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18681909040th Cong. 2d Sess.: HED172. 1868. 3 1 blank pp. Disbound. Caption-title as issued. Very Good. HED172. unknown books
189119362New Orleans 1891. Original printed wrappers chipped at extremities stitched 40pp. Scattered soil Good. The Board works on problems involving sanitary conditions disease transportation by rail and steam parks and postal service. Reports on agricultural and manufactured items are included. unknown books
180732236City of Washington: A. & G. Way 1807. 7 1 blank pp. Toned with modern staples Good. <br/><br/> Secretary of War Henry Dearborn advises John Randolph Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee that he is "unable to state with correctness the present strength of the regular force now under general Wilkinson at New Orleans." On the best mode of defending that City he advises that "no system of fortification within our power at or about the city could be of any essential use for its defence." <br/> Secretary of the Navy Robert Smith reports on the naval force present at New Orleans and recommends deploying additional gun-boats and batteries. <br/>AI 13890 4. A. & G. Way unknown books
187151895New Orleans: Printed at the Commercial Bulletin Office 131 Gravier Street 1871. First edition. 31 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Printed yellow wrappers. Minor coiling else fine. First edition. 31 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Printed at the Commercial Bulletin Office, 131 Gravier Street unknown books
1862WRCAM15106New Orleans 1862. 29pp. Original front printed wrapper rear lacking. Inscription on front wrapper wrap browned and gnawed old fold. Good. In half calf and cloth slipcase scuffed. Prints the correspondence between Commodore Farrague Maj.-Gen. Butler and the Mayor of New Orleans concerning the occupation of the city as well as relevant General Orders. An important document relating to the Federal seizure of New Orleans. hardcover books
189536470New Orleans La.: Wm. Miller Printer 104 Gravier Street 1895. Original staples small bleedthrough and printed wrappers light wear. 4" x 6." 35 3 pp. Light uniform toning Very Good.<br/><br/> Chalmette is a geographic area in St. Bernard Parish just east of downtown New Orleans. It is named after a local 18th century plantation owner. The Chalmette Benevolent Association was a mutual benefit organization whose members would "divide each other's sorrows and increase each other's joys to care for our sick and to bury our dead and to relieve our widows and orphans." Members were eligible for medical surgical and funeral assistance. The Charter from 1885 Constitution Bylaws and Rules of Order are printed through page 35. The list of officers and members is printed at pages 36-37 with an Index at page 38.<br/> Officers included a physician and an undertaker. There were about 110 members. White men between the ages of 18 and 45 years able-bodied and of good moral character who believed in a Supreme Being were eligible for membership. Members elected druggists and an undertaker; provision is made for a Health and Relief Committee and a Wake Committee. <br/>OCLC 731667710 1- LSU as of December 2019. Not in Thompson. Wm. Miller, Printer, 104 Gravier Street unknown books
187329323New Orleans: Picayune Steam Press 1873. Original printed wrappers clean but with a bit of corner wear with wrapper title as issued. 27 1 blank pp. Minor wear clean text Very Good plus. <br/> offered with Typescript Letter laid in from New Orleans March 22 1873 1 page: 'Dear Sir: We assume the liberty to commend to your patriotism and to your love of our common country the accompanying Report.' It is signed in type by Thos. A. Adams Chairman and five others comprising the Executive Committee of the Committee of Two Hundred Citizens. Fine.<br/><br/> The Committee recites "the discontents pressures and grievances under which the people of the State were suffering from the unconstitutional and revolutionary action of a portion of the federal authorities" especially the federal court's intervention in the 1872 elections in favor of the Pinchback government. The elections produced rival claimants for the governor's office and sparked the Colfax massacre in which 280 blacks were killed some while attempting to surrender to armed whites. The Report is signed in type by Thomas A. Adams Chairman and five other members of the Executive Committee. <br/>FIRST EDITION. 136 Eberstadt 391. Thompson 1232. Picayune Steam Press unknown books
183332746np 1833. 10 2 blank pp. Caption title as issued stitched untrimmed partly uncut. Minor dustsoiling on untrimmed edges. Else crisp and bright. Near Fine.<br/><br/> This is the Brief submitted to the United States Supreme Court by the City of New Orleans. The City and the United States each claimed title to the same area of "vacant public land." The City sought to sell it. The United States objected on the ground that the land "formerly belonging to the Crowns of France and Spain successively passed by treaty to the United States." The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana enjoined the sale. The City appealed.<br/> The City's Brief an unusually detailed examination of its chain of title beginning in 1720 argues that ownership of the disputed lands did not vest in the United States under the treaty to purchase Louisiana; and that the "original plan of the City" left those lands "for the use of the inhabitants." The Supreme Court agreed. Its opinion by Justice McLean of Ohio is officially reported at 35 U.S. 662 1836. Daniel Webster and Edward Livingston-- who had spent years fending off U.S. claims to New Orleans alluvial lands-- represented the City; Attorney General Benjamin Franklin Butler was counsel for the United States. <br/>OCLC records only facsimiles as of August 2016 evidently from an original residing at the Harvard Law School. unknown books
180925953Washington: A. & G. Way 1809. 53 3 blanks pp. With the signature crossed out of John Smilie probably the Pennsylvanian then serving in Congress and an opponent of slavery. Contemporary signature also of Samuel Burch. Bound in modern cloth bit of lower spine discoloration. A bit of light spotting to the title page light numerical accession number at top margin of page 3 else a clean text. Very Good. <br/><br/> Jean Gravier a major landowner in New Orleans claimed title to a river bank known as a batture. The Mississippi River covered it for three months of the year but during the other nine months it was dry and from time immemorial used by the public for its alluvium deposits and other purposes. Gravier's claims triggered litigation against the City which refused to acknowledge his title. In 1807 the Louisiana Superior Court awarded judgment to Gravier. The unpopularity of the decision resulted in years of acrimony and further litigation which Edward Livingston Gravier's successor in title carried on against the City as well as the national government. This publication offers a wealth of material in the form of public documents and affidavits gathered for the litigation demonstrating the nullity of Gravier's title.<br/>FIRST EDITION. Cohen 11679. AI 18892 3. Not in Harv. Law Cat. Marvin Marke Eberstadt Thompson. A. & G. Way unknown books
1807WRCAM3793New Orleans: Printed by Bradford & Anderson 1807. 63pp. Modern half morocco and cloth. Foxed and tanned. Good. A printing in parallel English and French of some important post-cession acts including those confirming validity of original Spanish and French grants and so forth. Although these acts are frequently found bound with the ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION. they were printed and paginated separately. A good example of the printing work of Bradford and Anderson. Bradford arrived in New Orleans in 1804 rising to the post of printer to the Territory in 1805. The patronage was withdrawn three years later because Bradford and Anderson repeatedly attacked Gov. Claiborne in their newspaper the ORLEANS GAZETTE. McMURTRIE LOUISIANA 99. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 11502 13789. FOOTE p.7. JUMONVILLE 144. THOMPSON 1078. Printed by Bradford & Anderson hardcover books