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2 April 1796
Wilson, James, 1742-1798
[Receipt for salary as U. S. Supreme Court Justice]
Verifies receipt of $875 for a quarter term's salary ending on 31 March 1796. Received of Samuel Meredith, Treasurer of United States.
GLC00348
1867
United States. Congress
Acts of Congress, general orders, and instructions for the guidance of boards of Registration, in the third military district, (Georgia, Alabama, and Florida.)
Acts of Congressional reconstruction, centering on the registration of freedmen to vote, beginning with two Acts "to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel states," signed in type by Schuyler Colfax and Lafayette Foster; a second Act...
GLC00349
1987
Parrish, T. Michael, 1953-?
Confederate Imprints: A bibliography
The first definitive bibliography of Confederate imprints, this formidable reference work will prove indispensable to scholars, libraries, collectors, and bookmen interested in the Civil War era. Completely revising, correcting, and extending the...
GLC00350
1870
Alfred Mudge and Son (printers)
The Prince library: a catalogue of the collection of books and manuscripts which formerly belonged to the...
(title continues)... Reverend Thomas Prince, and was by him bequeathed to the old South Church and is now deposited in the public library of the City of Boston. Published by Alfred Mudge & Son printers. Divided in American part, foreign part, and...
GLC00351
1947
Grolier Club
One hundred influential American books printed before 1900...
(title continues)... Catalogue and addresses. Exhibition at The Grolier Club, April eighteenth-June sixteenth, MCMXLVI. Published by the Grolier Club. Contents include the committee's selections, "America as Frontier," a catalogue of the...
GLC00352
1967
Rosenbach, A. S. W. (Abraham Simon Wolf), 1876-1952
Collected catalogues of Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach
GLC00354
1813
M'Carty, William, fl. 1813
The American's guide: Constitutions of the U.S.
Not a first edition. Modern marbled calf binding.
GLC00355
August 1779
United States. Continental Congress.
Journals of Congress from Monday, August 9th to August 14th 1779
p. 9 misnumbered "10." Stab-stitched as issued.
GLC00356
January 1781
Journals of Congress from January 1st 1780 to January 31st 1780
Stab-stitched as issued.
GLC00357
1857
Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861
Remarks of the Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, on Kansas, Utah, and the Dred Scott decision. Delivered at Springfield, Illinois, June 12th, 1857.
Printed at the Daily Times Book and Job Office. "While the power of Congress to repeal the organic act and abolish the Territorial government cannot be denied, the question may arise whether we possess the moral right of exercising the power, after...
GLC00358
1808
Gass, Patrick, fl. 1808
Journal of the Voyages and travels of a corps of discovery [Lewis & Clark]
Howes G77, Wagner-Camp 6:2, Graff 1517, Field 595. First English edition. Reprinted from David M'Keehan's Pittsburgh edition.
GLC00359
05 September 1777
Pemberton, James, 1723-1809
To the president and Council of Pennsylvania. The remonstrance of the subscribers, freemen, and inhabitants of the city of Philadelphia.
Written by imprisoned pacifist Quakers to express their grievances. They claim their confinement to be unlawful. This is demonstrated by the ninth and tenth sections of the Declaration of Rights, which call for disclosure of accusations along with...
GLC00360
1843
Prescott, William Hickling, 1796-1859
History of the Conquest of Mexico
Hill, p. 240, BAL 16340, Sabin 65262. The first American edition, second (corrected) printing. In original publisher's cloth. H. Bradley Martin's copy.
GLC00361
1847
History of the Conquest of Peru
H. Bradley Martin copy.
GLC00362
1812-1817
Woodworth, Samuel, 1784-1842
The War. [Vol. 1-3, no. 1-119 (June 27, 1812-September 6, 1814, February, 1817)]
Published by S. Woodworth & Co., New York, New York. The journal ran from July 1812 to September 1814, and was revived for three issues in February 1817. Signed on the title page by "H W Alamer." Bound volumes of Samuel Woolworth's periodical on...
GLC00363
August 10, 1864
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
to Henry Stewart Hewit
Grant, commander-in-chief of the United States Army, writes to Hewit (sometimes Hewitt), a surgeon and medical director on his staff. Agrees to help Hewit's son secure an appointment to West Point Military Academy for the following year. Grant...
GLC00364
December 19, 1859
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
to Samuel Galloway
With two postscripts, one initialed. Headed "Private." Introducing John "George" Nicolay (later Lincoln's personal secretary) and describing how he wants the Lincoln-Douglas debates published. In the 1860 presidential election, the debates served as...
GLC00365
April 25, 1785
Adams, John, 1735-1826
to Elbridge Gerry
An important letter in which Adams discusses American foreign and domestic debt, his desire to return home, the mission to London proposed by John Jay, false reports of Adams himself receiving a commission on a Dutch loan, Jefferson in Paris, his son...
GLC00366
April 16, 1865
Stonehouse, John B., 1813-1885
to John B. Stonehouse Jr.
Writing to his son, Stonehouse describes the interruption of the Washington, D.C. celebration of Lee's surrender by the assassination of President Lincoln and stabbing of Secretary of State William Seward. He then continues to give a detailed...
GLC00368.01
1865 ca.
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
[John Wilkes Booth]
Carte de visite of John Wilkes Booth, seated holding pipe.
GLC00368.03
March 15, 1777
Bartlett, Josiah, 1729-1795
to William Whipple
Written by Bartlett, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, as a colonel in New Hampshire militia to Whipple, also a signer of the Declaration of Independence, as a Continental Congressman from New Hampshire. Congress, and therefore Whipple...
GLC00369
11 October 1776
Hancock, John, 1737-1793
Orders to George Washington to blockade the Hudson River [Decimalized .01-.02]
Entirely in Hancock's hand except for clerical date. includes mezzo tint of Hancock.
GLC00372
December 12, 1796
Carroll, Charles, 1737-1832
to James McHenry
In response to McHenry's letter of 9 December 1796, which commented on Washington's last State of the Union address of 7 December 1796. Carroll, a member of the Maryland Senate, was particularly pleased with the condemnation of Pierre Adet, the...
GLC00374
December 12, 1856
Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869
to John W. Geary
President Pierce writes to Geary, the newly appointed Governor of the Kansas Territory, emphasizing the delicacy and impartiality with which matters in the heavily pro-slavery territory should be handled. Covers the removal from office of various pro...
GLC00375
1803
United States. Congress (8th, 1st session : 1803-1804)
Acts passed at the first session of the eighth Congress [Louisiana purchase]
8vo; unrecorded separately (see seller desc.): Louisiana purchase: "An Act to enable the President to take possession..." Original blue paper wrapper as issued, faded and yellowed. Paper spine is largely lost.
GLC00380
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