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1835WRCAM46448Detroit: Sheldon M'Knight Printer to the State 1835. 151pp. Dbd. Titlepage lightly foxed else near fine. An important Michigan constitutional pamphlet. Michigan had a long and difficult road to statehood primarily due to a long- standing dispute over the boundary with Ohio. Negotiations to bring Michigan into the Union finally came to a head in 1835 and this collection of documents describing the admission of Tennessee in 1796 was made up to bolster the case of the Michigan men. Tennessee was created from territory under the administration of the United States as was Michigan. STREETER MICHIGAN 6634. SABIN 65812. COHEN 10855. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 35152. AII MICHIGAN 285. McMURTRIE EARLY PRINTING IN MICHIGAN 241. Sheldon M'Knight, Printer to the State unknown books
1900366431900. 5-1/4" x 7-3/4". Approx. 160 pp. Autograph album with red gilt decorated covers worn boards detached but present spine missing. Pages have been removed and the remaining pages are mostly loosened. Signatures are written both directly on the book's pages and also on separate pieces of paper tipped in. Some toning and staining of the occasional page. While the binding is in in fair condition the pages that remain are Good to Very Good.<br/><br/>Autographs include in part: <br/> "Auburn Nov. 14 1860 Dear Sir I comply very cheerfully with the request contain in your courteous note and remain Respectfully your obednt servant William H. Seward" U.S. Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869 Governor of New York and U.S. Senator from New York.<br/> "Washington 11 Feb 1861 Sir I have the pleasure of complying with your request. Respectfully yours John A. Dix". Secretary of the U.S. Treasury.<br/> "Yours truly Henry W. Longfellow" Famous poet and author of "Paul Revere's Ride".<br/> "Washington Dec. 16 1860/ Mr. T.A. Ashley/ Dear Sir Your letter of Dec. 10 is recd. Respectfully Preston King." Early free soil politician.<br/> "Dear Sir Faithfully Yours Charles Sumner" Massachusetts senator and Radical Republican.<br/> "Very truly yours Schuyler Colfax member from Indiana" <br/> "Washington Feb. 25 1861 to F.A. Ashley Esq. Dear Sir Yours of the 21st received and I hereby comply with your request Respectfully yours & c. Owen Lovejoy/ F.A. Ashley Esq. Detroit Mich." U.S. Representative from Illinois conductor on the Underground Railroad brother of Elijah Lovejoy friend of Abraham Lincoln.<br/> "Washington D.C. August 24 1890 J.B.Cheadle Frankfort Indiana/ Represented the 9th Indiana District in the 50th & 51st Congresses. Elected in 1886 by 3416 majority and in 1888 by 4450 majority."<br/> "Very truly your friend W.H. Coffron North Baruch Mich. Washington D.C. 11/30/'84" with cartoon face. Michigan physician; graduate treasurer secretary and professor of Georgetown University.<br/> "With best wishes J. N. Gillette Governor of California Sept. 9th 1909". <br/> "House of Representatives Washington Feb. 21st 1861/ G.A. Ashley Esq. Detroit Mich. Sir Yours of the 19th came to hand this evening. Very respectfully your obedt. Servant Cyrus Aldrich" Minnesota;<br/> "Yours truly Jas. Harlan" Early Free Soil politician federal judge U.S. Cabinet Secretary of the Department of the Interior under President Johnson;<br/> "Mason W. Tappan Ho. Reps. Washington 2/14/1861 Sir I am making a hand somewhere; and I prefer to make it before I start to run at all" New Hampshire<br/> "I'll try it and let you know Sam Gordon Miles City Aug. 17 83" New York native later settled in Montana where he established the Yellowstone Journal.<br/> "Albany April 10 1861 Dear Sir If you think my humble name written with my own hand will add anything to the value of your collection it gives me pleasure to make this small contribution. Yours with respect Ira Harris/ To F.A. Ashley Esq." New York senator and friend of Abraham Lincoln. <br/> "My Dear Bill Yours Truly J. Guthrie Asst. U.S. Inspector Hulls San Francisco CA Eureka Ca. March 2 1905"<br/> H. Winter Davis "James R. Doolittle "Louis Kerrsft Rear Admiral U.S. Navy 2nd March 1905"; "Yours very truly/ Alex. W. Buel"Michigan; B.F. Magee M.C. Michigan; "Truly Yours John T. Shurtleff Sept. 25 1909"<br/>H.P. Baldwin'; A.A. Burnham CT; Chas. A. Mack Jr.; Kinsley S. Bingham MI; Frank Higham Detroit M.; R.E. Trowbridge MI; W.K. Sebastian AR; John A. Gilmer NC a member of the Confederate Congress; JesseD. Bright IN owned plantation in KY with slaves and was the only person from a Northern State expelled from the Senate for his Confederate sympathies; J. Morrison Harris MD; Wm. Bigler PA 12th governor of PA ; John Cochrane NY; Zachariah Chandler Michigan leading abolitionist in Congress; M.S. Latham MI; Alex. W. Buell MI; John J. Perry Oxford Maine; Kit Adams; Emerson Etheridge TN; Edgar Cowan U.S.S. PA; Jno Goode PA; Miss T.C. Ashley; Loren C. Caddell; USMP Maj. Samuel Ruggles prominent New Yorker ; W.J. Thorne M; Alfred Ely; Katie Lackey; "Eureka July 23 1908 Hit the bear hard! Charles Ausyl Clarke U.S. Navy with much affection for Mr. Bell"; "Washington City D.C. Feby. 14 1861/ I am Truly Yours J. Markley" Ohio; Milton S. Davis Lieut. U.S.S.; C. Case IN; Harry C. Frankenfield DC 11/30/84; W.B. Holland; Sedley Chaplin supt. Construction Supervising Architects Office Treasury Deptt. Sept. 21 1909: Edward J Morris PA; William Pennington NJ; Neal Delano; Miriam F. Richmond; "A of Michigan" followed by signatures of Frank Johnson Charles B. Wood Gore Porter R.E. Frazer Aaron C. Jewett George Kingsley James A. Brown Dept. of Medicine; "Edwin Z. Pritchett 1st Lieut. 1st Field Artillery June 24 1909"; Walter S. Sturgill; Edgar H. Towar Detroit; 4/30/1861; B. Stanton Ohio; J Stout Oregon; H.H. Munds 1883 Billings MT; Senator from California R.L. Edwards; R.F. Woolfield and WH. Coory Montana; and others. unknown books
1834WRCAM53118Detroit: Stephen Wells and George L. Whitney 1834. 215pp. Contemporary brown cloth printed paper label. Extremities worn hinges tender. Contemporary notations to front flyleaf. Early library stamps on titlepage and several text leaves; bookplate on rear pastedown. Minor scattered foxing. Good. A rare collection of historical sketches relating to the early settlement of Michigan. This work prints the text of the four annual discourses delivered before the Historical Society of Michigan i.e. those by Lewis Cass Henry Whiting John Biddle and Henry Schoolcraft. Cass' remarks consist of general observations on the early condition of North American Indians in the region the French expedition to the sources of the Mississippi Pontiac's attack at Detroit Indian hostilities events during the Revolution etc. Schoolcraft's discourse consists of an account of the Iroquois Algonquin Chippewa Ottawa Foxes etc. with some discussion of their relations with the French. Also includes extracts from a lecture given before the Detroit Lyceum by Schoolcraft upon the natural history of Michigan. Whiting and Biddle add further material relating to Indian hostilities the War of 1812 the early political division of Michigan mining public lands disposal etc. A trove of early Michigan history. "Now very scarce" - Sabin. SABIN 32062. HOWES M582 "aa." MICHIGAN IMPRINTS 203. GREENLY MICHIGAN 64. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 25738. Stephen Wells and George L. Whitney hardcover books
1806WRCAM34534Washington: A. & G. Way 1806. 56pp. Dbd. Bright and fresh. Very good. The report of the House committee charged with responding to a request for federal action by Gov. William Hull and territorial judge August Woodward on the question of land disputes and the post-conflagration status of Detroit. Woodward was the compiler of the early laws of Michigan known as "The Woodward Code" and he was the main architect of the Detroit city plan. Included is a chronological table of settlements in the territory of Michigan beginning in 1763. "The report contains three letters from Judge Woodward to the Secretary of the Treasury written in January and March 1805 which analyze and classify the land titles of the territory. This is a fundamental piece for Michigan and Detroit" - Streeter. Scarce with Shaw & Shoemaker and OCLC locating a total of seven copies. <br> <br> The Streeter copy sold for $200 to Goodspeed's for the Clements Library. STREETER SALE 1386. STREETER MICHIGAN 6658. SABIN 48780. GREENLY MICHIGAN p.419. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 11717. OCLC 24866207 39695379. A. & G. Way unknown books
1827WRCAM49302Detroit: Sheldon & Reed 1827. 709pp. 20th-century cloth gilt leather labels. Library ink stamp on titlepage contemporary ownership inscriptions. Light foxing and soiling to text some light wear. Very good. Early laws for Michigan Territory including a reprinting of the ordinance creating Northwest Territory. Michigan Territory established in 1805 included the present states of Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa as well as part of the Dakotas. Michigan gained statehood in 1837 at which point the remaining land area fell under the title of Wisconsin Territory. Scarce and early for the region. SHOEMAKER 29748. AII MICHIGAN 123. Sheldon & Reed hardcover books
1805WRCAM38811Washington: A. & G. Way 1805. 16pp. Dbd. Near fine. The appeal of Michigan Territory governor William Hull and territorial judge August Woodward to Congress requesting action from them on the deplorable conditions of the proposed capital in Detroit and the status of several peoples found to be inhabiting the territory. The official government of Michigan was set to begin on June 30 1805 but when the Governor arrived he found Detroit nearly entirely destroyed by fire and numerous people both squatting on the ruins and dispersed throughout the nearby area including into the British territory. Hull and Woodward claim that the various treaties signed with the British do not clarify who has proper claim to the land and they add that the continuance of an indulgence for the Wiandot Indians to stay in Maguaga and Brown's town remains in question. They tentatively propose that Congress might make citizens of the Wiandot to settle the matter permanently. An excellent and concise history of the situation in Michigan at the time. Quite rare with OCLC and Shaw & Shoemaker together locating only five copies. STREETER MICHIGAN 6681. SABIN 48755. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 9574. OCLC 21062292. A. & G. Way unknown books
18862380051886. Initialed on board HMA June 15/86. 1-3/4 x 8-1/4 inches. Matted. Fine. Initialed on board HMA June 15/86. 1-3/4 x 8-1/4 inches. unknown books
1851WRCAM5082Detroit 1851. 1752834008pp. Old calf rebacked. Internally very good. The situation in Michigan in the mid-1840's foreshadowed a struggle which became more prominent - and more inequitable - after the Civil War. The Michigan Central Railroad opened the fertile area up for agricultural development by providing transportation but it also put the farmers at the mercy of the line as far as freight rates. In an era before any regulatory control the line played favorites to friends and squeezed the small farmers. The latter responded with sabotage and it was the agrarian vs. technology. An early and important case suggesting much of what was to come on the American landscape. unknown books
185531095Detroit: S.D. Elwood & Co. Lansing: Geo. W. Peck Printer 1855. Original printed and illustrated wrappers dusted rear blank wrapper chipped with wrapper title as issued. 52pp. Except as noted Very Good.<br/><br/> The rare printing of the Code governing proceedings before Justices of the Peace.<br/>OCLC 85212369 1- U MI Law as of April 2014. Not in Cohen Babbitt Sabin or Harv. Law Cat. S.D. Elwood & Co. Lansing: Geo. W. Peck, Printer unknown books
184619196Detroit Pontiac: Printed for the Publisher 1846. First edition. Stitching partially perished but sheets still holding; some browning to the fore-edges of the text block a little dust-soiling; a very good copy. Unbound pamphlet stitched as issued 8.25 x 5.25 inches 148 pages. And here I must record that Mr. Allen had good reason to suppose me drunk or insane; in the house of Mr. Field I have him either $55 or $65 for which I took his note; I have him an order for near $40 on H. C. Knight and the half was to be given to help to build an Old School church. . . . Mr. Allen knowing his own character drew the conclusion justly that if I had been sober I would never have trusted him with a hundred dollars." A lively and at times mordantly humorous defense by the Rev. Nicoll against charges of drunkenness charging a conspiracy at the hands of the Rev. Lemuel Bates working through the cat's paw of James S. Allen himself supposedly in thrall to Mrs. Bates and doing her bidding; Nicoll had challenged Bates's fitness to admission to the Presbytery of Michigan suggesting in part "common fame says that he Bates continues his old practices of lounging about stores visiting their cellars to look at their vinegar but really to drink their liquors; continues to be the as regardless of truth as ever--witness his speech on his overture and many other things. It is said that he has been seen drunk in the streets of Detroit and in the streets of Pontiac in less than a year." Questions of procedure allegations against the chastity of Mrs. Bates comparison to a nest of rattlesnakes etc. etc. all suggest that ecclesiastical polity of early Michigan possessed of a vigor and engagement rarely seen today. Not noted in the American Imprints Michigan survey; the scattered holdings on OCLC all generally suggest a Michigan imprint and though the length of this piece seems possible from a Pontiac press it seems more likely that Nicoll had it printed up in Detroit. Printed for the Publisher, unknown books
183437354Detroit: Stephen Wells and George L. Whitney 1834. First edition 12mo pp. 215; early bold indecipherable gift inscriptions on title page contemporary marginalia in the text bookplate of James J. Hill perforated stamp on title page of the Hill Library accession numbers on lower spine foxed throughout extremities worn soiled and dampstained otherwise good in original beige cloth with paper label on spine. Howes M582. <br/><br/> Stephen Wells and George L. Whitney hardcover books
184228532Philadelphia 1842. White wove paper. Fold lines; slight loss to second leaf where separated from wax seal not affecting text; minor ink smudge to first page; light soiling to last page. VG overall. Bifolium folded to make a self-composed envelope. 3 full pages of text; wax seal address with Philadelphia postmark and short notation in a different hand to verso of second leaf. 9-7/8" x 7-5/8" <br/><br/>Revealing early correspondence from the then still-young company of Baldwin & Whitney to T. W. Wells President of the Board of Internal Improvements for the Michigan Central Rail Road alluding to an ongoing payment dispute for two engines. Baldwin & Whitney an early incarnation of what would later be known as the Baldwin Locomotive Works was struggling to recover from the financial hardships of the Panic of 1837 as well as to expand to meet rapidly increasing demand; the Central Railroad too was in the midst of ongoing financial woes and transfers of ownership. The dispute seems to have been a somewhat protracted one as the letter references several prior correspondences with Mr. Wells dating back to June 14th. Although initially quite firm and apparently seeking to address specific imputations from Mr. Wells -- "we would beg leave to state that we do not pretend that there is any difficulty in arriving at a conclusion as to when the two engines alluded to should be paid for" -- the tone soon turns concilliatory admitting that there may have been some lack of clarity regarding the terms of payment thus allowing for alternate interpretations of the contract. Nevertheless the payment was obviously needed: "Our want of money is such however that we have authorized Mr. Briscoe to settle the whole account on such terms as we trust will be satisfactory to you and which under our present circumstances would be preferable to us --." One Jarvis S. Wyckoff of New York is referenced as an involved party although it is not entirely clear in what respect as well as items under the charge of Mr. Briscoe "which we trust will arrive safely and in time to answer the purpose for which they were intended." A bill for $541.50 worth of parts follows the salutation and includes "2 brauk brake Axles Larger Size 3rd claps $175 - $350 2 pair brick wheels - - - - 190 Cartage to Wharf - 1.50." In 1842 both of Matthias Baldwin's partners George Hufty and George Vail withdrew from the partnership. Asa Whitney joined soon after and the business became Baldwin & Whitney though this partnership too would be quite brief; Whitney would later become one of the biggest proponents of the Transcontinental Railroad. Although highly renowned and with no shortage of orders the company continued to struggle with finances for several years. By 1845 the company would simply be M. W. Baldwin and was so inundated with orders that they were building 20 engines per year and had backorders for at least as many. Historical Society of Pennsylvania Baldwin Locomotive Works Records The Detroit and St. Joseph Railroad was chartered in 1831 began construction in 1836 and had to be bailed out by the State of Michigan in 1837. The company was then renamed the Central Railroad of Michigan but by 1840 it too was nearly out of money. On May 25 1842 Detroit's Democratic Free Press ran an editorial by T. W. Wells "Acting Commissioner Int. Imp." rebutting charges of mismanagment of the Central Railroad and citing its many benefits for the state. The railroad would be transferred to private ownership again in 1846; the line to Chicago rather than St. Joseph was finally completed in 1852. An advertisement in Railway Locomotives and Cars Volume 10 1840 includes a blurb from Benjamin Briscoe Superintendent of Motive Power Central Michigan proclaiming his trust in what were then Baldwin Huft & Vale engines: "We have two engines manufactured by others but we can only place confidence while running in yours and I believe them superior to any manufactured in this country or in Europe." All in all an interesting documentary record of the negotiations and financial struggles that created the United States railroad system and of the early years of what would become Baldwin Locomotive Works. unknown books
18397738baLansing MI: State of Michigan 1839. Book. Very good- condition. Paperback. Michigania; 11 pages; dis-bound; not American imprints or in Michigan imprints. State of Michigan Paperback books
184753689Detroit: A. S. Williams printer 1847. 8vo pp. 189 1; a few leaves curled at the corners else a very good copy in original printed blue wrappers. Clark Hist. Library only in OCLC. <br/><br/> A. S. Williams, printer unknown books
184129850Washington 1841. 26th Cong. 2d Sess. SD151. 16pp 5 folding maps Disbound Very Good. unknown books
183978928Detroit: John Bagg 1839. hardcover. good. 3 volumes. 8vo pages age browned and foxed rebound in blue cloth. Detroit John S. Bagg 1839 1845 and 1848. Good.<br/><br/> Includes incorporations of towns railroads and mining companies. With canals bridges and land improvements.<br/><br/> John Bagg unknown books
1855WRCAM49818Detroit 1855. 63pp. plus a folding frontispiece plan. Original printed wrappers. Front joint partially split. Dampstaining throughout minor foxing. Good. The third of sixty-four annual reports together with the reports of the superintendent engineer and secretary for the year of 1854. Includes many charts indicating distribution of water location and type of laid pipes placement of fire plugs street reservoirs inventory of tools and supplies comparative water purity and more. The folding plan shows the network of iron pipes comprising the Detroit Water Works. Rare with only two copies accounted for in Floyd Streeter's work on Michigan both in full runs of the reports in Michigan libraries. Not in OCLC. STREETER MICHIGAN 1032. SABIN 19792. unknown books
18938058baILansing MI: Robert Smith 1893. Book. Good condition. Hardcover. Fourth edition. Octavo 8vo. Michigania; natural resources; economics; 4th ed.; 287 pages 2p.; 24cm; blind stamped brown cloth rubbed; spine frayed; corners slightly bumped; frontis.; illus. mostly from photos; large fold-out map; owner marks. Fourth edition. Robert Smith Hardcover books
1873002809Philadelphia: John E. Potter and Company 1873. First Edition. Very good. First edition; 7 1/2 x 5 1/2; pp. 8 5-415 3; embossed brown cloth over boards illustrated in gilt and black; engraved portrait frontis; a few small rubbed spots to corners and tips of spine; small personal stamp of previous owner to first free leaf; spine slightly cocked; thin closed cuts to endpapers along hinges hinges themselves quite solid; overall in very good condition. Ida Glenwood pen name for Cynthia Roberts Gorton 1826 - 1894 was a blind poet author and temperance lecturer. Beginning to lose her sight at the age of 14 she became completely blind by her late twenties. Her first prose work the current "The Fatal Secret" was initially written in pencil and practically unreadable but soon after she acquired and became proficient in the newly-invented typewriter which she would use throughout her entire literary life. Wright II 1014. John E. Potter and Company hardcover books
186418418Detroit: O.S. Gulley 1864. Original printed wrappers some soil stitched 52pp. Scattered foxing Very Good. Information on the doings of the Conference the participants a list of members of the Detroit Conference the Committees' reports districts' reports. The Report of the Committee on the State of the Country urges total victory in the Civil War: "An armistice offered by a government having right and justice all on its side to men in arms against it would be unparalleled in history and dishonorable in fact." Pages 48-52 and the rear wrapper contain advertisements for local Detroit businesses. FIRST EDITION. O.S. Gulley unknown books
1859WRCAM49817Detroit 1859. 56pp. Gathered signatures stitched. Faint dampstain to upper corner of first several leaves some spotting and minor foxing. Good plus. The seventh of sixty-four annual reports together with the reports of the superintendent engineer and secretary for the year of 1858. Includes many charts indicating distribution of water location and type of laid pipes placement of fire plugs street reservoirs inventory of tools and supplies comparative water purity and more. Rare with only two copies accounted for in Floyd Streeter's work on Michigan both in full runs of the reports in Michigan libraries. Not in OCLC. STREETER MICHIGAN 1032. SABIN 19792. unknown books
187233963Boston: Avery 1872. First Edition. 12pp. Original printed wrappers Avery unknown books
186115614Lansing 1861. 864pp covers gone backstrip worn. Text clean and Very Good but for occasional margin spotting and scattered foxing. The Session began on January 2 and ended February 22 Roads turnpikes railroads bonds corporations juvenile offenders and other aspects of the judicial system take up most of the Session. Michigan was not exactly in a state of readiness for the imminent War: of a total of 110600 able bodied men in the militia 1241 "are armed and equipped ready for active service." Resolutions express a firm determination to preserve the Union. FIRST EDITION. unknown books
1837BL4685Detroit:: John S. Bagg state printer 1837. 1837. 8vo. 354 pp. Pages 87-88 torn at margin minor. List of laws index. Original quarter brown cloth printed paper label plain boards; joints splitting loose corners showing. Bookplate of F. Ray Risdon. Very scarce. Important official record of law and acts relating widely to politics appointments collecting of various taxes commission to establish roads act for a geological survey acts of land sales responsibilities of the State Printer – his powers and duties acts relating to certain townships of weights and measures Tecumseh etc. etc. John S. Bagg, state printer, 1837. hardcover books
1838BL4534Detroit:: E.B. Harrington and E. J. Roberts 1838. 1838. 8vo. 47 3 817 1 pp. Title vignette index errata; lacks rear free endleaf front endleaves both torn with portion missing no text loss heavily water-stained in parts. Original full mottled calf black gilt-stamped spine label; rubbed – with ownership signature of Solomon Case Esq. on upper cover. Ownership signature of J.S. Tarbell and Solomon Case . . . Kalamazoo MI. E.B. Harrington and E. J. Roberts, 1838. unknown books
