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1831008897Thibodeauxville 1831. Unbound. Good. This two-page folded letter measures 16" x 9.75" unfolded. The cover has no postmark nor rate mark so it is likely it was carried outside of official post office channels. The letter's paper is supple but it has developed splits along several folds so quite fragile. <br /><br />In this letter the Thibodeauxville Justice of the Peace seeks information about two men James Stewart and Joseph R. King he has arrested for horse theft and the probable murder of a watchmaker: <p style="margin-left:3%; margin-right:3%;">"There was a complaint . . . there were two men James Stewart and Joseph R King . . .of Suspicious Character that there were strong circumstances . . . they were guilty of Murder or horse stealing and probably both. . . . They started from Iberville with an old Dutchman a clock or watch repairer. . . . About two miles below Plaquemine the horse threw the Old man . . . and they took his horse . . . and Saddlebags and threw the old mans tools into the Mississippi. . . . The horse was found . . . and King and Stewart were arrested and are now in jail. I shall feel under obligations to any man that will give me information of the Old man whether he is dead or living or any other information that will serve to an expose the crimes which Stewart and King may have committed." <p>I could find no record that King and Stewart were ever brought to trial. Also neither name appears on the historical list of Louisiana executions. This does not mean that the pair were not convicted of murder. In the 1830s <br /><br />Louisiana was one of three states Alabama and Tennessee being the other two that changed their laws to give juries the complete discretion to sentence convicted murderers to punishments short of death. Some see Banner <i>The Death Penalty: an American History</i> have suggested that this was so that juries which at the time were composed only of white men could take race into account when they handed down sentences. Perhaps . . . but only two men were executed in Louisiana in 1831 one white and one black. <br /><br /> books
197526193Humlebaek Denmark: Udgivet af Louisiana 1975. 39 pages. Danish language art and design periodical. Color and black and white illustrated throughout. Approx. 9 3/4" x 13 3/4" size; color illustrated stapled softcover; light wear; in very good condition. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Udgivet af Louisiana paperback books
197626194Humlebaek Denmark: Udgivet af Louisiana 1976. 39 pages. Danish language art and design periodical. Color and black and white illustrated throughout. Approx. 9 3/4" x 13 3/4" size; color illustrated stapled softcover; light wear; in very good condition. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Udgivet af Louisiana paperback books
197526192Humlebaek Denmark: Udgivet af Louisiana 1975. 39 pages; this issue devoted entirely to Edvard Munch. Danish language art and design periodical. Color and black and white illustrated throughout. Approx. 9 3/4" x 13 3/4" size; color illustrated stapled softcover; light wear; in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Udgivet af Louisiana paperback books
197626195Humlebaek Denmark: Udgivet af Louisiana 1976. 39 pages. Danish language art and design periodical. Color and black and white illustrated throughout. Approx. 9 3/4" x 13 3/4" size; color illustrated stapled softcover; light wear; in very good condition. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Udgivet af Louisiana paperback books
190559157Cambridge MA: Houghton 1905. Large 8vo pp. xii 350. Maroon cloth stamped in gilt. TEG. Illustrated. Cover worn along hinge spine and part of cover faded o/w VG. (Houghton) unknown books
1804WRCAM56593Philadelphia 1804. 1p. autograph letter signed on a folio sheet with address panel and docketing on verso. Remains of wax seal. Old folds with small separations starting a most folds no loss of text one-inch seal tear to left margin no text affected else very good. A friendly and informative letter from Philadelphia merchant Lewis Cist to his brother Jacob Cist prominent naturalist and coal entrepreneur. In between updates on various investments he and his brother are involved in with an individual named Ritter and money he owes Jacob Lewis recounts: "We have just been watching a procession in commemoration of the acquisition of Louisiana. All of our volunteers infantry foot horse artillery the governor followed by the councils the Cincinnati the Incorporated Cordwainers with an 8 gallon shoe & flags with the names of the states.obscured.&c. It made a very good appearance & lasted from the beginning to end abt. 3/4 hours." Popular opinion on the Louisiana Purchase was mixed and so the government was keen to promote the country's profound expansion along with great potential of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's Corps of Discovery Expedition which launched from Camp Dubois just two days after the date on this letter. <br> <br> Jacob Cist 1783-1823 was born in Philadelphia son of printer Charles Cist. A man of varied interests and activities Jacob starting by working in his father's printing establishment which was then the official government printer for John Adams' administration. In 1800 as the capital moved from Philadelphia to Washington his father opened a new printing house in Washington D.C. and Jacob became manager as well as acquiring a clerkship in the U.S. Post Office. From there he was appointed the first postmaster of Wilkes-Barre in 1808 as well as co-founding the Wilkes-Barre Bridge Company and Luzerne County Agricultural Society and serving as Luzerne County treasurer. The Cist family was already involved in coal and he inherited shares in the Lehigh Coal Mine Company. In time he became a leading advocate for the commercial production of anthracite coal as well as inventing and patenting an anthracite heating stove since anthracite was difficult to ignite in existing stoves. This was helped in part by coal shortages during the War of 1812 as British blockades prevented the shipment of Virginia bituminous coal to Philadelphia. Jacob was also a avid naturalist and geologist. As an early contributor to the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND ARTS the longest-running scientific journal in the U.S. he began a correspondence with Adolphe Brongniart an important French paleontologist. Jacob's letters pamphlets maps specimens drawings and watercolors both promoted his commercial coal-mining interests and helped establish correlations between American and European coal deposits through their fossils. Jacob's papers are now at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. <br> <br> Lewis Cist d.1806 was a merchant and investor and may have gone on to equally diverse and distinguished achievement had he not died suddenly in 1806 on a voyage back to Philadelphia. Probate records note that he had not created a will; existing paperwork on the settlement of his estate was administered by Jacob Ritter possibly the same Ritter mentioned in this letter and signed by his mother Mary. Cist Lewis. Files No. 159-224 Book K p.253 1806. Philadelphia Pennsylvania Register of Wills. Jacob Cist correspondence and documents 1794- 1829. ANSP-Coll-0152. Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. unknown books
1965ess2911Baton Rouge: Claitor’s Book Store 1965. Octavo burgundy leatherette hardcover gilt letters xi 394 x pp. Very Good with former-owner bookplate and inked through signature to pastedown; light soiling to page edges. Claitor’s Book Store, 1965. hardcover books
30112Paper self-wraps. 8vo.; 4pp. Regarding the question of whether the owner of the steam-tug "New Minnie" violated the law requiring that only regularly licensed pilots be allowed to navigate steam vessels on navigable water of the United States. Perforated library stamp on front page printed library stamp on verso. Text toned; some closed tears to margins. <br/><br/> paperback books
183958894Avoyelles Parrish LA printed in Alexandria or Opelousas LA: The author 1839. Printed broadside 15 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches the single headline printed in a large display type half inch tall. Bennett B. Simmes a native of Maryland and one of the wealthiest men in the state of Louisiana before the Civil War being informed that a printed statement "the object of which is the vituperation and abuse of the undersigned" was circulating in New Orleans occasioning Simmes to deliver a caning to its author New Orleans physician W.T. Brent on their next meeting expecting Brent to demand satisfaction; as described here the challenge came and a place and time was agreed upon for a meeting but Brent did not appear. Simmes proceeded to ridicule Brent for his cowardice and after some months Brent left the area; included with the statements from Simmes are supporting letters from his seconds and others familiar with the proceedings. Simmes was the founder of Simmesport Louisiana in Avoyelles Parish and served a number of terms in the state senate chairing a committee deliberating on the status of wetlands in the late 1850s; Brent was serving as secretary to the Lafayette Louisiana Board of Health by 1848. Not in Hummel. Apparently not recorded on OCLC. Short tear in upper margin not touching text else a fine copy. #5697. "Duelling was a social practice common in various sections of the United States for a century prior to 1870 . it lost favor in the North after the Revolution but spread in the ante-bellum South motivated by a growing planter class French and Spanish influences and an individualism which soon developed a high code of honor . duels were waged over differences of opinion real or fancied wrongs or insults. Arrangements usually were carried out with respect to the code whether it was the English the South Carolina or the New Orleans covenant . the practice embraced all classes . among the famous duelling grounds were 'Duelling Oaks' New Orleans reports indicate that as many as ten duels were held 'under the oaks' on one Sunday in 1839 . most of the states of the young republic eventually decreed a challenge a breech of peace . in the latter part of the 19th century public opinion and ridicule brought an end to a deadly and senseless custom" Encyclopedia of American History. <br/><br/> The author unknown books
185262658Natchez MS: Jackson Warner 1852. Fourth thousand. Thick 8vo. xiv 7-637 pp. Pro-slavery "textbook" with numerous passages and citations from the Bible. Sabin 24729. Work p. 315. LCP/HSP Afro-Americana 3706. Blockson 10112. Owner's name but a very good copy. Publisher's sheep rubbed spine and edges skinned marbled endpapers and edges lacking leather spine label. 9425. <br/><br/> Jackson Warner hardcover books
184758914New Orleans LA: J. Jaehne for the State of Louisiana 1847. Broadside document 16 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches. In part: "P.S. Hoes . to take acknowledgement and proof of deeds depositions conveyances mortgages sales transfers and assignments of any property etc. . and to authenticate and attest the signature & official capacity and acts of the public officers holding a commission or acting under the authority of the State of New York for and on behalf of the State of Louisiana." Folded but very good. Official form illustrated at the head with the seals of Louisiana and the United States. #5538. <br/><br/> J. Jaehne [for the State of Louisiana] unknown books
184958915New Orleans LA: J. Jaehne Stationer for the State of Louisiana 1849. Document. Broadside document 9 7/8 x 8 inches. In part: "George Y Bright . is and was at the time of his signing the same 2d Justice of the Peace in and for the Parish of Orleans State of Louisiana that all his official acts as that are entitled to full faith and credit." Folded but very good. Official form on blue paper illustrated at the head with the state seal. #5528. <br/><br/> J. Jaehne, Stationer [for the State of Louisiana] unknown books
58923Autograph. Very good. #5563. <br/><br/> unknown books
1808WRCAM16036New Orleans: Bradford and Anderson 1808. vxxi1491pp. Quarto. Antique-style three-quarter calf and marbled boards. Closed tear in titlepage neatly repaired. Faint marginal dampstaining to a few leaves. Page 113-114 torn in the outer margin affecting about a dozen words else a very good copy. This copy bears the ownership signature and stamp of Samuel P. Greves a New York native who practiced law in Baton Rouge from the 1840s to the 1870s. <br> <br> A most important compilation of laws covering the southern part of the Louisiana purchase separated from the northern section in 1808 and so covering present-day Louisiana and Arkansas. Printed in parallel French and English this volume amalgamated for the first time the combination of English French and Spanish law which represented the legal past and present of the territory. One of the most substantial books printed in New Orleans up to that time. JUMONVILLE 174. McMURTRIE NEW ORLEANS 114. Bradford and Anderson hardcover books
31830The Acts are in both English and French on facing pages. Bindings vary: the first item disbound others in modern buckram modern cloth or contemporary sheep. The usual institutional marks and occasional light wear. Overall Very Good. <br/><br/> a. ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE FOURTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS ON MONDAY THE FIFTH DAY OF JANUARY. 1819. New Orleans: J.C. De St. Romes State Printer. 1819. 142pp. Disbound a bit roughly moderately foxed light chipping to blank outer margin of title leaf and last leaf.<br/>Jumonville 315.<br/><br/> b. ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE FIFTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA; BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS ON MONDAY THE TWETIETH sic DAY OF NOVEMBER 1821. New-Orleans: J.C. De St. Romes State Printer 1821. 159pp.<br/> "English and French on facing pages." Jumonville. With a List of Acts an Index and Resolutions. One of the Resolutions is a several-page report on the necessity for hospitals: "Navigators and traders from more northern latitudes" who arrive in New Orleans healthy are frequently felled by the radically different climate. These are "principally boatmen from Kentucky Ohio and other states on the Ohio." It is hoped that their Governors will chip in to help provide the necessary medical attention to these men. <br/>Jumonville 358. <br/><br/> c. ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE FIFTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA; BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS ON MONDAY THE SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY 1822. New-Orleans: J.C. De St. Romes State Printer 1822. 130pp.<br/>Jumonville 374.<br/><br/> d. ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA; BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS ON MONDAY THE SIXTH DAY OF JANUARY 1823. New-Orleans: J.C. De St. Romes State Printer 1823. xxxi 1 blank 110pp. <br/> The volume begins with a rare printing of the 1812 Constitution of Louisiana in English and French on facing pages with names of delegates.<br/>Jumonville 402.<br/><br/> e. ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA; BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS ON MONDAY THE SIXTH DAY OF JANUARY 1824. New-Orleans: Peter K. Wagner State Printer 1824. 187 8pp.<br/>Jumonville 432.<br/><br/> f. ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE SEVENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA; BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS ON MONDAY THE SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY 1825. New-Orleans: James M. Bradford State Printer 1826. 264pp. <br/> With a List of Acts an Index and Resolutions. One of the Resolutions urges settlement of the boundary with Arkansas; one of the laws regulates river pilots; others regulate the emancipation of slaves runaway slaves and other aspects of slavery. <br/>Jumonville 488.<br/><br/> g. ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA; BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS ON MONDAY THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY 1827. New-Orleans: John Gibson State Printer 1827. 211pp.<br/>` <br/> h. ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA; BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS ON MONDAY THE SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY 1828. John Gibson State Printer 1828. 199pp. <br/> The First Session passed acts prescribing the mode of private emancipation an act relative to runaway slaves the organization of the City of New Orleans into wards; establishment of a consolidated planters association of Louisiana; and various laws on internal improvements civil and criminal law. The Second Session repealed an Act which had prohibited entry of slaves into the State for purposes of sale and passed several statutes improving river and canal transportation incorporating "a society of Israelites" and the New Orleans Jockey Club. Each Session includes an Index and Titles of Acts.<br/>Jumonville 600 625. <br/><br/> i. bound with ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE NINTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA; BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS ON MONDAY THE EIGHTH DAY OF DECEMBER 1828. New-Orleans: John Gibson State Printer 1829. 200 21 index pp.<br/> With a List of Acts Index and the 1812 Constitution of Louisiana. Among the Acts passed are a detailed 18-section slave registration statute; a state printing contract for Benjamin Levy; various laws on the militia internal improvements land titles civil and criminal law. <br/>Jumonville 665.<br/><br/> j. bound with ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE NINTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA; BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF DONALDSONVILLE ON MONDAY THE 4TH DAY OF JANUARYA.D. 1830. Donaldson: C.W. Duhy State Printer 1830.156pp.<br/> An early Donaldson imprint with much contemporary marginalia on the different statutes. <br/><br/> k. bound with ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE TENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA; BEGUN AT DONALDSON ON MONDAY THE THIRD DAY OF JANUARY 1831. IN THE CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS ON THE EIGHTH OF JANUARY. New-Orleans: John Gibson State Printer 1831. 143pp.<br/>Jumonville 735.<br/><br/> l. ACTS PASSED AT THE EXTRA SESSION OF THE TENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA; BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS ON MONDAY THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER 1831. New-Orleans: John Gibson State Printer 1831. 15 1 blank pp.<br/> A detailed Slave Code is enacted.<br/>Jumonville 736.<br/><br/> m. bound with ACTS PASSED AT THE THIRD SESSION OF THE TENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. New Orleans: Stroud & Pew. State Printers. 1832. 204 6 pp. <br/> With continuing regulation of slavery and the domestic slave trade.<br/>Jumonville 773. <br/><br/> n. ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE ELEVENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA; BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS THE SEVENTH DAY OF JANUARY 1833. New-Orleans: Jerome Bayon State Printer 1833. 194 194 1 blank 195-202 pp. <br/>Jumonville 809.<br/><br/> o. bound with ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE ELEVENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA; BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS THE NINTH DAY OF DECEMBER 1833. New-Orleans: Jerome Bayon State Printer 1834. 167 167 vi vi 1 blank viii-xviii pp.<br/>Jumonville 835.<br/><br/> p. ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE TWELFTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS THE FOURTH DAY OF JANUARY 1836. New-Orleans: Jerome Bayon State Printer 1836. 193 193 iv iv 1 blank v-xii pp. Title leaf crimped and chipped but no text loss.<br/>Jumonville 923.<br/><br/> q. ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE THIRTEENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS THE ELEVENTH DAY OF DECEMBER 1837. New-Orleans: Jerome Bayon State Printer 1838. 120 120 vi xvi pp.<br/>Jumonville 1013. <br/><br/> r. bound with ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE FOURTEENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA; BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS JANUARY 7 1839. New-Orleans: J.D. DE ST. ROMES State Printer 1839. 241 xii pp. <br/>Jumonville 1055.<br/><br/> s. ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE FOURTEENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA; BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS ON THE 6TH DAY OF JANUARY 1840. New-Orleans: Bullitt Magne & Co. State Printers 1840. 142 142 iv iv v-xiii index pp.<br/>Jumonville 1144. unknown books
182829714New Orleans: John Gibson- State Printer 1828. 211 1 blank; 199 1 blank pp. The 1827 Acts are bound in later cloth with morocco spine labels and an old law library gilt stamp at base of spine; bookplate on front pastedown; text lightly to moderately toned or foxed. Good. The 1828 Acts are bound in original attractive full calf with gilt-lettered morocco spine label. A couple of rubberstamps bookplate on front pastedown front and rear pastedowns worn. Good. <br/><br/> English and French are on facing pages in each volume. The First Session passed acts prescribing the mode of private emancipation an act relative to runaway slaves the organization of the City of New Orleans into wards; establishment of a consolidated planters association of Louisiana; and various laws on internal improvements civil and criminal law. <br/> The Second Session repealed an Act which had prohibited entry of slaves into the State for purposes of sale and passed several statutes improving river and canal transportation incorporating "a society of Israelites" incorporating other associations like the New Orleans Jockey Club. Each Session includes an Index and Titles of Acts.<br/>Jumonville 600 625. AI 29537 3 33906 3. John Gibson- State Printer unknown books
182129735New Orleans: J.C. De St. Romes State Printer 1821. 159 1 blank pp. Bound in later cloth with gilt-lettered morocco spine titles rubbed. Light scattered foxing front pastedown with a bookplate several institutional rubberstamps else Very Good. <br/><br/> "English and French on facing pages." Jumonville. With a List of Acts an Index and Resolutions. One of the Resolutions is a several-page report on the necessity for hospitals: "Navigators and traders from more northern latitudes" who arrive in New Orleans healthy are frequently felled by the radically different climate. These are "principally boatmen from Kentucky Ohio and other states on the Ohio." It is hoped that their Governors will chip in to help provide the necessary medical attention to these men. <br/>Jumonville 358. J.C. De St. Romes, State Printer unknown books
182932551New Orleans: John Gibson- State Printer 1829. 200 21 1 blank pp. Modern library cloth some soiling text with scattered spotting and light institutional marks on title page. Good. <br/><br/> "English and French on facing pages" Jumonville. With a List of Acts Index and the 1812 Constitution of Louisiana. Among the Acts passed are an 18-section slave registration statute; a state printing contract for Benjamin Levy; and various laws on the militia internal improvements land titles civil and criminal law. <br/>FIRST EDITION. Jumonville 665 3. AI 39326 3. John Gibson- State Printer unknown books
1808WRCAM31953New Orleans: Bradford & Anderson 1808. viii1451pp. Dbd. Many leaves and signatures loose. Moderate browning. Contemporary ownership signature and stamp on titlepage. Good. An early printing of session laws from the Territory of Orleans admitted to the Union four years later as Louisiana. Printed in both English and French. A rare New Orleans imprint. OCLC locates only five copies. JUMONVILLE 173. FOOTE p.4. McMURTRIE NEW ORLEANS 131. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 15813. THOMPSON 1083. MACDONALD CHECKLIST OF SESSION LAWS p.70. OCLC 24446395. Bradford & Anderson unknown books
1825WRCAM53386New-Orleans: M. Cruzat 1825. 241pp. Dbd. Moderate toning and foxing. Good. The official state publication of laws passed by the seventh legislature of Louisiana in its first session printed in English and French on facing pages. Only five copies located by OCLC at Yale Michigan Minnesota North Carolina and Historic New Orleans. JUMONVILLE 457. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 21249. M. Cruzat unknown books
183734107New Orleans: Bayone 1837. First Edition. 151 151 12 12pp.Facing pages bear duplicate numbering. Old gold stamped on spine cloth. Title page in French as well as English. Small rubber library stamp on front flyleaf from Library of Congress. Small "lc" on lower title page Jumonville 964locates 3 copies Bayone hardcover books
182829358New Orleans: John Gibson- State Printer 1828. 199 1 blank pp. Disbound. English and French on facing pages may lack the French title page. Good. Probably the copy of the Louisiana diplomat lawyer and Senator John Slidell signed 'Jn Slidell' at the head of the title. <br/><br/> With Index and Titles of Acts. Slidell was the Confederacy's ambassador to France during the Civil War. With James Mason he set sail for Europe on the British ship Trent but was intercepted and captured by an American warship. A serious diplomatic row with England ensued. Lincoln believing that one war at a time was sufficient made his amends to the British. <br/>Jumonville 625. AI 33906 3. John Gibson- State Printer unknown books
