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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
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
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
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
1882318111882. Harrington E. Burke. Reports of Cases Determined in the Court of Chancery of the State of Michigan. 1836-1842. Second Edition: with Notes and References to Late Decisions by Thomas M. Cooley. Chicago: Callaghan & Company 1882. Hardcover. Cloth. Ex-private law firm stamp to endpapers. Very good. $10. unknown books
18808710Cleveland: Short & Forman 1880. Original printed wrappers stitched 54pp. Text illus. Light wear Very Good. Much data on the Road's growth in freight business particularly between Chicago and New York; financial data engineers' report on road mileage freight forwarded and received performance of locomotive engines passenger traffic by station and historical financial data. FIRST EDITION. Short & Forman unknown books
186018417Detroit: O.S. Gulley 1860. Original printed wrappers some foxing stitched 36pp. Scattered margin foxing Good. Information on the doings of the Conference the participants a list of members of the Detroit Conference the Committees' reports districts' reports. With Resolution opposing slavery FIRST EDITION. O.S. Gulley unknown books
185918416Detroit: Daily Free Press Book and Job Printing House 1859. Original printed wrappers some dust stitched 34pp. Scattered fox. Good. Information on the doings of the Conference the participants a list of members of the Detroit Conference the Committees' reports districts' reports. FIRST EDITION. Daily Free Press Book and Job Printing House unknown 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
1844296809Detroit: Bagg & Harmon 1844. hardcover. good. 213 pages foxed and age browned. 8vo original grey boards re-backed with holographic spine title. Detroit: Bagg & Harmon 1844. First Edition. Good.<br/><br/> Bagg & Harmon 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
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
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
187515868Lansing 1875. Caption title as issued. Printed in double columns. Stitched loose. 15pp scattered light wear. Good. On the constitutionality of railroad bonds issued by municipalities and whether federal courts in a State are bound to follow the law as interpreted by its State courts. Not in OCLC. unknown books
187233963Boston: Avery 1872. First Edition. 12pp. Original printed wrappers Avery unknown books
1898726455th Cong. 2d Sess.: HD307. 1898. 4pp disbound a bit roughly folding sketch of the harbor. Very Good. HD307. 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
1844154581844. 20pp disbound. Very Good. 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
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
1881WRCAM9337Lansing 1881. 144pp. Frontis. Folding map. Illus. Original printed wrappers. Wraps chipped and stained front detached. Aside from an occasional fox mark internally very good. Lengthy promotional for the state with material on agriculture industry institution economy listing unoccupied lands etc. The detailed map was executed by Henry Stebbins of Chicago. paperback books
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
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
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
