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183099804<p>Boston MA: Printed by Dutton and Wentworth 1830. 1830. Very good. - Octavo 8-1/2 inches high by 5-1/4 inches wide. Softcover bound in printed self-wrappers. Once bound in with other similar pamphlets these three related items are unbound and removed with stab marks along the left edges. The pagination is a follows: pages 1-11 1 & 13-21 1-8; and 1-12. There is some scattered foxing throughout all three items. The cover page of the Senate No. 10 report dated December 15 1829 is darkened & stained with minor chipping to the bottom corners of that page and of the last page. Very good.</p><p>First edition Massachusetts Senate No. 21. The report is signed on page 11 by John W. Lincoln Chairman. The report is followed by the text of a bill entitled "An act to establish the Boston and Lowell Rail Road Corporation."</p><p>The Boston and Lowell Railroad was the first major railroad in the state of Massachusetts. The Boston and Lowell Railroad was preceded by the Middlesex Canal. Converting the canal to a railroad would eliminate the issue of transportation being unavailable during the winter when the canal froze. Patrick Tracy Jackson led the task of convincing the state legislature to fund the project. This proved difficult as the investors of the Middlesex Canal were against building a new form of transportation designed to replace their canal. The report at hand details the protest of the directors of the Middlesex Canal against granting the petition of John F. Loring and others to construct a railroad in its place. Loring and the other investors received their charter on June 5 1830 and the railroad began operations on June 24 1835.</p><p>The pamphlet is accompanied by an earlier February 12 1830 pamphlet titled:"To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled. : The president directors and company of the Middlesex Canal having seen the publication of the petition of John F. Loring and others for a rail road from Boston to Lowell and the order of notice thereon beg leave to present the following remonstrance to granting the prayer thereof." 12 pages. Signed page 12: Wm. Sullivan Josh. Coolidge Geo. Hallet committee of directors of Middlesex Canal to this purpose duly authorized. House No. 40 printed by Dutton and Wentworth 1830.</p><p>In addition an earlier pamphlet from 1829 is included: "Boston December 15 1829. To His Excellency Levi Lincoln Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts : Sir On the behalf of the Commissioners of Internal Improvements I have the honor to transmit herewith a report of a survey made in conformity to a resolve of the legislature passed on the 12th day of June 1829 directing the Board to survey a route for a rail road from the town of Taunton to some point in the route previously surveyed between Boston and Providence : with great consideration and respect I am your humble and most obe't. serv't. Josiah J. Fiske chairman." 8 pages. Signed on page 8: Josiah J. Fiske Willard Phillips James Hayward Commissioners of the Board of Internal Improvements. Senate No. 10. Printed by Dutton and Wentworth.</p> [Boston, MA: Printed by Dutton and Wentworth], [1830]. paperback
18518220Boston: Eastburn's Press 1851. Sewn binding. Good. Octavo 29pp. A good copy in the publisher's yellow sewn wraps. Front wrap detached but present otherwise a clean bright example with mild chipping to wrapper extremities. Very faint flattened vertical crease throughout. Scarce and ephemeral volume loaded with forensic accounting of this railroad; one of the earliest commercial rail systems in the US. OCLC notes a single physical holding naturally at AAS. Eastburn's Press unknown
1877215909Boston 1877. 4to. Self wrappers. Some soiling. 4to. <br/><br/> unknown
1833251045Boston 1833. 1 page. 6 x 7 inches. Toned old folds slightly trimmed at top. 1 page. 6 x 7 inches. <br/><br/> unknown
1846370888Boston: Published by All the Booksellers 1846. 48pp. Pencil annotations. 8vo. Publisher's wrappers soiled minor wear. 48pp. Pencil annotations. 8vo. The description offered in catalogue 590 by the venerable Goodspeed's who knew a thing or two about Boston Brahmin simply cannot be improved: "Vexatious to some but amusing to others because of the biographical comments. A mayor of Boston is called "a 'desperate punster'" and a famous Boston historian is described as "'a showy boy at school and college" and "a pushing man with industry and memory enough to be a good scholar but with great talents for making himself ridiculous.'" The anonymous author or authors "'hold it to be the inalienable right of all Yankees to inquire into and to thoroughly sift and examine their neighbor's affairs."'"<br /> <br /> The early pencil annotations in this example correct some information add a few names of descendents and record deaths. Sabin 6623 Published by All the Booksellers unknown
189776391Boston: Boston Athenaeum 1897-1962. HOWES M. A. Et. Al. editors. Journal of the Proceedings of the Anthology Society Which Conducts the Monthly Anthology and Boston Review. Boston 1910. Octavo. Octavo. Publisher’s blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and the society seal on the front t.e.g.PERKINS Robert F. Jr. et. al editors. The Boston Athenaeum Art Exhibition Index - 1827 - 1874. Boston 1980. Quarto red cloth with gilt spine lettering. dust jacket some very small snags to edgesWAGGAMAN Tomas E. & H. SHUGIO. Catalogue of a Collection of Oil Paintings and Watercolor Drawings by American and European Artists and of Oriental Art Objects Belonging to Thomas E. Waggaman of Washington D.C. Boston 1897. Publisher’s vertically ribbed red cloth with gilt spine lettering t.e.g.The Athenæum Centenary; The Influence and History of the Boston Athenæum from 1807 to 1907. Boston; 1907. Octavo. Publisher’s blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and the society seal on the front t.e.g.ALLEN Gardiner Weld editor. Commodore Hull: Papers of Isaac Hull Commodore United States Navy. Octavo. Publisher’s blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and the society seal on the front t.e.g.BOLTON Ethel Stanwood. Topliff's Travels. Letters From Abroad in the Years 1828 and 1829. Boston 1906. Octavo. Publisher’s blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and the society seal on the front. t.e.g.SWAN Mabel Munson. The Athenaeum Gallery 1827-1873: The Boston Athenaeum as an Early Patron of Art. Boston 1940. Publisher’s blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and the society seal on the front t.e.gWHITEHILL Walter Muir. Independent Historical Societies An Inquiry into Their Research and Publication Functions and Their Financial Future. Boston 1962. Publisher’s blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and the society seal dust jacket. Boston Athenaeum hardcover
185410360Boston: Printed by C.C.F. Moody 1854. Original wraps. Good. 8vo. pp. 23 sewed spine. Folding map colored in outline and folding table of distances. -- Wrapper has chips around the edges & one piece gone top left at the spine. Name in ink on front cover. -- Folding map & table of distances in fine condition. Overall Condtion. Printed by C.C.F. Moody unknown
187935738Boston: Printed by the Order of the Trustees 1879. First edition. Quarter morocco over marbled boards five raised bands gilt titles and decorations. A very good copy spine and boards rubbed contents crisp. xv 476 pp. in two cols. 4to. Palau 375073. Printed by the Order of the Trustees hardcover
187517816<p>Boston: Prang & Company 1875 First edition. Rare in commerce. OCLC records 8 copies. . Tan paper wrappers. Bound with string. Printed on heavy drawing paper. Octavo. 21 x 15 cm. . Illustrated. Light rubbing. Clean throughout. About two thirds of the exercises are completed. Very good. Walter Smith 1836-1886 was an English art educator and author. He moved to Massachusetts in 1871 where he was first appointed to Professor of Art Education at the Massachusetts Normal School of Art. Smith later became the Massachusetts State Director of Art Education and Director of Drawing where he instructed and supervised art teachers. Smith was an important early figure in the field of industrial design. He also wrote books on art education instruction for teachers and drawing guides for students. This booklet is aimed at helping students learn to draw. It begins with definitions to help students' understanding defining words such as "quadrilateral" and "ellipse." The booklet features pages with drawing exercises printed lightly for students to trace next to blank pages which allow space for students to practice. The drawing exercises include a house a vase and abstract shapes.</p> Prang & Company,
187917817<p>Boston: L. Prang & Company 1879 Second edition. . Bound in darker tan paper wrappers. Printed on thinner paper than the earlier edition. Tape lining both joints. All exercises but the last page are completed. Signed in pencil on the cover: James Malcolm Graham 1886. Very good copy. . Octavo. 22 cm. x 15 cm. . Illustrated. Very good. Walter Smith 1836-1886 was an English art educator and author. He moved to Massachusetts in 1871 where he was first appointed to Professor of Art Education at the Massachusetts Normal School of Art. Smith later became the Massachusetts State Director of Art Education and Director of Drawing where he instructed and supervised art teachers. Smith was an important early figure in the field of industrial design. He also wrote books on art education instruction for teachers and drawing guides for students. This is the second revised edition of a booklet aimed at helping students learn to draw. This edition begins with an explanation of the book particularly explaining that the printing is light so that students can fill in the lines and that students should use soft pencils to do so. The drawing exercises are mostly for shapes and vary in complexity</p> L. Prang & Company,
1849List1801Boston: Anti-Slavery Bazaar 1849. Small broadside measuring 7 ¾ x 4 ½ inches printed on green wove paper. Some creases and a small tear at margin near fine. Near Fine. The American Anti-Slavery Society hosted annual bazaars which served as fundraisers with money going to supporting the National Anti-Slavery Standard newspaper. Many women were involved with the event and sold abolitionist items. Offered here is one such piece of ephemera from the 1849 fair a poem written by an unknown author with the pen name “M.†The poem was featured in the poetry section of The Liberator January 26 1849 Vol. XIX. No. 4. with the description “The two following poetical effusions were written for the Anti-Slavery Bazaar In Faneuil Hall by friends of freedom in the old world.†<br /> It reads:<br /> <br /> Ye friends of liberty all hail!<br /> May your endeavours never fail<br /> In freedom’s sacred cause!<br /> May blessings e’er attend your course<br /> In striving to uproot all force<br /> And stern oppression’s laws!<br /> Yours is a noble task my friends!<br /> And God his gracious favor lends<br /> To speed ye on your way<br /> Until you reach the blessed goal<br /> When ev’ry dark benighted soul<br /> Shall hail bright freedom’s ray.<br /> Oh! may he speed the time when all<br /> Their fellow-men shall brethren call<br /> And the deep wrong remove<br /> When the dark chains of slavery<br /> Give place to sacred liberty<br /> And bonds of holy love!<br /> Oh! it were happiness to bind<br /> In such bright chains all human kind<br /> And set each captive free;<br /> For when oppressions all shall cease<br /> And this fair world be fill’d with peace<br /> Like Heav’n on earth ‘twill be!<br /> <br /> A very nice example of the anti-slavery movement during this period. Uncommon with one copy appearing at auction and none listed in OCLC. Anti-Slavery Bazaar unknown
1861List3000Boston Massachusetts: William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp 1861. Single sheet letterpress broadside measuring 18 x 24 ½ inches. Folded with small tears at folds and marginal damage; excellent to Near Fine. Offered here is a “phonographic report†i.e. it includes the audience’s reaction of a speech delivered by abolitionist Wendell Phillips 1811–1884 to the Twenty-Eighth Congregational Society in Boston on April 21 1861. The report was printed in an extra of William Lloyd Garrison’s Liberator newspaper. Shortly following the first Battle of Fort Sumter the speech finds Phillips throwing his full support behind the cause of war. He insists to his audience:<br /> <br /> “The anti-slavery enterprise to which I belong started with peace written on its banner. We imagined that the age of bullets was over; that the age of ideas had come; that thirty millions of people were able to stake a great question and decide it by the conflict of opinions; and without letting the ship of State founder lift four millions of men into Liberty and Justice. . Our mistake if any has been that we counted too much on the intelligence of the masses on the honesty and wisdom of statesmen as a class. . The North thinks—can appreciate argument—is in the nineteenth century—hardly any struggle left in it but that between the working class and the money kings. The South dreams—it is the thirteenth and fourteenth century—baron and serf—noble and slave. . Our struggle therefore is no struggle between different ideas but between barbarism and civilization. Such can only be settled by arms. Prolonged cheering.â€<br /> <br /> We find three copies of this newspaper in OCLC. Of interest to scholars of Phillips’ work and of abolitionism especially Boston abolitionists.<br /> <br /> 1 “Wendell Phillips Dead: The Last Hours Of One Of The Apostles Of Abolition†The New York Times February 3 1884 1. William Lloyd Garrison and Isaac Knapp unknown
18809608Boston: Joseph Burnett & Co.; Press of Mills Knight & Co 1880. Small octavo stapled in wrappers 17.5 x 11 cm. ~80 pages. Illustrated; wrapper printed in chromolithograph. Advertising matter of local merchants interspersed throughout. Earliest issue of this New England housekeepers' almanac and promotional cookbook issued by Joseph Burnett & Co makers of flavor extracts and additionally used to promote local businesses through a drop-in box on the front wrapper panel. In this case the additional promotion goes to Butler & Laighton Fine Groceries of Rockingham County N.H. Internally clan and sound. Small closed tear to foot of chromolithograph wrappers otherwise near fine and bright. OCLC locates four copies of this 1880 issue and eleven copies of all other issues through 1884. Joseph Burnett & Co.; Press of Mills, Knight & Co unknown
18909319Boston: Robinson Engraving Co 1890. Menu in painted wooden boards bound with cord 20 x 15.2 cm. 10 gold-printed leaves each a die-cut circle printed versos only. An elaborate program of events for the eleventh annual meeting of the Hotel Men's Mutual Benefit Association held in May 1890 at Boston's great hotels the Parker House Hotel Vendome and American House. The H.M.M.B.A. was founded in 1879 to offer hotel workers insurance plans; it was later to become the Bankers Life and Casualty Company. The program and menu for the three-day meeting includes the meeting itself music speakers presentations carriage excursions etc. The painted wooden boards hold die-cut 'booklets' dedicated to the Convention headquartered at the Parker House the Eleventh Annual Banquet held at the American House and the Reception held at the Hotel Vendome. The boards are scored and textured painted in silver with gold spots and hold a hand-lettered piece of 'vellum'. Some rubbing to edges of boards otherwise very good. Robinson Engraving Co hardcover
189762596Boston:: P. K. Foley September 1897- MArch 1904. publisher's printed wrappers. Some light chipping and use to wrappers. 8vo. P. K. Foley, unknown
1864AQ28474Boston: Printed by John Wilson and Son 1864. 49pp 1. Original publisher's blind-stamped dark green cloth lettered in gilt to spine and upper board T.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Armorial bookplate of Esher to FEP very occasional light spotting. A tribute to American financier Joshua Bates 1788-1864 from a selection of Boston merchants including both the record of an in-person assembly and a selection of letters penned in his memory. Bates who founded the Boston Public Library in 1852 donated 30000 volumes to the institution with the main hall being named in his honour. . First edition. 8vo. Printed by John Wilson and Son hardcover
188835464Boston Printed By Order Of The City Council 1888. Hardcover. Used: Good/None as Issued. Front hinge is tender small holes in front gutter gilt decoration to front board embossed repeat to rear board both beveled Please email for photos. Boston, Printed By Order Of The City Council hardcover
180945000Boston: Edward Cotton. 1809. First Edition Thus. Disbound. Poor. Americana and American History Social History Most Recent Listing; 168 pages; Boston: Poor. 1809. First Edition Thus. 168 pages; Printed by Munroe Francis & Parker. Disbound lacking original wrappers and initial/final blanks top 1/4" to 1" missing from first six leaves with some loss of text top edge of last few leaves eroded at top margin map missing 1/2" - 1 1/2" strip along top edge. A very flawed example of this scarce Boston directory published in 1809. Includes a listing of streets and wharves; names and addresses for hundreds of Bostonians including John Quincy Adams Paul Revere John Hancock etc. . . Edward Cotton unknown
18092212260018Boston: Edward Cotton 1809. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo original marbled stiff wrappers 168 pp. Includes map. Some toning offsetting. Minor splitting at wrap hinge. Listings for John Quincy Adams Paul Revere John Hancock etc. Edward Cotton hardcover
1809106397<p>Pamphlet 12mo original marbled stiff wrappers 168 pp. Lacking map bookplate on front pastedown wear soiling and fading to binding with edge wear and some splitting at spine tear on one leaf foxing and toning; good overall. Scarce Boston directory published in 1809 does not appear in auction records. With period bookplate of E Loring Richards. Includes a listing of streets and wharves. Lists some important people from the period including John Quincy Adams Paul Revere and John Hancock.</p> Edward Cotton,
1874004105<p>London: House of Commons 1874. Collection of papers relating to the Boston election of 1874 comprising - 1. 'Copy of the Shorthand Writer's Notes of the Evidence Taken at the Trial of the Boston Election Petition' iv 76pp; 2. 'For the Trial of Election Petitions' pp19-30; 3. 'Summons to Witness' form 1p; 4. 'Report of the Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire Into the Existence of Corrupt Practices at Parliamentary Elections in the Borough of Boston' 1876 5 vi-xiv 2 3-51pp 1; and 5. 'Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire Into the Existence of Corrupt Practices at Parliamentary Elections in the Borough of Boston' 1876 3 2-268pp. Half calf and marbled paper over boards raised bands spine in six panels title label to second panel gilt thick and thin double rules either side of bands. Rubbed to extremities lightly foxed to edges and occasionally to margins a few pen lines to margins previous owners name to head of a few of the different reports but generally clean. The fourth named includes a poll book printed on blue paper. The Liberals William Ingram and Thomas Parry were initially elected but "an election petition found extensive bribery relating to Parry's votes which on the initial count totalled 1347. However 353 of these were struck off - and further may have been taken if the process had not stopped on 8 June 1874 - leading to Malcolm's election instead. A Royal Commission was established to investigate the borough. A separate petition against Ingram was dropped" Wikipedia - Boston Election page. First Edition. Hardback. Good. Folio.</p> House of Commons hardcover
1825102273<p>Letter sheets 8" x 12" 3 pages plus integral address leaf. Extensive tape repairs to folds mostly archival tape but some regular tape too which has caused a little browning in areas long tear obscures writers signature but partially visible creased normal aging and browning remnant of wax seal; otherwise good or better. The letter is to Boston Mayor Josiah Quincy 1772-1864 a future head of Harvard and served eight years in Congress. It appears after becoming Boston's mayor he sent delegates to New York and Philadelphia to study fire fighting techniques in those cities. The author of this letter read about this mission and sent Mayor Quincy a lengthy letter on the subject. The probable author is Solon Robinson 1803-1880 although his signature is partially obscured by a tear. However on the back page a smudged docketed note identifies him as Solon Robertson or Robinson. Robinson was a writer and would become a well known Indiana pioneer. In any case the author would suggest a far more modern system for fighting fires than the existing practice of engines carrying water to fires which would become useless when the water ran out. he proposed putting lead aqueduct pipes "laid deep underground and leading to every part of the city." While her does not use the term fire hydrants the water would be accessed from locked iron covers that would serve that function. ABN.</p>
186943274Boston 1869. Near fine some browning at upper edge. 1 sheet. Folio. Signed and dated 1 January 1869. Sealed with 50 cent Internal Revenue conveyance stamp. Title arches over an etching of a three masted ship steaming at sea. Boston Lloyds was an insurance organization formed as "an Association for the purpose of taking Marine Risks by means of Individual Underwriting" and "by power of attorney have ing each member authorized Richard S. Haven to make insurance for them in their individual capacity as the said Richard S. Haven may deem proper; and for that purpose to perform all acts necessary to the proper fulfillment of the object." There were sixty members each allowing Haven to commit them up to $500 each. One of the firms was S. C. Thwing & Co. of Boston whose commitment document this is. Its primary owner was Supply Clap Thwing 1798-1871 a wealthy businessman with roots tracing back to the Pilgrims. He was active in the mercantile trade between the East Indies and New Orleans was a ship owner and active in the coal trade. Richard S. Haven came to Boston from California became an insurance agent for a number of companies before forming Boston Lloyds which unfortunately did not last half a decade perhaps failing about 1874. Rare. The only known documents on Boston Lloyds are held in the archives of the Peabody Essex Museum. The United States Insurance Gazette V. 28 new series 1868-9 pp. 26-7; Memorial Biographies of the New England Historic Genealogical Society p. 251. unknown
189445223Boston 1894. Toned and torn along folds but still very good. 4 pp. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. Written on four sheets of Parker House Stationary and prepared for the annual School Festival in Mechanics Hall for the year's graduates from Boston's Public Schools on June 30th 1894.<br /> <br /> Frederic Thomas Greenhalge 1842-1896 was a British-born Harvard graduate who practiced law before he made the transition into Massachusetts politics. Greenhalge served as Mayor of Lowell Massachusetts 1880-1881; was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 1885; was a member of the US House of Representatives 1889-1891 and was the Massachusetts Governor -the first foreign born- from 1894 until his death in 1896. He abolished the annual Fast Day celebration replacing it with Patriots' Day.<br /> <br /> "This my young friends is a world - not of rest & recreation except in evanescent moments - but of toil and trial - of stress & storm - and thank Heaven of achievement and triumph."<br /> <br /> with photo portrait of Greenhalge on a 4.5 x 7 inch card with printed signature "Compliments of The Republican Committee of Massachusetts."<br /> <br /> with clipping from the Boston Transcript Saturday June 30 1894. Torn in half with some loss but contains complete transcript of the speech and description of the proceedings. unknown
184438801Boston: John H. Eastburn City Printer 1844. First edition. Disbound. Removed from a larger volume else a very good clean copy. 13 pp. 8vo. The Primary School committee was much agitated by the Secretary of the Board of Education Horace Mann's Seventh Annual Report which complained that there was no real system of education in Boston specifically that the teachers in the higher grades were forced to teacher the basic elements that should have been covered earlier: "The elements must be taught somewhere. If neglected in the primary schools they must be taught in the grammar schools. And thus the order of things is reversed and disarrangement introduced into the whole school system. The teacher who is employed and paid for instructing in the higher branches is compelled to devote time and attention to the studies appropriately belonging to schools of a lower grade. This is found to be the case to too great an extent in the schools of our city. We do not say this to the disparagement of the primary school teachers or from the belief that there is a want of fidelity on their part. We believe it to be in part at least owing to the system of teaching or rather want of system in the primary schools." The Primary School committee attempted to rebut his criticism point by point. Over 175 years later this problem remains as intractable as ever.<br /> <br /> Not at AAS. OCLC locates 8 printed copies. American Imprints 44882. John H. Eastburn, City Printer unknown
