Pix, Christopher H.

Christopher H. Pix. March 9, 1848. Mr. Flournoy, from the Committee of Claims, Made the Following Report: The Committee of Claims, to Whom Was Referred the Memorial of Christopher H. Pix, Report

n.p. n.p. 1848. First edition. Removed. 6 pp. 8vo. Thirtieth Congress-First Session. Report No. 344. To accompany bill H.R. No. 325. House of Representatives. Asks for payment for the use of his house for a U.S. Marshal in Galvaston, Texas, whose replacement refused to pay. Uncommon. OCLC shows hard copy at Daughters of the Republic of Texas Lib. A very good copy with light foxing.

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[City Point, Virginia]. Ingalls, Rufus. Gates, Theodore B.

[Autograph Document Signed] Report of Board of Inspection Pursuant to Special Orders No. 31. Headquarters Post & Defences

City Point, VA, 1864. [3 pp.]. Bifolium. 7.5 x 9.5 inches. On June 18, 1864, Grant ordered Brevet Major General Rufus Ingalls, his Chief Quarter-master General of the Army of the Potomac, to prepare a massive supply depot at City Point, Virginia, just 20 miles from Richmond, capable of supporting the the hundreds of thousands of men and animals for the siege of Petersburg, and the fall of Richmond. Less than a month later, a special committee of three was tasked with determining the adequacy of boats between Washington D.C. and City Point, and submitted this report to Colonel Theodore B. Gates pursuant to Special Orders No. 31, ".. dated 16th July 1864..inspection of the Steamers "Charlotte Vandebilt", "John Brooks", "Highland Light", and "Keyport", constituting the Mail Line, between Washington and City Point." To comply with the order, the appointed board took small test trips on each boat, assessing the accommodations, meals, and furnishings of each vessel. The detailed report concludes that ".. none of the Boats now on the Line are fit for that service," too small, and concerning meals "the Board is of the opinion that they are wretched in quality and insufficient in quantity and by no means worth the price demanded for them." Dated July 22, 1864 and signed by the three boards members: Major E. R. Bowers, R. Loughran, and Darcy A. Patterson. and addressed to Col. Theodore B. Gates (1824-1911), 80th New York Infantry, who has also signed on the last page. In addition to the docketing on the verso of blank leaf which includes further notes on the transmission of the report on July 23rd and 24th, there is a final long note on July 25th signed by Brig. General Rufus Ingalls which names other boats that are suitable for such service. A rare document on what would become one of the busiest ports in the world during the Civil War. Reference: 1. Robert O. Zinnen: "City Point: The Tool That Gave General Grant Victory" in Quartermaster Professional Bulletin. Spring 1991, pp 1-8. 2. "The Civil War Diaries of Col. Theodore B. Gates, 20th New York State Militia". Very good, minor wear and tear along edges and folds, contents clean.

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Poland, Luke P. (Luke Potter); Scott, John

Mr. Scott, from the Joint Select Committee to Inquire Into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States So Far As Regards the Execution of the Laws, and Safety of the Lives and Property of the Citizens of the United States, Submitted the Following Report: . .

Washington, D.C. [U.S. Government Printing Office], 1872. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. 38 pp. 8vo. January 9, 1872. 42d Congress, 2d Session. Senate. Report No. 15. Election frauds in Arkansas. A very good copy with loose stitching, faint soiling on wrappers.

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[Polk, James K.; Mexican American War] Burns, S.

[Als] Politically Connected Young Man Parties with President Polk and Other Prominent Mexican American War Figures Just After the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Charleston, SC, 1848. [4] pp. Bifolium. 8 x 10.5 inches. A wonderful letter filled with descriptions and anecdotes of prominent military and political figures including Andrew Jackson. Dated Feb. 28th, 1848, just as the Mexican American War was concluding (the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo occurred less than four weeks before this letter was written, and Polk's message to Congress concerning the Treaty a scant six days prior). Burns tells his cousin Anson of his visit to Washington, D.C. to attend the celebrations, hosted by Mr. & Mrs. Clifford (Nathan Clifford was Attorney General). Burns was introduced to President Polk, and presented the respects of his uncle, Dr. Burns, to which Polk replied, "'Are you a relative of Dr. Burns? I am glad to see you' and 'How is the doctor? I have a great regard for him. I always know where to find him. We fought shoulder to shoulder through a stormy campaign. The Doctor was one of my finest friends - he never flinched. But how happens it that I did not see him at Concord last summer? I expected to have met him'." Burns later attended a private ball at the home of Secretary of Treasury, Robert J. Walker's, where Burns admits he was "attaché to the Cabinet ladies". Here he met, among other politicians and military figures General [Sam] Houston and Colonel May, captor of La Vega, who shared with Burns the comical circumstances that led to his appointment as Captain by Andrew Jackson. May tells Burns that "he had waiting long at Washington as an unsuccessful applicant for a commission until, in a fit of desperation, he mounted his horse & knowing himself one of the boldest riders in the County, galloped to the White House, rode up to the door & demanded to see the President. The servant asked him to walk in, but he declines, insisting that he must see his excellency at the Doors. At a summons so unusual, the President hurried down and asked what he wanted. I wish you to see me ride, said he. With that, he vaulted into the saddle, leaped over the iron picket enclosure backward & forward dome half dozen times and after curveting[?] about the yard, brought up in front of the palace, rode up the steps & dismounted. Now, says he, General, if you think me worthy of a Commission in the Cavalry, & shall be most happy. I appoint you Captain on the spot, said the old hero. Subsequent events show how well he deserved the station." Burns closes the letter with an excerpt of his farewell exchange with President Polk. "The morning before I left, I called to bid goodbye to the Polks. He had just transmitted to the Senate his answer to their call for information relative to Mexican affairs. Says he, "Mr. Burns, What am I to do? Here I am, continually questioned, not only as to fads, but intentions, motives, & opinions. Now the information they want would be at this time, highly injurious. Mexico knows too much already. Who is to be the judge?" I told him I thought he certainly ought not to communicate information which he knew would prove injurious. "Certainly not," said he. He then referred to the publication of the correspondence of Mr. Reeves with his Government, relative to French claims, in which Mr. Reeves boasts what a good bargain he had made relative to French claims. The French Minister was present & the difficulty with France grew mainly out of this intention. To Mr. Johnson, the new senator from Georgia, he said, "you have got just high enough. If you should happen to get into this place looking round the cabinet room, you will not find yourself by any means, in a quiet position. In fact, Mr. Polk looked haggard and very much perplexed. But we shall soon have peace, on that you may depend. Very good, tiny tears and light browning, particularly around folds, minor ink bleed through, contents clean.

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[Portugal]. Pombal, Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, Marquês de

Eu Elrey. Faço Saber Aos Que Este Alvará de Declaraçaõ, E Ampliaçao Virem: Que Por Quanto Naõ Coube Já Mais Nas forças Do Entendimento Humano Fazerem-Se Establecimentos Taõ Completos, Que Desde O Seu Principio Tenhaõ Em Si Todas As Providencias Necessarias Para Precaver,...... Porque Sobre Este Claro Conhecimento Acautelei No Paragrafo Nove Do Titulo Segundo Dos Estatutos Do Meu Collegio de Nobres... [with] Eu Elrey. Faço Saber Aos Que Este Alvará de Declaraçaõ, E Ampliaçao Virem: Que Sendo Todas Os Estabelecimentos Humanos Ainda Taõ Confiderados Nos Seus Principios, Como O Foi a Fundaçaõ Do Real Collegio de Nobres Por MIM Ordenada Na Instituiçaõ Primordial de Fete de Março de MIL Setecentos Sessenta E Hum, . .

[Lisboa], impresso na officina de Miguel Rodrigues, 1772. First edition. Removed. 4 pp.; 6 pp.[203-208]. Approx 8 x 11 1/2 each. Two documents five years apart concerning the needed educational reform in Portugal at the Collegio de Nobres. The first document concerns rules to tighten up the procedures of the College of Nobles instituted by Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, Marquês de Pombal just a year earlier to strengthen scientific education and the second with further reforms to educate the sons of the nobility with useful and practical knowledge, shortly before the school's failure. Pombal's attempt "was not a successful enterprise: among the main causes for its failures were financial difficulties, the attitude of the Portuguese nobility who antagonized such an educational programme, disciplinary questions, and the inappropriateness of the course to students who were too young to profit from them. Scientific teaching lasted for 5 years (1766-1772) " (In The Sciences in the European Periphery During the Enlightenment, p. 11). It would be the reforms of the University of Coimbra, to which the focus was transferred, that would finally succeed. OCLC locates a copy of the first document at the BN Espana. Delgado da Silva: Collecção da legislação Portugueza II, pp. 318-20 & pp. 585-7. OCLC: 740377909. Very good clean copies, both removed from larger volumes with numerals noted on top edge of each leaf.

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Potter, Edward Elmer

[Manuscript Document Signed] Brigadier General Potter Issues a Special Order to Withhold One Month's Pay for Soldiers "Straggling on the March

Petersburg, VA, 1864. 1 sheet. 5 x 7.5 inches. Dated July 1, 1864. Special Order 70. List of 13 men who "after careful and important investigation", are ordered to lose one month's pay for their offense. Order commanded by Brig. Genl. Potter and signed by his adjutant, Daniel Wright. Very good, light soiling to edges and folds, contents clean.

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Potts, Thomas

Verses Dedicated to the 128th New York Regt

[Baltimore], n.p. 1862. First edition. 1 sheet. 11 3/4x 5 3/4 inches. Company E of the 128th New York Regiment (drawn from Kinderhook, Chatham, Valatie, Hillsdale and Austerlitz) was organized at Camp Kelly in Hudson, New York and mustered in September 1862, leaving for Washington D.C. via New York City to Camp Millington, outside of Baltimore, where the regiment practiced drill, was set up just outside of Baltimore. When General J.E.B. Stuart's Confederates approached Gettysburg, the 128th was sent on a rapid jaunt to Gettysburg to engage the enemy but Stuart retreated upon learning of the Union Army's approach and no engagement was to be had. "In Gettysburg we lay that day / All anxious for a brush / But the Rebels did not seem inclined / To gratify our wish./ When they heard that we were coming/ South Mountain they passed o'er." In December 1862 the regiment headed south by ship to join General Nathaniel Banks' Department of the Gulf whose ultimate goal would be to open the Mississippi River to the Union. Sickness and disease devastated the ranks as the ship sailed to New Orleans. Thomas Potts (b.1836?), from Kinderhook, the author of this piece, was discharged shortly after arrival for a disability, on Feb 9 (or 6), 1863. We have been unable to locate any other copies of this broadside in OCLC or other sources. A very good copy with moderate staining mostly to margins, bottom right corner trimmed, slight wear at folds.

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[Comstock Load. Silver Mining] Prescott, William C.

Report by Wm. C. Prescott, Esq. , March 8, 1866, on the Uncle Sam Sr. And Gold Canon Silver Mines of the Comstock Lode in Nevada

[Boston?], 1866. First edition. Self wrappers. 7 pp. Sm. 4to. Includes comparison with the Gould & Curry and the Ophir mines. Eberstadt 138: 509. A very good copy, one corner creased, minor wear and soiling to margins.

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[Confederacy] Kentucky (pseud)

War Lyrics and Songs of the South

London, Spottiswoode & Co. printers, 1866. First edition. Green cloth ruled and stamped in blind, gilt spine title. ix, 261 pp. 12mo. The first half are the "War Poems", nearly all with an author listed, the second half with a separate half title at p. 135 page for "Songs of the South and Other Poems" by 'Kentucky'. Prefatory address notes: "A 'faithful few among the 'honorable women, not a few, in the northern and border states of the late Southern confederacy, have thrown hastily together this 'Book of poems." Tipped in donation letter from A. [Alonzo] N. Reece on Henry W. King Co, stationary, dated Sept. 18, 1894. A hard to find title. A very good copy with the bookplate of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Commandery of the State of Illinois on front pastedown, faint shadow of sticker on foot of backstrip, their stamp on title, donation letter tipped in on free front endpaper, small tear at top edge of p. 114 due to rough opening.

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[Spofford, Ainsworth Rand] Putnam, Herbert, et al.

Ainsworth Rand Spofford 1825-1908. A Memorial Meeting at the Library of Congress on Thursday, November 12th, 1908, at Four O'Clock, the Librarian of Congress Presiding

New York, The Webster Press, 1909. First edition. Paper wrappers. frontis, 84 pp. Illus. with 1 b/w portrait. 8vo. Gifted from the Library of Congress to the New England Historic Genealogical Society on April 20, 1909. Ainsworth Rand Spofford (1825-1908), was the 6th Librarian of Congress 1864-1897. "The modern history of the Library of Congress began when Ainsworth Rand Spofford became Librarian of Congress, for it was Spofford who transformed the small reference library that served the U.S. Congress into a national institution that also served the American public."(LOC) Contents: Biographical note. -- Introductory remarks by Herbert Putman, librarian of Congress. -- Dr. Spofford in Cincinnati, 1845-1860, by H.B. Blackwell. -- Dr. Spofford and the Library of Congress, 1860-1897, by W.D. Johnston, president of the District of Columbia library association. -- Dr. Spofford and the Public library of the District, by T.W. Noyes, president of trustees. -- Dr. Spofford as a member of the Literary society, by Alice C. Fletcher, of the Literary society. -- Dr. Spofford as a member of the Anthropological society, by W. Hough, president of the society. -- Dr. Spofford as a member of the Historical society, by A.B. Hagner, president of the society. -- List of the writings of Dr. Spofford, by A.P.C. Griffin, assistant librarian of Congress (p. 61-84). Oversized wrappers edge worn, repaired tear to top, institution blind stamp to title, contents about fine, gift slip tipped into rear paste down, overal about very good.

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Quincy, Josiah [VI]

[Als] Josiah Quincy Commentary on English Influence over Labor Laws & Manufacturing

Boston, 1887. [4] pp. Bifolium. 4.5 x 7 inches. Dated and signed December 21st, 1887, Josiah Quincy and addressed to F.C. Griswold, in answer to a letter pertaining to labor law and manufacturing exemptions. Quincy draws from England's model, stating: "The establishment you name we excepted from the operation of the acts on the theory that their provisions would not be applied to establishments where the nature of the work was such that it was necessary to carry on the process of manufacture continuously, it being impractical, at any rate at times, to entirely suspend the work. The list of exemptions was taken exactly, if my memory serves me, from similar English act as it seemed on such a light investigation as was made that the methods of manufacture employed in those establishments in this state were so similar to those in England that the same reason for exemption, namely the necessary continuance without interruption of the process of manufacture, applied equally here. As to the propriety of these exemptions, I satisfied myself that in some cases, for instance in print works and dyeing establishments, they are absolutely necessary; the fact that they made in the very careful and strict English legislation is a strong argument for their necessity in the other cases named, and it certainly seems probable that the processes have, at any rate at times, to be continuous. "The gentleman who represented the manufacturers before the committee on labor of course asked for the same exemptions as in the English law and no reason was suggested why they should not be made. Of course legislation cannot be carried so far in the direction of protecting employees that such processes as dyeing etc. would have to be absolutely abandoned or else a separate set of hands engaged to work during meal times. I should not like to give anymore definite opinion on the matter without fuller investigation." Josiah Quincy VI (1859 -1919) was a Massachusetts lawyer-politician from a political dynasty, both his grandfather and great grandfather, serving as Mayors of Boston, as he would in 1896. A Democrat, he was a member of Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1887 to 1888, as was F. C. Griswold, his correspondent. Freeman Clark Griswold (1858-1910), Yale & Harvard Law (1884) was the son of American abolitionist & lawyer Whiting Griswold. He was one of the charter members and founders of the Young Men's Democratic Club of Massachusetts, and was also elected to the Legislature in 1887. Very good, two hole punches along top margin folded, affecting one letter.

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[Raffaëlli, Jean-François] American Art Galleries

Works of Jean-François RaffaëLLI on Exhibition for Two Weeks Only at the American Art Galleries (Madison Square South) Beginning Thursday, February 28th

New York, American Art Association, 1895. Illustrate paper wrappers. 18 pp. Illus. with b/w portrait & facsimiles. 8vo. Frontispiece portrait, six page facsimile of his manuscript statement with translation, list of 153 works of art. Jean-François Raffaëlli (1850-1924) was a French realist painter draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, and author who introduced technical innovations in ink drawing colors, drypoint, and color engraving. He exhibited with the Impressionists. OCLC locates none of this issue, and two copies of the exhibition at the Chicago Art Institute: Chicago Art Inst. and Clark Mus. Very good, partially unopened, wrappers soiled, text loose, otherwise clean.

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Ramirez, Lino

Estudios Sobre Las Afecciones Cloro-anémicas Y Las Enfermedades Organicas Del Corazon

Mexico, Imprenta de M. Murgula, 1867. First edition. Original stitched yellow paper wrappers. 151 pp. [1] pp. index. 8vo. On heart desease and anemia. Lino Ramirez (1831-1868) was a promising Mexican physician-scientist who died young. OCLC show four copies: Univ. Texas at Austin, BN Mexico, Wellcome Lib. and Nat. Lib. of Medicine. One at auction in the last fifty years. A very good copy, wrappers faintly soiled with some minor wear at the corners.

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Randolph, Beverley

[Printed Vellum Document Completed in Manuscript & Signed. Land Grant] (Beverley Randolph) Esquire (Lieutenant) Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, to All Whom These Presents Shall Come, Greeting: Know Ye, That... . [Caption Title]

[Richmond], 1787. Broadside. 1 sheet. 12 3/4 x 14 1/4 inches. Land grant issued to Josiah Willard Gibbs (apparently no relation to the American scientist) for 1000 acres of land surveyed in 1785 in Harrison County (now West Virginia). Assignee of James Julian. Signed by Randolph the 7th of June 1787. OCLC locates two versions with slight typographical differences: Cornell, Case Western, Univ. of Alberta, and Univ. Groninger. A very good copy, minor insect damage to edge of seal, lightly foxed, two tiny ink burns, lower signature fading.

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[Maine] Rawson, M.M. [Maubec Mitchell]

[Als] Maine House Member M.M. Rawson Reports to Gubernatorial Candidate on Corruption in the Vote for Governor

Augusta House [Augusta, ME], 1855. [3] pp. Bifolium. 8 x 10 inches. Letter dated January 4th, 1855, one day after the Maine elections, from Maubec Mitchell Rawson, newly elected Whig member of the Maine House of Representatives, to fellow Whig party member and candidate for Governor, Isaac Reed, reporting on the efforts to fix the vote in favor of Reed's opponent, Anson Morrill. Rawson had been appointed as a member of a gubernatorial committee that morning so was privy to the shenanigans: "Much talk is made about the course which some members of the Senate & House wish to pursue. I tell them I have no objections to throwing out the votes in the Hancock Plantation & thereby elect or in any way assist Mr. Milliken but to throw them all out & by so doing disfranchise some thousand & declare Mr. Morrill elected by the people. I tell them such a course will be suicidal to the great American party which Mr. Reed & myself are one." He goes on to report who is opposed to these moves and who might be witnesses: "When I see you I will inform you who are the men who are so conscientious about this matter. I am perfectly quiet & cool, but I have been at work.. most of the time for the last 24 hours.. They [the Committee] propose to spend the night in the committee room, so as to have it said that we are doing up business in shape, but they are more anxious to declare Mr. Morill Gov by the dear people. I have heard nothing from you, but I think my course is patriotic or an honest one & I shall pursue it unless you suggest otherwise.. Don't show my letters to anyone. I shall be glad when this session shall close." Anson Morrill (1803-1887) was elected Maine's Governor in 1855, and served until 1856. He had been a candidate under the Know Nothing and then Republican parties. John F. Milliken however, was not among the list of Representatives in 1855, but seems to have gotten himself appointed Postmaster in his hometown. Isaac Reed (1809-1887) was a merchant and shipbuilder. He served in the Maine Senate (1839-1840; 1850, 1863); the Maine House of Representatives (1842-1843; 1846; 1870-1871); as State Treasurer (1856); and in the U.S. House of Representatives (1852-1853). Maubec Mitchell Rawson (b. 1825) was from Waldoboro, Maine. Very good, folded, small tear to one edge, minor soiling and ink bleed through.

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