 3852.<br /> <br /> 3. Return J. Meigs Jr. 111. Letter from the Postmaster General Transmitting a List of Unproductive Post Roads for the Year 1819. April 14 1820. Read and ordered to lie upon the table. 20pp. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 3771. <br /> <br /> 4. John Quincy Adams 112. Letter from the Secretary of State Transmitting a Copy of an Act of the Legislature of the State of Pennsylvania entitled an Act to Prevent Kidnapping. April 18 1820. Referred to the Select Committee appointed on the 18th of March last to consider of providing more effectually for reclaiming persons held to service. 8pp. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 3775. <br /> <br /> 5. Louisiana Legislature 113. Memorial of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana. April 18 1820. Referred to the Select Committee appointed on the 13th of January last to enquire into the expediency of continuing in force for a limited time "An act regulating the currency within the United States of the gold coins of Great Britain France Portugal and Spain and the crowns of France and five franc pieces" as relates to the gold coins of those countries. 4pp. SHOW & SHOEMAKER 3887.<br /> <br /> 6. Albert Gallatin 114. Regulations for the Granting of Land Under the Spanish Government of Louisiana and Mr. Gallatin's instructions to the land commissioners in Louisiana and Missouri. April 19 1820. Printed by order of the House of Representatives. 20pp. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 3936.<br /> <br /> 7. John Quincy Adams 115. Letter from the Secretary of State to the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce Transmitting documents shewing the proceedings of the Executive hitherto in negotiating with Great Britain in relation to the commercial intercourse between the United States and the British American colonies and with France in relation to the general commerce between that country and the United States. April 22 1820. Laid before the House by the Chairman of the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed. 55pp. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 3774.<br /> <br /> 8. American Society of the City of New York 116. Memorial of the American Society of the City of New York for the Encouragement of Domestic Manufacture. April 24 1820. Read and referred to the Committee of the Whole House to which is committed the Bill laying duties on sales of merchandize at auctions. 4pp. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 3878.<br /> <br /> 9. John Johnson Jr. 117. Memorial of John Johnson Junior. April 24 1820. Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the "Bill to regulate the duties on imports and tonnage and for other purposes." 4pp. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 3866.<br /> <br /> 10. William H. Crawford 118. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury Transmitting Statements of Importation of Goods Wares and Merchandize in American and Foreign Vessels for the year ending on the 30th Sept. 1818. March 22 1820. Read and ordered to lie upon the table. 96pp. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 3827.<br /> <br /> 11. John C. Calhoun 119. Letter from the Secretary of War Transmitting a Copy of the Proceedings of a Court Martial for the Trial of Colonel William King of the Fourth Infantry and Sundry Orders and Documents Connected Therewith. May 3 1820. Read and referred to the Committee of Military Affairs. 128pp. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 3834. <br /> <br /> 12. Jame Monroe 120. Message from the President of the United States Communicating the Correspondence Which has Lately Taken Place Between the Secretary of State and General Vives the Spanish Minister in Relation to the Treaty for the Cession of the Floridas. May 9 1820. Read and ordered to be printed by the House of Representatives. 32pp. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 3900.<br /> <br /> 13. James Monroe 121. Message from the President of the United States Communicating Translations of Letters from the Minister of Spain to the Secretary of State Received Since the Message of the 9th Instant. May 12 1820. Read and ordered to lie upon the table. 8pp. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 3901.<br /> <br /> 14. James Monroe 122. Message from the President of the United States. Transmitting a Report of the Secretary of State on the Subject of Claims of Citizens of the United States for Spanish Spoliations Upon Their Property and Commerce. May 12 1820. Read and ordered to lie upon the table. 4pp.; 27 folding table plates. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 3908. Gales & Seaton unknown
184731562Tallahassee: Office of the Florida Sentinel; Printed by Joseph Clisby 1847. First Edition. Wraps. Fair. Original printed stitched wraps. 31 pages. Discoloration spots to the outer wrap. Contents include the minutes of proceedings Bishop's speech Church reports and data including numbers of "colored" congregants Treasurer's Report Constitution Canons etc. Light toning and creases to the contents. Early Florida imprint. Office of the Florida Sentinel; Printed by Joseph Clisby unknown
187136086Tallahassee Florida: Dyke & Son 1871. First Edition. Wraps. Good . Stitched wraps. 9" x 6". 41 pages. Tan wraps with title on the front cover. Soft cover is vertically creased. A few spots on the back cover. Interior contents clean. Dyke & Son unknown
187036088Jacksonville Florida: C. Drew's Book and Job Printing Office 1870. First Edition. Wraps. Fair. Stitched wraps. 9" x 6". 75 pages. Tan wraps with title on the front cover. Light soil to the front cover. Back cover torn at the bottom. Interior contents clean. C. Drew's Book and Job Printing Office unknown
187236087Tallahassee Florida: Dyke & Son 1872. Wraps. Fair. Stitched wraps. 9" x 6". 72 pages. Printed yellow outer front cover is present but detached and chipped on the edge. Missing the rear wrap. Light vertical crease to the contents. Some pages are creased upper edge. Contents include contributions from several clergy members in Florida. Also included is a lengthy address by Bishop John Freeman Young. Fair. Dyke & Son unknown
188641223Washington D.C.: Published by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey 1886. Large folding nautical chart printed on heavy paper stock. Colored with minor wear. A rare original survey of the United States Atlantic Coast from Florida to Georgia to South Carolina to North Carolina. Map includes Cape Canaveral Daytona St. Augustine Fernandina Cumberland Island St. Simons Island Sappelo Island Savannah Hilton Head Beaufort Hunting Island Edisto Island James Island Folly Island Charleston Sullivans Island Isle of Palms Pawleys Island Myrtle Beach Bald Head Island Wilmington Wrightsville Jacksonville Emerald Isle Morehead Beaufort New Bern and Cape Hatteras.<br/> <br/> Established by President Thomas Jefferson in 1807 as the Survey of the Coast the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey was the United States' first civilian scientific agency. This agency has followed its mission to survey the U.S. coastline create nautical charts of the coast and help increase maritime safety since its founding and has often played fascinating roles in significant chapters of U.S. history. It served in all theaters of the Civil War in the service of the Union Army and Navy pioneered acoustic exploration in the wake of the sinking of the Titanic and during WWI it worked to detect enemy submarines. In addition this agency worked to survey and produce detailed maps and renderings of the U.S. coast. These nautical survey maps commonly referred to as "T-sheets" provide fascinating insights into the history of the United States coastline which has and will continue to shift. These maps are the most important data source for understanding the physical and ecological characteristics of the U.S. shoreline. The present map is a highly detailed and accurate sea chart of the United States Atlantic Coast from Florida to North Carolina and an important historical view of the developing states. Published by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey unknown
182541367Elizabethtown NJ: J. & E. Sanderson 1825. First edition. Self wrappers. A very good- copy with 4 large semi-circular dampstain marks throughout. Unpaged 4 pp. Illus. with b/w in-text drawings. 20 3/4 x 13 inches. Contents include: a full column on the Liberation of Peru led by General Sucre; the first meeting at the new seat of Government in Florida where the governor states "No part of North America is so little known.Visitors.had pronounced it a bank of sand not worth the money paid for it"; republished letters from Andrew Jackson John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay. This issue not at the American Antiquarian Society. Uncommon. J. & E. Sanderson unknown
184635409Pensacola 1846. Letter. Very good. Letter. 4 pages. Lined paper folded. 4 pages of content. Postal mark and address written center of the 4th page. Two small wax seals on the edges of page 4. <br /> <br /> Letter is addressed to William Roney Jr. Corner of Third & Branch Sts Philadelphia Pa. Letter written aboard the U.S. Frigate "Raritan" off Pensacola Navy Yard April 3rd 1846 and has a Pensacola post mark and date of April 6 . Written on the eve of the Mexican War April 24 1846 to February 2 1848. Content summarized:<br /> <br /> Thomas Roney Midshipman writes a lengthy letter to his brother about his situation in Pensacola and requests his brother's help with family debts. He writes:“There is very little news from Mexico the latest is that Mr. Slidell has been informed that the government could not receive a Minister from the United States but that there were ready to receive a Commissioner for the settlement of the Texas question. We had consequently demanded his passports and is expected here very shortly in the Ship Manzo. The Mexicans have been making every preparation for a war…were preparing to place Santa Anna at the head of the government again….†Roney had been transferred from the U.S. Brig Bainbridge back to the Raritan. He was relieved as “master†and appointed "midshipman". Roney has no problem with this because the Raritan is more comfortable. Roney recently returned from Rio de Janerio and had to take large advance to pay off debts. The only regret of his demotion to midshipman is that he can’t send money home to Mother any more hopes brothers can make it up. He complains of the cost of his “mess bill†and outfitting upon leaving the coast of Brazil. He writes "Any place is better than the coast of Brazil unknown
184635410Pensacola 1846. Letter. Very good. Letter. Folded to make 4 pages. 1 page of content 2 blank pages 1 page with address and postal mark from Pensacola Florida dated August 20 1846. Letter addressed to "Dear Sister" and signed "W Conway". Multiple folds and some creasing and toning to the paper. Red wax seal left edge page 1. Small paper tear from opening the letter. Good condition. Letter content summarized:<br /> <br /> US Frigate Potomac. W. Conway Pensacola Florida writes to sister Camden Goose River Maine while involved in the Blockade of Vera Cruz. USS Potomac sailed w/ships Cumberland Missippy sic Princeton Falmouth Truxton Somers Reefer Bonito and Petrel to mouth of river Alvarado off of Veracruz. Describes bombardment: “…the Commodore made rig to get spring word the cable to bring the broadsides to bear on the fort at 6 PM the firing Commenced and Continued about 2 hours we didi not land the next day we got under weigh and came back to our anchorage. we are waiting for orders from Washington to Attack the Castle of St. Juan Ola Fort San Juan de Ulúa offshore opposite Veracruz. unknown
182834780Washington DC: Printed by Gales & Seaton 1828. Wraps. Very good. Disbound wraps. 21 pages 1 page. Contents clean Scarce. Printed by Gales & Seaton unknown
18903620Gainesville Fl: Daily Advocate Job Print 1890. Very good. 4pp. on a single folded sheet. Mild soiling minor toning old folds. A seemingly unrecorded real estate promotional leaflet issued by Louis A. Barnes and Watson Porter local land attorneys working in and around Gainesville Florida. The pair is seeking prospective purchasers for "much valuable" homestead lands now available for settlement again after being abandoned "under the homestead or pre-emption laws." They also offer services for claims on "Spanish Grants" land warrants soldiers' homestead rights and more. Interestingly one of the two lawyers here Watson Porter previously served as a surgeon in the Third U.S. Colored Troops. In Florida Porter and his wife Olivia established O.A. Porter's Addition to Gainesville selling lots exclusively to African-American people who did not have ready access to land or financing; the neighborhood survives today in Gainesville as Porters Quarters. Porter also served as the Principal of the Union Academy a freedman's school and was a strong supporter of Josiah T. Walls the only African-American man from Gainesville to be elected and seated twice to the U.S. House of Representatives. Some of the land and services in question in the present pamphlet were almost certainly provided to African-American settlers. The pamphlet was printed by the Gainesville-area Daily Advocate which operated in the area between 1884 and 1890. No copies located in OCLC. Daily Advocate Job Print unknown
188944906Boston: Little Brown and Co. 1889. 8vo. xviii 19-200 pp. Chromolith colour frntsp. 3 chromolith colour plates 2 tinted etchings 59 text woodcut engravings historiated vignettes and plates. Contemporary full brown morocco raised bands gilt lettrng on spine gilt inner ruling & dentelle marbled endpapers a.e.g. signed MacDonald & Sons on verso of ffep vry slght sunng to spine vry slght shlfwr NF copy w/ frmr ownrshp inscrptn on ffep. First edition of this beautifully illustrated book in a fine period binding by the famed Boston book binding firm. Deland 1857-1945 writes this early travel account through St. Augustine and along the St. Johns River in the 1880s including vivid reminiscences of the scenery natural history and the local people of the time some of it in dialect. Louis Kinney Harlow 1850-1913 was an exceptional New England landscape artist noted for his paintings and etchings at the end of the 19th century had moved to Boston in the mid-1880s in order to advance his career. Little, Brown, and Co., hardcover
18584106Jacksonville Fl: March 15 1858. Very good plus. 4pp. on a single folded sheet. Old mailing folds. An informative dispatch from antebellum Florida from A.C Scranton to "Friend Barton" in 1858. In his letter Scranton reports that despite some problems he is enjoying southern people and general life in Florida: "The people generally in the south are very kind & hospitibal but I need hardly to tell you that Florida has got some hard times as every new state or Territory has but thare is a more healthy Emigration coming in every year I have been fortunate anough to find some Northern people here which makes it seam a little more like home to me. I am boarding with a family from Georgia whome I like first rate & I do just as I would at home so that things are quite pleasant here considering I am amongst strangers."<br /> <br /> He then provides information on Jacksonville and then two disasters that hit his adopted hometown: "Jacksonville is the largest place in Florida & had at one time about 3000 inhabitants it is not as large as it was once some three years ago it was visited by a very destructive fire & burned nearly half of the town. Last summer there was some kind of Fever here that almost prostrated the place some called it the Yellow Fever & some the African but none could tell for certin.about a hundred & fifteen or twenty that died here in 3 months & a grate many left the town nearly all the stors wer closed not a sound of a hammer was to be heard. When cold weather came it stoped the sickness and it seams quite lively now. It has been for many years a grate resort in the winter season for invaleds but on account of the sickness last summer thare are but few this winter if it continus healthy this summer the place will revive but if not it will kill it entirely."<br /> <br /> Scranton also discusses the transportation system that served Jacksonville and the recent winding down of the Seminole Wars: "It is situated on the Johns River about 23 miles from the mouth and is connected with Charleston & Savana by a regular line of steamers that runs up the river a hundred miles to a place called Platka whare Emigrants land & then travel by land to the interior to settle the country thare is a railroad building from this place to Tallahasse the capital of the state a distance of a hundred & eighty miles which wen completed will be a little help to this place. There is also another in progress from Fernandina a new town that lays in the North East corner of the state to a place called cedar keys on the gulf side whare they intend to carry the US mail direct from New Orleans to New York insted of going round by Key west & will shorten the time considerable. Florida has cost Uncle Sam a large some of money.the government.will make a treaty with them & send them into the Indian Territory & then close the Indian war in Florida." Almost all of the Seminoles remaining in Florida relocated to Indian Territory in the year this letter was written.<br /> <br /> A wonderfully-detailed firsthand account of Jacksonville and its development and challenges during the late 1850s. A printed transcription accompanies the letter. March 15 unknown
183932262New York: Wiley and Putnam 1839. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Small octavo. 1 xii 13-199 pages 1. Brown cloth hardcover with gilt lettered title on the spine. The brown cloth is faded and creased with a few light spots and edge wear head and base of the spine. Light to moderate scattered foxing and toning to the contents. Previous owner name on the front paste down. No author name indicated. <br /> <br /> Clark Old South III 257; Sabin 104829. Wiley and Putnam hardcover
189059940Key West FL: Hunt Photographer 211 Duval St. ca. 1890. Oblong 8vo. One albumen photo sized 4.25 x 6.5 in. mounted on printed 5.25 x 8.5 in. boudoir-sized studio board w/ photographer’s imprint in lower margin of board manuscript pencil title on verso minor chipping & slight tears to upper fore-edge of image still a VG- photo w/ bright strong contrast. A scarce 19th-century albumen boudoir photograph capturing the historic fish market in Key West Florida which at the time held a monopoly on the sponge trade in the United States. Beginning with sponges introduced before the Civil War eventually 1200 spongers on hook boats caught up to 2000 tons of sponges a year. At the time turtling or turtle fishing was a significant industry and the Charter Fishing Boat presence was still quite small and would eventually grow during the Progressive Era drawing ever greater numbers of tourists. Hunt fl. 1880-1900 in Key West Florida operated a photography studio at 211 Duval for over a decade and was originally from Indiana. Hunt, Photographer, 211 Duval St., unknown
182332839Washington DC: Printed by Gales & Seaton 1823. First Edition. Wraps. Good. Disbound wraps. 5 pages 1 blank page. Printed name of Waters Smith at the bottom page 5 and attested by the Secretary F. J. Fatio. Scarce. 2 copies located in OCLC as of 4/2019 Jacksonville PL AAS. Florida became a territory of the United States in 1822 and obtained statehood in 1845. Printed by Gales & Seaton unknown
1863D19919Florida: Munsell San Augustin de la Florida 1863. Poor. One of 160 copies. Defective disbound without only remnants of original wraps. Sold as is. "The unknown author of this authoritative account of Sonora is thought to have been a Jesuit missionary named Juan Nentuig who reached Sonora in 1750. From a reference on p. 196 it must have been written as late as November 21 1762. Nentuig remained until the expulsion of the Jesuits in 1767. The false imprint of Saint Augustine Florida on the title derives from Buckingham Smith's pride in his home town" - Streeter. "The author resided at a place on the River Yaqni where that stream flows through a cañon so deep as to shut out three quarters of the heavens from sight. The first sixty-nine pages are occupied with a natural history of the country .The subjects relating to the Indians occupy pp.69 to 173" - Field. <br/><br/> Munsell, San Augustin, de la Florida paperback