Washington. 1826. 26pp. Dbd. Very good. A basic source for early American claims regarding the disputed boundaries between the U.S. and Great Britain in the Oregon territory. Scarce, with only a dozen copies in OCLC.
[Philadelphia. 1798]. 72pp. Dbd. Light even toning. Very good. This message is the second entirely devoted to the troubles of the United States with France, the XYZ Affair, and the naval "Quasi-War." The French government had attempted to extort a bribe from the American envoys Charles Pinckney, John Marshall, and.....
[Philadelphia. 1798]. 11pp. Dbd. Some scattered foxing and tanning. Good. Lists a number of ships which were captured by the British, including details of events leading to their captivity.
Tuscaloosa; Montgomery; Jacksonville, Fl. 1841-1899. Twelve imprints in eleven volumes. Early 20th-century buckram, gilt leather spine labels. Cloth somewhat dust soiled, Labels chipped. Paper shelf labels on spines, institutional ink and blind stamps on titlepages and several initial leaves. Gutter tape repairs and contemporary bookseller's label on titlepage of one.....
[Philadelphia. 1797]. 22pp. Dbd. Scattered browning and foxing. Good. This document was intended to accompany the President's Message of Jan. 19, 1797, not present here. Recounts events leading up to negotiations for a treaty with Algiers, and lists expenditures involved. The U.S. was still in the embarrassing position of paying.....
Philadelphia: Richard Folwell, [ 1799]. 50,[3],[52]-240,vii,[4],[244]-561,[4],[4]- 26,iv,[48]pp. Contemporary calf, blind ruled, neatly rebacked in matching style. Contemporary ownership inscriptions on front free endpaper and titlepage. Light foxing. Very good. The scarce official printing of the collected laws passed by the Fifth United States Congress, which include the notorious Alien and.....
[Philadelphia]. 1800. 4pp. Dbd. Stab holes in gutter. Very good. The decision of a committee concerned with a case related to the Alien and Sedition Acts. A group of immigrants, having failed to gain citizenship before the implementation of the Alien and Sedition Acts in 1798, although previously eligible to.....
Havana. November 22, 1834. [2]pp. plus blank integral leaf. Bifolium. Minor edgewear and toning. Offsetting. Good. Manuscript document, written by John Morland, acting consul in Cuba, relaying the details of the voyage of the ship "Hunter" travelling from New York to New Orleans. The ship ran into trouble partway through.....
Washington. 1812. 33pp. Gathered signatures, string-tied as issued. Very good, untrimmed and unopened. This claim was submitted by the heirs of Beaumarchais, the great French playwright who produced THE BARBER OF SEVILLE and THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, requesting compensation for the funds their ancestor expended in supporting the American Revolution.....
[Philadelphia. 1797]. 12pp. Dbd., with fragment of contemporary wrapper along spine. Foxed. A good copy, untrimmed and unopened. Ascribed by Evans to the press of William Ross. Part of the long-standing attempts to settle Revolutionary War debts, in this instance claims by army officers for compensation. NAIP locates only five.....
Washington. 1854. viii,851pp. Original cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Toe of spine frayed. Overall very good. The Senate issue, published a year after the House issue, of Andrews' extensive report on trade between the United States and Canada, with information on internal improvements in Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida.....
[Washington]. 1844. 3pp. Dbd. Very good. Sen. Doc., 28th Cong. 2d Sess. Correspondence dated from April through December, 1844.
[Washington. 1845]. 23pp. Dbd. Good. 29th Cong., 2d Sess. The committee, in a last ditch stand, recommends opposing annexation.
[Washington. 1823]. [55]-108pp. Modern blue pebbled cloth, gilt label. Light tanning and foxing. Very good. The document accompanies President Monroe's Message of 1823, which consists of letters and reports concerning attacks of the Arikara Indians on General Ashley's trading party, and of the Blackfoot Indians on the Missouri Fur Company's.....
[Washington. 1834]. 48pp. Stitched as issued, stitching loose. Scattered foxing and tanning. Ms. signature pasted beneath title. Good. Report of the Congressional inquiry into issues regarding the Bank of the United States. Among the issues under investigation are the violation of the Bank's charter and general mismanagement. The affixed signature.....
[Washington. 1819]. 17pp. Folio. Dbd. Lightly tanned. Very good. Rare slip bill printing of an interesting bill establishing and limiting the number of banks in the Washington, DC and the surrounding area. For twenty years forward the only banks allowed in the District are the Bank of Washington and the.....
[Washington. 1820]. 16pp. Folio. Dbd. Lightly tanned. Small, dime-sized spot on each page, else very good. Rare slip bill printing of a bill extending the charters of incorporated banks in the District of Columbia until 1825, lists violations that could result in the revocation of a charter, and addresses other.....
[Washington. 1814]. 15pp. Folio. Dbd. Lightly tanned. Very good. Scarce slip bill printing of this Congressional bill incorporating the "Bank of the Metropolis" in Washington, D.C., capitalized at a million dollars and with shares therein valued at forty dollars each. Also included are the rules for the Board of Directors.....
[San Francisco]. 1888. 4;45pp. Dbd. Good. Washington A. Bartlett, a former governor of California, was dropped unceremoniously from the Navy amidst a veritable flurry of accusations in 1855. He appealed for restoration years later (since he was out of the country at the time of discharge), systematically proving each charge.....
[Washington D.C. 1802]. 34pp. Contemporary paper wrappers, stitched as issued. Wrappers lightly worn. Contemporary ownership inscription on first leaf; embossed library stamps on first leaf. Some light foxing and soiling. Good plus. Delivered in the House of Representatives, Feb. 19-20, 1802, in response to a speech on the same bill.....
Washington. 1822. 7pp. Dbd., most leaves loose. Old stain in upper half throughout. Good. This Senate documents prints the memorial from America's foremost learned society asserting that that any tax on imported books is "detrimental to the progress of knowledge" and asking that those duties be suspended. The memorials, written.....
Nashville. 1865. 23pp. Original printed wrappers. Some dust soiling to wraps, else very good. William G. Brownlow, who worked in his early life as a Methodist minister, was one of the most important and controversial southern anti-secessionists. Previously the editor of the TENNESSEE WHIG and later the KNOXVILLE WHIG (the.....
Washington. 1857. Two volumes. 775; 572pp. Original blindstamped cloth. Extremities moderately frayed, unobtrusive internal library marks, else very good. Extremely fine material on Indians of the West, from Canada to Mexico, with a wealth of information on Pacific Northwest Indian problems, and all manner of documents from the Commissioner of.....
Washington. 1894. 553pp. plus numerous plates, many in color. Lacks one of the plates ("Ceremonial Vase" supposed to be facing p.84). Illus. Large, thick quarto. Original gilt pictorial cloth. Small private bookplate. Overall very good. Includes "A Study of Siouan Cults," "Ethnology of the Ungava District," and "The Sia."
Washington. 1915. 453pp. plus plates. Quarto. Original gilt cloth. Spine sunned. Otherwise a very good copy. Includes report of the chief of the Bureau, W.H. Holmes. Also a paper on the ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, by Matilda Coxe Stevenson, and a work on the folklore of the Guiana Indians.....
