[War of 1812]. [Massachusetts. Militia]. Brooks, John

[Broadside] Commonwealth of Massachusetts. General Orders. Head-Quarters, Boston, June 17th, 1815... That His Excellency Be Advised to Issue His Order for the Discharge of All the Volunteer Corps Raised for the Defence of the Commonwealth. .

[Boston], 1815. First edition. 1 sheet ([1] p.). Folio. 35 x 21 cm. An important broadside noting the deficiencies of the volunteer militia. One of two states, this with the fourth line in bold-type. Opens: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. General orders. Head-quarters, Boston, June 17th, 1815. : On the 15th inst. the following order of Council was passed, viz.: "In Council, June 15th, 1815. The committee of Council to whom was referred a resolve of the legislature .. respectfully report--that His Excellency be advised to issue his order for the discharge of all the volunteer corps raised for the defence of the commonwealth ..":--By virtue, therefore, of the powers vested in him, His Excellency the commander in chief hereby discharges from further service, all the volunteer corps .." Brooks of course began by (1) thanking the men for "the generous, patriotic and voluntary tender of services for the defence of the Commonwealth, at the most threatening period of the late war, and the assiduity and zeal displayed by those Corps, in training themselves for usefulness in the field, without expense to the State.." (2) discharge [them] from further service", and (3) ordering "all officers and others, who may have received from the Commonwealth ordnance, arms, or munitions of war of any kind, for the use, or on account of any of those Corps, to cause the same to be forthwith returned to the Quarter Master General, at Boston." But more importantly he used the occasion to make military revisions for the future, noting that "inconveniencies have arisen from restriction the election of company officers to the Wards," which he ordered changed and that "great irregularities" have followed "from the liberty that officers have taken to absent themselves for more than twelve months without leave from their Major Generals, and the still more numerous evils resulting from officers removing their places of residence to such a distance from the bounds of their respective commands, as to render discharge of their duty highly inconvenient, and sometimes, impossible.." He ends by ordering wholesale changes in command structure. John Brooks (1752 -1825), a doctor by training, a Federalist by disposition, served under George Washington during the Revolutionary War, later helped to put down Shay's Rebellion, and at the conclusion of the War of 1812, was elected governor of Massachusetts less than a year after issuing this broadside. Rare. OCLC shows only two locations: American Antiquarian Society (which has both issues) and the Peabody Essex Museum, which has one. Not in American Imprints. A very good copy, old folds, some minor marginal browning and soiling.

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Book number: 44133

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Brown, Allen H.

Historical Sketch of the Synod of New Jersey for the Quarter of a Century, from 1861 to 1886. A Discourse Delivered in the First Presbyterian Church of Camden, N.J. , at the Opening of the Synod, October 18th, 1886...

Philadelphia, The Jas. B. Rogers Printing Co. 1888. First edition. Paper wrappers. frontis, 31 pp. [1 pp.], [1] folding map. Illus. with 1 b/w engraving and 1 folding map. Sm. 4to. Very good, spine ends split, numeral inked a top margin, repaired tear to bottom edge of rear wrapper, minor browning and chipping, engraving and folding map fine.

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Book number: 46147

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Brown, Henry Collins, ed

Valentine's Manual of Old New York. No. 7, New Series 1923

New York, Valentine's Manual Inc. 1922. Later edition. Cloth. frontis, [15], 366 pp. 8vo. A very good copy, spine slightly faded with small chip to tail, contents clean and unmarked.

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Book number: 46333

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Buchanan, James

Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress : Communicating a Certified Copy of the Constitution of Kansas, Framed by the Convention Recently Assembled at Lecompton

Washington [D.C.], Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1858. First edition. Removed. 8 pp. 8vo. Buchanan, "urged the admission of Kansas as a state, under that constitution. The president's arguments were, that the slavery question was the only one at issue in the territory; that the free state men, if they had voted and really were in the majority, might have defeated slavery; that they subsequently voted for state officers under the Lecompton constitution; that the people of Kansas, having thus framed a constitution and elected officers under it, should be admitted to the Union; that they have a right to alter their constitution when they will; that the admission of Kansas would localize the question of slavery, leaving it for the people of Kansas to settle; that the admission would bring quiet to the whole country, and then the troops might be withdrawn from that territory for other purposes" (Hinton: History of the United States of America, Volume 2, p. 53). Lib. Company. Afro-Americana, 10651. A very good copy .

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Book number: 37663

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Keywords: Slavery, , Americana, Afro-Americana, Civil War Era, Slavery, Kansas , Pamphlet

Buckingham, William A.

Message of His Excellency William A. Buckingham, Governor of Connecticut, to the Legislature of the State, May Session, 1861. Printed by Order of the Legislature

Hartford, J.R. Hawley & Co. State Printers, 1861. First edition. Paper wrappers. 18 pp. 8vo. William A. Buckingham (1804-1875) won the election as governor in 1860, narrowly defeating Thomas Seymour. "The New Haven Register" expressed the concern of the Republicans and abolitionists when it declared "A nation is waiting in almost breathless suspense to hear the results" since the Democrats declared a vote for Buckingham was a vote for abolition and thus the loss of Southern business. This address to the Connecticut legislature was just a few weeks after the commencement of the war. "The condition of our country is critical.. Seven thousand men in arms backed by nineteen batteries of artillery, have, in open day, with disloyal heart and traitorous hands, struck at the national flag in the harbor of Charleston.. The sceptre of authority must be upheld, and allegiance secured. It is no time to make concession to rebels, or parley with men in arms.. indifferent or disloyal we cannot be. Fail or falter we shall not." Thereafter follows his recommendations for military support and preparations which would be passed by the legislature. Uncommon. OCLC locates ten copies at eight institutions. Not in Sabin. Samuel J. May Anti-Slavery Collection. Lacking the wrappers on some issues else very good, scattered foxing, tear and small chip to lower margin of last leaf.

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Book number: 43730

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Brazilian Government Trade Bureau

Brazil at a Glance. [with] What Is Your I.Q. On Brazil

New York, Brazilian Government Trade Bureau, 1943. First edition. 4 panels x 2 sides, each. 8vo. Two trade brochures for Brazil produced during Word War II. 1. Brazil at a Glance: 8 columns (1 sheet, 23 x 40 cm folded to 23 x 10 cm). 2 maps, 6 photographs. Dated 1943. OCLC locates one copy at Univ. of Chicago. One copy also at Travel brochure and map collection, #6591. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. 2. What is your I.Q. on Brazil. An Educational quiz based on Official Figures, facts and curiosities. 8 columns (1 sheet, 23 x 40 cm folded to 23 x 10 cm). 1 map,b4 photographs, 100 question yes-no list. No dates, but 1941 (see Survey Graphic 1941 p 98, for advertisement). None on OCLC. One at Travel brochure and map collection, #6591. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. Very good copies with light soiling and a few small tears.

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Book number: 41290

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Van Buren, Martin

Message from the President of the United States, to the Two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the Second Session of the Twenty-Sixth Congress

[Washington D.C.], Blair & Rives, printers, 1840. First edition. Removed. 16 pp. 8vo. 2nd Session. Senate. Doc. no. 1. Covers the Seminole War in Florida and the removal of the native Americans. "The policy of the United States in regard to the Indians, of which a succinct account is given in my message of 1838, and of the wisdom and expediency of which I am fully satisfied, has been continued in active operation throughout the whole period of my administration. Since the spring of 1837, more than forty thousand Indians have been removed to their new homes west of the Mississippi; and I am happy to add, that all accounts concur in representing the result of this measure as eminently beneficial to that people. The emigration of the Seminoles alone has been attended with serious difficulty, and occasioned bloodshed; hostilities having been commenced by the Indians in Florida, under the apprehension that they would be compelled, by force, to comply with their treaty stipulations..These hopes have proved fallacious, and hostilities have been renewed throughout the whole of the Territory. That this contest has endured so long, is to be attributed to causes beyond the control of the Government. Experienced generals have had the command of the troops; officers and soldiers have alike distinguished themselves for their activity, patience, and enduring courage the army has been constantly furnished with supplies of every description and we must look for the causes which have so long procrastinated the issue of the contest,in the vast extent of the theatre of hostilities, the almost insurmountable obstacles presented by the nature of the country, the climate, and the wily character of the savages. Removed from a larger volume else very good copy with a small remnant of a seal on title.

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Book number: 37634

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Keywords: U. S. Presidents, Indians of the Americas, , Americana, U. S. Presidents, Indians of the Americas, Florida , Seminoles, Pamphlet

Bussard, William

Letter from William Bussard, Surveyor, to the Hon. William Hendricks, Chairman of the Committee on Roads and Canals, Relative to the "Bill for Subscription to Stock in the Washington and Fredericktown Turnpike Road Company. " February 16, 1829. Laid on the Table, and Ordered to Be Printed

[Washington D.C.], [Printed by Duff Green], 1829. First edition. Removed. 2 pp. 8vo. 20th Congress, 2d Session. [83]. OCLC shows a copy at AAS. Not in American Imprints. A very good copy.

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Book number: 37617

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Butler, Benjamin F.

[Als] Benjamin Franklin Butler, U.S. Attorney General, to Prosper M. Wetmore on the Eve of a New York Gubernatorial Election

1836. [1 pp.] with integral address on verso. 8 x 10 inches. Dated October 25, without a notation of year but most likely 1836. Benjamin Franklin Butler declined to attend a political meeting as there is "reason to doubt, whether it would be proper or expedient, on the very eve of such an election, as you are to have, for a number of the administration to take such a part, as I should probably be obliged to take, if I attended." New York was having an election for governor in less than two weeks. Butler (1795-1858) was at that time the U.S. Attorney General under Andrew Jackson. He was a prominent lawyer from New York and an ally of Martin Van Buren and a founder of New York University. Prosper Montgomery Wetmore (1798-1876) was a writer and politician with some ethical shortcomings, one of the Regents of the University of the State of New York, and one of the founders of the American Art Union. Very good, edges chipped where seal broken, contents clear, but for slight ink bleed through.

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Book number: 44243

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Butler, J.

An Eulogy Upon the Character of George Swan

Oxford, OH, Published by order of the Society. Cutler & Wright, printers, Columbus. 1840. First edition. Disbound. 15 pp. 8vo. George O Swann, son of Judge Swan of Columbus Ohio, was on his way to join the law school at Cambridge, Mass. (Harvard) when he went down aboard the steamship Lexington, one of Cornelius Vanderbilt's most luxurious steamers in Long Island Sound on its way to Boston. Only 4 of 143 passengers survived. L.M. Peck penciled in on title. OCLC locates only nine copies. Sabin 9642; Checklist American Imprints; 40214; Morgan, R.P. Ohio 3849. Rusk: Literature of the Middle Western Frontier, V 2: p.310. Very good, lacks wrappers, name penciled on top margin of title, light browning & soiling.

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Book number: 46143

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United States. War Department. Topographical Bureau] Butler, B.F.

Report from the Secretary of War, in Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate, Transmitting a Chronological Statement of Reports of Surveys, &C. January 24, 1837. Read. January 28, 1837. Ordered to Be Printed

[Washington D.C.], n.p. 1837. First edition. Disbound. 53 pp. 8vo. 24th Congress, 2d session. Doc. no. 115. Quite uncommon. Removed from a larger volume, else a good copy, chip to detached title, scattered foxing.

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Book number: 37628

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Keywords: , Americana, Defense budgets and appropriations. Harbors and ports. Internal improvements. , Pamphlet

Byron, Joseph; Lancaster, Clay

Photographs of New York Interiors at the Turn of the Century: From the Byron Collection of the Museum of the City of New York

New York, Dover Publications, 1976. First edition. Illustrated paper wrappers. xviii, 154 pp. Illus. with 131 b/w plates. 8 1/4 x 11 inches. A few nicks on the spine else very good.

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Ceballos y Calderón, José Antonio

Alegato Del Doct. D. Joseph Antonio Ceballos Y Calderón, Cura Y de San Pedro de Carabayllo Suburio de Esta Ciudad

[Lima], Impreso en la Imprenta de la Real Casa de Niños Expósitos, 1820. First edition. Disbound. 4 lvs. Illus. with wood engraving on title and first text page. 4to. First page with a quote from Seneca; text begins with "Señor: que conflicto más grande para el espíritu que hablar de su mérito, y en tono de recomendación." Though undated, Medina places it in the early part of the 19th century (whereas BN Peru places it in 1790s and BN Chile dates it 1801). Joseph Antonio Ceballos y Calderón, the son of Doña Juana Calderon and Gaspar Ceballos, then Regent of the College of San Carlos, discusses the development of his life, which began in privilege. "Pero es fuerza obedecer á la ley. Esta voz imperiosa calma la turbación del ánimo, y éste se resuelve por fin á trazar esta narrativa" Gabriel René Moreno: Biblioteca peruana, p. 16. CCILA locates two copies: BN Peru (Colección Zegarra) and BN Chile. No copies on OCLC, COPAC, or any European Libraries. Medina: Lima 3913. René Moreno: Biblioteca peruana 1857. Removed from a larger volume, abrasion at faint shadow of old rubber stamp on title page, else a very good copy.

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Book number: 40259

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Republican Party. Caldwell, John; Jonathan W. Edwards, Thomas S. Williams

(Circular). Sir, in the Present Crisis of Our Political Affairs, It Is of the Utmost Importance, That the Friends of the Republican Institutions of This State Should Be Active and Vigilant, to Counteract the Efforts of Their Adversaries

Hartford, 1816. First edition. Self wrappers. 1 pp. (bifolium). 8 x 12 1/2 inches folded. Signed in print by committee: John Caldwell, Jonathan W. Edwards, Thomas S. Williams, Hartford, October 28, 1816 (The Connecticut Historical Society lists a copy but has the date as the 23rd rather than the 28th: OCLC: 50413785.). Published just a week after the rout of the Republicans in the Connecticut elections for the Council of Assistants, this Republican Committee recommended following the methodical example of the Federalists at identifying candidates for freeman, then doing everything necessary to have them qualified and brought out to vote Federalist, something the Republicans had been lax at doing. But while the Federalists were still strong in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Delaware, they were a beaten party nationally; Monroe was easily elected president in December 1816, winning over 80 percent of the electoral vote. Provenance: addressed to "Reuben Lumm, Esq. Derby." Lumm was a Selectman for the town of Derby from 1796 to 1818 and a State Legislator. John Caldwell, Jonathan W. Edwards, Thomas S. Williams were all Justices of the Peace and prominent lawyers and businessmen in Hartford. Small tears along edges and folds for mailing, two 1-inch holes on margins not affecting text, addressed on verso of blank, still about very good.

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Book number: 43046

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Calhoun, John C.

In Senate of the United States. February 9, 1835... Mr. Calhoun Made the Following Report: The Select Committee Appointed to Inquire Into the Extent of the Executive Patronage; the Circumstances Which Have Contributed to Its Great Increase of Late . .

[Washington D.C.], n.p. 1835. First edition. Stitched self wrappers. 29 pp. 8vo. 23rd Congress, 2d session, Doc. no. 108. Read, and ordered that 10,775 copies by printed. A working copy. Dampstained throughout, notes on title, with contemporary paper tabs attached to 2 leaves, and inked notations. A good copy.

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Book number: 37623

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