Washington: Gales & Seaton, April 1, 1828. 5pp. Dbd. Very good. Intriguing proposal of Joseph Duncan, congressman (and later governor) of Illinois, to place mounted volunteer gunmen along the western frontier. He believes "young men of vigor and enterprise, reared in the Western country, acquainted with Indian artifice...full of pride.....
[Washington. 1854]. 5pp. Dbd. Faint stain in upper margin. Very good. In a folding cloth box. Gilt spine label. The first Congressional printing of the Gadsden Purchase Treaty, by which the U.S. purchased the southern parts of the present states of Arizona and New Mexico, the last land added to.....
[Washington. 1832]. 65pp. Modern half morocco and marbled boards. Contents browned, else good. Outlines the problem with the tariffs and suggests alternatives.
Washington: A. & G. Way, Printers, 1808. 16pp. Modern limp paper boards. Lightly tanned. Very good. Untrimmed. "On the maritime decrees of Great Britain & France. Concludes with a resolution 'that measures ought to be immediately taken for placing the country in a more complete state of defence'" - Goodspeed.....
[Washington. 1803]. 12pp. Gathered signatures, sewn. Untrimmed and unopened. A bit edge fraying at edges, else very good. Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin responds to a petition of New York landowners, who were "complaining of the operation of the law for levying a direct tax." Gallatin clarifies several issues, including the.....
Washington: Roger Chew Weightman, 1810. [4]pp., with three folding tables. Dbd. Light soiling along outer edge of titlepage. Lower left corner of leaves and first folding table torn away, otherwise tables clean and good. Three tables detailing the activities of the United States Mint in 1809, presented to Congress with.....
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1874. 50pp. plus thirty plates of illustrations. Quarto. Original red cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Cloth faded and stained. Spine chipped, edges and corners rubbed. Hinges tender. Light scattered foxing and soiling. About good. A report by the Ordnance Department reviewing the caliber of Gatling.....
Washington. 1893. 80pp. Original printed wrappers. Old rubberstamp on front wrap, else about fine. Recommendations for passage of new laws regarding Oklahoma and Alaska.
Washington. 1894. 114pp. Original printed wrappers. Contemporary rubberstamp on front wrap, but very nice. The Cherokees, Alaska, forests, Yellowstone, etc.
Washington. 1895. 88pp. Original printed wrappers. Contemporary rubberstamp on front wrap, else very good. Emphasis on increase of surveys of public lands.
Washington. 1896. 81pp. Original printed wrappers. Wraps a bit chipped and tanned, contemporary rubberstamp on front wrap, else very good. Continued emphasis on the need for increase appropriations for survey of and legislation for public lands.
Washington. 1868. 225pp. [bound with:] RAPPORT DU COMMISSAIRE DU BUREAU GENERAL DES TERRES PUBLIQUES POUR L'ANNEE 1867. Washington. 1869. 201pp. [bound with:] RAPPORT FRAN GENERAL LAND-KONTORET FOR AR 1867. Washington. 1869. 179pp. Later elaborately gilt green morocco, a.e.g., gilt device on front cover stating "General Land Office United States of.....
[Washington. 1854]. Thirty-seven (of forty-four) maps, plans, and views. Contemporary calf, red and black gilt morocco labels. Internally clean. Very good. An exhaustive collection of congressional documents, including many maps from President Pierce's message to Congress. The documents range in subject matter from survey maps of Arkansas, Wisconsin, Florida, Michigan.....
Washington. 1853. Forty-three maps, plans and plates, mostly folding, with two views printed on one leaf. Quarto. Original gilt cloth. Spine nearly perished, edgeworn, a number of the maps dampstained, but good. A vast collection of maps and illustrations issued to accompany the President's Message of 1853-54. The Message was.....
Washington. 1854. Forty-five maps, charts and plans, mostly folding. Quarto. Original gilt cloth. Edge wear, chipping at head and toe of spine, ex-lib. with bookplate and stamps, dampstained, some splitting at folds. Good. A vast collection of maps and charts to illustrate various governmental reports contained in the President's Message.....
Washington. 1867. 191pp., errata slip tipped in. Contemporary three quarter calf and gilt cloth, a.e.g. Bit rubbed, some foxing, but very good. With the contemporary presentation inscription from the Commissioner of the General Land Office. The abridged version of this monumental report, issued without maps. A summary review of the.....
[Washington. 1844]. 114pp. plus three (of seven) folding maps. Dbd. Very good. Lacks four of the maps. The handsome maps in this pre-Mexican War report depict Alabama, Florida, and Michigan.
Milledgeville: Printed by D.L. Ryan, 1808. [4],17,[3]pp. Half title. Later half sheep and paper boards. Titlepage and final text leaf detached. Tanned and foxed. Good only. Scarce printing of acts passed at a special session of the Georgia Assembly in May 1808. The legislation enacted included laws regarding the state.....
Milledgeville, Ga. 1861. 351pp. Stitched gatherings. Dust soiling and adhesive residue to outer leaves. Toning and foxing. Good. An uncommon journal of proceedings in the Georgia state Senate in their first session after Secession. The work includes a defiant and animated message from the Governor, Joseph E. Brown, as well.....
Washington. 1827. xi,[1],846pp. Modern cloth, leather label. Scattered browning and foxing, else quite good. An important source concerning the controversy surrounding the cession of lands by the Creek Indians in Georgia, including memorials, documents, correspondence, and testimony of the participants, from 1823 through 1827.
Washington. 1805. 20pp. Dbd. Browned, some foxing, faint stain to titlepage, else good, untrimmed. This copy does not contain the additional pages 141-56, which are present in the De Renne copy, and which contain "An Act, Declaring null and void, a certain usurped act..." rescinding the Yazoo Act. That Act.....
Washington. 1859. 96pp. Large octavo. Gathered signatures, stitched. Titlepage lightly soiled, small dampstain to upper margin to about half of the text, else very good, untrimmed. This copy contains editorial corrections, evidently in the hand of the author. After considerable work on western surveys, J.D. Graham was put in charge.....
Chicago. 1862. 95pp. plus folding map. Original printed wrappers. Wrappers soiled, spine ends a bit chewed, light scattered foxing, small gouge to the outer margin of last several leaves. Good. Second edition. The map shows the boundary lines between Maryland and Pennsylvania as established by the agreements of 1732 and.....
Washington. 1852. 250pp. plus two folding maps and one folding profile. Original blindstamped cloth, front board gilt lettered. Cloth worn, particularly at edges, spine ends chipped, hinges cracked. Author's presentation inscription on front pastedown and author's autograph letter, signed, laid in, and scattered annotations in his hand. Institutional withdrawal stamps.....
[Washington. March 13, 1872]. Broadside, 26 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches. Old folds. Wear and separation at some folds; top left corner torn away, not affecting text. Minor soiling, but generally quite clean. About very good. Proclamation by President Ulysses S. Grant, indicating the sale of public lands in Wisconsin.....
