Davis, Dwight F.

[Tls] Former Tennis Star and Secretary of Navy Responds

Washington, D.C. 1929. 1 pp. bifolium. 12mo. Secretary of War stationary with stamped War department envelope. March 1st, 1929. Typed letter from the Secretary of War to Grovenor Clarkson in New York City, thanking him for commendation.  Dwight F. Davis. (1879-1945) was a founder of the International Lawn Tennis Challenge, later renamed the Davis Cup in his honor. Served as Assistant Secretary of War (1923-1925) and as Secretary of War (1925-1929) under Calvin Coolidge (1925-29) and Governor General of the Philippines (1929-32) under Herbert Hoover. He participated both the singles and doubles in the 1904 Summer Olympics and was inducted into the National Tennis Hall of Fame (International Tennis Hall of Fame) in 1956. A fine copy.

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Degrand, Peter Paul Francis

Proceedings of the Friends of a Rail-Road to San Francisco, at Their Public Meeting, Held at the U.S. Hotel, in Boston, April 19, 1849. Including an Address to the People of the U. States; Showing That P.P. F. Degrand's Plan Is the Only One, As Yet Proposed, Which Will Secure Promptly... By a Single Act of Legislation, the Construction of a Railroad to California, in the Shortest Time Allowed by Its Physical Obstacles

Boston, Dutton and Wentworth, printers, 1849. Second edition. Stitched pink paper wrappers. 24 pp. 8vo. Degrand proposal for building a railroad from St. Louis to San Francisco was "One of the earliest projects for a transcontinental railway having San Francisco as its terminus. It maintains that the plan of P. P. F. Degrand for a railroad from St. Louis to San Francisco was the only feasible scheme that had been offered," Cowan, Bibliography of the History of California and the Pacific West, 1510-1906, p. 183. Johnston's Railway Economics: A Collective Catalogue of Books in Fourteen American Libraries locates only the 2nd through 4th editions. Sabin 19303 (4th. ed.). Graff 3365. Railway Economics p.284. A very good copy, mail fold, minor edgewear and tear to wrappers, rear wrapper detached and front wrapper starting, tiny deaccession stamp at foot of last leaf.

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Book number: 42411

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Devorkin, Joseph.; Neighbors, Dale L.

Great Merchants of Early New York: "the Ladies' Mile.

New York, Society for the Architecture of the City, 1987. First edition. Quarter cloth over decorated limp cards, laid on photo. Port. frontispiece, 101 pp. Illus. with approx. 200 b/w photos and drawings. 4to. 10 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches. Inscribed by the author on the half title. Edition limited to 300 copies. The work has historical sketches of many New York retailers that originally opened on the famous "Ladies' Mile," a shopping area that reached from 14th and the Union Square area, up Broadway to 23rd Street in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Many stores such as Lord & Taylor, Henri Bendel, F.A.O.Schwarz, and Bergdorf Goodman started here before eventual relocation or closure. Included are contemporary and historical photos and excerpts from original newspaper advertisements for the stores (See City Hall Library Notes, May 2006). As Henry Collins Brown, curator of the Museum of the City of New York in 1892, said "All the world came to Broadway to shop, to dine, to flirt, to find amusement, and to meet acquaintances." Scarce. OCLC locates only 8 copies. Longstreth: Historical Bibliography of Commercial Architecture in the U.S. p 34. A near fine copy, light soiling to wrappers, authors obituary tipped on to half title.

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Art Union of Philadelphia. Dewey, George W.; Rothermel, Peter Frederick

Key to Rothermel's Picture of Patrick Henry, Delivering His Celebrated Speech in the House of Burgess of Virginia, in the Year 1765... . [Caption Title]

Philadelphia, King & Baird, prg. Sansom St. Philada. 1852. First edition. Self wrappers, printed on light green paper. [4 pp]. Illus. with b/w drawings. 4to. Page 1: Key to the figures depicted; p.2: Description of the painting; p.3: Object and Plan of the Institution. Art Union of Philadelphia; p.4: List of Officers; subscribers will receive the engraving. "In the early months of 1851, the managers of the Philadelphia Art Union decided to add a new feature to their plan: to commission annually an original painting from a prominent artist, have it engraved for subscribers, and award it as a prize. The managers of the art union undertook this project because they were, in the words of their resolution, 'deeply impressed with the utility, necessity, wisdom and moral influence of cherishing a national spirit, in the patronage of the Arts of Design, in the United States, and a national pride in the excellence of her living artists.' Perhaps Patterson's call for a truly American art, delivered at the end of December 1850, had helped spark interest in an art that was American in spirit and influence. Rothermel was selected to produce the first of these pictures. By January 1852, the seven-by-six-foot painting of Patrick Henry was complete, and the Art Union Reporter pronounced it a 'splendid effort of genius.' According to this pamphlet, Rothermel's painting commemorates that daring moment in 1765 when Patrick Henry, before the Virginia House of Burgesses, announced his resolutions in opposition to the Stamp Act, the first direct tax levied by the British parliament upon the American colonists who saw it as evidence of tyranny." (Husch: Something Coming: Apocalyptic Expectation and Mid-nineteenth-century American Painting, Univ. New England Press, 2000; pp 147-149). Scarce. OCLC show one, under a different title, at the NY Historical Society Library. There are also copies at the Hist. Soc. of Pennsylvania, UVA, and AAS. About very good, a few stab holes in margin, fore edge slightly rough, worming at inner margin, mainly on the rear and not affecting text, faint creasing.

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Dickens, Charles; Collins, Wilkie

No Thoroughfare... Being the Extra Christmas Number of All the Year Round, Conducted by Charles Dickens for Christmas, 1867

London, Chapman & Hall, 1867. First edition. Stitched blue printed paper wrappers. 48 pp. Double columns. 8vo. A collaboration of Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins. Dickens wrote the Overture, portions of the First and Fourth Acts, and the entire Act III. Wilkie Collins wrote the remainder. Podeschi: E20. Eckel p. 168. A very good copy, wrappers lightly worn at fore corners, tiny tear at stitch hole on spine, rear wrapper with small soil spot,, contents lightly browned, a few marginal tears, affecting the bottom of the column divider on pp.10-11.

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[California. San Diego]

[Photograph] Two Images of the la Jolla Sea Caves in San Diego, California

[San Diego], 1900. Gray card mount. 3.5 x 4.5 inches on 5.5 x 7 inch card. The first image is a classic view of the seven caves at low tide with the crashing surf, the second is of Clam's cave. Very good, card mounts lightly browned.

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Book number: 43652

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Douglas, [Stephen A.]

In the Senate of the United States, March 12, 1856 : Submitted, and Ordered to Be Printed, Together with the Views of the Minority of the Committee Upon the Same Subject... : Mr. Douglas Made the Following Report [of] the Committee on Territories, to Whom Was Referred So Much of the Annual Message of the President of the United States... In Regard to Kansas Territory . .

[Washington, D.C.], n.p. 1856. First edition. Removed. 61 pp. 8vo.. and his message of the 18th of February, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 4th of February, 1856, requesting transcripts of certain papers relative to the affairs of the Territory of Kansas, having given the same that serious and mature deliberation which the importance of the subject demands, beg leave to submit the following report. 34th Congress, 1st Session. Senate. Rep. Com. no. 34. Thorough reports of the majority and minority. OCLC locates copies at NYHS, Abraham Lincoln Pres. Lib, Kansas State, Portland, and Lib.Co. Phila. Lib. Company of Philadelphia Afro-Americana, 10627. A very good copy.

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Book number: 37658

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[New Hampshire]. Dow, Moses

[Holograph Manuscript] Draft of Discharge Request of New Hampshire Major General Moses Dow to Governor John Taylor Gilman

Haverhill, [NH], 1798. 1 sheet. 7.75 x 13 inches. Dated June 4th, 1798, Haverhill, NH. Unsigned draft of a resignation letter to Governor John Taylor Gilman requesting to be discharged from service with the New Hampshire State Militia. "It is now almost fourteen years since I was called into the military line: And going on the sixth, however unworthy - since I have been honoured with the command of the second division of militia in this state, in the office of Major General.. Now being considerably advanced in years & not enjoying a firm state of health.. I am desirous of returning to retirement, & making room for the better experienced & more alert officers." Moses Dow (1747-1811) born in Haverhill, graduated Harvard in 1769, took up law, was Kings Attorney (1774-5) under the Royal Governor and served in the New Hampshire colonial legislature(1775-6). a Revolutionary War soldier, state senator for the Fourth Provincial Congress, president of the Senate; postmaster, registrar of probate and Justice of the Peace. He served in the state militia from 1784 to 1798 with his final service as Major-General, and though elected to Congress by the New Hampshire Assembly, he wrote to Gilmore that he could not accept, as in this case, based on his ill health. References: Hamilton Child: Gazetteer of Grafton county, N. H. 1709-1886 (Syracuse, NY. Syracuse Journal Company, 1886); Francis Parkinson Keyes: "Moses Dow, Citizen of Haverhill," Granite Monthly, 3rd Quarterly Issue, 1918, pp 141-144; Chandler E. Potter: Military History of the State of New Hampshire, from its Settlement in 1623 to the Rebellion in 1861 (Concord, NH : McFarland and Jenks, 1866),Vol I; Dartmouth has his papers. Very good, two chipped corners, light tearing and soiling along folds, contents slightly faded, but clean.

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Eiland, Murray L.; Eiland, Murray

Oriental Carpets; a Complete Guide

Boston, Little, Brown, 1998. 4th edition. Cloth. 368 pp. 4to. Describes traditional techniques, designs, and materials used in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Middle- and Far-Eastern rugs. 1. Origins and Early History; 2. Construction; 3. Dyes; 4. Design; Ch. 5. Persia; Ch. 6. Turkey; Ch. 7. Central Asia; Ch. 8. The Caucasus; Ch. 9. India and Pakistan; Ch. 10. China; Ch. 11. Eastern Turkestan; Ch. 12. Tibet; Ch. 13. North Africa; Ch. 14. The Balkans. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

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[Civil War]. Eisenlord, [Alonzo] M.F.

[Manuscript Document] CIVIL War Surgeon Chronicles New York Officers' Plot Against Him & Requests Back Pay. In Thirteen Letters

[Washington D.C], 1863. Single stitch along top margin. [10] pp. on 5 sheets. 8 x 12.5 inches. Retained record (copy 3) of a series of letters with commentary, penned by Alonzo M.F. Eisenlord, Surgeon for the 7th Regiment of the New York Volunteers, making the case for his payment for services, which he had not received for some months. He argues that there was a conspiracy within his infantry, to get him deposed because of his refusal to supply his fellow officers with liquor from company stores, and submits evidence and articles to support his claim. The account opens with one letter to Adjutant General, Lorenzo Thomas, with the remaining letters to Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton and Secretary of State, William Seward. They are quite detailed in describing his career, his record, and his grievances. "Some officers of my Regt. exhibited great prejudice against me, and wished for my removal by a man by the name of Bruninhausen, who came to camp but was subsequently removed, his appointment being illegal. Again persons continued to carry out their prejudices, preferred a charge & pretended to commit me & I was dismissed by Court Martial (for what I never was guilty on the 27th Sept. 1861). Knowing my cause to be right I appealed to the President who commended me to the Adjt Genl & to Lieut Genl Scott, who finally overruled the Verdict of Court-Martial as frivolous and vexatious in the extreme & my Commission continued valid.. My only offense being that I refused to give them [officers of his regiment] spirituous liquors.. for their consumption which was placed in my charge exclusively for the benefit of sick soldiers." The copies are of thirteen letters. 1. Sept 23, 1862 to Lorenzo Thomas, Adj. General. 2. Oct 14, 1862 to E.M. Stanton Secretary of War. 3. Oct 16, 1862 to E.M. Stanton Secretary of War. 4. Nov 3, 1862 to E.M. Stanton Secretary of War. 5. Nov 12, 1862 to E.M. Stanton Secretary of War. 6. Nov 15, 1862 to E.M. Stanton Secretary of War. 7. Nov 29, 1862 to E.M. Stanton Secretary of War. 8. Dec 1, 1862 to E.M. Stanton Secretary of War. 9. Dec 3, 1862 to E.M. Stanton Secretary of War. 10.Dec 8, 1862 to William Seward, Secretary of State. 11.Jan 8, 1863 to William Seward, Secretary of State. 12.Jan 15, 1863 to William Seward, Secretary of State. 13.March 23, 1863 to William Seward, Secretary of State. Two later letters by Eisenlord concerning this issue are at the New York Historical Society Library (oclc/919571015), the first to Stanton on April 11, 1863 again requesting pay for his services as a surgeon which he believes he did not receive in error; and a second letter, dated April 22, 1863, to William Alexander Hammond requesting that he, Eisenlord, be assigned to duty. Very good, faint soiling, closed tears along folds.

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Book number: 44320

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[New York City. Elections]

[Archive] 47 Signed Manuscripts of Election Results in New York City 1809-1811

[New York], 1811. [71] pp. on 47 documents. Folio. m n. 47 manuscript documents (including four duplicates] listing the results of elections in New York State and City held between 1809- 1811 for various elective positions including Senators, Governors, State Assemblymen, Alderman, etc.) as reported and signed by various Election Inspectors. Includes votes for, among others, Nicholas Fish (1758-1833) American Revolutionary War soldier, first Adjutant General of New York, and father of Hamilton Fish; John Broome (1738-1810) Lieutenant Governor of New York, from 1804 to 1810; Daniel D. Tompkins (1774-1825) fifth governor of New York from 1807 to 1817, and the sixth vice president of the United States from 1817 to 1825; Samuel Latham Mitchill (1764-1831) American physician, naturalist, and politician; John Bingham, a sachem of the Tammany Society, who had a lengthy career in New York City politics; and Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843) son of John Jay. Election of April 25, 1809: 9 documents. For Senator and assemblymen, Wards 1-8. Election of November 21, 1809: 6 documents. For Alderman, Assistant Alderman, Assessor, Collector, and Constable, Wards 5-10. Election of April 24, 1810: 18 documents. For Congress, Governor, Lt. Governor, State Senator, Assemblymen, Wards 1, 3, 7, 9, 10. Election of April 30, 1811: 10 documents. For Governor, Lt. Governor, State Senator, Assemblymen: Wards 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10. Election of November 19, 1811: 4 documents. For Alderman, Assistant Alderman, Assessor, Collector, and Constable, Wards 1, 2, 4, 9. 4. Complete list upon request. Very good, some minor fold splits and/or marginal edge tears, a few leaves separated.

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[Civil War. Pennsylvania. Elections]

Poll-Book October Election. Companies [Wrapper Title] [for Company H, of the Two Hundred & Third Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. ]

[Pennsylvania?], 1864. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. 16 pp. 16 x 12 inches. "Poll-book of the election, held on the Second Tuesday of October, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty four by the qualified electors of Lancaster County State of Pennsylvania, being in actual Military Service, under the requisition of the President of the United States, in Company H, of the Two Hundred & Third Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers held at the Head Quarters of said Company in the 203 Regt (on Chapin's farm, Va).." Contains oaths of judges and clerks, names, signatures & townships of the 31 electors, tally papers & returns of the election for the various offices. Uncommon. We located two at auction in the last 25 years. OCLC shows holdings at four libraries: UC Santa Barbara (4), Va. Tech, West Va Lib. LCP (blank); also at Penn St. Hist. Museum (6), Gilder-Lehrman Inst (1). Very good, folded, wrappers lightly soiled, glued remnants to rear wrapper, occasional soiling to contents.

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Book number: 45858

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Ellison, Robert S.

[Archive] Fort Bridger, Wyoming, a Brief History; Comprising Jim Bridger's Old Trading Post, Fort Bridger Becomes an Army Post, Fort Bridger As a Frontier Army Post [with Photos & Pencil Illustration of Fort]

Casper, WY, The Historical Landmark Commission of Wyoming, 1931. First edition. Paper wrappers. 58 pp. [1 pp.], folding map. Illus. with b/w photos, sketches, one folding map. Sm. 4to. Greenburg, Daniel Wallace [editor]. "With illustrations in part by William H. Jackson / Foreword by J. Cecil Alter/ Preface by Dan W. Greenburg / Map of the Old Oregon Tail / Map of Principle Historic Sites and Trails of Wyoming." Provenance: Gift inscription from William A. Carter to Colonel Furlong. Carter was the son of "Mr. Fort Bridger," William Alexander Carter, "One of the region's early businessmen, Carter was involved in mining, oil, logging, and cattle ranching, and he also operated a sawmill. He raised hay and grain on the land surrounding the Fort to fill contracts with the government. In addition to his business activities Carter was justice of the peace and probate judge for Green River County. Originally, Fort Bridger was in Utah Territory; but it became a part of the newly created Wyoming Territory on July 25, 1868" (William Alexander and Mary E. Carter papers, 1859-1890. (CAINE COLL MSS 29). Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives Department.) His inscription reads: "I was born here and prepared for college in the little family school house. Attended Cornwall in class of 1884, was a member of the .. fraternity/ Fort Bridger , Wyoming / William A. Carter / May 5th, 1934 [with] (1) 1 penciled sketch of Bridge Butte on ruled paper. 8 1/2 x 11 inches. Verso reads: "Gen Bisbee / 30 Hancock St. / Boston / Mrs Beard (Cyrus) Cheyenne / mss on Bridger / Groshon (see below)." Undated. General Bisbee had spent some time in Wyoming Territory, as he was included in their 1880 census. (2) Black & white untrimmed photographic copy of the Old Guard House & Commissary Building. 5 1/2 x 3 on top half of sheet of 8 x10 photopaper. (3) Black & white untrimmed photograph copy of a snowy stream, with two unidentified people standing in the distance. 5 1/2 x 3 on bottom half of sheet of 8 x10 photopaper. (4) Small printed card of Mr. Maurice Groshon. Groshon had been the son-in-law of William A Carter Sr. and served as Chairman of the Public Service Commission of the State of Wyoming. Very good, wrappers creased, lightly soiled, gift inscription on verso of title.

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Book number: 46039

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Evarts, William .M.

[Als] William M. Evarts Declines the Invitation to Speak at the Boston Latin School

Windsor, VT, 1881. [4] pp. Bifolium. 5 x 7.5 inches. Dated Windsor, Vermont, October 25, 1881, and written on"Runnemede" stationary, the name of his summer estate, William M. Evarts expresses his regret to President of the Latin School Association, Charles K. Dillaway, for declining the invitation to speak at this school engagement. William Maxwell Evarts (1818-1901) was an alumni of the Boston Latin School, who went on to serve as Attorney General, Secretary of State, and later as a U.S. Senator from New York. At the time of this letter he had just left his position as Secretary of State for Rutherford B. Hayes: "I am expecting to resume my professional employments without delay and my experience has shown me the embarrassment that arises from engagements made so far in advance as to make it impossible to foresee impediments that may prove insurmountable.. Very good, faint marginal soiling.

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Everett, Edward

[Als] Edward Everett to G.P. Putnam, on Publishing His Washington Irving Memorial Remarks

Boston, 1860. [2] pp. Bifolium. 5 x 7.5 inches. Dated June 21st, 1860 from Edward Everett (1794-1865) to G.P. Putnam (1814-1872), founder of G.P. Putnam's Sons publishing firm pertains to both the Washington Irving Memorial and the Commemoration speech, which Everett had delivered before the Massachusetts Historical Society in December of 1859. In full: "I have received the Prospectus of the Irving Memorial. If my remarks before the Massachusetts Historical Society are included in it, I hope they will be printed from the volume of their proceedings lately published p. 395. I furnished Rev. Dr. Osgood of your city with a corrected copy of my speech on the 3d of April last at the Irving Commemoration. I trust this copy will be followed in your volume. The contemporary news-paper Report was very inaccurate. I should like to have a copy in cloth with gilt edges." Edward Everett (1794 -1865) was statesman, pastor, educator, and orator from Massachusetts, who "moved back and forth between political and scholarly life with a facility uncommon in American society. His impressive array of public and private offices testifies to the importance then attached to the role of the orator. It is his speeches rather than his administrative or legislative actions that constitute Everett's true body of work. These orations have seemed grandiloquent and long-winded to later generations, but they reflect well the sensibility of their time. As cultural documents of nineteenth-century America, their importance is substantial" (ANB. article.0400352). Very good, creased, minor soiling and ink bleed though.

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Book number: 45293

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