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1836WRCAM52765N.p. likely Augusta 1836. 62pp. Folded sheets stitched. Minor foxing and toning. Very good. Untrimmed. A rare Maine slip-bill document resolving that the citizens from Maine and other states should not interfere with the issue of slavery in slave-holding states. The legislature writes: "Any interference therefore of a State or the inhabitants of a State with the domestic concerns of another State is dangerous as having a direct tendency to create jealousies between the States and thereby weakening the attachment to the Union which is our only security against domestic dissensions and foreign aggressions." <br> <br> This is a somewhat surprising position for the state of Maine to have taken at the time. Maine came into the Union in 1820 as a free state to balance the admission of the slave- owning state of Missouri. Also Maine opposed the admission of the Republic of Texas in 1836 the same year the present document was printed on the basis of Texas' position on slavery. It is curious that they would take two seemingly opposite positions in the same year. Still the legislature printed the resolution and authorized copies to be sent to the four southern slave-owning states mentioned in the title. unknown books
190263105Byerly Printing Co 1902. First and Only edition. Illustrated by F. P. Byerly. 3 vols. 32mo. Blue red and green printed sewn wrappers. Fine. First and Only edition. Illustrated by F. P. Byerly. 3 vols. 32mo. NEVER SEEN. Amateur printing. Byerly Printing Co unknown books
184434352Kennebunkport Maine 1844. Folio broadsheet 11" x 16" printed in four columns recto and verso. Light scattered foxing old folds else Very Good.<br/><br/> On July 4 1844 Maine's Democratic Party Convention was held in Alfred. Joshua Herrick a farmer was Maine's Democratic Congressman for its First Congressional District during the 1843-1845 Session. He sought renomination. But he was challenged by Judge William Alen Hayes. Hayes's campaign manager was future Supreme Court Justice Nathan Clifford whose manipulations aroused deep resentment over lawyers' control of the democratic process. This broadside reflects those class divisions emerging within the Democratic Party.<br/> Hayes who "is without doubt the richest man in the District-- has all the monied institutions at his control or in his interest-- all the aristocracy a queer idea in a dem. party but nevertheless true all or nearly all the Lawyers. Now what has Col. Herrick to go against this tremendous influence He is what we call self-made. has comparatively but little property but he has the confidence of the yeomanry of the District." Despite this appeal Herrick abandoned his effort to secure the Party's renomination and withdrew his name from consideration. He ran without the nomination and lost. <br/>Not located on OCLC or the online site of AAS as of October 2017. unknown books
18985545Portland ME: Lefavor-Tower Co. 1898-1915. First Editions. Hardcover. Near Fine to Very Good Textblocks Fine. No DJ. Light shelf/edge wear tips of Vol. 3 gently bumped spine of Vol. 3 shows light toning Vol. 3 shows lightening at front lower corner Vol. 4 shows lightening spot near tail presentation inscription at fep of Vol. 4 bookplate lifted from Vol. 4 else tight bright and unmarred. Navy boards gilt lettering and decorative elements teg. 352pp plus errata; 349pp; 357pp; and 344pp. Illus. b/w plates. Index. <br/><br/>Arguably the more important collection of Maine related Civil War papers. Includes several essays from Joshua Chamberlain the capture of Mobile AL and Richmond VA an essay on "Colored Troops" the "Attitude of Women" about the war etc. Uncommon to find as a complete set and this one was clearly "built". Volume Four bears a presentation inscription to the Paris Hill Library N.B. there are no library markings from Henry W. Lyon "The first paper Hamlin Centennial Celabration will interest all citizens of Paris Hill." Overall a handsome set. Lefavor-Tower Co. hardcover books
186334396Augusta 1863. Broadsheet 6-5/8" x 9". Caption title as issued. Each page printed in two columns. Some spotting Good.<br/><br/> "The voluntary enlistment of Veteran Regiments and the rapid organization of Negro Brigades in the South will amply recruit the tanks of the Union Armies." If the Administration's policies are "generously sustained by the free and loyal voters of the North" there will be no further draft. "But if the Administration is crippled hindered and embarrassed" in its recruiting another draft will be necessary. <br/> Bradbury the Copperhead candidate for Governor has promised to withdraw Maine's support for the War. If elected he will render inevitable "a fresh draft under the Conscription Act." Maine's Democrats seek deliberately to "precipitate a collision between Maine and the General Government." Men like Bradbury are "Jeff. Davis' Only Hope!"<br/>Not located on OCLC as of October 2017. unknown books
184037337South Berwick ME 1840. Broadside 11-3/4" x 14-1/2." Text as recited above in bold type of various sizes. Beneath are the printed signatures in smaller type of about 200 local citizens endorsing the call for assembly. Old folds as usual with several small pinholes along the folds which do not affect text. Ink signature on blank verso "Micajah Grant" preceded by "Mrs" "Hon.". Good plus.<br/><br/> South Berwick Democrats seek support for the re-election of Maine Governor John Fairfield 1797-1847. Elected in 1838 he beat his Whig i.e. "Federalist" opponent in the 1840 campaign. <br/>Not located on OCLC as of January 2021 or at the online AAS site. unknown books
196126558London: Hodder and Stoughton. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. price-clipped nice tight clean copy just the teensiest bumping to the lower front corner; the jacket is virtually flawless downgraded from Fine only because of the price-clipping and a touch of soiling to the rear panel. "John Soames is thirty years old and physiologically speaking alive. But by some trick of fate he has never become conscious. He is awoken and brought to full consciousness by a surgeon's knife a newborn baby with the body of a healthy young man." Basis for the 1970 British-American film of the same name starring Terence Stamp and Robert Vaughn; a critical and box-office disappointment on its original release the film has gained a bit of a retrospective cult reputation with one online critic calling it "a dark gem and a worthy pretender to the British horror hall of fame." Uncommon in the first edition all the more so in such outstanding condition. . Hodder and Stoughton hardcover books
184436140Washington D.C.: n.p. 1844. First edition. Removed. A very good copy. 1 pp. 8vo. The main resolution was an attack on the heinous process of re-enslaving freed blacks: "Resolved. That we do most solemnly in behalf of the people of this State protest against the existence of any laws in any of the States of Territories of this Union which subject our free colored citizens to the liability to be arrested and imprisoned and to be sold into slavery for the payment of the costs of such arrest and imprisonment; that we do protest against such laws as unconstitutional and as endangering the Union." Maine approved this on March 22 1843 sent a copy to all members of the House and Senate and to all the governors of States and Territories. OCLC locates no copies. Not in Sabin Blockson Dumont Work LCP. Afro-Americana Clark: New England in U.S. Government Publications 1789-1849: 1145. n.p. unknown books
1890187Various locations in Massachusetts 1890. Very good. 247pp. Small quarto. Late 19th-century tan cloth. Binding lightly worn and soiled. Stamps for the Engineering Department of the B. & M. R.R. on binding and endsheets. Minor soiling to contents. Written in a neat and legible hand. The Boston & Maine Railroad and the Eastern Railroad were both founded in 1836 and ran competing lines throughout the 19th century. The B. & M. acquired the Eastern in 1890 ending competition on the rail route from Boston to Portland. This volume describes more than 300 land transactions made by the Eastern and Boston & Maine Railroads primarily from the early operational years of the 1830s and 1840s. This volume appears to have been copied out neatly at a later date perhaps after the purchase of the Eastern by the B. & M. and includes transactions ranging from 1836 to 1894. It is indexed by town at the end. Entries include the sellers' names the bounds of the parcel the price paid and the date. The towns involved include Chelsea Everett Lynn Revere Saugus Swampscott Salem Beverly Rowley Hamilton Wenham Ipswich Newbury Newburyport and Salisbury. unknown books
186334395NP 1863. Broadsheet 7" x 6-1/2". Caption title as issued. Printed in two columns per page. Small piece torn from center of top blank margin where originally posted. Otherwise Very Good.<br/><br/> This Republican Party broadsheet opposes the Democrat Bradbury's 1863 candidacy for Governor of Maine. His speeches-- as a Congressman and as a previous candidate for Governor-- show him as a spineless flip-flopper. In 1862 he defended the war effort. In less than a year he became "a malignant Copperhead." A supporter quotes him that "with or without qualification he is opposed to the war" and that if elected Governor he would in concert with Governor Seymour of New York "withdraw the troops of Maine."<br/>Not located on OCLC as of October 2017. unknown books
185545251Augusta House Augusta ME 1855. Very good folded small tear to one edge minor soiling and ink bleed through. 3 pp. Bifolium. 8 x 10 inches. Letter dated January 4th 1855 one day after the Maine elections from Maubec Mitchell Rawson newly elected Whig member of the Maine House of Representatives to fellow Whig party member and candidate for Governor Isaac Reed reporting on the efforts to fix the vote in favor of Reed's opponent Anson Morrill. Rawson had been appointed as a member of a gubernatorial committee that morning so was privy to the shenanigans: "Much talk is made about the course which some members of the Senate & House wish to pursue. I tell them I have no objections to throwing out the votes in the Hancock Plantation & thereby elect or in any way assist Mr. Milliken but to throw them all out & by so doing disfranchise some thousand & declare Mr. Morrill elected by the people. I tell them such a course will be suicidal to the great American party which Mr. Reed & myself are one."<br/><br/>He goes on to report who is opposed to these moves and who might be witnesses: "When I see you I will inform you who are the men who are so conscientious about this matter. I am perfectly quiet & cool but I have been at work. most of the time for the last 24 hours. They the Committee propose to spend the night in the committee room so as to have it said that we are doing up business in shape but they are more anxious to declare Mr. Morill Gov by the dear people. I have heard nothing from you but I think my course is patriotic or an honest one & I shall pursue it unless you suggest otherwise. Don't show my letters to anyone. I shall be glad when this session shall close."<br/><br/>Anson Morrill 1803-1887 was elected Maine's Governor in 1855 and served until 1856. He had been a candidate under the Know Nothing and then Republican parties.<br/><br/>John F. Milliken however was not among the list of Representatives in 1855 but seems to have gotten himself appointed Postmaster in his hometown.<br/><br/>Isaac Reed 1809-1887 was a merchant and shipbuilder. He served in the Maine Senate 1839-1840; 1850 1863; the Maine House of Representatives 1842-1843; 1846; 1870-1871; as State Treasurer 1856; and in the U.S. House of Representatives 1852-1853.<br/><br/>Maubec Mitchell Rawson b. 1825 was from Waldoboro Maine. unknown books
1799707161799. 1799 Document Appointed a Judge to the Kennebeck County Maine Court of Common Pleas Judges. Maine. Dummer Nathaniel 1755-1815. To All Unto Whom These Presents Shall Come Greeting. Boston February 28 1799. 17" x 11" part-printed document inscribed in neat hand docketed on verso large embossed Massachusetts seal to upper-left corner signed by Governor Increase Sumner countersigned by John Avery first Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth. Light browning and edgewear light soiling and a few minor spots vertical and horizontal fold lines a few minor years along folds with no loss to text. An interesting item. $350. Dummer resided in Hallowell Maine and was judge of the Kennebeck County Court from 1799 until his death in 1815. He was also Hallowell's postmaster from 1792 to 1802. The docket note witnessed by Joseph North and William Howard attests that Dummer took his oath of office on April 2 1799. unknown books
190540168Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1905. First edition. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. Grey cloth. Printed in green and gold t.e.g. Fine. First edition. Illustrated. 1 vols. 8vo. Houghton, Mifflin and Company unknown books
187310250Boston: J.R. Osgood & Co 1873. First edition. Frontispiece and 12 plates. 1 vols. Oblong folio. Original tan pictorial boards black calf spine. Bottom half of spine perished some cover wear internally fine. 1873 Christmas gift inscription on title. First edition. Frontispiece and 12 plates. 1 vols. Oblong folio. A Resort Summer of 1873 in Drawings and Rhyme. An account of the adventures of a group of friends vacationing at Mt. Desert Maine recounted in humorous verse and equally humorous drawings evidently by two members of the party. Summer romances the hazards of the communal dining table days of genteel ennui and other activities with the first names of the participants indicated as a partial aid to social historians a few of them are named in pencil on the title page are described in double columns of rollicking verse narrative and accompanying plates. A charming period piece and a not insignificant bit of amusing Americana. J.R. Osgood & Co unknown books
185229962np: F. Ferguson Printer 1852. Broadside 5" x 13". Light spotting and wear two short closed margin tears. Good.<br/><br/> This pro-Temperance broadside rebuts the canard that the Sons of Temperance are the prime force behind enactment of the Maine Liquor Law. "Men of all denominations and parties are firm supporters of this law; look everywhere and you find it depends not alone upon the Sons of Temperance." The broadside also denies "that this law makes the man who buys liquor a criminal. An absolute falsehood-- not one word of truth in it." Opponents of the law are "lying." Indeed "DROWNING MEN CATCH AT STRAWS. BUT THE HAND-WRITING IS UPON THE WALL. A Prohibitory Liquor Law must and will be enacted."<br/>Not located on OCLC or the AAS web site or in Williamson or Sabin. F. Ferguson, Printer unknown books
185547098Portland: Benjamin D Peck City Printer 1855. First Edition. 8vo pp. 50. Printed yellow wraps. A very good clean copy. A scarce piece. The riot had to do with temperance issues as the City sought to maintain a monopoly on the sale of all spirits;so that they were to be used for medicinal purposes only. Benjamin D Peck, City Printer unknown books
1892WRCAM52035Rockland Me.: First Maine Cavalry Association 1892. Nine issues several with plates plus two supplements. Original printed wrappers mostly detached and chipping heavily. A few chips to initial leaves of one issue otherwise internally very good. A significant run nine of fourteen total issues with two additional supplements of a periodical for Civil War veterans of the First Maine Cavalry. "Published four times a year and will contain the proceedings of the yearly reunions of the First Maine Cavalry matters of historic value to the regiment and items of personal interest to all the members." The volunteer cavalry regiment served with the Army of the Potomac for the duration of the war and participated in many of the critical battles including Brandy Station the largest cavalry engagement of the entire Civil War. First Maine Cavalry Association unknown books
190131931Portland: Commandery of the State of Maine 1901. First edition. Three quarter morocco over red boards four raised bands ruled in gilt gilt titles. A very good copy with shelf sticker on foot of backstrip. 8vo. The Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States begun in Philadelphia in 1865 was modeled on the Society of the Cincinnati and formed to protect the republic amid rumors of a plot to destroy the government after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Among its members were Presidents Ulysses S. Grant Rutherford B. Hayes Benjamin Harrison and William McKinley. By 1899 it had over 8000 members which included nearly every officer of note. This volume contains 155 Maine circulars 22-179 for the years 1881 to 1901 Contains circulars meeting notices black bordered "In Memoriam" notices biographies of the deceased. Many items annotated and signed by the recorders Eward M. Rand and Henry S. Burrage. A wealth of information. [Commandery of the State of Maine ] hardcover books
186634393Augusta 1866. 4 pp. Folded. Caption title as issued. Printed in two columns per page. Lightly foxed and worn Good.<br/><br/> Pillsbury the Democrats' candidate for Governor of Maine had been editor of the Farmington Patriot during the Civil War. His editorial comments-- expressing "disloyal sentiments during the very crisis of his country's fate"-- disqualify him from public office. Pillsbury "charged Mr. Lincoln with deception and falsehood" called the draft unconstitutional and otherwise "encouraged the hosts of Rebeldom."<br/> Pillsbury's opponent Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was meanwhile in the thick of the most crucial battles of the War. His record is "WRITTEN WITH HIS OWN SWORD." "Voters of Maine!! Read them both and choose between them on the 14th of September.!" <br/>Not located on OCLC as of October 2017 or the online sites of Harvard or Bowdoin. unknown books
533814to and 8vo. Nine pages approximately 500 words total. One letter in part: "A party of six including myself expect to come to the lake this summer on a camping out expedition . We shall want three good canoes paddles setting poles &c and provisions. Can you have ready for us Aug. 6th" D.T. Sanders & Co. was located in Greenville Maine on the south end of Moosehead Lake. Each letter folded for mailing. Very good lot. <br/><br/> unknown books
1883407221883. MAINE SUMMER DAYS DOWN EAST. By M.F. Sweetser. Illustrated with thirteen full-page heliotypes. Portland: Chisholm Brothers 1883. First edition. 8vo. green cloth decorated in gilt t.e.g.; iv 160pp. Ink ownership. First signature starting. A bright very good copy. The heliotypes are particularly attractive renderings of the Kennebec River and other Maine locales. unknown books
194261353Grand Lake ME and other sites 1942. 4to 12 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches with 79 mounted photographs mostly in the 2 1/2 x 3 inch range with a few much smaller and a few 7 x 9 almost all with ink captions and with a little other manuscript commentary six on them picturing a 1940 hunting trip to Grand Lake Washington County Maine guns but no game 36 picturing May and June 1941 fishing trips to Grand Lake Maine plenty of fish and 10 picturing a September 1941 fishing trip to Grand Lake Stream Maine more fish the balance picturing a day at the Suffolk Downs Boston races 14 photographs including two with the horses approaching the wire club gatherings some with an outdoor theme and family and business activities; also included is a signed copy of the 1942 Massachusetts Fish and Game Association annual meeting program. Royce 1876-ca. 1950 apparently a principal at the Harvard Brewery in Lowell Massachusetts here records in short photographic essays his sporting outings with fellow New England brewers and other friends. Paper browned and somewhat brittle but a good solid album throughout. Brown pebbled cloth and board album tied. #8478. <br/><br/> hardcover books
188517873New York: Century Magazine 1885. 1 vols. 4 3/4 x 4 1/8 inches. On stiff paper. Light wear. 1 vols. 4 3/4 x 4 1/8 inches. Early illustration of Mt. Desert. An early illustration of this island resort in Maine. From the well-known collection of American Artists' letters manuscripts and rare printed items formed by Professor E. Maurice Bloch. Century Magazine unknown books
183836115Bangor 1838. Folio sheet folded to 9" x 11-1/4". Printed on first page only middle two pages blank. Last page addressed in ink to Moses Emery of Saco faint postal cancel from Bangor in September folded for mailing. Tear from blank seal a remnant of the seal remaining. Good. Ink note unrelated to the text dated Sept 3 in blank inner margin appointing three commissioners to survey a boundary.<br/><br/> This appeal from the Whig State Committee is signed in type at the bottom by nine Committee members including Moses Emery the addressee. "Is there a Whig in the State who does not feel anxious to share the honors of a victory that shall prostrate Locofocoism forever in Maine and swell the advancing triumph of Whig principles that will soon plant the Whig Banner upon the Capitol of the Union. The eyes of the whole Union are upon us." Whigs are urged not "to fall into the arms of Loco focoism. unknown books
59373ca. 1832-1862. Folios pp.around 76 pages of writing in one volume and 205 in the second. The first is bound in well rubbed leather while the second is well worn leather backed boards. The rear of volume 2 assigns the accounts in the book to William Breck in 1855. Billings records general sales of cloth hay apples honey lumber surveying repairing shoes and boots sales of bread butter corn candy needles molasses and much more. Near Waterville Maine. unknown books
