Hubbard, J. T. W.

For Each, the Strength of All: A History of Banking in the State of New York

New York, New York University Press, 1995. First edition. Cloth. xxiii, 309 pp. Illus. 4to. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication. A very good- copy, wear at the lower edge, in a very good- dust jacket with a few tears and chips.

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Husain, Ali Akbar

Scent in the Islamic Garden: A Study of Deccani Urdu Literary Sources

Pakistan, Oxford University Press, 2000. First edition. Cloth. 284 pp. 8vo. A very good copy in a very good rubbed dust jacket.

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Hutchinson, Thomas

[Colonial Manuscript Document] in the House of Rep[Resentatives] Nov. 3. 1748

[MA], 1748. [1] pp. Bifolium. 6 x 6 inches. A written certification requesting pay for Thomas Hutchinson, for his Service as Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1747: "These may certifye that the Honorable Thomas Hutchinson, Esq. attended the Speaker of the House of Rep. in the year 1747, one hundred and fifty one days." His pay is noted as £18.17.6. Prominent loyalist Thomas Hutchinson (1711-1780), was a successful Boston-based businessman, who later served at high levels of the Massachusetts government, including Lieutenant Governor and Governor. He fell out of favor during the years leading up to the Revolutionary War, which ultimately lead to a ransacking of his mansion (1765) when he accepted the legality of the Stamp Act, a mob attack (1770), and ended with him being replaced as Governor and exiled back to England in 1774 where he acted as a consultant to the British on how to handle the Americans. Signed Roland Cotton (1701-1778) who was clerk of the House. Scarce. Very good, minute tearing along centerfold, with small repaired tear at top edge, minor browning and soiling.

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[Vermont] Hutchinson, John. Camp, Luke

[Manuscript Writ Signed Twice] Vermont Justice of the Peace John Hutchinson Summons Six Residents to Appear Before Him in Court

[Vermont], 1765. 1 sheet. 7 x 5 inches. Summons issued to six residents of Salisbury, Vermont, to appear before the bench on Oct 19, 1765 to give evidence for the Breach of the Peace. Dated at Salisbury 14th October 1765 and signed by John Hutchinson Justice of Ye Peace. The Constable in this case being Luke Camp who on this writ has signed on the verso and dated it October 19. The 14th of October 1765, the day of this writ, was also the same day on which Ethan Allen was to appear before this same Justice, John Hutchinson, for his attack on George Caldwell, the complaint in that case, which led to Allen's being banished from Salisbury, had been referred to Hutchinson by this same constable, Luke Camp. The full writ reads: To Matthew Tousley Christopher Winter Stephen Loomis Asa Blogget Noah Case Matthew Baldwin All How Residing in Salisbury in Litchfield County; In his Majesties Name you are hereby Commanded Laying aside all manner of Business & Trifleing Excuses to make your Personal appearances Before John Hutchinson Esqr on the 19th Day of October 1765 at ten of the Clock in the forenoon there to give Evidence of all you know in diver Cases wherein Sundry Persons are Complained of for the Breach of the Kings Peace hereof you may not fail as you will answer your Neglect at the Peril of the Law Dated at Salisbury this 14th Day of October 1765. To Salisbury Constable to Serve and Return [signed] John Hutchinson Justice of Ye Peace [ON REVERSE SIDE OF WRIT] Salisbury October ye 18th 1765 Then was the within Summons Read in the hearing of the within Named Matthew Tousley Christopher Winter Asa Blogget Noah Case by me Luke Camp Constable October 19th 1765. Then was this Summons Read in the hearing of the within Named Matthew Baldwin by me Luke Camp Constable. [Signed] Luke Camp, Constable. Provenance: Milton Slater from Walter R. Benjamin Co. 9/5/80 item 634. Very good, light browing, some minor ink burn.

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[Vermont] Hutchinson, John

[Manuscript Writ Signed] Vermont Justice of the Peace John Hutchinson Summons John Peck the Breach of the King's Peace

[Vermont], 1765. 1 sheet. 7 x 3 inches. "To John Peck of Salisbury in his Majesties name you are hereby Commanded to make your personal appearance Before John Hutchinson Esqr at his Dwelling house in Salisbury forthwith to give Evidence of all you know in Diver Cases wherein Sundry persons are Complained of for the Breach of the kings peace hereof you may not fail or you will answer your Neglect at the peril of the Law Dated at Salisbury October the 19, 1765: to any Indiferant person to Serve and Return [signed] John Hutchinson Justice of the Peace [ON REVERSE SIDE OF WRIT] Salisbury October ye 19th 1765. Then was this Summons Read in the hearing of the within Named John Peck by Me. Rob Branthwaite, Indiferant Person." John Hutchinson presided over several trials of Ethan Allen, involving blasphemy, breaking the peace, assault, and so forth. Robert Branthwaite was attacked by Ethan Allen when Branthwaite, accompanied by George Caldwell, were encountered by Allen on his way to inspect a lead mine. Allen's last court appearance was five days earlier than this writ. One closed marginal tear, loss of the bottom of one letter, still very good.

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Maria I.

Eu a Rainha. Faço Faber Aos Que Este Alvará de Declaraçaõ Com força de Ley Virem: Que Tendo Resoluto Na Carta de Ley de Dezenove de Junho Deste Anno, Cuja Execuçaõ Deferi Pelo Decreto de Vinte de Julho Para O Mez de Novembro, Ou Para O Dia Que Eu Fosse Servida Ensinuar: . .

[Lisboa], Na officina de Antonio Rodrigues Galhardo, 1789. First edition. Removed. 4 pp. 8" x 11 1/2" Law for the secularization of the religious military orders in Portugal including the Military Order of Christ, of Avis, and of Santiago (Ordem dos Cavaleiros de Nosso Senhor Jesus Cristo, Ordem Real Militar de Avis, and Ordem de Sao Tiago) instituted by Maria I after having obtained a Papal Bull from Pope Pius VI. OCLC shows one copy, of a different printing, at the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. Delgado da Silva: Collecção da legislação Portugueza III, pp. 564-5. A very good clean copy removed from a larger volume, with a pinhole in left margin.

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Keywords: European History, , Religion & Philosophy, European History, Portugal Religious Orders Military, Document

[Japan. Cinema. World War II]

[Small Archive of Japanese Movie Stills from the World War II Era]

[Japan], 1941. Loose in a black clamshell box. 47 b/w photos. Approximately 6 x 4 inches. One duplicate. Most are group scenes from dramas, a few portraits, a few without characters; subject matter ranges from early historical dramas, to contemporary scenes, to the war and its effects. The dates have been verified on a few, and all fall during the years of the Pacific War, including Tadashi Imai's Tanjiko-mura (1940), "Hanagoyomi hasshojin" (1940) based on the 19th century novel, "Josei hongan" (1940) made in the same year as the novel by Kan Kikuchi, Yasuki Chiba's "Kuso buraku" (1939). The balance of the stills appear to date within approximately the same period. Very good copies with slight curl; some with small edge or corner tears; 23 have the name of the film or featured actors/actresses rubber-stamped on the back, in Japanese.

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Keywords: Photography, Modern Wars, , Art, Asia, Art, Japan, Asian Art, Photography, Modern Wars, Japanese cinema World War II, Photographs Asia

[American Revolution] [West Indies]

[Battle of Martinique... Combat de la Dominique Reported in] the London Gazette Extraordinary. Thursday, May 25, 1780

[London], Thomas Harrison, 1780. First edition. Removed. [3 pp.]. Sm. 4to. The first British report of the April 17th, 1780 naval battle near Martinique, West Indies between the British forces, including 20 ships of the line, led by Sir George Rodney and the French Squadron, with 23 ships of the line, led by Comte de Guichen. 470 were killed, 860 wounded, and a number of ships badly damaged. The French plans to attack and seize Jamaica did not succeed, but they did manage to avert a disaster and turn the battle into a draw, though you might not be able to tell that from the British report attributed to Captain Samuel Uvedale of the Ajax, whom Rodney had dispatched with the news of his victory. "The reality was much different, and deprived of what he had expected to be a glorious victory Rodney vented his wrath upon his subordinates whilst saving praise only for Captains Bowyer, Young, Molloy, Houlton and Douglas who received certificates commending their actions. Such was the veracity of his dispatch home, including comments to the effect that ‘the British flag was not supported' that the first lord of the Admiralty, Lord Sandwich, felt constrained to edit parts before releasing it to the public in England" (Richard Hiscocks: The Battle of Martinique -17 April 1780 at "MoreThanNelson). In addition to the description, includes a list of the line of battle and the names of killed and wounded officers. Very good, with minor wear to edges and margins, partial inked stamp on corner.

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[Theater. Collecting] Ireland, Joseph Norton

[Small Archive] Three Letters from Joseph Norton Ireland, Offering to Sell His Collection to Fellow Theater Historian, Douglas Taylor

Bridgeport [CT], 1898. 4 pp. 5 x 8 inches. Three letters from theater historian and biographer, Joseph Norton Ireland to collector and biographer, Douglas Taylor . 1. Letter, dated December 8th, 1897. 1 pp. Ireland tells Taylor of the decline in his physical and mental faculties, before he summarizes his collection, which includes the Treasurer's books of the Old Park Theater, portraits & photographs of performers, and bound sets of playbills. Finally, he offers a nearly complete set of John Boydell's Shakespeare engravings for the amount of $40. 2. Letter, dated December 16th, 1897. 2 pp.Taylor clearly wanted the Boydell engravings, as Ireland's second letter was sent with an enclosed return check to Taylor, who had overpaid for the set. "I return your check for $40, as I think you misunderstand my writing 'I would see all for that amount', I then referred to the Shakespeare engravings, which were at the close of my letter, the small ones and the large ones and I meant to say I would sell them all (large & small) for that amount. I think the whole collection is worth rather more than that." 3. Letter, dated March 4th, 1898. 1 pp. Contains a short list of Ireland's collection of autograph letters, all bound, which he suspects "will be of little use" to Taylor. Ioseph Norton Ireland (1817-1898) wrote "Records of the New York Stage from 1750-1860 (1866); "Mrs. Duff" (1882); and "A memoir of the professional life of Thomas Abthorpe Cooper" (1888). Douglas Taylor (1830-1913) was president of the Dunlap Society, whose own biographical works included "Autobiography of Clara Fisher Maeder" (1897) and "Autobiographical sketch of Mrs. John Drew" (1899). Very good, indents and remnants of paperclips along top edges, minor soling to folds on versos, contents clean.

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Irvine, Roberta Nolting

[Archive Concerning Richmond and Big Stone Gap Virginia Society, Early 20th Century]

Richmond & Big Stone Gap [VA], 1962. Cloth & paper backed boards. Approx. 247 pp.+ cards & telegrams. Various Sizes. Roberta Nolting Irvine (1879-1973) was the daughter of Emil Otto Nolting (1824-1893) a prominent member of Richmond Society, president of the National Bank of Virginia, owner of Tobacco merchants E.O. Nolting & Co. President of the Tobacco Exchange and the Chamber of Commerce, and a director of the Virginia Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Virginia Steamboat Co.; and Belgian Consul, Richmond, VA (1852-93); he was knighted by the King of Belgium (1884) receiving the Order of Leopold. In June 1907 she married Robert Tate Irvine (1862-1929) of Big Stone Gap, VA, one of the outstanding lawyers of Southwestern Virginia, handling a large practice representing railroad and mining corporations, land and industrial companies, and was President of the Intermont Coal & Iron Corporation and the First National Bank of Big Stone Gap. He served on the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia and would eventually become its rector in 1918. This archive contains three sets of documents: her wedding (1907); finances (1915-1916); and her minutes for the Womans' Auxiliary of Christ Church (1909) with her diary (1961-1962). Each of her 381 wedding presents in listed in detail with occasional comments, as well as a list of the invitees, which appears to have topped six hundred. There is a calling card from Marquesa Virginia San Germano and cables from Bremen, Paris, and one from C.P. Perrin including the best wishes of Pierrepont (R. Stuyvesant Pierrepont). Her financial holdings are extensive and she appears to have made numerous loans. Her diary details her day to day activities and concerns about her children. The archive consists of (1) 1 lined notebook with a list of gifts, 30 pp; list of telegrams, 1 pp; list of invitees, 23 pp; 17 telegrams, 5 calling cards, 1 newspaper clipping, bifolium partial list of gifts with comments; (2) Notebook: "Mrs. R. N. Irvine: Memoranda regarding stocks, bonds, and notes by her.. dates April 1, 1915" 61 pp; pinned sheets with further financial date through July 1, 1915, 7 pp; pinned sheets, 3 copies of her share of the estate of her mother, from the firm Frederick E. Nolting and Carl H Nolting, Sept. 27, 1915; pinned sheets, financial statements from Frederick E. Nolting & Co. with clipped coupons from the Bank of VA, 4 pp; personal phone listings and notes, double column, 4 pp; (3) 1 lined notebook in two parts, Womans Auxiliary of Christ Church, Big Stone Gap, VA, Jan -May 1909, 12 pp.; followed by Diary, June 1961-Dec. 1962, 104 pp. Smaller notebook with spine perished and boards off, otherwise very good.

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Keywords: Autographs & Manuscripts, Women, , Americana, Autographs & Manuscripts, Women, Virginia , The South , Archive

[Jackson, Andrew] Snowden, William

[Als] Political Letter to Duff Green, Newspaper Publisher, About Andrew Jackson and the Success of the Hickory Clubs

Pittsburgh, [PA], 1828. [3] pp. Bifolium. with integral address. 7.5 x 12 inches. A wonderful and lengthy political letter from William Snowden, Jackson supporter and son of Pittsburgh Mayor John Maugridge Snowden, to Gen. Duff Green in Washington, owner and editor of the United States Telegraph, a pro-Jackson paper. Snowden discusses the political climate in Pittsburgh and the great success of the Hickory Clubs, the pro-Jackson political organization that would change the course of American electoral campaigns. Contrary to his initial suspicion, Snowden had recently come to believe that there were many Jacksonians in his midst. "We are going on handsomely here. Hickory Clubs are being organized thro' the whole county as well as in the City. These clubs form so many points round which the friends of Jackson may rally in the respective districts and concentrate their forces.. At the meeting of the Hickory Club for the West Ward of the City a committee was appointed to ascertain the number of votes in the Ward friendly to the good cause and to report their names to the Club. This duty was performed. Out of 800 qualified voters in the Ward the committee reported the names of 603 persons favorable to Jackson. I give you this fact for your private information, not for publication. The Club for the East Ward appointed a committee for a similar purpose." Snowden proceeds to elaborate on a meeting held at the Court House, "to discuss the provisions of the proposed Tariffs and the amendment of Mr. Mallory. The meeting was called at 11 o'clock in the morning on a market day when the friends of Jackson who are principally mechanics, manufacturers, and shopkeepers could not attend." Despite the sinister intentions of the opposition, Snowden surmised that the meeting did no harm to their cause, insisting that "The new Tariff is popular with us." Signed and dated Pittsburgh, March 14, '28, Wm, Snowden. William Snowden (ca. 1805- after 1829) was a frequent correspondent of Green (see Green's letter books). He had accompanied Jackson to Washington after his visit to Pittsburgh and having studied law, was looking for a clerkship in Washington. His father's letter to Jackson describes him as possessing "a good address, some talents and is a young man of steady habits." After 1829 there are no further references to him, except a note that he died young, which must most likely have been the case since he does not show up among any Jackson appointments despite his recommendation by his father and his friendship with Green. (Centennial Volume of the First Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh, PA. 1784-1884, First Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Wm. G. Johnston & Co. Printers, pp. 203). Duff Green (1791-1875) bought the Telegraph in 1826, using it as a platform to support Jackson, and later became a member of Jackson's Kitchen Cabinet though they had a falling out when Green used the Telegraph to openly support Calhoun in his dispute with Jackson. Very good, extremities worn, seal torn, affecting a few words, light soiling and dampstaining, contents clean otherwise.

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Jackson, Andrew

Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the First Session of the Twenty-Fourth Congress. December 8, 1835. Printed by Order of the Senate of the United States

Washington [D.C.], Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1835. First edition. Disbound. 29 pp. 8vo. Jackson's unusually long address was mostly directed at France for its refusal to make payments of indemnity owed from the Napoleonic wars and to defend his earlier harsh words: ""The conception that it was my intention to menace or insult the Government of France is as unfounded as the attempt to extort from the fears of that nation what her sense of justice may deny would be vain and ridiculous." Copy of H[enry] D[ilworth] Gilpin (April 14, 1801 - January 29, 1860) U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and later the 14th Attorney General of the United States. Removed from a lager volume, else about very good owner's name on title, scattered foxing.

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Jackson, Andrew

Treaty with the Sublime Porte. Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting Copies of the Correspondence Relating to the Negotiation of the Treaty with the Sublime Porte, &C. &C. &C. May 29, 1832. Read, and Laid Upon the Table

n.p. n.p. 1832. First edition. Disbound. 95 pp. 8vo. 22nd Congress, 1st session, Doc. no. 250. Copy of H[enry] D[ilworth] Gilpin (April 14, 1801 - January 29, 1860) U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and later the 14th Attorney General of the United States. Removed from a larger volume else about very good with minor writing on title, last leaf with soiled spots and detached.

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Jackson, Andrew

Treaty-United States and the Sublime Porte. Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting a Copy of a Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between the United States and the Sublime Porte. February 9, 1832...

Washington [D.C.], 1832. First edition. Disbound. 3 pp. 8vo.. Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. 22d Congress, 1st Session, Doc. No. 304. Removed from a larger volume else about very good, inked numeral, lightly foxed.

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Jacobi, F.H. [Friedrich Heinrich]

[Als] Friedrich Jacobi Arranges for a Visit with Heinrich Wilhelm Von Gerstenberg

Windsbach, Germany, 1797. [1 pp.] bifolium. with integral address. 7.5 x 9 inches. Rare signed letter by German philosopher & influential literary figure Friedrich Jacobi (1743-1819) who was known for his critical views of the more liberal philosophies of the day, including Enlightenment and Transcendental Idealism, as well as of the Sturm and Drang literary movement He "was an outspoken critic, first of the rationalism of German late Enlightenment philosophy, then of Kant's Transcendental Idealism, especially in the form that the early Fichte gave to it, and finally of the Romantic Idealism of the late Schelling. In all cases, his opposition to the philosophers was based on his belief that their passion for explanation unwittingly led them to confuse conditions of conceptualization with conditions of existence, thereby denying all room for individual freedom or for a personal God..But perhaps the most influential of Jacobi's formulas was the claim that there is no ‘I' without a ‘Thou', and that the two can recognize and respect one another only in the presence of a transcendent and personal God. (di Giovanni, George and Paolo Livieri, "Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2020 Edition). In this letter dated July 12th, 1797, Jacobi was attempting to set up a visit to German poet and critic, Heinrich Wilhelm von Gerstenberg in Altona, and wrote in part "I will orally tell you, dear excellency, how I have lived here in the castle for three weeks in a kind of captivity; also how I wanted last Friday to announce to you and your wife that my sister and I would call the following afternoon and was prevented from doing so. Now, we would like to call tomorrow afternoon. Should this not be convenient for you, please write me a line addressed at Kerthos the bookseller's.. " Heinrich Wilhelm von Gerstenberg (1737-1823) was a German poet and critic who did much to support the Sturm und Drang movement but who at the time of this letter was much more involved in Kantian philosophy. Very good, folded, faint soiling, seal intact with opening repaired.

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