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1811WRCAM41305Washington City: A. & G. Way 1811. 11pp. Modern half calf and marbled boards. Lightly foxed. Very good. The report of the congressional committee appointed to evaluate the government of Mississippi Territory and the petition of the residents of West Florida what is now the southernmost portions Mississippi and Alabama to be annexed to that territory. The United States had supported the bloodless coup of Americans resident in what was then Spanish territory and annexed the land over Spain's bitter protests. Given the commercial stranglehold New Orleans and Louisiana would have on the region if West Florida were annexed to it thus giving Louisiana almost exclusive access to the Gulf the committee relying heavily on recent census data recommends that Mississippi be admitted to the Union and that West Florida as defined in the 1763 Treaty of Paris be annexed to it. The argument concludes: "The formation of new states on the southern extremity of the United States ought not to be delayed." An important step forward in the development of the Deep South. Scarce. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 24296. A. & G. Way hardcover books
181923119Washington: Thomas Allen Printer 1819. 20pp untrimmed uncut Very Good. Secretary of State Forsyth transmits documents to Congress concerning Spanish and French claims to West Florida. Forsyth advises that any such claims were extinguished by the Louisiana Purchase and the Treaty between the United States and Spain. He transmits correspondence occurring in 1810 between Governor Claiborne and others concerning American forces' occupation of the territory. OCLC 10648476 3. Not in Sabin or Eberstadt. Thomas Allen, Printer unknown books
1816WRCAM5200Washington 1816. 23pp. Dbd. Very good. Prints two letters from Onìs and Monroe's reply in which he complains of expeditions being arranged by Robinson and Toledo against Spanish claims. Onìs also continues his objections to the American seizure of West Florida. Monroe replies that these activities are beyond the jurisdiction of the U.S. and asserts that the cession of Louisiana includes the territory as far west as the Rio Grande. HOWES L502. STREETER TEXAS 1060. SERVIES 887. unknown books
188761105bdDeLand Fla.: Saint Johns - Oklawaha River Trading Company 1981. Facsimile reproduction of the 1887 edition with an Introduction by V. O. Coshow. Octavo stiff illustrated wrappers stapled 1 - 84 pp. Illustrations advertisements. Fine. Saint Johns - Oklawaha River Trading Company, (1981). Facsimile reproduction of the 1887 edition, with an Introduction by V. O unknown books
1847266916Jackson County FL 1847. unbound. 1 page 3.5 x 7.5 inches Jackson County Florida February 5 1847 -- a probate court receipt acknowledging that "Elijah Bryon Administrator of William Bryon received the following property awarded to me by the commissioners appointed by the Hon. Richard H. Long Judge of Probate for the County of Jackson one-fifth of three-hundred and twenty acres of land undivided and the following slaves: Mary Ginny and child and Jerry valued at $1500 and three-hundred and thirty one dollars and forty-five cents of the other personal property as my position of said Estate." Signed at the bottom: "Elijah Bryan guardian for Joseph M. Bryan" and docketed on the bacl: "E. Bryan" and "Richard H. Long J.P.C." Richard H. Long 1791 - 1865 was appointed by the Territorial Governor in 1833 to complete the land sale between S. Brown and the Apalachicola Tustenuggee and Hadjo tribes treating the Indians fairly. He was a representative to Florida's first Constitutional Convention and later served as Speaker of the House. During the Civil War he rose to the rank of Colonel of a Florida Regiment and saw much action in the field. His body was recently located in a forgotten Confederate cemetery. Elijah H. Long was known for building a 5200-acre plantation for his mother. The family was well known in Jackson County and evidently all were slave owners. One horizontal fold; uniformly toned. Very good condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
18115772London: Tuesday January 15 1811. Fascinating issue of the Courier. Includes pre-graphic advertising for soap remedies books etc. and full-text accounts of speeches in Parliament. Of interest is an exchange of correspondence on the short-lived Republic of West Florida an area made up of the eastern parishes of modern Louisiana including Baton Rouge that declared independence in 1810. In 1803 the US and Spain disputed the territory as a population of English-speaking Americans grew in the area. The Americans attacked the Spanish fort at Baton Rouge on the date of the letter reproduced in this paper 23 September 1810 and declared an independent state. The letter is addressed to Governor of the Mississippi Territory effectively requesting the recognition of the United States. A second letter dated November 15 1810 effectively rejects the state's declaration of independence on the grounds that the territory was part of the Louisiana Purchase and is therefore integral to the United States. #4891. Price sixpence-halfpenny. 324 x 488 mm 4 pages four columns per page. Tax stamp ownership stamp of the Paisley Coffee Room Scotland. Folds else fine. Tuesday, January 15, unknown books
186463452Richmond VA 1864. 4to one-page on blue paper the text in full: "In compliance with your request I have the honor to transmit herewith copy of my letter to the Hon. W. Porcher Miles on the subject of the torpedo boats"; with a "Rebel Archives" stamp on verso. Chambliss 1809-1875; Sussex County Virginia plantation owner and member of the Confederate House of Representatives 1862-1865 was a member of the house Naval Affairs committee and William Porcher Miles 1822-1899; Mayor of Charleston South Carolina 1855-1857 U.S. House of Representatives 1857-1860 Confederate House of Representatives 1862-1865 was chairman of the house Military Affairs committee. This letter was written several months after the Confederacy's first torpedo boat the David made its initial attack against the Union ship New Ironsides in Charleston Harbor 5 October 1863 and two months before its second against the USS Memphis 6 March 1864. After two failed attempts at a sortie in 1863 losing 13 crew members in the process the Hunley became the first torpedo boat to actually sink a war vessel successfully completing its mission against the USS Housatonic in Charleston Harbor on February 17 1864. Very good Mallory's signature strong and black. Folded. 10187. <br/><br/> unknown books
18115773London: Wednesday January 16 1811. Front-page article prints the declaration of James Madison that effectively claims the Eastern parishes of Louisiana for the United States in contradiction to the claims of Spain and equally to the claims of the local English-speaking residents to an independent state of West Florida. In 1803 the US and Spain disputed the territory as a population of English-speaking Americans grew in the area. The Americans attacked the Spanish fort at Baton Rouge on 23 September 1810 and declared an independent state. Madison effectively rejects the state's declaration of independence on the grounds that the territory was part of the Louisiana Purchase and is therefore integral to the United States. #4892. Price sixpence-halfpenny. 324 x 488 mm 4 pages four columns per page. Tax stamp ownership stamp of the Paisley Coffee Room Scotland. Folds else fine. Wednesday, January 16, unknown books
1889011511NY: Charles Scribner's Sons 1889. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Vol VI No 2. Two interesting articles on lawn tennis and fishing in Florida plus an installment of Stevenson's "Master of Ballantrae" and other articles. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
1876244152Jacksonville Florida 1876. 4 pp. pen and ink on a single folded sheet. 1 vols. 12mo. Old folds. Fine. 4 pp. pen and ink on a single folded sheet. 1 vols. 12mo. The First Florida Retiree. "Spinner a strong nationalist was an important adviser to Chase on matters such as the circulation of greenbacks which bore Spinner's distinctive hard-to-duplicate signature and the creation of a national banking system. . Needing large numbers of reliable employees not subject to military service he was the first governmental administrator to turn to women. He vigorously defended their employment against critics hired over one hundred paid them well by the standards of the time and insisted on their continued employment after the war. . When a new secretary of the treasury in 1875 assumed control over the appointment of clerks however Spinner feared that dishonest people might be hired and he would be held responsible. He resigned and moved to Jacksonville Florida where he enjoyed a vigorous outdoor life until his death in that city." ANB<br/>Francis E. Spinner 1802-1890 served as Treasurer of the United States under Presidents Lincoln Johnson and Grant. In the angling world he is notable as the recipient of letters from Oliver Gibbs published as Lake Pepin Fish-Chowder 1869. In retirement in Florida he writes to George Dawson editor of the Albany Evening Journal and a noted American angling author whose Pleasures of Angling with Rod and Reel 1876 is the first American book devoted to fly fishing. Spinner writes "I am so glad to learn that you have been persuaded to publish your fish letters in book form . when yours comes out it will be read with pleasure." He then goes on to describe fishing for trout on McGirt's Creek a tributary of the St. Johns River and catching a cat fish of 18-1/2 pounds "on one of Chapman's 'No. 4 Minnow bait' . I mention this because I cannot learn from anyone that a cat fish was ever known before to strike at artificial bait." Spinner concludes lyrically "The orange and other of the citrus family are in bloom now . Whoever at the North that can afford to and who has nothing else to do and that does not spend his winters in this Elysium is to be pitied. Do come." <br/>An excellent letter with outstanding content. unknown books
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
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
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
