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183643732Providence: Printed by William Simons Jr. 1836. Stitched self wrappers. A very good uncut unopened and untrimmed copy signed on front and rear wrappers edges worn light dampstain on lower fore-margin contents lightly soiled. 112 pp. 8vo. Signed in ink by Henry Bowen as "Sec'ry" on the rear under "True copy-witness." Henry Bowen 1785-1867 son of Jabez Bowen Jr was R.I. Secretary of State from 1819 to 1849. William Simons Jr. was appointed state printer during the May 1836 session of the General Assembly. Noted on the front cover: "Town Clerk Glocester." Rare. Not in American Imprints or Sabin. OCLC locates only one copy of this document at the American Antiquarian Society but without any notation of a signature OCLC: 83805212. [Printed by William Simons, Jr.] unknown books
183119590Annapolis: J. Green 1831. 8vo. 326 xiii pp. <br><br>Contemporary sheep gilt-stamped on black leather spine labels. Binding rubbed and abraded and a bit darkened; dry with chipping on outer edge of back cover; leather lost over head of spine; joints partially open; spine labels chipped. Title-page with two thumbnail-sized holes close to title but resulting in no loss of text. Inked ownership inscriptions on title-page. Ex-library with bookplate on front pastedown and rubber-stamps on title-page and front free endpaper. Endpapers final two leaves of text and title-page darkened in margins. J. Green hardcover books
1771WRCAM42530N.p. but likely New Haven 1771. 1p. plus integral docketing leaf. Folio. Backed with tissue. Faint old fold lines. A few small edge tears at folds repaired. Minor soiling. Very good. In a red half morocco and cloth clamshell case spine gilt. List of monies paid to twelve members of the House of Assistants of the Connecticut General Assembly signed by several of them including two future signers of the Declaration of Independence Roger Sherman and Oliver Wolcott. Sherman is notable as the only person to sign all four of the major foundational documents of United States: the Continental Association the Declaration of Independence the Articles of Confederation and the U.S. Constitution. He also served on the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence and later drafted the Connecticut Compromise for the U.S. Constitution which proposed a bicameral representative government and guaranteed equal representation in the Senate for every state no matter its size. Wolcott signed not only the Declaration but also the Articles of Confederation and later served as Connecticut's fourth governor. <br> <br> This document was likely written in New Haven which served as the joint capital of Connecticut with Hartford until 1776 hosting the October legislative sessions. In addition to Sherman and Wolcott it is signed by representatives William Pitkin Robert Walker Abraham Davenport William Samuel Johnson and Joseph Spencer. The remaining members are noted as having been "paid by receipt." It is docketed on the verso and signed by Joseph Trumbull deputy to the Assembly. For his time in the House of Assistants later the Connecticut Senate Sherman was paid £6/18/0; Wolcott £5/15/4. hardcover books
1791717381791. France Grants Suffrage to People of Color Born to Free Parents France. Assemblee Nationale Constituante. Loi Relative Aux Colonies Avec l'Expose des Motifs qui en ont Determine les Dispositions. Donnee a Paris Le 1.er Juin 1791. Drop- Head Title. Paris: De l'Imprimerie Royale 1791. 12 pp. Quarto 9-3/4" x 7-3/4". Disbound single-column text large woodcut vignette above title stamps of National Assembly in red ink and stamped signature of Marguerite-Louis-Francois Duport-Dutertre minister of justice at end of text. Moderate toning light edgewear and soiling first and final leaves detached annotation in early hand above vignette. $450. Grounded in the liberalizing spirit of the French Revolution this act granting the right of membership in colonial assemblies to people of color born to free parents. OCLC locates 9 copies of this imprint 3 in North America American Philosophical Society Hagley Museum Northwestern University University of Michigan. Not in Bissainthe. unknown books
184115470Washington: Blair & Rives 1841. 8vo. 3 pp. <br><br>The assembly of the Wisconsin Territory wants help making the Fox and Wisconsin rivers navigable. Government document: 26th Congress 2d Session Senate doc. 164. Removed from a nonce volume. Blair & Rives unknown books
181111387Washington: A. & G. Way printers 1811. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>Unsuccessful petition to admit the Mississippi Territory into the union. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 24203. Removed from a nonce volume; gutter margin a little irregular; edges darkened three pages with a couple of small brown spots. Leaves separated. A. & G. Way, printers unknown books
181618562Washington: Pr. by William A. Davis 1816. 8vo. 8 pp. <br><br>Petition of citizens of Kentucky who lost their horses during the various campaigns of the War of 1812 with some brief accounts of cavalry operations. Government document: House document United States. Congress. House; 14th Congress 1st session no. 17. Printed at head of title: 17. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 39547. Removed from a nonce volume. Tear at inner margin of each page not extending into text. Ex-library with rubber-stamp and librarian's lightly pencilled notation on title-page. Page toned with some off-setting. Top margins of title-page and p. 8 darkened. Pr. by William A. Davis unknown books
181617837Washington: Pr. by William A. Davis 1816. 8vo. 3 pp. <br><br>War of 1812 claim. Government document: Senate document United States. Congress. Senate; 14th Congress 1st session no. 30. Printed at head of title: 30. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 39546. Removed from a nonce volume. Librarian's pencilled notation and War Dept. Library rubber-stamp on title-page. Title-page darkened at top margin. Leaves separated. Pr. by William A. Davis unknown books
181317847Washington: A. & G. Way printers 1813. 8vo. 8 pp. <br><br><br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 30244. Removed from a nonce volume. Librarian's pencilled notation on title-page. Some soiling at bottom margin of p. 8. A. & G. Way, printers unknown books
180814910Washington City: Pr. by R. C. Weightman 1808. 8vo. 6 2 blank pp. <br><br>Relating to the embargo of 18071809. Signed in type: "Th: Jefferson. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 16468. Removed from a nonce volume. A little browning at inner margin of p. 1. Very good. Pr. by R. C. Weightman unknown books
180621326City of Washington: A. & G. Way printers 1806. 8vo. 8 pp. <br><br>"February 3 1806 read and ordered to be committed to the committee of the whole House on the state of the union."<br>Â Â Â Â . <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 11652. Removed from a nonce volume. A. & G. Way, printers unknown books
183424287Washington D.C.: s.n. 1834. Small 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>Caption title. At head of title: 23rd Congress 1st session. Doc. no. 71. Ho. of Reps.<br>Â Â Â Â Concerns North Carolina's ceding of land to the U.S. the extinguishing of Indian rights to land not ceded to U.S. and the arrival of Cherokee who had been forced from their land in Georgia and elsewhere. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Apparently not in American Imprints. Removed from a nonce volume. s.n. unknown books
2007CH316-013Marina CA:: Half Penny Press 2007. Hardcover. Like New. LIMITED EDITION of 30 copies this is number 12. Miniature book. 2 1/8 x 2 5/8 inches. Unpaginated. 13 pp. Text clean unmarked. Dark blue cloth; binding square and tight. SIGNED by Paul B. Ritscher on colophon. Fine. Typeset printed and bound by Paul B. Ritscher at the Half Penny Press Christmas 2007. Half Penny Press, hardcover books
1999200664Havana: the National Assembly 1999. Pamphlet. 37p. 5.5x8.5 inches fine first edition pamphlet in stapled white wraps with depiction of Cuba on cover. This presentation "aired on Cuban television and broadcast on international radio on.January 8 1999. the National Assembly unknown books
1781182103Villefranche.: Vedeilhie. 1781. Contemporary marbled wraps. Good last 4 leaves waterstained otherwise a very good untrimmed copy in the original wraps. 4to.27.5x21.5 cm. . French text. weight: 1.4 lb. 2 folding tables. Vedeilhie. paperback books
1999200122Havana: Palcogra/Artes Graficas 1999. Pamphlet. 17p. softbound pamphlet in 7.5x5.5 inch stapled wraps; clean and sound a very good copy. Palcogra/Artes Graficas unknown books
183227635Providence: William Marshall State Printer 1832. First edition. Removed. Scattered foxing light dampstain to one corner some pages offset last few leaves darkened still about very good. 72149 pp. 8vo. Political Anti-Masonry which first began in New York gained a strong foothold in Rhode Island beginning in 1829. By 1831 the Anti-Masons convinced the state legislature to investigate Freemasonry: "Whereas the crimes and enormities within a few years committed in a neighboring State by certain Freemasons avowedly in the cause of masonry have excited universal indignation and abhorrence and have awakened jealousies and suspicions very unfavorable to all masonic institutions. Therefore in the hope of allaying the great and increasing excitement thus occasioned and that the innocent may be distinguished from the guilty if in this state there are any who can justly be charged with advocating the criminal doctrines imputed to freemasonry. are hereby appointed a committee fully to investigate and inquire into its causes." This is the 72 page report of that committee with 149 pages of appendices. Sabin 70652. Amer. Imprints 14514. Cohen 9356. William Marshall, State Printer unknown books
181257676New York: Whiting and Watson no. 96 Broadway 1812. First edition 8vo pp. 3 4-56; uncut; original printed brown wrappers; ex-N.Y. State Library with small inoffensive rubberstamp on the wrapper; very good. Wrapper dated 1813. American Imprints 26519; Sabin 65218. <br/><br/> Whiting and Watson, no. 96 Broadway unknown books
181229438New York: Whiting & Watson pr. by J. Seymour 1812. 8vo. 56 pp. <br><br>First edition: Religious education and how to handle the spiritual disciplining of children. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Sabin 65218; Shaw & Shoemaker 26519. Removed from a nonce volume. Leaves separating; pages age-toned. Whiting & Watson (pr. by J. Seymour) unknown books
181224729New Haven: Pr. by Walter & Steele 1812. 8vo. 8 pp. <br><br><br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 25149. Removed from a nonce volume; later sewing; and stitch holes at inner margin not touching text. Librarian's ink notation at top margin of title-page. Age-toned copy. Pr. by Walter & Steele unknown books
185857010Charleston: Harper & Calvo Printers 1858. Paperback. Good. 40p. Partial wrapper lacking back cover. 23cm. Soft crease. Old paper and glue remnants along left side of front cover some lettering slightly obscured. Blank bottom corner of one leaf torn off. Minor scattered foxing. Contents sound and clean. First published in 1857. The author of this report and minority of one was James Johnston Pettigrew 1828-1863. The question being considered was apparently whether South Carolina should revive the slave trade. Pettigrew argued against its revival although he was not against slavery. Pettigrew later served with distinction in the Confederate army rising to the rank of Brigadier General. He was killed in 1863 during the Confederate retreat from Gettysburg. <br/><br/> Harper & Calvo, Printers paperback books
181437315Washington D.C.: A. & G. Way Printers 1814. First edition. Disbound. Removed from a larger volume browned still quite good. 4 pp. 8vo. February 12 1814. Referred to the Committee on the Public Lands. February 25 1814. Bill .reported and committed to a committee of the whole house on Monday next." Concerns the series of major quakes that hit New Madrid in what was later renamed the Missouri Territory. It was said the quake was so strong the Mississippi ran backward for a while. Signed in print by George Bullitt Speaker of the Missouri House; S. Hammond President of the Legislative Council; and by William Clark Governor. An early example of a request for disaster relief from the U.S. Government. Shaw & Shoemaker 33500. A. & G. Way, Printers unknown books
181536029Washington City: Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. . . . Roger C. Weightman 1815. 8vo 21 cm; 8.375". 4 pp. <br><br>This resolution dated 27 December 1814 with a print date of 21 January 1815 expresses the Mississippi territory's outrage at British demands during negotiations to end the War of 1812 probably in relation to Great Britain's desire to travel freely on the Mississippi River. "We prefer a sacrifice of our lives and fortunes to the surrender of our rights or our national dignity. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 36405. Removed from a nonce volume; some very minor chipping around edges. Pencilling on title-page. Second and fourth page blank. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. . . . Roger C. Weightman unknown books
1966188057Gwynnes Sussex: The Liberal Party Organisation 1966. Pamphlet. 12p. softbound plain printed stapled 8x5 inch wraps. Slight signs of handling a very good copy. The Liberal Party Organisation unknown books
184011957Washington D.C.: Blair & Rives 1840. Small 8vo. 15 1 pp. <br><br>A desperate attempt to extend judicial authority. Senate document 273 26th congress 1st session. Removed from a nonce volume. Blair & Rives unknown books