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Item #WRCAM50028A A DEFENCE OF THE CONSTITUTIONS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,...

A DEFENCE OF THE CONSTITUTIONS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AGAINST THE ATTACK OF M. TURGOT IN HIS LETTER TO DR. PRICE, DATED THE TWENTY-SECOND DAY OF MARCH, 1778.

Adams, John:

Philadelphia. 1797. Three volumes. 6,xxxiii,[3]-392; [4],451; [2],528,[44]pp. Antique-style half calf and marbled boards, spines gilt, leather labels. Contemporary ownership inscription on titlepage of first volume, later institutional blind stamps on titlepages. Light tanning and an occasional fox mark. Very good. In a three-quarter morocco and cloth clamshell box. Styled the.....

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Item #WRCAM23975 MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT...TO BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS. JUNE 18th. John Adams

MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT...TO BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS. JUNE 18th....

Adams, John:

[Philadelphia. 1798]. 72pp. Dbd. Titlepage tanned and chipped, with old tape residue on inner margin of titlepage, rough. Else clean. Overall just about good, untrimmed. The American reply in the famous XYZ affair, in which the French attempted to extort bribes from the American commissioners. Adams herein transmits dispatch No.....

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Item #WRCAM47623 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ACCOMPANYING A REPORT OF THE...

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ACCOMPANYING A REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, WITH A LETTER TO HIM, FROM MATTHEW CLARKSON, ESQ. AND A LIST OF THE CLAIMS ADJUSTED BY THE COMMISSIONERS UNDER THE 21st ARTICLE OF OUR TREATY WITH SPAIN.

[Adams, John]:

[Philadelphia. 1800]. 8pp. Folded sheet. Light soiling and wear. Very good. Untrimmed. Contains a list of claims by American ships adjusted under the 21st article of the Treaty with Spain ratified in 1799, by which Spain paid fines for ships seized during the "Quasi- War" in 1797-98.

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Item #WRCAM13490 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT...ACCOMPANYING A REPORT MADE TO HIM BY THE SECRETARY...

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT...ACCOMPANYING A REPORT MADE TO HIM BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE, EXHIBITING A STATEMENT OF THE LOSSES RECOVERED BY THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES UNDER THE TREATY MADE WITH GREAT BRITAIN....

[Adams, John]:

[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.

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Item #WRCAM16825 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT...ACCOMPANYING AN ACCOUNT OF THE APPLICATION OF...

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT...ACCOMPANYING AN ACCOUNT OF THE APPLICATION OF GRANTS, MADE BY CONGRESS FOR THE CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF GOVERNMENT, FROM THE 1ST OF JANUARY, TO 5TH OF DECEMBER, 1799.

[Adams, John]:

Washington. 1800. 3pp. Dbd. Very good. Table noting that there were no expenditures on this special account for the contingent expenses of government.

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Item #WRCAM23963 AN ORATION ON THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TO THE...

AN ORATION ON THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TO THE PRESENT CRISIS; AND ON THE DUTIES OF THE CITIZENS.

Addison, Alexander:

Philadelphia. 1798. 41pp. Dbd. A bit tanned. Old faded stamp on upper right corner of titlepage. Otherwise quite good. Addison, a supporter of the recently enacted Sedition Act of 1798, writes about the impending war with France. He was a consistent ultra-Federalist and hater of the French Revolution.

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Item #WRCAM37675 THE UNIVERSAL AMERICAN ALMANACK, OR , YEARLY ASTRONOMICAL, HISTORICAL, AND...

THE UNIVERSAL AMERICAN ALMANACK, OR , YEARLY ASTRONOMICAL, HISTORICAL, AND GEOGRAPHICAL MAGAZINE...FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1765....

Aguecheek, Andrew [pseudonym]:

Philadelphia: Printed by Andrew Steuart, [1764]. [40]pp. including one in-text woodcut illustration. 12mo. Printed self-wrappers, stitched. Additional stab holes in blank gutter. Contemporary ink ownership inscription of John Lambert in outer margin of p.[3]. Edge wear, some soiling to titlepage, scattered foxing. Else very good. Untrimmed. The sixth annual UNIVERSAL.....

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Item #WRCAM37674 THE UNIVERSAL AMERICAN ALMANACK, OR, YEARLY ASTRONOMICAL, HISTORICAL, AND...

THE UNIVERSAL AMERICAN ALMANACK, OR, YEARLY ASTRONOMICAL, HISTORICAL, AND GEOGRAPHICAL MAGAZINE...FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1764....

Aguecheek, Andrew [pseudonym]:

Philadelphia: Printed by Andrew Steuart, [1763]. [40]pp. including one in-text woodcut illustration. 12mo. Printed self-wrappers, stitched. Additional stab holes in blank gutter. Light soiling on titlepage, scattered foxing. Else very good, untrimmed. The fifth annual UNIVERSAL AMERICAN ALMANACK by "Andrew Aguecheek" (the pseudonym is taken from the character in TWELFTH.....

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Item #WRCAM37673 THE UNIVERSAL AMERICAN ALMANACK, OR, YEARLY ASTRONOMICAL, HISTORICAL, AND...

THE UNIVERSAL AMERICAN ALMANACK, OR, YEARLY ASTRONOMICAL, HISTORICAL, AND GEOGRAPHICAL MAGAZINE...FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1763....

Aguecheek, Andrew [pseudonym]:

Philadelphia: Printed by and for Andrew Steuart, [1762]. [40]pp. including one in-text woodcut illustration. 12mo. Printed self-wrappers, stitched. Additional stab holes in blank gutter. Some wear, scattered foxing, else very good, untrimmed. The fourth annual UNIVERSAL AMERICAN ALMANACK by "Andrew Aguecheek" (a pseudonym taken from the character in TWELFTH NIGHT).....

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Item #WRCAM13496 REPORTS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, AND OF THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY,...

REPORTS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, AND OF THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, RELATIVE TO THE PRESENT SITUATION OF AFFAIRS WITH THE DEY AND REGENCY OF ALGIERS. ACCOMPANYING A CONFIDENTIAL MESSAGE, FROM THE PRESIDENT....

[Algiers]:

[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.....

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Item #WRCAM52689 ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE FIFTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF...

ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE FIFTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, ON MONDAY THE FIFTEENTH OF MAY, IN THE YEAR M,DCC,XCVII. AND OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES, THE TWENTY-FIRST. [bound with:] ACTS PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE FIFTH CONGRESS.... [bound with:] ACTS PASSED AT THE THIRD SESSION OF THE FIFTH CONGRESS....

[Alien and Sedition Acts]:

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.....

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Item #WRCAM41342 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE TO WHOM WAS REFERRED ON THE 21st OF FEBRUARY LAST, THE...

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE TO WHOM WAS REFERRED ON THE 21st OF FEBRUARY LAST, THE PETITION OF SUNDRY INHABITANTS OF MOUNT-PLEASANT IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

[Alien and Sedition Acts]:

[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.....

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Item #WRCAM19979 THE WEEKLY MAGAZINE [caption title]. American Magazine

THE WEEKLY MAGAZINE [caption title].

[American Magazine]:

[Philadelphia]. June 9, 1798 - April 6, 1799. [161]-416pp. (lacks pp.163-166). Apparently also lacking titlepages with complete publication title. Contemporary half calf and plain boards. Spine worn, front hinge cracked. First two leaves lightly dampstained. Lacks two leaves. Otherwise good, untrimmed. A volume of ten complete issues of this early.....

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Item #WRCAM54698 AN ABSTRACT FROM RESOLVES CONTAINING THE ENCOURAGEMENT OFFERED BY THE...

AN ABSTRACT FROM RESOLVES CONTAINING THE ENCOURAGEMENT OFFERED BY THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, AND BY THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS- BAY, TO SUCH AS SHALL INLIST INTO THE CONTINENTAL ARMY.

[American Revolution]:

[Boston: Benjamin Edes, ca. January 28, 1777]. Broadside, 13¾ x 8¼ inches. Docketed on verso. Expertly repaired separation along upper horizontal fold, short fold separation at left side of middle horizontal fold, moderate marginal dampstaining. About very good. Untrimmed. In a cloth chemise and half morocco and cloth slipcase, spine.....

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Item #WRCAM48517 AMERICAN JOURNAL EXTRAORDINARY. FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1779 [caption title]. American...

AMERICAN JOURNAL EXTRAORDINARY. FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1779 [caption title].

[American Revolution]:

[Providence]: Printed by Southwick and Wheeler, 1779. Broadsheet, 10 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches, printed in two columns. Quarto. Wear, especially along one edge, and light soiling. Very good. This extra, issued the day after the first issue of this newspaper, has intelligence extracted from "Yesterday's Boston Paper" containing news.....

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Item #WRCAM30971 I [ ] DO ACKNOWLEDGE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO BE FREE, INDEPENDENT AND...

I [ ] DO ACKNOWLEDGE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO BE FREE, INDEPENDENT AND SOVEREIGN STATES, AND DECLARE THAT THE PEOPLE THEREOF OWE NO ALLEGIANCE OR OBEDIENCE TO GEORGE THE THIRD, KING OF GREAT-BRITAIN...[caption title].

[American Revolution]:

[Np. ca. 1875]. [1]p. printed on a half quarto sheet, 4 x 6 1/2 inches. Fine. An accomplished late 19th-century facsimile printing of the first oath of allegiance to the United States, administered at the outset of the American Revolution. The original was printed by John Dunlap in Philadelphia, 1776.....

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Item #WRCAM32256 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CLAIMS, TO WHOM IT WAS REFERRED, ON THE 20TH OF...

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CLAIMS, TO WHOM IT WAS REFERRED, ON THE 20TH OF DECEMBER LAST, TO ENQUIRE INTO, AND REPORT ON THE EXPEDIENCY OR INEXPEDIENCY OF DESIGNATING CERTAIN CLAIMS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES, TO BE EXCEPTED FROM THE OPERATION OF THE ACTS OF LIMITATION.

[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.....

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Item #WRCAM49956 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, NOVEMBER 1, 1776. ORDERED, THAT THE FOLLOWING...

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, NOVEMBER 1, 1776. ORDERED, THAT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS FROM THE GENERAL COURT OF THIS STATE TO THE OFFICERS AND PRIVATE SOLDIERS WHO ARE GONE FROM THENCE AND ARE SERVING IN THE AMERICAN ARMY, BE PRINTED IN TWO THOUSAND HAND-BILLS....

[American Revolution]: [Massachusetts General Court]:

[Boston: Printed by Benjamin Edes], November 2, 1776. Broadside, 15 x 9 1/2 inches. Several folds, minor staining, fold lines reinforced with archival tape on verso. Good. Early November 1776 was a dark moment for the American side in the Revolution. Washington had been routed from New York, the victory.....

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Item #WRCAM53588 TO ALL TRUE WHIGS, AND PARTICULARLY TO SUCH AS ARE INDEPENDENT ELECTORS OF THE...

TO ALL TRUE WHIGS, AND PARTICULARLY TO SUCH AS ARE INDEPENDENT ELECTORS OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK...[caption title].

[American Revolution]: [New York]:

New York. September 28, 1775. Broadside, approximately 9 x 8 inches. Marginal chips and tears, adhesive residue on blank verso. Light tanning. Good. In a half morocco box. An extremely rare revolutionary-era New York broadside, promulgated by the Friends to Liberty in September 1775, encouraging electors to reject sitting pro-British.....

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Item #WRCAM47551 JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA....

JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. BEGINNING THE TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1776, AND ENDING THE SECOND DAY OF OCTOBER, 1781. WITH THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE SEVERAL COMMITTEES AND CONVENTIONS, BEFORE AND AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Volume the First.

[American Revolution]: [Pennsylvania]:

Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap, 1782. [2],698 [i.e. 697]pp. plus errata page. Tall folio. Antique-style three-quarter calf and marbled boards. Text evenly toned, scattered foxing, occasional bit of dampstaining. Leaf Gg has a long closed tear in the lower margin, not costing any text. Very good. Untrimmed. This copy bears.....

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Item #WRCAM41290 AMES ASTRONOMICAL DIARY, OR ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1786. Nathaniel Ames

AMES ASTRONOMICAL DIARY, OR ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1786.

Ames, Nathaniel:

Newbury-Port: Printed and sold by John Mycall, [1785]. [24]pp. Stitched. Evenly tanned, else a fine copy. Contains an essay supporting freedom of the press, several essays on health, an anecdote about wealth, a table of roads, and an advertisement for the printer. NAIP states that this almanac has very similar.....

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Item #WRCAM41165 AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY, OR, AN ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1737....

AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY, OR, AN ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1737.

Ames, Nathaniel:

Boston: Printed by John Draper, 1737 [i.e. 1736]. [16]pp. Stitched. Final page soiled, else text quite clean. Final page strengthened at fore-edge, repaired along gutter. Overall, very good. An early almanac by one of the most prolific almanac makers in colonial America. Ames' run of almanacs predated Benjamin Franklin's POOR.....

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Item #WRCAM41168 AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY, OR, AN ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1740....

AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY, OR, AN ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1740.

Ames, Nathaniel:

Boston: Printed by John Draper, 1740 [i.e. 1739]. [16]pp. Stitched. First and final leaves extremely soiled and stained, obscuring some text. Text tanned, and with some internal staining as well. Fair. An early almanac by one of the most prolific almanac makers in colonial America. Ames' run of almanacs predated.....

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Item #WRCAM41171 AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY, OR, AN ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1743....

AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY, OR, AN ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1743.

Ames, Nathaniel:

Boston: Printed by John Draper, 1743 [i.e 1742]. [16]pp. Stitched. Light scattered foxing and soiling. Some loss in margins of three leaves, affecting a few letters in one leaf of the calendar. About very good. An early almanac by one of the most prolific almanac makers in colonial America. Ames'.....

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Item #WRCAM41172 AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY, OR, AN ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1744....

AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY, OR, AN ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1744.

Ames, Nathaniel:

Boston: Printed by John Draper, 1744 [i.e. 1743]. [16]pp. Dbd. Spine repaired with tape. First and last leaves chipped in the margins, affecting a few letters of text. Text tanned and stained. Fair. An early almanac by one of the most prolific almanac makers in colonial America. Ames' run of.....

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