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18030002561Good. 1803. On offer is a superb original 1803 - 1805 manuscript cypher and navigation book handwritten by a young midshipman James Maurice Shipton aboard the noted HMS Thunderer a ship forever in the history books as the ship that spotted the emerging Spanish fleet and thusly began the Battle of Trafalgar and the demise of Britain's enemies and sadly the hero of the day Lord Horatio Nelson. Notably Thunderer also took part in the Glorious 1st of June Battle against the French in 1794. James Maurice Shipton who would one day captain his own ship and reap accolades created this book while theThunderer worked blockade duty along the French coast. Mere months later the ship would engage in the Battle of Trafalgar and the decisive engagement by the British would end the rule of the French despot and dictator Napoleon Bonaparte. Included are a number of letters from archivists and historians providing background info on Shipton. The book is in wonderful condition the vellum save for some soiling is better than good and the interior as well. Overall G.; Manuscript; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF JAMES MAURICE SHIPTON HMS THUNDERER TRAFALGAR MIDSHIPMAN GEORGE III NAVIGATION CYPHER SAILING AGE OF SAIL CHANNEL SQUADRON BLOCKADE DUTY LORD HORATIO NELSON MARITIME MARINE NAUTICAL NAVAL OCEAN TRAVEL BARGE SCHOONER NAVAL ACTIONS THE ROYAL NAVY NAVAL MARINE NAUTICAL NAUTICAL LOGBOOK SPANISH FLEET CYPHERING CIPHER COMPLEX MATHEMATICS BRITISH ROYAL NAVY BRITANNICA EARLY 19TH CENTURY HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover
18030001651Pennsylvania. Good. 1803. On offer is a super original early Pennsylvania land survey dated September/October 1803 "FIELD NOTES of tracts of Land situated the Waters of Tunk Hannack and Lackawanna Resurveyed in September and October 1803 for Samuel Morideth Esquire by Joseph Biles." The notes are neatly handwritten in brown ink cursive and quite legible. "Level land soil good Timb Beech and Sugar maple mixed with some Hemlock " He begins with lot 22. Some of the approximately 44 pages have outside page edges uneven-cut. Paper is faintly lined. Pages not bound with the exception of the last couple bound with threads. Each page is about 6 1/4 x 4 inches. Pages are darkened with age pale tan or lightly yellowed stray marks specks throughout but legible. Back page soiled with some math problems scribbles. Some dog ear corners some notches or missing bits of paper. Overall G.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF SAMUEL MORIDETH TUNKHANNOCK JOSEPH BILES SURVEY LACKAWANNA PENNSYLVANIA SURVEYING SURVEYORS AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel Susquehanna River . unknown
18030JT51AFrance 1803. Large 4to Register of Expenses for what appears to be a large scale farm operation in France. Hundreds of entries commencing October 8 1803. Fascinating snapshot of the financial times and inner workings of a farm over 200 years ago. Autograph. Manuscript. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Paperback
1805000756KINGSBURY WASHINGTON COUNTY NEW YORK NY. Good. 1805. On offer is a handwritten manuscript 'Memorandum' dated Kingsbury Sept. 24th 1805 Washington County State of New York Republic of North America. Eight pages string tied with handwriting notations on five pages thusly three pages are blank small hole to rear cover affecting a couple of words. It talks about going to school on Saturdays and boarding with different people and it is a record of how many loads of wood he cut for different people for credit. Names mentioned include Isabel Haskins John Bond Sam'l Harris John Patterson and Elijah Smith. This is a very interesting little diary of events in early New York State that features some lovely calligraphic penmanship.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA ARCHIVE NEW YORK DIARY DIARIES ECONOMICS WASHINGTON COUNTY NEW YORK ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT . unknown
18050009106CINCINNATI OHIO OH to TRENTON NEW JERSEY NJ 1805. On offer is a unique and gorgeously written letter from an lawyer by the name of Isaac G. Barnetwho has recently relocated to Cincinnati Ohio from England. He is writing to a friend Garret D. Wall in Trenton New Jersey. Garret Wall was at the time just a practicing attorney in New Jersey however he would go on to serve a long illustrious life first as a clerk for the New Jersey Supreme Court then as the U.S. Attorney for New Jersey then being elected a New Jersey Senator from 1835 to 1841 and finishing his life as a high court judge. In language that is often elegant and very obviously from an educated man the Mr. Barnets writes of many topics such as his recent departure from Trenton New Jersey to Cincinnati his new professional life in Cincinnati his old practice in Westminster in London England and the ease at which he finds that people can pass the Bar exam in his new home and the consequences this seems to have had. He begins the letter as such: The most difficult part of a letter is said to be the beginning but I have found it the easiest in this instance having already begun without knowing how to continue the fact is I feel in but an indifferent mood this evening and you shall pay for it by being obliged to read what will neither be amusing enough to ____ a smile nor entertaining enough to please. This letter will give you no other pleasure than that which a sensible mind will always feel on hearing from an absent friend. He continues apologizing for events that seem to have just transpired recently his relocating to Cincinnati from Trenton New Jersey: I hope you are convinced before this that my abrupt departure from Trenton was not intentional that neither you nor Mr. Pemberton were selected as objects of neglect but that the _____ of my mind on the occasion will be a sufficient apology for any apparent neglect on my fact. He also speaks of the timeless trope that continues to this day the observation that: The sentiments of the people in general as in all other Democratic societies appear very much opposed to the lawyers. He writes that this is even more so in his new home where seemingly anyone can pass the Bar exam and become a lawyer: The facility of admission to the bar has introduced a norm of worthless and ignorant creatures into the profession who would sell an opinion for a grile of whiskey and require themselves for a pint. Things in Cincinnati are different than in Westminster Mr. Barnet opines. Yet he writes I have obtained more knowledge of the law since my short residence here than during all the rest of my studies - I have no other way to employ my time than in reading. He finishes the letter with the usual pleasantries asking Mr. Wall to remember me to the girls and to all my juvenile friends - I will conclude by giving you my sincere regards - Isaac G. Barnet. The letter is four pages long consisting of two unbound sheets of paper. The pages are in fair to good condition showing a good deal of discoloration and repaired rips and tears. The letters must be handled with care. The handwriting is done in black ink which is still in good shape showing little fading or smudging. The entirety of the letter can be read easily and legibly. Background: Garret Dorset Wall March 10 1783 November 22 1850 was a military officer and politician from New Jersey. Born in Middletown Township he completed preparatory studies studied law was licensed as an attorney in 1804 and as a counselor in 1807 and commenced practice in Burlington New Jersey. He served in the War of 1812 and commanded a volunteer regiment from Trenton. He was clerk of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1812 to 1817 and was Quartermaster General of New Jersey from 1815 to 1837. He was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly in 1827 and was U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey in 1829; Wall was elected Governor of New Jersey in 1829 but declined to serve; he was then elected as a Jacksonian later a Democrat to the U.S. Senate and served from March 4 1835 to March 4 1841; he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection. While in the Senate he was chairman of the Committee on the Militia Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Congresses and a member of the Committees on the Judiciary Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses and Military Affairs Twenty-fifth Congress. From 1848 until his death Wall was a judge of the New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals of New Jersey from 1848 until his death in Burlington in 1850. He was buried in Saint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard in Burlington. Garret D. Wall was the father of James Walter Wall also a U.S. Senator from New Jersey. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Manuscript. unknown
18050002416LIMBOURG BELGIUM. Good. 1805. On offer is a super original begun in 1805 manuscript cookbook with many 100s of European culinary recipes receipts handwritten in French whose origins begin in a castle in Limbourg Belgium. Inscribed 'Livre de Cuisine a Marie Barbe Therese Henrotay Commence le 3 Juillet 1805.' There is one major hand throughout Marie likely with other hands later with other dates of a few entries on the last pages through to the 1840s and remarkably a few from 1915! The recipes are all encompassing: meats desserts baking storage preparation etc. Absolutely stunning in its breadth. We note one pair of very unique to this particular book pages: 263 and 264 enigmatically titled 'Preservatif Contre Cholera morbus - Extrait de la Gaseppe de la D'aip-La Chapelle Du 1st Septembre 1831' which we believe refers to a gastrointestinal illness of cramps diarrhea and sometimes vomiting but not used technically. The well centered inscription bordered with the outline of a wide bottomed flask is otherwise blank of writing. This same page has a hand stamp inscription 'Jos. Dejardin 47 Place St. Georges Limbourg Belgium. We suggest this leads directly back to an ancient food establishment still in use today and we believe called Brasserie St-Georges. The book proper has seen better days. The binding is cracked and loose and someone has what appear to be skewered the book piercing the cover and through several pages but hardly a word of loss but annoying. Otherwise the interiors are legible and as stated several hundreds of ancient recipes. Overall G.; French Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF MARIE BARBE THERESE HENROTAY LIMBOURG BELGIUM BELGIAN FLEMISH LOW COUNTIRES HOME ECONOMICS COOKBOOKS COOKERY RECIPES RECEIPTS CURES FORMULAS MEDICAL CHEMICAL CHEMISTRY COOKING REMEDIES PREPARATIONS CULINARY CULINARIA HUSBANDRY EUROPEAN CUISINE CONTINENTAL FOODS ANCIENT RECIPES BAKING FOOD PRESERVATION DESSERTS PATISSERIE KONDITORIE PASTRY SAUCES HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS AMERICANA MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown
18060001993CAMBRIDGE MASSACHUSETTS MASS MA 1806. On offer is a superb historically significant 1806 manuscript essay: "A Disquisition upon the Philosophy of the Ancients pronounced before the society of Phi Beta Kappa at their anniversary meeting at Cambridge 28th August 1806" presented as a speech this being the final draft with corrections handwritten by Thomas Boylston Adams 1772 - 1832 the third and youngest son of President John Adams and brother to future president John Quincy Adams. The 15 page essay was read before the society on August 28th 1806 and later published in the Boston Atheneum was read on the 30th anniversary of the Phi Beta Kappa F Society which drew the attention of many distinguished guests and many prestigious orators who delivered speeches in honor of the society. The author describes his philosophical bent and directly into the heart of his politics as he once detailed to Abigal Adams: "I must study politics and war that our sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy." His sentiment is fully expressed in this erudite lecture on philosophy by Adams. Here is a snippet: "Of those institutions in our own Country professing similar objects it is remarkable that the most conspicuous were founded amid the din of army and in the very heat of our struggle for Independence; affording an honorable illustration of the truth of a maxim that the love of liberty and that of solid and useful knowledge walk always hand in hand." The final page has a list a dozen references from Hume to Priestly and Sir William Jones men whose works underpinned American thought and ideals. The 8 x 6 inch pages are in excellent shape with light wear the paper wrapper in lesser condition with chips and rubs. Overall VG. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Manuscript. unknown
18070001239Collegio Romano ROME ITALY. Good. 1807. Original Vellum. On offer is an original handwritten Latin mathematics manuscript detailing the instruction and works of Abbot Giuseppe Calandrelli 1749 - 1827 who was a famous Italian astronomer and mathematician. After the Jesuit order was suppressed after the direction of the Collegio Romano was given over to priests from other orders young Calandrelli perfected his scientific studies and became the substitute for his maestro Father François Jacquier. He earned many prestigious titles: giving physics lessons after the professor died; director of the Accademia di Fisica entrusted by the Pope to bring electricity to the Papal Palace on the Quirinal Hill among others. He founded a school of astronomy in Rome. This manuscript dated 1807 is divided in IX books and is adorned with 24 original folding drawings in the end. On the frontispiece there is a Masonic drawing. Ex libris of Andrae Belli surgeon official and doctor at the hospital of Santa Maria della Consolazione in Rome. This manuscript is assuredly the geometry textbook Andrea Belli used for his mathematics lessons in Rome at the Collegio Romano with Giuseppe Calandrelli. Original full vellum binding. Pages: 4 166 24 folding drawings. Complete. Size: 20 cm x 1350 cm; 7.80 in. x 5.50 in. G; Latin; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; MATHEMATICS PHYSICS GEOMETRY LATIN ROME ITALY MEDICINE MEDICAL SURGEON ASTRONOMY JESUITS CALANDRELLI BELLI SCRIVENER ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHOLICISM CHRISTIANITY RELIGION Collegio Romano PAPAL POPE HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . hardcover
18070001802ALLONBY ENGLAND. Fair. 1807. On offer is a superb early 19th Century mathematics and complex arithmetic ciphering book. There are over 320 pages of text and titles in a lovely calligraphic hand including a folding table all in pen and ink. Identified as having belonged to the Costin Family of Allonby England this is believed to be a school book from the highly noted Quaker School at Wigton dated by paper watermarked 1807. This book was a massive effort by the unidentified Costin Family member but unique for the breadth and depth of the mathematical equations and complexity of the problems. The book stands as a testament to the quality of education at the Wigton School. The school book is in a very well handled state detached from the worn binding the contents are now loose the sections although individually sewn are coming away from each other. Some of the 8 x 10 inch initial pages maybe missing there is old damp/water staining to some but not all of the pages but overall Fair. BACKGROUND NOTES: Wikipedia: Wigton School also called Brookfield School or Friends' School was a private boarding school on the outskirts of Wigton Cumbria. The school was opened on 4 September 1815 by the Society of Friends Quakers for Cumberland and Northumberland. The initial student intake was 9 boys and 8 girls in premises at Highmoor in existing buildings. These first buildings were leased at an annual rent of 27 guineas. In 1826 the main school site opened at Brookfield commissioned by the Society of Friends. A London architect designed the buildings in classic Georgian style. The school motto was "We seek the truth." The school badge comprised a shield with a green background and diagonal river to represent the school's rural location with a beck small brook running through the grounds. One one side of the diagonal was a lamp to represent knowledge. On the other side was a set of scales to represent fairness and tolerance key Quaker virtues. The school expanded over the years. Student numbers peaked in the mid-1970s at around 210. Following the peak student numbers declined and in 1984 the school closed. The school's historic main building was destroyed by fire in 1989.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF BROOKFIELD SCHOOL FRIENDS' SCHOOL COSTIN FAMILY ALLONBY ENGLAND BRITISH EDUCATION QUAKER EDUCATION WIGTON SCHOOL GEOMETRY ALGEBRA CALCULUS STATISTICS SCIENTIFIC NOTATIONS MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS CYPHERING TRIGONOMETRY CALLIGRAPHY MATHEMATICS HANDWRITING PENMANSHIP ARITHMETIC CIPHERING CYPHERING EDUCATION TEACHING MATHEMATICAL COMPLEX MATHEMATICS STATISTICS COMPLEX EQUATIONS SCIENTIFIC NOTATIONS 19TH CENTURY HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown
180800MV80Italy: None 1808. Two rare documents purple-stained partly-printed ink signed dated 1808 each headed IL PREFETTO E ASSISTENTI DELLA VENERABILE CONGREGAZIONE E COMPAGNIA DEL SANTISSIMO SACRAMENTO ERETTA NELLA PARROCCHIA DI SANT'EULALIA DEL QUARTIERE DELLA MARINA.The ink has really lightened on one of these except for the signature. The original file folder contained a very old collection of foreign autographs and documents which indicates: "Spanish War - rare watermarks - unusually good." Documents relating to the 1808 - 1814 Spanish War or the Peninsula War as is called Spain's War of Independance are very very scarce. Four bold signatures and the fact that it is dated squarely at the beginning of the conflict make for a very interesting pair of documents that require further research. . Autograph. Manuscript. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. None Paperback
1809000867cSCOTLAND IRELAND ENGLAND DUBLIN EDINBURGH UK. Good. 1809. On offer is a remarkable original 1809 - 1833 handwritten manuscript book once used by the British Army's 94th Regiment of Foot. This book contains all manner of writings relevant to the running and goings-on of the Regiment by the Officers. The book is rather eclectic containing standing orders regimental orders different charts and forms for payroll and other reportage for example on the conditions of the Dublin Garrison orders of the day direct communications between officers public requests for leave advancement of funds settling of accounts etc. public apologies for poor behavior copies of letters sent to superiors up to and including the Duke of York Commander of all His Majesty's Forces and many other of Britain's peerage and there are even personal reminiscences notes of reference for departing soldiers plus much much more. Most of the entries of personal notes and those for Day Book purposes are signed by all manner of officers and peerage; Colonels Captains Lords and many reference specific orders by the Supreme Commander of the Army or even the King. Most fascinating are the 'Memorialist' messages of certain officers writing in the 3rd person touting themselves while seeking favor. 164 pp of history and methodology of this noted British Army regiment contained in this entirely handwritten book. Most of the entries are circa 1809 - 1827 but the oldest entry in the book is dated Edinburgh Castle 1833 and is addressed to what appears to be 'My Dear Beaver' while the correspondent signs in initials F.M. late of St. Lucia. He makes reference to Mr. Beaver as the clergyman that baptized his 3 children. Also of note: on the very last page written upside down are a quote a note and an invitation dated Fort Charlotte 1825 to His Excellency Major General Blackwell by Mr. and Mrs. Murray. Many clues for the astute researcher will assuredly unveil many of the writers in this fascinating piece of British militaria. Save for the front cover being nearly detached and some loosened endpapers this book would be G. Truly one of the most exceptional pieces of manuscript militaria we have ever encountered.; English; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF MILITARY MILITARIA BRITISH ARMY 94TH REGIMENT SCOTLAND IRELAND DUBLIN GARRISON MAP MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . unknown
18090001663HARFORD MARYLAND. Good. 1809. On offer are a super pair 2 of 1809 manuscript cypher/mathematics books handwritten by David Wiley who casual research finds was a farmer and veteran of the War of 1812. It appears that David was born in Hopewell Pennsylvania and later of Harford Maryland near Baltimore. Book 1 measuring 13" x 8" has a marbled softcover which is lightly worn and contains about 70 pages that are all written in a nice but sometimes uneven calligraphic hand. Book 2 has about 59 pages last 2-3 pages show 1812 trade transactions using his learned skills covers absent and slightly small than Book 1 as such. Equations include: apothecary weights avoirdupois weights troy weights promiscuous questions addition of federal money vulgar fractions interest insurance commission and brokerage compound interest barter fellowship foreign exchange Both books have faults: staining chipping some page losses but hardly any loss of text. Overall Fair.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF CYPHERING CIPHERING MATHEMATICS ALGEBRA TRIGONOMETRY DAVID WILEY HARFORD MARYLAND BALTIMORE EDUCATION COMPLEX EQUATIONS GEOMETRY ALGEBRA CALCULUS STATISTICS SCIENTIFIC NOTATIONS MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . paperback
18510002324ASEA ABOARD THE NARRAGANSETT. Good. 1851. On offer is a fascinating though enigmatic and curious 1810 manuscript ship's log of Captain Thomas Clarke's return voyage from Russia and Norway to Bristol Rhode Island on the ship "Narragansett". Dated September through December 1810 in many ways this is a typical 'Age of Sail' ship's log book classically filled with daily data required of all formal logs: weather winds sail settings navigational details and entries related to observations and events on and about the ship in this interesting and unusual east to wet trans-Atlantic voyage in an early 19th Century merchant vessel however it appears the book was started mid trip and begins at sea. Curiously someone after the voyage excised very neatly every other page of the journal leaving 26 otherwise well filled pages out of 44 pages in the remaining portion of the book. The 7 x 14½ book is made of handmade blue rag paper marbled flexible covers wear to edges but interior is G.; Manuscript; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF NARRAGANSETT RUSSIA TO BRISTOL RHODE ISLAND CAPTAIN THOMAS CLARKE NEW ENGLAND 19TH CENTURY TRAVEL OCEAN TRAVEL AGE OF SAIL NAVAL NAUTICAL OCEAN GOING SHIPS SEA TRADE PRE WAR OF 1812 MARINERS MARINE SAILORS AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPELBIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERSONAL NARRATIVES . unknown
1810000033bNew York Bristol. Good. 1810. Hardcover. On offer is this 8-1/2" x 13" antique ledger with handwritten manuscript entries from 1810 - 1827 from a ship named "The Edward" out of New York. The ledger is complete from June 6 1810 - June 1812 ends and then begins again from March 1826 - Sept.1827. The ledger stops during the War of 1812 and for a few years after. The ship traveled from New York to Bristol which was impossible during the few missing years as America was at war with Canada. Fascinating to consider that the one blank page represents the war of 1812 and then lost until 1826. Cover is rough but the inside pages are in good condition with some age toning. Approx 175 pp. ; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF SHIPPING BOATS MARINE MERCHANTILE NAVY MARITIME NAVAL WAR OF 1812 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA MERCHANT MARINE SAILORS TARS BRISTOL . hardcover
18110001691GIBSON NEW HAMPSHIRE . Fair. 1811. On offer is a very interesting original manuscript dated 1811 being a very complex mathematics cyphering book handwritten by Ross Smiley. We have been advised that Smiley was a professor and from New Hampshire though we can find no indication in the manuscript. There is a section titled "Of distances took from Gibson" which should help confirm the locale. There are 92 full pages containing logarithms trigonometry geometry and other complex mathematical problems equations and solutions with many drawings. Problems such as how "To find how high a at Philadelphia might be raised into the atmosphere and how far the sight must extend to see London ." There are stains on some pages the covers absent and 2 of the 3 text blocks are holding by threads. Pages approx. 9" x 12". Overall Fair ; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF GEOMETRY ALGEBRA CALCULUS STATISTICS SCIENTIFIC NOTATIONS MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS CYPHERING TRIGONOMETRY CALLIGRAPHY MATHEMATICS HANDWRITING PENMANSHIP ARITHMETIC CIPHERING CYPHERING EDUCATION TEACHING MATHEMATICAL COMPLEX MATHEMATICS FEDERAL MONEY ROSS SMILEY GIBSON NEW HAMPSHIRE STATISTICS SCIENTIFIC NOTATIONS MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS COMPLEX EQUATIONS HANDWRITING PENMANSHIP ARITHMETIC CIPHERING CYPHERING EDUCATION TEACHING MATHEMATICAL COMPLEX MATHEMATICS 19TH CENTURY ABIGAIL GILES SANBORNTON NEW HAMPSHIRE HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL AMERICANA . unknown
18130001180SOUTH HAMPTON SEABROOK NEW HAMPSHIRE. Good. 1813. On offer is a super manuscript relic of early 19th century New Hampshire government and judicial proceedings and some legislative acts and even a protest being the original manuscript daybook of Abel Brown of Southampton New Hampshire. He identifies himself as a witness to proceeding and recorder of such. There are a number of signatures and initials of other witnesses signers to Abel's writings etc. Handwritten notes dating from 1813 through 1824 over 24 pages of writings includes military matters building roads an apprenticeship agreement a protest over land taken from the town of South-Hampton to the town of Seabrook letters to the Governor and more. Handmade book with paper covers 7" x 8" overall VG.; English; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; NEW HAMPSHIRE LEGISLATURE JUDICIAL LEGAL AUTOGRAPH HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento Manuscrito HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY . unknown
18130001594BURLINGTON NEW JERSEY NJ. Good. 1813. On offer is a super relic of 200 year old legal precedents and legal opinion being a hardcover book: The Scrivener's Guide Third Edition written by William Griffith Counsellor at Law published by David Allinson. Of particular interest to historians of the law and legal precedents are the nine 9 additional pages of handwritten notes on all the blank pages defining and explaining various aspects of law not included or in addition to the published material. The handwritten notes appear to be transcriptions from other works and we believe the notes are provided by Abraham Westerfelt whose ownership signature appears in a similar hand on the title page and a fep. The 6.5 x 4.25 inch book is rubbed and generally showing signs of wear but overall G.; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF SCRIVENER'S GUIDE WILLIAM GRIFFITH ABRAHAM WESTERFELT CONTRACT LAW LAWYERS LEGAL DAVID ALLINSON LEGAL PRECEDENTS THE LEGAL PROFESSION JURISPRUDENCE HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito papel. . hardcover
188838578Paris: Perrin & Cie 1888. Fine. Perrin & Cie Paris 1888 14.50 x 23.50 cm relié First edition. Full burgundy cloth binding smooth spine decorated with a gilt eagle black morocco title-label double gilt fillets and date at foot traces of rubbing covers preserved the first is loose. Autograph inscription signed by Henry Houssaye to Hippolyte Fournier. Some foxing. Perrin & Cie hardcover
18150002581Good. 1815. On offer is a fascinating historically significant journal handwriten by Joel Cadbury on his journey to post War of 1812 America. The journal sees Cadbury travel from England to the United States travel south to Washington D.C. discussing many of the prescient questions of the early 1800s in America including seeing the U.S. Senate debate the 'Missouri Question'. He travels to Virginia where he sees and is disgusted with the state of slavery and African-Americans on plantations. He visits Mount Vernon and George Washington's tomb and meets by chance the Vice President of the United States Daniel D. Tompkins. While the cover of the journal says "Joel Cadbury's Account of his Voyages to and From American and from its shore from 1815 to 1820" the years of 1815 appear to have been cut out of the book. 4 pages are missing from the very beginning and the journal's first entry is in 1816. The journal begins with Cadbury's journey on the "Ship Mexico" that sailed from England to the United States. "2nd day 8 Mo. 1816. Being the second time we come on board there was a fair freeze but very little of it we got down as far as the Rock this day but the wind dying entirely away we were obliged to drop anchor to keep us from being run on the sands." Cadbury keeps details on what happened on the ship and the many other ships and people interacted with on the journey across the Atlantic. These ships include one heading from Liverpool to Savannah called "the Recovery from New Orleans Captain Barnard bound to Bordeaux she had on board the crew of a Spanish ship bound to Holland which they had taken off a wreck in distress." The ship lands in Sandy Hook New Jersey 'certainly well named for there is nothing but sand on which there are a few evergreens grown." Cadbury heads on horseback to Philadelphia where he meets with family. ' reached my uncle about 2 oclock found my cousins at dinner was exceeding kindly received by them.' The first long entry in the book ends with Cadbury speaking reflexively on his life and journey so far. The next entry 18 pages in length is entitled by Cadbury "A short account of an agreeable excursion taken to Muncy for 3 weeks from 15th of 7th Mo. to of the 8th Mo. 1817 to our Dear Fr'd Mercy Ellis's.' The longest section of the journal is next entitled 'An account of an excursion to the South from 1. Mo. 10 1820 to 2 Mo.' First he goes to Washington D.C. and requests his driver to take him "immediately to where congress was sitting in the finished wings of the Capitol." He then remarks that "the center building tis supposed will be finished and will be one of the most splendid buildings in America." He is referring to the Capitol building which was burned down in the War of 1812 and for which was being reconstructed had started in 1815 and which was continuing when Cadbury sees it in 1820. He writes "you will find us in the Gallery of the Senate been very desirous to hear everything we can on the Missouri Questions not only of great importance but also on account of the results which may issue from any decision on the subject." The Missouri Question he speaks of is the furious debate going on the congress as to whether the state of Missouri should be admitted to the United States as a slave owning state or one in which slavery was abolished. The "Missouri Compromise" ratified in early May 1820 provided for the admission of the District of Maine as a 'free state' and Missouri as a 'slave state' so as not to disturb the power balance between free and slave states. He writes "The Missouri demand on admission into the Union is justified in doing it by the laws of the US the question this is shall she be admitted while her state laws admit for slavery." Though England still had slavery by the time Cadbury was writing he is obviously a virulent abolitionist writing "The inhuman traffic in negroes one party contended tis not constitutions to cripple her in any point while the other say admit her not to join a free congress with slavery in her bosom. She herself demands a curse a yoke which will one day grind her to the dust how blind then are men to their own real interested Strange infatuation murdering their own feelings and intending to murder those of generations unborn for ages to com." Cadbury predicts the a U.S. Civil War writing "Some day if she is not admitted it may cause a division of the States woe to this happy land when this does not take place." He spends much of the time in his journey to the South commenting on the sugar rice and cotton plantations that he sees and the misery that he witnesses in the slaves who work the plantations. "Permit me to copy the following advertisement which was the first thing that struck my eye in turning over a paper in the tavern we are now in: Negroes for Sale The Subscriber offers for sale a bargain 1 Colored Women 28 years 1 colored girl 8 years 1 Colored boy child 7." After this page 3 pages from this section have been cut out. Cadbury "accompanied by James on horse or rather on ponyback and J on horseback" travels to Mount Vernon "Once the residence and now the resting place of the Bones of the General Washington" near Alexandria Virginia. He describes the home and gardens in great detail and visits Washington's tomb. From there Cadbury travels back to Washington D.C. visits the Patent Office "which is really a great curiosity." He visits the House of Representatives and "there with wonder I surveyed the objects which surrounded me with an astonishment called forth by the grandeur which appeared in the inside decorations." The section ends with Cadbury meeting the Vice President of the United States "at the first place I stopped." At the time in 1820 the V.P. was Daniel D. Tompkins who was serving under James Monroe. In the next section Cadbury heads back to England on the Ship Bourier. The section is 20 pages long and accounts the trip back to Cadbury's home in Liverpool. Cadbury spends much of the section reminiscing about the United States and England and its people as well as speaking often about the weather and the speed of the ship. He returns home to a Liverpool that 'looks dark dirty and gloomy every thing appeared very different to what I had anticipated - the houses looked high the Bricks very dark coloured.' The final section a short 11 pages is the 'Journal of my second voyage to the United States in the Ship Lancaster Burkhart for Philadelphia - Sailed the 4th day of Second Month 1821. On this journey he is 'accompanied by my kind & affectionate brother Bevy. This section is written in much less detail than the others. It recounts Cadbury and his brother's trip back to Philadelphia to see their uncle and cousins. 3 pages have been cut off the middle. the section ends abruptly with the brothers still on the ship to America. Many blank pages follow the section suggesting that Cadbury had the intention of finishing the section but never actually did. ; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF JOEL CADBURY BEVERLY CADBURY ENGLAND WASHINGTON D.C. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CONGRESS SENATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1815 1820 EARLY 1800s SHIP MEXICO SHIP RECOVERY SHIP BOURIER SHIP LANCASTER BURKHARDT CAPITOL BUILDING MISSOURI QUESTION MISSOURI COMPROMISE SLAVERY FREE STATE SLAVE STATE SLAVES PLANTATION MOUNT VERNON GEORGE WASHINGTON NORTHUMBERLAND PHILADELPHIA ALEXANDRIA VIRGINIA VICE PRESIDENT DANIEL D. TOMPKINS POST WAR OF 1812 ENGLISHMAN TRAVELING IN AMERICA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown
18150008043GREAT BRITAIN. Very Good. 1815. On offer is simply superb manuscript of a Royal Navy officer's exploits in the age of "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World". From the Napoleonic Wars through the rest of the 19th century Britain ruled the world and her instrument was the Royal Navy. This outstanding manuscript details the service of one officer who sailed to 'the far side of the world' when the Royal Navy ruled the world's seas. The manuscript is 176 pages in length and is 100% complete. All pages are typed so legibility is total. Pages are 8 1/24 by 14 inches. The pages are in excellent condition. They are enclosed in a hard cardboard folder. There are several other papers with the manuscript including one of note that will be elaborated on below. John Fullerton joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman in May 1815 at 12 years of age. He began his service on HMS Larne a 20 gun corvette. Four days in he saw his first punishment: ". four dozen lashes the first punishment I had ever seen and I never yet met the person who could look upon the infliction without a shudder" p1. From that rather grim introduction he went on to serve in a series of HM ships and travelled the world. He describes his rite of passage when he first crossed the equator on Oct 11th 1819: ". All those who have not been across the Line now go below and the hatchways are guarded . and one at a time blindfolded brought up taken to the chair through a line of people who . "p. 6. He had plenty of adventures. Once after becoming acquainted with a woman in Rio de Janeiro he met a man as he left her home. After exchanging greetings: ". he politely put a knife into my left side and left it there. I gave him an equal portion of my sword and retreated to the ship hospital ." p11. With his friend Hack Hawthorn a Wild Middy p11 he often got into scrapes including one where he and some friends faced off with a Portuguese military street patrol: ". Our swords out and in less than three minutes had possion of their muskets and bayonets but obliged to decamp on board. . Jack generally got those who went on shore with him into similar scrapes." p.12. In 1821 he was commissioned a Lieutenant. His manuscript is rich in observations of places he travelled to and people he met. He mentions a collision with HMS Revolutionaire which was under command of the son of the great Royal Navy Captain Edward Pellew. p24 His descriptions are rich in detail: "I accompanied some Chilinoes to a fair in the country and races many tents with refreshments and dancing people from all parts of the country flocked and a very animated scene it was fair damsels under charge of their sweethearts or lovers and sprightly dame with her shadow not husband he playing the tender to some other man's wife" p77. He also keeps a constant mention of other ships they meet or travel with which provides a first-rate way of cross-referencing other ship's records. On Sept 9th 1827 Fullerton along with some other officers attended the theatre in Valparaiso Chile. He goes into a dispute with a Chilean sergeant which continued to escalate until he shot and killed the sergeant. After a bloody fight in the lounge area of the theatre he escaped wounded to his ship. In reprisal English officers ashore were rounded up and imprisoned. A week later he surrendered to authorities and a jailed until a Spanish court-martial could be convened. At length he was acquitted. What makes this account so historically interesting is that included with the manuscript is the typed statement of the British Consul John White who acted in his defense. The 13 page document is typed on 8 1/2 inch by 14 inch paper and is in excellent condition. It begins: "John White Esq Consul of His Britannic Majesty counsel for Lieutenant John Fullarton Royal Navy accused of having killed Sergeant Jose Maria Minos present the following to the court in justification of the act committed by the said officer ." p1. The defense makes for fascinating reading. It is accompanied by a 46 page packet containing 8 pages of handwritten notes which were part of the original draft. For a naval historian this is an outstanding description of service in the Royal Navy written by an officer with a keen eye for descriptive detail. Written at a time when the Royal Navy truly ruled the oceans of the world it is a treasure trove for information. Whether ship locations customs in foreign lands or life on board it is an outstanding primary source document. The court-martial defense is an excellent example of litigation argument in the early 19th century. It touches on key aspects of self-defense argument that forms the basis for the common law that governs millions of people today. A legal scholar or historian would follow John White's arguments with interest and pleasure.; Manuscript; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF EARLY 19TH CENTURY REGENCY MID VICTORIAN ERA LTN JOHN FULLERTON JOHN WHITE BRITISH COUNSEL IN VALPARAISO ROYAL NAVY GREAT BRITAIN ROYAL NAVY IN THE NAPOLEONIC WARS COURT-MARTIAL AGE OF SAIL AGE OF NELSON MARINE MARITIME LIFE IN A ROYAL NAVY SHIP NAVAL OFFICERS NAVIES NAVAL DISCIPLINE WARSHIPS CORVETTES NAVAL HISTORY VISITS TO FOREIGN PORTS EARLY 19TH CENTURY LITIGATION CHILE IN 1820S SAILORS - SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown
18160009102BALTIMORE MARYLAND and DORCHESTER MASSACHUSETTS 1816. On offer is an fascinating original letter sent from Thomas Taylor a well known privateer in Baltimore during the Spanish American wars of independence in Spanish America. The letter was sent to a Mr. Steven Badlam Esq. of Dorchester Massachusetts dated July 12 1816 and signed your humble servant. It is a short account of three ships that had sunk north of Cape Ann in Massachusetts containing treasure thought to be his but instead taken by seemingly one of his men in his own ship. The letter states in broken and misspelled English that the after sunk the vessels the Prize Master Man has gone and run away with the prize from me. They were taking by one of my crusers.a schooner of six guns. Taylor is requesting any information about the man so that he can recapture the prize. This letter is a fascinating relic of a time and a profession long forgotten but one that had a profound impact on the life of those who worked and lived at sea. The stories of such men as Taylor are a vital part of Atlantic history since they demonstrate the complexity of the Atlantic experience and the inability of political borders to constrain the movement of people goods and ideas. This letter is a small but curious document in this fascinating history. The letter is four pages long with writing on 3 of the pages. The content of the letter is only on one page. The condition of the letter is good. There are a number of tears and rips along the creases and edges of the letter. They do not affect the content. There is also a good deal of discoloration throughout the pages. The handwriting is in black ink that has faded considerably but reading the handwriting is still a fairly easy task. The author of the letter is not a very adept speller so that presents some problems but other than that reading the letter is fairly easy. Sample text: Please to Direct your Letter to Philidelphia Care of Capt Sharpe Lumber Street.; Sir I take the opportunity of dropping these few lines By a Boston paper. I find there has a Spanish prize come off Cape Ann and landed north of her Largo in three fishing Smacks and after Sunk the Vessels the Prize Master man is Joseph of Sallam Salem if you can a-ford me any information.Background Note: According to David Head in his article Spanish American Privateering from the United States and the Development of Atlantic Relations Taylor was born in Wilmington Delaware and migrated to South America in his seafaring youth. When Spain's colonies began declaring independence he had become a naturalized citizen of the United Provinces and an officer in its navy. Taylor's assignment: recruit privateers in North America. Carrying a half dozen commissions Taylor landed at Annapolis in January 1816 made his way to Baltimore and began looking for a ship and like minded men to fight the Spanish American revolutions from the United States. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Manuscript. unknown
18180002120BLOCK ISLAND RHODE ISLAND INDONESIA SANDY HOOK. Fair. 1818. On offer is a super original manuscript relic of early 19th Century ocean going trade and commerce being a handwritten ship's log dated August 6 1818 to March 11 1820 detailing a 13 661 mile voyage from Block Island of Rhode Island to Indonesia to Sandy Hook. The large folio has some 60 pages; most have three entries per page; 20 or so pages excised. The early pages had been cover as if someone paste over news clippings and scrap and then carefully removed to leave a difficult but readable text which gets much better quite soon. The ship sailed from Block Island to Gibraltar Bay; Madeira Portugal; Cape Verde; Java Malay Archipelago and Sunda Isles Indonesia; Island of St. Helena to Sandy Hook. Marble sides leather spine covers detached spine leather worn. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Overall Fair.; Manuscript; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF19TH CENTURY MARINE NAVAL GLOBAL TRADE POST WAR OF 1812 BLOCK ISLAND RHODE ISLAND GIBRALTAR BAY MADEIRA PORTUGAL CAPE VERDE JAVA MALAY ARCHIPELAGO SUNDA ISLES INDONESIA ST. HELENA SANDY HOOK NEW JERSEY SAILORS AGE OF SAIL SAILING BARQUES SLOOPS SHIPS OCEAN GOING TRAVEL AMERICANAHANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover
18180002556Good. 1818. On offer is a superb early 19th Century manuscript relic of complex French mathematics and arithmetic education and scientific lore being a handwritten journal with over 600 pages of handwritten questions theories examples and other complex mathematical and geometric forms and equations including statistics and navigation being what appears to be an advanced student of the subject's personal workbook in a fine small hand and very attractively drawn mathematical diagrams throughout. Very fine precise writing illustrated throughout by graphs and geometric forms. We surmise the book was being prepared for final submission to their professor though not done given the title page was stopped with only the three faint letters: "G I N". Polished mottled calf and all edges gilt; internally signs of stains and old mold stains to prelims and last section notably last leaves otherwise some intermittent toning and browning slightly cocked. 8 vo. 19 x 13 cm. Overall G.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF MAP MAKING PHYSICS GEOGRAPHY SURVEYING ENGINEERING GEOMETRY MATHEMATICS ARCHITECTURE ARCHITECTURAL HANDWRITTEN HANDDRAWN HAND WRITTEN HAND DRAWN TECHNICAL DRAWING WRITING FRENCH FRANCE ECOLE ART WATERCOLORS NAPOLEONIC ERA NAPOLEON UNIVERSITY LEVEL GEOMETRY ALGEBRA CALCULUS STATISTICS SCIENTIFIC NOTATIONS MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS CYPHERING TRIGONOMETRY CALLIGRAPHY MATHEMATICS ARITHMETIC CIPHERING CYPHERING EDUCATION TEACHING MATHEMATICAL COMPLEX MATHEMATICS FEDERAL MONEY STATISTICS COMPLEX EQUATIONS SCIENTIFIC NOTATIONS HANDWRITTEN HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPELBIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERSONAL NARRATIVES . unknown
181900JT072CHARTRES FRANCE. Very Good. 1819. Manuscript. In a beautiful petite calligraphic hand titled 'Forma Sacramenti' matters of the Church are dealt with in Latin and then signed by Cardinal de Latil Jean-Baptiste Marie Anne Antoine de Latil Archbishop of Rheims and Bishop of Chartres. Included is a short late 19th century handwritten biography of de Latil. Some loss from the neatly cut seal otherwise VG. Beautiful ornaments.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; DE LATIL ROMAN CATHOLIC FRANCE CHURCH OF FRANCE RELIGION NAPOLEONIC ERA CATHOLICISM HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL PERSONAL HISTORY MEMOIR MEMORIAL OBSERVATORY ORRERIES SCIENCE NAUTICAL NAVIGATION MAPS CARTOGRAPHY ALGERIA AFRICA antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel; Signed by Autograph . unknown
18190001055DEWSBURY WEST YORKSHIRE ENGLAND UK WAKEFIELD LEEDS. Good. 1819. On offer is an original 1819 'DEWSBURY POOR RATE BOOK' a book of 'poor rates' collected yearly from property owners to fund assistance to the needy of a parish and besides being for the most part full included is a handwritten letter dated 1941 explaining that the book had come from the John Tweedale Settlement Trust land at Dewsbury West Yorkshire England. Research provides that in 1864 John Tweedale takes the position of Lord Mayor of Dewsbury. In 1869 Joseph Tweedale Rawsthorne does the same. This book is superbly placed in early 19th centruy Dewsbury history as evidenced by this online entry: 'In the early 1800s Dewsbury was one of the centres of Luddite opposition to industrialization in which workers retaliated against the onset of mechanization and smashed the new machinery which threatened their way of life. In the 1830s Dewsbury was also one of the centres of Chartist agitation. The C vote to the working classes. In August 1838 after a speech by Chartist leader Fergus O'Connell a mob of between five and seven thousand people besieged the Dewsbury Poor Law Guardians in the town's Royal Hotel. The mob had to be dispersed by troops. Trouble again flared in 1840 when radical agitators seized control of the town again troops were called in and stationed in the town to maintain order. This radical tradition left a legacy in the political life of the town in fact the town's first elected MP in 1867 was John Simon a Jewish lawyer from Jamaica and a Liberal.' Nine signatures of the Church Wardens and Overseers dated the book as stated. 26.5cms / 10.5" high x 14cms / 5.5" wide x 2cms / 0.75" deep. Overall G save for some very old dampstaining. ; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; CHURCH POOR RATE DEWSBURY PARISH TWEEDALE LUDDITES HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento Manuscrito . unknown
