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5104CIVIL WAR IN LOUISIANA. ALS. 2pgs. April 5 1864. Baton Rouge Louisiana. An autograph letter signed “Matilda Victorâ€. Victor wrote to Major General Benjamin F. Butler 1818-1893 in Fort Monroe Virginia asking his help is securing her a pass to travel to New York for free. She also mentions Secretary of War Edwin Stanton 1814-1869. Victor was the Headmistress of St. Mary’s Academy a Catholic girls’ school in Baton Rouge. “General: Will you obtain for me from the War dept a pass for myself & maid to N. York on a Govnt Transport Major General Banks wrote to Mr. Stanton requesting a pass for me. I enclose his letter to a certain Col. a friend of mine then at Washington requesting him to present the letter in person. He had left Washington & I presume the letter has gone to the dead letter office. Gen. B. is now in the field & I know of no alternative but to ask this fresh act of kindness from you. I must go to W. with my papers. I have not the means to meet the expenses of a private steamer. Gen. B. asked for me a free pass stating his reasons for so doing. It is unfortunate that his letter has been lost of course Sec. Stanton would not notice any application which I should personally make. I am ashamed General to ask so much from you. For this & the kindness which you have already shown me I can but pray that God may repay for me; if not to yourself then to your own child if ever she is so unfortunate as to need kindness as much as I have in the past two years. Yours with respect & gratitude Matilda Victorâ€. A docket on the back in another hand directs Victor to a Chief Doctor in New Orleans who could give her transportation. The letter is in very good condition with a large but light stain through all pages. unknown books
183915098Washington: Blair & Rives printers 1839. 8vo. 3 pp. <br><br>Government document: 26th Congress 1st Session. Senate. 26. Removed from a nonce volume; two stitch holes in inner margin not touching text. Ink numeral in top margin of p. 1. Light foxing. Blair & Rives, printers unknown books
183914838Washington: Blair & Rives printers 1839. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>Government document: 25th Congress 3d Session. Senate. 246. Removed from a nonce volume. Two stitch holes in inner margins costing part of one letter only. Ink numeral in top right corner of p. 1. Very good. Blair & Rives, printers unknown books
1853WRCAM31934New Orleans: J.L. Sollée 1853. 44pp. Original printed wrappers. Minute wear to wrappers. Internally clean. Very good. A rare New Orleans printing of DON JUAN. with the text printed in English and French. OCLC locates only two copies and Jumonville adds one more. JUMONVILLE 2268. OCLC 24437616. J.L. Sollée unknown books
191441451New Orleans 1914. 16mo. 86 pp. Original printed grey wrappers; Library of Congress duplicate with its stamp. Very good. Twelve "colored" schools are included in this annual compilation. Some of the schools were for boys or girls only. <br/><br/> unknown books
188436123New Orleans: City Item Publishing Company 1884. Original printed wrappers stitched. 15 1 blank pp. Text clean. Wrappers loosened with a couple of old institutional stamps shallow wrapper edge wear. Good.<br/><br/> A committee of sugar planters arranged the Convention. Delegates are listed. Its purpose was "to defend the Louisiana protected interests at Washington" from the spectre of free trade. Reports are presented on the lukewarm reception they encountered from Washington politicians.<br/>OCLC 12424829 5- LSU Johns Hopkins UNC R.B. Hayes Lib. WI Hist. Soc. as of July 2019. City Item Publishing Company unknown books
186037231Nouvelle-Orleans: Au Secretariat General du Supreme Conseil 1860. Original printed glazed yellow wrappers. 23 1 blank pp. Light wear Very Good. Au Secretariat General du Supreme Conseil unknown books
1868700681868. Louisiana's Reconstruction-Era Constitution Louisiana. Constitution Adopted by the State Constitutional Convention of the State of Louisiana March 7 1868. Printed by the New Orleans Republiean sic In Accordance with a Resolution of the Constitutional Convention Adopted March 7th 1868. New Orleans: Printed at the Republican Office 1868. 22 pp. Octavo 9-1/2" x 5-1/2". Stab-stitched pamphlet in plain wrappers bound into to later library cloth. Some soiling light shelfwear. Moderate toning and light foxing to text faint dampstaining to margins of a few leaves library stamps and marks to title page and its verso. $750. Louisiana's 1868 constitution instituted the criteria necessary for readmission to the Union. It eradicated the Black Codes of 1865 removed property qualifications for holding office and disenfranchised former Confederates. Indicating support for the Fourteenth Amendment which would be ratified on July 9 1868 the constitution granted full citizenship to African-American men with equal civil and political rights. It also banned segregated public schools and segregated accommodations on public transportation. This constitution was the First in Louisiana's history to include a bill of rights. These rights were severely diminished in Louisiana's 1879 constitution which followed the end of Reconstruction. Babbitt Hand-List of Legislative Sessions and Session Laws 152. unknown books
1828WRCAM49374New Orleans 1828. Seventeen volumes. Publication details and pagination provided below. Uniform 20th-century buckram gilt leather labels. Small ink library stamp on titlepages embossed blindstamp on most titlepages occasional ink ownership signature. Some small paper repairs minor foxing some leaves closely trimmed. A few small marginal tears including the bottom corner of one titlepage; some tears with minor effect on text individually enumerated below. Minor occasional staining mostly marginal or in the gutters. Overall a good set. A superb consecutive set of the first seventeen session laws issued after Louisiana achieved statehood in 1812 comprising the laws from the first session of the first "General Assembly" or legislature to the second session of the Eighth Legislature. A wealth of interesting information on the early affairs of Louisiana at a time when the state was at the western extreme of the United States. The first volume contains much to be expected from a first legislature: a resolution giving the legislature's assent to "an enlargement of the limits of the State of Louisiana" an act regarding the salaries of various state officials an act establishing election methods for various public offices including the U.S. House of Representatives an act authorizing a state loan and an act to organize a "Corps of Militia for the Service of the State of Louisiana." Understandably there is a voluminous amount of information regarding slavery in the state throughout the laws. During the first session of the legislature alone two of the twenty-four acts enumerated concern reimbursement from state funds for lost slaves one to imprisonment and one killed while trying to run away. There are also acts relative to runaway slaves private emancipation and more. Towards the end of the run the eighth legislature passed an act prohibiting entry of slaves into the state for purposes of sale. Other acts contained here organize the City of New Orleans into wards with various and numerous laws on internal improvements civil law and criminal law. While individual volumes come to the market on occasion nothing like this group has ever been offered at retail; it is a collection that would be impossible to assemble today on a book-by-book basis. <br> <br> The imprints included here are as follows: <br> <br> 1 ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. New Orleans: Thierry 1812. 91pp. JUMONVILLE 226. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 25881. <br> <br> 2 ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE FIRST LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. New Orleans: Baird & Wagner 1813. vii265pp. Burn damage to upper gutter affecting an occasional word of text. JUMONVILLE 239. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 28978. <br> <br> 3 ACTS PASSED AT THE THIRD SESSION OF THE FIRST LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. New Orleans: Peter K. Wagner 1814. 8119pp. plus folding plate. JUMONVILLE 249. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 31952. <br> <br> 4 ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE SECOND LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. New Orleans: Peter K. Wagner 1815. 6111pp. plus folding plate. JUMONVILLE 264. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 35135. <br> <br> 5 ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE SECOND LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. New Orleans: Peter K. Wagner 1816. 1iii172pp. JUMONVILLE 273. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 38098. <br> <br> 6 ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE THIRD LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. New Orleans: J.C. De St. Romes 1817. 222pp. Top fifth of titlepage lacking affecting four words in the title. JUMONVILLE 286. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 41289. <br> <br> 7 ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE THIRD LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. New Orleans: J.C. De St. Romes 1818. xii209pp. JUMONVILLE 300. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 44614. <br> <br> 8 ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE FOURTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. New Orleans: J.C. De St. Romes 1819. 143pp. JUMONVILLE 315. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 48514. <br> <br> 9 ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE FOURTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. New Orleans: J.C. De St. Romes 1820. 155pp. JUMONVILLE 335. SHOEMAKER 2012. <br> <br> 10 ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE FIFTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. New Orleans: J.C. De St. Romes 1821. 159pp. Small ink burn hole in titlepage; bottom corner of penultimate leaf torn costing a few words. JUMONVILLE 358. SHOEMAKER 5859. <br> <br> 11 ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE FIFTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. New Orleans: J.C. De St. Romes 1822. 130pp. JUMONVILLE 374. SHOEMAKER 9295. <br> <br> 12 ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. New Orleans: J.C. De St. Romes 1823. 2xxxi3-110pp. JUMONVILLE 402. SHOEMAKER 13142. <br> <br> 13 ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. New Orleans: Peter K. Wagner 1824. 1878pp. JUMONVILLE 432. SHOEMAKER 16938. <br> <br> 14 ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE SEVENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. New Orleans: M. Cruzat 1824- 1825. 241pp. Untrimmed. JUMONVILLE 457. SHOEMAKER 21249. <br> <br> 15 ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE SEVENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. New Orleans: James M. Bradford 1826. 264pp. JUMONVILLE 488. SHOEMAKER 25144. <br> <br> 16 ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. New Orleans: John Gibson 1827. 211pp. Last third of text trimmed close costing some page numbers. JUMONVILLE 600. SHOEMAKER 29537. <br> <br> 17 ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE EIGHTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. New Orleans: John Gibson 1828. 25-199pp. JUMONVILLE 625. SHOEMAKER 33906. JUMONVILLE 226 239 249 264 273 286 300 315 335 358 374 402 432 457 488 600 625. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 25881 28978 31952 35135 38098 41289 44614 48514. SHOEMAKER 2012 5859 9295 13142 16938 21249 25144 29537 33906. hardcover books
182828991New Orleans 1828. Seventeen volumes octavo publication details and pagination provided in the listing below. Uniform 20th-century buckram gilt leather labels. Small ink library stamp to titlepages embossed blind-stamp to most titlepages occasional ink ownership signature some small paper repairs minor foxing some leaves closely trimmed a few small marginal tears including the bottom corner of one titlepage some tears with minor effect to text individually enumerated in the detailed list below minor occasional staining mostly marginal or in the gutters. An superb consecutive set of the first seventeen session laws issued after Louisiana achieved statehood in 1812 comprising the laws from the first session of the first "General Assembly" or legislature to the second session of the Eighth Legislature. A wealth of interesting information on the early affairs of Louisiana at a time when the state was at the western extreme of the United States.<br/> <br/>The first volume contains much to be expected from a first legislature: a resolution giving the legislature's assent to "an enlargement of the limits of the State of Louisiana" an act regarding the salaries of various state officials an act establishing election methods for various public offices including the U.S. House of Representatives an act authorizing a state loan and an act to organize a "Corps of Militia for the Service of the State of Louisiana." Understandably there is a voluminous amount of information regarding slavery in the state throughout the laws. During the first session of the legislature alone two of the twenty-four acts enumerated concern reimbursement from state funds for lost slaves one to imprisonment and one killed while trying to run away. There are also acts relative to runaway slaves private emancipation and more. Towards the end of the run the eighth legislature passed an act prohibiting entry of slaves into the state for purposes of sale. Other acts contained here organize the City of New Orleans into wards with various and numerous laws on internal improvements civil law and criminal law. While individual volumes come to the market on occasion nothing like this group has ever been offered at retail; it is a collection that would be impossible to assemble today on a book-by-book basis. The imprints included here are as follows: 1 Acts Passed at the First Session of the First General Assembly of the State of Louisiana. New Orleans: Thierry 1812. 91pp. Jumonville 226; Shaw & Shoemaker 25881. 2 Acts Passed at the Second Session of the First Legislature of the State of Louisiana. New Orleans: Baird & Wagner 1813. vii 265pp. Burn damage to the upper gutter affecting an occasional word of text. Jumonville 239; Shaw & Shoemaker 28978. 3 Acts Passed at the Third Session of the First Legislature of the State of Louisiana. New Orleans: Peter K. Wagner 1814. 8119pp. Plus folding plate. Jumonville 249; Shaw & Shoemaker 31952. 4 Acts Passed at the First Session of the Second Legislature of the State of Louisiana. New Orleans: Peter K. Wagner 1815. 6111pp. Plus folding plate. Jumonville 264; Shaw & Shoemaker 35135. 5 Acts Passed at the Second Session of the Second Legislature of the State of Louisiana. New Orleans: Peter K. Wagner 1816. 1iii172pp. Jumonville 273; Shaw & Shoemaker 38098. 6 Acts passed at the First Session of the Third Legislature of the State of Louisiana. New Orleans: J. C. de St. Romes 1817. 222pp. Top fifth of titlepage lacking affecting four word in the title. Jumonville 286; Shaw & Shoemaker 41289. 7 Acts Passed at the Second Session of the Third Legislature of the State of Louisiana. New Orleans: J. C. de St. Romes 1818. xii 209pp. Jumonville 300; Shaw & Shoemaker 44614. 8 Acts Passed at the First Session of the Fourth Legislature of the State of Louisiana. New Orleans: J. C. De St. Romes 1819. 143pp. Jumonville 315; Shaw & Shoemaker 48514. 9 Acts Passed at the Second Session of the Fourth Legislature of the State of Louisiana. New Orleans: J. C. De St. Romes 1820. 155pp. Jumonville 335; Shoemaker 2012. 10 Acts Passed at the First Session of the Fifth Legislature of the State of Louisiana. New Orleans: J. C. De St. Romes 1821. 159pp. Small ink burn hole to titlepage bottom corner of penultimate leaf torn costing a few words. Jumonville 358. Shoemaker 5859. 11 Acts Passed at the Second Session of the Fifth Legislature of the State of Louisiana. New Orleans: J. C. de St. Romes 1822. 130pp. Jumonville 374; Shoemaker 9295. 12 Acts Passed at the First Session of the Sixth Legislature of the State of Louisiana. New Orleans: J. C. de St. Romes 1823. 2xxxi3-110pp. Jumonville 402; Shoemaker 13142. 13 Acts Passed at the Second Session of the Sixth Legislature of the State of Louisiana. New Orleans: Peter K. Wagner 1824. 1878pp. Jumonville 432; Shoemaker 16938. 14 Acts Passed at the First Session of the Seventh Legislature of the State of Louisiana.New Orleans: M. Cruzat 1824-25. 241pp. Untrimmed. Jumonville 457; Shoemaker 21249. 15 Acts Passed at the Second Session of the Seventh Legislature of the State of Louisiana. New Orleans: James M. Bradford 1826. 264pp. Jumonville 488; Shoemaker 25144. 16 Acts Passed at the First Session of the Eighth Legislature of the State of Louisiana. New Orleans: John Gibson 1827. 211pp. Last third of text trimmed close costing some page numbers. Jumonville 600; Shoemaker 29537. 17 Acts Passed at the Second Session of the Eighth Legislature of the State of Louisiana. New Orleans: John Gibson 1828. 25-199pp. Jumonville 625; Shoemaker 33906.<br/> <br/>Jumonville 226 239 249 264 273 286 300 315 335 358 374 402 432 457 488 600 625. Shaw & Shoemaker 25881 28978 31952 35135 3809841289 44614 48514. Shoemaker 2012 5859 9295 13142 16938 21249 25144 29537 33906. unknown books
29432Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. Report of the Commissioners from Connecticut. Hartford 1906/ 284 pages clothbound. Covers a bit soiled else good condition. . Other hardcover books
1839700551839. Greiner's Annotated Edition of the Louisiana Code of Practice Louisiana. Greiner Meinrad Editor. Code of Practice of the State of Louisiana Containing Rules of Procedure in Civil Actions; With an Abstract of the Decisions of the Supreme Court Placed Under the Appropriate Articles in the Code; To Which is Appended the Laws Creating the City Court And the Laws Relative to Justices of the Peace. New Orleans: M. Greiner 1839. xx 281 pp. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5-1/4". Later library cloth red and black calf lettering pieces and paper shelf label to spine endpapers added. Light shelfwear and soiling slight darkening to spine. Moderate toning to text slightly heavier in places light edgewear to preliminaries light soiling and library stamp to title page "8063" in tiny hand to verso. $350. First edition. Intended as a practical edition for lawyers Greiner's annotated edition of the code was somewhat overshadowed by Upton's edition which appear in the same year. It was well-received however and had a second edition in 1844. Not in Cohen. Jumonville Bibliography of New Orleans Imprints 1057. unknown books
185734108New Orleans La: Steel 1857. First Edition. 379p New cloth with leather label on spine Jumonville 2660locates 2. Also contains decisions of the Supreme Court. Foote p. 167 Steel hardcover books
1824687131824. New Orleans: s.n. c. 1824. New Orleans: s.n. c. 1824. Livingston's Louisiana Code of Civil Practice Louisiana. Livingston Edward 1764-1836. Lislet-Moreau Louis 1766-1832. Derbigny Pierre 1769-1829. Code of Practice in Civil Cases For the State of Louisiana. New Orleans: s.n. c. 1824. 410 pp. English and French on facing leaves. Quarto 10-3/4" x 7-1/2". Recent period-style quarter calf over marbled boards lettering piece gilt fillets and blind ornaments to spine endpapers renewed. Light browning and faint dampspotting to text small darker dampstains to upper margins of preliminaries and a few following leaves. A nice copy in a handsome binding. $2500. First edition. This important code was one of a series of codes produced for the Louisiana legislature. Principally the work of Livingston work on the civil practice code began in 1823. Submitted to the legislature and first published in 1824 it went into effect the following year. Like the other codes it was a decisive influence in the codification movement. It was for example the main inspiration and source for the 1848 Field Code of Procedure which incorporated many of its provisions. Not in Cohen. Babbitt Hand-List of Legislative Sessions and Session Laws 148. Jumonville Bibliography of New Orleans Imprints 458. unknown books
58923Autograph. Very good. #5563. <br/><br/> unknown books
1838700031838. The First Annotated Louisiana Civil Code Louisiana. Upton Wheelock S. Annotator. Jenning Needler R. Annotator. Civil Code of the State of Louisiana; With Annotations. New Orleans: E. Johns & Co. 1838. xl xl 536 536 v 48 pp. French translation on facing pages. Octavo 10" x 6-1/2". Later library cloth red and black lettering pieces to spine endpapers renewed. Light soiling and shelfwear light wear to lettering pieces front free endpapaer lacking following endleaf partially detached. Light toning to text faint library stamps and a few minor library markings to preliminaries. $950. First edition. In 1822 Derbigny Livingston and Lislet were commissioned to revise the 1808 compilation of territorial laws. The result of their effort was the Civil Code of 1825. Upton and Jennings's edition of that code is significant because it was the first to include annotations. Actually printed in Philadelphia by T.K. & P.G. Collins this book was also issued in two single-language editions one in English and one in French. Some libraries list these two books as Volumes I and II. Babbitt Hand-List of Legislative Sessions and Session Laws 138. Jumonville Bibliography of New Orleans Imprints 1014. unknown books
1825666061825. Paris 1825. 1st French edition. Paris 1825. 1st French edition. First Foreign Edition of the Louisiana Civil Code Louisiana. Livingston Edward 1764-1836 Compiler. Moreau-Lislet Louis 1766-1832 Compiler. Derbigny Pierre 1767-1829 Compiler. Civil Code of The State of Louisiana Preceded by the Treaty of Cession with France The Constitution of the United States of America And of the State. Published by a Citizen of Louisiana. Paris: De L'Imprimerie de E. Duverger 1825. xvi 714 pp. Octavo 7-1/2" x 4-1/2". Recent period-style calf blind fillets to boards blind fillets and original lettering piece to spine free endpapers renewed title page mounted and re-hinged. Moderate toning and light foxing to text early owner signatures to title page small early owner stamp to p. v first page of table of contents brief annotations to a few leaves extensive annotations to rear endleaves. $1500. First French edition one of two issues the other in French. In 1822 Derbigny Livingston and Lislet-Moreau were commissioned to revise the 1808 compilation of Louisiana territorial laws. Principally the work of Livingston the result of their effort was the Civil Code of 1825 one of the great codes of the nineteenth century. Duverger's was the first foreign edition. Jumonville Bibliography of New Orleans Imprints 459. unknown books
1867865New Orleans: Pelican Job Print 1867. Very good. Broadside 9.75 x 7.75 inches. Quarto on a folded folio sheet. Old fold lines. Minor soiling. Broadside circular advertising the services of James W. Price "merchandise and produce broker" located at No. 34 Tchoupitoulas Street in New Orleans. The text reads: "I will give personal attention to all business entrusted to my care for the purchase of every description of Merchandise and Produce also Manufactured Tobacco Havana and Domestic Cigars Leaf Tobacco for Cigar purposes Tobacco in Hogsheads and Bales for the Mexican and Texas Trade for Plantation use -- a superior article for sheep wash. I feel confident in my ability to give entire satisfaction in all business entrusted to my care and refer to the following well-known firms of this city and of Texas where I resided for twenty years." There follows a list of twenty-two businesses from New Orleans Galveston and Houston. An ephemeral piece from the Reconstruction period in Louisiana. Pelican Job Print unknown books
74413pamphlet. 22 page. Slim 8vo original printed wrappers. New Orleans: J.S. Rivers 1878.<br/><br/> unknown books
186729348Baton Rouge 1867. 15 1 blank pp. Caption title as issued. Stitched toned lightly worn. Good.<br/><br/> This is Act "No. 57." of the Legislature signed at the end in type by House Speaker Duncan S. Cage Senate President Albert Voorhies and Governor J. Madison Wells. Jefferson is located on the East Bank of the Mississippi River; today it is part of the New Orleans Metropolitan Statistical Area. <br/>OCLC 10613388 3- NYPL Duke Louisiana State Lib. as of September 2012. Not in Thomson. 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
19077540New Orleans 1907. 16mo. 20 pp. <br><br>Detailed account of the organization's activities during the year 1907. Camp Beauregard No. 130 U. S. C. V. was organized 24 October 1898 at Memorial Hall New Orleans Louisiana. With a portrait of P. G. T. Beauregard on the front cover. Stapled in original printed wrappers. Pamphlet creased from lengthwise folding. Wrappers lightly soiled back wrapper with short tear to top edge front wrapper pressure-stamped by the New-Jersey Historical Society. unknown books
1885WRCAM11340New Orleans 1885. 79pp. Original printed wrappers. Rear wrap detached spine perished wraps dust soiled and bit chipped notes in colored pencil else good. Subtitled "A Contribution to the Exhibit of Woman's Work in the Louisiana State Department at the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition New Orleans La. 1885." paperback 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
