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0666075085.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
187936489New Orleans: Jas. S. Cosgrove Convention Printer 1879. 337 1 blank 156 pp plus two folding tables. Each page printed in two columns. Bound in buckram with gilt-lettered morocco spine labels light rubberstamp on title page. Clean text. Very Good. Last leaf with a tear affecting about five letters of a two-page report in the Appendix concerning drainage and taxation in the City of New Orleans.<br/><br/> The Convention dominated by white Democrats returned Louisiana to Home Rule. It was consumed with issues of State debt financial auditing bonds and the public treasury. One delegate expressing his colleagues' deep resentment of Reconstruction asserted that "the deplorable gloomy and painful condition of Louisiana must be the result of the most barefaced prostitution of power the most barefaced abuse of sacred trusts and the most infamously corrupt application of the people's money" page 298. The Journal a day-by-day account of these Proceedings does not print the Constitution. <br/>Not in Marke Harv. Law Cat. Thompson. Jas. S. Cosgrove, Convention Printer unknown books
18681743741st Cong. 1st Sess.: HMD12. 1868. 32 2 pp disbound. Light foxing. Vertical tear in last leaf no loss of text. Good. HMD12. unknown books
18691912841st Cong. 1st Sess.: HMD16. 1869. 12 1 index 1 blank pp. Disbound. Caption-title as issued. Very Good. Morey contests McCrainie's right to a seat in the 41st Congress of the United States as a representative from the fifth congressional district of Louisiana. Intimidation of Negro voters is alleged. HMD16. unknown books
18681553741st Cong. 1st Sess. Ho. of Reps. Mis. Doc. No. 13 1868. 62pp. Part 1 only of 2 parts. Disbound. Very Good. unknown books
036630934X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
180624441City of Washington: A. and G. Way Printers. 1806. 10 2 blank pp disbound with minor wear. Very Good. <br /> <br /> The "grievances" which are the subject of the petition relate to changes in the law of land titles which as enacted would divest petitioners of lands which they had duly settled and improved under prior French law. They urge a modification; otherwise the new laws will "deprive many of its inhabitants of their legitimate possessions." <br /> AI 11679 5. Not in BEAL. OCLC locates 8 under two accession numbers. A. and G. Way, Printers. unknown
180624441City of Washington: A. and G. Way Printers. 1806. 10 2 blank pp disbound with minor wear. Very Good. <br/><br/> The "grievances" which are the subject of the petition relate to changes in the law of land titles which as enacted would divest petitioners of lands which they had duly settled and improved under prior French law. They urge a modification; otherwise the new laws will "deprive many of its inhabitants of their legitimate possessions." <br/>AI 11679 5. Not in BEAL. OCLC locates 8 under two accession numbers. A. and G. Way, Printers. unknown books
1340849917.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
187233610New York: Maverick Stephan & Co. Lithographers 1872. Broadsheet 18" x 23-1/2". Recto printed with black ink red underprinted; verso entirely in green ink. Top half of the sheet contains mortgage certificate with a large vignette of a stream train and a small vignette of mother pelican with her babies and the words "I Live and Die for Those I Love." Bond has preprinted signature of Levi Parsons President. Bottom half of sheet has 60 small coupons attached with bond numbers rubberstamped in blue ink and preprinted with the signature of Chas. V. Ware. Denominated in both dollars and British sterling each payment coupon $35/L7.4S. The verso contains the title of the bond 28 sections for registering names and dates as well as the backs of the coupons. Minor wear few very tiny holes in one coupon with minimal loss. Very Good to Near Fine. <br/><br/> The New Orleans Baton Rouge & Vicksburg Railroad was officially chartered in 1872 and ran until about 1881. Maverick, Stephan & Co., Lithographers unknown books
139101202X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1396692118.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
180320071Washington 1803. 5 3 blanks pp. Disbound some loosening Very Good. <br /> <br /> "The late cession of Louisiana by France to the United States renders it an object of primary importance to have the nearest and most expeditious mode of communication established between the city of Washington and the city of New Orleans the capitol of that province." The Committee thus urges a post road from Washington "to pass through or near the Tuckabachee settlement to the Tombigby settlement in the Mississippi territory and from thence to New Orleans. And further that a post road ought also to be established from the said Tombigby settlement to Natchez." <br /> FIRST EDITION. AI 5472 3. OCLC 54186405 1. unknown
18668236New Orleans: J.O. Nixon State Printer 1866. 139pp disbound lightly foxed. Good or Very Good. An extremely detailed report on sources of state revenue the school fund internal improvement tax fund levee and drainage fund and an accounting of state expenditures. J.O. Nixon, State Printer unknown
18668236New Orleans: J.O. Nixon State Printer 1866. 139pp disbound lightly foxed. Good or Very Good. An extremely detailed report on sources of state revenue the school fund internal improvement tax fund levee and drainage fund and an accounting of state expenditures. J.O. Nixon, State Printer unknown books
186629782New Orleans: J. O. Nixon State Printer 1866. 17 pp 1p blank 2 folding tables of the "Statement of the Banks in New Orleans on the 28th October 1865 30th December 1865 being the last Saturday of the Month". 1 vols. 8vo. Disbound with stitching lacking some soiling discreet library markings short tears and creasing else very good. 17 pp 1p blank 2 folding tables of the "Statement of the Banks in New Orleans on the 28th October 1865 30th December 1865 being the last Saturday of the Month". 1 vols. 8vo. New Orleans Banking. Financial Status following the war. The Board of Currency issuing their financial report with the status of funds gold and cotton. J. O. Nixon, State Printer unknown books
180311298Washington 1803. 5pp later stitching. Light wear Very Good. <br/> offered with SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT.RELATIVE TO THE MEANS BY WHICH THE MAIL MAY BE CONVEYED WITH GREATER DISPATCH THAN AT PRESENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF WASHINGTON & NATCHEZ AND NEW ORLEANS.12TH JANUARY 1804. READ AND REFERRED TO A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE ON MONDAY NEXT. 1804. 4pp later stitching light wear. Very Good. <br/><br/> "The late cession of Louisiana by France to the United States renders it an object of primary importance to have the nearest and most expeditious mode of communication established between the city of Washington and the city of New Orleans the capitol of that province." The Committee thus urges a post road from Washington "to pass through or near the Tuckabachee settlement to the Tombigby settlement in the Mississippi territory and from thence to New Orleans. And further that a post road ought also to be established from the said Tombigby settlement to Natchez." Recognizing however that the route includes "a distance of nearly four hundred miles wholly uninhabited by citizens of the United States" in the Mississippi Territory the Committee adds that the precise route cannot be determined "until this unimproved territory has been explored." <br/>FIRST EDITIONS. AI 5472 3 7633 2. unknown books
180320071Washington 1803. 5 3 blanks pp. Disbound some loosening Very Good. <br/><br/> "The late cession of Louisiana by France to the United States renders it an object of primary importance to have the nearest and most expeditious mode of communication established between the city of Washington and the city of New Orleans the capitol of that province." The Committee thus urges a post road from Washington "to pass through or near the Tuckabachee settlement to the Tombigby settlement in the Mississippi territory and from thence to New Orleans. And further that a post road ought also to be established from the said Tombigby settlement to Natchez." <br/>FIRST EDITION. AI 5472 3. OCLC 54186405 1. unknown books
185833738N.p. ca 1858. First Edition. 5pp. Disboun and foxed. Deals with a contested election in the Parish of St. Helena seventh ward precinct. Claims of ballot stuffing by Strickland supporters were rampant. The pamphlet is signed in type at end: "B. R. Gantt H. M. Polk and Thomas J. Semmes who were the committee for the complaint. Not in Sabin or Jumonville unknown books
1021343935.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1019666145.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1805WRCAM30416Washington: William Duane & Son 1805. 30pp. Gathered signatures string-tied as issued. Light even toning titlepage and foredges of a few leaves a bit soiled. Ex-New-York Historical Society with their small discreet ink stamps on the final two leaves. Else very good. Untrimmed. A most important petition relative to the eventual establishment of the territory of Missouri. "In 1805 Congress had divided the Louisiana Purchase into two parts the trans- Mississippi portion south of 33 degrees being the District of Orleans; that north of 33 degrees including the St. Louis region was made an adjunct of the Territory of Indiana and called the District of Louisiana. This division was violently protested in this petition to Congress signed by sixteen deputies of the Territorial assembly of the District convened at St. Louis. Augustus Chouteau and Eligius Fromentin were appointed to present the petition to Congress which in 1804 granted the petition and set up the region as a separate territory which after 1812 was called Missouri Territory" - Streeter. <br> <br> The Streeter copy sold for $150 to parties unknown in 1968. STREETER SALE 1586. SABIN 42298. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 9631. COHEN 10798. William Duane & Son unknown books
B9781020470042Hardback. New. hardcover
0656415444.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1890WRCAM49909New Orleans: L. Soards Publisher 1890. 338pp. Publisher's blue cloth gilt. Some insect damage light soiling spine ends and corners a bit frayed. Endpapers stained. Text toned but clean. A good copy. An early directory and guide book for the city of New Orleans. Includes address listings for both private residences and businesses advertisements for a wide variety of retailers a section for "Hints on Etiquette" floor plans for various opera houses and theaters and more. Illustrated with an occasional stock image in the advertisements. Rare with only two copies in OCLC at the New Orleans Public Library and the University of Texas at Austin. A delightful guide to the Big Easy. L. Soards, Publisher hardcover books