1778-1784

Book

Title: Journals of Congress v. 5

Vols 3, 9 and 10 were printed by Dunlap while vols.5 and 7 were printed by Claypoole. All are uniformly bound in quarter leather with marbled paper boards.

GLC03672.02.02

1778-1784

Book

Title: Journals of Congress v. 7

Vols 3, 9 and 10 were printed by Dunlap while vols.5 and 7 were printed by Claypoole. All are uniformly bound in quarter leather with marbled paper boards.

GLC03672.02.03

1778-1784

Book

Title: Journals of Congress v. 8

Vols 3, 9 and 10 were printed by Dunlap while vols.5 and 7 were printed by Claypoole. All are uniformly bound in quarter leather with marbled paper boards.

GLC03672.02.04

1778-1784

Book

Title: Journals of Congress v. 9

Vols 3, 9 and 10 were printed by Dunlap while vols.5 and 7 were printed by Claypoole. All are uniformly bound in quarter leather with marbled paper boards.

GLC03672.02.05

1778-1784

Book

Title: Journals of Congress v. 10

Vols 3, 9 and 10 were printed by Dunlap while vols.5 and 7 were printed by Claypoole. All are uniformly bound in quarter leather with marbled paper boards.

GLC03672.02.06

1762-1795

Book

Title: Collection of treaties between Great Britian and foreign powers vol. 1

Blind stamp of "Foreign Office." Volumes contain first official British editions of twenty-eight treaties concluded with foreign governments from 1762 to 1795.

GLC03985.11.01

1762-1795

Book

Title: Collection of treaties between Great Britian and foreign powers vol. 2

Blind stamp of "Foreign Office." Volumes contain first official British editions of twenty-eight treaties concluded with foreign governments from 1762 to 1795.

GLC03985.11.02

1900

Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809

Book

Title: History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clarke, to the sources of the Missouri, thence across the Rocky Mountains and down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean : performed during the years 1804, 1805, 1806 by order of the government of the United States Vol 1

Prepared for the press by Paul Allen, Esq., revised and abridged by Archibald M'Vickar. Reprint by A. W. Fowle, apparently of the 1845 Harper Brothers edition.

GLC04051.02.01

1900

Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809

Book

Title: History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clarke, to the sources of the Missouri, thence across the Rocky Mountains and down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean : performed during the years 1804, 1805, 1806 by order of the government of the United States Vol 2

Prepared for the press by Paul Allen, Esq., revised and abridged by Archibald M'Vickar. Reprint by A. W. Fowle, apparently of the 1845 Harper Brothers edition.

GLC04051.02.02

1794

Stedman, Charles, fl. 1794

Book

Title: History of the origin, progress, and termination of the American war... vol 1

SABIN 91057. JCB II:372. HOWES S914. Bound with Clinton's "Observations on Mr. Stedman's History of the American War." Includes 15 maps. According to Sabin, this is "generally considered the best contemporary account of the Revolution written from the British side." Stedman was a native of Philadelphia, a Loyalist who served as an officer under Howe, and later an examiner of Loyalist claims for the British government. He had first-hand knowledge of many of the campaigns and persons involved in the War. The maps accompanying this work are fine plans of the important Revolutionary engagements…

GLC04062.01

1794

Stedman, Charles, fl. 1794

Book

Title: History of the origin, progress, and termination of the American war... vol 2

SABIN 91057. JCB II:372. HOWES S914. Bound with Clinton's "Observations on Mr. Stedman's History of the American War." Includes 15 maps. According to Sabin, this is "generally considered the best contemporary account of the Revolution written from the British side." Stedman was a native of Philadelphia, a Loyalist who served as an officer under Howe, and later an examiner of Loyalist claims for the British government. He had first-hand knowledge of many of the campaigns and persons involved in the War. The maps accompanying this work are fine plans of the important Revolutionary engagements…

GLC04062.02

1858

Möllhausen, Balduin, 1825-1905

Book

Title: Diary of a journey from the Mississippi to the coasts of the Pacific with a United States government expedition Vol. 1

Introduction by Alexander von Humboldt. Published by Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts. First English edition. Inscribed to Master R. Dymoke as "2nd Prise for School work. Woodbourne House. Christmas 1861." Describes western territories and Indians while accompanying Lieutenant Whipple's Expedition. With nineteen plates (seven chromolithographs) and a folding map.

GLC04156.01

1858

Möllhausen, Balduin, 1825-1905

Book

Title: Diary of a journey from the Mississippi to the coasts of the Pacific with a United States government expedition Vol. 2

Introduction by Alexander von Humboldt. Published by Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts. First English edition. Inscribed to Master R. Dymoke as "2nd Prise for School work. Woodbourne House. Christmas 1861." Describes western territories and Indians while accompanying Lieutenant Whipple's Expedition. With nineteen plates (seven chromolithographs) and a folding map.

GLC04156.02

1857-1859

Emory, William H. (William Hemsley), 1811-1887

Book

Title: Report on the United States and Mexican boundary Survey... Vol 1

House Executive Document no. 135 (25th Congress, 1st Session). Two volumes printed in three, with 5 maps and charts, 346 plates and numerous lithographic illustrations. Report comissioned by the Secretary of Interior; survey conducted by William H. Emory. Includes wood cuts and wood engravings in text and inserted engraved and lithographed plates. Subjects of the lithographed plates include flora, fauna and native inhabitants. Contents: Vol. 1: Geographical reports, with views or places and native Americans. -- Vol. 2: Botany of the boundary. -- Vol. 3: Zoology of the boundary.…

GLC04249.01

1857-1859

Emory, William H. (William Hemsley), 1811-1887

Book

Title: Report on the United States and Mexican boundary Survey... Vol 2

House Executive Document no. 135 (25th Congress, 1st Session). Two volumes printed in three, with 5 maps and charts, 346 plates and numerous lithographic illustrations. Report comissioned by the Secretary of Interior; survey conducted by William H. Emory. Includes wood cuts and wood engravings in text and inserted engraved and lithographed plates. Subjects of the lithographed plates include flora, fauna and native inhabitants. Contents: Vol. 1: Geographical reports, with views or places and native Americans. -- Vol. 2: Botany of the boundary. -- Vol. 3: Zoology of the boundary.…

GLC04249.02

1856

Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858

Book signed

Title: Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854... vol 1

Title continues: "Under the Command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy, by order of the Government of the Unites States. Compiled from the original notes and journals of Commodore Perry and his officers, at his request, and under his supervision, by Francis L. Hawks, D.D.L.L.D. With numerous illustrations." Volume II has same title. Volume III titled: "Unites States Japan Expedition. Observations on the Zodiacal Light, from April 2, 1853, to April 22, 1855, made chiefly on board the United states Steam-Frigate Mississippi, during her late cruise in eastern seas, and her voyage…

GLC04720.02.01

1856

Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858

Book signed

Title: Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854... vol 2

Title continues: "Under the Command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy, by order of the Government of the Unites States. Compiled from the original notes and journals of Commodore Perry and his officers, at his request, and under his supervision, by Francis L. Hawks, D.D.L.L.D. With numerous illustrations." Volume II has same title. Volume III titled: "Unites States Japan Expedition. Observations on the Zodiacal Light, from April 2, 1853, to April 22, 1855, made chiefly on board the United states Steam-Frigate Mississippi, during her late cruise in eastern seas, and her voyage…

GLC04720.02.02

1856

Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858

Book signed

Title: Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854... vol 3

Title continues: "Under the Command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy, by order of the Government of the Unites States. Compiled from the original notes and journals of Commodore Perry and his officers, at his request, and under his supervision, by Francis L. Hawks, D.D.L.L.D. With numerous illustrations." Volume II has same title. Volume III titled: "Unites States Japan Expedition. Observations on the Zodiacal Light, from April 2, 1853, to April 22, 1855, made chiefly on board the United states Steam-Frigate Mississippi, during her late cruise in eastern seas, and her voyage…

GLC04720.02.03

1749

Great Britain. Acts.

Pamphlet

Title: An Act for encouraging the people...to settle...in America Vol 1

An act of Parliament encouraging the people called "United Brethren," or Moravians, to settle in the British colonies in America. Two copies, both printed by Thomas Baskett. Paginated 635-641 + unpaginated title page. Second copy contains miscellaneous calculations on first page.

GLC05210.01

1749

Great Britain. Acts.

Pamphlet

Title: An Act for encouraging the people...to settle...in America Vol 2

An act of Parliament encouraging the people called "United Brethren," or Moravians, to settle in the British colonies in America. Two copies, both printed by Thomas Baskett. Paginated 635-641 + unpaginated title page. Second copy contains miscellaneous calculations on first page.

GLC05210.02

1863-1864

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Book

Title: [General orders, 1863, no. 1-400 (3 vols)] vol 1

Bound copies of general orders for 1863 and 1864 printed by the Government Printing Office. Includes Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation (1863 #1), "Regulations for the care of field works, and the government of their garrisons" (1863 #45), Lincoln's proclamation "Respecting soldiers absent without leave" (1863 #58), orders "In respect to the regulating of intercourse with the insurrectionary states..." (1863 #100). Finally, concerning Black military troops, some of them recently freemen, "A Bureau is established... relating to the organization of colored troops" (1863 # 143). Volume 1, 2,…

GLC05061.01

1863-1864

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Book

Title: [General orders, 1863, no. 1-400 (3 vols)] vol 2

Bound copies of general orders for 1863 and 1864 printed by the Government Printing Office. Includes Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation (1863 #1), "Regulations for the care of field works, and the government of their garrisons" (1863 #45), Lincoln's proclamation "Respecting soldiers absent without leave" (1863 #58), orders "In respect to the regulating of intercourse with the insurrectionary states..." (1863 #100). Finally, concerning Black military troops, some of them recently freemen, "A Bureau is established... relating to the organization of colored troops" (1863 # 143). Volume 1, 2,…

GLC05061.02

1863-1864

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Book

Title: [General orders, 1863, no. 1-400 (3 vols)] vol 3

Bound copies of general orders for 1863 and 1864 printed by the Government Printing Office. Includes Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation (1863 #1), "Regulations for the care of field works, and the government of their garrisons" (1863 #45), Lincoln's proclamation "Respecting soldiers absent without leave" (1863 #58), orders "In respect to the regulating of intercourse with the insurrectionary states..." (1863 #100). Finally, concerning Black military troops, some of them recently freemen, "A Bureau is established... relating to the organization of colored troops" (1863 # 143). Volume 1, 2,…

GLC05061.03

1863-1864

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Book

Title: [General orders, 1864 no. 1-380 (3 vols)] vol 1

Bound copies of general orders for 1863 and 1864 printed by the Government Printing Office. Includes Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation (1863 #1), "Regulations for the care of field works, and the government of their garrisons" (1863 #45), Lincoln's proclamation "Respecting soldiers absent without leave" (1863 #58), orders "In respect to the regulating of intercourse with the insurrectionary states..." (1863 #100). Finally, concerning Black military troops, some of them recently freemen, "A Bureau is established... relating to the organization of colored troops" (1863 # 143). Volume 1, 2,…

GLC05061.04

1863-1864

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Book

Title: [General orders, 1864 no. 1-380 (3 vols)] vol 2

Bound copies of general orders for 1863 and 1864 printed by the Government Printing Office. Includes Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation (1863 #1), "Regulations for the care of field works, and the government of their garrisons" (1863 #45), Lincoln's proclamation "Respecting soldiers absent without leave" (1863 #58), orders "In respect to the regulating of intercourse with the insurrectionary states..." (1863 #100). Finally, concerning Black military troops, some of them recently freemen, "A Bureau is established... relating to the organization of colored troops" (1863 # 143). Volume 1, 2,…

GLC05061.05