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1809
Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849
Letter from the Secretary of Treasury...
Submitted by Albert Gallatin as Sec. of Treasury. With fold-out "Statement" of salaries for the Department
GLC08445.06
1814/10/10
Madison, James, 1751-1836
Message from the President [re: conditions for peace]
Printed by C. Weightman
GLC08453
1814
Thomas, Moses (fl. 1813-1819)
The Analectic Magazine, containing Selections from Foreign Reviews and Magazines, of such Articles as are most valuable, curious, or entertaining.
This is a bound volume of a monthly magazine called the Analectic Magazine. Each issue contains reviews, original works, and poetry. Some issues contain domestic or foreign literary or scientific information. The first printing of the Star - Spangled...
GLC09661.01
1800
Communications from several states... respecting the Alien & Sedition Laws
(Virginia Resolves) [Full title] "Communication from Several States, on the Resolutions of the Legislature of Virginia, Respecting the Alien and Sedition Laws...." First edition printed by Meriwether Jones by order of the Virginia Assembly. Old...
GLC05770
1793
United States. Congress (1st : 1789-1791). Senate
Acts passed at a second Congress [Bill of Rights]
Printed by E. Oswald.
GLC08592
1796
Paine, Thomas, 1725-1802
Decline and fall of the English system of finance
Printed by John Page and B.F. Bache.
GLC08637
1802
Callender, Tom, fl. 1802
Letters to Alexander Hamilton, king of the Feds
GLC08659
1789 ca.
United States. Treaties, etc.
Collection of treaties
Three major treaties printed in full, including ones between the United States and the Shawnee Nation (31 January 1786), with Morocco (January 1787), and France (November 1788). Disbound from the 3 volume set of United States Acts.
GLC08688
February 1791
Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839
The American Museum, or Universal magazine, for February, 1791.
Disbound. Consists of pages 62-116. Printed by Carey. Contains essays on happiness, Lord Chesterfield's letters, astronomy, the microscope, and English literature, among various other topics. One essay, appearing on pages 99-107, is titled "The...
GLC08741
1783/10
The Political Magazine [Treaty of peace ending Revolution]
Printed for J. Brew. Disbound. Prints the treaties with France, Spain and the United States. Also includes the letter of Sir Guy Carleton to the American Congress regarding the evacuation of New York. Contains several plated depicting European...
GLC08820
1807
Lloyd, Thomas, fl. 1806-1807
The Trial of William S. Smith and Samuel G. Ogden [Miranda expedition]
Blind stamp of the New England Historic Genealogical Society on titlepage. References: Sabin 84904.
GLC08855
1798
Morse, Jedediah, 1761-1826
The American Gazetteer
Second edition printed by J. Stockdale, C. Dilly and T. N. Longman.
GLC08869
1787/09
Bradford, T. (fl. 1788)
U.S. Constitution
One pamphlet printing of the U.S. Contrirtution
GLC07834
1787
Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
Notes on the state of Virginia. Written by Thomas Jefferson. [with Map]
First English (London) edition with folding Fry-Jefferson map. This book is the first PUBLISHED edition in English (the first English language edition being privately printed by Jefferson in Paris). It was largely written in 1781 and first...
GLC02592
1790
Osgood, Samuel, 1748-1813
General post-office, New-York [postmaster's first report]
First report of the Post Office, by Postmaster general Samuel Osgood. Evans 22978. Folio.
GLC01033
1784
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Notes on the establishment of a money unit....
Printed by Pierres in Paris. Copies of this work were bound into the private edition of Notes on the State of Virginia (GLC 5096). A rare work by Jefferson, one with important consequences for the United States. Jefferson Papers 8: 295 and 7: 150...
GLC01034
[1791]
Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813
Report of the Attorney-General. Read in the House of Representatives,
A2-H2 I2(-I2) ($1 signed). Submitted by Edmund Randolph as Attorney General on the U.S. judicial system and revising the Judiciary Act of 1789. Randolph was helped in drafting this report by Justice James Wilson. Sabin 67816. Evans 23909
GLC01035
[1790]
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804
The Secretary of the Treasury [...], relatively to [...] a Mint
A-E2 F2(-F2) ($1 signed). Regarding establishment of a Mint. Submitted by Hamilton as Secretary of Treasury as an appendix to his report on the Public Credit. Evans 23920.
GLC01036
1792
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury, on the subject of the Public Debt.
A-D2 ($1 signed). Submitted by Hamilton as Secretary of Treasury. With his name misspelled "Alexarder" on p.15. Evans 24926
GLC01037
Communications from the Secretary of the Treasury, to the House ....
A-Q2 R2 ($1 signed). Evans 26343, Bibliotheca Hamiltoniana 246. Submitted by Hamilton as Secretary of Treasury. With foldout "General Statement of the Appropriations" for 1792
GLC01038
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
A Plan for the general arrangement of the militia of the United States
A-F2 G2 (-G2) ($1 signed). Submitted by Henry Knox as Secretary of War, the first report issued by his department. Evans 22958, Howes K220. 1 black and white bust engraving of Peter Cooper included.
GLC01039
04 March 1790
The Secretary of Treasury respectfully reports.... [state debts report]
An appendix to Hamilton's Public Credit report on state debts. Proposes raising customs duties. Evans 23003, Bibliotheca Hamiltoniana 165
GLC01041
1795
Northwest Ordinance
An Ordinance for the government of the territory of United States, northwest of the river Ohio
One printed copy of "An Ordinance for the government of the territory of United States, northwest of the river Ohio" dated 1795. Details new laws on property rights. This printing comes from the first section of Laws of the Territory of the United...
GLC01042
13 December 1790
Report on public credit. Appendix Treasury Department, March 4, 1790
Written by Hamilton as an appendix to his Public Credit report and issued six weeks later. He recommended raising duties on imported liquor and enacting an excise tax on domestic Whiskey. (This tax eventually led to the Whiskey Rebellion).
GLC01044
Bigelow, Timothy, 1739-1790
An Act for regulating and governing the militia of the commonwealth of Massachusetts
Contains the laws and rules for the Massachusetts militia. Signed "Capt. Thomas Bigelow" on the cover. Published by Adams and Larkin, "Printers to the Honorable General Court." An "additional militia law" of 24 February 1796 is bound in at the...
GLC01125.02
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