Appleton, Nathan. Palfrey, John G.

CORRESPONDENCE Between NATHAN APPLETON And JOHN G. PALFREY Intended as a Supplement to Mr. Palfrey's Pamphlet on the Slave Power

Boston: Eastburn's Press, 1846. 1st edition (Dumond, p. 20; Sabin 1825). Original blue printed wrappers, stab-sewn. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. 20 pp. 8vo. Overall VG (upper wrapper detached/faint old dampstain to upper half of pamphlet). Appleton an anti-slavery activist who owned the North American Review.

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Book number: 27106

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[Archer, Charles S.; Peltz, George A.]

The LATEST And BEST COOK BOOK. A Comprehensive Treatment of the Subject of Cookery - Ancient and Modern - Cooking Utensils, &c., with Abundant Instructions in Every Branch of the Art - Soups, Fish, Poultry, Meats, Vegetables, Salads, Bread, Cakes, Jellies, Fruits, Pickles, Sauces, Beverages, Candies, Sick-Room Diet, Canning, Carving, Serving Meals, Marketing, &c., &c., Including Over 800 Valuable Recipes.; Edited by A Skilled Corps of Practical Experts

Philada. New York.. San Francisco: The Cottage Library Publishing House, 1884. 1st Edition (Axford, p. 245). Not in Wheaton & Kelly. Original publisher's embossed brown cloth binding, gilt highlights ["Cottage Library" to front cover]. viii, [4], 15 - 369, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrated, including 2 inserted color plates. 8vo. 7-5/8" x 5". General binding wear. Both hinges with amateur repair, resulting in adjoining leaves adhereing to some degree. Lacks rfep. Stains throughout textblock. A Good copy of an uncommon cookery book. Author attributions from Axford & OCLC.

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Book number: 51019

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Potpourri Potpourri

[Civil War]. [Armstrong, Gen. Frank C. 1834 - ]. Joyce, Col. John A [lexander 1842 - 1915]

JEWELS Of MEMORY

Washington DC: Gibson Brothers, 1895. 1st edition. Presentation copy. Red cloth binding with gilt spine lettering & boards ruled in blind. 245 pp. Frontis of Joyce. 12mo. 5" x 7 3/8". A VG+ copy (bit of spine sunning/light soil to cloth). Armstrong a respected member of the Confederate miliatary senior guard, having served with Polk & Jackson. Long laudatory inscription from Joyce to Armstrong on the ffep: "Inscribed to / Genl Frank C. / Armstrong with / the respect that / a genuine soldier / of the "Blue" has / for a genuine / soldier of the "Gray" / John A. Joyce / Author / Washington D.C. / Nov. 25th 1895".

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Book number: 16075

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Armstrong, N. W. - Compiler. Janssen, George A. [b. 1882] - Chairman, Board of Supervisors

PICTORIAL MAP Of ALAMEDA COUNTY.; This Brief Outline on Alameda County is Presented by the Board of Supervisors through the Alameda County Development Commission

(n. p.): , (n. d.). Ca 1940s. Housed in a simple black wood frame. Bifolium, mounted & framed, green matte. Framed: 15" x 19-1/8". Map [visible]: 10" x 14-1/2". Faint vertical fold-line in center, with staple holes in top & bottom quarter of fold [removed from magazine?]. Not examined out of the frame. Very Good. Nice pictorial map of Alameda County, depicting as far West as "Goat Island", NW to Albany, South to the Dumbarton Bridge & Warm Springs, East to Tesla.

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Book number: 49964

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[Indian Rights Associaiton]. [Armstrong, S.C.]

REPORT OF A TRIP MADE In BEHALF Of The INDIAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION, To SOME INDIAN RESERVATIONS Of The SOUTHWEST, By S.C. ARMSTRONG, Principal of Hampton School, Va

Philadelphia: Office of the Indian Rights Association, 1884. 1st edition. Disbound, lacks wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. 30 pp. 22 x 14 cm. VG (slightly darker at edges/some center leaves loose/small creases at spine/pages clean). Includes narrative on the Navajo, Pimas, Maricopas, Papago, Yumas, Mohaves, Apaches, Modocs, and the Five Nations. The final section of Armstrong's closing statement reads, "Appropriations to cover expenses of detecting and of securing punishment of those who sell liquor to Indians. Rum is the red man's greatest danger..".

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Book number: 17514

Catalogue: Americana

Ashley, Allen G.

CIVIL WAR ERA JOURNAL

New Bedford, Massachusetts: , 1875. Modern speckled brown leather respining, original green marbled paper boards. Printed yellow pictorial advert eps. ~ 100 pp. of mss entries. 12-3/8" x 8". Boards well worn. Parsons & Co label to front paste-down. Good. This mid-19th C. manuscript journal/diary belonged to Allen G. Ashley of New Bedford, Massachusetts. Ashley was a miller who worked at the New Bedford grain mill of Warner Denison & Co. Ashley was also a member of the New Bedford Fire Department and worked with horses. In 1861 Allen Ashley purchased a large 8 x 12-1/2" notebook  from Parsons & Co. Booksellers on Union Street in New Bedford. Ashley used this notebook as a journal from January 1861 through the Civil War and into the 1870's. He even made some entries in this journal as late as 1896. Ashley enlisted in the Army on September 30, 1861 and left the Army on March 12, 1863. The journal starts in January, 1861 approximately nine months before he enlisted and continues for many years after he leaves the army.  At the beginning of the journal is a two-page list of family members, he gives the birth date of each family member, when they were born and when they died. There are also several pages of "Notes" on subjects that he found interesting.  Ashley was also a member of the New Bedford Fire Department, on Jan. 2, 1861 he documents in this journal "Fire broke out on Fish Island it started at 5 o'clock p.m. & burned the oil establishment & killed two men, it was caused by a bursting tank.." The first part of the journal is quite detailed. Ashley documents everyone he calls on and all of his social engagements, including the concerts he attended. When the Civil War broke out Ashley started writing on significant war events in the left margin of some of the pages. The first marginal note was " April 15th Fort Sumter Surrendered."  On the following page he makes another marginal note "April 19th Mass. Troops Marched in Baltimore." On May 24th he writes "Col. Ellsworth Shot at Alexandria." On Monday September 30th Ashley writes " Bussage and myself enlisted in Reeds Rifle Rangers." It appears Bussage was a friend of Ashley and they joined the Army together. Apparently they enlisted in the 3rd Massachusetts Cavalry. The next four pages of the Journal are a series of more than one hundred and fifty, one and two-line entries starting from December 12, 1861 through March, 1863. According to  records Allen G. Ashley became a member of the 3rd Massachusetts Cavalry in 1861. Sample entries include: "Oct. 16th arrived at Fort Monroe, at 11 1/2 O'clock a.m.; Feb. 4th Sailed from Fort Monroe at 11 o'clock; Feb 12, arrived Ship Island; Feb 26, landed 126 horses; March 8th Expedition to Biloxi lost one man one man wounded; April 16th sailed from Ship Island; May 2nd Landed in New Orleans marched past the Customs House and at last took lodgings in store house; July 4th Examined again for discharge with 4 others; Aug. 8th Funeral for General William Russell, acting orderly; Aug. 29th Escorted General Butler from ……. horse fell; Sept 6th took prisoners in swamp back of …… ; Sept 18th taken sick; Nov 30th discharged from hospital; Jan 29th examined for discharge."   The above is a small representative example of the more than one hundred and fifty entries Ashley made in this journal during his eighteen month stint in the Army. On march 11th Allen Ashley arrived in Fall River, Massachusetts. Allen Ashley went back to work with horses and in May of 1864 was driving the Hatch & Whiting Express stage between Boston and New Bedford. On November 30th Ashley "left the Express business." Between December 4th 1864 and July 15, 1865 Allen Ashley appears to have made two voyages to Matamoros Mexico. During the Civil war Matamoros (just across the Rio Grande from Brownsville Texas) was a great financial and commercial center, feeding, clothing and arming the rebellion. The confederate government was greatly sustained by the resources of this port. There are several pages of entries documenting the trips, though the reasons therefore remain speculative.  The rest of the journal documents some of the more important things that happened in Ashley's life including getting married, having a child and some of the other places that he has worked. An invaluable primary source that documents life during the period.

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Book number: 47057

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[Anti-Slavery]. Ashmun, George [1804 - 1870]

SPEECH Of MR. ASHMUN, Of MASS., Upon the Slavery Questions, in Committee of the Whole of of the United States House of Representatives, March 27, 1850

[Washington]: Gideon & Co. Print, 1850. 1st separate edition. INSCRIBED by Ashmun in the top margin. Printed self-wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. 16 pp. Unopened. 8vo. 9-1/8" x 6-3/8". A Good+ copy (outer leaves soiled/some staining). Not in Dumond.

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Book number: 27010

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American Historical Association

ANNUAL REPORT Of The AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 1941. In Three Volumes. 77th Congress, 2d Session. House Document No. 512. Vol III. List of Doctoral Dissertations in History Now in Progress at Universities in the United States and the Dominion of Canada, with an Appendix of Other Research Projects in History Now in Progress in the United States and Canada. December 1941

Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1943. Brown paper wrappers with black title lettering printed to front. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. vii, (1 [blank]), 59 pp (including index) (1 [blank] 9" x 6". Age toning to wrapper extremities. A VG+ copy.

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Book number: 37255

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Atkins, Q. F. - Editor

The DECLARATION Of INDEPENDENCE. Published Monthly, in Cleveland, Ohio. October, 1842. Vol I. -- No. 10

Cleveland, Ohio: T. H. Smead, Publisher, 1842. 1st printing of this issue. One printed sheet, folded once vertically. 4 pp. Folio. 15" x 10-3/4". 5" stain along fold to lower portion of paper. PO signature in top margin of p. 1. A VG copy. A political voice for the views of the Liberty Ticket. Somewhat uncommon.

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Book number: 35579

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Atkinson, Henry - Subject. Nichols, Roger L.

GENERAL HENRY ATKINSON. A Western Military Career

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965. 1st edition. Grey cloth binding. Red dust jacket. xiv, 243, [3] pp (including index). Maps. Illustrations. 8vo. NF/VG+ (pc).

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Book number: 36416

Catalogue: Americana