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1812216429Portland Maine 1812. unbound. 1 page 10 x 8 inches Portland Maine August 6 1812. Interesting merchant's letter written during the War of 1812 while under British occupation requesting an accounting based on an unpaid invoice in part: ".shipped on board the Schooner Eagle.twenty jugs of the extract of the bark of Angostura which I consigned to the House of Mssrs. Anth Merchants in Havana.which has arrived out.but I have not received any remittance on account of it yet. My orders were for them to sell it and remit the proceeds in molasses and sugar." Two-inch closed tear at the right margin; otherwise very good.<br/><br/> It's possible that this letter is not from a disgruntled merchant but from a smuggler who has been cheated. Smuggling and Piracy as well as the pursuit of Prizes of War the capturing of another nation's vessel and cargo for profit were commonplace during the War of 1812.<br/><br/> unknown books
1899364591899. Softbound. VG. Black wraps. 16 pp. 4 bw plates. 35 works listed. Rare. Includes illustrated works by Alexander Pope F.H. Hatfield Abbott Graves Eva Cowdery. paperback books
1880WRCAM13823Portland 1880. 344pp. Original cloth. Cloth bit sunned some light scattered foxing else very good. Lists businesses by city or town populations statistics by county and statistics concerning the population of the U.S. with hundreds of advertisements for local businesses and services. hardcover books
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. Despite promises to the contrary Jackson has expanded the power of the presidency reneging on his promise to serve only one term; enthusiastically practiced the Spoils System; and "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 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
188039169London: John Murray Albemarle Street 1880. 8th edition. Terra cotta cloth binding gilt stamped lettering and blind stamping to spine. Black endpapers. Warping wear and soiling to binding. Slight lean to spine. Previous owner's name written to ffep. An About VG copy. 415 1 32 adverts pp. 9" x 6" <br/><br/> John Murray, Albemarle Street hardcover books
188130409Ellworth Maine: S. F. Colby & Co engraved by William Bracher printed by F. Bourquin Philadelphia 1881. Folio. 16 3/4 x 14 1/4 inches. 96pp including 5pp ads in rear. 39 hand coloured lithographed maps 17 double-page some printed recto and verso of same sheets numerous insets complete. Contemporary black morocco upper cover lettered in gilt marbled endpapers gilt edges.<br/> <br/>Provenance: Edward C. Burleigh name in gilt on upper cover<br/> <br/>The first atlas devoted to Hancock County Maine.<br/> <br/>In 1881 cartographer/surveyor George N. Colby assisted by J.H. Stuart and others published the first atlas of Hancock County towns villages plantations and timber lots. The maps identify many property owners by name and show the locations of homesteads businesses roads schools churches mills and cemeteries in those plantations towns and villages. Including all the insets 87 maps were produced by Colby Halfpenny and Stuart drawn on stone by William Bracher and printed by F. Bourquin of Philadelphia. The detailed town plans include Mount Desert Island Bar Harbor Ellsworth Bluehill Southwest Harbor and numerous others. As with most 19th century county atlases the work was published strictly by subscription. Given the relatively small size of the county in terms of population the atlas would not have been published in a large print run resulting in its rarity today. "Despite their limitations and inaccuracies nineteenth-century county atlases nonetheless preserve a detailed cartographical biographical and pictorial record of a large segment of rural America in the Victorian age" Ristow American Maps and Mapmakers p. 424. This copy with provenance to Edward C. Burleigh the Governor of Maine from 1889-1893.<br/> <br/>LeGear 14311. S. F. Colby & Co [engraved by William Bracher, printed by F. Bourquin, Philadelphia] unknown books
1850299Biddeford: N.p. 1850. 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. 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." 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. Not recorded in OCLC. 299. N.p. unknown books
189022854No Place Listed: No Photographer Noted 1890. Two negatives on glass plates; depicts rocky shoreline sailing vessels close-in to coast populated small island - perhaps Deer Island area or other resort; approx. 4" x 5"; no photographer or studio noted; not mounted; one plate with a little loss of image in the outer border chipped emulsion; in good condition interesting 19th century photographic work from the age of sail. NOTE: Lamp shadow is not in the image plate; our images show these negatives converted to positive via software. Photograph. Not Bound. Very Good. No Photographer Noted Paperback books
185928659Skowhegan: M. Littlefield - Printer 1859. 1st thus. White printed wrappers entitled: "CATALOGUE Of The BLOOMFIELD ACADEMY. 1859.". Wrapper soiled & worn. Chunk from top edge near gutter gradually decreasing in size affecting first half of booklet. Withal a Good copy of a rare survivor. 19 1 pp. 12mo. 8-1/8" x 5" <br/><br/>The Bloomfield Academy founded in 1809 as the Canaan Academy with the name change coming a decade later. It was Skowhegan's first high school and enjoyed full-capacity in the 1840s & 1850s though in 1871 the high school graduated its last class a scant 3 students. M. Littlefield - Printer unknown books
188122156Augusta ME: Sprague & Son Printers to the State 1881. 10 1 1 blank pp. Original printed wrappers chipped & worn institutional rubberstamps disbound loose. A bit brittle. NYPL rubberstamp on verso of title page. Good. Sprague & Son, Printers to the State 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
1845WRCAM52063London: T.R. Harrison 1845. 32pp. plus folding map. Dbd. Stitched. Missewn with pages of second gathering running in reverse order. Still a clean near fine copy. A Parliamentary printing of British correspondence from the commission established by the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842 to determine several boundary disputes regarding American and Canadian territory. In the northeast this meant primarily the delineation of the border between Maine and New Brunswick in order to halt growing local disputes collectively known as the Aroostook War. Contained is a detailed engraved folding map of the region with the border line hand drawn in red. TPL 2716. GAGNON II:533 SABIN 16899. T.R. Harrison unknown books
18381702125th Cong. 2nd Sess.: HD280. 1838. 2pp disbound. Minor foxing. Very Good. HD280. 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
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
188363670New York: Henry Holt and Company 1883. First edition. 23cm. 402pp. Rust colored cloth with gilt stamping on spine. Spine ends with wear some rubbing. Pencil marks in margins of some pages few pencil notes on blank page in the back. <br/><br/> Henry Holt and Company hardcover books
185925184Rockville CT: Press of the Tolland County Republican 1859. 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 books
184011603Washington: Blair & Rives printers 1840. 8vo. 2 pp. <br><br>Concerns the boundary dispute between Maine and New Brunswick. Government document: 26th Congress 1st Session. Senate. 370. Rare: We fail to trace any copies via OCLC. Removed from a nonce volume; gutter margin a little irregular; two holes in inner margin not touching text. Moderate spotting. Early inked notation above title and at foot of p. 2. Blair & Rives, printers unknown books
183819085Washington: Thomas Allen printer 1838. 8vo. 2 pp. <br><br>Government document: 25th Congress 2d Session. Doc. No. 355. Ho. of Reps. Removed from a nonce volume. Ink numeral in top right corner of p. 1. Age-browned. Thomas Allen, printer unknown books
183812319Washington: Thomas Allen printer 1838. 8vo. 2 pp. <br><br>Resolves relating to fortifications on the U. S.-Canada border. Government document: 25th Congress 2d Session. Doc. No. 363. Ho. of Reps. removed from a nonce volume; inner edge a little irregular; small chips in top right corner short tear to outer margin crease along bottom right corner. Foxed. Thomas Allen, printer unknown books
183012006Washington 1830. 8vo. 1 f. verso blank. <br><br>Opposes the removal of Indians from their lands. Government document: 21st Congress 1st Session. 92. Removed from a nonce volume; inner margin a little irregular. Light foxing. Inked numeral in top margin of recto. unknown books
183112003Washington 1831. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>Opposes the removal of Cherokees from their lands. Government document: 21st Congress 2d Session. 18. Removed from a nonce volume. Light stain on first and last pages. Small hole in top margin of last page not touching text. Inked numeral in top margin of first page. unknown 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
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
