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1850299Biddeford: N.p. 1850. <p>Broadside 14" x 8" double column signed in type by three selectmen with attestation by town clerk at end. Folded in quarters with several tiny holes no loss a number of creases minor stains one short marginal tear etc. but overall quite sound.</p> <br /> <p>Comprised of 19 Articles proscribing certain types of behavior the unique broadside specifies fines or other punishments for lawbreakers. Most interesting is Article 4: "No boy or other person shall be allowed to play at the game of bat and ball in the public streets of the village. Any person offending against this article shall forfeit and pay fifty cents for each offence."</p> <br /> <p>In addition to the obvious like public drunkenness these include: riding horses at a gallop in town or more than a walk on the covered bridge; "any boy or other person" who hangs onto a sleigh or carriage; anyone "causing dogs or any other animals to fight" in the streets; "Any person wantonly exposing himself sic naked in sight of any dwelling house"; a person injuring an ornamental tree on any street; anyone mutilating or pulling down signs or public notices or throwing dirt or setting off firecrackers or sliding down hills in the public streets &c. &c. According to internet resources Biddeford Maine passed a city charter and adopted a mayoral form of government in 1855.</p> <br /> <p>Not recorded in OCLC. 299</p> . N.p. unknown
186047006New York: S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. 1860. Folio 12¼" X 15¼" image area 10½" X 15½". Hand colored. Very good. Light age toning and mild soiling mainly about edges. Sweet map of the "Pine Tree State" nicely hand-colored from the 1864 edition of "Mitchell's New General Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World Plans of Cities Etc." Inset at lower right features "Portland Har. and Vicinity." Attractive example with sharp colors and handsome decorative border. S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. unknown
186045834New York: S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. 1860. Folio 12¼" X 15¼" image area 10½" X 15½". Hand colored. Very good. Mild age toning only. Charming hand-colored map of Maine from the 1864 edition of "Mitchell's New General Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World Plans of Cities Etc." Inset at lower right features "Portland Har. and Vicinity." A lovely example well colored and with handsome decorative border. S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. unknown
1851ZB375657NP: n.d. ca. 1851. small octavo 6 pp light extraction roughness at spine now in self wrappers later printing of the act Approved June 2d 1851. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. NP: unknown
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. 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
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. 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
189173231London: John Murray 1891. Hardcover. Fair Condition. Fourteenth Edition. Brown cloth. Cloth split over the front hinge at the top but book feels in no danger. Boards boards bumped at the corners. Interior bright and clean. Size: Octavo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Law & Criminal Studies; Inventory No: 73231. . John Murray hardcover
186223052301021st Maine Light Artillery; Union Army 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Union Army Order Book Large folio. 75 pages. Written by a fine hand 1862-1864. Also includes original typed orders from General Butler etc. Includes orders received by the unit from January 16 1862 through July 14 1864. Much of this period the battery was assigned to Louisiana Mississippi the Gulf of Mexico. <br> The battery was attached to 3rd Brigade Department of the Gulf until September 1862. It was attached to Weitzel's Reserve Brigade Department of the Gulf until January 1863. It was attached to Artillery 1st Division XIX Corps Department of the Gulf until January 1864 and the 2nd Division until April 1864. It then served at Camp Barry Defenses of Washington XXII Corps until July 1864. <br> The Battery notably served in the following engagements: Siege of Port Hudson; Battle of Fort Stevens; Third Battle of Winchester; Battle of Fisher's Hill; Battle of Cedar Creek. 1st Maine Light Artillery; Union Army hardcover
184436140Washington D.C.: n.p. 1844. First edition. Removed. A very good copy. 1 pp. 8vo. The Maine 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
184613085Saco ME: January 7 1846. 4pp. on a single large folio sheet of newsprint. Old folds minor foxing disbound from larger volume with tell-tale chips along binding edge. Still very good condition. An unusual appearance of a carrier's address printed on most of the back page of the January 7 1846 issue of The Union newspaper published in Saco Maine. The address itself is printed in three columns and contains typical news of the day particularly the imminent statehood of Texas and Oregon the election of Polk and Liberty Party presidential candidate James Birney former slave owner turned abolitionist and with several lines decrying the issue of slavery. An example of the latter from the middle column reads: "But change we now a while our verse Disunion threatens with its curse The land the great and good have blest With pure example wise behest And slavery rears her hideous head Among the sons of Freedom's dead. Was it t'enslave dark Afric's race Our country braved a tyrant base Unloosed our chains from England's Throne To rivet them on those at home How false the cry for Freedom dear From those who've strove from year to year T'extend to lands which should be free The blight of endless slavery!"<br /> <br /> There is also a passage concerning both Texas AND slavery also involving Birney: "As on the banks of Rio Grande The future slave of Texas stands And sees his children from him torn To bear the wrongs which he has borne Hie eyes suffused with bitter tears Glance up the long vista of years Among the sufferings of his race In hopes their author's name to trace; How does he start and heave a groan Birney he sees stands out alone!" The address is also interesting for the elaborate ornamental border composed of printer's ornaments including floral elements and patriotic symbols. This is the first time we have seen a carriers address integrated into the newspaper itself. January 7 unknown
18283754<p><b>Important Early Chart of Portland Maine Harbor</b></p><p>Lemuel Moody 1767-1846 was an enterprising sea captain and nautical entrepreneur in Portland Maine. Realizing "the great necessity of a correct Chart of Portland Harbour and the dangerous Rocks near Cape Elizabeth also of Winter Harbour and the numerous islands in Casco Bay" Moody decided to produce such a chart. By 1825 the <i>Atlantic Neptune</i> charts that included this area were more than 50 years old and in need of updating. Moody took advantage of the opportunity and produced this chart using the <i>Atlantic Neptune</i> charts as the foundation. In a notation on the original agreement for producing the chart Moody states that "I did the whole of the survey." This impressive chart of Casco Bay was his sole cartographic undertaking. </p><p>The chart covers the area from Saco Bay to Seguin Island. A large inset at the upper left focuses on the immediate area around Portland harbor including a detailed layout of streets and wharves. Small drawings of several sailing ships decorate the chart. Of particular interest is one sailing vessel being towed by a steam-belching vessel southeast of Small Point an early record of steam-powered ships in Maine waters.</p><p>One of the prominent landmarks that Moody included on the chart is the Portland Observatory an 86' high tower that still stands atop Portland's Munjoy Hill. The Observatory one of Moody's entrepreneurial undertakings was built in 1807 and served as a marine signaling tower. Using a telescope from the tower and a flag-based signaling system Moody would – for an annual fee – alert ship owners of the arrival of their vessels well in advance of their arrival in the harbor.</p><p>The chart went through at least five states of which this is the second. The fortuitous survival of Moody's business records and the known construction dates of certain marine landmarks make it possible to identify the dates and production run of the various states of the chart with a fair degree of specificity. While all the charts produced include the initial publication date of 1825 in the title later states were known to have been printed in 1828 1832 1838 and 1857. The initial 1825/6 printing was 191 charts. For this second state only 49 charts were struck from the plates.</p><p>The second state is distinguished by the addition of two light towers that were constructed in Cape Elizabeth in 1828. Known now appropriately enough as "Two Lights" the two structures still stand though one has been decommissioned as a navigation aid. The updates to the copperplate and printing of this state were by Andrew Allen of Boston.</p><p>Moody's chart is very uncommon in any of its states. OCLC identifies three institutional holders as of September 2021: State Library of Massachusetts Osher Map Library and Boston Public Library. Additional examples are held at the Maine Historical Society Library of Congress Yale and at least one private collector. No examples of the chart were identified in the <i>Antique Map Price Record</i> during its run from 1983 to 2011.</p><p>A very attractive example of an important and scarce early Maine chart.</p><p><b>Reference</b>: Phillips <i>A List of Maps of the United States</i>: p. 717 Mistakenly titled as Map of Portland Harbour and Islands…</p><p><b>Acknowledgment:</b> I am indebted to Ms. Frances Pollitt formerly of the Maine Historical Society for sharing her research on the dating and production of Moody's chart.</p><b>Condition: </b>Lined on reverse mending several tears. Very minor recreation of image loss and restoration of blank margin areas.<p>ICN 7690.3.</p> [Lemuel Moody.] .] Engd by D. G. Johnson. Entered According to Act of Congress July 13th, 1825. [but 1828.]
18103720<p><b><i>Early Maine Murder Trial Gone Awry</i></b><br /></p><p>An account of a murder trial in Malta now Windsor in the District of Maine. Paul Chadwick was a surveyor on what was then the northern frontier of Maine and in an area where disputed land titles were common. Chadwick was shot while conducting a survey by a group of landowners disguised as Indians. Despite fairly overwhelming evidence of the guilt of the accused the jury found all not guilty. <br /></p>Previous owner's Rice Dudley book label on front pastedown. Another early owner's name Moody Kent in ink in several places.<br /><br /><b>References:</b> Shaw & Shoemaker: 21516 3 locations. Sabin: 47985. Williamson: 5651. Noyes: 505. Skillin: 10-32. McDade: 641. <br /><br /><b>Condition:</b> 186 2 pp. Original blue/gray paper-covered boards with chipping. Paper spine cracked and eroded. Original paper spine label with vertical separation. Occasional foxing and staining mostly very light. A solid example of a scarce early Maine imprint. Ezekiel Goodale
1876S11176Paris:: Germer Bailliere 1876. 1876. Thick 8vo. 4 c 519 3 pp. Original printed wrappers; extremities chipped spine ends and cover corners missing small pieces. As is. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED from Gerard to M. H. Chotard verso title page. Maine de Biran 1766-1824 was a French philosopher who evolved from a sensualist to a mystical theosophist proposing that "human conscious experience might be exhibited as growing or developing from its essential basis in connection with external conditions" Wikip. Martin Henri Chotard 1821-1904 to whom the book is inscribed was a historian and lecturer first at Basencon and then at Claremont-Ferrand where he became dean. He was described by one inspector sitting in on his lectures as someone who "worked hard and did his utmost not to be common. . . 'Speaking easily clearly and soberly he does not hanker after rhetorical or declamatory effect. He has the tone and approach truly befitting a professor'" the inspector said den Boer 232. den Boer Pim. History as a Profession: The Study of History in France 1818-1914. Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press 1998. Germer Bailliere, 1876. unknown
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 May 2024 or online AAS Bowdoin Colby U ME U So. ME sites. unknown
1898List2965United States and Caribbean 1898. Approximately twenty-nine pieces: logbook of eighty-four double-sided pages measuring 13 x 20 inches; eight letters seventeen documents and forms and three pieces of miscellany. Much wear and significant damage to logbook including water damage mildew and tearing; log book overall fair to good minus. Other materials good to very good. Overall good. William Higgins 1791–1872 was a farmer sea captain and owner of and investor in ships from Bowdoinham Maine. According to the Maine Maritime Museum which holds his family papers Higgins’ ships traded mainly in lumber which they took from Wilmington North Carolina to the Caribbean.<br /> <br /> Offered here is a logbook recording the travels of several of Higgins’ ships particularly the brigs Mary Jane and Llewellyn alongside related documents and personal letters. The logbook dating between 1832 and 1836 extensively documents the course wind data and weather remarks for travels of the ships between east coast US port cities and various locations in the Caribbean including Barbados St. Thomas and Martinique. The logbook also contains a copy of astronomer and mathematician Elijah Burritt’s illustration “A Plan of the Solar System Exhibiting its Relative Magnitudes and Distances†engraved by W. G Evans and printed in 1835 by F.J. Huntington.<br /> <br /> The letters and documents date from 1830 to 1867 and are also mostly business-related including an insurance document for the brig William Parrington a roll of sailors enlisted to work on a six-month journey between the Caribbean and the US in 1845 a bill of sale for ¼ stake in the brig Mary Jane and receipts and logs for items including various liquors sugar molasses casks and so on. One letter from a young man in Wilmington requests advice on how to start his own business in the style of Higgins’; other letters concern family matters. One interesting undated document is a writ addressed to the Marshal of the District of Maine concerning a lawsuit filed against Higgins and Rufus Carr master of the William Parrington by Zachrisson Nelson Co. The suit alleged that Carr acting as an agent for the ship’s owners that is Higgins had agreed to an affreightment involving shipping from Jamaica to Spain to New York but had then “wholly neglected and refused to do soâ€.<br /> <br /> Of interest to scholars of maritime history and trade in the mid-19th century. unknown
1845List2966Kennebunk Maine 1845. Two 7 ½ x 9 ¾ inch pages. Near fine. A letter from Barnabas Palmer in Kennebunk to Charles G. Bellamy Esquire in Kittery. Bellamy 1811–1892/1899 was a captain in the Maine militia a member of the Maine House of Representatives 1842–3 and State Senate 1846–7 York County Sheriff and then Inspector of Timber at the Navy Yard in Portsmouth.1 Palmer 1791–1867 may have been military; he appears in Maine state records as an agent for the Kennebunk Gun House which is listed in other records as under the purview of the Quartermaster General.<br /> <br /> Palmer gives Bellamy his opinion on the political prospects of “Pierce†versus “Hammond†commenting:<br /> <br /> “I did not hear of any legislative recommendation of Hammond while I was at Augusta and if there was and their late abolition speeches & Texan resolutions is a specimen of the support they intend to give Mr Polk it should not have much effect.â€<br /> <br /> The US under President Polk had not yet annexed Texas and Palmer is apparently underwhelmed by Maine’s support for the cause. He also remarks on Joshua Herrick’s 1793–1874 bid for re-nomination to Congress; though he feels that he had “been badly treated†by Herrick’s competition “Judge Hayes†Palmer nonetheless feels compelled to vote for Hayes over Herrick. Of interests to historians of Maine state politics.<br /> <br /> 1 John E. Frost Colonial Village Gundalow Club: 1948 28. unknown
185025184Rockville CT: Press of the Tolland County Republican 1850. 8pp untrimmed. Folded fold splitting pinned. Tanned with some spotting. Good. <br /> <br /> The author writes humorous poetry to express his distress at new and excessive tax laws. A complete list of taxable property would take "Methuselah's hours.Although I have little that now commands cash; I've plenty in 'ruins' all broken to smash; A fine dish of 'all-sorts' to publish in form; Would make out a list thrice as long as my arm. So I must abbreviate and name them in groups; then let our great ASSES-ors examine to boot."<br /> OCLC 15328280 9. Press of the Tolland County Republican unknown
18883832<p>This attractively executed map/plan is for a proposed development by the Maine Central Railroad conveniently located "near terminus of the Mt. Desert Branch" of the railroad. The plan was "laid out by Joseph H. Curtis landscape engineer from surveys by J.G. Kelley." The completion of the Mt. Desert Branch in 1884 made possible an all-rail journey from Portland and points south to the Mt. Desert area. The proposed development apparently did not occur since a note on OCLC states: "Later maps show no evidence of the planned roads or lots."</p><p>Scarce with OCLC locating examples at the University of Maine at Orono Yale and Columbia. The Osher Map Library also has an example.</p><p><strong>Condition:</strong> Litho in green blue and brown. Very good with a small smudge at the middle of the right blank margin and remnants of mounting tape on the reverse.</p><p>ICN 7807.2</p> Heliotype Printing Co.
183234328Portland 1832. Broadside 11-3/4" x 19". Lightly foxed generously margined and untrimmed with lower blank margins chipped some old folds. Else Very Good. Matted. Dated in type at the end: Portland Oct. 25th 1832."<br /> <br /> The text of this rare broadside urging the defeat of President Jackson in the upcoming presidential election is printed in three columns. It is followed by six columns consisting of hundreds of printed names of Portland citizens endorsing its sentiments. <br /> Despite his promises to the contrary Jackson has expanded the power of the presidency reneged on his promise to serve only one term and enthusiastically practiced the Spoils System. "The expenses of his administration have largely exceeded those of any of his six predecessors." He has claimed the power of "interpreting for himself" the Constitution although contradicted by "the Supreme Judiciary." <br /> AI 10824 1- Harvard. OCLC 58786948 3- AAS NYHS Harvard as of November 2023. unknown
186338843Cincinnati: Ehrgott Forbriger & Co. Lithographers 1863. Folio lithograph broadside 18" x 22." Matted in a wood frame. Some soil and closed tears. The lists of Regimental Officers Company Officers Musicians Wagoneer and Privates are surrounded by lithograph vignettes of battle flags and rural household and battle scenes. Good.<br /> <br /> The Company was mustered into service on December 4 1861 at Augusta by Lieut. Col. S. Eastman. Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co., Lithographers unknown
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 August 2021 or the online sites of Harvard or Bowdoin. unknown
184238794Augusta: William R. Smith & Co. printers 1842. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. Lacking the wrappers and title page else very good scattered foxing. 27 1 pp. 8vo. Attested to by Philip C. Johnson Secretary of State on May 3 1842. Includes Article I: Of the General Duties of the Towns; Article II: Of the Powers and Obligations of School Districts and the Assessments and Collection of Moneys Raised by such Districts; Article III: Of the Duties and Powers of the Superintending School Committees and School Agents and the Qualifications and Duties of Instructors; Article IV: Special Provisions Relating to the Regulations and Endowment of Schools and Affecting the Government and Discipline of Literary Institutions.<br /> <br /> Very rare. OCLC locates one copy: Trinity College. Sabin and American Imprints report a copy at the Boston Public Library but not found on their online catalogue. The printed version of Sabin lists this item as 43959 but the online version compiled by Gale assigns this number incorrectly to an 1826 version of 11 pages. American Imprints 423157. Sabin 43959. [William R. Smith & Co., printers] unknown
182634420Maine 1826. Folio sheet folded to 8" x 9-1/2". One printed page followed by three blanks. Addressed on final blank with folds for mailing and remnant of wax seal to William Thomas of Gorham Maine. Spotted Good or so.<br /> <br /> The document is signed in type at the end by Committee Members Daniel Gilbert Thomas Browne and Ethan Earle. It is dated in ink "Sept. 5th 1826." The Committee urges Maine "to send forth from our state an unequivocal voice in favor of the Head of the National Government" by voting for Adams supporters Enoch Lincoln Governor Stephen Longfellow Congress and other members of the State ticket.<br /> Allusions to the bitter 1824 presidential contest are numerous; the wounds inflicted by that campaign are obviously still open: "We have placed the man of our choice at the head of our government." If "we abandon him to the rude tempest of a bitter opposition how shall we answer it to our consciences and our country. What then has the President done that we should leave him to his enemies. We do not profess one thing and intend another-- we do not cry 'Adams' but mean 'Crawford'." <br /> Not located on OCLC as of November 2017. unknown
18203763<b>First Official Printing of Maine's Constitution</b><br /><br />A very scarce example of the first printing of the Maine Constitution. As noted on the verso of the title leaf 200 copies were ordered "printed for the use of the Legislature." In contrast the next printing ordered by the Legislature -- in 1825 -- was for 10000 copies. OCLC locates examples at six institutions. <br /><br /><br /><b>References:</b> Noyes <i>Maine Imprints to 1820</i>: 931. Skillin <i>A Bibliography of Maine Imprints 1785-1820</i>: 20-70. Not in Williamson A <i>Bibliography of the State of Maine</i>. Thompson:<i> Important Maine Maps Books Prints and Ephemera</i>: 28A. The Thompson copy sold for $1840 in 2003. Sprague <i>The Mirror of Maine</i>: see 11 for the 1825 edition. Shoemaker <i>A Checklist of American Imprints for 1820</i>: 2075.<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b> Contemporary calf. Boards well-scuffed and with small gouged area. Significant chipping of spine leather; hinges and joints cracked. Age-toned and areas of staining throughout. An unsophisticated but appealing example of a very scarce book. Published by Order of the Legislature. Printed by Francis Douglas. hardcover
186635589Augusta: Stevens & Sayward 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Thick octavo. 1 1378 pages 1. Blueish marbled paper covered boards with leather corners and spine. Front board mostly detached and hanging by a thread. Rear cover glued back to the spine. Edge and shelf wear to the boards. Leather rubbed on the spine. Light to moderate toning and damp staining to the contents. Previous owner inscription of W.E. Towne Newport Maine written on the right front flyleaf and page iii. Fair condition only. Stevens & Sayward hardcover
