[New Hampshire. Election of 1810]

[Manuscript Document Signed] Letter of Election Results of Concord Nh for the 13th Congress, Addressed to Samuel Spanhawk, Secretary of State Nh

Concord [NH], 1810. 1 sheet. 8 x 12.5 inches. Election Results from Concord, New Hampshire, for the Representatives of the 13th Congress, 1810, a true copy from the record attested to by John Odlin and signed by the three Selectmen of Concord, Nathaniel Abbot, Edmond Leavitt, and Therburn Wiggin. Addressed to Samuel Sparhawk, Secretary of State for New Hampshire. The most votes went to the incumbent, Daniel Blaisdell, but he lost statewide to Josiah Bartlett Jr. and Samuel Dinsmoor, who had come in 7th and 6th respectively in Concord. Votes returns are uncommon. We have located only one other similar item, the 1823 vote return from New Castle, N.H, in the Library of Congress. Very good, old tape repair to chip where seal was opened affecting one word, edges lightly browned, small tears along margins and folds.

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Book number: 44269

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Autographs & Manuscripts, , Americana, Colonial & Early America, Autographs & Manuscripts, New Hampshire , Election of 1810., Manuscript

[Chilean Revolution of 1891]

La Nacion (Diario de la Tarde) Ano 1 No. 281 Enero 10 de 1891- Ano 2 No. 371 Abril 23 de 1891 [91 Issues]

Santiago de Chile, Impr. Victoria, 1891. First edition. Disbound, lacking boards, but all issues stitched at spine. 4 pp. each [364 pp]. 67 cm. Folio. 91 issues of four pages each of a publication from the Chilean Revolution of 1891 which ran for 475 issues from February 2, 1890 while the trouble between Balmaceda and the Congress was reaching a fever pitch through the start of the revolution until April 23 , just after the Battle of Pozo Almonte, 1891. Rare. We could locate only a single set, at the BN Chile. Fair to good, first and last issues torn and chipped, corners worn away, but rarely lacking text, folded, browned some issues fragile.

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Book number: 46324

Catalogue: Latin America

Keywords: Chile, Newspapers & Periodicals, , Latin America, South America, Chile, Newspapers & Periodicals, Chile, Chilean Revolution of 1891, Newspaper

[Election of 1876]

Visitors Ticket for Congressional Vote Count in Bitterly Contested 1876 Presidential Election

1877. 3 x 4 3/4 inch card on mustard-colored stock. A rare ticket of admission for the congressional vote counting after the election of 1876. "Counting the Vote for President and Vice-President. Admit Bearer. To Gallery of the House of Representatives." # 732. February 19, 1877. Signed in facsimile by T[homas] W. Ferry, President pro tempore of the Senate, and Sam[uel] J. Randall, Speaker of the House. The highly disputed election between New York Governor Samuel J. Tilden, who won the popular vote, and led in the electoral count, and Republican nominee, Rutherford B. Hayes, led to a constitutional crisis. On the first count in the electoral college, Tilden had 184 electoral votes, Hayes 165, and 20 votes were disputed. Many of the disputes had to do with certification of the electoral votes. On January 29, 1877, the US Congress passed a law forming a 15 member Electoral Commission to settle the result, which led to the compromise of 1877 in which all 20 disputed votes were awarded to Hayes supposedly in exchange for troops being withdrawn from the South, and thus effectively ending Reconstruction. It should be noted that in the election of 2020 several Republican Senators mistakenly cited the bipartisan Electoral Commission of 1877 as a historical precedent for Congress to appoint an electoral commission to adjudicate the 2020 election despite the fact that there were no states in which the electoral vote was legitimately in dispute. and unlike 2021 there was no violence in the halls of Congress in the 1877. Cards were issued for various days and in different colors. The Library of Congress has one dated March 2, 1877 in blue. A very good copy, faint pencil rule to center.

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Book number: 45338

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Ephemera, , Americana, Ephemera, election of 1876, vote counting, disputed election, Document

Abert, J.J. [John James]. Marcy, W.L.

Report of the Secretary of War, in Answer to a Resolution of the 18th December, in Relation to the Removal of the Raft in Red River, in Louisiana. December 29, 1845. Read, Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and Ordered to Be Printed

[Washington, D.C.], Ritchie & Heiss, printers, 1845. First edition. Removed. 13 pp. Illus. with 1 b/w drawing. 8vo. 29th Congress, 1st session. Senate. Doc. no. 26. Rfats were a contlinual problem for navigation. OCLC locates onlt 4 hard copies: Tulane, Historic New Orleans, LSU, NSU Louisiana. Inked numeral on title else a very good copy.

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Book number: 37638

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Transportation, , Americana, Nautical, Transportation, Louisiana , navigation Red River, Pamphlet Nautical

[Crime] Wiggin & Wood Detective Agency

[Typed Letter Signed] Wiggin & Wood Detective Agency of Boston Announces Its New Branch in Providence, Rhode Island

Boston, 1885. [2 pp.] Bifolium, rectos only. Illus. with engraved letterhead. 8.5 x 10.5 inches. The Wood Detective Agency, founded in 1879 by retired Boston policeman James Rodney Wood (1838-1914), was the first of its kind in New England, and shortly thereafter became Wiggin & Wood, with the addition of Edmund Doe Wiggin (1846-1912). Both served as special officers in the Boston Police department until 1879. This bulletin announces the opening of a new branch in Rhode Island, lists the terms of employment -operatives, both male and female, cost $8 per day plus expenses- and highlight some of the agency's recent high profile cases: attempted poisoning of a wife, larceny of $20,000, murder of a policeman, and murder of a husband. Dated January 1, 1885, printed in red type and signed in black "Wiggin and Wood". The firm's records, through the mid 20th century, are at Harvard Law. A rare remnant. Very good, folded, faint browning along edges.

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Book number: 44089

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Ephemera, , Americana, Law, Ephemera, Crime Rhode Island, Document Law

L.L. [Albertani, Giuseppe]

Eccitamento Di Un Vero Patriota Sopra L'Ultimo Scritto Delli Fratelli Contarini Qu. Carlo

[Venezia], (Dalle stampe del cittadino Isidoro Borghi a S. Samuel), 1797. Self wrappers. 4 pp. 16mo. An anonymous attack on the brothers Contarini, a powerful Venetian family during the fall of the Venetian empire, by Giuseppe Albertani, a lawyer. Of them he says: "And could you have seen them without horror, without indignation? Where are the laws? Where is the Public Vigilance: Where is the Criminal Justice?.. equally despised in the old, who in the new Government may impose order with impunity; violate the maxims; to attack the Public tranquility?" The Contarini's responded with their own pamphlet the same year "Libertà. Virtù. Eguaglianza. Verità resa nota alli fratelli Contarini .. ed al pubblico," attributing the first work to Albertini. Rare. None at auction. OCLC locates only two copies: Univ. Conn and BN France. Very good, cropped closely with loss of a few letters at the top of second page, spine split at tail, faint foxing, with the number "3" inked in first page.

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Book number: 43809

Catalogue: Law

Keywords: European History, , Law, European History, Venice Venetian republic. Italian history Italy Nepoleonic era, Pamphlet

Santa Anna, Antonio López de. Jose Maria Tornel y Mendivil; Juan Suárez y Navarro; Lino J. Alcorta

Archive of 47 Mexican Manuscript and Printed Documents -Laws, Decrees, Circulars- from the Ministry of War and Navy: June - December 1853

[Tacubaya], 1853. First edition. Loose leaves disbound from a later made-up volume. [77 pp.] on 43 leaves, some folded. Folio. Beginning on June 1, 1853, shortly after Santa Anna's return to Mexico as dictator, and ending December 29, 1853, just two weeks after he extended his rule indefinitely and had himself given the title of "most serene highness," these documents cover a period of three leaders in the Ministry of War and Navy: Jose Maria Tornel y Mendivil, Juan Suárez y Navarro, and Lino J. Alcorta; all prominent santannistas. Eight are issued by Tornel, the most federalist of Santa Anna's advisors, who fell ill and died in September 1853; ten are issued by Juan Suárez y Navarro, chief administrator of the Ministry of War -the first document noting "por enfermedad de su S. E. J. Suarez Navarro" on September 10th- who coveted the position as Minster of War and Navy, but broke with Santa Anna just three weeks later when Lino J. Alcorta was appointed minister in his stead, and who issued the remaining twenty- nine documents. Thirteen of the documents are printed; 34 are in manuscript, either originals or perhaps manuscripts reproduced by an early form heliography. Similar documents were described by Dr. W. Michael Mathes in a 2004 auction catalogue as "an early form of holography [i.e. heliography] using a concentrated beam of sunlight to transfer text, a process employed in Mexico during a brief period between 1850 and 1856 for short runs and to avoid printing delays and costs. Lithography was impractical for such short-run imprints, as it was extraordinarily costly, took weeks, and presented difficulties in reproducing the writer's hand." In a few instances the date on the manuscript documents differs from that of the later publication. The documents are primarily concerned with bringing professionalism and discipline to the army (and the nation), stemming desertions and bolstering the draft (though exempting indigenous peoples), punishing theft and corruption, building fortifications and other public works, increasing weaponry, and creating militias. OCLC locates no copies of any of these individual documents, though some of the printed items are held at Berkeley, and except for the auction noted above, we could find no listings, catalogue holdings, or auction records for items reproduced in a similar fashion to those included. Detailed listing upon request. Overall very good.

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Book number: 43554

Catalogue: Latin America

Keywords: Autographs & Manuscripts, , Latin America, Law, Mexico, Autographs & Manuscripts, Archive Law

[Anonymous]

[Manuscript Poem Beginning] "from Chaos and from Darkness Hurl'd / When Men First Landed on This World... .

1821. 1 sheet. 11.5 x 7 inches. Undated, untitled copy of 38 line poem with hints of Milton's Paradise Lost. At the head of the document where a title should be, reads "Uncle Sam's Looking Glass and political state almanack calculated for the meridian of N. York Januy 1, 1821"; and on the side margin, "Johnston's Almanac / NY / 1821". Neither can be located in OCLC or other sources. The poem begins: "From chaos and from darkness hurl'd When men first landed on this world From what or who from when or where The neither knew nor did he care He eat and drank and slep't at ease Beneath the shade of Eden's trees And seated on his sylvan thrown Suvey'd the spatious globe his own.." The verso is covered with penmanship practice of a sort, with names, partial names, and many scribbles. The only name that is clear is George Crowninshield at the center top and a reference to Harvard at the bottom. The Crowninshield family had close ties to Harvard (There were many Georges, but in 1830 the disreputable scions of this eminent Salem family, Richard and George, were involved in the sensational murder of Captain Joseph White which influenced Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart"). Very good, edge worn and creased, light soiling, primarily to folds, contents clean.

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Book number: 44944

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Autographs & Manuscripts, , Americana, Literature, Poetry, Autographs & Manuscripts, Manuscript Literature

Appleton, Daniel Sidney

[Autograph Letter Signed] Letter of Recommendation from D. Appleton & Co. Publishing

New York, 1886. [2] pp. Bifolium. 5 x 8 inches. A brief letter of recommendation for Charles James Layton, the publisher's agent for Appleton's' in London by Daniel Sydney Appleton (1852-1929), the grandson of the company's founder. Appleton was also a member of the New York National Guard and notes in a postscript "You will be glad to know that the sixth com. commences the drill season in a prosperous condition." Dated September 15, 1886 on D. Appleton & Co. letterhead, signed Daniel Appleton. Very good, folded, faint browning along edges.

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Book number: 44119

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Keywords: Autographs & Manuscripts, , Americana, Autographs & Manuscripts, publishing, Manuscript

Ashburner, Charles A.; Winslow, Arthur

New Methods for Estimating the Contents of Highly Plicated Coal Beds As Applied to the Anthracite Fields of Pennsylvania

n.p. n.p. 1883. Author's Edition. Paper wrappers. 16 pp. Illus. with 1 b/w drawing. Sm. 4to. On Cover: "Paper Read Before the Engineers' Club of Philadelphia. Signed Compliments of the author. Very good minus, folded, wrappers soiled, starting to separate, inked in notation along top margin of front wrapper, marginal soiling to contents.

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Book number: 46123

Catalogue: Science & Medicine

Keywords: , Science & Medicine, Pennsylvania, Pamphlet

[Baker, Edward D.] U.S. Congress

Addresses on the Death of Hon. Edward D. Baker, Delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives on Wednesday, December 11, 1861

Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1862. First edition. Paper wrappers. 87 pp. 8vo. Edward Dickinson Baker (1811-18610: "The only sitting United States senator ever to die in combat, Edward Dickinson Baker of Oregon was killed on October 21, 1861, in the Battle of Ball's Bluff. He led the regiment he had helped to raise when the Civil War began in the spring of 1861. Baker had practiced law in Springfield, Illinois, before being elected to the House of Representatives in 1845, defeating his friend Abraham Lincoln for the Whig nomination. In 1846, he resigned from the House of Representatives to command a brigade in the Mexican War. Baker moved to Oregon in 1860 and was elected to the Senate that same year. A skilled orator, he made a lasting impression upon the Senate when, dressed in military uniform, he delivered his famous call to arms on August 1, 1861. "We will rally the people, the loyal people, of the whole country," he exclaimed, "they will pour forth their treasure, their money, their men, without stint, without measure." Senator Baker's tragic death prompted the creation of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War" (senate.gov). Sabin 2822. Front wrapper chipped, loss to bottom corner, embossed institutional stamp, rear wrapper detached, folded, contents clean, a good copy.

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Book number: 46113

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: , Americana, Civil War Era, Oregon , Pamphlet

Bamberg, Maria; (de Bamberg, María Brunswig)

Allá En la Patagonia

Buenos Aires, Javier Vergara Editor, 1997. Later printing. Illustrated paper wrappers. 300 pp. Illus. with b/w photos and 1 map. 8vo. La vida de una mujer en una tierra inhóspita. Very good minor browning, bookseller ticket on first blank.

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Book number: 46320

Catalogue: Latin America

Keywords: Argentina, , Latin America, Argentina, Argentina, Book

[Puerto Rico. Law]: Lopez de Baños, Miguel

Capitania General Y Gobierno Superior Politico de la Isla de Puerto-Rico. Circular NúM. 119. [Instruccion Para la Renovacion Parcial de Ayuntamientos]

[Puerto Rico], n.p. 1839. First edition. 4 pp. 30 x 21 cm. The decree for the complete overhaul of the municipalities of the island in 1840 begins ": Debiendo renovarse parcialmente el dia 1 del proximo ano de 1840 los Ayuntamientos de esta Isla de conformidad con el Real decreto organico de 23 Julio de 1835, then goes on to list 25 articles to be implemented. Dated and signed: Puerto-Rico 1. de Octubre de 1839. Miguel Lopez de Baños." Field Marshal Miguel López de Baños was governor of Puerto Rico from 1838 until 1841. OCLC locates only two other documents by him issued in Puerto Rico: Univ. FL and Circular 51 at Biblioteca Virtual del Patrimonio Bibliográfico. Heavily wormed with loss of a number of letters but not really affecting legibility except in a few instances when more than one letter in a word is affected.

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Book number: 38332

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Keywords: , Latin America, Americana, Law, Caribbean, Puerto Rico, Document Latin America Law

[Barrell, James E.], master

[Manuscript] Statement of General Average Case of the Schooner "David Currie.

[n.a.], 1875. Green cloth, gilt title. 26 leaves. [Title, 7 pages of text, 40 pages of disbursements, 6 blanks]. Folio. In a beautiful hand, an accounting for the "David Currie," a two masted square sterned Schooner built in 1866 in Portland, Connecticut, which suffered damage while sailing from Brazos Santiago in Texas to New York on February 2, 1875 carrying a load of wool and hides: "In crossing the bar they struck heavily several times." It was not until the next night that "in sounding the pumps, discovered that the vessel was leaking badly.. At 7 a.m. a strong northerly breeze sprang up and continued to increase, bringing with it a heavy sea. Later part wind increased to gale. Pumps constantly at work to keep the vessel free. February 4th. Gale increasing with terrific seas.. Laboring and leaking badly.. At midnight, the gale still on, and the sea at times breaking all over them. At 8 a.m. hove to under three-reefed mainsail and storm staysail.. February 5th. Latitude 23 degrees 0, longitude 95 degrees 20. Terrific gale and frightful sea. At times the sea making a complete breach over them.. all hands at the pumps to keep her afloat.. they concluded for the safety of their lives and the vessel and cargo to make for a port.. February 6th. same weather. Vessel under bare poles and leaking and behaving badly.." Though the weather broke a short while on February 8th, as they neared the coast of Mexico, the gale again picked up. Not until February 9th did they observe the sun, eventually seeking harbor, but with the gale back on they again left for a safer anchorage. Finally on February 20th, they received the Mobil City [Alabama] pilot, and on the 22nd "came to anchor in the stream off Mobile City. The crew having been utterly worn out from constant work at the pumps, men were employed from shore to pump night and day." Three surveyors would come on board, examine the ship, and decide to take her out of the water. The last log entry reads "March 5th. Found repairs finished and vessel ready to take on cargo again." The remainder are the details of the disbursements for repairs, the apportionments for cargo, and the settlements. Boards rubbed, title gilt faint, split to top of front hinge, endpapers and a few leaves soiled mainly at the margins, faint dampstain to top edge, but still about very good.

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Book number: 43282

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Autographs & Manuscripts, , Americana, Nautical, Autographs & Manuscripts, Account books. Ships. Shipping. Ship captains. , Manuscript Nautical

Batchelder, Samuel Francis

Notes on Colonel Henry Vassall (1721-1769). His Wife Penelope Royall. His House at Cambridge and His Slaves Tony and Darby

Cambridge, MA, n.p. 1917. First edition. Marbled paper wrappers with green cloth spine. Frontis, 85 pp. + [9] plates +[1] folding. Illus. with b/w photos, and 1 folding genealogical table. Sm. 4to. " .. An amplification of a brief paper read at the meeting of the Cambridge historical society on January 26, 1915". The Vassall family were loyalists who owned a considerable number of slaves. Very good, minor chipping and wear to edges and spine, light browning to margins, offsetting to second portrait, one closed tear to folding table.

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Book number: 46046

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: , Americana, Colonial & Early America, Massachusetts , Book