I# •^smwrn"^ '^AJiiMNmwv' ^ -n (_■ O O- ^ i9 i i 1 ^r7 >- ^WEUNIVERJ/A g!~s^j? o M -n <— O u^ J. JiliDNVSO]-^^ "^aiAINi >^OF-C/ 60 v^. o .^? ^ (^AaviiaiiiV-- . ^WEUNIVERS//- >- Or :-insAVG[[^r> y. ^^. ^• ^WE-UNIVf **i -^ .^j >- mmmm/i 'A- \ TX'i^ ~P \< yr \ ^XiU .vvlOS- ^ 1 it JJO^^ ti- ro r-» r r A 1 I rn n ^Qf.r^Mrnn. 4s: A^ ^v ;,OFCALIF0% iisZv' s ■^aaAiNnawv ^ % •^n\xmm^ ^^^t■llBRARYC?/^ ^^^l•LIBRARYQ^ I Wu < v^ ^OJIIVDJO"^ '^'.I/OJIIVJJO^ ,^\^E•UNIVERy/A ^vWSANCflfj^ CO >- i ^^ ^^^UIBRARYQc i? >«;^ >i ■It =o :5? '%0JI1V3':!0'^ 4,.OF-CAIIFO/?^ ^OF-CALIFO/?^ AWEUNIVERS/a ,^lOSANCElfXvv o A^^l-LIBRARYQ^ ^UIBRARYOc ^ "^AaaAINH 3WV^ '^>'^ S^ ^^WEllNIVERi-/^ < ^WEUNIVER% o ^lOSANGElfj> o ^OFCALIFO/?^ ^OFCALIFO/?^ ^<9Abvaaii-^^ ^- <: ^lOSANGFlfJV. DO > '^AJ13AINn]WV xv^^lIBRARYQ^^ '%OJI1V3JO>' ^,OFCALIFO% ^.OFCALIF0% DC 1\ / .-, \ 00 ^ ^tllBRARYQ^ § 1 ir^ ^ t_3 zsr. C3 -v^lLIBRARYQ^ 5 1 ir^ ^ ^^?13QN\'S01^^ %JJ3AINn]WV^ ^.i/OJllVD-JO'^ ^OJIWDJO"^ ^WEI!MI\'FRV/>^ ^X\\EUNIVER5'/^ ^VlOSANCElfj^ ^OFCALIF0% Ljlj :> r*' '4r CD 00 C-5 ^OFCAllFOfi*^ o 00 aweuniver% \BOOKS BROADSIDES AND AUTOGRAPH LETTERS RELATING TO AMERICA COMPRISING EARLY VOYAGES AND DISCOVERIES, COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY TRACTS, THE INDIANS, WESTERN EXPLORATION, THE CIVIL WAR, EARLY IMPRINTS, AND PLANS, ^ MAPS AND VIEWS ^^ OFFERED FOR SALE BY THE ROSENBACH COMPANY 1320 WALNUT STREET PHILADELPHIA z°)Xn^ Catalogue of Rare and Important Books Broadsides, and Autograph Letters Relating to America A SUPERB COPY IN THE ORIGINAL BINDING 1 ACOSTA, JOSEPH. The Naturall and Morall Historie of the East and West Indies. . .Written in Spanish by Joseph Acosta, and translated into English by E. G [rim- stone]. Small Jfto, original limp vellum, in half green levant slip case. London: Printed by Val: Sims for Ed- ward Blount and William Aspley, 1604. $350.00 First Edition. A Magnificent Copy in the Original Binding, with the rare blanks at beginning and end necessary to complete the sheets; probably the finest in existence. A very important work which has been translated into almost every language of Europe. 2 ACRELIUS, ISRAEL. Beskrifning om de Swenska Forsamlingars Foma och Narwarande Tilstand, uti det sa kallade Nya Swerige, sedan Nya Nederland, men nu for tiden Pennsylvanien, samt nastliggande Orter wid- Alfwen De la Ware, Wast-Yersey och New-Castle County uti Norta America, ^io, old half calf. Stockholm, 1759. $38.00 Fine Copy. One of the best sources of information for the his- torian of Pennsylvania, New Sweden and the New Netherlands. The Brinley copy sold in 1880 for $80.00 and the Week's copy, $39.00. 3 ACT for Incorporating the Society for the Relief of Poor, Aged and Infirm Masters of Ships, their Widows and Children in Philadelphia. Passed Feb. 24, 1770. Quarto, pp. 1-8. [Phila., 1770.] $60.00 Not mentioned by Hildeburn or Evans, and believed to be Unique. One of the earliest societies in America for the relief of sailors. 4 ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY. Correspondence between John Quincy Adams, Esquire . . and several Citizens of Massa- chusetts, concerning the Charge of a Design to Dissolve the Union. . . 8vo, half morocco, uncut. Boston : 1829. $2.50 RARE JOURNALS OF THE ALABAMA TERRITORY 5 ALABAMA. Journal of the Legislative Council of the Alabama Territory at the First Session of the First Gen- eral Assembly, 1818. 12mo. St. Stephens: Printed by Thomas Eastin, Printer to the Alabama Territory, 1818. Pp. 1-56; I-IV. $160.00 6 ALABAMA. Journal of the House of Representatives of the Alabama Territory at the First Session of the Gen- eral Assembly, 1818. 12mo. St. Stephens: Printed by Thomas Eastin, 1818. Pp. 1-180 ; I-IV. $160.00 These are among the rarest legal nuggets ever offered for sale. They perhaps exist in some Southern library, perhaps at Mont- gomery, but we cannot trace other examples of them. 3 7 ALGERIA. A short Account of Algiers and of its several Wars. . . With a Concise View of the Origin of the Rupture between Algiers and the United States. 8vo, half morocco, uncut. Philadelphia, 1794. $3.50 8 ALLEN, COLONEL ETHAN. A Narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen's Captivity. With notes. 12mo, original printed boards. Burlington: Goodrich, 1846. $2.50 The best edition of this important book and now very scarce. 9 ALLEN, JOHN. The American Alarm, or the Bostonian Plea for the Rights and Liberties of the People. . . By the British Bostonian. [John Allen]. 8vo, unbound, uncut. Boston, 1773. $37.50 A very rare revolutionary pamphlet. RARE EARLY AMERICAN ALMANACS 10 ALMANAC. The American Almanac for 1711. By Daniel Leeds. 12mo, unbound, in full morocco solander case. Printed by Will. Bradford, New York. $375.00 11 ALMANAC. The American Almanac for 1726. By Daniel Leeds. 12mo, unbound, in full morocco solander case. Printed by Will. Bradford, New York. $250.00 12 ALMANAC. The New England Diary or Almanac, 1724. 12mo, unbound, uncut, in half morocco slip case. Boston: Printed by B. Green, 1724. $70.00 13 ALMANAC. The New England Diary or Almanac, 1727. 12mo, unbound, uncut, in half morocco slip case. Boston: Printed by B. Green, 1727. $60.00 14 ALMANAC. An Astronomical Diary, or an Almanac, 1732. 12mo, unbound, uncut, in half morocco slip case: Nathanael Ames. Boston: Printed by John Draper, 1732. $50.00 15 ALMANAC. An Astronomical Diary, or an Almanac, 1738. 12mo, unbound, uncut, in half morocco slip case. By Nathanael Ames. Boston: Printed by John Draper, 1738. $50.00 16 ALMANAC. An Astronomical Diary, or an Almanac, 1739. 12mo, unbound, uncut, in half morocco slip case. By Nathanael Ames. Boston: Printed by John Draper, 1739. $50.00 17 ALMANAC. An Astronomical Diary, or, an Almanac, 1740. 12mo, unbound, uncut, in half morocco slip case. By Nathanael Ames. Boston: Printed by John Draper, 1740. $50.00 4 18 ALMANAC. An Astronomical Diary, or Almanac, 1763. 12mo, unbound, uncut. By Nathanael Ames. Boston: Printed by J. Draper. $12.00 19 ALMANAC. An Astronomical Diary, or Almanac, 1768. 12mo, unbound, uncut. By Nathanael Ames. Boston: Printed and sold by the Printers. $10.00 20 ALMANAC. An Astronomical Diary or Almanac, 1769. 12mo, unbound, uncut. By Nathanael Ames. Boston: Printed and sold by the Printers. $10.00 21 ALMANAC. An Astronomical Diary, or. Almanac, 1770. 12mo, unbound, uncut. By Nathanael Ames. Boston: Printed and sold by the Printers. $7.50 22 ALMANAC. An Astronomical Diary, or Almanac, 1771. 12mo, unbound, uncut. By Nathanael Low. Boston: Printed and sold by Kneeland and Adams, 1771. $7.50 23 ALMANAC. An Astronomical Diary, or Almanac, 1772. 12mo, unbound, uncut. By Nathanael Low. Boston: Printed and sold by Kneeland and Adams. $7.50 24 ALMANAC. An Astronomical Diary, or Almanac, 1773. 12mo, unbound, uncut. By Nathanael Ames. Boston: Printed and sold by E. Russell. $7.50 25 ALMANAC. The Virginia Almanac for the Year of our Lord 1773. 12mo, unbound, uncut. Williamsburg: Printed by William Bird. $18.50 26 ALMANAC. Bickerstaff's Boston Almanack, 1774. 12mo, unbound, uncut. Boston : Printed and sold by Mills and Hicks. $7.50 27 ALMANAC. An Astronomical Diary, or. Almanack, 1777. 12mo, unbound, uncut. By Nathanael Low. Boston: J. Gill. $7.50 28 ALMANAC. An Astronomical Diary or Almanack, 1779. 12mo, unbound, uncut. By Nathanael Low. Boston: J. Gill. $7.50 29 ALMANAC. Bickerstaff's Boston Almanac, 1779. 12mQ, unbound, uncut. Danvers, near Boston : E. Russell. $7.50 30 ALMANAC. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord Christ, 1780. By Daniel George. 12mo, unbound, uncut. Newbury [Mass.] $7.50 31 ALMANAC. An Astronomical Diary, or, Almanack, 1781. 12mo, unbound, uncut. By Nathanael Low. Boston : T. & J. Fleet. $7.50 32 ALMANAC. Russell's American Almanack, 1781. 12ino, unbound, uncut. Danvers: Printed by E. Russell. $7.50 33 ALMANAC. Weatherwise's Town and Country Alma- nack, for the Year of Our Lord, 1782. 12mo, unbound, uncut. Boston : Printed and sold by Nathaniel Coverly. $7.50 34 ALMANAC. An Astronomical Diary, or Almanack, 1786. 12mo, unbound, uncut. By Nathanael Lov/. Bos- ton: T. & J. Fleet. $7.50 35 ALMANAC. Weatherwise's Plymouth Almanack, 1786. 12mo, unbound, uncut Plymouth: Nathaniel Coverly. $5.00 36 ALMANAC. An Astronomical Diary, or, Almanack, 1787. 12mo, unbound, uncut. By Nathanael Low. Boston: T. & J. Fleet. $5.00 37 ALMANAC. Folsom's New Pocket Almanac, 1789. 12mo, unbound, uncut. Boston: James W. Folsom. $5.00 38 ALMANAC. Weatherwise's Federal Almanack, 1789. 12mo, unbound, uncut. Boston: John Norman. $5.00 39 ALMANAC. An Astronomical Diary, or, Almanack, 1790. 12mo, unbound, uncut. By Daniel Sewall. Ports- mouth, N. H.: John Melcher. $5.00 40 ALMANAC. Town and Country Almanack, 1790. 12mo, unbound, uncut. By Abraham Weatherwise. Cambridge : J. White. $5.00 41 ALMANAC. An Astronomical Diary, or Almanack, 1791. 12mo, unbound, uncut. By Nathanael Low. Bos- ton : T. & J. Fleet. $5.00 42 ALMANAC. An Astronomical Diary, or Almanack, 1792. 12mo, unbound, uncut. By Osgood Carleton. Bos- ton : Samuel Hall. $3.50 43 ALMANAC. The Massachusetts and New Hampshire Almanack, 1792. 12mo, unbound, uncut. By Abraham Weatherwise. Boston: J. White. $3.50 44 ALMANAC. An Astronomical Diary, or. Almanack, 1793. 12mo, unbound, uncut. By Nathanael Low. Bos- ton: T. & J. Fleet. $3.50 6 45 ALMANAC. An Astronomical Diary or, Almanack, 1794. 12mo, unbound, uncut. By Nathanael Low. Bos- ton: T. & J. Fleet. $5.00 46 ALMANAC. An Astronomical Diary, or. Almanack, 1797. 12mo, unbound, uncut. By Nathanael Low. Bos- ton: T. & J. Fleet. $3.50 47 ALMANAC. An Astronomical Diary, or, Almanack, 1798. 12mo, unbound, uncut. By Nathanael Low. Bos- ton : T. & J. Fleet. $3.50 48 ALMANAC. An Astronomical Diary, or. Almanack, 1799. 12mo, unbound, uncut. By Nathanael Low. Bos- ton : T. & J. Fleet. $3.50 49 ALMANAC. The Farmer's Almanack, 1799. 12ino, unbound, uncut. By Robert B. Thomas. Boston : Manning and Loring. $3.50 50 ALMANAC. An Astronomical Diary, or, Almanack, 1800. 12mo, unbound, uncut. By Nathanael Low. Bos- ton: T. & J. Fleet. $3.50 52 ALMANAC. The Columbian Almanac, 1801. 12mo, un- bound, uncut. Printed and sold by Peter Brynberg, Market Street, Wilmington. $3.50 53 ALMANAC. The Farmer's Almanack, 1801. 12mo, un^ bound, uncut. By Robert B. Thomas. Boston: Manning and Loring. $2.50 64 ALMANAC. An Astronomical Diary, or, Almanack, 1802. 12mo, unbound, uncut. By Nathanael Low. Bos- ton : J. & T. Fleet. $2.50 55 ALMANAC. An Astronomical Diary, or. Almanack, 1803. 12mo, unbound, uncut. By Nathanael Low. Bos- ton : J. & T. Fleet. 2.50 56 ALMANAC. An Astronomical Diary, or, Almanack, 1804. 12mo, unbound, uncut. By Nathanael Low. Bos- ton: J. & T. Fleet. $2.50 57 ALMANAC. An Astronomical Diary, or, Almanack, 1805. 12mo, unbound, uncut. By Nathanael Low. Bos- ton : J. & T. Fleet. $2.50 68 ALMANAC. Gales's North Carolina Almanack for the Year 1805. By P. Brooks. 12mo, unbound, uncut. Raleigh: Printed by J. Gales. $5.00 7 69 ALMANAC. An Astronomical Diary, or, Almanack, 1806. 12mo, unbound., uncut. By Nathanael Low. Bos- ton: J. & T. Fleet. $2.50 60 ALMANAC. An Astronomical Diary, or, Almanack, 1807. 12mo, unbound, uncut. By Nathanael Low. Bos- ton : Munroe & Francis. $2.50 61 ALMANAC. The Farmer's Almanack, 1807. 12mo, un- bount, uncut. By Robert B. Thomas. Boston : Printed for John West. $2.50 62 ALMANAC. An Astronomical Diary, or, Almanack, 1808. 12mo, unbound, uncut. By Nathanael Low. Bos- ton: Munroe and Francis. $2.50 63 ALMANAC. An Astronomical Diary, or. Almanack, 1808. 12mo, unbound, uncut. By Daniel Sewall. Ports- mouth, N. H. : Printed by Stephen Sewall & Co. for Thomas & Tappan. $2.50 64 ALMANAC. Poor Richard's Franklin Almanac, 1808. 12mo, unbound, uncut. Calculated by an Inhabitant of Boston. Boston : Printed by Manning and Loring. $2.50 65 ALMANAC. The Farmer's Almanack, 1809. 12mo, unbound, uncut. By Robert B. Thomas. Boston : Printed for John West & Co. $2.50 See also Franklin and Newport. 66 AMERICAN MAGAZINE and Monthly Chronicle for the British Colonies. Volume I. Containing from October, 1757, to October, 1758, inclusive. By a Society of Gentle- men. Woodcut of Indian being converted at head of EACH PART. 8vo, half sheep. Philadelphia : William Brad- ford, [1758]. $87.50 Very rare. Contains much material relating to the French AND Indian War and the Indians. Each part bears the autograph of Jasper Yeates. This is a complete copy, as no more were issued after the first volume. It was edited by William Smith. 67 AMHERST, GENERAL JEFFREY. A. L. S. Six miles below Albany [1759]. Interesting letter mentioning Sir William Johnson. To Col. Bradstreet. Quarto, 1 page. $26.50 68 ANDERSON, JOHN E., and HOBBY, WILLIAM J. The Contract for the PURCHASE OF WESTERN TER- RITORY, made with the Legislature of Georgia, in the Year 1795, considered with a Reference to subsequent Attempts of the State, to impair its Obligation. Uo, half calf, joint cracked. Augusta: Randolph & Bunce, 1799. $37.60 A pamphlet of the most provoking rarity! We have tried ta find it for many years, and finally unearthed it with other scarce Georgia pieces. 8 BOOKS RELATING TO THE UNFORTUNATE ANDRE 69 ANDRE, JOHN. Proceedings of a Board of Gen. Offi- cers, held by order of His Excellency G^n. Washington, . . respecting Major John Andre, adjutant-general of the British Army. Sept. 29, 1780. 8vo, red morocco gilt buck and sides, by Pawson and Nicholson. Philadelphia : 1780. $275.00 First Edition. A superb copy of the most important of the Revo- lutionary Military Trials. There were editions published in Provi- dence, New York, Hartford, Dublin, etc., but the Philadelphia is the first and official edition. This is one of the most attractive "exhibits" in an American library and particularly seductive to the collector of material relating to the Revolution. 70 ANDRE, JOHN. The Life and Career of Major John Andre, Adjutant-General of the British Army in America. By Winthrop Sargent. 8vo, polished calf, uncut, t. e. g. by Pratt. Boston : Ticknor and Fields, 1861. $30.00 Large paper copy, only seventy-five copies printed. 71 ANDRE, JOHN. Minutes of a Court of Inquiry upon the case of Major John Andre, with accompanying Docu- ments, published in 1780 by Order of Congress. With an Additional Appendix. Portrait. Uo, calf, uncut. Albany: 1865. $7.50 72 ANDRE, JOHN. Monody on Major Andre. By Miss Seward. To which are added Letters addressed to Her by Major Andre, in the year 1769. [EXTRA ILLUSTRATED BY THE INSERTION OF MANY RARE ENGRAVINGS OF WASHINGTON, CORNWALLIS, MISS SEWARD and MAJOR ANDRE. 4to, panelled calf extra, g. e. by Riviere. Lichfield: 1781. $65.00 73 ANDRE, JOHN. Andre. A Tragedy, in Five Acts, as now Performing at the Theatre in New York, to which is added The Cow-Chase, a satirical Poem by Major Andre, with the Proceedings of the Court Martial and Authentic Documents concerning him. 8vo, interleaved with Ji.to sheets, half calf. London, 1799. $22.50 Very scarce. The tragedy was written by William Dunlap. 74 ANDRE, JOHN— Smith, Joshua Hett. An Authentic Narrative of the Causes which led to the Death of Major Andre, adjutant-general of his Majesty's Forces in North America. To which is added a Monody on the Death of Major Andre. 8vo, half morocco, uncut. London : Mathews and Leigh, 1808. $25.00 With a brilliant impression of the fine portrait. 9 75 [ANDREWS, WILLIAM LORING]. Eulogy on Thomas Crawford. By Thomas Hicks. Plates. 8vo, unbound, uncut. New York : Privately Printed for subscribers, 1865. $6.50 Only 70 copies printed in octavo. The earliest of Mr. Andrews' series of privately printed books. Presentation copy. 76 ANDREWS, WILLIAM LORING. Fragments of Amer- ican History. Illustrated solely by the works of THOSE OF OUR OWN ENGRAVERS WHO FLOURISHED IN THE xviiiTH CENTURY. 12mo, half blue morocco, gilt top, uncut. New York : Privately Printed for William Loring Andrews, 1898. $15.00 One of 80 copies on American hand-made paper. 77 ANNAPOLIS. Annals of Annapolis, comprising Sundry Notices of that Old City from the period of The First Set- tlements in its Vicinity in the Year 1649, until the War of 1812. Together with various Incidents in the History of Maryland. Compiled and edited by David Ridgely. Fron- tispiece. 12mo, original cloth. Baltimore: Gushing & Brother, 1841. $6.00 Very scarce. 78 APESS, WILLIAM (an Indian). Eulogy on King Philip as Pronounced at the Odeon . . Second Edition. Frontis- piece. 8vo, half roan. Boston : 1837. $5.00 79 APIANUS, PETRUS. Cosmographia Petri Apiani, per Gemma Frisium apud lovanienses medicum et mathemati- cum insignem . . Numerous Curious Woodcuts, Maps AND Astronomical Diagrams, with Volvelles and Movable Pieces. Small Uo, vellum. Coloniae Agrippinae. 1574. $27.50 JAMES MADISON'S COPY 80 APLIN, JOHN. Verses on Doctor Mayhew's Book of Observations on the Charter and Conduct of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. By a Gentleman of Rhode Island Colony. 8vo, sewed, uncut. Providence in New England: William Goddard, 1763. $65.00 President Madison's copy, with his signature on title. A very rare Rhode Island imprint, and an important contribution to American verse. BENEDICT ARNOLD WANTS HALF PAY FOR HIS "SERVICES" IN AMERICA 81 ARNOLD, BENEDICT (The Traitor). A. L. S. 2 pp., 4to, with an autograph copy made by him of a letter from Sir Henry Clinton, 1 p., 4to. Together 3 pp., 4to. Bryan- ston Street (London) , 6th June, 1783. $115.00 A very rare autograph letter, written while in England, on army matters. 'I take the liberty of Inclosing a copy of a Letter from Sir Henry 10 "1 Clinton to B. Genl. De Lancey . . in consequence of which B. General Skinner and myself waited on the Secretary of War this morning, who Informed us that he did not know if the Cabinet had come to any resolution on the Subject . . I understand from the Secretary at War that Genl. Conway approves the Motion for half pay, and that he will give it his assent." etc. 82 ARNOLD, BENEDICT. A Representation of the Fig- ures exhibited and paraded through the Streets of Phila- delphia, on Saturday, the 30th of September, 1780. Broad- side. [Philadelphia: 1780.] Enclosed in a half red morocco slip case. $135.00 An original impression of this famous broadside with the large wood engraving showing Arnold carried through the streets of Phila- delphia in effigy and about to be burned at the stake. This is one of the most interesting and most important Revolutionary publica- tions. It is extremely rare — we know of but one other copy of the original. 33 ARSCOTT, ALEXANDER. Some Considerations Re- lating to the Present State of the Christian Religion Part III, 12mo, original sheep. Philadelphia: Printed by Andrew Bradford, at the Sign of the Bible. 1738. $70.00 Fine and crisp copy. The appendix is devoted largely to George Keith's controversy with Cotton Mather, the Quakers of Pennsyl- vania, etc. We are Unable to Trace Any Previous Sale of This Book. It is a Continuation of the Two Parts Published by Benjamin Franklin Six Years Before (in 1732) and This Third Part was Issued by Bradford to Complete the Franklin Edition. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND RAREST AMERICAN DOCUMENTS 84 ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION and Perpetual Union between the States of New Hampshire, Massachu- setts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Con- necticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. Folio, original blue paper wrappers, uncut, in a green morocco slip case.. Lancaster [Pennsylvania]: Printed by Francis Bailey, 1777. $650.00 Judging from its importance and unquestioned rarity, this pamph- let, published in the city of Lancaster, where Congress had removed after the capture of Philadelphia, should be worth five thousand dollars. But alas! collectors are so much interested to-day in Swin- burne pamphlets (one sold recently for $1450.00 at auction), Lewis Carroll, Dowson, Beardsley and other ephemeral junk that the first edition of this great WORLD DOCUMENT has been neglected. With the exception of the Brinley, it was not in any of the great collections, including the Menzies, Rice, Ives, Barlow, Pennypacker, Weeks, etc., and was missing in the great Americana library of Dwight Church. 11 ARTICLES OF THE MOST FAMOUS INDUSTRIAL GUILD IN AMERICA 84a. ARTICLES OF THE CARPENTERS' COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA and their Rules for Measuring and Valuing House-Carpenter's Work. Frontispiece and 36 COPPER PLATES. 8vo, Original sheep. Philadelphia : Hall and Sellers, 1786. $160.00 UNKNOWN TO EVANS AND OTHER BIBLIOGRAPHERS, AND NO COPY RECORDED IN AUCTION PRICES. This is one of the most valuable industrial books published in America, contain- ing thirty-six copperplates engraved in Philadelphia. The Carpenters Company was the most famous commercial organization in the col- onies, having been founded in 1724. Its building was the finest of its kind and the Continental Congress met there in 1774. The en- gravings, by an unknown artist, represent building constructions, interior woodwork, etc., etc. 85 ASHMUN, J. History of the American colony in Liberia, from December 1821 to 1823. Compiled from the authentic records of the colony. Map. 8vo, half morocco, uncut. Washington City : Way and Gideon, 1826. $4.00 86 ATHERTON, WILLIAM. Narrative of the Suffering and Defeat of the North-Western Army under General Winchester; Massacre of the Prisoners, Sixteen Months' Imprisonment of the Writer and Others with the Indians and British. 16mo, original boards, white paper label. Frankford, Ky. : Printed for the Author, 1842. $8.50 A fine copy of this valuable account of the services of Kentucky in the War of 1812, and a RARE INDIAN CAPTIVITY. Copies have sold for higher prices at auction. THE ONLY COPY KNOWN OF AN AMERICAN SATIRE PRINTED BY ISAIAH THOMAS AND ONE OF THE EARLIEST PRODUCTIONS OF HIS PRESS 87 ATTICUS. The Trial of Atticus before Justice Beau for a Rape. [Quotation from Dryden's Juvenal.] 8vo, half red levant morocco. Boston: Printed and Sold by Isaiah THOMAS, near the Wall and Bridge, for the Author, 1771. $365.00 This scathing political and social satire dealing with the people of Massachusetts is ENTIRELY UNKNOWN. It is in the form of a DIALOGUE and may be considered an important contribution to the EARLY DRAMA IN AMERICA. It hds been known from advertise- ments that Isaiah Thomas printed a volume like the above, but this seems to be the only copy that has been preserved. It is not listed in Evans. It is one of the earliest known examples from the press of one of the great American printers, and this book was printed by Thomas during the first year he was in business, at his new office "near the Mill-Bridge." The author of this biting satire, with a fine discretion, preferred to remain unknown! 12 88 AUBERTEUIL, HILLIARD D'. Essais Historiques et Politiques sur les Anglo-Americains. Portraits and Maps. 2 vols., 8vo, old mottled calf, gilt. A Bruxelles, 1781. $100.00 A superb copy of this excessively rare work. It is from the library of Sir John Sinclair and contains his autograph on the fly leaf. It also contains magnificent impressions of the beautiful portraits, engraved on copper of George Washington, by Le Roy (Baker, No. 161) ; John Hancock, by Pelicier; Benjamin Franklin, by Pelicier, etc. Among the rare views are: "The Burning of New York," and "The First Meeting of Congress." There are many Maps and Plans, in- cluding one not mentioned in other copies: "Plan de la Bataille de Monmouth." UNKNOWN AMERICAN PAMPHLETS ON AVIATION 89 AVIATION. The Forty-fifth Aerial Flight of the uni- versally celebrated Mr. Blanchard, at Philadelphia. 12mo, unbound, uncut, in half levant morocco slip case. N. p., n. d. [1788]. $87.50 Very Rare. An eight-page pamphlet, three pages being occupied by an account of Mr. Blanchard, two pages by doggerel verse eulogiz- ing him, title and two blank pages. We cannot trace another copy, and it is probably unique. 90 AVIATION. The Great Steam-Duck: or a concise de- scription of a most useful and extraordinary invention for Aerial Navigation. By a Member of the L. L. B. B. Fron- tispiece. 12mo, original wrappers, in half morocco case. Louisville: Printed by order of the Louisville Literary Brass Band, 1841. $110.00 The frontispiece shows the extraordinary invention in full flight. The Earliest Book Pubushed in the West on AVIATION. 91 BACON, JAMES. The American Indian; or, Virtues of Nature. A Play in Three Acts with Notes. Founded on an Indian Tale. 8vo, half calf, gilt top. London, 1795. $18.50 The American Indian from the time of Pocahontas has figured extensively in the drama and he is always pictured therein either as a melancholy saint or a villanous murderer. I would like to be present when a real Indian views a performance of this character; his language would not be fit for publication, but his thoughts would make the most fascinating reading. If any authors are contemplating writing such a play, let them peruse some of the authentic works in this catalogue and instead of a lying, ridiculous caricature, they would produce (provided they have the genius!) a drama of standard worth and value. All literary people, however, are politely requested to pay cash in advance. A WONDERFUL COLLECTION RELATING TO NATHANIEL BACON'S REBELLION 92 BACON, NATHANIEL. An important volume contain- ing documents relating to Bacon, "The Virginia Rebel," as follows : 13 92 BACON, NATHANIEL— Continued 1. The original proclamation by Governor Sir William Berkeley against Nathaniel Bacon and his associates in the Rebellion of 1676, 2 pages, folio, August 30, 1676, signed by Governor Berkeley. An extremely interesting historical document. 2. Document signed by the Duke of Monmouth, 1 page, folio, October 26, 1676. An order in relation to an expedition to Virginia to suppress the Rebellion of Nathaniel Bacon. The famous Duke of Monmouth, natural son of Charles II, was executed for rebellion against James II, his autograph is rare. 3. Document signed by Governor Sir William Berkeley, 1 page, folio, November 9, 1676. A proclamation relating to Bacon's Rebellion. 4. A. L. S. of Andrew Marvell, the Poet, 1 page 4to, undated. Very closely written and extremely interesting letter giving an account of some of the events of Bacon's Rebellion. Autograph letters of Marvell are very rare. Bound in a folio volume, with a contemporary map o/| Virginia and portrait of the Duke of Monmouth and An- drew Marvell, dark blue levant, by Riviere. $2650.00 93 BARBE-MARBOIS. Complot D'Arnold et de Sir Henry Clinton Contre Les Etats-Unis d'Amerique et contre le General Washington . . 8vo, original wrappers, with original paper label, uncut. Paris: 1816. $20.00 PRESENTATION COPY inscribed in the Author's handwriting, 93a. ANOTHER COPY, half morocco, uncut, original covers bound in place. $12.00 94 BARBE-MARBOIS. The history of Louisiana, particu- larly of the Cession of that Colony to the United States of America. Translated from the French by an American Citizen (W. B. Lawrence). 8vo, original boards, paper label, uncut. Philadelphia : Carey & Lea, 1830. $10.00 Very scarce, as very few copies have been offered at auction. 95 BARBER, EDWIN ATLEE. Tulip Ware of the Penn- sylvania-German Potters. With nearly 100 illustra- tions. 8vo, half levant morocco, extra, gilt top, uncut. Philadelphia, 1903. $9.00 Large paper copy, only 300 printed. RHODE ISLAND IMPRINT 96 [BARCLAY, ROBERT]. A Catechism and Confession of Faith. , . By R. B. [Robert Barclay]. 12mo, original sheep, in case. Newport: James Franklin, 1752. $35.00 Fine copy of a scarce Newport imprint. 97 BARTON, BENJAMIN SMITH. A Memoir concerning the Fascinating Faculty which has been ascribed to the Rattle-Snake, and other American Serpents. 8vo, original covers, entirely uncut. Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, 1796. $30.00 Excessively rare. We cannot trace the sale of another copy. 14 98 BARTON, BENJAMIN SMITH. New Views of the Origin of the Tribes and Nations of America. 8vo, original boards, entirely uncut. Philadelphia: Bioren, 1797. $12.50 A very rare book relating to the Indians. Not only does the author discuss the origin of the American Indians, but he dwells at length upon the various vocabularies and dialects. This is an important work and one of the corner-stones of any collection on the subject. 99 BARTRAM, JOHN. Observations on the Inhabitants, Climate, Soil, Rivers, Productions, Animals and other mat- ters worthy of Notice. Made by Mr. John Bartram in his Travels from Pensilvania to Onondago, Oswego and the Lake Ontario, in Canada. To which is annex'd a curious Account of the Cataracts of Niagara, by Mr. Peter Kalm. Map. 8vo, half morocco, by Bradstreet. London: J. Whiston. 1751. $35.00 A Fine Copy of one of the most valuable books relating to the exploration of the American continent. From the collection of Charles C. Jones, Jr. 100 BATTLE OF BULL RUN. Reconnaissance of the Bat- tlefield at Bull Run, Va. Fought July 21, 1861. Original Pen Drawing. Folio. $20.00 101 THE SAME. Plan of the Battlefield of Bull Run, July 21, 1861. Drawn by J. J. Young. Folio. 18.00 102 BAYARD, JAMES A. Speech . . on the Bill . . "An Act to Repeal Certain Acts respecting the Organization of the Courts of the United States." 8vo, half morocco, uncut. Hartford: 1802. $3.50 103 BEACH, W. W. The Indian Miscellany containing Papers on the History, Antiquities, Arts, Languages, Re- ligions, Traditions and Superstitions of the American Aborigines. Svo, half crushed morocco, extra. Albany: Munsell, 1877. $7.50 This book has become very scarce. 104 BEATTY, CHARLES. The Journal of a Two-Months' Tour with a view of Promoting Religion Among the Fron- tier Inhabitants of Pennsylvania and of Introducing Chris- tianity among the Indians to the Westward of the Alle- gheny Mountains. To which are added Remarks on the Language and Customs of some particular Tribes of In- dians. Svo, half morocco. London : 1768. $30.00 The rare first edition. This is one of the most accurate accounts of the Indians, the author having for years lived among them, and this Journal remains to-day as one of the best narratives on the Tribes west of the Alleghenies. 15 BEAUREGARD'S REPORT OF THE BATTLES OF BULL RUN, MANASSAS AND SHILOH 105 BEAUREGARD, PIERRE GUSTAVE TOUTANT, Gen- eral. His own Manuscript Copy, signed, of the Report on the Battle of Bull Run. Head Quarters, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac, Manassas, Aug. 25, 1861. 25 pages, 4to. Neatly written. ♦Report of the Battle of Manassas (Second Bull Run). His own Manuscript Copy, signed. 70 pages, 4to. Neatly written. ♦Report of the Battle of Shiloh. His own Manuscript, signed. Head Quarters, Army of the Mississippi, Corinth, Miss., April 11, 1862. 22 pages, 4to. The three reports bound in one volume, with a neatly written title. On the fly leaf General Beauregard has written in pencil: "N. 0. November 25, 1865. To be returned by Genl. Rt. E. Lee whenever no longer required. G. T. Beauregard." $1100.00 "The First Battle of Bull Run was fought on July 21, 1861. The Battle of Manassas or Second Bull Run was fought August 28-30, 1862, and the Battle of Shiloh was fought April 6 and 7, 1862, and these three battles were the most important of the first years of the War, and their results instilled the Southern heart with hope of final victory for their cause, but the prestige of this victory of the South- land only stimulated the North to greater efforts, and history tells how fruitless were these early victories. Probably no other battles of the Civil War have caused more controversy, and no other battles are fresher in the minds of living participants, but gradually the tangle is being undone, and with undoubted evidence, like the papers in this collection, errors of history are being corrected, and we are able, with malice toward none, to let our hearts swell with pride for the numerous deeds of unheard-of bravery, exhibited by the gallant soldiers who wore the Blue and Gray. It was at the Battle of Bull Run where Genl. Thos. J. Jackson won the title of "Stonewall" given by the lamented Genl. Barnard E. Bee, who gave up his life on that memorable field, and who called upon his wavering lines to look at General Jackson and his men, "they stand like a stone wall." This infused his men with fresh valour, and immortalized the name of "Stonewall" Jackson. Of the Battle of Shiloh, we never had, on the Northern side, but a garbled report, for some reason that of Genl. Grant's was never published, and the papers relating to that affair, on the Northern side, were accidentally (?) consumed by fire in the War Department. Consequently, this report of Genl. Beaure- gard's is about all we have from the Commanding Officer of the Confederate Army on that affair, as it is quite probable the original report sent to the Confederate Government at Richmond was de- stroyed at the time of the fall of that City." — Stan. V. Henkels. 106 BEAUREGARD, P. G. T. Manuscript Copy of Genl. G. T. Beauregard's Report on the Battle of Manassas (Bull Run), July 21, 1861. 73 pages, folio. $10.00 16 BEAUREGARD'S NOTED "BEAUTY AND BOOTY" PROCLAMATION MENTIONING ABRAHAM LINCOLN 107 BEAUREGARD, P. G. T. D. S. 2 pages, 4to (1861). "A Proclamation to the good people of the Counties of Alex- andria, Loudoun, Fairfax and Prince William." Signed by Beauregard as Brig.-Genl. Commanding. $185.00 "A reckless and unprincipaled tyrant has invaded your soil. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, regardless of all moral, legal and constitu- tional restraints has thrown his abolition hosts among you, who are murdering and imprisoning your citizens — confiscating and destroying your property and committing other acts of violence and outrage too shocking and revolting to humanity to be enumerated. All rules of civilized warfare are abandoned and they proclaim by their acts, if not on their banners, that their war cry is, "Beauty and Booty." All that is dear to man, — your honor and that of your wives and daugh- ters — your fortunes and your lives are involved in this momentous contest," etc. This is a superb Civil War Document. 108 BEAUREGARD, P. G. T. Broadside. Printed Ad- dress of Genl. Beauregard to the Army of the Mississippi, Jackson, Tenn., March 5, 1862. 8vo. $5.00 Giving notice of his taking command of the Army of the Mis- sissippi. ORDER OF THE BATTLE OF SHILOH 109 BEAUREGARD'S ORDER of the Battle of Shiloh. Original Manuscript of Special Order No. 8. Head Quar- ters, Army of the Mississippi, Corinth, Miss., April 3, 1862. Signed by Brig.-Genl. Thos. Jordan as A. Adj't Genl. of Genl. Beauregard's Staff. $87.50 This highly important document gives the order of what was one of the most important battles in the war, and where the brave Genl. Albert Sidney Johnston lost his life, a mishap, which no doubt lost to the Confederacy their greatest opportunity during the war, of defeating Genl. Grant, who was nigh the verge of surrendering when the great mishap occurred. 110 BEAUREGARD, P. G. T. A. L. S. 4to, in pencil. Corinth, May 2, 1862. To Genl. B. Bragg. $5.00 "I send you herewith enclosed a letter from Genl. S. Jones in which he thinks we have been rather too harsh upon him. After reflecting on the subject, I think the lesson has been sufficiently strong & that we ought now to remove any sting which may remain behind, for he is a meritorious officer, has done good service & is susceptible of rendering still more good service to the country, hence I have drawn up the substance of a letter herewith which I think you might address to him." 17 ON THE ATTACK ON NEW ORLEANS 111 BEAUREGARD, P. G. T. A. L. S. 2 pages, 4to. Bladen, Ala., Aug. 2, 1862. To Ool. Jno. M. Hecger. $70.00 Referring to the proposed attack on New Orleans. "I feel highly flattered by your proposition, for there is no posi- tion however honorable & elevated, I would prefer, to the one referred to by you, of being able to lead on 'to victory or to Death' the gallant sons of my own native Louisiana, in their patriotic endeavour to drive back from her sacred soil, the polluting feet of the Abolition hordes of the North. But in the first place my health unfits me at present for such an arduous & responsible position, admitting that I am otherwise qualified for it & in the second place, so long as the Enemy has command of the River with his Gun Boats, the recovery of New Orleans must depend upon our taking St. Louis, Louisville, Cincinnati, Washington & Baltimore, which, I think can be done before long, by a proper combination of our still latent forces & resources, meanwhile, a proper organization of our State forces can Keep the Enemy within the limits of the five points he now holds, no exertion should be spared to attain that desirable end & I have no doubt, that General Van Dorn will soon be able to afford great assistance in so doing. 'Nil desperandi' is my motto, & I feel con- fident that ere long, the glorious Sun of Southern Liberty will appear more radiant than ever from the clouds which obscure temporarily its brilliant disk." 112 BEAUREGARD, P. G. T. Autograph Draft of a Mili- tary Telegram, signed in pencil. Near Petersburg, July 7, 1864. To Genl. R. E. Lee. $7.50 Suggesting a stratagem to discover the strength of the enemy. 113 BEAUREGARD, P. G. T. Printed General Order No. 1. Head Qr's Military Division of the West, Jacksonville, Ala., Oct. 17, 1864, issued by Genl. Beauregard. $5.00 Giving notice of his assuming command of the Military Division of the West. 114 BEAUREGARD, P. G. T. Printed Address of Genl. Beauregard to the Army. Head Quarters, Oct. 17, 1864. 8vo. $5.00 On assuming command of the Military Division of the West. 115 BEAUREGARD, P. G. T. Autograph Draft in pencil, signed, of a Military Telegram. 4to, Pocotaligo, S. C., Dec. 21, 1864. To President Davis. $10.00 Informing him that Savannah will probably be evacuated that night. 116 BEAUREGARD, P. G. T. Autograph Draft of a Mili- tary Telegram in pencil, signed with initials. Small 4to, Pocotaligo, S. C., Dec. 20, 1864. To President Davis. $14.00 "General Hardee reports to-day from Hardeeville that Evacuation of Savarmah as instructed by me was successfully accomplished last night, all the light Artillery & most of the stores & ammunition were brought off, the heavy guns were spiked & otherwise disabled; Line of defence behind Combahie river will be taken soon as possible." 18 117 BEAUREGARD, P. G. T. Autograph Draft, signed in pencil, of a Military Telegram. 4to, Mobile, Jan. 20, 1865. To President Davis. $7.50 Relative to the plans of the enemy. "Present appearance indicate following' early plans of Campaign on part of the Enemy, — Thomas from Middle Tenn. will move via Eastport, Tuscximhia or Decatar into North Ala, on Selma or Mont- gomery. — Canby will move via Pascagoula, Mobile or Pensacola to form a junction with Thomas. They will then probably march on Columbus & Macon. Genl. Taylor will have (to oppose these two Armies) only Stewart's Corps about 5,000 men, Mobile Garrison about same, Forrest & other troops alDout 10,000 more. Unless Kirby Smith is compelled to reinforce Taylor, or to attack St. Louis, or New Orleans, it will be impossible to defend successfully the States of Miss. & Ala." 118 BEAUREGARD, P. G. T. Autograph Draft of a Mili- tary Telegram in pencil, signed. 8vo. Meridian, Miss., Jan. 20, 1865. To Genl. Hardee, at Charleston. $7.50 "I am en route with about 10,000 effectives to reinforce you, hold Sherman in Check as long as possible. Keep my Hd.-Qrs. fully ad- vised in cypher of your condition." 119 BEAUREGARD, P. G. T. Autograph Draft of his Mili- tary Telegram, signed, to President Davis. Chesterville, S. C., Feb. 21, 1865. $7.50 Relative to the Capture of Washington, and urgent request for concentration of troops to crush Grant, and then march on to Wash- ington and dictate terms of peace. 120 BEAUREGARD, P. G. T. Autograph Despatch, signed. Greensboro, S. C., April 21, 1865. To Genl. Mansfield Lovell. $16.00 "Genl. Lee has assuredly Capitulated and the paroled men of his army must be permitted to pass to their homes as prescribed in their passports." 121 BEAUREGARD, P. G. T. Draft of a Military Telegram, signed in pencil. 8vo. Greensboro, April 26, 1865. To Genl. L. L. Lomax. $12.50 "General Johnston, who is now on his way to confer with General Sherman in advance of Hillsboro, directs as follows: Notify Com- mander of Sixth Corps (Federal) who camped last night 18 miles from Danville that truce has been resumed between General Sherman and himself." 122 BEAUREGARD, P. G. T. Manuscript Copy, signed by Genl. Thos. Jordan, of his Narrative of Events immediately preceding the Battle of Shiloh, April 6 and 7, 1862. New York, Nov. 2, 1874. 27 pages, 4to. $7.50 123 BEAUREGARD, P. G. T. A. L. S. 4 pages, folio. Aug. 12, 1877. To Col. W. P. Johnston. $10.00 Relative to operations at Madrid Bend in the Spring of 1862, and the plans he used to fortify Fort Pillow. Tells how he sent Genl. 19 123 BEAUREGARD, P. G. T.— Continued McCown to defend Madrid Bend at any cost, how he failed, and was consequently superseded in command by Genl. Mackall, who, on being told of the desperate nature of the command, answered Beauregard by saying: "General, however difficult the situation may be, I am ready to perform my duty to the best of my ability." 124 BEAUREGARD, P. G. T. A. L. S. 2 pages, 8vo. New Orleans, Jan. 21 and March 12, 1881. To Judge Alf. Roman. 2 pieces. In references to the Battle of Shiloh. $3.00 125 BEAUREGARD, P. G. T. Manuscript Data, mostly in Autograph and signed by Genl. Beauregard, relative to the Defense of Petersburg. 50 pages, 4to and folio. $17.50 126 BEAUREGARD, P. G. T. Military Telegrams sent dur- ing the Campaign in Georgia, mostly for the defence of Charleston. 49 pieces. $25.00 127 BEAVEN, JAMES. Recreations of a Long Vacation; or a Visit to Indian Missions in Upper Canada . . . 12mo, original cloth. London: 1846. $5.00 Very scarce: Not in Field. ONE OF THE CORNERSTONES OF ILLINOIS HISTORY 128 BECK, LEWIS C. A Gazetteer of the States of Illinois and Missouri; containing a general View of each State — a general View of their Counties — and a particular De- scription of their Towns, Villages, Rivers, &c., &c., With A Map and Engravings. 8vo, original boards, uncut. Albany, 1823. $250.00 Probably Unique in This Condition. Very rare and important. Although calling itself a Gazetteer, it is in reality much more and contains a great deal of early history of these Western States. In addition to the large map of the States, there are several plans of cities, including a large one of St. Louis engraved in 1822. 129 ANOTHER COPY. Original half calf. $150.00 130 BECKWOURTH, JAMES P. The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth, Mountaineer, Scout, and Pio- neer, and Chief of the Crow Nation of Indians (With Il- lustrations) . Written from his own Dictation, by T. D. Bonner. 8vo, original cloth, New York : Harper & Broth- ers, 1856. $5.00 20 131 BELKNAP, JEREMY. The History of New Hamp- shire. Comprehending the Events of one complete Cen- tury from the Discovery of the River Pascataqua. (With Map.) 3 vols., 8vo, original sheep. Dover, N. H., 1812. $14.00 132 BELTRAMI, J. C. La Decouverte des Sources du Mis- sissippi et de la Riviere Sanglante, Description du Cours entier du Mississippi. Qui n'etait connu, que partielle- ment, et d'une grande partie de celui de la Riviere Sang- lante, presque entierement inconnue; ainsi que du cours entier de TOhio. 8vo, half cloth, uncut. Nouvelle-Orleans, 1824. $10.00 A fine copy of the rare original edition. 133 BELTRAMI, J. C. A Pilgrimage in Europe and Amer- ica Leading to the Discovery of the Sources of the Mis- sissippi and Bloody River ; with a description of the Whole Course of the Former and of the Ohio. Portrait of au- thor, MAP, 3 PLATES OF INDIAN COSTUME. 2 vols., 8V0, half calf. London: 1828. $7.50 134 [BENEZET, ANTHONY.] A Short Account of that Part of Africa Inhabited by the Negroes, with Respect to the Fertility of the Country, the good Disposition of many of the Natives, and the Manner by which the Slave Trade is carried on. Svo, half morocco. Philadelphia : Printed in the year 1762. $15.00 First Edition. Probably printed by W. Dunlap. See Hildeburn. 135 [BENEZET, ANTHONY.] Some Observations on the Situation, Disposition and Character of the INDIAN NA- TIVES of this Continent. 12mo, half morocco. Philadel- phia : Joseph Crukshank, 1784. $25.00 A very rare little tract on the American Indians. 136 BERNARD, RICHARD. The Isle of Man, or the Legal Proceeding in Man-Shire against Sin. 12mo, original calf. Boston : J. Franklin, 1719. $47.50 The first American edition of this famous allegory. It was printed by James Franklin, the brother of Benjamin Franklin. It contains an interesting wood cut FRONTISPIECE, which is an attractive specimen of early American engraving. 137 [BERQUIN DU VALLON.] Vue de la Colonie Espanole du Mississippi, ou des Provinces de Louisiane. 2 colored FOLDING MAPS. Svo, half calf, uncut. Paris, 1803. $8.50 138 BERTIUS, PETRUS. Tabularum Geographicarum contractarum Libri septem. Maps. Oblong. 12mo, orig- inal vellum. Amsterodami, 1616. $15.00 The seventh book, pp. 769-825 is devoted to America. 21 EARLY AMERICAN POETRY 139 BEVERIDGE, JOHN. Epistolse Familiares et Alia Qusedam Miscellanea, Familiar Epistles and Other Miscel- laneous Pieces. Written originally in Latin Verse by John Beveridge. . . To which are added several translations in the English Verse, &c. . . 12mo, half green morocco. Philadelphia : Printed for the author by William Bradford, 1765. $30.00 A necessary item for every collection of early American poetry. THE ONLY COPY KNOWN OF THE FIRST BIBLE PRINTED IN AMERICA 140 THE HOLY BIBLE, containing the Old and New Tes- taments : Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues : And with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, By His Majesty's Special Command. Ap- pointed to be read in Churches. London. (Boston.) Printed by Mark Baskett, Printer to the King's most Ex- cellent Majesty; and by the Assigns of Robert Baskett. Jfto, in the original sheep binding, m.dcc.lii. (1752). $2,500.00 THE ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE OF THE FIRST BIBLE EVER PRINTED IN AMERICA IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, and the Foundation Stone for all col- lections OF American Bibles. The reasons for making so strong a statement as the above, can, here, be only briefly summarized. Isaiah Thomas, in his "History of Printing in America," states that Kneeland & Green, Boston Printers, issued from their press for Daniel Henchman and other booksellers, a small quarto Bible, and that he was informed of this by those who had assisted in the print- ing. He gives the date as "about the time that the partnership of Kneeland & Green expired," which was 1752, and quotes the im- print, which corresponds with that of the copy here described. He states that it was carried through the press AS privately as POSSIBLE, and bore the London imprint so as "to prevent a prosecu- tion from those in England and Scotland who published the Bible by a patent from the crown, or cum privilegio, as did the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge." The Authorized imprint was: "Oxford: Printing by Thomas Baskett, Printer to the University, 1752." It is evident that when the Boston printers put forth this Bible they dared not copy the authorized imprint, as the piracy would be apparent and the consequences disastrous, and so selected the, almost identical, name of Mark Baskett, a London printer of estab- lished repute, as a cloak for their designs. This is the McKee copy, the only one known, which brought $2025 at auction in 1902. THE RARE AITKEN BIBLE 141 BIBLE, THE HOLY BIBLE. Containing the Old and New Testaments. Newly translated out of the Original Tongues and with the former translations diligently com- pared and revised. 12mo, original calf, morocco solander 22 case. Philadelphia. Printed and sold by R. Aitken, at Pope's Head, three doors above the Coffee House, in Market Street, 1782. $450.00 This is an unusually fine copy of the celebrated Aitken Bible — "the first Bible in the English Language ever printed in America" except- ing the Baskett Bible. 142 BILLINGS, WILLIAM. The Singing Master's Assist- ant, or Key to Practical Music. Being an Abridgement from the New-England Psalm-Singer; together with sev- eral other Tunes, never before published. Oblong 12mo, original calf. Boston : Draper and Folsom, 1778. $35.00 A complete copy with the music "engraved by Benj. Pierpont Junr. Roxbury, 1778." EARLY AMERICAN BINDING 143 BINDING. The History of the Revolution of South Carolina, from a British Province to an Independent State. By David Ramsay, 2 vols, 8vo, full red Russia, elaborately tooled. Trenton : Isaac Collins, 1785. $85.00 One of the handsomest specimens of early American binding we have ever seen. 144 BIRKBECK, MORRIS. Notes on a Journey in America from the Coast of Virginia to the Territory of Illinois. Map, 8vo, half calf. London : 1818. $3.50 BIRCH'S VIEWS OF PHILADELPHIA 145 BIRCH, WILLIAM. The City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, North America; as it appeared in the year 1800, consisting of Twenty-eight plates. Oblong folio, old sheep. Published by W. Birch, Springland Cot, near Neshaminy Bridge on the Bristol Road, Pennsylvania, Dec. 31, 1800. $350.00 A fine colored copy in the original binding. BIRCH'S COUNTRY SEATS 146 BIRCH, WILLIAM. The Country Seats of the United States of North America, with some Scenes Connected with them. Designed and published by W. Birch, enamel painter. Brilliant impressions of the plates, all beautifully COLORED. Oblong quarto, original boards, leather label. Springland near Bristol, Pennsylvania, 1808. $125.00 A fine copy of one of the rarest collections of American views. Colored copies are of the highest degree of rarity, only a few being known. 147 BLACK HAWK. Life of Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia Kiak or Black Hawk, embracing the Tradition of His Nation — Indian Wars in which he has been engaged. With an 23 147 BLACK HAWK— Continued Account of the Cause and General History of the Late War, His Surrender and Confinement at Jefferson Barracks, and Travels through the United States. Dictated by Himself. 12mo, original boards (stained) . J. B. Patterson, of Rock Island, Illinois, Editor and Proprietor. Cincinnati, 1833. $45.00 The excessively rare first edition, unknown to Sabin. A most important item relating to the West. 147a. THE SAME. Another edition. Portrait. 12mo, orig- inal half sheep. Boston: Russell, Odiorne & Metcalf, 1834. $5.00 Very rarely found with the portrait. 148 [BLAIR, JOHN.] Synod of New York and Philadelphia vindicated in a Reply to Mr. Samuel Harker's Appeal to the Christian World. By a Member of the Synod. 12mo. unbound. Philadelphia: William Dunlap, 1754. $25.00 Not in Hildeburn; Evans does not locate a copy. BLAND'S NEW BRITAIN WITH THE RARE MAP 149 BLAND, EDWARD. The Discovery of New Brittaine. Began August 27, Anno Dom. 1650. By Edward Bland, Merchant, Abraham Woode, Captaine, Sackford Brewster, Elias Pennant, Gentlemen. From Fort Henry, at the head of Appamattuck River in Virginia, to the Falls of Blan- dina. Map. Small 4-to, Jialf levant. London: Printed by Thomas Harper for John Stephenson, 1651 $1100.00 EXCESSIVELY RARE. Lacks the blank for Al and frontis- piece, as usual, but has the Extremely Rare Map which is lacking from the Church — Huntington copy. Only three or four copies are known with this map. 150 BLATCHFORD, SAMUEL. An Address, delivered to the ONEIDA INDIANS, September 24, 1810. Together with the Reply by Christian, a Chief of said Nation. 8vo, unbound, uncut. Albany: Websters and Skinner [1810]. $18.50 An excessively rare Albany imprint and a little known pamphlet relating to the Oneida Indians. 151 BOND, J. WESLEY. Minnesota and its Resources, to which are appended Camp-Fire Sketches or Notes of a Trip from St. Paul to Pembina and Selkirk Settlement on the Red River of the North. Plates and Map. 12mo, original cloth. Chicago, 1856. $4.50 152 BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies, as revised and proposed to the Use of the Protestant Episcopal Church. 24 12mo, oHginal sheep. Philadelphia: Printed by Hall and Sellers . . 1786. $65.00 The Appleton Copy brought $175.00. 153 BOOK of Nullification, The. By a Spectator of the Past. 8vo, unbound. Charleston, 1830. $5.00 A political satire written in Scriptural manner. BORNE'S VERY RARE "REGIMENT FOR THE SEA" 154 BORNE, WILLIAM. A Regiment for the Sea, Contain- ing verie necessarie matters for all sorts of men and trauailers, whereunto is added an Hydrographicall dis- course touching the five severall passages to Cattay. Writ- ten by William Borne. New, corrected and amended by Thomas Hood, who hath added a new Regiment, and Table of declination. Woodcut of Galleon on title, which is rubri- cated. Black letter. 4to, vellum covers. Imprinted at London by T. Est for Thomas Wight, 1592. $250.00 This very interesting book is of great rarity. We cannot trace the sale of another copy. It gives the various routes to America, and is one of the earliest books in English that relate to the Northwest Passage. He speaks of the various attempts that had been made to find this famous route, particularly of "Captain Forbisher, who hath begun to enter into, and hath discouvered it as far as a place now called Meta Incognita, which he himselfe did call Forbisher's Straights," etc. He adds, "It is possible that there may be a passage thereabout, betweene the Norther part of America, as betweene Lab- radore and Gronland, and such lands as lye toward the North Pole." This precious volume is a desirable item in any collection of Ameri- cana. It is in the best possible condition. 155 BOSSU, M. Travels through that part of North America called Louisiana. Translated from the French by J. R. Forster. Illustrated with Notes Relative chiefly to Natural History (with a Systematic Catalogue of all the Known Plants of English North America). 2 vols., full mottled calf by Cross. London : Davies, 1771. $35.00 Researches of a French naturalist in what was then the French Province of Louisiana. RULES OF THE BOSTON FIRE-CLUB, 1762 156 BOSTON. Rules and Orders to be Observed by a FlRE- Club, INSTITUTED AT BOSTON, the Fourth Day of March, 1762. Large Broadside, measuring I6I/2 x 13^^ inches. (Bos- ton: 1762). $350.00 Provokinply rare! We cannot trace another copy of this very inter- esting broadsheet. Its importance in connection with the loc-il history of Boston cannot be overestimated as this copv CONTAINS NAMES WRITTEN IN INK OF ADDITIONAL MEMBERS of the FIRE CLUB. Evans mentions it, but d^-^s not describe or locate a copy. 25 157 BOSTON CHRONICLE, The, from Dec. 21, 1767, to Dec. 26, 1768. With the rare "Proposals" for printing it. Uto, old hoards. Boston : Mein and Fleming. $35.00 158 BOSTON. An Appeal to the World ; or, a Vindication of the Town of Boston, from Many False and Malicious As- persions contained in Certain Letters and Memorials, writ- ten by Governor Bernard, Gen. Gage, Com. Hood, and others. Portrait of Gen. Gage engraved by R. Pollard INSERTED. 8vo, half crushed levant morocco, gilt top, by F. Bedford. London, 1769. $25.00 A very rare edition; not mentioned by Sabin. 159 BOSTON. Two Plans for Forming the Town of Boston into an Incorporated City. 12mo, half morocco. Published by order of the Town for the Perusal and Consideration of the Inhabitants. [Boston : 1784] . $15.00 The top margin is closely cropped and the top line of the title is cut into. 160 BOSTON. The Boston Directory containing the Names of the Inhabitants, their Occupations . . To which is pre- fixed a general Description of Boston, ornamented with A Plan of the Town (folded), taken from actual sur- vey. 12mo, half morocco. Boston: Printed by Manning & Loring for John West. 1796. $55.00 A tall and fine copy with the map in perfect condition and con- taining the two pages of advertisements of books for sale by John West, at the end. 161 BOSTON. A Survey of Boston and its vicinity. . . By John G. Hales. Map and frontispiece view of the Old State House. 12mo, half blue morocco, uncut. Boston, 1821. $5.00 162 BOSTON MASSACRE. The Trial of William Wemms, James Hartegan, .... soldiers in his Majesty's 29th Regi- ment of Foot, for the Murder of Crispus Attucks, Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick, James Caldwell, and Patrick Carr, on Monday Evening, the 5th of March, 1770. . . Held at Boston, the 27th Day of November, 1770. . . Taken in Short-Hand by John Hodgson. 12mo, red levant morocco, uncut by Bedford. Boston printed, London reprinted for T.Evans. (1771). $60.00 163 BOSTON MASSACRE. Orations delivered at the Re- quest of the Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, to com- memorate the Evening of the Fifth of March, 1770. 12mo, fidl red levant, gilt edges, by Riviere. Boston : Peter Edes [1785]. $35.00 26 164 BOSTWICK, DAVID. A Fair and Rational Vindication of the Right, to the Ordinance of Baptism, 8vo, unbound, lower edges uncut. New York : John Holt, 1764. $7.50 A very rare New York imprint. BOUCHER'S VERY RARE HISTORY OF CANADA 165 BOUCHER, PIERRE. Histoire Veritable et Naturelle des Moeurs et Productions de la Nouvelle France, vulgaire- ment dite le CANADA. 12mo, in the original vellum bind- ing. Paris: Florentin Lambert, 1664. $365.00 A fine copy in the original binding of this famous little volume. 166 BOUDINOT, ELIAS. A Famous Statesman of the Revo- lutionary Times. A. L. S. 2 pp., 4to, Philadelphia, April 10, 1783. To Mrs. Elizabeth Ferguson. $35.00 A remarkable historical letter announcing the end of the war. ... "I most heartily congratulate you on the glorious news of an honorable and I hope lasting Peace. This morning we received the official confirmation of the cessation of Hostilities. . . I suppose the cessation of Hostilities on our Part (Congress) will be proclaimed to-morrow or the next day. . . Our Good General Washington is almost in raptures on acc't of the good news," etc. 167 BOURBON, ARMAND DE (Prince of Conti). Extracts of Several Treatises wrote by the Prince of Conti, with the Sentiments of the Fathers, and Some of the Decrees of the Councils Concerning STAGE PLAYS; Recommended to the Perusal and serious Consideration of the Professors of Christianity in the City of Philadelphia. 8vo, setued, en- tirely uncut. Philadelphia: Printed by William Bradford, 1754. $175.00 Excessively rare. Very pine copy. The McKee copy, much inferior to this copy, sold in 1901 for $60.00. 168 BRACKENRIDGE, H. M. Views of Louisiana, together with a Journal of the Voyage up the Missouri River, in 1811. 8vo, original sheep. Pittsburgh: 1814. $25.00 The first edition. Scarce. BRADFORD IMPRINTS 169 BRADFORD IMPRINT. An Account of our Sincere Faith in the most necessary things of Christian Doctrine. .... Given forth by some of us in behalf of many Brethren who are in scorn called Quakers in Pennsilvania, &c. (Etc.) (Signed) George Keith, Thomas Budd, John Hart, (Et Al.) 8 pp., 8vo, morocco. (Philadelphia: William Bradford, 1692.) $550.00 This is usually found appended to "Some Reasons and Causes of the late Seperation .... at Philadelphia," the second tract on the Keithian Schism. See Hildeburn, Vol. 1, pp. 24-5. 27 170 BRADFORD IMPRINT. To the Honourable William Keith, Esq., Lieut. Governor of the Counties of New Castle, Kent and Sussex upon the Delaware and the Province of Pennsylvania. The Humble Address of the Representa- tives of the said Counties in General Assembly met at New- Castle the 13th Day of June, 1717. Pp. U, folio, full red levant morocco, uncut, by Zaehnsdorf. (Philadelphia: Andrew Bradford, 1717.) Hildeburn, 146. $450.00 An exceptional copy of a very rare tract. It is a petition of the inhabitants of Pennsylvania and Delaware, praying that their titles to the land be confirmed and not granted to others. ONE OF THE RAREST MARYLAND TRACTS 171 BRADFORD IMPRINT. The | Case ] of 1 Isaac Taylor and Elisha Gatchel, | Two Officers of Pennsylvania, made Prisoners by the Government | of Maryland. | (Colophon.) Pp. 2, folio, half calf. Hildeburn, No. 196. Printed at Philadelphia (by Andrew Bradford), in the year 1723. $680.00 Excessively rare. Fine copy, printed by Andrew Bradford. This is one of the Cases growing out of the Boundary Line dispute between the Penns and Lord Baltimore. Isaac Taylor was arrested for sur- veying Land for the Proprietors, on a tract claimed by Lord Balti- more, and Elisha Gatchel went to his assistance and was also arrested. 172 BRADFORD IMPRINT. The Antidote. In some Re- marks on a Paper of David Lloyd's, called A Vindication of the Legislative Power, Submitted to the Representatives of all the Freemen of Pennsylvania. Folio, half calf. Phil- adelphia : Andrew Bradford, 1725. $500.00 Written by James Logan. A caustic rebuke to David Lloyd for his actions in relation to the rights of the Proprietor of Pennsylvania. Very rare. The Second edition with the Advertisement and Errata. 173 BRADFORD IMPRINT. The Honest Man's Interest as he claims any Lands in the Counties of New Castle, Kent, or Sussex, on Delaware. Pp. Jf, folio, full red levant mo- rocco, uncut, by Zaehnsdorf. (Philadelphia: Andrew Bradford, 1726.) Hildeburn, No. 274. $585.00 A copy of a Bradford tract, dated 1726, the same as the above, and not so rare brought £140 in the Huth Sale (lot 5764). 174 BRADFORD IMPRINT. Remarks on the late Proceed- ings of some Members of Assembly at Philadelphia, April, 1728. Folio, half calf. Philadelphia: Andrew Bradford, 1728. $575.00 Very rare. The remarks were caused by Eight Members of the House of Representatives leaving the Assembly before Adjournment, one being Sir Wm. Keith, who had sent in his resignation, the others not agreeing with the majority after voting with them, left the Assembly on some flimsy plea, which the writer claims was for the purpose of breaking the House. The cause of the trouble was the Rival Claims of Sir Wm. Keith and Col. Patrick Gordon for the position as Deputy-Governor. 28 PRINTED BY BRADFORD 175 BRADFORD IMPRINT. BRAINERD, DAVID. Mira- bilia Dei inter Indices, or the Rise and Progress of a Re- markable Work of Grace amongst a Number of the Indians in the Provinces of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. 8vo, cloth, uncut, in cloth box, worn at corners. Philadelphia: Printed by William Bradford, [1746]. $75.00 The very rare first edition. Not in Field, and other celebrated collections of Americana. This is one of the famous books on th& Indians and has been considered for years a "classic" by students and scholars. 176 BRADFORD, WILLIAM. An Enquiry, how far the Punishment of Death is necessary in Pennsylvania. To which is added An Account of the Goal and Penitentiary House of Philadelphia. . . By Caleb Lownes. 8vo, half morocco. Philadelphia Printed: London Re-printed, 1795. $3.50 177 BRADFORD, WILLIAM J. A. Notes on the Northwest, or Valley of the Upper Mississippi. 12mo, cloth, uncut and mainly unopened. (Some pp. slightly foxed.) New York: 1846. $6.00 Fine copy. POEMS BY THE FAMOUS GENTLEWOMAN OF NEW ENGLAND 178 [BRADSTREET, ANNE.] Several Poems compiled with a great Variety of Wit and Learning, full of Delight. . . . By a Gentlewoman in New England. 12mo, orig- inal sheep, in half levant slip case. [Boston,] 1758. $135.00 The most complete edition, containing many poems here printed for the first time. This Boston issue is just as rare as the London edition of 1650! 179 BREAZEALE, J. W. M. Life As It Is, or Matters and Things in General ; containing, amongst other things, his- torical sketches of the exploration and first settlement of the State of Tennessee. 12mo, half calf. Knoxville, 1842. $35.00 A rare Tennessee item. 180 BREWERTON, G. DOUGLAS. The War in Kansas. A rough Trip to the Border, among New Homes and a strange People. Plates. 12mo, original cloth. New York, 1856. $2.00 29 181 BROWN, HENRY. A Narrative of the Anti-Masonick Excitement in the Western Part of the State of New York during the Years 1826-7-8 and a part of '29. 16 mo, orig- inal paper binding. Batavia, N. Y. : Adams & McCleary, 1829. $3.50 A clean copy of a scarce book on Masonry. A RARE WORK ON AMERICAN GAME BIRDS 182 BROWN, CAPTAIN THOMAS. Illustrations of the Game Birds of North America, Chiefly the Size of Nature. . . . Folio, original cloth. Edinburgh: Frazer, 1834. $225.00 A work of extreme rarity with map:nificent colored plates, the birds being life-size. We cannot trace the sale of a copy at auction. 183 BROWNE, ARTHUR. The Folly and Perjury of the Rebellion in Scotland, displayed in a Sermon Preached at Portsmouth in New Hampshire, February the 23d, 1745-6. Uo, half morocco. Boston : T. Fleet, 1746. $5.00 184 BROWNE, J. ROSS. Report of the Debates in the Con- vention of California, on the Formation of the State Con- stitution, in Sept. and Oct., 1849. 8vo, cloth. Washington, 1850. $7.50 185 BROWNE, S. R. The Western Gazetteer; or Emigrant's Directory, containing a Geographical Description of the Western States and Territories. 8vo, sheep. Auburn, 1817. $9.50 186 BRYCE, JAMES. The American Commonwealth. 3 vols., 8vo, original cloth, uncut, London: Macmillan and Co., 1888. $25.00 The rare first edition, with the chapter on the notorious "Tweed Ring," suppressed in later editions. 187 BUCHANAN, JAMES. Sketches of the History, Man- ners and Customs of the North American Indians, with a plan for their melioration. 2 vols., 12mo, half morocco. New York: 1824. $12.50 A treatise on the Religion of the Indians in No. Am., by S. F. Jarvis, is included in the work, also one on their language, by Peter S. Duponceau, of Phila. FOUR AUTOGRAPH LETTERS RELATING TO THE ABUSE OF PASSPORTS 188 BUCHANAN, JAMES, A. L. S. 1 p., 4to, Washington, 1st April, 1845, to Hon. Geo. M. Dallas. Reluctantly grant- ing a request that Dr. Meigs be appointed a special despatch bearer to Europe. SO ". . Similar applications . . are made to the de- partment daily, and all have been rejected, because the regular system established of communicating with Europe is perfect without the agency of bearers of despatches. But you have made the request and it shall be granted." . . etc. DALLAS, GEORGE M. A. L. (copy) 1 p., 4to, 3rd April, 1845, to (President) Buchanan, withdrawing the request. . . "Dr. Meigs is unwilling in the slightest degree to interrupt . . (the practice of the department) . . and has, therefore, directed me to withdraw the re- quest." . . etc. BUCHANAN, JAMES. A. L. S. 1 p., 4to, Washington, 8th April, 1845, to Mr. Dallas in which he forces the favor on Dr. Meigs. "I . . now have the pleasure of transmitting the passport for Dr. Meigs. . . Notwithstanding your let- ter, I hope he may accept it." . . etc. BUCHANAN, JAMES. A. L. S. I1/2 PP-, 4to, Washing- ton, 9th April, '45, to Mr. Dallas relating to the abuse of passports and urging Dallas to have Dr. Meigs accept the one he sent. . . "I can assure you that one of the greatest abuses in a small matter which has existed in the Department of State is the facility with which passports have been granted to bearers of despatches when there were no despatches to carry . . Nevertheless, I have sent to Dr. Meigs such a passport . . and I intend to make him bearer in fact as well as in form." . . etc. $67.50 189 BULKELEY, JOHN and CUMMINS, JOHN. A Voy- age to the South Seas in the years 1740-1. Containing a faithful Narrative of the Loss of his Majesty's Ship the Wager on a desolate Island in Latitude 47 South, Longi- tude 81 :40 West . . 12mo, half morocco, uncut. Phila- delphia : James Chattin, 1757. $25.00 Unique in this uncut condition. 190 BULLOCK, W. Sketch of a Journey through the West- ern States of North America, from New Orleans, by the Mississippi, Ohio, City of Cincinnati and Falls of Niagara, to New York, in 1827. With a Description of Cincinnati by B. Drake and E. D. Mansfield. (Two folding maps.) 12mo, half calf. London : 1827. $40.00 Bullock's interesting narrative is followed by a reprint of "Cin- cinnati in 1826," with a separate title page. One of the rarest of the Western narratives. 31 A CONTEMPORARY PLAN OF THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL 191 BUNKER'S HILL. A Plan of the Battle of Bunker's Hill, Fought on the 17th of June, 1775. By an Officer on the Spot. With a "Description of the Action . . taken from a Letter written by General Burgoyne." Size, 23 x 18y2 inches. London : Sayer & Bennett, 1775. $175.00 Excessively rare. 192 BURDER, GEORGE. The Welch Indians ; or, a col- lection of Papers, respecting a People whose Ancestors emigrated from Wales to America, in the year 1170, with Prince Madoc, (Three Hundred years before the First Voy- age of Columbus.) 8vo, half green calf by Sangorski & Sut- cliffe. London, 1797. $35.00 A very rare and curious pamphlet unknown to Field. 193 BURGOYNE, JOHN. A State of the Expedition from Canada, as laid before the House of Commons, . . with a collection of Authentic Documents. (Maps and Plates.) 4to, half morocco, uncut. London: 1780. $50.00 Extra illustrated by the addition of seventeen rare Plates. 194 BURGOYNE, JOHN. The Campaign of Lieut. Gen. John Burgoyne, and the Expedition of Lieut. Col. Barry St. Leger. By William L. Stone. Maps, Portraits and Facsimiles. 8vo, blue cloth, uncut, unopened. Albany, N. Y.: Joel Munsell, 1877. $6.50 195 BURK, JOHN. History of Virginia. By J. Burk, I. Jones and L. H. Girardin. 4 volumes, 8vo, original calf. Petersburg, 1804-1816. $65.00 A good copy in the original binding. In accordance with the trite and hackneyed traditions of the bookseller, we must refer to the rarity of the fourth volume, remarking that "a large portion of the edition was destroyed by fire." Although over thirty-five copies con- taining the fourth volume have been sold at auction, members of the tribe of bookmen will continue to refer to it with the customary gradations from "extremely scarce" to "superlatively rare." The book is, of course, extremely common and always met with on a bibliographical tour, but nevertheless it is a work of great value to the scholar and historian. The last copy sold at auction brought $115.00. 196 BURK, JOHN DALY. Some Materials to serve for a brief Memoir of John Daly Burk . . . With a Sketch of the Life and Character of . . . Judge John Junius Burk. Edited by Charles Campbell. 8vo, original cloth. Albany, Joel Munsell, 1868. $3.00 32 197 BURNABY, ANDREW. Travels through the Middle Settlements in North America in the years 1759 and 1760. With Observations upon the State of the Colonies. Jfto, half calf. London : 1775. $12.50 THE FIRST NEW YORK EDITION OF BURNS' POEMS 198 BURNS, ROBERT. Poems in the Scottish Dialect. 8vo, original calf, enclosed in a full maroon morocco solander case. New York, McLean, 1788. $190.00 A fine copy in the original binding of the First American edition- With the rare portrait engraved by Scot. 199 BURNS, ROBERT. Celebration of the Centennial Anni- versary of the Birth of Robert Burns, under the Auspices of the St. Andrews Society, Charleston, South Carolina, January 25, 1859. 8vo, unbound. Charleston, S. C, 1859. $10.00 A very rare Burns item. 200 BURR, AARON. Diligence in the Work of God, and, Activity during Life. A Sermon, occasioned by the much- lamented Death of . . . Aaron Burr, A.M., President of the College of New Jersey. . . September 24, M,DCC, LVII. . . Delivered in Nassau Hall, . . . Dec. 15, 1757. By Caleb Smith. 12mo, seived. New York, H. Gaine. 1758. $27.50 Very rare. The Rev. Aaron Burr v^^as the father of the famous Aaron Burr. 201 BURROUGH, EDWARD. A Declaration of the Fall and Great Persecution and Martyrdom of the People of God, called Quakers, in new England, for the Worshipping of God. TBy E. Burrough.] Uto, green levant. London, Rob- ert Wilson, 1660. $50.00 Very rare. A copy recently sold for £11. 202 BURT, WM. A. AND BELA HUBBARD. Reports on the Geography, Topography and Geology of the U. S. Surveys of the Mineral Region of the South Shore of Lake Superior, for 1845. 12mo, cloth. Detroit, 1846. $40.00 Very rare, containing a map of the mineral region and a chart of Lake Superior. GENL. BUTLER'S NOTORIOUS ORDER NO. 28 ABOUT THE WOMEN OF NEW ORLEANS 203 BUTLER. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, General. Printed General Order No. 44. Head Quarters, W^estern Depart- ment, Corinth, Miss., May 19, 1862, issued by Genl. G. T. 33 203 BUTLER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN— Continued Beauregard, embracing a copy of Genl. Butler's Notorious Order No. 28. $65.00 "Head Quarters Department of the Gulf, New Orleans, May 15, 1862. General Order No. 28. As the officers and soldiers of the United States have been sub- ject to repeated insults from the women (calling themselves ladies) of New Orleans, in return for the most scrupulous non-interference and courtesy on our part, it is ordered that hereafter when any female shall, by word, gesture, or movement, insult or show contempt for any officer or soldier of the United States, she shall be regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation. By Command of Major General Butler. George C. Strong, A. A. G. Chief of Staff." Beauregard printed this for the information of the Army, and ordered it to be read on dress parade. His address to the Army, is as follows: "Men of the South! shall our mothers, our wives, our daughters and our sisters, be thus outraged by the ruffianly soldier of the North, to whom is given the right to treat, at their pleasure, the ladies of the South as common harlots? Arouse friends, and drive back from our soil, these infamous invaders of our homes and disturbers of our family ties." This copy is signed in the Autograph of Col. Jno. M. Otey of Beauregard's Staff. 204 BUTTERFIELD, C. W. An Historical Account of the Expedition against Sandusky under Colonel William Craw- ford in 1782. Portrait. 8vo, cloth, top edge gilt. Cincin- nati: 1873. $6.50 BOOKS RELATING TO CALIFORNIA 205 CALIFORNIA. Articles of Association of the Philadel- phia and California Mining Company, together with the BY-LAWS, LEASE, MAP, ETC. Svo, original paper covers. Phila., 1852. $18.00 These mining prospectuses with the invaluable maps are of the highest historical importance. All of them are excessively rare as most found their way into the waste-basket. It was only the unlucky director of the company or a more unlucky investor (not being on the "inside") who preserved them as a memento of a sad experience and who unconsciously performed the greatest service to the student of history. 206 CALIFORNIA. Quartz Mining. The Burns Ranche Gold Mining Company, Township No. 2, Mariposa County, in California. An Account of its Location, Title, Mineral Riches, etc. With its Charter and Proceedings, Letters, Certificates, and other Matters relating to it, etc. Svo, original paper covers. New York, 1851. $26.00 You can appreciate the rarity of this important California item if you start on a search to find it! 34 207 CALIFORNIA. Articles of Association and Agreement of the Noe Ranch Association, with By-Laws of the Board of Directors. 12mo, original paper covers. Phila., 1856. $18.00 Of supreme rarity. 208 CALIFORNIA. Constitution and By-Laws of the New England and California Trading and Mining Association. Together with The Names of the Officers and Members, the Order of Exercises at the Tremont Temple, and the Ad- dress by Rev. Edward Beecher. 8vo, original paper covers. Boston [1849]. $65.00 The company was formed in 1848 to fit out a ship for a mining expedition to California. We cannot locate another copy. 209 CALIFORNIA. BROOKS, J. TYRWHITT. Four Months among the Gold Finders in California ; being the Diary of an Expedition from San Francisco to the Gold Districts, By J. Tyrwhitt Brooks. 8vo, original paper covers. New York, 1849. $22.00 A rare early narrative of personal experiences. 210 CALIFORNIA. BUSHNELL, HORACE. California: its Characteristics and Prospects. 8vo, original paper cov- ers. San Francisco, 1858. $47.50 Very rare. Contains an early account of the Vi^lance Committee. 211 CALIFORNIA. Cleaveland, E. L. Hasting to be Rich. A Sermon, occasioned by the present excitement respecting The Gold of California, preached in the Cities of New Haven and Bridgeport, Jan. and Feb. 1849. Svo, paper, New Haven, 1849. $15.00 Very rare. LAND CONCESSIONS IN CALIFORNIA 212 CALIFORNIA. DRAKE, EUGENE B. Jimeno's and HartnelFs Indexes of Land Concessions, from 1820 to 1846 ; Also Toma de Razon, or Registry of Titles, For 1844-45; Approvals of Land Grants by the Territorial Deputation and Departmental Assembly of California, from 1835 to 1846. And a List of Unclaimed Grants. Svo, cloth, leather back. San Francisco, 1861. $125.00 Very rare and Important. 213 CALIFORNIA. FOSTER, G. G. The Gold Regions of California : being a succinct Description of the Geography, History, Topography and general Features of California: including a carefully prepared Account of the Gold Regions of that fortunate Country. Edited by G. G. Foster. Map. Svo, original paper covers. New York, 1848. $27.50 Very rare. 35 214 CALIFORNIA. FREMONT, JOHN CHARLES. Geo- graphical Memoir upon Upper California. To which are now added extracts from Hakluyt's Collection of Voyages, etc. By William McCarty. 8vo, original paper covers. Philadelphia, 1849. $15.00 215 CALIFORNIA. FREMONT, COL. and EMORY, MAJ. Notes of Travel in California; comprising the prominent geographical, agricultural, geological, and mineralogical Features of the Country ; also, the Route from Fort Leaven- worth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, including Parts of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers. Map. 8vo, original paper covers. New York and Phila., 1849. $4.50 216 CALIFORNIA. HARRIS, J. MORRISON. A paper on California; read before The Maryland Historical Society. March, 1849. 8vo, original paper covers. Baltimore, 1849. $16.00 217 CALIFORNIA. The Illustrated California Almanac for the year 1855. Compiled by John P. Bogardus. 8vo, orig- inal blue printed wrappers. San Francisco (1854). $60.00 Superlatively rare! It contains ten illustrations of San Francisco local scenes. A most interesting California item and of great im- portance as an historical document. 218 CALIFORNIA. LYMAN, ALBERT. Journal of a Voy- age to California, and Life in the Gold Diggings and also of a Voyage from California to the Sandwich Islands. (Illus- trated.) Svo, original cloth. Hartford, 1852. $65.00 Very rare. 219 CALIFORNIA. MACDERMOTT, HUGH FAIRON. Poems: Epic, Comic, and Satiric. Dedicated to Free- Lunchers and Noodle-Headed Scribblers. 16mo, original paper covers. San Francisco. Published by the Author, 1857. $40.00 An amusing collection of doggerel verse. Very rare. 219a. CALIFORNIA. MADISON, HENRY. The Startling and Thrilling Narrative of the Dark and Terrible Deeds of Henry Madison, and his Associate and Accomplice, Miss Emilv Stevens, Who was executed by the VIGILANCE COMMITTEE OF SAN FRANCISCO, on the 20th Sep- tember last. Edited by Rev. P. Shelden Drury. Four Plates and vignette. 8vo, unbound. Cincinnati : Barclay & Co., 1857. $10.00 36 220 CALIFORNIA. OWL, THE. A Magazine devoted to Mental Improvement, edited and printed by the Boys of Santa Clara College, S. J. Vol. 1, No. 1. December, 1869. 8vo, original paper covers. $45.00 Very rare. The first number of an early Californian college paper. 221 CALIFORNIA. PARBURT, GEORGE R. Oration on Board the Ship Sylph in the Pacific Ocean, July 4, 1849 to- gether with a brief account of her Voyage from Panama to San Francisco. 8vo, original wrappers. Geneva, N. Y., 1850. $27.50 A pamphlet of the highest degree of rarity. 222 CALIFORNIA. Soule, Frank ; Gihon, John H. ; and Nis- bet, James. The Annals of San Francisco. Containing a Summary of the History of the First Discovery, Settle- ment, Progress, and Present Condition of California ; and a Complete History of all the Important Events Connected with its Great City, Plate and Maps. 8vo, cloth. New York : D. Appleton & Company, 1855. $8.50 223 CAMERON, ARCHIBALD. A Reply to some questions on Divine Predestination, with some Remarks on a Pam- phlet, entitled "The Trial of Cain." 12mo, sewed, uncut. Shelbyville, Ky. Joshua D. Grant, 1822. $5.00 a rare imprint; otherwise worthless. 224 CAMPBELL, J. W. A History of Virginia from its Dis- covery till the year 1781 . . 12mo, half calf. Philadel- phia: 1813. $7.50 BOOKS RELATING TO CANADA 225 CANADA. The Importance and Advantage of Cape Breton Truly Stated and Impartially Considered. With Proper Maps. 8vo, half-polished calf. London : Knapton, 1746. $55.00 With the two folding maps rarely found in copies of this scarce work on Cape Breton and the neighboring country. 226 CANADA. MERCURE FRANCOIS (LE). Le quator- zieme tome ou. Suite de I'Histoire de nostre tempts sous le Regne du Tres-Christien Roy de France et de Navarre Louys Treziesme. With fine engraved title by Picart. Thick 12mo, original vellum. Paris: 1629. $50.00 This work is an annual register of occurrences and it was in this periodical that the first published account of the voyage of Cham- plain, and the establishment of the Jesuits in Canada, Louisiana, etc., appeared. In this volume there are some 35 pages devoted to Cana- dian affairs. On the upper portion of the title is an engraved view of the English taking Quebec. 37 227 CANADA. Map of Upper Canada. Describing all the New Settlements, Townships, &c. With the Countries ad- jacent, from Quebec to Lake Huron. Compiled at the Re- quest of Major-General John G. Simcoe, by D. W. Smyth. (Colored.) Large folio folded to 8vo, mounted on linen, and bound in boards. New York: 1813. $20.00 228 CANADA. An Authentic Plan of the River St. Laurence from Sillery, to the Fall of Montmorenci, with the Opera- tions of the Siege of Quebec under the Command of Vice- Adml. Saunders and Major Genl. Wolfe down to the 5 Sepr. 1759. Drawn by a Captain in his Majesty's Navy. Size, 21 by 15 inches. London : Jefferys, 1759. $35.00 229 CANADA. Father Abraham's Almanac for the Year of Our Lord 1761. By Abraham Weatherwise. With a Plan OP THE City of Quebec and Plan of Montreal. 12mo, new half red morocco. Philadelphia: W. Dunlap [1760]. $26.50 Of extreme rarity and interest. 230 CANADA. Plan of the City and Environs of Quebec, with its Siege and Blockade by the Americans, from the 8th of December 1775 to The 13th of May 1776. Size, 26 by 21 inches. London : Faden, 1776. $47.50 231 CARMICHAEL, JOHN. A Self-Defensive War Law- ful, proved in a Sermon, preached at Lancaster, before Captain Ross's Company of Militia, in the Presbyterian Church, on Sabbath Morning, June 4, 1775. 12mo, sewed. Lancaster, Francis Bailey, n. d. [1775]. $35.00 Has the rare half title. A very unusual imprint. ONE OF THE RAREST BOOKS ON CAROLINA 232 CAROLINA. The Humble Address of the Right Hon- ourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, in Parliament Assembled, presented to her Majesty on Wednesday the Thirteenth Day of March, 1705, Relating to the Province of Carolina and the Petition therein mentioned. With her Majesty's most gracious answer thereunto. Folio, half red morocco, by Pratt. London : 1705. $375.00 This pamphlet is so rare that no copy has ever been offered at a public sale. It is an extremely valuable document relating to the early history of the Carolinas. 233 CAROLINA. Pastoral Letter from the Synod of the Carolinas, Through the Medium of their Commission, to the churches under their care. 12mo, sewed, uncut. Salis- bury, Francis Coupee, 1802. $15.00 38 234 CARSON, ANN, TRIAL OF. Commonwealth vs. Ann Carson, John Ryde, sen. Elisha Bowen, June Baker. 25 pp., folio, half morocco. Philadelphia : 1816. $35.00 Original MS. of the trial of a woman very famous in her day. Ann Carson married the second time supposing her first husband to have died. Returning, he quarrelled with the second husband and was by him shot dead. The trial relates to Ann Carson's various attempts at freeing Smyth, her second husband — which ranged from cutting a way for him out of jail to kidnapping the Governor. THE FIRST BOOK IN ENGLISH ON NEW FRANCE 235 [CARTIER, JACQUES]. A Shorte and briefe narra- tion of the two Navigations and Discoveries to the North- weast partes called NEWE FRANCE: First translated out of French into Italian, by . . . Gio : Bapt : Ramu- tius, and now turned into English by John Florio. Small Jfto, red straight grained morocco, gilt edges. Imprinted at London, by H. Bynneman, 1580. $5000.00 Excessively rare. Title within wood-cut border. This is the first book in English on New France and one of the most important in the whole range of Americana. It ranks in the general estimation vdth Harlot's "Virginia," Hakluyt's "Divers Voyages" and the Frobishers. It is a diamond of the clearest water and of undiminished brilliancy. This is from the standpoint of the collector. The view of the scholar is equally as flattering for the voyages of Jacques Cartier have always proved a gold-mine of information and material and all of the great students of early American History have con- sulted this famous translation made by old John Florio in the year 1580. CARTWRIGHT'S JOURNAL IN A SUPERB OLD BINDING 236 CARTWRIGHT, GEORGE. Journal of Transactions and Events during a Residence of nearly sixteen Years on the Coast of Labrador. . . Illustrated with Proper Charts. (Frontispiece.) 3 vols., Uo, largest paper. Por- trait in three states (etching, unlettered proof and col- oured plates) very fine copy in red morocco super extra, leather joints, gilt edges, by Kalthoeber, Newark: 1792. $275.00 The finest copy known; from the Beckford Library. FIRST EDITION OF CARVER'S TRAVELS ON LARGE PAPER 237 CARVER, JONATHAN. Travels Through the Interior Parts of North America in the years 1766, 1767, and 1768. Illustrated with Copper Plates. 8vo, original boards, uncut, in a cloth slip case. London : Printed for the Author, 1778. $75.00 The First Edition on Large Paper. 39 238 CARVER, JONATHAN. Travels through the Interior Parts of North-America, in the Years 1766, 1767 and 1768. . . Illustrated with Copper Plates. 8vo, original half calf, ENTIRELY UNCUT. London : 1779. $37.50 An immaculate copy. A copy, similar to this, brought $92.50 at auction recently. 239 CASS, LEWIS. Life of General Lewis Cass, comprising an Account of his Military Services in the North-West. With Two Portraits. 12mo, original paper covers, Phila- delphia, 1848. $3.50 240 CASTANEDA, HERMAN LOPEZ DE. The first Booke of the History of the Discoverie and Conquest of the East Indias, enterprised by the Portingales, in their dan- gerous Navigations, in the time of King Don John, the sec- ond of that name. . . Translated into English, by N[icholas] L[ichefield]. Small J^to, full mottled calf, gilt, gilt edges, London : Thomas East, 1582. $125.00 Fine copy of a rare book. Contains (fol. 72) an account of the discovery of Brazil by Cabral. 241 CATLIN, GEORGE. Letters and Notes on the Man- ners, Customs and Condition of the North American In- dians. With Four Hundred Illustrations, Carefully Engraved from His Original Paintings. 2 vols., 8vo, half red morocco. New York, 1841. $18.50 CATLIN'S NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN PORTFOLIO 242 CATLIN'S NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN PORT- FOLIO. Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America, from Drawings and Notes of the Author. Twenty-five numbered plates and six extra ones unnumbered (without the text) , in all, thirty- one plates, all beautifully colored. Large folio, half mo- rocco. London: George Catlin (1844). $100.00 The most beautiful and most truthful scenes of Indians and Indian Life ever portrayed. A fine copy containing the six extra plates, usually lacking. The Allis copy, lacking the six extra plates, brought $170.00 at auction recently. 243 [CHANDLER, THOMAS BRADBURY]. What think ye of the Congress Now? or, an Enquiry, how far the Amer- icans are Bound to abide by, and Execute the Decisions of the late Congress. 12mo, unbound. New York, James Rivington, 1775. $27.50 The "Plan of a Proposed Union between Great Britain and the 'Colonies," 4 pp. is not contained in this copy, it only appears in a few copies. 40 244 CHARTERS (The) of the following Provinces of North America: viz: Virginia, Maryland, Conn., R. Island, Penn., Mass. Bay and Georgia . . . Proceedings of the N. A. Colonies, in consequence of the late STAMP ACT. FOLD- ING Map. Jfto, red levant morocco, gilt top, uncut edges, by Riviere. Lond. : Almon, 1766. $75.00 A very fine copy. 245 CHASTELLUX, MARQUIS DE. Travels in North America in the Years 1780, 1781 and 1782. Trans, from the French by an English Gentleman who resided in Amer- ica at that period, with notes by the translator. . . 2 vols, 8vo, new half calf, by Zaehnsdorf. London: 1787. $25.00 Fine folded copper plate maps and views. In excellent condition. 246 CHICAGO. Catalogue of Lots in Wight and Elliston's Addition to Chicago, belonging to Chicago Land Co., To be sold at auction, Tuesday, June 5, 1885, commencing at 10 o'clock A. M. 8vo, original paper covers, Chicago, 1855. $24.50 Temptingly scarce and a delicious morsel for the Chicago collector. May good appetite attend him! RARE EARLY MAP OF CHICAGO 247 CHICAGO. Map of the Counties of Cook and Dupage, the East Part of Kane and Kendall and North Part of Will, State of Illinois, Compiled by James H. Rees, 1851. Jt-3 x ^1 inches, mounted and folded to 8vo, in a case. Chicago, 1851. $160.00 One of the most important items in the history of Chicago. It is unknown to most collectors as nearly all the copies were destroyed in the Chicago fire. 248 [CHURCH, BENJAMIN.] Elegy on the Death of the Rev. Jonathan Mayhew who departed this life July 9, 1766. 8vo, original blue wrappers, uncut. Boston : Edes and Gill, [1766]. $60.00 An extremely scarce example of early American poetry; we cannot trace the sale of a copy at auction. 249 [CHURCH, BENJAMIN.] An Address to a Provincial Bashaw, O Shame ! where is thy Blush ? By a Son of Lib- erty [Benjamin Church] . J^to, full red levant morocco, gilt, gilt top, uncut. Printed in (the Tyrannic Administration of St. Francisco), 1769. $85.00 Fine copy of this excessively rare piece of early American poetry, 41 THE FINEST COPY KNOWN OF CHURCH'S KING PHILIP'S WAR 250 CHURCH, THOMAS. Entertaining Passages Relating to Philip's War which Began in the Month of June, 1675, as also the Expeditions more lately made against the Com- mon Enemy and Indian Rebels in the Eastern Parts of New England with some Account of the Divine Providence toward Benj. Church, Esqr. Quarto, original calf in full morocco solander case. Boston : Printed by B. Green, 1716. $2500.00 A Presentation Copy from the author to General Francis Nichol- son, Governor of Nova Scotia and Lieutenant Governor of New York. "For the Honourable Generall Nicholson" in the handwriting of Thomas Church is on the first fly-leaf. This copy is in the ori^nal calf binding and is in pristine condition and without doubt the finest in existence. We can trace but two copies sold at auction, the Murphy sold in 1884, and the Brinley-Ives copy, first sold in 1879. They were both repaired copies and could not be compared in any way to the one here offered. For a collection on The American Indians it is of supreme importance. 251 CINCINNATI DIRECTORY, containing the Names, Profession and Occupation of the Inhabitants. 12mo, orig- inal calf. Cincinnati, Farmsworth, 1819. $50.00 The first Cincinnati Directory, a superb copy. With the very rare large folding plan of the city. A GREAT DOCUMENT THE ORIGINAL DRAFT OF THE TERMS OF SURRENDER OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMY 252 CIVIL WAR. The original draft, in the autograph of General William Tecumseh Sherman, of the terms of sur- render of the Confederate Army under General Joseph E. Johnston. 4 pp., 4to, dark blue levant solander case. $3600.00 This most important historical document is headed "Memorandum, a basis of agreement made this 18th day of April, A. D. 1865, near Durham Station in the State of North Carolina, by and between. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, comdg the Confederate Army and Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman Comdg the Army of the U. S. in North Caro- lina. — Both present." This is one of the finest American Documents. 253 CIVIL WAR MAPS. We have a large collection of Man- uscript maps of battles of the Civil War. We shall be pleased to send a complete descriptive list, with prices, to anyone interested. 42 THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT OF "TOM SAWYER ABROAD" 254 CLEMENS, SAMUEL L. The original Autograph Manuscript of "TOM SAWYER ABROAD." Written in ink on 280 octavo pages and is quite complete, including the manuscript "Maps of the Trip by Tom Sawyer Erronort." Enclosed in a red levant morocco solander case. Price on application. This is one of the MOST IMPORTANT MANUSCRIPTS of Mark Twain ever offered for sale. THE UNPUBLISHED ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT OF "PUDD'NHEAD WILSON" AND "THOSE EXTRAORDINARY TWINS" 255 CLEMENS, SAMUEL L. The original autograph Manuscript of "Those Extraordinary Twins," being the author's first draft and including the germ of "Pudd'nhead Wilson." Written in ink on 124 octavo pages. Mark Twain gives an entertaining account of writing these two stories in the preface or note to "Those Extraordinary Twins" which is always printed with "Pudd'nhead Wilson." He narrates that he wrote the story (the present UNPUBLISHED DRAFT) and finding as he went along two distinct plots he "pulled one of the stories out by the roots and left the other one — a kind of literary Caesarian operation." This manu- script contains the two stories in an unpublished form. Enclosed in a morocco slip case. Price on application. EARLY AMERICAN DRAMA 256 [CLIFTON, WILLIAM.] Paddy's Plot or the Old Fool Couzen'd at Last. In two Acts. Ato, original wrappers in half morocco slip case, [ca 1800.] $250.00 A manuscript play, apparently unpublished, 33 pages, by William 'Clifton, the Philadelphia poet who wrote "The Group," published in 1800. At the end is a two-page folio autograph letter of William Cobbett, unsigned and undated, inspiring the play. "Tell your friend to exert all his comic talents describing an Irish or an English patriot . . . who has fled from justice, for at- tempting to exercise his revolutionary talents in his own country, just landed in America," etc. 257 [COBBETT, WILLIAM.] The Political Progress of Britain ; or an impartial History of Abuses in the Govern- ment of the British Empire, in Europe, Asia, and America. Part First. 8vo, half morocco, uncut. Philadelphia, 1794. $3.50 43 258 [COBBETT, WILLIAM.] British Honour and Human- ity or, the wonder of American Patience, as exemplified in the modest publications, and universal applause of Mr. Wil- liam Cobbett ... By a Friend to Regular Government. 8vo, half morocco, uncut. Philadelphia, 1796. $3.00 259 [COBBETT, WILLIAM.] The Scare-Crow; being an infamous Letter sent to Mr. John Oldden, threatening de- struction to his House, and Violence to his Tenant, William Cobbett ; with remarks on the same. By Peter Porcupine. 8vo, half morocco, uncut. Philadelphia, Cobbett, 1796. $5.00 260 [COBBETT, WILLIAM.] A Bone to Gnaw for the Democrats . . To which is prefixed A Rod for the Backs of the Critics; . . by Humphrey Hedgehog . . 12mo, half calf. London: 1797. $5.00 261 COOKINGS, GEORGE. War: An Heroic Poem, from the Taking of Minorca, by the French ; to the reduction of Havannah, By the Earl of Albemarle, Sir George Pocock, the Second Edition, to the Raising of The Siege of Quebec. With large Amendments and Additions. 8vo, mottled calf, t. e. g., uncut, by Worsfold. Boston, N. E., Printed by S. Adams for the Author, 1762. $35.00 THE FIRST ENGRAVED MAP OF NEW YORK AND THE MOST IMPORTANT BRADFORD IMPRINT EVER OFFERED FOR SALE 262 COLDEN, CADWALLADER. Papers Relating to An Act of Assembly of the Province of New York, for Encour- agement of the Indian Trade and for prohibiting the sell- ing of Indian Goods to the French of Canada. With a Map. Printed and Sold by William Bradford in the City of New York, 1724. Folio, in a morocco case. $9500.00 The most valuable book, relating to New York and the Indians, that has been offered for sale in two generations. THE MAP OF NEW YORK IS THE FIRST MAP ENGRAVED IN THE PROV- INCE. It is here in the superlatively rare FIRST STATE. There is only one other perfect copy of the book in America, the Brinley copy, now in the New York Public Library. The book and map are in immaculate condition. We know of no more desirable volume in the whole range of Americana. 263 COLDEN, CADWALLADER. An Explication of the Fiist Causes of Action in Matter and of the Cause of Gravitation. . . Svo, uncut, full green levant morocco by Riviere. London : 1746. $35.00 One of the earliest scientific treatises written by an American. 44 264 GOLDEN, CADWALLADER. The History of the Five Indian Nations depending on the Province of New York . . With an Introduction and Notes by John Gilmary Shea. (Frontispiece). Large 8vo, original cloth, uncut. New York: Morrell, 1866. $15.00 No. 3 of 30 copies, printed on Large Paper. 265 [COLONIAL TRACT.] L'Estrange, R. A Discourse of the Fisheiy. Briefly laying open . . the absolute necessity of it; in Order to the Well-Being, both of the King, and People , . Small ito, half red morocco. London : 1674. $20.00 266 [COLONIAL TRACT.] A Collection of Advertisements, Advices and Directions Relating to the Royal Fishery within the British Seas, &c. Small Ato, half morocco. London: 1695. $18.50 267 [COLONIAL TRACTS.] A Collection of Scarce and Valuable Papers, Some whereof were never before Printed .. 8vo, calf, rebacked. London: 1712. $12.00 A collection of twenty-six Articles, Letters, etc., on topical subjects. Many of these treat of the early colonists, making this volume a very desirable item of Americana. 268 [COLONIAL TRACT.] The African Trade, the great Pillar and Support of the British Plantation Trade in America . . 4to, half green levant. London : J. Robinson, 1745. $15.00 269 THE COLUMBIAN NAVAL SONGSTER, being a Col- lection of Original Songs, Odes, etc., Composed in Honour of the Five Great Naval Victories obtained by Hull, Jones, Decatur, Bainbridge and Laurence. Compiled by E. Gil- lespy. 8vo, original boards, uncut. New York, 1813. $18.50 Very scarce. 270 COLUMBUS. Ivlii Csesaria Stellas Nobilis Romani COLVMBEIDOS Libri Priores Duo, Ad Phillippvm Avs- trium Ihilippi II. Regis Cath. F. Hispaniorum Indiarivm Principim. Small Uo, old calf . (1589.) $45.00 This work is so rare that it is unnoticed by all bibliographers, in- cluding: Henry Harrisse. There was no copy in any of the great sales of Americana held during the last twenty years. It is an ac- count of Columbus written in Latin verse. 45 271 CONFEDERATE IMPRINT. Three Months in the Southern States: April, June, 1863. By Lieut.-Col. Fre- mantle. 8vo, original paper covers, back cover missing and last leaf slightly defective. Mobile : S. H. Goetzel, 1864. $25.00 Fine copy of a rare Confederate Imprint. The covers are printed on the plain side of a piece of wall-paper. The author was a member of the famous Coldstream Guards, of Southern sympathies, and the book is a day-by-day record of his observations. 272 CONFEDERATE STATES. Statement relative to a conference held with President Davis at Fairfax C. H. about the end of September, 1861, relative to putting the Army of the Potomac in a condition to take the offensive. Written at Centreville, Va., Jan. 31, 1862, and Signed by Genl. Gustavus W. Smith, Genl. G. T. Beauregard and Genl. Joseph E. Johnston. 7 pages, Uo. $150.00 A highly important historical document, giving the reason why the Confederate Army was unable to follow up the victory at Bull Run, and pursue and attack the enemy in their own country, with a view to capturing Washington. The statement is that of Genl. Gus- tavus W. Smith, who in these pages gives his recollections of this occurrence, and before signing it Genl. Beauregard has written : "My recollection of the above conference agrees fully with the statement of Genl. G. W. Smith," and which Genl. Jos. E. Johnston fully agrees by signing it also. 273 CONFEDERATE WAR ETCHINGS. A collection of 29 ETCHINGS ON INDIA PAPER laid down on heavier paper, ito, half yellow morocco, gilt top. $65.00 A fine series of contemporary etchings, including "Return of a Raiding Party from Pennsylvania," "Stone Blockade off Charleston, S. C," "Prayer in Stonewall Jackson's Camp," etc. These are the ORIGINAL IMPRESSIONS, not the reprints. 274 CONGRESS. In Provincial Congress. Watertown, June 17, 1775. Printed Broadside calling upon the people to be on their guard and prepared at all times to resist attacks. Signed, Samuel Freeman, Secretary. $12.00 275 CONGRESS. "Whereas a ReDort has been industriously propagated in this city (Nev/ York) that the Continental Congress had passed a Resolve that unless American Griev- ances were redressed by the first of March, these COLO- NIES SHOULD BE INDEPENDENT of Great Britain," etc., accusing Mr. Archer, formerly of Philadelphia, of hav- ing spread the news and that he ought to be considered "as an enemy to this country." Signed by Henry Remsen, Com- mittee Chamber, New York, August 4, 1775. Quarto Broad- side. New York [Printed by John Holt], 1775. $60.00 This interesting and valuable Broadside exhibits — the fact that tory New York did not want the news spread of the approaching breach with England "as calculating to create Dissensions in the Colonies." Extremely rare. 46 276 CONGRESS. In Congress, April 3, 1776. Instructions to the Commanders of Private Ships or Vessels of War. Signed by John Jay, President. $25.00 Folio broadside. 277 CONGRESS. A Circular Letter from the Congress of the United States of America to their Constituents. 8vo, half morocco. Philadelphia: Printed by David C. Clay- poole, printer to the Honorable the Congress (1779). $30.00 Hildeburn, 3862. We cannot trace the sale of this rare pamphlet at auction. 278 CONGRESS. Address and Recommendations to the States, by the United States in Congress assembled. 8vo, unhound. Philadelphia: David C. Claypoole, 1738. $25.00 A very important item in the history of the American Revolution, as it contains papers and documents here published for the first time. 279 CONNECTICUT. Acts and Laws of His Majesty's Eng- lish Colony of Connecticut. Folio, original calf. New London, 1750. $100.00 A perfect copy. Collation: title, 1 leaf; title of charter, 1 leaf; charter, pp. 1-6; table, 1 leaf; acts, pp. 1-256; Session Laws, 257-268. 280 [CONSTITUTION.] The Constitutions of the Several Independent States of America; The Declaration of Inde- pendence ; The Articles of Confederation , . Published by order of Congress. 8vo, full calf. Philadelphia : Printed. London : Reprinted, with an advertisement by the Editor. 1782. $10.00 THE ONLY COPY EVER OFFERED FOR SALE OF THE FIRST PRINTING OF THE COMPLETED CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES 280a. CONSTITUTION. We the People of the United States, in order to Form a More Perfect Union, Establish Justice, provide for the Common Defence, etc., do ordain and estab- lish this CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The excessively rare special edition of the Pennsylvania Packet for Wednesday, September 19, 1787. Large Folio, U VP-, entirely uncut. Philadelphia: Dunlap and Claypool, 1787. $1250.00 The most valuable issue of the Constitution of the United States PRINTED TWO DAYS AFTER ITS ADOPTION AND FROM THE PRESS OF THE OFFICIAL PRINTERS. Entirely unknown to Ford. Only a few copies have sui*vived, and as this is the founda- tion of our government, it is probably the most important document connected with our history. The Constitution was passed in its pres- ent form on September 17, 1787, and so certified by George Wash- 47 280a CONSTITUTION— Continued ington, President, and William Jackson, Secretary. This issue, printed the following day, September 18 and distributed on September 19, was the FIRST NOTIFICATION OF THE CONSTITUTION TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. FIRST PUBLISHED EDITION OF THE CONSTITU- TION OF THE UNITED STATES 281 CONSTITUTION. Articles agreed upon by the Federal Convention of the United States of America, his Excellency George Washington, Esq., President . . In Convention (Philadelphia), Monday, September 17, 1787. Pp. U, folio, enclosed in half red morocco portfolio. New York : Printed by J. McLean, No. 41, Hanover Square. $575.00 This is one of the most valuable examples of Americana and is of the highest degree of rarity, not more than five copies being known. It should be one of the corner-stones of any American library. If some of these atrocious New England religious tracts bring between two and three thousand dollars at auction there is no reason why this great historical document, which is equally as rare should not be worth as much. 282 CONSTITUTION. The Constitution proposed for the Government of the United States of America, by the Fed- eral Convention, held at Philadelphia, in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-seven. 8vo, original wrappers, uncut, in half red levant case. Philadelphia: Printed by Hall and Sellers, 1787. $90.00 Very Rare, in any condition, but in this fine uncut state practically unprocurable. The importance of this pamphlet is apparent. 283 CONSTITUTION. The Constitution of the United States, as recommended to Congress the 17th of September, 1787. By the Federal Convention. 8vo, unbound, uncut. Portsmouth, New Hampshire : John Melcher, 1787. $37.50 One of the rarest editions of the Constitution of the United States. 283a. CONSTITUTION. Plan of the New Constitution for the United States of America agreed upon in a Convention of the States. With a Preface by the Editor. 8vo, sewed, uncut. London, Printed for J. Debrett, 1787. $27.50 The first English Edition. The editor at the end of his note men- tions the strong opposition between General Washington and Dr. Franklin for the Presidency of the convention. 283b. THE SAME. ANOTHER EDITION. Svo, marbled paper covers. London, 1792. $12.50 48 THE OFFICIAL NOTICE OF THE BEGINNING OF THE GOVERNMENT UNDER THE NEW CONSTITUTION 283c. CONSTITUTION. By the United States in Congress Assembled, September 13, 1788. Whereas the Convention Assembled in Philadelphia, Pursuant to the Resolution of Congress of the 21st February, 1787, did on the 17th of September in the same Year, report to the United States in Congress Assembled, A Constitution for the People of the United States, . . . Resolved, That the First Wednes- day in January next, be the Day for appointing Electors in the several States, which before the said Day shall have ratified the said Constitution ; That the first Wednesday in February next, be the Day for the Electors to assemble in their respective States, and vote for a President; and That the first Wednesday in March next, be the Time, and the present Seat of Congress the Place for Commencing Pro- ceedings under the said Constitution. Folio Broadside. [New York, 1788.] $287.50 THE OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT UNDER THE NEW CONSTITUTION AND THE FIRST CALL FOR THE ELECTION OF A PRES- IDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. MINUTES OF THE RARE NEW JERSEY CONVEN- TION ON ADOPTING THE CONSTITUTION 283d. CONSTITUTION. Minutes of the Convention of the State of New- Jersey. Holden at Trenton the 11th day of December, 1787. Qicarto, entirely uncut, in a cloth case. Trenton : Isaac Collins, 1788. $267.50 The excessively rare minutes of the State of New -Jersey on adoptina: the CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. Ford locates but one copy. The pamphlet is so rare that a reprint of it was issued by Mr. Travers in 1888. 284 CONTINENTAL CONGRESS. Journal of the Proceed- ings of the Congress, Held at Philadelphia, September 5, 1774. 8vo, unbound. Philadelphia: William and Thomas Bradford, 1774. $12.00 285 [COOPER, MYLES.] The Friendly Address to All Reasonable Americans, on the Subject of our Political Con- fusions : Carefully abridged from the original. 12mo, un- bound. New York, 1774. $18.00 The last two copies of this rare Revolutionary tract brought at auction recently .$30.00 and $21.00. 49 286 COOPER, SAMUEL. A Sermon Preached in the Audi- ence of his Honour Spencer Phips, Esq., Lieutenant Gov- ernor and Commander-in-Chief . . of the Province of Mas- sachusetts Bay in New England, May 26, 1756. 8vo, un- howul, uncut. Boston, 1756. $15.00 287 CORAM, ROBERT. Political Inquiries to which is added a plan for the General Establishment of Schools throughout the United States. 8vo, unbound. Wilmington, 1791. $7.50 288 COTTON, JOHN. Singing of Psalmes A Gospel-Ordi- nance. Small Uto, brown levant morocco, gilt edges, by Riviere. London: Printed for J. R., 1650. $55.00 Fine copy with the genuine blank preceding title. 289 COYNER, DAVID H. The Lost Trappers ; a Collection of interesting Scenes and Events in the Rocky Mountains; together with a short Description of California. l2mo, original cloth (foxed) . Cincinnati, 1847. $24.00 290 CRAMER, ZADOK. The Navigator. Containing Direc- tions for Navigating the Monongahela, Allegheny, Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. To which is added an Appendix, con- taining an Account of Louisiana and of the Missouri and Columbia Rivers. 12mo, original boards, leather back. Pittsburgh: 1811. $20.00 A very rare early edition. IN THE ORIGINAL VELLUM BINDING 291 CREUXIUS (FRANCISCUS). Historic Canadensis seu Novse-Francise libri decem, ad Annum usque Christi MDCLVI. With the rare folding plate shoiving the Martyrdom of Fathers Jogues, Lalande, Brebeuf and Lalle- mand, the folding map of New France (with small inset of the Huron country) AND 12 FULL-PAGE PLATES, being mainly figures of Indians, all brilliant impressions. 4to, IN THE ORIGINAL VELLUM BINDING. Parisiis : Apud Sebas- tianum Cramoisy, et Sebast. Mabre-Cramoisy, 1664. $250.00 Extremely Rare. A large copy, measuring 7x9 inches. This work was compiled almost entirely from the Relations of the Early Jesuit Missionaries in Canada (1625-1656), and might be considered a resume of all the important historical events and original informa- tion concerning the manners and customs of the Indians, and the hardships endured by the missionaries which are narrated in those rare volumes. The rare map and folding plate, which are usually wanting, ARE IN SPLENDID CONDITION. 292 ANOTHER COPY. Quarto, olive morocco, by Francis Bedford. Paris, 1664. $225.00 50 293 D'ACUGNA, CHRISTOPHER. Voyages and Discov- eries in South America. The first up the River of Amazons to Quito, in Peru, and back again to Brazil) . . By M. Grillet and Bechamel . . Illustrated with Notes and Maps. 12mo, old calf. London: 1698. $17.50 Very rare. 294 DAHLGREN, C. G., Commodore. Military Telegram. Washington, May 17, 1862. To Genl. Thos. Jordan. $5.00 "The Telegraph Operator at Natchez refuses to leave there accord- ing to my order. Natchez has surrendered to the enemy, is in their possession, their soldiers walking the streets this morning," &c. 295 DAKOTA. Sketches of the Dakota Mission. 8vo, un- bound. N. p., n. d. (1873.) $5.50 Very scarce. WHISKEY REBELLION— WAR OF 1812 296 DALLAS, ALEXANDER J. His Letter Book, contain- ing copies of important letters written and received from Sept. 23, 1794, to April 15, 1816. All in Mr. Dallas's handwriting. 90 pp., quarto. $125.00 There is a complete series of letters relating to The Western In- surrection, full of information, as Mr. Dallas accompanied the militia in an official capacity; also a complete series of letters written during the War of 1812, by President Monroe to Mr. Dallas, and his replies thereto. A valuable historical manuscript. 297 DANA, E. A Description of the BOUNTY Lands in the State of Illinois : also. The Principal Roads and Routes, by Land and Water, through the Territory of the United States ; extending from the Province of New Brunswick in Nova Scotia, to the Pacific Ocean. 12mo, half red morocco, uncut, tvith the original printed cover preserved. Cincin- nati : Looker, Reynolds & Co., 1819. $115.00 One of the most attractive of the books on the West and of the highest degrees of rarity. We cannot trace the sale of a copy for many years. It would pay some enterprising publisher to issue a new edition of it. 298 DARBY, WILLIAM. A Geographical Description of the State of Louisiana, the Southern Part of the State of Mis- sissippi and Territory of Alabama ; . . Together with a Map. 8vo, half roan. New York: James Olmstead, 1817. $10.00 299 DARNELL, ELIAS. A Journal containing an accurate and interesting Account of the Hardships, Sufferings, Bat- tles, Defeat, and Captivity of those heroic Kentucky Volun- teers and Regulars, commanded by General Winchester, in the Years 1812-13. 12mo, original boards. Philadelphia, 1854. $8.50 51 JEFFERSON DAVIS' ANSWER TO BEAUREGARD'S LETTER RELATIVE TO A PLAN OF CAMPAIGN IN VIRGINIA, 1861 300 DAVIS, JEFFERSON, President of the Confederate States. L. S. 3 pages, 4to. Richmond, June 13, 1861. To Genl. Beauregard, Com'dg. Manassas Junction. $135.00 An important historical letter in answer to that of Genl. Beaure- gard in which he suggested that Genl. Jos. E. Johnston's Army be concentrated with his, and he could then retake Arlington Heights and Alexandria. 301 DAVIS, JEFFERSON. A. L. S. li/o pp., 4to, Washing- ton D. C, 16th Dec, 1849, to Mr. Dallas. $15.00 A topical letter of the times. . . "As to the Missouri Bull and his course we can only say 'Quien sabe;' but his numerous engagements will, I think, scarcely leave him time and temper for the task, heretofore so fruitless." 302 DAVIS, JEFFERSON. Military Telegram. Richmond, Nov. 1, 1864. To Genl. Beauregard. $5.00 Explaining his letter of Oct. 2d, placing Genl. Beauregard in Com- mand of the Military Division of the West. 303 DAVIS, JEFFERSON. Military Telegram. Richmond, Dec. 1, 1864. To Genl. Beauregard. $5.00 Expresses hope that Beauregard will reduce Sherman's forces to inefficient numbers, if not defeat his plan under certain stated circumstances. 304 DAVIS, JEFFERSON. Military Telegram. Richmond, Feb. 4, 1865, in cypher, with translations. To Genl. Beau- regard. $5.00 Touching military movements against Sherman and his ability to send reinforcements from Virginia and North Carolina. 305 DAVIS. JEFFERSON. A. L. S. 4 pages, 4to. Missis- sippi City, April 27, 1878. To Genl. Beauregard, with A. L. S. on the last page of Genl. Beauregard. New Orleans, April 30, 1878. To Genl. Thos. Jordan, asking him to read Mr. Davis' letter. $45.00 A fine historical letter, giving his recollections of the conference between Genl. Johnston, Genl. Beauregard and himself the night after the Battle of Manassas (Bull Run). 306 DAVIS, JOHN, Travels of Four Years and a half in the United States of America . . 8vo, full calf, g. e. by Kalt- hoeber. London : 1803. $20.00 Prom the Beckford Collection. 307 ANOTHER COPY, half marbled calf. $10.00 52 308 DEARBORN, H. An Account of the battle of Bunker's- Hill , , with a letter to Maj. Gen. Dearborn, repelling his unprovoked attack on the character of the late Maj. Gen. Israel Putnam, by Daniel Putnam, Esq. 8vo, half morocco, uncut. Boston : Monroe & Francis, 1818. $5.00 309 DEANE, SILAS. A. L. S. 3 pages, 4to. Paris, no date. To Robt. Morris. $40.00 After m&ntioning some private commercial affairs, he says: "I hope however in a few weeks to see American Independence Acknowledged, after which I shall ask Liberty to quit politics for- ever, and put myself if possible into a Situation to enjoy what of Life may be left me, in some degree of Ease, in Attending solely to my own affairs which have been for several years neglected," etc. SILAS DEANE PRESENTS ON BEHALF OF CON- GRESS THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE TO THE KING OF FRANCE REMARKING THAT THE FIRST DRAFT HAS BEEN INTERCEPTED BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT 310 DEANE, SILAS. The original Autograph Letter of Silas Deane, "Agent for the United States in North Amer- ica," to Count Vergennes, representing the King of France, presenting the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE to the French Government. Dated Paris, December 1, 1776. Quarto, 1 page. $3600.00 "In obedience to the Orders of the honorable Congress of the United States of North America I have the honor of presenting to your Excellency the inclosed Declaration of their Independence. This Declaration was dispatched to me immediately after it being resolv'd, but by Accidents of War was intercepted, or it would have been much earlier presented," etc. PROBABLY THE MOST VALUABLE LETTER IN EXISTENCE RELATIVE TO OUR RELATIONS WITH FRANCE. PARTICU- LARLY INTERESTING AT THE PRESENT TIME. THE ORIGINAL DECLARATION OF INDEPEND- ENCE AND ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION SENT BY THE UNITED STATES TO FREDERICK THE GREAT, KING OF PRUSSIA, IN ORDER THAT THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE AMERICAN COL- ONIES SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED, SIGNED BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND SILAS DEANE, COM- MISSIONERS PLENIPOTENTIARY, WITH THEIR ORIGINAL LETTER RELATING THERETO, THE ONLY OFFICIAL CERTIFIED COPY OF THE TWO GREATEST AMERICAN DOCUMENTS EXTANT 311 The three papers are as follows: The original letter of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN and SILAS DEANE, Commissioners Plenipotentiary, to BARON DE SCOLENBERG, Minister of Frederick the 53 311 DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE— Continued Great, King of Prussia, enclosing the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE and ARTICLES OF CONFEDERA- TION. I. PARIS, FEBRUARY 14th, 1777. May it please Your Excellency We have the honor of inclosing the DECLARATION of the INDEPENDENCE of the UNITED STATES or NORTH AMERICA, with the ARTICLES of CONFEDER- ATION; which we desire you to take the earliest Oppor- tunity, of laying before his Majesty, The King of Prussia; at the same time we wish he may be assured, of the earnest desire, of the United States, to obtain his Friendship ; & by a free Commerce, to establish an intercourse between their distant Countries, which they are confident must be mutu- ally beneficial. The state of the Commerce of the United States, and the advantages which must result to both Coun- tries, from the Establishment of a Commercial intercourse ; we shall if agreeable to his Majesty, lay before him. Mean- time we take the Liberty of assuring your Excellency that the Reports of the advantages gained by his Brittanic Ma- jesty's Troops, over those of the United States are greatly exaggerated, and many of them without Foundation, espe- cially those which assert that an accommodation is about to take place, there being no probability of such an Event, by the latest intelligence, we have received from America. We have the honor to be with the most profound respect Your Excellency's Most Obedient & Very Hum^^i^ Serv^^ B. FRANKLIN (SIGNED) S. DEANE COMMISSIONERS PLENIPOTENTIARY FOR THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA. II. THE ORIGINAL DECLARATION OF INDEPEND- ENCE, signed and attested by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN and SILAS DEANE, COMMISSIONERS PLENIPO- TENTIARY, and sent to FREDERICK THE GREAT through the Prussian Minister, BARON DE SCOLEN- BERG. THE ONLY OFFICIAL CERTIFIED COPY OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE EXTANT. 54 From Paris, on November 28, 1776, SILAS DEANE wrote to the committee on Secret Correspondence : "Gentlemen: Your favor of the 7th of August last enclosed the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDANCEY, with instruc- tions to make it known to this and other Powers of Europe." This, therefore is one of the identical copies ordered by the Continental Congress, to be sent abroad, in order that the Independence of America should be recognized. It is THE MOST PRECIOUS AMERICAN DOCUMENT EVER OFFERED FOR SALE. III. The original ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION OF THE UNITED STATES, signed and attested by BENJA- MIN FRANKLIN and SILAS DEANE, COMMISSION- ERS PLENIPOTENTIARY and sent to FREDERICK THE GREAT, through his minister BARON VON SCOLENBERG. The only certified official copy of the ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION KNOWN. As the ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION were not adopted until November 15, 1777, this is a unique draft, as it was sent to the King of Prussia, February 14, 1777, nearly nine months before its final adoption. It differs in many ways from the original at Washington and there- fore it is of remarkable importance. It is also interesting to note that both papers are certified and signed by BEN- JAMIN FRANKLIN, who was part author of both docu- ments and who was the leading spirit in their origin. Price for the three documents, $160,000.00 Note: — Owing to their great value and being constantly under guard they will be shown to those interested only between the hours of 10 o'clock A. M. and five o'clock P. M. HANCOCK'S NOTIFICATION, DATED JULY 6, 1776, OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 312 HANCOCK, JOHN. The Original Official Letter, Signed, of John Hancock, President of the Continental Congress, relating to the separation of the Colonies from Great Britain and asking that the Declaration of Independ- ence he proclaimed to the people. Dated July 6th, 1776. With a notation in the handwriting of Hancock, and signed by him. 2 pp., folio, enclosed in a handsome levant morccco port- folio. $3500.00 55 312 HANCOCK, JOHN— Continued "Philadelphia, July 6, 1776 Gentlemen : — Altho it is not possible to forsee the consequences of Human Ac- tions, yet it is nevertheless a Duty we owe ourselves and Posterity in all public Councils to decide in the best manner we are able and to trust the Event to that Being who governs both Causes & Events, so as to bring about his own Determination. Impressed with this Sentiment, and at the same time fully con- vinced that our Affairs may take a more favourable Turn, the Con- gress have judged it necessary to dissolve all Connection between Great Britain and the American Colonies, and to declare them free and independent States; as you will perceive by the enclosed Dec- laration which I am directed to transmit to you, and to request you will have it proclaimed in your Colony in the Way and Manner you shall think most proper. The important Consequences to the American States from this Declaration of Independence, considered as the ground and Founda- tion of a future Government, will naturally suggest the propriety of having it proclaimed in such a manner, as that the People may be universally informed of it. I have the Honour to be Gentlemen Your most obed't. and very h'ble Serv. John Hancock, Presid't. AUTOGRAPH LETTERS OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO DRAW UP THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 313 [DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.] Jefferson, Thomas. President of the United States. Drafted and Signed the Declaration of Independence. A. L. S. folio. Annapolis, May 7, 1784. To Governor Harrison, with franked address. VERY FINE. "Since my letter of this morning the post has arrived and brought us a letter from Dr. Franklin of Mar. 9. he had received a letter from Congress informing him of the reasons delaying over ratifica- tion, he apprehends no difficulties from this circumstance, & the rather as he had received a letter from Mr. Hartley dated Mar. 2 (the day before the exchange should have taken place) desiring him he would inform him when the American ratification should arrive, & he could then apply for the British & attend the exchange, letters this moment received from Holland inform us that the protested bills will be taken up, but by pushing plan of loan on terms most ruinous & disgraceful, yet less so than non-paiment could have been, this shows the necessity of doing something effectual in the business of supplies." Franklin, Benjamin. Signer of the Declaration of Inde- pendence. A. L. S. folio. Philadelphia, Oct. 1, 1785. To Thos. Jefferson. EXCEPTIONALLY FINE IN REFER- ENCE TO HOUDON VISITING WASHINGTON FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING A MARBLE BUST. "I wrote you by a former opportunity, to acquaint you with our safe arrival. Mr. Houdon, who had been much perplex'd by the 56 Accident of leaving his Things behind him, has found here the Tools land Material he wanted, and set out last Wednesday for General Washington's. My Grandson went the day after to New York, where the Congress are still sitting, and likely to sit the year out, having as I am told much Business, and finding it very difficult to agree upon the Mode of the Requisition. In general the Affairs of our Country seem to be in good Trim, the last Harvest good, our own Produce high, foreign Supplies both European & West Indian lower. We have indeed some Party Wranglings, but no free country was ever without them, and I do not think they are likely to produce any considerable bad consequences. Mr. Houdon had been furnish'd here with the value of Twenty-four Hundred Livres, for his occasion, for which he has drawn on you, in my favour. I find myself the better for my voyage, and I hope you continue well." Adams, John, President of the U. S. and Signer of the Declaration of Independence. A. L. S. 4to. Quincy, Oct. 1, 1813. To Samuel Elliott, with franked address. VERY FINE. A beautiful letter of sympathy to Mr, Elliott on the death of his son and speaking in highest terms of Mr. Vanderkemp. "I rejoice in Mr. Vanderkemp's arrival at his home. I have known him more than three and thirty years. So long at least, I have admired his Learning and loved his heart. He was the bosom Friend and had the undoubted Esteem and Affection of Luzac, De Gyselaer, Van der Capellens, VanBerckles, &c. He was and Still is a rational Advocate for Liberty civil, political and religious, a liberal, candid Christian, an Enemy to Fraud, Perfidy, Persecution and Tyranny in every form and in every disguise, in Church and State. . . I wish there was more such Salt of the Earth as I believe this to be." Sherman, Roger. Signer of tha Declaration of Independ- ence. D. S. 2 pages, folio. New Milford, Aug. 26, 1758. Livingston, Robert R. Administered the Oath to Wash- ington at the Inauguration. A. L. S. 2 pages, 4to. July 16, 1801. To Gov. Geo. Clinton. Price for the collection. $750.00 314 [DE BRAHM, JOHN W. G.] Time an Apparition of Eternity. 12mo, half morocco. Philadelphia: 1791. $6.50 Extremely rare and curious. The complete series. DE FOE'S RARE BOOK ON CAROLINA 315 DE FOE, DANIEL. Party-Tyranny: or An Occasional Bill in Miniature ; as now Practised in Carolina Humbly offered to the Consideration of both Houses of Parliament. Small Uo, sprinkled calf, by Riviere. London : Printed in the year 1705. $135.00 This is one of the most interesting of the De Foe tracts and of particular value as it deals with an American Subject in a new and refreshing manner. Only two other copies can be traced in American libraries. 57 316 DE FOE, DANIEL. Abstract of the Remarkable Pas- sages in the Life of a Private Gentleman. In three parts : Relating to Trouble of Mind, some violent Temptations, and a Recovery. 12mo, old calf. Boston: N. E. Printed by Rogers and Fowle for J. Edwards in Cornhill, 1744. $18.75 Very rare. No copy located by Evans. 317 De FOREST, JOHN W. History of the Indians of Con- necticut from the Earliest known Period to 1850. Illus- trated WITH A Map and Plates. 8vo, original cloth. . . Hartford : 1851. $5.00 318 DE HAAS (WILLS). History of the Early Settlement and INDIAN WARS OF WESTERN VIRGINIA: embrac- ing an Account of the Various Expeditions in the West, previous to 1795. Illustrations. 8vo, cloth. Wheeling: 1851. $23.50 Original Edition. Good clean copy. Rare. 319 DE PUY, HENRY F. A Bibliography of the English Colonial Treaties with the American Indians, including a Synopsis of each Treaty. Facsimiles. 8vo, buckram, gilt top, uncut. New York: Printed for the Lenox Club, 1917. $7.50 Printed throughout on Japan Paper. Edition limited to 125 copies and very nearly exhausted. A scholarly and valuable contribution to the literature on the Indians by one of the most esteemed American collectors. JOHN DICKINSON'S RARE PAMPHLETS 320 DICKINSON, JOHN. A Speech Delivered in the House of Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania. The Second Edition. 12nio, half morocco, uncut. Philadelphia: Wil- liam Bradford, 1764. $17.50 Dickinson's famous speech praying his Majesty for a change of the Government of the Province of Pennsylvania. 321 DICKINSON, JOHN. The Late Regulations Respecting the British Colonies on the Continent of America consid- ered, in a Letter from a Gentleman in Philadelphia to his Friend in London. 12mo, half morocco, uncut, by Brad- street. Philadelphia: William Bradford, 1765. $22.50 The Weeks copy sold for $30.00 in 1902. 322 ANOTHER COPY, unbound, uncut. $25.00 323 DICKINSON, JOHN. An Address to the Committee of Correspondence in Barbadoes. 8vo, half morocco, uncut. Philadelphia: Bradford, 1766. $12.50 Very scarce. It was written against the king and relates to the Stamp Act. 58 PRESENTATION COPY OF THE "LETTERS FROM A FARMER," WITH AN UNKNOWN DICKINSON PAMPHLET 324 DICKINSON, JOHN. Letters from a Farmer in Penn- sylvania to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies. The Second Edition. Philadelphia : Hall and Sellers, 1768. (And) To the Public (8 pages, uncut.) [Philadelphia: William Goddard, 1768.] Two bound in one, original blue covers, in half blue levant slip case. $75.00 Presentation copies with "To Col. John Taylor" in the handwiiting of John Dickinson on each tract. The latter tract which must now be ascribed to Dickinson is of extreme rarity. It deals with the Stamp Act and the renewal of the Non-Importation Agreement. Presentation copies of these rare Revolutionary pamphlets are of great interest and value. 325 DICKINSON, JOHN. An Essay on the Constitutional Power of Great Britain Over the Colonies in America ; with the Resolves of the Committee for the Province of Pennsyl- vania. Svo, half morocco. Philadelphia, 1774. $10.00 326 DICKINSON, JOHN. The Petition of the Grand Amer- ican Continental Congress, to the King's Most Excellent Majesty. 12mo, unbound in cloth case. America, Boston [Isaiah Thomas, 1774] . $55.00 Excessively rare. This Petition was drafted by John Dickinson and adopted by Con- gress on Oct. 26, 1774. The first separate publication of this im- portant Revolutionary pamphlet. No copy has been sold at public sale in America. 327 DIEREVILLE, M. Relation du Voyage du PORT ROYAL DE L'ACADIE, ou de la Nouvelle France. .. les Manieres des Differentes Nations Sauvages, leurs Super- stitions et leur Chasses. 12mo, contemporary calf, gilt back. Rouen: 1708. $25.00 The Rare Original Edition. 328 DODGE, PAUL. A poem delivered at the Commence- ment of Rhode Island College, September 6, A. D. 1797. Svo, unbound. Providence, Carter and Wilkinson, 1797. $15.00 Very rare. THE ONLY PERFECT SET IN EXISTENCE 329 DOOLITTLE, AMOS. A set of four prints entitled "The Prodigal Son," as follows : 1. The Prodigal Son receiving his Patrimony. 2. The Prodigal Son revelling with Harlots. 3. The Prodigal Son in Misery. 4. The Prodigal Son returns to his Father. Published and sold by Shelton & Kenselt. Cheshire, Conn., October 24, 1814. Matted. $450.00 THE ONLY COLORED SET KNOWN and the only complete set of four known. Stauffer only describes three. 59 330 DOUGLASS, WILLIAM. A Summary, Historical and Political, of the First Planting, Progressive Improvements and Present State of the British Settlements in North America. WITH MAPS. 2 vols, 8vo, contemporary calf. London : R. & J. Dodsley, 1760. $17.50 A fine copy in contemporary binding from Governor Pennypacker's collection, with bookplate. DRAKE'S WEST INDIAN VOYAGE WITH THE MAPS 331 DRAKE, SIR FRANCIS. A Summarie and True Dis- course of Sir Francis Drake's West Indian Voyage. . . With Geographicall Mappes exactly describing each of the TOWNES. 4to, limp vellum, gilt by Bedford, in red levant solander case. London : Richard Field, 1589. $9500.00 One of the most important books relating to American history. Of the utmost rarity. Only one other perfect copy in America. First edition in English. The four original large maps by bap- tista Boazio are folded and bound in a separate volume. These maps are among the first ENGLISH MAPS RELATING TO THIS CON- TINENT. Each map has the genuine English text. The narrative is by Walter Bigges "who ended his life . . . after our departure from Cartagena, the same being afterwardes finished by his Lieutenant Maister Croftes." One of the finest examples of the rarest Americana that has ever been offered for sale. A Perfect Copy such as the above does not exist in any public library in America. The map of st. augustine IS the first engraved map of any city on the continent of NORTH AMERICA. 332 DRAKE, SAMUEL G. Indian Biography, containing the Lives of more than two hundred Indian Chiefs : . . . . and a History of their Wars. Two plates. 12mo, original cloth. Boston: 1832. $5.00 333 DRAKE, SAMUEL G. The History and Antiquities of Boston, from its Settlement in 1630 to the year 1770. Il- lustrated. 2 vols., folio, half red morocco, gilt top, uncut. Boston, 1857. $20.00 334 DRAKE, SAMUEL G. The Aboriginal Races of North America ; comprising Biographical Sketches of Eminent In- dividuals and an Historical Account of the different Tribes. . . Revised, with valuable Additions by J. W. Oniell. Illustrated with numerous colored steel-plate en- gravings. Large 8vo, half morocco, g. e. Philadelphia: Charles DeSilver, 1860. $9.00 335 DRAKE, SAMUEL G. The Witchcraft Delusion in New England : Its Rise, Progress, and Termination, as exhibited by Dr. Cotton Mather, in the Wonders of the Invisible 60 World ; and by Robert Calef , in his More Wonders of the Invisible World. 3 vols., 8vo, original cloth, uncut. Rox- bury, Mass., 1866. $37.50 One of four copies on drawing paper. Presentation copy from the publisher to Henry B. Dawson. 336 DRAKE, SAMUEL G. The Old Indian Chronicle, being a Collection of Exceeding Rare Tracts written and pub- lished in the Time of King Philip's War. To which are now added an Introduction and Notes. Folding plan. 8vo, half morocco, uncut. Boston : Samuel A. Drake, 1867. $7.50 337 DRAKE, SAMUEL G. A Particular History of the Five Years' French and Indian War in New England and Parts Adjacent, from its Declaration by the King of France, March 15, 1744, to the Treaty with the Eastern Indians, Oct. 16, 1749, sometimes called Governor Shirley's War. Portrait. 4^to, half yellow levant morocco. Albany : Joel Munsell, 1870. $8.00 338 DRAMA. The Young Quaker. A Comedy as Performed at the Theatre-Royal, Smoke-Alley, and by the Old Amer- ican Company. 8vo, full calf, uncut. Thos. Bradford, Phila- delphia, 1794. $25.00 Fine copy with original covers bound in. Exceedingly scarce. George Washington was present at its production in Philadelphia. 339 DUANE, WILLIAM. Mississippi Question. Report of a Debate in the Senate of the U. S. on the 23d, 24th and 25th of Feb., 1803, on certain resolutions concerning the Viola- tion of the Right of Deposit in the Island of New Orleans. Svo, half green morocco. Philadelphia : W. Duane, 1803. $5.00 340 DUANE, WILLIAM. The System of Infantry Discipline according to the Regulation established for the Army of the U. S. 19 March, 1813. Svo, boards, uncut and unopened. [Philadelphia,] 1814. $7.50 341 [DUCHE, JACOB.] Observations on a Variety of Sub- jects, Literary, Moral and Religious ; In a Series of Original Letters, Written by a Gentleman of Foreign Extraction, who resided some time in Philadelphia. [Jacob Duche]. 12mo, old sheep. Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1774. $9.00 Manuscript notes relating to Jacob Duche and also to John Leeds Bozman, the historian of Maryland, are written on the back of the title and elsewhere in the book. 342 DUDLEY, JOSEPH. Ossa Josephi or the Bones of Joseph Consider'd in a Sermon Preached at the Lecture in Boston after the Funeral of the very honourable and excel- lent Joseph Dudley, Esq., Late Governour of Massachusetts 61 342 DUDLEY, JOSEPH— Continued Bay. . . By Benjamin Colman. 12mo, half morocco, uncut. Boston: Printed by B. Green for Benj. Eliot, at his shop, 1720. $6.50 343 DUNN, JOHN. History of the Oregon Territory and British North American Fur Trade ; with an account of the Habits and Customs of the Principal Native Tribes on the Northern Continent. 8vo, original cloth. London, 1844. $40.00 Fine copy of the very rare original edition, with the large folding map. 344 DURAND, JAMES R. The Life and Adventures of James R. Durand, during a period of Fifteen Years, from 1801 to 1816 : in which time he was impressed on board the British Fleet, and held in detestable Bondage for more than seven years. 12mo, original boards. Rochester, N. Y. : Printed for the Author by E. Peck & Co., 1820. $18.50 A very scarce book relating to the War of 1812. A VERY RARE HOLOGRAPH 345 DU SIMITIERE, PIERRE EUGENE. Painter and Anti- quary, who practised his profession in Philadelphia. An ardent patriot. A. L. S. folio. Philadelphia, June 4, 1782. To Robt. Morris. $90.00 Tells Morris that he has received several sets of prints from his drawings, and has laid aside one for him, should he wish it. He says the set "consists of likenesses of Baron de Steuben, Ch. Thomson, Gouvernor Morris, Silas Deane, W. H. Drayton, John Dickinson, Jos. Read and Arnold. This last is inserted thus, "Le General Arnold, deserte de I'armee des Etats-Unis le 3" Octobre, 1780" 346 EARLE, JOHN. Microcosmography ; or, A Piece of the World Discovered, in Essays and Characters. With Notes by Philip Bliss. 12mo, cloth. Albany: Munsell, 1867. $2.00 347 EARLY AMERICAN BATTLEDORE. The Uncle's Pre- sent A New Battledoor. 127no, stiff card. Published by Jacob Johnson, Philadelphia, [about 1800] . $25.00 A series of twenty-four "Cries," illustrating the letters of the alphabet, in form of a three-leaf battledore. These aids to learning are rarely met with. 348 EARLY AMERICAN JUVENILE BOOKS. We offer a collection of these desirable and interesting little books, clean copies, none later than 1835, in a leather-covered silk-lined box. Price and full descriptive list on application. 349 EARLY AMERICAN MUSIC. American Musical Mis- cellany: A Collection of the Newest and Most AT)proved Songs, Set to Music. 12mo, sprinkled calf, g. e. by Bedford. Northampton, Mass.: 1798. $40.00 Thomas Gaisford's Copy. 62 350 EARLY AMERICAN POETRY. The House of Wisdom in a Bustle : A Poem, descriptive of the noted Battle, lately fought in C— ng— ss. By Geoffry Touchstone. 8vo, half calf, uncut, original wrappers bound in. Philadelphia, 1798. $7.50 This copy contains a humorous copper-plate depicting the fracas: usually lacking. 351 EARLY, JUBAL A., Brigadier-General. A. L. S. 4 pages, 8vo. Lynchburg, April 11, 1881. To Genl. Beau- regard. $50.00 Referring to the Battle of Bull Run, and his mistaking the droop- ing colors of a regiment in the front to he Confederate, which proved later to he a Union flag and regiment. 352 EASTMAN, MARY H. Dahcotah; or Life and Legends of the Sioux around Fort Snelling. Illustrated from Drawings by Captain Eastman. 8vo, original cloth, top edge gilt, uncut. New York : John Wiley, 1849. $10.00 Very scarce and of much importance. 353 EDDIS, WILLIAM. Letters from America, Historical and Descriptive, Comprising Occurrences from 1769 to 1777, inclusive. 8vo, full calf, gilt, by Kalthoeber, ivith his ticket. London : Dilly, 1792. $27.50 Wm. Beckford's copy from the Hamilton Palace collection. The author was a Tory, who came from England and resided at Annapolis, Maryland, under protection of the Governor. He gives a good account of the state of affairs in Maryland during the Revolu- tion, and also tells of the trials and tribulations of a Tory among those patriotic people. 354 EDW^ARDS, JONATHAN. An Account of the Life of the late Reverend Mr. David Brainerd . Missionary to the Indians . . and Pastor of a Church of Christian Indians in New Jersey. 12mo, half morocco. Boston: 1749. $12.00 355 EDWARDS, JONATHAN. The Life and Character of the late Reverend Mr. Jonathan Edwards, President of the College at New Jersey, together with a number of his Sermons on Various important Subjects. Svo, old calf. Boston : Printed and Sold by S. Kneeland, 1765. $8.50 Original binding, in excellent condition. 356 ELLICOTT, ANDREW. The Journal of. Late Commis- sioner on Behalf of the United States during Part of the year 1796, the years 1797, 1798, 1799 and Part of the year 1800, for Determining the Boundary between the United States and the Possessions of His Catholic Majesty, con- taining Remarks on the Situation, Soil, Rivers, Natural Productions, and Diseases of the Different Counties in the Ohio, Mississippi and Gulf of Mexico. With Six Maps Uo, old calf. Philadelphia : William Fry, 1814. $12.50 63 357 ELLIS. New Britain. A Narrative of a Journey . . to a Country so called by its Inhabitants, discovered in the Vast Plain of Missouri . . A People of British origin who live under an equitable System of Society . . 8vo, original boards, uncut. London : 1820. $10.00 358 ELLIS, HENRY. A Voyage to Hudson's-Bay by the Dobbs Galley and California, in the years 1746 and 1747 for discovering a North West Passage . . Illustrated with . . CHART OF Hudson's Bay and 8 plates. 8vo, contem- porary green morocco, gilt, g. e. by Derome le Jeune, with his ticket. London : 1748. $45.00 Fine copy of the very rare First Edition. 359 ELLSWORTH, HENRY WILLIAM. Valley of the Upper Wabash, Indiana, with hints on its Agricultural Advan- tages: Plan of a dwelling. Estimates of Cultivation and notices of labor-saving machines. 12mo, cloth. New York, 1838. $20.00 Very rare, contains a large folding map, plan of a house and an interesting lithograph of a reaping machine. ENGLISH SESSION LAWS RELATING TO AMERICA 360 Anno Regni Georgii III. At the Parliament holden at Westminster May 19, 1761 to Nov. 15, 1763, being the third Session of the 12th Parliament. This consists of An Act for Granting certain Duties in the British Colonies in America ; one of the acts that was directly responsible for the Revolutionary War. Folio, sewed, uncut. London: Mark Baskett, 1764. $25.00 360a THE SAME. From January 14, 1734, to Nov. 15, 1739 ; "An Act for the more effectual securing and encouraging the Trade of His Majesty's British Subjects in America." Folio, sewed, uncut. London : John Baskett, 1739. $25.00 360b THE SAME. Containing the famous "Act for Natural- izing such foreign Protestants and others mentioned as are settled or shall settle in any of His Majesty's Colonies in America. Folio, sewed, uncut. London: John Baskett, 1739. $25.00 361 ENTICK, JOHN. The General History of the Late War : Containing its Rise, Progress and Event, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. Illustrated with a Variety of Heads, Plans, Maps, and Charts, engraved by the best . Artists. 5 vols., 8vo, old calf, rebacked. London : Dilley, 1765-75. $35.00 With brilliant impressions of the plates. 64 362 ESQUIMAUX BIBLE. The Gospels according to St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke, and St. John, translated into the language of Esquimaux Indians, on the coast of Labra- dor ; by the missionaries of the Unitas Fratrum ; or United Brethren, Residing at Nain, Okka, and Hopedale. Printed for the use of the Mission, by the British and Foreign Bible Society. 12mo, full calf. London: McDowall, 1813. $17.50 EVANS' SCARCE WESTERN NARRATIVE 363 EVANS, ESTWICK. A Pedestrious Tour of Four Thou- sand Miles through the Western States and Territories . . Frontispiece. 12mo, full polished sprinkled calf, gilt, leather labels, t. e. g. uncut. Concord : 1819. $75.00 Very rare. Contains both copyrighted imprints. Includes visits to various tribes of Indians. A superb uncut copy w^ith the frontis- piece and in this state remarkably scarce. This is one of the most desirable of the narratives of Western exploration. 364 EVERETT, EDWARD. Speech on the Execution of the Laws and Treaties in favor of the Indian Tribes. 8vo, half morocco. 1831. $3.50 365 EXCISE LAWS. "To the Public." Signed Civis in answer to the publications of Publicus in the Pennsylvania Gazette. Folio Broadside. [Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1773.] $22.50 Unknown to Hildeburn and Evans and probably the only copy that has survived. It relates to the Excise Laws. 366 FALCONER, RICHARD. The Voyages, Dangerous Ad- ventures and Imminent Escapes of Captain Richard Fal- coner. Written by himself, now alive. Frontispiece. 12mo, old panelled calf. London: W. Chetwood, 1720. $35.00 A narrative in the style of "Robinson Crusoe." 367 FARNHAM, THOMAS J. Travels in the Great Western Prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory. 12mo, original cloth. Poughkeepsie : Killey and Lossing, 1841. $35.00 The very rare first edition of one of the most important travel volumes. The work proved intensely popular and edition after edition appeared. The first for years was practically unknown. 368 FARRAGUT AND NEW ORLEANS. Contemporary Copies of Admiral Farragut's demand to the Mayor of New Orleans for the surrender of the City, April 27, 1862, with a contemporary copy of Mayor Jno. T. Monroe's, of New Orleans, answer. $10.00 Interesting historical document. It is quite probable the originals have been destroyed. 65 369 FEARON, HENRY BRADSHAW. Sketches of America. A Narrative of a Journey of five thousand miles through the Eastern and Western States of America. Containing eight reports, etc., etc., with remarks on Mr. Birbeck's "Notes" and "Letters." By Henry Bradshaw Fearon. 8vo, half purple crushed levant morocco by Zaehnsdorf, uncut. London: 1818. $7.50 370 THE SAME. Another Edition. Bound in half blue crushed levant morocco by Zaehnsdorf, uncut. London: 1819. $7.50 371 FERRIS, BENJAMIN. A History of the Original Set- tlements on the Delaware, from its Discovery by Hudson to the Colonization under William Penn. To which is added an Account of the Ecclesiastical Affairs of the Swedish Set- tlers and a History of Wilmington, from its First Settle- ment to the Present Time. Illustrated by drawings. 8vo, original black cloth. Wilmington: Wilson & Heald, 1846. $7.50 The illustrations, consisting of local views, were engraved after designs by the author. AN ILLUSTRATED WESTERN INDIAN CAPTIVITY 372 FILLEY, WILLIAM. The Indian Captive or the Long Lost Jackson Boy — who was stolen from his home in Jack- son, Michigan, by the Indians, Aug. 3, 1887, and his Return from Captivity, Oct. 19, 1866. 8vo, original pictorial wrap- pers. Chicago, 1867. $65.00 An excessively rare Indian Captivity. The illustrations make it very valuable. It is an important captivity as it contains a mass of unknown material relating to Indian life in the Rocky Mountains and the far West. 373 FILSON, JOHN. Histoire de Kentucke Nouvelle Colonie a L'Ouest de la Virginie contenant La Decouverte, TAcqui- sition, I'Histoire Naturelle, la Relation historique du Colonel Boon, Etc. Traduit de I'Anglois par M. Parraud. Folded MAP. Fine copy. Svo, boards. Paris: 1785. $18.00 Note: — We have a beautiful copy of Filson's Kentucky published in Wilmington in 1784 with the original MAP but we are so in love with it ourselves that we dare not offer it for sale! 374 FINDLEY, WILLIAM. History of the Insurrection in the Four Western Counties of Pennsylvania in the Year 1794. With a Recital of the Circumstances specially con- nected therewith, and an Historical Review of the previous Situation of the Country. Svo, sheep. Philadelphia : S. H. Smith, 1796. $12.00 Scarce. 66 AN INTERESTING LETTER IN REFERENCE TO THE CAUSES OF AN EXPECTED UPRISING OF THE INDIANS IN GEORGIA 375 FISHBOURN, BEN J. (Celebrated Colonel in the Revo- lutionary War.) A. L. S., 4 pp., folio. Augusta, June 26, 1787, to Governor Houston. $18.50 "In respect to the Situation with the Indians, the matter appears to me to stand on this footing, — some of our people (to their shame be it spokeing) have been guilty of murdering some of the Indians, and this has been since repeated on some of these poor wretches who were our best friends. These circumstances, with others, as agrevat- ing, having determined the Indians to make preparations for War» and Barnard's letter, with the other letters from our Agents now in the Indian country, all breathe this Language that an Indian war is inevitable, but that the present is only preparation to a general war to commence about the time, the gathering of the corn, called by them, the Busk of the year. . . I regrett that my county, for I have heretofore called Chatham county so. have been so lost to their own Independence and Virtue, (I may call it) as to elect and send on Tom Gibbons as a member of assembly for that county. O ! Tem- pera, ! Mores, — but it is more to be regretted that Benedict Arnold is not an Inhabitant of Chatham county, that he may also enjoy the liberty and privilege of it, in common -with Tom Gibbons and ^1 others." 376 FLINT, HENRY. The Doctrine of the Last Judgment, Asserted and Explained, In Two Discourses on Romans 11. 16. 4to, full red morocco, gilt top. Boston : B. Green, 1714. $50.00 The Introduction is by Increase Mather. Henry Flint was one of the earliest graduates of Harvard College. 377 FLINT, TIMOTHY. Recollections of the last Ten Years passed in Occasional Residences and Journeyings in the Valley of the Mississippi. 8vo, original boards, uncut. Bos- ton: 1826. $10.00 Very rare in pristine condition as this copy. 378 FLINT, TIMOTHY. Indian Wars of the West; Con- taining Biographical Sketches of those Pioneers Who Headed the Western Settlers in Repelling the attacks of the Savages. 12mo, old calf . Cincinnati : E. H. Flint, 1833. $12.00 Scarce. 379 FLINT, TIMOTHY. Journal of the Rev. Timothy Flint, From the Red River to the Ouachitta or Washita, in Louisi- ana in 1835. From Waldie's Select Circulating Library . . . 12mo, original paper wrappers, in half morocco slip case. $85.00 Extremely rare. We cannot trace another copy in this form. 380 FLINT, TIMOTHY. The First White Man of the West^ or The Life and Exploits of Col. Dan'l Boone . . 12mo, original cloth. Cincinnati : 1856. $5.00 A very scarce book. 67 LAUDONIERE'S FLORIDA, 1591 381 FLORIDA. Le Moyne, Jacob. Brevis Narratio eorum quse in FLORIDA Americse Provincia Gallis acciderunt, secunda in allam Navigatione, duce RENATO de LAU- DONIERE classis Prsefecto. Folio, crimson levant moroc- co extra, by Riviere. Francof orti ad Moenum, Typis Joanis Wecheli, Sumtibus vero Theodori de Bry, 1591. $285.00 With brilliant impressions of the fine engraved plates. A superb copy of the very rare first edition. One of the most important of the early books on Florida. 382 FLORIDA. Soto, Ferdinand de. Histoire de la Con- queste de la Floride, par les Espagnols, sous Ferdinand de Soto. Ecrite en Portugais par un Gentilhomme de la Ville d'Elvas. Par M. D. C. (De Citri de la Guette.) 12mo, old calf. Paris: 1685. $35.00 383 FLORIDA. First (Third— Seventh) Annual reports of the Directors of the Apalachicola Land Company. 6 parts, 8vo, original paper covers. New York, 1837-43. $55.00 The first seven annual reports of the company with the exception of the second. 384 FLORIDA INDIANS. Captivity and Sufferings of Mrs. Mason with an Account of the Massacre of her Youngest Child. Broadside. [St. Augustine, Florida, July 3, 1836.] $77.50 An unknown Indian captivity. It is a broadside containing crude woodcuts of the battles with the Indians and the capture of Mrs. Mason during the Florida Indian War. It is not in the Ayer Collec- tion and is probably unique. Enclosed in a cloth slip case. 385 FORT SUMTER. Copy of Genl. Beauregard's Report of Operations in the Reduction of Fort Sumter, from April 11 to 13, 1861. A. L. S. 2 pages, 4to, New Orleans, June 6, 1872, of Genl. Beauregard, to R. B. Rhett, Jr., relative to his brother. Col. Rhett, and Officers pronouncing Fort Sumter no longer tenable in 1863. A. L. S. 6 pages, 8vo, New fork, Oct. 28, 1872, of Genl. Thos. Jordan, to Genl. Beauregard. The Same, A. L. S. 4 pages, 8vo, Sept. 23, 1882, to Genl. Beauregard, relative to Fort Sumter. A. L. S. 2 pages, 8vo, New Orleans, June 6, 1872, relative to the proposed evacua- tion of Fort Sumter in 1863. A. L. S. 4 pages, 4to, New Orleans, June 6, 1872, of Dr. J. D. Burns, to Genl. Beaure- gard, relative to the evacuation of Fort Sumter in 1863. A. L. S. 8vo, June 2 and June 12, 1872, of R. B. Rhett, Jr., to Genl. Beauregard, referring to the proposed evacuation of Fort Sumter by Col. Alfred Rhett on or about Aug. 23, 1863. And A. L. S. 5 pages, 4to, Saint Jacques, June 23, 1872, of Col. Alfred Roman, to Genl. Beauregard, relative to the proposed evacuation of Fort Sumter in 1863. 9 pieces. $35.00 68 386 FORTIER, ALCEE. History of Louisiana. U vols. Large 8vo, half morocco, uncut. Goupil & Co., Paris and New York, 1904. $25.00 Edition Royale limited to 200 copies, handsomely printed on Van Gelder paper, with numerous illustrations in photogravure and color. THE RAREST BOOK ON DAKOTA 387 FOSTER, JAMES S. Outlines of History of the Terri- tory of Dakota, and Emigrants' Guide to the FREE LANDS OF THE NORTHWEST. Accompanied with a new sectional map. By James S. Foster. Map. 8vo, original paper covers. Yankton, Dakota Territory, 1870. $85.00 Very rare. The large folding map was printed in Milwaukee in 1869. 388 FOSTER, J. W. The Mississippi Valley: its Physical Geography. . . Illustrated by Maps and Sections. . . 8vo, original cloth. Chicago : 1869. $5.00 THE ORIGINAL DUPLESSIS PORTRAIT OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 389 FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. Original Pastel, painted from life, by J. S. Duplessis (1725-1802.) Considered by critics the FINEST OF ALL THE PORTRAITS OF FRANKLIN. $25,000.00 This celebrated portrait, which hung for many years in the Penn- sylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, is mentioned by Baedeker as one of the sights of the City of Philadelphia. It is considered not only the best and most animated picture of Franklin, but one of the finest examples of portraiture by any artist. It was painted by Duplessis in Paris, in 1778, when Franklin was Ambassador from the American Colonies, enlisting the aid of the French. THE BOOKS AND LETTERS OF POOR RICHARD 390 FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. Sewel, William. The His- tory of the Rise, Increase, and Progress of the Christian People called Quakers . . 4-to, old calf. Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Samuel Keimer, in Second Street, 1728. $35.00 In his autobiography, Franklin mentions that he set all the type for this work: making it in reality the First Franklin Item. 391 FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. Experiences et Observations Sur L'Electricite ; faites a Philadelphia en Amerique par M. Benjamin Franklin. 12mo, old calf. Paris: 1752. $12.00 From the collection of Edwin B. Holden. 69 392 [FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN.] The Interest of Great Britain considered, with regard to her Colonies and the acquisitions of Canada and Guadeloupe. To which are added. Observations concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, &c. 8vo, half red calf. London: Becket, 1760. $17.50 First edition. 393 FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. An Answer to Mr. Frank- lin's Remarks on a Late Protest. (By William Smith.) 8vo, half calf, uncut. Philadelphia: William Bradford, 1764. $35.00 FRANKLIN'S LETTER RELATING TO PRINTING TYPES 394 FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. A. L. S. 1 p., 4to, to David Hall, Printer. Philadelphia ; dated London, Aug't 20, 1765. (Addressed.) $225.00 A business letter to his partner, David Hall, with the following postscript about some type: "I wonder you have not got the two line Brevier Capitals. I will enquire about them." 395 FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. The Examination of Doctor Franklin, before an August Assembly, relating to the Re- peal of the Stamp-Act. 8vo, boards with calf back. N. P. N. D. $32.50 Issued without a title-page. Probably printed by Hall and Sellers, Philadelphia, 1766. Extremely rare! 396 [FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN.] Poor Richard Improved: Being an Almanack . . . for the Year of Our Lord 1767. By Richard Saunders. 16mo, unbound and uncut. Philadelphia, D. Hall and W. Sellers, [1766] . $35.00 397 FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. Poor Richard improved: Being An Almanack . . . for the Year of Our Lord 1768. By Richard Saunders. 12mo, calf, Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by D. Hall, and W. Sellers, [1768]. $35.00 FRANKLIN'S OWN COPY 398 FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. Contes Persans, Par In- atula de Delhi; Traduits de L'Anglois. Premiere Partie. 12mo, old calf. A Amsterdam, 1769. $250.00 Franklin's own Copy with his Autograph inscribed on title-page. 70 FRANKLIN'S LETTER MENTIONING JOHN PAUL JONES 399 FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. A. L. S. 2 pp., folio, Passy, 19th May, 1779, to M. de Chaumont. $350.00 An unusually interesting letter dealing with a brawl among some of our sailors and mentioning John Paul Jones. . . . "They are now under the Orders of Commodore (Paul) Jones whose authority exercised to Prudence and Temper ^vill, I hope, be sufficient to compose these Dissentions and re-establish good Order and Harmony among those People, and to him I must leave them. I forwarded immediately your letter to M. de Sartine and the Marquis de La Fayette. . . B. Franklin." For Jones letter defending Franklin see under Jones, J. P. 400 FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. A. L. S. 1 p., 4to, Passy, Dec. 24, 1783. $165.00 This letter is remarkable as in it he mentions being troubled with a stone in the bladder and seeks a cure. Seven years later this malady was the primary cause of his death. "Is there any dependence on dissolving Remedies for the Stone? Had I not better content myself with some Regimen that may prevent its growing?" 401 FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. Rules for reducing a great Empire to a small one . . To which is subjoined. The Declaration of Independence by the Representatives of the United States of America in General Congress assembled. 8vo, half calf. London : Ridgway, 1793. $18.50 Contains portrait of Franklin engraved by Scoles, and engraving, "The Colonies Reduced." 402 FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. A collection of 85 contem- porary and early portraits of Benjamin Franklin, includ- ing many scarce specimens, all inlaid to large 4to and bound in a three quarter green morocco volume. $350.00 403 FRANKLIN IMPRINT. Etliche Zu dieser Zeit nicht unniitze Fragen Uber Einige Schrift-Stellen, Welche, Von den Liebhabern der lautern Wahrheit Deutlich erortert zu werden gewunschet hat Ein Wahrheit-forschender in Amer- ica, in Jahr 1742 : So deutlich und einfaltig erortert als as ihm moglich gewesen ist, und in folgender klaren und beguemen Form herausgegeben Von einem Knecht Jesu Christi. Small 4to, half calf, uncut. Philadelphia, Gedruckt und zehaben bey, B. Franklin (1742). $67.50 403a FRANKLIN IMPRINT. The Art of Preserving Health : a Poem. [By John Armstrong.] 8vo, full crimson levant, gilt edges. London, Printed : Philadelphia, Re-printed, and Sold by B. Franklin, 1745. $75.00 In the class of poetry to which it belongs this book is much es- teemed. 71 THE FIRST NEW JERSEY SESSION LAW PRINTED BY FRANKLIN 404 FRANKLIN IMPRINT. An Act the better to enable the Inhabitants of this Colony [New Jersey] to support Government, discharge their Engagements in the Loan- Offices, and for Relieving their other Necessities by current Twenty Thousand Pounds in Bills of Credit. Small folio, unbound, in half tyiotocco slip case. [Philadelphia, B. Franklin, 1732.] Pp. 283-299, (4). $585.00 The four unnumbered pages at the end contain the confirmation and ratification of this and another act by Commission under the Great Seal of Great Britain. They were undoubtedly printed by Franklin, who in 1732 received the contract to print the Laws of New Jersey. Not mentioned by Evans and unknown to Hildeburn. The two authorizations printed by Franklin are believed to be UNIQUE. 405 FRANKLIN IMPRINT. A Letter From a Gentleman in Boston, To his Friend in Connecticut. 8vo, full levant morocco, extra, uncut. (Philadelphia: B. Franklin, 1744.) $275.00 One of the EARLIEST works published in America on Banking, Currency and Finance. Attributed to the press of Benjamin Franklin and published in 1743-4; in answer to Webb, James. A Discourse concerning Paper Money, in which its Principles are laid open, etc. Philadelphia: W. Bradford, 1743-4. 406 FRANKLIN IMPRINT. The American Instructor: or, Young Man's Best Companion. Containing Spelling, Read- ing, Writing, and Arithmetic . . By George Fisher, accomptant. 12mo, old sheep. Philadelphia: B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1748. $27.50 One of the most valuable books of its time as it contained informa- tion on almost every subject which might perplex the colonies. 407 FRANKLIN IMPRINT. Medicina Britannica, or a Treatise on Physical Plants, etc. By Thos. Short. With a PREFACE BY Mr. John Bartram, Botanist of Pennsyl- vania with his notes throughout the work. 8vo, original calf (Franklin binding). Philadelphia, B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1751. $285.00 A unique copy containing a bookplate printed by B. Franklin: "Patrick Carry], His Book, 1750." The exact borders used by Frank- lin are in this exceedingly rare bookplate. Besides the ones made by Franklin for the Philadelphia Library we know of no other Frank- lin bookplate. The last copy of the book sold at auction brought $310.00 and was not as interesting or as fine as this. Please do not buy it solely for its Franklin interest, as it is very valuable as an example of the careful scholarship of the celebrated American botanist John Bartram. 72 408 FRANKLIN IMPRINT. Some Account of the Penn- sylvania Hospital ; from its first Rise, to the Beginning of the Fifth Month, called May, 1754. 4to, leather. Phila- delphia : Printed by B. Franklin, and D. Hall, 1754. $35.00 AN UNKNOWN FRANKLIN BROADSIDE 409 FRANKLIN IMPRINT. Articles of the Friendship Fire Company. [Philadelphia: Benjamin Franklin and D. Hall, 1755.] Folio Broadside. $265.00 Not in Hildeburn or Evans and probably the only copy in existence. It is well known that Benjamin Franklin was interested in protection against fire and he himself inaugurated the different fire companies in Philadelphia. This then is a most valuable item of Americana apart from its interest as a unique example from the press of Franklin. 410 FRANKLIN IMPRINT. An Extract from a Treatise by William Law, called, The Spirit of Prayer or, The Soul rising out of the Vanity of Time, into the Riches of Eter- nity. 8vo, boards, leather back (rubbed). Philadelphia: B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1760. $15.00 411 FRANKLIN IMPRINT. Considerations on keeping Negroes; Recommended to the Professors of Christianity, of every Denomination. Part Second, by John Woolman. 12mo, original paper wrappers in half red levant slip case, Philadelphia: Printed by B. Franklin, and D. Hall, 1762. $67.50 Very rare. The first part was printed in 1754 but not by Frank- lin. In immaculate condition. 412 FRANKLIN IMPRINT. The Life and Death of the Righteous. A Sermon Preached at Christ-Church, Phila- delphia, on Sunday, February the 13th, 1763, at the Funeral of Mr. Evan Morgan, by Jacob Duche. 12mo, sheep, Phil- adelphia: Printed by B. Franklin, and D. Hall, 1763. $85.00 413 FRANKLIN IMPRINT. The Charter Laws, and Cata- logue of Books of the Library Company of Philadelphia. 8vo, half morocco. Philadelphia: Printed by B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1764. $75.00 414 FRAZER, MRS. ELIZA. Narrative of the Capture, Sufferings and Miraculous Escape of Mrs. Eliza Frazer, etc. Illustrated. 8vo, yellow wrappers, uncut. New York, 1837. $28.00 A very scarce Indian captivity. Not in the Ayer collection, 78 415 FREEHOLDERS' POLITICAL CATECHISM, THE. Very necessary to be studied by every Freeman in America. 12mo, half red levant t. e. g., uncut (some few blank cor- ners repaired). London, Printed, New London: Reprinted and Sold by T. Green, 1769. $28.50 Very rare. Not in Evans. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS ON THE OLD FRENCH WAR, MENTIONING WASHINGTON 416 FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. Letter to a Friend; Giving a concise, but just. Account, according to the Ad- vices hitherto received of the OHIO DEFEAT. [By Charles Chauncy.] 8vo, unbound, uncut, in half red levant slip case. Boston, N. E. Printed and Sold by Edes & Gill, 1755. $550.00 Very fine copy of a great rarity. Also attributed to Timothy Walker, afterwards Chief Justice of Common Pleas in Boston. Relates to Washington and General Brad- dock's defeat. 417 FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. Remarks on The French Memorials concerning the Limits op Arcadia. With Two Maps. 8vo, original blue wrappers, entirely uncut, in a cloth case. London : T. Jefferys, 1756. $185.00 A remarkable copy of one of the most important contemporary pamphlets on the French and Indian War. It contains the two maps, one showing the French view, the other the English, of their claims to Arcadia. The text is of the highest historical interest, containing a full summary of all the land grants and a history of all the maps published up to 1756. It deals not only with Arcadia, but Canada and the Northern Provinces of what is now the United States. 418 FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. The Conduct of the Ministry, Impartially Examined, in a Letter to the Mer- chants of London. 8vo, half red levant morocco. London, 1756. $9.00 In reference to the English trading on the Ohio which was pre- vented by the French. 419 FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. The Beginning, Prog- ress and Conclusion of the Late War, with other interest- ing Matters Considered ; and a Map of the Lands, Islands, Gulphs, Seas, and Fishing-Banks, comprising the Cod Fish- ery in America Annexed, for the better Explanation of Several Proceedings relative to it. Folding Map. Ato, half calf. London, J. Almon, 1770. $75.00 Presentation copy from the author to "Mr. Wegg" (who was at one time governor of the Hudson's Bay Company). Fine copy. Scarce. 74 420 FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. Memoir upon the Late War in North America, between the French and English, 1755-60. By M. Pouchot. Translated and Edited by Franklin B. Hough. Maps. 2 vols., Uo, half morocco, uncut, t. e. g. Roxbury, Mass, 1866. Large paper copy. 421 FRENCH RELATIONS. Notes from Citizen Adet, Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Republic . . To the Secretary of State of the United States. 8vo, half morocco. Philadelphia: Benj. Franklin Bache, 1796. $10.00 The Text of the book is in both French and English. An A. L. S. of P. A. Adet is inserted. Very rare. 422 FRENEAU, PHILIP. Poems written between the years 1768 & 1794, by Philip Freneau of New Jersey. Svo, full crimson levant morocco, gilt, g. e., by Francis Bedford. Monmouth (N. J.) : Printed at the Press of the Author, 1795. $37.50 The Rare Edition preserved in a beautiful binding by Bedford. 422a FRENEAU, PHILIP. The American Village. A Poem by Philip Freneau. Reprinted in facsimile from the original edition published at New York in 1772, with an introduction by Harry Lyman Koopman and Bibliographi- cal Data by Victor Hugo Paltsits. Svo, boards, uncut. Providence, Rhode Island, 1906. $7.50 One Hundred Copies printed for the Club of Colonial Reprints. FRONTENAC AND "KING WILLIAM'S WAR" 423 FRONTENAC, LOUIS DE BUADE, COMTE DE. Gov- ernor of New France. Document, signed, 1 page, 4to, Montreal, Sept. 16, 1693. With a fine impression of his wax seal. A document of great historical importance. A certificate given to Sieur de Lespinay for bravery, particu- larly at the battle which was fought under the command of Sieur de Valrenne against the English and Iroquois in Aug- ust, 1691. The special act of bravery was rallying the troops. Red levant by Riviere. $1700.00 Dated from Montreal during "King William's War." 424 GALLATIN, ALBERT. The Speech of Albert Gallatin, of Pennsylvania on the important Question touching the validity of the Elections held in the four western Counties of the State, on the 14th day of October, 1794 . . 12mo, half morocco. Philadelphia : Woodward, 1795. $8.50 This relates to the Whiskey Insurrection in the Western part of Pennsylvania. 75 THE ONLY COPY KNOWN OF AN IMPORTANT REVOLUTIONARY BROADSIDE 425 GAGE'S FOLLY: OR The Tall Fox Out-Witted; An excellent New Song never before Printed. By a Farmer in the County of Worcester. Broadside, size 12% x 8% inches. Salem, Massachusetts, Printed by El Russell, upper End of Main Street (1776) . $285.00 UNIQUE. Written in VERSE by an UNKNOWN PATRIOTIC SCRIBE. It contains at the top two crude woodcuts of Indians. The verse is very quaint: From Briton's shore Gage sailed o'er To Massachusetts Bay, Quite void of fear he landed here About the First of May. But now poor Gage seems in a rage To think he cursed the sea, Because he finds the People's minds Are bent on LIBERTY, etc., etc. SEVEN TRACTS BY JOSEPH GALLOWAY 426 GALLOWAY, JOSEPH. L A Candid Examination of the Mutual claims of Great Britain and the Colonies . . London: 1780. n. The Examination of Joseph Galloway, Esq., Before the House of Commons . . London : 1780. HL Letters to a Nobleman on the Conduct of the War in the Middle Colonies (with map) . . London: 1780. IV. A Letter to the Right Honourable Viscount H — E on his Naval Conduct in the American War. . . Lon- don: 1779. V. Historical and Political Reflections on the Rise and Progress of the American Rebellion . . London : 1780. VL Cool Thoughts on the Consequences to Great Britain of the American Independence . . London : 1780. VII. Plain Truth: or a Letter to the author of Dispas- sionate Thoughts on the American War . . London: 1780. Bound together in 2 vols. 8vo. Marbled calf. $95.00 427 GARDEN, ALEXANDER. Anecdotes of the Revolu- tionary War in America, with Sketches of Character of Persons the most distinguished, in the Southern States, for Civil and Military Services. 8vo, half morocco, gilt top, uncut. Charleston, 1822. $12.50 76 428 GARDEN, ALEXANDER. Anecdotes of the American Revolution, illustrative of the Talents and Virtues of the Heroes and Patriots who acted the most conspicuous Parts therein. Second Series. 12mo, half morocco. Charleston, A. E. Miller, 1828. $12.50 429 GARDEN, ALEXANDER. Anecdotes of the American Revolution, illustrative of the Talents and Virtues of the Heroes of the Revolution who acted the most conspicuous Parts therein . . 3 vols., large 8vo, green morocco, un- cut. Brooklyn, 1865. $15.00 LARGE PAPER copy, only 150 printed. GENL. GATES GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF THE BRITISH ARMY IN BOSTON 430 GATES, HORATIO. A. L. S. 4 pages, 4to. Head Quar- ters, July 27, 1775. To Robt. Morris, with address. $125.00 Giving an account of the condition of the British Army in and around Boston, and mentions that the patriots are in a high state of spirits. "You ask me for News, we have no News, and that I think is good News for America. We go on strengthening our Lines & Redoubts, and shall very soon be in so Strong a Camp, that I think rashness itself will not dare to attack us. Desertion begins to take place from BUNKER'S HILL. I should not wonder at its increasing to a degree alarming to The Ministerial Generals. Bad Salt Pork and Dry Pease is all these Soldiers have had to eat since the beginning of May, and the Water in, and near that Hill, is pernicious to Health, in consequence of Bad Food and Bad water, Fluxes & Scurvy, rage amonst the Troops & Carry off Numbers. We on our side are in good Health & Spirits, and not a Doubting, or Disponding Countenance to be seen, in BOSTON, the Contrary is said to be Visible, about Twenty Transports & a Man of War, are sailed from Boston, with about 400 Men on board, to Plunder Provisions. It is imagin'd they are gone towards Long & Rhode Islands. If the Inhabitants are Watchful, they may cutt off this Party. I should be Glad to know what effect the Lexington Fight had upon the people of England. I don't mean immediately after hearing it, but when Time and cool Reflections upon the Consequences, had taken place," etc. GENL. GATES REFERS TO HIS LOSING THE COMMAND AFTER THE BATTLE OF CAMDEN 431 GATES, HORATIO. A. L. S. 4 pages, 4to. Berkeley County in Virginia, June 3, 1781. To Robt Morris, with address. $85.00 A very flattering letter to Mr. Morris on his abilities as a financier, and discusses the depreciation of the currency. He speaks of his own demotion in the army, thus : "I conjecture this letter will reach your Hands about the Time of your Return from Head Qrs, you will have discovered there, what I 431 GATES, HORATIO— Continued am to expect from the Justice, and Generosity of General W- (Washington) Surely I cannot be Shuffled out of Service, unless there is, or has been some Evident Design in Individuals to remove me from all Command, having solely in View, the Triumphant conclusion of this War, I do not reason from selfish Motives, had I been directed by them, my Home, my Family, and my Fortune, had been beyond Description more Delightfull than they unhappily are, but as Things stand, I vpould Feign see the Contest Decided in Favour of America, and as Beneficially as possible for myself. After all, I cannot believe there is so much ingratitude either in the People at Large, or even in Individuals, as to suff'er the heavy hand of Power to Crush, or set aside the publics most Fortunate Servant. The Arrival of Sir H. Clinton in Virginia, with all that went with Him, and before him from New York, must convince you, and all the World, that the Enemy have Transferred the theatre of the War into this State, consequently our Main Army must with all possible Expedition be marched to Oppose Them," &c. GENL. GATES IN REFERENCE TO HIS COURT MARTIAL 432 GATES, HORATIO. A. L. S. 2 pages, folio. Berkeley County, Virginia, June 14, 1782. To Robt. Morris. $75.00 A fine letter in reference to charges against him, after the battle of Camden, which led to his retirement from the army. "Sunday I received your Letter, of the 31^' Ult. from Philadelphia, by your advising me to come, and take part in the Army. I am con- vinced you either was not acquainted with, or did not advert to GENERAL WASHINGTONS last letter to me, if the former, I send for your information, a copy of his Letter inclosed & from which you must be satisfied that my going to the Army without either Military or Ministerial Authority, would be improper. I requested you to lay My Letter before Congress, Because my debt to you was incurred upon their Account, and thinking likewise they in Justice ought to discharge it. I could not obtain an Inquiry at the Southern Army, of Course, it was my Duty to attend Congress for it & tho', to this moment, no charge is exhibited against me, They neither Received this resolution, nor held the Inquiry. General Washington in his Letter to me of 1^* Nov, from York, says, 'Your Circumstance I view as Distressing, & lament your Situation. I sincerely wish Congress would direct some mode to give Relief, but this is not for me to Dictate' Surely it is very easy for Congress to Act with be- coming Generosity towards me, with out doing any Violence to them- selves, or to any of those they may at present be more disposed to Favour," etc. 433 GATES, THEOPHILUS R. The Trials, Experiences, Exercises of Mind and first travels of Theophilus R. Gates. Written by himself. 12mo, boards, leather back, foxed. Poughkeepsie, C. C. Adams, 1810. $5.00 434 GEORGE III. (King of England.) D. S. 11 pp., folio. Court of Saint James's, October 8, 1783. $75.00 This Document appointing Major-General Edward Mathew Gov- ernor-in-chief of the Grenadines, is of important historical value, as it was signed shortly after the treaty at Paris and relates to the Plantation Trade. Navigation and General Commerce existing be- tween The United States, and Great Britain and her colonies. 78 435 GEORGE, HENRY. Our Land and Land Policy, Na- tional and State. Map. 8vo, ongiiial paper covers. San Francisco, 1871. $20.00 The very rare first edition of this famous book. IMPORTANT BOOKS RELATING TO GEORGIA 436 GEORGIA. Kurtze doch Zulangliche Nachricht, von dem Saltzburgischen Emigrations-Geschaffte. Five copper PLATES. 12mo, boards. Franckfurt-am-Mayn [1732]. $15.00 437 GEORGIA. A Poem. Tomo Chachi, An Ode. A Copy of Verses on Mr. Oglethorpe's Second Voyage to Georgia . . (Portrait.) Folio, full polished, sprinkled calf. London: J. Roberts, 1736. $85.00 438 GEORGIA. The Resolutions of the Trustees for estab- lishing the Colony of Georgia in America, in Common- Council assembled, relating to the Grants and tenure of Lands within the Colony. Folio, pp. U, full sprinkled calf, by xCiviere. London: March 8, 1741. $60.00 One of the rarest Georgia documents. 439 GEORGIA. An Impartial Enquiry into the State and Utility of the Province of Georgia . . 12mo, boards, leather back. London : 1741. $35.00 Has the rare half title. 440 GEORGIA. A State of the Province of Georgia, attested upon Oath in the Court of Savannah, November 10, 1740. 8vo, half morocco, wicut, pp. iv. 32. London : 1742. $37.50 441 GEORGIA. The Case of the Georgia Sales on the Mississippi Considered: with a Reference to Law, Au- thorities and Public Acts; with an Appendix, containing certain Extracts, Records, and official Papers. Ato, un- bound, uncut. Philadelphia, Richard Folwell, 1799. $77.50 Concerns the legality of the sales of land to the Upper Mississippi and Georgia Land Companies. Of the most uncomprising and devilish rarity. Ever since we have been in business we have sought for this pamphlet and only recently our labors were rewarded. A superb, uncut example. 442 GEORGIA. SAVANNAH RIVER BAPTIST ASSO- CIATION. A collection of the Minutes of the Conventions of the Savannah River Baptist Association for the Years 1802 to 1830. Ifto, old calf, back broken, uncut. V. p., v. d. $90.00 A collection of the greatest rarity and importance, partly manu- script and partly printed as follows: Manuscript, 1802; 1803; 1805; 1806; 1808; 1810; 1811; 1812; 1813 (imperfect) ; 1814; 1815; 1822. Printed: 1804, Jan. 14-17; 1804, Nov. 24-27; 1800; 1816; 1817; 1818; 1819; 1820; 1821; 1823; 1824; 1825; 1826; 1827; 1828; 1829; 1830. 79 443 GERMANTOWN. Letter Relating to the Settlement of Germantown in Pennsylvania 1683-4 from the Konneken Manuscript in the Ministerial Archiv of Liibeck. Produced in fac-simile under the Direction of Julius Friedrich Sachse. Frontispiece, ^to, full red polished calf tooled. Lubeck and Philadelphia, 1903. $75.00 Only ten copies of this facsimile of the Konneken Manuscript were made. 444 GERMANTOWN SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING DO- MESTIC MANUFACTURES. Constitution. 8vo, un- bound, uncut. Philadelphia, Eleazer Oswald, 1790. $12.00 Very rare. 445 GIBBES, R. W. Documentary History of the American Revolution: Consisting of Letters and Papers Relating to the contest for Liberty Chiefly in South Carolina from Originals in the Possession of the Editor and other Sources. 1764-1776. 8vo, cloth. New York : 1855. $5.00 PRESENTATION COPY with inscription by author in lead pencil. 446 GILBERT'S CAPTIVITY. A Narrative of the Captivity and Sufferings of Benjamin Gilbert and his Family in the Spring, 1780. 8vo, half red morocco, gilt top, uncut, outer margin of title extended. Philadelphia: Joseph Cruik- shank, 1784. $60.00 The very rare first edition, uncut. 447 GILBERT'S CAPTIVITY. A Narrative of the Captivity and Sufferings of Benjamin Gilbert and his Family in the Spring, 1780. 12mo, original marbled covers. London: 1785. $15.00 THE CAPTURE OF THE "MAYFLOWER" 448 GOOD NEWES from Sea, Being a True Relation of the late Sea-fight between Captain William Thomas, Captain of the Whelp, against Captaine of the ship call'd the MAY- FLOWER, Admirall of Falmouth, with the taking of the said ship. Small Uo, full maroon morocco. London : 1643. $250.00 A very interesting relation and naturally very rare. 449 GOOKIN, NATHANIEL. The Day of Trouble near, The Tokens of it, and a Due Preparation for it. In three Sermons. And an Appendix, Giving some Account of the Earthquake, as it was in Hampton. 12mo, sewed, uncut. Boston, D. Henchman, 1728. $37.50 Very rare, especially in such fine condition, this copy has the half title. 80 FROM THE PRESS OF SAMUEL KEIMER 450 GORDON, THOMAS. The Independent Whig. [By Thomas Gordon and John Trenchard.] Ato, old calf. [Philadelphia, Samuel Keimer, 1724.] $95.00 One of the most interesting of the publications of Samuel Keimer, the predecessor of Franklin. Keimer was, in his way, as interesting as the immortal Benjamin and a collection of his publications would prove as attractive to the collector as the imprints of Poor Richard. 451 GORDON, WILLIAM. A Sermon Preached before the Honorable House of Representatives, On the Day intended for the Choice of Counsellors, Agreeable to the Advice of the Continental Congress. 12mo, unbound, uncut. Water- town : Benjamin Edes, 1775. $25.00 Fine copy with the rare half-title. GRANT TAKES PRECAUTION AGAINST THE INVASION OF WASHINGTON 452 GRANT, ULYSSES S. Autograph Dispatch, signed, 2 pages, 4to. Head Quarters, City Point, July 16, 1864. To Maj.-Gen. Halleck, Washington. $150.00 A highly important historical paper, showing the precaution Grant took to prevent the Confederate forces, under Early and others, from invading Washington. "There can be no use in Wright following the enemy with the latter a day ahead after he has passed entirly beyond (south of) all our communications. I want if possible to get the 6"> & 19"^ Corps here -s to use them before the enemy can get Early back. With Hunter in the Shenandoah Valley and always between the enemy and Washing- ton, force enough can always be had to check an invasion until rein- forcements can go from here. This does not prevent Hunter from following the enemy even to Gordonsville & Charlottesville, if he can do it with his own force and such other improvised troops as he can get. But he should be cautious not to allow himself squeezed out to one side so as to make it necessary to fall back into Western Va. to save his Army. If he does have to fall back it should be in front of the enemy and with his force always between the latter and the main crossings of the Potomac. I do not think there is now any further danger of an attempt to invade Maryland. The position of the enemy in the West and here is such as to demand all the force they can get together to save vital points to them. This last attempt brought to the field so many troops that they cannot conceive the possibility of succeeding in capturing any important point with a force of 30 or even 50,000 men whilst the main Union Army is within thirty hours of the Capital. As soon as the rebel Army is known to have passed Hunter's forces recall Wright and send him back here with all des- patch and also send the 18'" Corps. If the enemy has any notion of returning the fact will be developed before Wright can start back." 453 GRANT, U. S. Autograph Dispatch, signed, 3 pages, 4to. City Point, Aug. 24, 1864, 10 P. M. To Maj.-Gen. Meade. $37.50 "Your dispatch of 9.30 p. m., just received. I sent you a dispatch in Cipher from which you will see when received that I do not expect offensive operations tomorrow except in case of a success in Butler's front making it practicable. If we can retain hold of the rail-road it 81 453 GRANT, U. S.— Continued will be a great advantage. Has much of the rail-road been destroyed? After the men get well rested it will be well to support the Cavalry with a Division of Infantry to destroy as much of the road as we can if an advantage is not gained in the mean time making it unneces- sary. If Butler does not succeed in the piorning he will relieve the 18"^ Corps from the lines leaving it loose. With that as a reserve our lines will be strong." 454 GRANT, U. S. Autograph Dispatch, signed, small 4to. City Point, Aug. 25, 1864, 11.20 P. M. To Maj.-Gen. Meade. $25.00 "The enemy having carried Hancock's rifle pitts have probably captured a good number of prisoners. In that case and finding too that Hancock is being reinforced they will be likely to return to night with their prisoners and attack Warren in the morning. Warren ought to be well on his guard." WANTS GENL. WARREN TO PREPARE FOR AN ATTACK 455 GRANT, U. S. Autograph Dispatch, signed, 2 pages, 4to. Head Quarters, City Point, Aug. 26, 1864. To Maj.- Gen. Meade. $45.00 "I think the chances are that Warren will be attacked in rear this afternoon by the same force that attacked Hancock yesterday. There will probably be a demonstration on his front by all the force now occupying the lines in his front. If Warren can prepare for both a front and rear attack the enemy will be most severely handled. The Cavalry ought to watch the enemy well and give full notice of the direction from which he comes and when they are forced back into our lines they should fight on foot with our Infantry. If Warren can be further reinforced by putting Hancock's men on the line and relieving some now there it ought to be done. I give this as my view from the intercepted dispatch of Beauregard." GENL. MEADE IS ORDERED TO TAKE COMMAND AGAINST PETERSBURG 456 GRANT, U. S. Autograph Dispatch, signed, small 4to. City Point, Aug. 26, 1864. To Maj.-Gen. Meade. $30.00 "You are ordered at all times until further orders to assume com- mand and direct the movements of all troops operating against Petersburg South of the Appomattox." 457 GRANT, U. S. Autograph Dispatch, signed, 2 pages, 4to. Head Quarters, City Point, Aug. 29, 1864. To Maj.- Gen. Meade. $65.00 "I will direct work to be commenced on the railroad extension at once. I do not want to give up the Wheldon road if it can be avoided until we get Richmond. That may be months yet. To facilitate operations wagons returning from near the Norfolk road, and from the Wheldon road should throw in a light load of rails and bring them to the present depot. No rails however should be brought from the Norfolk road East of where the proposed road will intersect it unless the engineers deem it expedient to hawl in wagons all the rails that 82 will be required. When the road is finished to that point, a train of Cars could be run down the road and used to bring up the rails. Again if wagons were to be used exclusively in placing where they are wanted four parties could work at once one from the Wheldon road North, two from the Norfolk one North and the other South and one from the City Point road. The manner of doing the work will be submitted to the Engineers." GOOD NEWS FROM SHERMAN 458 GRANT, U. S. Autograph Dispatch, signed, 4to. City Point, Sept. 21, 1864. To Maj.-Gen. Butler. $35.00 "Further news from Sherman is better than the first we had. In pursuing the enemy up the Valley Lee may be induced to detach from here. Put every one on the lookout for any movement of the enemy. Should any force be detached we must either manage to bring them back or gain an advantage here." HOPES MEADE CAN CAPTURE PETERSBURG 459 GRANT, U. S. Autograph Dispatch, signed, 4to. Head Quarters, City Point, Sept. 29, 1864, 11 P. M. To Maj.- Gen. Butler, Deep Bottom. $37.50 "Gen. Meacle will attack at daylight in the morning. If the enemy have detached largely he may be able to carry Petersburg. If so I can send two Corps using rail road & Steamers for the Infantry. On account of this attack I want to remain here through the day. I will go to Deep Bottom however to meet you, leaving here at 5 a. m." 460 GRANT, U. S. Autograph Dispatch, signed, 2 pages, 4to. City Point, Sept. 30, 1864. To Maj.-Gen. Butler, Deep Bottom. $45.00 "Gen. Meade's forces met with some success today capturing a few prisoners, two redoubts and some rifle pits. But late this evening in moving two Divisions of the 9'*' Corps to flank the enemy they were attacked furiously by two Divisions of Hill's Corps and forced back somewhat leaving some of their wounded and some other prisoners in the hands of the enemy. A Division of the 5"^ Corps moved up to their assistance and checked any further advance and it is thought with heavy slaughter of the enemy. This would look as if no heavy force had been sent North of the James. I think it will be advisable for you to reconnoitre up the Darbytown road and if there appears to be any chance for an advance, make it." 461 GRANT, U. S. Autograph Dispatch, signed, 4to. Head Quarters, City Point, Nov. 10, 1864. To Maj.-Gen. Terry. $20.00 "It will now be better to keep your cavalry to watch the movement of the enemy. They had better push out in the morning to discover if any movement is on foot, but not to go on the expedition ordered today." 462 GRANT, U. S. Autograph Dispatch, signed, 2 pages, small 4to. City Point, Nov. 11, 1864. To Maj.-Gen. Meade. $37.50 "The Enemy have been moving on Gen. Terry's front all day ap- parently massing troops to our right. At Same time there appears 83 462 GRANT, U. S.— Continued to be troops massed North of the James, below our left on the river. These are probably the troops reported yesterday to have left Hill's Corps. If the enemy should attack Terry it will be out of the question to reinforce him from you, but be prepared to attack at Petersburg either by moving to the left or in some weak point in front as may seem best. The movements of the enemy may mean nothing, but they will bear watching." 463 GRANT, U. S. Autograph Dispatch, signed, 2 pages, 4to. Head Quarters, City Point, Dec. 10, 1864. To Gen. Ord. $45.00 "There is very good evidence that Hoke's Division went South sev- eral days ago. If so Field's & Kershaw's are the only two left. You can reinforce by taking a part of your force from Bermuda. Your lines are very strong and by rapidly moving your reserves from where they are not wanted to where they are, I think you will be able to hold against the enemy. It is hardly likely they will mass much fire on your extreme right and endanger being cut off from Richmond. Great vigilance however will be necessary on your whole line and especially so about daylight in the morning. It might be a proper precaution to send all your surplus teams South of the river or inside the fort at Deep Bottom." 464 GRANT, U. S. Autograph Dispatch, signed, 4to. Head Quarters, City Point, Dec. 11, 1864. To Maj.-Gen. Butler, Fortress Monroe. $25.00 "Richmond papers of the 10"' show that on the 7'*^ Sherman was East of the Ogechee and within twenty-five miles of Savannah, having marched eighteen miles the day before. If you do not get off imme- diately you will loose the chance of surprise and weak garrison." GRANT MENTIONS SHERMAN'S FAMOUS MARCH 465 GRANT, U. S. Autograph Dispatch, signed, 4to. City Point, Dec. 11, 1864. To Maj.-Gen. Halleck, Washington. $45.00 "There has been no news from Warren since the evening after he left. The Richmond papers however contain no news of any engage- ment with him beyond a rumored fight between Hampton's Cavalry and some of his forces. A force of some 8,000 men were sent South yesterday under Gen. Potter to secure his return. The latest news contained in Richmond papers of yesterday from Sherman's Army, says that on the 7"^'' he was East of the Ogechee twenty-five miles from Savannah moving on that place. On the 6"^ he had marched his Army eighteen miles." 466 GRANT, U. S. Autograph Dispatch, signed, 2 pages, 4to. City Point, Dec. 12, 1864. To Maj.-Gen. Sheridan, Kearnstown, Va. $50.00 "I think there is no doubt but that all of Gordon's & Pegram's Di- visions are here. The inhabitants of Richmond are supplied exclu- sively over the roads North of James River. If it is possible to destroy the Va. Central road it will go far towards starving out the garrison of Richmond. The Weldon road has been largely used until now notwithstanding it has been cut to Stony Creek. It is now gone to Hicksford and I think can be of no further use. If the enemy are 84 known to have retired to Stanton you will either be able to make a dash on the Communications North of the James or spare a part of your foi^ce. Let me know your views as to the best course, to make a dash on the Central road & Canal or to detach from your Command." 467 GRANT, U. S. Autograph Dispatch, signed, 2 pages, 4to. City Point, Dec. 31, 1864. To Hon. E. M. Stanton, Sec. of War. $37.50 "The Chief Com'y {i^oes from here this morning to Fortress Monroe to provision the Steamers collecting there and I had given directions his guess as to object was that Steamers were going after Sherman's Army to bring them here. He has not yet received any orders and does not even know that steamers are being collected. I will instruct him to say confidentially that he thinks we are either sending for Sherman or that we are going to reinforce him inclining to the latter opinion." 468 GRANT, U. S. Autograph Dispatch, signed, 4 pages, 8vo. City Point, no month, 24, 1864. To Ass't Sec. Fox. $55.00 "If the Rebel Rams do not get down tonight, I think everything will be safe before to-morrow night. I expect but little assistance however in case of an attack from the Navy under Capt. Parker. I have been compelled to take the matter in my own hands to get ves- sels to the front ordering by direction of the Sec. of the Navy. I know no reason why the Torpedo boat did not attack. As I understand the rebel rams run our batteries to the obstruction and then leisurely re- moved and blew them up only opposed by a little infantry from the shore. When I sent up before daylight Capt. Parker had Removed the Monitor to below the Pontoon bridge. To-night I understand he has hauled down the river leaving what obstructions still remain to be removed without opposition from him. I have sent an urgent ap- peal for him to go back. I have been busy all day getting up mate- rial to renew the obstructions and Army officers are now at it." PLEASED WITH COM. RADFORD, AND THE WAY HE TALKS 469 GRANT, U. S. Autograph Dispatch, signed, 2 pages, 4to. City Point, Feb. 25, 1865. To Hon. E. M. Stanton, Sec. of War. $45.00 "I am very much pleased with the interest Commodore Radford seems to take in his duties and the way he talks. Adml. Farragut can tell better than I can how he will do when danger comes. The probabilities of an attack from the Rebel Navy on the first rise in the river is anticipated, and every preparation made to receive it. I have not the slightest apprehension about the result and rather desire it. We are far differently prepared now both on land and water, from what we were the last time the Rebel Iron Clads came down.' I think we must very soon use either Adml. Farragut or Porter in capturing Galveston. It will be but a very short time I hope before we will be able to spare the troops for this purpose from here or from Cape Fear River." 85 REMARKABLE LETTERS OF GENERAL GREENE 470 GREENE, NATHANAEL, GENERAL. A. L. S., 2 pp. folio. Camp 7 miles above Camden, May 4, 1781. To Colonel Henry Lee. $65.00 Written after the defeat at Hobkirk's Hill, giving suggestions as to military movements. — "I got intelligence last evening that Lord Cornwallis was on his march towards Cross Creek, and that he moved with his usual rapid- ity. It is supposed he is coming towards Camden, however it is pos- sible he may be pushing for our stores on the upper route. But in either case it will be necessary for us to collect our force as soon as we can; and therefore am to request that you will begin your march immediately and bring the field pieces & all the force detached from this Army with You. On your march get all thje good Dragoon horses you can. ... If you are on the East side of the river it will be necessary to cross, as Lord Cornwallis should he come to- wards Camden by the way of the Cheraws will fall in with you un- less you cross the river, nor is there any other way to form a junction with me, with equal safety and despatch," etc. 471 GREENE, NATHANAEL. A. L. S., 2 pp. folio. Camp 25 Mile Creek, May 7, 1781. To General Sumter. $65.00 Uncertain as to Cornwallis' movements, he writes to Sumter telling him to be in readiness to join him if necessity should require it. — "There is no further intelligence from Lord Cornwallis which con- vinces me he is moving Northerly. Before I can detiermine upon any general plan of operation I wish to have that first ascertained. "General Marion and Col. Lee are operating against the fort at Motts. "I think you under rate the Post at Ninty Six, is the fort strong or weak? "Your writing needs no apology rely upon it I understand you perfectly and meet with no difficulty in reading your letters. On the contrary they are plain, clear and intelligible." 472 GREENE, NATHANAEL, A. D. S., 2 pp. folio. Saluda, June 6, 1781. To the Inhabitants upon the Saluda. $45.00 An autograph address entirely in Greene's handwriting, relating to' the cruelties of the Tories, and at the same time proposing to pardon and protect them, on certain condition. Important document. — "Mr. Lock having represented that a party of Men said to belong to Col. Hammond's Regiment are murdering and plundering the In- habitants not in arms in a most barberous and cruel manner. It is impossible for me to express my abhorence and detestation of such a practice, and they may be assured that no endeavors promised shall be wanting to restrain and check such violence. Those that have been in the British interest and by their past conduct have rendered them- selves obnoxious to their Country have now an opportunity in part to atone for their past conduct by joining the American Ai-my and mani- festing by their future conduct sincere repentence." ". . . In the mean time it shall be my study upon their behav- ing properly to afford them all the security in my power from this improper resentments and depredations of individuals or plundering parties." 473 GREENE, NATHANAEL. A. L. S., 2 pp. folio. Camp before 96, June 7, 1781. To Abel Thomas and Thomas Winslow two travelling Quaker Preachers; [Also] The 86 original autograph letter signed by the above mentioned Quakers, and dated "Long Cane the 4th of the 6th month," being the letter sent to General Greene, to which the above- mentioned Greene letter is a reply. Together, 2 pieces. $55.00 The letter of Greene's is unusually interesting, as he refers to his own bringing up, his people having been Quakers. His argument for their good wishes is fine. These Quaker preachers were certainly zealous, for after having been turned back two hundred miles they came again. Greene's letter reads in part ag follows, — ". . . From the good opinion I have of the people of your pro- fession being bred and educated among them, I am persuaded your visit is purely religious and in this persuasion have granted you a pass, and I shall be happy if your ministry shall contribute to the establishment of morallity and brotherly kindness among the people, than which no Country ever wanted it more. "I am sensible your principles and professions are oposed to war, but I know you are fond of both political and religious liberty. This is what we are contending for, and by the blessing of God we hope to establish them upon such a broad basis as to put it out of the power of our enemies to shake its foundation. In the laudable endeavour I expect at least to have the good wishes of your people as well for their own sakes as for me who wishes to serve them upon all occas- ions not inconsistent with the public welfare." 474 GREENE, NATHANAEL. Letter written and signed with Greene's name, in the handwriting of his aide, J. Burnet. 1 p. 4to. Headquarters 5 Miles on the Road from Saluda to Williamson's Fort, June 20, 1781. To General Sumter. $50.00 "The enemy at 8 o'clock this morning were three miles below Saluda . . . advancing towards Ninety Six. Colonel Washington & Lee are with the Cavalry on that side of the river. "... I am anxious to collect our forces ... I beg you will march your troops & form a junction with us . . . near the fort at William's plantation." Together, 4 pieces, each inlaid, and hinged, with a typewritten transcript of each. 475 GREENE, NATHANAEL. A. L. S., 3 pp. 4to. Camp on Bush River, June 22, 1781. To General Sumter. $50.00 "Col. Polk has been with me and represented your situation. I am sorry to find the Militia fell oft' in the manner they do. At present I can determine upon no precise plan of operations. My object will be to oblidge if possible the British Army to retire from the District of Ninety Six. Lt. Coll. Lee will move down into the lower Country and I wish Col. Middleton to join and move down with him. We shall move towards Liles ford on Broad river. You will continue in the neighbourhood where you are and collect and arrange the Militia as fast as you can. Should the enemy move towards us we will form a junction. General Pickens is collecting a considerable force. . . . "Col. Polk informs me your health is getting worse and your wound'more troublesom. I am sorry on your, my own, and the pub- lic's account, as it will be a great misfortune especially in our present situation. . . ." 87 GREENE'S LETTER ABOUT THE SIEGE OF CHARLESTON 476 GREENE, NATHANAEL. A. L. S., 2 pp. folio. N. p., n. d. [Charleston, November, 1782.] To Major Rox- burgh. $50.00 Interesting letter relative to the Siege and Evacuation of Charles- ton, South Carolina. Gives instruction regarding military move- ments. — "From the great uncertainty of the enemies evacuating Charles- town this winter if at all I am induced to halt your troops. ... If they dont evacuate in a few days I shall be pretty fully convenced they dont mean to this winter; and therefore it will be unsafe and improper for your Troops to go home. "If you are not past Camden before this Letter over takes you, you will halt at that place until you hear farther from me. Should you have passed that place any considerable distance you will go on to Salisbury and there halt until further orders. You may expect orders to return or go forward in four or five days at farthest. . . ." "... I don't propose to halt the Pennsylvania Troops as their time is soon out let what will happen. If you should have passed Salisbury before this over takes you you vnll return to that place." 477 GREENE, NATHANAEL. A. L. S., 2 pp. folio. Head- quarters (Charleston, S. C), November 18, 1782. To Gov- ernor (John) Mathews (of South Carolina) . $85.00 Relative to the Siege of Charleston. We quote in full. — "Your favor of yesterday is before me respecting the mode of tak- ing possession of Charlestown and I have to inform you that should the enemy evacuate the place your wishes shall be carried into execu- tion as far as possible should no manoeuvers of the Enemy render other measures necessary. I wish your Excellency to be prepared to follow the Troops as early as you can render it convenient as the curiosity and impatience of the people will be great and a long restraint will set both heavily and disagreeably upon them. When you are ready to enter the Town if you will be so obliging as to let me know it I will order a party of horse to conduct you in." GREENE MAKES PREPARATIONS TO ENTER CHARLESTON 478 GREENE, NATHANAEL. A. L. S., 3 pp. folio. Head- quarters (Charleston, S. C), November 22, 1782. To Gen- eral (Francis) Marion. $85.00 A letter of unusual interest, giving instructions as to the entry into Charleston, should the British evacuate the town, which he thinks must take place in three or four days. The evacuation actually took place on December 14, nearly twenty days later than Greene hoped for. We quote in full, — "For fear the Militia with you may imagine they are kept out of Town should the enemy leave at the instance of the Army, I have sent you a copy of the Governors letter on the subject. I should not have thought this necessary but I have with concern seen but too many trying to stir up jealosies between the anny and the Citizens and as nothing is more destructive to the interest of both I wish to take every precaution to prevent it. Not that the Army has much at stake, but it is for the good of the common camp that a right under- standing should subsist between them. 88 "As there will be a variety of characters in Charles town and as the officers of the Army are Strangers to the whole I should be obliged to you with three or four of your particular friends to enter the Town with the party that takes possession or as soon after as possible and remain there until the Governor arrives. The Country Militia you may dismiss the moment you are informed the Town is evacuated. But at present I am at a loss to tell how or when it is to happen ; but I think if at all it must take place in three or four days." A GREAT REVOLUTIONARY WAR LETTER 479 GREENE, NATHANAEL. Letter in the handwriting of his Aide, N. Pendleton. 6 pp. folio. Headquarters, De- cember 19, 1782. To Congress. $275.00 A very long and interesting letter, communicating an account of the Evacuation of Charleston. "I have the honor to communicate to your Excellency the agreeable information of the Evacuation of Charles Town; . . . The enemy compleated their embarkation on the 14th, and on the 17th crossed the bar and went to sea. . . . the Hessians . . . for New York, and the British troops for the West Indies. . . . Leslie hinted to \yayne . . . that an attack might lay the town in ashes . . . otherwise care should be taken for its preservation . . . make a treaty if possible for the safety of the town . . . evacuated without disorder or confusion. The enemy had 18,000 regular troops and thousands of militia," etc. An unusually choice series, of great historical importance. 480 GREENHOW, ROBERT. Memoir, historical and po- litical, on the Northwest Coast of North America, and the adjacent Territories. Illustrated by a Map and a Geograph- ical View of those Countries. By Robert Greenhow. 8vo, unbound. Washington, 1840. $6.50 481 GREENHOW, ROBERT. The History of Oregon and California and the Other Territories of the North-West Coast of North America. Map. 8vo, full polished calf, uncut. London: Murray, 1844. $7.50 The best Edition. 482 GREGG, JOSIAH. Commerce of the Prairies: or the Journal of a Santa Fe Trader, during Eight Expeditions across the Great Western Prairies, and a residence of nearly 9 years in Northern Mexico. Illustrated with Maps and Engravings. 2 vols. 12mo, cloth. New York: Henry G. Langley, 1844. $24.00 The rare first edition. 483 THE SAME. Second edition. 2 vols. 12mo, cloth. New York: J. & H. G. Langley, 1845. $22.00 484 [GREY, ISAAC] A serious Address to Such of the People calied Quakers, on the Continent of North America. 8vo, half morocco, uncut. Philadelphia : 1778. $10.00 89 ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WORKS OF THE DISCOVERY PERIOD 485 GRYNAEUS, SIMON. Novus Orbis Regionum ac Insu- larum Veteribus incognitarum. Large Folding Map. Small folio, full blue crushed morocco. Paris, 1532. $145.00 A fine copy of this important volume that has remained a beacon- light in the history of American cartography. 486 HALKETT, JOHN. Historical Notes Respecting the Indians of North America . . 8vo, original hoards, uncut. London: 1825. $5.00 HALL'S RARE BOOK ON THE COLONIES 487 HALL, F. The Importance of the British Plantations in America to this Kingdom; with the State of their Trade, and Methods for Improving it ; as also a Description of the several Colonies there. 8vo, half morocco. London: J. Peele, 1731. $260.00 A volume of great historical value. Not only does it give a de- scription of the various colonies, but also particulars as to the State of Trade in the Colonies not to be found in any other book. It is remarkably rare, no copy being recorded in Auction Prices as ever having been offered at public sale. 488 HALL, FRANCES AND ALMIRA. Narrative of the Capture and Providential Escape of Misses Frances and Almira Hall. . . Likewise is added. The Interesting Narra- tive of the captivity and sufferings of Philip Brigdon, a Kentuckian, who fell into the hands of the merciless Sav- ages on their return to their settlement, three days the Bloody Massacre. Frontispiece. 8vo, orighial 'printed pic- tured wrappers, uncut. N. p., 1833. $18.00 Fine copy of a rare captivity. 489 HALL, FREDERICK. Letters from the East and from the West. 8vo, original cloth. Washington City, 1840. $7.50 A Series of letters relating to the mineral deposits in the United States. Several of these letters describe sections of Vermont. Very rare! 490 HALL, JAMES. Legends of The West. 12mo, cloth. Philadelphia, 1833. $5.00 491 [HAMILTON, ALEXANDER.] A full Vindication of the Measures of the Congress, from the Calumnies of the Enemies; in Answer to a Letter, under the Signature of A. W. Farmer. 8vo, unbound. New York : James Riving- ton, 1774. $27.50 A reply to "The Congress Canvassed" and "Free Thoughts," 1774, described in this catalogue under Seabury. 90 RHODE ISLAND IMPRINT 492 HAMILTON, ALEXANDER. A Letter from Phocion, to the Considerate Citizens of New York, On the Politics of the Day. Small 4to, unbound, uncut. Newport, Rhode Island: Solomon Southwick, 1784. $12.00 THE FIRST EDITION OF THE "FEDERALIST" 493 HAMILTON, ALEXANDER. The Federalist: A Col- lection of Essays written in favor of the New Constitu- tion . . 2 vols., 12mo, blue morocco, g. e., by Bradstreet. New York : 1788. $150.00 First Edition. An A. L. S. of Alexander Hamilton is laid in. 494 HAMILTON, ALEXANDER. An Oration commemora- tive of the late Major-General Alexander Hamilton; pro- nounced before the New York State Society of the Cincin- nati, on Tuesday, the 31st of July, 1804. By J. M. Mason. 8vo, unbound. New York, 1804. $7.50 THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS IN SESSION AT BALTIMORE 495 HANCOCK, JOHN. A. L. S. folio. Baltimore, Feb. 26, 1777. To Robert Morris. Very fine. $260.00 An important historical letter. Morris informs him on account of the movements of Howe's Army at Brunswick, it would not be pru- dent for Congress to leave Baltimore for Philadelphia. "In Consequence of yours by Express respecting the State of our Army, & the Reinforcements of Howe's Army at Brunswick, & y'r opinion that at present it would not be prudent for Congress to Re- turn to Philad% the Congress have determin'd to suspend their Re- move for some days, at least until we hear from you, which I hope will be soon, and that the way is clear for us to pursue our own cause. We must give these fellows a trimming, if we can but subdue the present force in the Jerseys, I think the Day is ours, one noble Exertion by a large Body flying to the support of the General, with a determination to oppose Howe's Army at all Events, would effect the Business and before any Reinforcements could Arrive from Europe we should be in such Readiness as soon to give a good Acco't of them. Tho' I believe they will soon be tir'd of their Game. We have got the Trumps. Let us play the game well. "I refer you to my Letters to the General, & the resolves of Con- gress therein. I have left the Letters open for your perusal, after which please to Seal & forward to the Genl. by a special Express, as also the one to Gov. Livingston & The Convention of New York, all to go by Express, please also to Send the Letters Inclos'd to yo'r Council of Safety. I am almost hurried to Death, but must keep at it, however I know you will Excuse me in not adding as I am really pinch'd for time," &c. 91 HANCOCK STATES THAT IF THE MONEYED MEN WILL NOT GIVE THEIR MONEY TO HELP THE WAR IT ARGUES A WANT OF PATRIOTISM 496 HANCOCK, JOHN, A. L. S. folio. Baltimore, Feb. 27, 1777. To Robert Morris. Very fine. $185.00 Bitterly complaining because Morris had countermanded the order for wagons to carry the State papers from Baltimore to Philadelphia. "I enclose you the Resolves of Congress, respecting the Augmen- tation of the Interest, I hope will now have the Effect of Taking off all the Certificates at the Loan Office. I think if Monied Men will not give in their money it will argue a want of Patriotism at least. My Dear Friend, you have Reduced me to a most distress'd Scituation as I find by a Letter this moment Rec'd from Mr. Tailor my Sec'y that you had Counterorder'd my Waggons; what I shall do, I know not. I can't get away here. Congress is Adjourned to Philad^ and I must be there on Wednesday next 10 O'clock A. M. & I cannot Remove my Papers, & by the Stoppage of the Waggons am oblig'd to leave the whole of my Family behind. For God's Sake, hurry the Waggons along. I know you did it for the best, but it has distress'd me immensely, let me intreat you to order the Waggons on instan- tanously. Thompson is oblig'd to stay behind for want of those Waggons. I shall set off on Saturday alone to my great Mortification & hope to meet the Waggons on the Road. Aid all you can, pray have the Waggons, or Business will suffer amazingly." ORDERS TO COMMODORE NICHOLAS BIDDLE OF THE FRIGATE RANDOLPH, CHARLESTON, OCTOBER 7th, 1777. 497 HANCOCK, JOHN. Two-page Unsigned Letter. Folio. Dated York, in Pennsylvania. Octbr. 17, 1777, addressed to Nicholas Biddle, Esq., of the Frigate Randolph at Charles-Town, South Carolina, and franked by John Han- cock, and endorsed "Orders to Nicholas Biddle, Esq., of the Frigate Randolph, Charleston, Oct, 7, 1777." $65.00 A very important letter of instructions from Congress to Commo- dore Nicholas Biddle of the Continental Navy. 498 HANCOCK, JOHN. An Oration; delivered March 5, 1774, at the Request of the Inhabitants of the Town of Boston : To Commemorate the bloody Tragedy of the Fifth of March, 1770. 8vo, half morocco. New Haven : Reprinted by Thomas and Samuel Green, 1774. $28.50 The very rare New Haven edition of the famous oration. HANSON'S MILITARY TREATISE WITH THE PLATES 498a. HANSON, THOMAS. The Prussian Evolutions in Actual Engagements Both in Platoons, Sub, and Grand Divisions. With some Additions, to which is added The Prussian Manual Exercise; also The Theory and Practice of Gunnery. Containing Thirty Folio Copperplates en- graved in Philadelphia by Hutt. Quarto, original boards, 92 entirely uncut. Philadelphia: J. Douglass McDougal, (1775). $77.50 One of the most important American Military Manuals. It is dedi- cated by Hanson, who was an instructor of the Militia to the "Pre- servers of Liberty." This is a superb copy, containing both parts, with the thirty engravings, complete. Extremely rare. 499 HARDEE, WM. J. Lieut-General. Military Telegram. Hardeeville, S. C, Dec. 21, 1864. To Genl. Beauregard. Reports successful evacuation of Savannah, endorsed by Genl. Beauregard: $8.50 "Done in accordance with my detailed instructions. G. T. B." 500 HARDEE, WM. J. Military Telegram. Kingston, Dec. 19, 1864. To Genl. Beauregard. $12.50 "Charleston was successfully evacuated friday night 17"> and Sun- day morning 18*^ the troops have began to arrive at the Santee River," &c. 501 HARMON, DANIEL WILLIAMS. A Journal of Voyage and Travels in the Interior of North America, be- tween the 47th and 58th degree of the North Latitude, extending from Montreal nearly to the Pacfiic Ocean, a distance of about 5000 miles. Illustrated by a map of THE COUNTRY AND THE EXTREMELY RARE PORTRAIT OF THE Author engraved by Leney. 8vo, original sheep. An- dover: Printed by Flagg & Gould, 1820. $35.00 a rare narrative containing valuable material relating to the INDIANS. GOV. HARRIS' LETTER ON THE DEATH OF GENL. ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON 502 HARRIS, ISHAM G., War Governor of Tennessee. A. L. S., 4 pages, 4to. Memphis, April 13, 1876. To Genl. Beauregard. {t)40.00 An interesting and historical letter giving his recollections of the death of Genl. Albert Sidney Johnston on the battlefield of Shiloh. Harris was his volunteer aide. 503 HARRIS, T. M. The Journal of a Tour into the Terri- tory Northwest of the Allegheny Mountains made in the Spring of the Year 1803, with a Geographical and His- torical Account of the State of Ohio. (5 maps and plates) . 8vo, original boards, uncut. Boston : 1805. $17.50 504 HARRIS, WILLIAM TELL. Remarks made during a Tour through the United States of America, in the Years 1817, 1818, and 1819. In a Series of Letters to Friends in England. 12mo, half calf, t. e. g. London: Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1821. $35.00 Very rare. 93 ELECTS A SIGNER GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA 505 HARRISON, BENJAMIN, Signer of the Declaration of Independence. A. L. S., 2 pages, 4to. Richmond, Dec. 28, 1781. To Robert Morris, with franked address. $85.00 An interesting letter, informing Mr. Morris that he has been chosen Governor of Virginia. "Before this reaches you I suppose you will have heard of my being placed at the head of the State; it is a place of great honor and trust, but by no means one that vdll excite envy in those who know the Situation of the Country, and consider what I shall have to go thi-o; I have for some time avoided the appointment, but on my friend Nelson's resignation, as a good citizen I could do it no longer. The art of government in old and establish'd constitutions, is by no means easy, what must it be then in ours, which at present is little short of Anarchy and Confusion; nothing that I know of will carry me thro' with any tolerable eclat, but weighing well everything of moment that I have to do, and when I have taken my determination, to carry t it thro' with perseverance & resolution; such a conduct may succeed if I am not overruled by my Council, but as they are good men, I have at present no fear on that head, let matters go on as they may. I am embarked and neither dangers nor difficulties shall affright me, or prevent my using every means to arrive in a port of Safety. * * * I must support the Character I am in, in some degree at least, and as this Country is quite without any thing that is good, I must trespass on your friendship so far, as to beg the favor of you to order me a pipe of best Maderia and one of Sherry to the head of Elk, to the care of some gent" there, who will forward them to me at this place by the first safe opp'y, but I must candidly tell you, I shall not be in Cash to pay for them, in less than three or four months, and there- fore wish you to act as it may suit you, either to order them or not; you will excuse me for giving you this trouble. I know you don't deal in this way, but I have no other friend from whom t can ask such a favor." 506 [HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY, ADAMS, JOHN Q., and CLAY, HENRY.] A Sketch of several distinguished Members of the Wood bee Family. In a Letter from a Gentleman to his Friend. 8vo, unbound. New York, 1823. JplO.OO A political satire on William Henry Harrison and John Q. Adams and in praise of Henry Clay. 507 HARTLEY, DAVID. Letters on the American War. Ad- dressed to the Right Worshipful the Mayor and Corpora- tion of the Town of Kingston upon Hull. Large 4to, half morocco, uncut. London : Almon, 1778. $27.50 This copy of these interesting revolutionary letters bears four signatures of the author, one at the end of each letter. In addition there are many valuable notes in a contemporary hand by one who was a close observer of the momentous events of the time. 508 HARTMAN ET MILLER. Le Texas ou Notice Histo- rique sur le Champ d'Aisle; comprenant tout ce qui s'est passe depuis la formation jusqu'a la dissolution de cette Colonie, les causes qui I'ont amenee et la liste de tous les Colons fran^ais, (etc.) FOLDING PLAN. Svo, half sheep. Paris, 1819. $12.50 Rare. 94 509 HARVEY, HENRY. History of the Shawnee Indians, from the Years 1681 to 1834, inclusive. Engraved por- trait. 8vo, original cloth. Cincinnati : Ephraim Morgan, 1855. $12.00 "One of the most simple and veritable narratives of facts relating to the Indians ever printed," — Fields' Indian Bibliography. ONE OF TWO KNOWN COPIES OF AN IMPORTANT BOOK 610 HASENCLEVER, PETER. The Remarkable Case of Peter Hasenclever, Merchant ; formerly one of the Proprie- tors of the Iron Works, Pot Ash Manufactory, &c., estab- lished and successfully carried on under his Direction, in the PROVINCES OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY, in North America, 'til November, 1766. 8vo, original paper covers, in half red morocco slip case. London, 1773. $560.00 ONE OF TWO KNOWN PERFECT COPIES, the other being- in the collection of Mr. H. F. DePuy. This work is really a monument in the history of American industry. It gives the production of the various iron works, the sources of supply, the cost of conducting the business and other important details. The pamphlets and books re- lating to the establishment in the colonies of the various industries have not been appreciated and it is well to remember that the whole frame-work of this country is based on its manufactures. Early battle-scenes, little tracts of worthless early American poetry and crude (but seductive!) engravings of our cities are bringing fabulous prices in the auction-rooms and it is now about time for the REAL THINGS to receive proper recognition. 511 HAWKINS, ALFRED. Hawkins's Picture of Quebec. With Historical Recollections. First Edition. Many illus- trations. 12mo, cloth, uncut. Quebec: 1834. $10.00 512 HAWLEY, ZERAH. Journal of a Tour through Con- necticut, Massachusetts, New York, the North Part of Pennsylvania and Ohio, including a Year's residence in that part of the State of Ohio styled New Connecticut, or Western Reserve. 12mo, half calf, uncut. New Haven: S. Converse, 1822. $27.50 One of the most interesting early accounts of the WESTERN RESERVE. 518 HAYES, DANIEL. A Long Journey. The Story of David Hayes. 12mo, origitial cloth. Portland, Me, : Pri- vately printed, 1876. $12.50 No. 72 of one hundred copies printed. An interesting historical nar- rative of early days in New England and a RARE INDIAN CAPTIVITY. 95 513a. [HAYS, DANIEL.] A History of the Copper Mines and Newgate Prison at Granby, Conn. Also, of the CAP- TIVITY OF DANIEL HAYS, of Granby, by the Indians, in 1707. By Noah A. Phelps. 8vo, original paper covers. Hartford, 1845. $16.50 Immaculate copy of this rare captivity. Not in the E. E. Ayer Collection at the Newberry Library, Chicago. 514 HEAD, GEORGE. Forest Scenes and incidents in the Wilds of North America, being a diary of a winter's route, from Halifax to the Canadas, and during five month's resi- dence in the woods on the border of Lake Huron and Sim- coe. 12mo, half Tnorocco, gilt top. London: John Murray, 1838. $4.50 515 HEARD, ISAAC V. D. History of the Sioux War and Massacres of 1862 and 1863. With Portrait and Illus- trations. 12mo, original cloth. New York : 1864. $5.00 516 HECKEWELDER, JOHN. An Account of the History, Manners and Customs of the Indian Nations, who once In- habited Pennsylvania and The Neighboring States. Volume I of the Transactions of the Historical and Literary Com- mittee of the American Philosophical Society. 8vo, half morocco, uncut. Philadelphia: Abraham Small, 1819. $12.00 516a. ANOTHER COPY, half morocco, uncut. With numer- ous manuscript alterations and additions, possibly a copy prepared for a new edition. $25.00 517 HECKEWELDER, JOHN. A Narrative of the Mission of the United Brethren among the Delaware and Mohegan Indians, from its Commencement in the Year 1740 to close of the Year 1808. Portrait of Rev. D. Ziesberger. 8vo, hoards, uncut. Philadelphia: 1820. $12.50 Fine Copy. Scarce. Has inserted an autograph letter signed, of Heckewelder, dated August 26, 1820, in which he says: "As I am to receive of Messrs. McCarty & Davis, Printers and Booksellers, a certain number of copies of my narrative of the Mission which they have printed off, I have this day written and inquired of them in what manner they are to be forwarded," etc. 518 HECKEWELDER, JOHN. Life of. By the Reverend Edward Rondthaler of Nazareth, Pa. Edited by B. H. Coates, M. D. Crown 8vo, cloth, lithograph portrait of Heckewelder. Philadelphia: 1847. $2.50 96 AN EXCESSIVELY RARE VIRGINIA BOOK 519 HELLIER, THOMAS. The Vain Prodigal Life, and Tragical Penitent Death of Thomas Hellier Born at Whit- church near Lyme in Dorset-Shire : Who for Murdering his Master, Mistress, and a Maid, was Executed according to Law at Westover, in Charles City, in the Country of Vir- ginia, neer the Plantation called Hard Labour, where he perpetrated the said Murders. He Suffer'd on Munday the 5th of August, 1678. And was after Hanged up in Chains at Windmill-Point on James River. Small Uto, broivn lev- ant morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, hy Gruel. London : Printed for Sam. Crouch, at the Princes Arms, a corner-shop of Popes-head-alley in Cornhil, 1680. $325.00 Fine copy of a book which from its very nature must be exceed- ingly rare. "Honest Mr. Hellier" was once a bookseller and had "judgment to eat any Letters, Knots, or Devices into Mettals by Chymical waters" and was "a dextrous hand at Ingraving in Mettals and Carving in Wood." He got into debt and went to Virginia. He sold himself to the owner of "the Plantation called Hard Labour" he to teach his master's children. Instead they put him at work in the field. One of the "reflections" of the Rev. Williams who wrote down Hellier's story was: " 'Tis more for the Interest of Virginia to have their Servants chop Logs lustily, than to chop Logick. Handling the Howe [hoe] proves here far better Musick than the Hoghboy." 520 HELPS, ARTHUR. The Spanish Conquest in America and its Relation to the History of Slavery and to the Gov- ernment of Colonies. Jf vols., half calf, t. e. g., uncut. Lon- don, Parker & Son, 1855-1861. $32.00 First edition. J. K. PAULDING'S COPY 521 HENRY, ALEXANDER. Travels and Adventures in Canada and the Indian Territories between the years 1760 and 1776. PORTRAIT BY MAVERICK. 8vo, original sheep, New York: 1809. $40.00 The plain, unaffected but picturesque and interesting narrative of a fur-trader. This book has been called "rare" for over fifty years. J. K. Paulding's copy with his bookplate and his autograph on title. The portrait is usually missing. A fine copy in the original binding. 522 HENRY, JOHN JOSEPH. An Accurate and Interest- ing Account of the Hardships and Sufferings of that Band or Heroes, who traversed the Wilderness in the Campaign against Quebec in 1775. 12mo, half calf. Lancaster: Wil- liam Greer, 1812. $10.00 An account of Benedict Arnold's campaign in Canada. 97 523 HERVEY, FREDERIC. The Naval History of Great Britain, from the Earliest Times to the Rising of Parlia- ment in 1779. With many portraits, naval views and MAPS. 5 vols., 8vo, original calf. London : William Adlard, 1779. $27.50 524 [HEWITT, ALEXANDER.] An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia. 2 vols., 8vo, contemporary calf. London: 1779. $16.00 Very rare. 525 HILDRETH, JAMES. Dragoon Campaigns to the Rocky Mountains ... By a Dragoon. James Hil- dreth. 12mo, original cloth. New York: 1836. $15.00 A narrative of a high degree of rarity. 526 HILDRETH, S. P. Pioneer History. Being an account of the first examinations of the OHIO VALLEY and the early settlement of The NORTHWEST TERRITORY. Chiefly from Original Manuscripts. 8vo, calf. Cincinnati, 1848. $15.00 Contains a number of interesting lithographic views and a large folding map. 527 HILHOUSE, WILLIAM. Indian Notices : or, Sketches of the Habits, Character, Languages, Superstitions, Soil, and Climate, of the Several Nations; . . . also, the Icthyology of the Fresh Waters of the Interior. 12mo, original paper wrappers, uncut. [Georgetown:] Printed for the author. 1825. $60.00 An extremely rare book on the South American Indians, it also contains a valuable chapter on the icthyology of Demerara and an amusing table of the Scale of Life of the various races from the equator to the twentieth degree of North Latitude. 528 HIND, HENRY Y. Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1857, and of the Assinni- boine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition of 1858. Numerous colored plates and wood cuts. 2 vols., Svo, half calf, gilt, top edges gilt. London : 1860. $16.00 529 HIND, HENRY Y. Explorations in the Interior of the Labrador Peninsula, the Country of the Montagnais and Nasquapee Indians. Numerous fine colored plates. 2 vols., Svo, half calf, gilt, top edges gilt. London : 1863. $16.00 530 HODGSON, ADAM. Remarks during a Journey Through North ^America in the years 1819, 1820, and 1821, in a Series of Letters. Svo, original boards. New York, 1823. $10.00 Jamf^s Roosevelt's copy with his autograph on title. The rare New York edition. 98 531 HODGSON, ADAM. Letters from North America writ- ten During a Tour in the United States and Canada. 2 vols., 8vo, original boards, uncut. London : Hurst, 1824. $10.00 A fine copy with both copperplates and the list of errata, which is often missing. The author made a tour of nearly eight thousand miles, and his observations are of considerable value. 532 HOLLEY, MRS. MARY AUSTIN. Texas. With a FOLDING MAP OF THE STATE OF COAHUILA AND TEXAS. 12mo, original cloth. Lexington, Ky. J. Clarke & Co., 1836. $40.00 This copy of the extremely rare Lexington edition. Contains tkk MAP, and is as clean and fresh as the day it was issued. 533 HOLMES, ABIEL. The Annals of America from the Discovery by Columbus in the year 1492, to the year 1826 . . 2nd Edition. 2 vols., 8vo, half morocco, uncut; by Bradstreet . . Cambridge: 1829. $22.50 534 HOLMES, THEOPHILUS H. Confederate Lieutenant- General. Military Telegram. Brooks' Station, Oct. 28, 1861. To Genl. Jos. E. Johnston. Endorsed by Genl. Johnston, signed with initials. $3.00 "Doctor Van Camp just from Washington says the enemy Sixty five thousand strong, with Cavalry and Artillery &c will land tonight below Mathias point to march on Fredericksburg & Richmond." HOOKE'S FAMOUS SERMON ON NEW ENGLAND 535 HOOKE, WILLIAM. New England Sence, of Old-Eng- land and Irelands Sorrowes. A Sermon Preached upon a day of generall Humiliation in the Churches of New Eng- land. In the behalfe of Old-England and Irelands Sad con- dition. Small Uo, full brown crushed levant morocco, gilt, gilt inside border, gilt edges by the Club Bindery. Lond. : Printed by John Rothwell, 1645. $650.00 First Edition, very rare. Fine copy with unusually large mar- gins. Although not printed till 1645, it is believed that this very early New England Fast Sermon was preached in 1642. 536 HORACE. The Lyric Works of Horace, Translated into English Verse : To which are added, a Number of Original Poems. Translated by a Native of America. [John Parke.] Frontispiece. 12mo, old sheep, Philadelphia, 1786. $15.00 Henry Stevens calls this "the rarest and oddest of all American books of poetry." Four pages are given to the Dedication to Wash- ington. 99 HORSMANDEN'S NEGRO PLOT 537 [HORSMANDEN, DANIEL.] A Journal of the Pro- ceedings in the Detection of the Conspiracy formed by some white people in conjunction with negro and other slaves for burning the City of New York in America, and murdering the inhabitants ; by the Recorder of the City of New York. Jfto, most splendidly hound in full crushed dark blue levant morocco, the sides and back beautifully inlaid with orange crushed levant, to an ornate Grolier pattern, and with doublure of white crushed levant mo- 7'occo, richly tooled, crimson watered silk end leaves, gilt over marbled edges, by Lortic. New York : James Parker, 1744. $550.00 First Edition. A splendid copy of this very rare book in an exquisite binding. Inserted is a very fine autograph letter of the author's one page quarto. One of the most interesting books re- lating to Colonial New York. This copy is protected by a special wrapper and a slip case. A copy without the Horsmanden letter was sold some years ago for $600.00, the Hoe copy, uncut, in a bind- ing by Bedford fetched $700.00. 537a ANOTHER COPY, unbound and ENTIRELY UNCUT. $1650.00 PROBABLY THE FINEST COPY IN EXISTENCE. 538 HOWE, SIR WILLIAM. The Genius of Great Britain to General Howe, the Night before the BATTLE AT LONG ISLAND. An Ode. Uo, half calf. London, 1776. $75.00 A fine uncut copy of this rare pamphlet. 539 HOWE, LORD. A Letter to the Right Honourable Lord Viscount H — e. on his Naval Conduct in the American War. 8vo, half green morocco, uncut. London : Wilkie, 1779. $15.00 540 HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY. A Short State of the Countries and Trade of North America. Claimed by the Hudson's Bay Company, under Pretence of a Charter for Ever. 8vo, fidl mottled calf. London, J. Robinson, 1749. $40.00 CHOICE COPY OF HUGHES' AMERICAN PHYSITIAN, 1672 541 HUGHES, WILLIAM. The American Physitian: or, A Treatise of the Roots, Plants, Trees, Shrubs, Fruit, Herbs, etc., growing in the English Plantations in America. The like never extant before. 12mo, fidl brown crushed levant morocco, with wide inlaid, borders of green morocco, with flowers in yelloiv and red inlaid, an elaborate binding by Riviere. London: Printed by J. C. for William Crook, 1672. $225.00 The first edition. Extremely rare. 100 542 HULL, WILLIAM. Defence of Brigadier General W. Hull : Delivered before the General Court Martial, of which Major General Dearborn was President, at Albany, March, 1814. 127no, original boards. Boston, Wells and Lilly, 1814. $8.50 A very fine copy of a rare book. 543 HUNTER, JOAN. Rudimentorum Cosmographicorum. 12mo, maroon morocco, extra. Antwerp, 1554. $85.00 The rare original edition. HUNTER'S MS. JOURNAL OF AMERICAN TRAVEL 544 HUNTER, ROBERT. Manuscript Journal of Travels in America Including a Visit to Mt. Vernon, 1785-1786, by Robeii: Hunter. 2 volumes, folio, cloth, enclosed in a cloth case. $2500.00 An unpublished diary of extensive travels in AMERICA. It re- lates Robert Hunter's peregrinations from the time of his leaving London on Tuesday, March 29, 1785, until his departure from Charles- ton on Tuesday, June 27, 1786. It tells of his experiences in Mon- treal, Niagara, Boston, New Haven, New York, Philadelphia, Rich- mond, etc. Of particular interest is his VisiT TO Washington at Mt. Vernon in November, 1785, which is entirely unpublished. 545 [HUSKE, JOHN.] The Present State of North Amer- ica . . 12mo, half calf. Boston: D. Fowle, 1755. $35.00 The extremely rare Boston edition. 546 ANOTHER EDITION. 8vo, polished calf. Dublin: 1755. $15.00 547 HUTCHINS, THOMAS. An Historical Narrative and Topographical Description of Louisiana and West Florida, comprehending the River Mississippi with its principal Branches and Settlements, and the Rivers Pearl, Pasca- goula. Mobile, Perdido, Escambia, Chacta-Hatcha, &c. 8vo, unbound. Phila., Printed for the Author, 1784. $45.00 The very rare Philadelphia edition. A fine copy. Hildeburn, No. 4493; Evans, No. 18532; Sabin, No. 34056; Living- ston, Vol. 2, p. 450. Lathrop C. Harper, No. 684278; Stan. V. Henkels, No. 8600; Winsor, Vol. VI, 651; etc., etc., etc. . . ad infinitum! We append this bibliographical apparatus so as to give a fine air of learning and deep scholarship to our catalogue. Useless information, which could be gathered by a child five years old, is dear to the heart of the bookseller, they love to revel in the profound mysteries of bibliography, and we are no exception to the rule! 101 ONE OF THE RAREST BOUNDARY PAMPHLETS 548 [HUTCHINSON, THOMAS.] The Case of the Prov- inces of MASSACHUSETTS-BAY AND NEW-YORK, Respecting the Boundary Line between the two Provinces. Folio, sewed, uncut, in a half blue morocco slip case. Bos- ton : Green and Russell, 1764. $485.00 This copy is perfect in every detail and is in beautiful, uncut con- dition. Only four other complete copies are known, viz. : The Boston Athenaeum, New York Public Library, Wilkinson Library and Mr. H. E. Huntington's. 549 HUTCHINSON, THOMAS, and others. Copy of Letters sent to Great Britain, by his Excellency Thomas Hutchin- son, the Hon. Andrew Oliver, and several other Persons, born and educated among us. 12mo, half calf. Boston, Printed by Edes and Gill, 1773. $18.00 40 pages, some copies have an extra 11 pages printed subsequently in Philadelphia by Thomas Bradford. RARE BOOKS RELATING TO ILLINOIS 550 ILLINOIS. Illinois Monthly Magazine. Conducted by James Hall. Vol. 1. 8vo, original half leather. Vandalia. Printed by Robert Blackwell, 1831. $67.50 A complete set consists of three volumes, but only this first volume was published in Illinois, vols. 2, 3 were published in Cincinnati. Contains articles on Indian Relations, Geology of Illinois, Printing at Cincinnati and many other subjects connected with Western history. 551 ILLINOIS AND WABASH LAND COMPANIES. Six pieces as follows : 1. An Account of the Proceedings of the Illinois and Oua- bache Land Companies, In Pursuance of Their Purchases made of the Independent Natives, July 5th, 1773, and 18th October, 1775. 8vo, unbound, Phila., William Young, 1796. Pp. 1-56. 2. Memorial of the Illinois and Wabash Land Company. 19th January, 1797. (Philadelphia: 1797.) Pp. 1-8. 3. To the Committees of the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives on the Illinois and Wabash Memorial (Philadel- phia: 1797.) Pp. 1-8. 4. Additional Statements by the Agents of the Illinois and Wabash Land Companies (Philadelphia: 1797). Pp. 1-8. 5. To the Honorable Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives on the Illinois and Wabash Land Pur- chases (Philadelphia: 1797). Pp. 1-8. 6. Report of the Committee, To whom was referred, on the 13th ultimo, the Memorial of the Illinois and Wabash Land Company, by James Wilson, their President. (Phil- adelphia: 1797.) Pp. 1-4. Together six pieces, 8vo, un- bound. $165.00 A remarkably rare and important collection. 102 552 ILLINOIS. The Laws of Illinois, passed at Seventh General Assembly, at their Session held at Vandalia, com- mencing on the first Monday in December, 1830. 8vo, boards, leather back. Vandalia, 1831. $9.00 553 ILLINOIS. Laws of the State of Illinois, passed by the Tenth General Assembly, at their Session commencing De- cember 5, 1836 and ending March 6, 1837. 8vo, boards, leather back. Vandalia, 1837. $9.00 554 ILLINOIS. Eine geographisch-statistisch-topograph- ische Skizze fiir Einwanderer und Freunde der Lander und Volker Kunde. Map. 12mo, boards. Baltimore, Md., 1835. $20.00 Has a large folding map. An extremely rare account of Illinois. 555 IMLAY, GILBERT. A Topographical Description of the Western Territory of North America . . . with an ample Description of the Several Divisions into which that Country is Partitioned. And an Accurate Statement of the Various Tribes of Indians that Inhabit the Frontier Country. To which is annexed a Delineation of the Laws and Government of the State of Kentucky. 8vo, half red levant morocco. London : 1792. $35.00 The First Edition. 556 IMLAY, GILBERT. A Topographical Description of the Western Territory of North America . . To which are added, The Discovery, Settlement and Present State of Kentucky . . By John Filson . . I. The Adventures of Col. Daniel Boone . . II. The Minutes of the Pranka- shaw Council . . III. An Account of the Indian Nations . . Illustrated with correct maps . . 8vo, calf, rebacked. London: 1793. $20.00 a fine clean copy with all the maps, 557 IMLAY, GILBERT. A Topographical Description of the Western Territory of North America. By Gilbert Im- lay. The Third Edition with Great Additions. Svo, orig- inal boards, paper label, entirely uncut, in a cloth case. Lon- don : J. Debrett, 1797. $67.50 THE ORIGINAL MINUTE BOOK OF THE INDIANA COMPANY. 558 INDIANA COMPANY. The original minute Book of the Proprietors of Indiana, one of the great land com- panies and one of the important factors in the development 103 558 INDIANA COMPANY— Continued. of the West. It consists of the following important docu- ments : 1. Minutes of the Proprietors, 1775-76, consisting of 66 folio pages, containing various memorials, etc. The first page is wanting. 2. Memorial of the Proprietors called Indiana to Con- gress, signed by George Morgan, M.S. Phila., Nov. 30, 1780. 3. Debates on the Indiana Memorial, Richmond, Vir- ginia, Nov. 1, 1791. Printed in Richmond; folio, uncut. Of excessive rarity. 4. Printed Deed of the Indiana Company. Large Folio (about 1776). 5. Printed Warrant and Survey. "By the Proprietors of Indiana." 6. Address to the Proprietors relative to the claims of Virginia, MS., pp. 4, folio. 7. Memorial to Congress from the Proprietors of the Tract called Indiana ; signed on behalf of the Proprietors by George Morgan, their agent. Philadelphia, September 11, 1779. Pp. 5, folio, MS. 8. A. L. S. of George Croghan to Bernard Gratz, April 23, 1779. 9. List of various Indian Treaties relative to the Pro- prietors of Indiana, including those at Fort Stanwix, 1768 and at Albany, 1775. 10. A. L. S. of Theo. Bland to George Morgan, Nov. 20, 1780 relative to the claims of Virginia. 11. Memorial to the Supreme Court of the U. S. reciting the history of the claims of the Proprietors of Indiana. Folio, pp. 35, MS. Folio, bound in half leather. $485.00 It is almost impossible to estimate the historical value of this unique collection. THE FIRST PUBLISHED TREATY WITH THE INDIANS, 1677 559 INDIANS. Articles of Peace between the Most Serene and Mighty Prince Charles II and Several Indian Kings AND Queens. Concluded the 9th day of May, 1677. Quarto, sewed, inclosed in a full levant morocco case. London : John Bull, Christopher Barker, etc., 1677. $1650.00 De Puy No. 1. A work of superlative importance. It is the FIRST PUBLISHED English Colonial Treaty with the Indians. Mr. Henry F. De Puy in his Bibliography of English Colonial Treaties, New York, Printed for the Lenox Club, 1917, locates but two copies. Mr. Huntington's and that in the Ayer Collection. It is one of the cornerstones of any American Library. 104 560 INDIANS. A Conference of His Excellency Jonathan Belcher, Esq. ; Captain General and Governor in Chief of His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New- England, with Edewakenk Chief Sachem of the Penobscot Tride . . . with other Chief Men of the said Indian Tribes, at Falmouth in Casco-Bay, July, 1732. Uto, un- bound, in cloth case. Boston, Printed by B. Green, 1732. $565.00 Fine copy with the rare errata slip pasted on verso of LiAst LEiAF. De Ptiy, No. 14. Only five other copies are known. 561 INDIANS. Treaty with the Cherokees. October 7, 1861. 8vo, half red levant, gilt top. [Richmond, Va., 1861.] $65.00 One of the rarest Indian Treaties made by the Confederate States. These later treaties are just as scarce as those published in the Eighteenth Century. CAPT. HIDE'S UNPUBLISHED ACCOUNT OF THE NEW YORK INDIANS, 1698 562 INDIANS. Observations made of the Five Nations of Indians under the Protection of the Crowne of England, viz., Morques, Anondagoes, Oriades, Cahugas and Senecas, 1698. The original manuscript in the autograph of Cap- tain Hide. The MS. is endorsed "1698. Observations of the five Nations of Indians at New Yorke, by Capt. Hide." Quarto, red levant morocco, extra. $1450.00 An unpublished manuscript on the Indians of New York, Captain Hide was in the Province toward the close of the 17th Century, and these are personal observations made by him. A manuscript of the greatest historical interest and Importance. A MANUSCRIPT OF THE MICMAC INDIAN LANGUAGE 563 INDIANS. "Instruction sur la Langue Mickmaque." Manuscript. 98 pp., Uo, half roan. [Written about 1750.] $425.00 This important manuscript comprises an extensive grammar of the Language of this tribe, the most easterly of the Algonquin nations; they spread over New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, New- foundland and Prince Edward Island. THE ONLY KNOWN COPY OF RARE LAWS RELATING TO THE MASSACHUSETTS INDIANS 564 INDIANS. [Laws relating to the Indians.] Uo, un- bound, last line of first page cut into, in hnlf morocco, slip case. N. p., n. d. [Boston, ca., 1753.] Pp. 4. $525.00 105 664 INDIANS — Continued. Of the greatest rarity; we are unable to trace another copy. The pamphlet gives a resume of the laws relating to the purchase of land from the Indians enacted in Massachusetts Colony, Ply- mouth Colony and Massachusetts Province from the beginning to 1748. 565 INDIANS. Bownas, Samuel; and Richardson, John. The Journals of the Lives and Travels of. 12mo, half calf. Philadelphia : William Dunlap, 1759. $12.50 Extremely rare, not in the Field Catalogue. 566 INDIANS. AN INDIAN GAZETTE. [Here an engrav- ing on copper in 10 numbered compartments.] Explana- tion of the above Gazette Engraved from an Authentic Copy, drawn by a French Engineer from the Original. 1760. Folio Broadside. Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap, 1760. $67.50 Not in Hildebum or Evans, and probably the only copy in exist- ence. The "Indian Gazette," according to the printed explanation, represents 180 American Indians who "declared war in favour of the French" and left Montreal, meeting after seven days the English enemy consisting of a force of 120 men, describes the battle, number of prisoners, etc. A very interesting and unknown Indian broadside. The illustra- tion is an early example of Philadelphia engraving. 567 INDIANS. QUAKER VINDICATED, THE; or, Ob- servations on a late Pamphlet, entitled, The Quaker Un- mask'd, or Plain Truth. 8vo, half morocco, uncut. Printed in the Year MDCCLXIV. [Phila., Andrew Stewart, 1764.] $45.00 The Quaker Unmask'd is usually attributed to Benjamin Franklin. According to Hildeburn the real author's name was David James Dove. It is one of the celebrated Paxton Pamphlets relating to the Indian Massacres in Pennsylvania. 568 INDIANS. A Declaration and Remonstrance of the dis- tressed and bleeding Frontier Inhabitants of the Province of Pennsylvania . . Shewing the Causes of their late Discontent and Uneasiness and the Grievances under which they have laboured . . 8vo, half morocco. (Philadel- phia : William Bradford) , 1764. $45.00 An extremely scarce pamphlet on the Indians. ON SETTLING THE INDIAN LANDS 569 INDIANS. BROADSIDE. By the Honourable \ John Penn, Esquire. ] . . . | A PROCLAMATION | . . . (warning "ill-disposed Persons" against settling upon Lands not yet purchased from the Indians as such settlements "tend to irritate the Minds of the Indians, and may be productive of dangerous and fatal Conse- 106 QUENCES" (etc). Dated Philadelphia, 20th Sept. 1773. Folio broadside, folded to Jfto and hound m half blue mo- rocco, uncut all round. Philadelphia : Printed by Hall and Sellers, 1773. $115.00 Very rare. Fine copy. 570 INDIANS. The Book of Common Prayer and Adminis- tration of the Sacraments . . translated into the Mo- hawk Language . . to which is added the Gospel ac- cording to St. Mark. Translated in the Mohawk Language by Capt'n Joseph Brant an Indian of Mohawk nation. En- graved PLATES. 8vo, original old calf. London : 1787. $90.00 571 INDIANS. A Brief Account of the Proceedings of the Committee, appointed in the Year 1795 by the Yearly Meeting of Friends of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, &c., for promoting the Improvement and Gradual Civilization of the Indian Natives. 8vo, original paper wrappers, uncut. Philadelphia : Printed by Kimber, Conrad, & Co., 1805. $15.00 572 INDIANS. A Summary Account of the Measures Pur- sued by the Yearly Meetings of Friends of New York for the Welfare and Civilization of the INDIANS . . of that State. 8vo, half morocco, uncut. London: 1813. $10.00 573 INDIANS. Mr. Floyd's Report, a Letter from to his Friend in Ohio. 16mo, sewed, pp. 1-32. No place or date. [c, 1820.] $35.00 Relates entirely to the Indians and to the Fur Trade on the Western Coast. We cannot trace another copy in any public or pri- vate library in the United States. 574 INDIANS. Documents and Proceedings relating to the Formation and Progress of a Board in the City of New York, for the Emigration, Preservation, and Improvement of the Aborigines of America. July 22, 1829. Map of the Western Territory. Svo, unbound. New York, 1829. $15.00 575 INDIANS. Laws of the Colonial and State Govern- ments, relating to Indians and Indian Affairs, from 1633 to 1831, inclusive : With an Appendix containing the Pro- ceedings of the Congress of the Confederation and the Laws of Congress, from 1800 to 1830, on the same subject. Svo, original cloth, Washington City : Thompson & Homans, 1832. $15.00 107 576 INDIANS. Original water-color portrait of John Ross, Chief of the Cherokee Nation. Washington City, June 19, 1841. $35.00 Very rare. Drawn from life and an artistic work. 577 INDIANS, Proceedings of an Indian Council held at the Buffalo Creek Reservations, State of New York. Fourth Month, 1842. 8vo, boards. Baltimore: W. Wooddy, 1842. $16.00 578 ANOTHER COPY, half blue calf. $18.00 578a INDIANS. Report of the Proceedings of an Indian Council, at Cattaraugus, in the State of New York; held 6 month, 1843. 12mo, half green morocco. Baltimore: W. Wooddy, 1843. $15.00 The object of this Council, it appears was, to take into consideration the title, by which the Indian lands in the State of New York were held, and also to restore harmony in the nation, and a more united concert of action in regard to the execution of the above described treaty of 1842. ONE OF THE RAREST LOYALIST PAMPHLETS 579 INGLIS, CHARLES. The Claim and Answer with the subsequent Proceedings in the Case of the Right Reverend Charles Inglis, against the United States. 4to, original paper covers. Philadelphia, 1799. $65.00 Charles Inglis was consecrated first Bishop of Nova Scotia in 1787, he was a loyalist in the Eevolution, assistant to Dr. Auchnutz at Trinity Church, New York, 1765-1777, succeeded to the benefice of Holy Trinity in 1777, his church having just been burnt he was inducted by Gov. Tryon among the ruins. His property was taken from him and he appeared in the Act of Attainder of 1779. The Claim is in respect to some debts affected by this Act. 580 [INGRAHAM, E. D.] A Sketch of the Events which preceded the Capture of Washington by the British, on the 24th of August, 1814. Map. 8vo, original boards, uncut. Philadelphia: Carey, 1849. $7.50 Privately printed. Presentation copy inscribed by the author. 581 IOWA. Northern Iowa ; containing Hints and Informa- tion of value to Emigrants. By a Pioneer. 8vo, original paper covers. Dubuque, 1858. $22.00 Very rare. 582 THE SAME. Second edition. 8vo, original paper cov- ers. Dubuque, 1858. $22.00 Equally as rare as the first edition, printed the same year, slightly enlarged. 108 FIRST EDITION OF KNICKERBOCKER'S HISTORY OF NEW YORK 583 [IRVING, WASHINGTON.] A History of New York from the Beginning of the World to the end of the Dutch Dynasty . . (With the rare folding View of New York, mounted on Silk.) 2 vols., 12mo, full orange crushed levant morocco, rough g. e., by Bradstreet. Inns- keep and Bradford, New York: 1809. $150.00 The First Edition. THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT OF THE PART OF IRVING'S LIFE OF WASHINGTON THAT DIS- CUSSES THE FORMATION OF THE FAREWELL ADDRESS 584 IRVING, WASHINGTON. The Original Autograph Manuscript of Chapters XXIX and XXX, of volume 5, of Irving's "Life of George Washington." Written in ink on 46 pages. 8vo {inlaid on Uto sheets) . 1859. $650.00 This portion of "The Life of George Washington" is extremely interesting and important, as it treats of his retirement from public life, and the state of affairs when Washington withdrew to Mt. Vernon. The preparing and the reception of his famous FARE- WELL ADDRESS is fully described, as are also his views and those of other leading public men regarding a THIRD TERM. One chapter of Irving's "Life of Washington," that relating to the treason of Arnold, brought $2800 at the Hoe sale. 585 JACKSON, ANDREW. A. L. S. 2 pages, folio, Febru- ary 22, 1830. To Hon. L. W. Tagewell. $55.00 A long and interesting letter relating largely to a contract for bread for the navy. 586 JAMAICA. The Groans of Jamaica, expressed in a Let- ter from a Gentleman residing there, to his Friend in Lon- don . . 12mo, half morocco. London: 1714. $15.00 A vivid account of the political status of Jamaica in the early 18th century. 587 JAMES, EDWIN. Account of an Expedition from Pitts- burg to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the year 1819, 1820 . . Compiled from the Notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and other Gentlemen of Party . . Illustrated WITH A FOLDED MAP AND PLATES. 3 vols., 8vo, original hoards, uncut. London : 1823. $40.00 588 JANSON, CHARLES WILLIAM. The Stranger in America. Illustrated by engravings in tint. Uo, half mo- rocco. London : James Cundee, 1807. $20.00 The aquatint views of places of interest make this volume a val- uable one; they are unusually faithful delineations. 109 THE DANGEROUS VOYAGE OF CAPTAINE JAMES 589 JAMES, THOMAS. The Strange and Dangerous Voy- age of Captaine Thomas James, in his intended Discovery of the Northwest Passage into the South Sea. Map. Small Jfto, green morocco, gilt, gilt edges, by Bedford. London, Printed by John Leggatt, for John Partridge, 1633. $850.00 Excessively rare. A fine tall copy, clean and crisp, with wide margins. The rare map has a portrait of James in the corner. This is one of the finest copies ever offered for sale. 590 JAMES, WILLIAM. A full and correct Account of the Military Occurrences of the Late War between Great Brit- ain and the United States of America; with an Appendix and Plates [Maps]. 2 vols., 8vo, original boards, uncut, paper label. London, 1818. $18.50 Very fine copy of this rare book. 591 JAMES, WILLIAM. A full and correct Account of the Chief Naval Occurrences of the Late War between Great Britain and the United States of America ... To which is added an Appendix and Plates. 8vo, original boards, uncut. London, 1817. $12.50 Very rare in boards uncut. AN INTERESTING LETTER ABOUT TWO FAMOUS PRINTERS 592 JAY, JOHN. President of the Continental Congress. A. L. S. 3 pages, 4to. Madrid, Nov. 19, 1780. To Robt. Morris, with address. $35.00 In reference to an apprentice to Jno. Dunlap, the Printer, who complains of ill-treatment, and whom he wishes to help, also sends a new cypher code for letters. "I have lately rec'd a Letter from Francis Child, a Lad whom I had taken by the Hand after his Father's Death, and put apprentice to Mr. Dunlap, your Printer, he complains that Dunlap refuses to give him the Cloaths stipulated in the Indenture, and requests that I would save him from Nakedness. You will oblige me by giving him twenty-five hard dollars or the amount of it in paper. If you can conveniently discover how he behaves and is likely to turn out, I beg you will inform me, for as his Father had a warm and steady attach- ment to his son, I feel myself interested in the welfare of this Son, who it seems was the Favorite," etc. 693 JEFFERSON, THOMAS. A Vindication of the Relig- ion of Mr. Jefferson, and a Statement of his Services in the Cause of Religious Liberty. By a Friend of Real Religion. 8vo, unbound. Baltimore, n. d. $10.00 Extremely rare and interesting. 110 JEFFERSON PLAN OF MONTICELLO 594 JEFFERSON, THOMAS. Jefferson's original Plan of a portion of his famous homestead "Monticello." Beauti- fully executed in ink, folded, enclosed in a half morocco slip case. $275.00 To add to his other acquirements Thomas Jefferson was a draughts- man of a high order and we know of no other more intimate memorial than this plan of his own homestead. THOMAS JEFFERSON'S ACCOUNT OF THE SESSION LAWS OF VIRGINIA 595 JEFFERSON, THOMAS. His printed account of the Colonial Laws of Virginia including all the Session Laws between 1619 and 1783. It is entitled "Extract of a Letter from Thomas Jefferson to George Wythe" and dated from Monticello, January 16, 1796. $85.00 Folio, pp. 4, uncut, enclosed in a half morocco slip case. Rich- mond, 1796. This attempt by Thomas Jefferson to collect the Session Laws of Virginia is extremely interesting. He gives all the various issues including the manuscript laws. It would prove a VALUABLE ADDI- TION TO ANY LAW LIBRARY. It is of the highest degree of rarity, as we can trace but one other copy. PRESENTATION COPY FROM THOMAS JEFFERSON 596 [JEFFERSON, THOMAS.] A Sketch of the Present State of our Political Relations with the United States of North America. By Joseph Fauchet. 12mo, unbound. Philadelphia, Printed by Benj. Franklin Bache, 1797. $17.50 Presentation copy from Thomas Jefferson with inscription in his autograph. "Th. J. to W. C. Nicholas." 597 JEFFERSON, THOMAS. The original manuscript Day Book of a nail factory which he owned, from 1796-1800, during his Vice-Presidency, 23 pages, 4to, entirely in his autograph, original paper covers. $185.00 598 JEFFERSON, THOMAS. The Speeches at full length of Mr. Van Ness, Mr. Gaines, The Attorney-General, Mr. Harrison, and General Hamilton in the great Cause of the People, against Harry Croswell, on an Indictment for a Libel on Thomas Jefferson. 8vo, unbound. New York, 1804. $'7-50 111 599 JESUIT RELATION. Breve Relatione d'Alcune Miss- ion! DeTP. della Compagnia di Giesu nella Nuoua Francia del P. Francesco Gioseppe Bressani. Small 4-to, full brown crmshed levant mor-occo, gilt dentelle inside borders, gilt edges. Macerata, Per gli Heredi d'Agostino Grisei, 1653. $75.00 Fine Copy of the Very Rare Original Edition. "Father Bres- sani, a Roman by birth, was one of the most illustrious missionaries of Canada, where he suffered a severe captivity and unheard of tor- ments. He speaks but little of himself in his History, which is well written, but is confined mainly to the Huron mission in which he labored." ANDREW JOHNSON'S RARE LETTER ON SAM HOUSTON 600 JOHNSON, ANDREW. A. L. S. 3 pages, 4to, Washing- ton, Feb. 25, 1852. To W. M. Lowry. $235.00 Autograph letters of Andrew Johnson are of great rarity and this is a very fine specimen, it touches on politics and mentions Samuel Houston's candidacy for the Presidential Chair: "I wish our friends would lead off for Sam Houston for the Presi- dency. He is the only man that can beat Scott and Scott will be the candidate of the party. Houston can be made the strongest in the field if he was nominated, etc." THE FINEST COPY KNOWN OF JOHNSON'S NEW LIFE OF VIRGINIA 601 [JOHNSON, ROBERT.] The New Life of Virginea: declaring the former Successe and present estate of that plantation, being the second part of Nova Britannia. 4.to, green levant morocco, gilt, arms of Christie-Miller on sides, gilt top, uncut, by Bedford. London, Felix Kyngston, 1612. $2950.00 Excessively rare especially in uncut state. This is without doubt the finest copy in existence of this monumental work on Vir- ginia. 602 JOHNSON, MRS. SUSANNAH WILLARD. A Narra- tive of the Captivity of Mrs. Johnson containing an Ac- count of her Sufferings, during Four Years with the In- dians and French. 12mo, original calf. Walpole, New Hampshire, 1796. $45.00 The rare first edition of this well-known captivity. Accompanying the volume are some old autographic notes dated from Deerfield 1745- 1765 presumably in the handwriting of the "Deerfield Captive." 602a ANOTHER EDITION. 12mo, original boards. Wind- sor, Vermont, 1814. $13.75 112 603 JOHNSTON, CHARLES. A Narrative of the Incidents Attending the Capture, Detention and Ransom of Charles Johnston, who was made a Prisoner by the INDIANS, on the River Ohio, in the Year 1790, to which are added Sketches of Indian Character and Manners, with Illustra- tive Anecdotes. 12mo, Origiruil hoai'ds, uncut and un- opened, with orighial paper label. New York: J. & J. Harper, 1827. $10.00 One of the most interesting of all the Indian captivities. Contain- ing an excellent account of the tribal customs of the Ohio Indians. JOHNSTON GIVES HIS VIEWS OF THE DUTY OF THE SOUTHERN PEOPLE AFTER THE SURRENDER 604 JOHNSTON, JOSEPH E. A. L. S. 3 pages, 8vo. Ab- ingdon, Oct., 1865. To Genl. Beauregard. $67.50 In reference to Genls. Sherman and Grant being able to procure a restitution of Beauregard's baggage, and giving his views of the duty of the Southern people after the suri'ender. "I don't think that there is any substantial difference between your opinion of the duties of our People & mine. I have advised our soldiers & all others likely to be influenced by my opinion, to exert themselves to revive the prosperity of their several States & restore their political rights & influence. I have represented, like yourself, that the result of the war decided all old issues, & that it is our part to accept the decision of the tribunal to which we referred the ques- tions between ourselves & the U. S. But that our return to the Union would inevitably reestablish the old influence of the south, which on all political questions we be aided by the northern democrats. That Union is undoubtedly the only mode of defeating the Republican party. It is the President's only chance to obtain the power of his office, & control of the country. I suppose you saw Genl. Jordan's article in Harper's Magazine in relation to Mr. Davis, very sorry that it was Published so soon. Mr. Davis' situation excites strong sym- pathy for him, which prevents impartial judgment at present. It is singular what admiration is felt for him by the sympathisers with us in England & the North. They seem to have made an ideal char- acter by the help of non-intercourse, & called it Jeffer: Davis. The Opinion is prevalent in all this range of country, that he is to be tried & if convicted, pardoned." 605 JOHNSTON, JOSEPH E. Military Telegrams. Feb. 14 and July 17, 1861, and during the first half of 1865. To Genl. Beauregard. 33 pieces. $35.00 Mostly relative to operations against Sherman. 606 JOHNSTON, JOSEPH E. Copy of a Letter, 4to. Man- assas, Sept. 11, 1861. To Genl. Beauregard. $3.50 Relative to the Battle of Manassas. 607 JOHNSTON, JOSEPH E. A. L. S. 4to. Centreville, Oct. 23, 1861. To Genl. Beauregard. $5.00 Relative to an intended attack of the enemy along the whole front. 113 608 JOHNSTON, JOSEPH E. A. L. S. 8vo. Head Qrs. Dec. 30, 1861. To Genl. Beauregard. $7.50 Relative to Genl. Early's position. "I forgot to speak to you today in regard to Early's position, I mean his continuing in his present one. It seems to me worse than that in which Col. Garland placed himself, which we disapproved. Should we have to fight here, his men would be moving baggage while others were preparing for battle. Then should the enemy remain in presence for a few days, they would be out of doors." 609 JOHNSTON, JOSEPH E. Military Telegram. Hilla- boro, April 26, 1865. To Genl. Beauregard. In reference to the truce with Sherman. "Stop the movements of troops (in consequence of new armistice)." Endorsed with initials of Genl. Beauregard. JOHNSTON'S AND BEAUREGARD'S FAMOUS ADDRESS AFTER BULL RUN 610 JOHNSTON AND BEAUREGARD'S ADDRESS to the Army of the Potomac. D. S. 3 pages, folio. Head Quarters, Army of the Potomac. Manassas, July 25, 1861. Signed by Genl. G. T. Beauregard and Genl. Jos. E. Johnston. $250.00 This is the original manuscript of Genls. Johnston and Beaure- gard's Address to their army immediately after the victory of Ma- nassas (Bull Run). "Soldiers of the Confederate States. "One week ago a countless host of men organized into an army with all the appointments which modern art and practical skill could de- vise, invaded the soil of Virginia. Their people sounded their ap- proach with triumphant display of anticipated victory, and their Generals came in almost royal state — their great Ministers, Senators, and women came to witness the immolation of this army, and the subjugation of our people, and to celebrate with vdld revelry," etc. 611 JONES, A. D. Hlinois and the West. With a town- ship MAP, containing the latest Surveys and Improvements. 12mo, original cloth. Boston, 1838. $40.00 A very fine copy of a great rarity. 612 JONES, DAVID R. Major-General. Died at Richmond, Va., Jan. 19, 1863. A. L. S. 3 pages, 8vo. Charleston, May 5, 1861. To Genl. Beauregard. $5.00 In reference to finding a command for Col. Bee (Genl, Bee killed at Bull Run), and to his own status in the army. 613 [JONES, JAMES A.] Tales of an Indian Camp. 3 vols., small 8vo, half crimson calf, gilt backs. London: 1829. $37.50 The author's first book. Rare. 614 JONES, JAMES A. Traditions of the North American Indians : being a second and revised edition of "Tales of an Indian Camp." Illustrated. 3 vols., 8vo, half morocco, uncut. London: 1830. $35.00 114 THE ONLY KNOWN COPY, WITH AN AUTOGRAPH NOTE BY JOHN PAUL JONES 615 JONES, JOHN PAUL. A Printed Broadside issued by COMMODORE JOHN PAUL JONES. Published at Ports- mouth (1777) at the time he was fitting out "The Ranger" for a cruise. Folio. $675.00 Offering inducements for seamen to enlist. Informing them how much pay they will get, if injured or killed, the amount of pension, and also their share in Prize money, "such persons as think proper to enter, are requested to apply on board, or at the rendezvous." The following note in the autograph of the eminent founder OF THE American navy is written at the foot. "N.B. — This was approved of by the Marine Committee as appears by a letter from the Secretary." THIS IS the only COPY KNOWN. A superb Jones Broadside. COM. JOHN PAUL JONES MENTIONS HIS DISGUST WITH THE TREATMENT HE RECEIVED AT THE FRENCH COURT 616 JONES, JOHN PAUL. L. S. 3 pages, 4to. Alliance, Texel, Dec. 5, 1779. To Robt. Morris. $565.00 An exceedingly interesting letter written from on board the Al- liance in which he shows his thox'ough disgust of the treatment which he received from the French Court in the way of employing him in their navy. He mentions that as soon as he places his prisoners in France that he will come back to America in hopes that his friends in Congress may give him a position in the navy. "By the within dispatches for Congress I am persuaded that you will observe with pleasure that my Connection with a Court is at an end, and that my prospect of returning to America Approaches. "The Great seem to wash only to be concerned with Tools who dare not speak or write the truth! I am not sorry that my Connection with them is at an end In the Course of that Connection I ran ten chances of ruin and dishonor for One of Reputation; and all the Honors or profit that France could bestow should not tempt me again to undertake the same service with an Armament equally ill composed and with powers equally limited. It affords me the most exalted pleasure that when I return to America I can say that I have served in Europe at my own expense and without the Fee or Reward of a Court — when the Prisoners we have taken are safely lodged in France. I shall have no further Business in Europe as the liberty of all our fellow Citizens who now Suffer in English Prisons will then be Se- cured; And I shall hope hereafter to be more usefully employed under the immediate direction of the Congress," Etc., etc. ONE OF THE FINEST LETTERS KNOWN OF COM. JOHN PAUL JONES. HE TELLS OF BEING PRES- ENTED WITH A SWORD BY LOUIS XVL DEFENDS DR. FRANKLIN AGAINST THE MACHI- NATIONS OF ARTHUR LEE. 617 JONES, JOHN PAUL. Letter Signed, 3 pages, folio. L'Orient, June 27, 1780. To Robert Morris. $975.00 115 617 JONES, JOHN PAUL— Continued. A highly important historical letter, in which he tells of Louis XVI presenting him with a sword, and wishes to bestow the Order of Merit on him, for the first time it was ever given to a stranger. He defends the character of Dr. Franklin against the machinations of Arthur Lee, whose treachery he denounces. "I have defered writing you since my return to this Kingdom, be- cause I had orders myself to return in the Alliance immediately to Philadelphia. I was under a necessity of going to Court in April to procure the free sale of the Serapis, and our other prises, and was received by the Royal Family, Government & People, with that open armed Affection that so nobly marks the Character of this generous Minded Nation; His Majesty ordered a superb Sword to be made for me with an Inscription in Latin on the Blade, that would do honor to the greatest Admiral in History; The King directed his Minister to write a special letter to the President of Congress, expressing in the strongest terms his personal esteem towards me, with his entire approbation of my Conduct, particular desire to promote my future success, and to see me again at his Court &c. To this his Majesty was pleased to add a letter to his Minister, M: LeChev' de la Luzerne directing him, to ask permission of Congress, to invest me with the order of Military Merit, an Honor that was never before offer'd to a Stranger, who had not actually served either in the Navy or Anny of France. "The brave Men who so gloriously served with me in the Bon Homme Richard, are now confined as prisoners in the Hold of the Alliance, and treated with every mark of indignity. I had destined them to compleat a Crew for the Ariel, and have demanded them in vain for that purpose. I cannot see where all this will end, but surely it must fall dreadful on the heads of those who have stirred up this Causeless mutiny, for my own part I shall make no other remark, than, that I never directly nor indirectly sought after the command of the Alliance, but after having in obediance to orders commanded her for Seven months, and after Mr. Lee had made a written application to me as Commander of that Ship for a passage to America, I am at a loss what name to give Mr. Lees late Conduct and duplicity in stirring up a mutiny in favour of the Man who was at first sent to America contrary to Mr. Lees opinion, by Mr. Dean, and who is actually under Arrest by an order of his Sovereign. What gives me the greatest pain is that after I had obtained from Government the means of transporting to America under a good protection the Arms and cloathing I have already mentioned, Mr. Lee should have found means to defeat my intentions. I thank God I am of no party and have no Brothers nor Relations to Serve; but I am convinced that Mr. Lee has acted in this matter merely because I would not become the Enemy of the venerable, and Wise, and good Franklin, whose Heart as well as Head, does and will always do honor to human nature. I know the Great and Good in this King- dom better perhaps than any other American v/ho has appeared in Europe, since the treaty of Alliance; and if my testimony could add any thing to Franklins reputation, I could witness the universal veneration, and esteem, with which his name inspires all ranks; not only at Versailles and all over this Kingdom, but also in Spain, and in Holland, and I can add from the testimony of the first Characters of other Nations, that with them, envy itself is dumb, when the name of Franklin is but mentioned. You will bear me witness my worthy Friend that I never asked a favor for myself from Congress for you have seen all my letters and know that I never even sought any indirect influence, though my Ambition to act an Eminent and use- ful part, in this glorious revolution is unbounded. I pledge myself to you and to America, that my Zeal receives new ardour from the oppositions it meets with, and I live but to overcome them, and to grove myself no mock Patriot, but a true friend to the rights of uman nature upon principles of disinterested Philanthrophy. of 116 this I have already given some proof and I will give more. Let not therefore the Virtuous Senate of America be mislead by the insinua- tions of fallen Ambition; should any thing be said to my disadvan- tage, all I ask is a suspension of Judgment untill I can appear before Congress to answer for myself." Etc., etc. A BOOK ON THE "PIRATE" JOHN PAUL JONES DEDICATED TO BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 618 JONES, JOHN PAUL. Paul-Jones, ou Propheties Sur L'Amerique, L'Angleterre, La France, L'Espagne, La Hol- lande, Ec. Par Paul-Jones, Corsaire, Prophete & Sorcier comme il n'en fut jamais. Y Joint Le Reve D'Un Suisse Sur La Revolution De L'Amerique, dedie a Son Excellence Mgneur L'Ambassadeur FRANKLIN, & a leurs Nobles & Hautes Puissances Messeigneurs Du Congres. De L' Ere De L'Independance De L'Amerique L'AN V. 8vo, paper wrappers entirely uncut, enclosed in half morocco slide case. (1781.) $125.00 Of excessive rarity. It was published during the Revolutionary War and dedicated to Benjamin Franklin, then ambassador at Paris, and to members of the Continental Congress. John Paul Jones is called upon the title page, "Corsair, Prophet and Sorcerer!" 619 JONES, JOHN PAUL. Memoires de Paul Jones, ou 11 expose ses principaux services, et rapelle ce qui lui est arrive de plus remarquable pendant le cours de la revolu- tion americaine, particulierement en Europe, ecrits par lui-meme en anglais, et traduits sous ses yeux par le citoyen Andre. FEONTISPIECE. 12mo, original sheep. Paris, an VL 1798. $20.00 Very rare. RARE CONFEDERATE LETTERS 620 JORDAN, THOMAS. Brig.-General. Chief of Staff of Genl. Beauregard. A. L. S. 3 pages, 8vo. Head Qrs. near Centreville, Oct. 24 (1861). To Genl. Beauregard. $8.00 About local military affairs. 621 JORDAN, THOMAS. A. L. S. 6 pages, 4to. Chatta- nooga, Sept. 7, 1862. To Genl. Beauregard. $150.00 An historical document of the utm.ost importance referring to Vicksburg and Manassas. "Let me keep the papers about Vicksburg all together until we meet when I will prepare a brief statement which you can sign officially and transmit to the War Department it can then be called for by Congress and in that way best come before the public in an official shape. That will place definitely the credit for the fortification of Vicksburg where it rightly belongs. 622 JORDAN, THOMAS. Autograph Manuscript. 8 pages. 4to. $15.00 Being memorandum from Genl. Jordan of plan of operations by Genl. Beauregard immediately after the battle of Chancellorsville in 1863. 117 623 JORDAN, THOMAS. A. L. S. 10 pages, 4to. Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 26, 1866. To Genl. Beauregard. $10.00 Giving an interesting account of his venture as an editor of a newspaper. Mentioning that he is editing Genl. Forrest's Book, and also gives reminiscences of the war, and an account of a proposed work of his own. 624 JORDAN, THOMAS. A. L. S. 9 pages, 8vo. Memphis, Dec. 15, 1866. To Genl. Beauregard. $12.00 Relative to military operations in the Spring of 1862. 625 JORDAN, THOMAS. A. L. S. 16 pages, 8vo. Memphis, May 8, 1872. To Genl. Beauregard. $15.00 About the battle of Shiloh and Island No. 10 (1862). 626 JOUTEL, HENRI. Journal historique du dernier Voyage que peu M. de la Sale fit dans le Golfe de Mexique, pour trouver d'embouchure et le cours de la Riviere de Missicipi, nomme a present la Riviere de Saint Loiiis, qui traverse la Louisiane. Map. 12mo, origirial calf. Paris, Etienne Robinot, 1713. $65.00 A fine copy of the narrative of the most reliable of La Salle's com- panions. The fine folding map has a large vignette of Niagara Falls in one corner. 627 KEATING, WM. H. Narrative of an Expedition to the Source of St. Peter's River, Lake Winnepeck, Lake of the Vv^oods, etc. Map and plates. 2 vols., 8vo, boards (broken), uncut. Philadelphia, 1824. $18.00 628 KEIMER IMPRINT. The Secret History of State In- trigues in the Management of the Scepter in the late Reign. 12mo, half morocco, uncut. London: S. Keimer, 1715. $20.00 Samuel Keimer came to Philadelphia from London in 1723. Bound with the above are 14 English contemporary political pamphlets. 629 KEITH, GEORGE. The Presbyterian and Independent Visible Churches in New England and elsewhere Brought to the Test and examined according to the Doctrine of the Holy Scriptures. (Etc., etc.) 12mo, calf, 230 pp. London: 1691. $65.00 A perfectly clean copy in contemporary binding. 630 KEITH, GEORGE. A Further Discovery of the Spirit of falsehood and persecution in Sam Jennings and his Party that joyned with him in Pensilvania and some Abet- tors that cloak and defend him here in England : In Answer to his Scandalous Book called the State of the Case. Pp. 52. Signed George Keith, Uo, full red levant moy^occo, g. e. by Riviere. London: 1694. $150.00 Excessively rare. It tells of William Bradford and the establish- ment of the printing press in Pennsylvania. 118 TWO EARLY BOOKS ON OREGON 631 KELLEY, HALL J. A Geographical Sketch of that Part of North America called OREGON: Containing an Account of the Indian Title .... To which is attached a NEW MAP OF THE COUNTRY. 8vo, full blue poUshed calf , g. e. by Sangorski. Boston: 1830. $155.00 VERY RARE. Contains an account of the Indian Title, the first discoveries, the disposition of the Indians and the number and situa- tion of their tribes, etc. 632 KELLEY, HALL J. A General Circular to all Persons of Good Character, who wish to Emigrate to the OREGON TERRITORY. 8vo, original printed wrappers, entirely uncut, enclosed in a half levant morocco slip case. Charles- town, 1831. $65.00 Excessively rare. 633 KENDALL, GEORGE W. Narrative of the Texan Santa Fe Expedition. Comprising a Description of a Tour through Texas and across the Great Southwestern Prairies, the Camanche and Cayuga Hunting-Grounds. With illus- trations AND A MAP. 2 vols., 12mo, original cloth. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1844. $7.50 634 KENNEDY, WILLIAM. Texas: the Rise, Progress and Prospects of the Republic of Texas. Maps. 2 vols., 8vo, cloth, uncut. London: 1841. $12.00 Fine copy of a very scarce and early history of Texas. 635 KENTUCKY. Laws of Kentucky. Passed at December Session, 1848. Svo, half morocco. [Frankfort, Ky., 1849.] $27.50 58 pp. issued without title-page. 636 KENTUCKY. Laws of Kentucky. Passed at December Session, 1849. Svo, half morocco. [Frankfort, Ky., 1850.] $27.50 80 pp. issued without title page. 637 KETTELL, SAMUEL. Specimens of American Poetry, with Critical and Biographical Notices. 3 vols., Svo, boards, uncut, paper labels. Boston : S. G. Goodrich & Co., 1829. $10.00 A very fine copy of a rare book. 638 KIDDER, FREDERICK. History of the Boston Mas- sacre, March 5, 1770 ; consisting of the Narrative of the Town, the Trial of the Soldiers : and a Historical Introduc- tion. ' Map and Plate. Svo, original cloth. Albany : Joel Munsell, 1870. $5.00 119 639 KILBOURN, JOHN. The Ohio Gazetteer, or Topograph- ical Dictionary; containing a description of the several Counties, Towns, Villages, Settlements, Roads, Rivers, Lakes, Springs, Mines, etc., in the State of Ohio; alpha- betically arranged. 12mo, paper covers.. Columbus, 1819. $18.50 640 KIP, WILLIAM I. The Early Jesuit Missions in North America. Folding Map. 2 vols., 8vo, original green cloth, wicut. New York, 1847. $7.50 A fine copy. 641 KNIGHT, DR., AND SLOVER, JOHN. Indian Atroc- ities. Narratives of the Perils and Sufferings of Dr. Knight and John Slover, among the Indians. 12mo, half morocco, original covers hound in. Cincinnati, 1867. $3.50 THE VALUABLE JOURNAL OF JOHN KNOX 642 KNOX, JOHN. An Historical Journal of the Campaigns in North America. For the Years 1757, 1758, 1759 and 1760. Containing the most remarkable Occurrences of that Period, Particularly the Two Sieges of Quebec, etc. Large folding map and portraits of General Amherst and General Wolfe. 2 vols., Mo, original calf. London : Printed for the Author, 1769. $87.50 A remarkably fine copy in the original binding with the very rare portraits. This is one of the most valuable accounts of the French and Indian War, and is now of great rarity. The Rollings worth copy, not so fine, brought $85.00 in 1910. 643 KOHL, J. G. Kitchi-Gami Wanderings Round Lake Superior. 8vo, polished calf, by Zaehnsdorf. London, 1860. $22.00 An exhaustive treatise on Indian character, and one of the most valuable dealing with the manners and customs of the Ojebway In- dians. Very scarce. THE GREAT POLISH PATRIOT FIGHTS FOR AMERICA 644 KOSCIUSKO, THADDEUS. A. L. S., 1 p, 4to. Sep- tember 18th, n. y. To General Greene. Written in Eng- lish, and very rare. $37.50 "The Ennemys at the Neck have augmented their Patroal to one Hundred, and now Major Frazer go up Every Day with them some times they devide by parties that number first will be Composed of ten the next of thirty & always at such distance that they could distingly hear or see each other." 120 LAFAYETTE WISHES FOR A BATTLE WITH GENL. HOWE, AND COMPLIMENTS GENL. WASHINGTON 645 LAFAYETTE, MARQUIS DE. A. L. S. "The Marquis de Lafayette," 2 pages, 4to. Head Quarters, Jan. 9 (1778) . To Robert Morris, written in English. $185.00 An important letter in reference to identification of some French men who came to America, and speaks of a wished-for battle with Genl. Howe, and winds up with a beautiful compliment to Genl. Washington. "If General Howe gives to us a good chance of beating him, cer- tainly we must not lose it, but if he stays at home, if in all it would be imprudent to meet him with his actual forces against ours, my dear Sir, we must be quiete and try to have an army before having any fight I am sorry my conscience obliges me to have an opinion which is so much against my inclination, but what I look upon as to be the advantage of our cause, shall always go before any interested idea for my own reputation and pleasure. As I came here to fight, fighting is the most pleasant occupation I can wish, and I shall be the happiest of men when I schall believe it can be attended with any advantage for America, but. Sir, we have at our head a great judge, a man to whom America and principally the army is to have a confidence as extended as the love he deserves from them, and when he will think proper to fight I shall believe always that we have good reasons for it." 646 LAFAYETTE, MARQUIS DE. A. L. S. "The Marquis de Lafayette," 2 pages, 4to. (Camp, Dec, 1777). To Robt. Morris, with address. $50.00 An interesting letter on financial matters, in English. 647 LAFAYETTE, MARQUIS DE. A. L. S. (in English), 21/2 pp., 4to, Paris, May 22, 1829. $50.00 Letters in English by Lafayette are exceptionally rare as he in- variably used his mother tongue. This long letter treats of some land he wishes to dispose of in the vicinity of New Orleans. He had previously sold two-thirds of the tract to Sir John Coghill and here he explains his title to the remainder. "I can enter in the particulars of this Letter of Business before having expressed my deep sympathies in the affliction which have been your unhappy brother's deplorable lot. He will, I hope, do justice to my friendly feelings on the lamented occasion that has interrupted our correspondence. "When Sir John Coghill purchased two-thirds of that tract." . . etc. 648 [LA HARPE, BERNARD DE.] Journal Historique de I'Establissement des Frangais a la Louisiane. 8vo, sheep {rubbed and stamp on title). Nouvelle-Orleans, 1831. $10.00 Printed at Paris by Paul Renouard, and signed "Bernard de la Harpe," who resided in Louisiana from 1818 to 1823, at which time the journal ends. 121 649 LAHONTAN, BARON DE. Voyages . . dans I'Amer- ique Septentrionale Qui contiennent une Relation des dif- f erens Peuples qui y habitent ; la nature de leur Gouverne- ment; leur Commerce, leurs Coutumes; leur Religion, and leur maniere de faire la Guerre. Plates and Maps. 3 vols., 12mo, half calf. Amsterdam, 1728 $18.50 650 LAHONTAN, BARON DE. New Voyages to North America. An Account of the several Nations of that vast Continent. . . To which is added A Dictionary of the Algon- kine Language, which is generally spoke in North Amer- ica. Illustrated with Twenty-three Maps and Cuts. 2 vols., 12mo, paneled calf, tooled, g. e. by Zaehnsdorf. J. Osborn, 1735. $38.00 Although the title page calls for twenty-three maps and cuts only twenty were issued with this edition. RARE PLAN OF THE BATTLE OF LAKE GEORGE, 1755 651 LAKE GEORGE. A Prospective View of the Battle fought near Lake George, on the 8th of Septr., 1755, be- tween 2000 English with 250 Mohawks, under the command of Genl. Johnson, & 2500 French & Indians under the com- mand of Genl. Dieskau in which the English were victorious captivating the French Genl. with a Number of his Men, killing 700 and putting the rest to flight. Size, 21 by 15 inches. London : T. Jefferys, 1755. $360.00 A fine copy of this celebrated plan. Accompanying the map is a fac-simile of Blodget's "Prospective Plan of the Battle near Lake George," the descriptive pamphlet of the action. AN EXTREMELY RARE BOOK IN DEFENCE OF LORD BALTIMORE 652 LANGFORD, JOHN. A Just and Cleere Refutation of a false and scandalous Pamphlet Entituled, BABYLON'S FALL IN MARYLAND. Small hto, half morocco, in red levant morocco solander case. London : Printed for the Author, 1655. $2850.00 Only a few copies are known of this very important pam- phlet. It was doubtless privately issued for the author's friends as no publisher is given, merely "Printed for the Author" on the title page. No copy is recorded in "Auction Prices." The pamphlet was written in answer to Leonard Strong, and the author, who is de- scribed as a "Servant to Lord Baltimore" received from his lordship a gift of fifteen hundred acres of land in Maryland as a reward for writing this work. 653 LANMAN, CHAS. A Summer in the Wilderness ; em- bracing A Canoe Voyage up the Mississippi and around Lake Superior. 12mo, cloth. New York and Philadelphia, 1847. $6.00 122 654 LAPHAM, I. A. Wisconsin: its Geography and Topog- raphy, History, Geology, and Mineralogy: together with Brief Sketches of its Antiquities, Natural History, Soil, Productions, Population, and Government. [With Map.] 8vo, sheep. Milwaukee : I. A. Hopkins. . . 1846. $15.00 Extremely rare and valuable. ONE OF THE RAREST OF ALL HOLOGRAPHS AUTOGRAPH LETTER OF BARTOLOMEO DE LAS CASAS, "APOSTLE OF THE INDIANS" 655 LAS CASAS, BARTOLOMEO, BISHOP OF CHIAPA. Autograph letter, signed. 3 pages, folio, Oct. 2, 1545. Written in Spanish to the President and Council. A long letter of great importance relating to the oppression of the Indians by the Spaniards. "That your Lordships will effectually remedy the oppressions which are fallen upon the native Indian flock throughout my bishopric, especially the excessive tribute demanded by and extortion of the Spaniards, who treat the people as wild beasts by day and night," etc. [Also] A letter, signed, 14^/2 pages folio. To "Muy Rdos y charissimos padres mios." On the same subject. Bound, with a portrait, in a folio volume, in red straight- grained morocco, by Riviere. $3700.00 ORIGINAL AND ONLY EARLY ENGLISH EDITION 656 LAS CASAS, BARTHOLOMEO. The Spanish Colonie, or Briefe Chronicle of the Acts and gestes of the Span- iardes in the West Indies, called the Newe World, for the space of xl. yeeres. Small Ato, straight-grained morocco. Imprinted at London for William Broome, 1583. [Colo- phon:] Imprinted at London at the three Cranes in the Vintree by Thomas Dawson, for William Broome, 1583. $1600.00 Of the utmost rarity. Title within wood cut border with Daw- son's initials and signature "E. Osb" written thereon. A superb copy of one of the great classical works relating to America. 657 LAS CASAS, BARTHOLOMEW. Tyrannies et Cruau- tez des Espagnols perpetrees es Indes Occidentals, quon dit le Nouveau Monde; . . traduictes par Jaques de Mig- grode . . 16mo, full calf. Anvers: 1579. $65.00 This is a translation of the first, second and sixth of Las Casas' Tracts, in which the horrible cruelties recorded by the Bishop, ai'e softened so as not too greatly offend the ears of the Spaniards. 658 LATOUR, A. L. Historical Memoir of the War in West Florida and Louisiana in 1814-15. 2 vols., 8vo, the atlas in full red morocco, the text in Jialf red morocco, uncut. Philadelphia, 1816. $48.00 123 658 LATOUR, A. L.— Continued. Latour's "War in Florida" has always been rare and it is generally found imperfect. This is a superb copy, complete in every detail, and what is more remarkable it is in UNCUT STATE. 658a. LA TROBE, BENJAMIN. A Succinct View of the Missions Established among the Heathen (Indians) by the Church of the Brethren or UNITAS FRATRUM. 8vo, original blue covers, uncut. London : M. Lewis, 1771. $35.00 A very valuable historical narrative of the Mission among the INDIANS, particularly of the Ohio country. It is one of the most desirable tracts relative to the United Brethren in America. We cannot trace the sale of any copy at auction. 659 LATROBE, CHARLES JOSEPH. The Rambler in North America MDCCCXXXII-MDCCCXXXIII. MAP. 2 vols., 12mo, original cloth. London, 1836. $7.50 Fine copy. 660 LA VALIERE, CHEVALIER DE. The Art of War, Containing, I. The Duties of all Military Officers in Actual Service (etc.) By Monsieur De Lamont, Town-Major of Toulon. II. The Duties of Soldiers in General (etc.) III. Rules and Practice of the Greatest Generals (etc.), Ex- hibiting what is most requisite to be known by all who enter into the Military Service. 12mo,calf. Philadelphia: Robert Bell, 1776. $17.50 Published during the Revolution and very rare. FINE COPY OF LAWSON'S CAROLINA 661 LAWSON, JOHN. A new Voyage to Carolina; contain- ing the exact Description and Natural History of that Countrj'-: together with the present state thereof. And a Journal of a thousand miles, traveled thro' several Nations of INDIANS. Giving a particular Account of their Cus- toms, Manners, &c. 8vo, full green morocco, inside dentelle border, by Pratt. London : 1709. $150.00 A remarkably fine copy of the rare first edition. 662 LAWSON, JOHN. The History of Carolina . . and a Journal of a Thousand Miles, Travel'd thro' Several Na- tions of Indians. 12mo, half morocco, some pages uncut. London, Printed: Dublin, Re-printed by and for Chris- topher Dickson. 1737. $180.00 Excessively rare; we cannot trace the sale of any copy of this Dublin edition. It is practically UNKNOWN. 124 AN UNKNOWN BOOK ON NEW FRANCE 663 LE BRUN (LAURENCE.) Laurentii Le Brun Nanne- tensis e Societ. Jesu Ecclesiastes Salomonis Paraphrasi Poetica explicatus. Small 12mo, original vellum enclosed in a morocco case with engraved title page. Rothomagi, Apud Joannem le Boullenger, 1650. $850.00 Pp. 199 to the end contain a series of Latin poems in two books, entitled "Franciados," dedicated to the Dauphin and to Ix)uis XIV. The poems deal with Canadian life and customs, the first being entitled "Bella, & crudelitas Canadensium in captiuos"; the second, "Convivia & fames Canadensium"; the third, "Difficultas itinerum in Sylvis Canadensibus," etc., etc. This is an exceedino-ly scarce Canadian item, which seems to have entirely escaped the attention of bibliographers. It is not mentioned in Harrisse's "Nouvelle France," nor in Gagnon's Canadian Biblio- graphy, and was apparently unknown to Sabin and Rich. The only reference which we find which throws any light on the subject is in the supplement to Brunet, where a work of similar character by this author is listed under date of 1661, with a note to the effect that "it is probably the first edition of this rare book, which Harrisse omits in his Canadian Bibliography." This copy which we describe contains the Jesuit permit signed by Stephanus Charletus, dated 1648, which probably refers to the date of the first edition. It therefore ante- dates the book described by Brunet by 13 yeais. 664 LEE, ARTHUR. Extracts from a Letter written to the President of Congress . . in answer to a libel published in the Pennsylvania Gazette of the fifth of December, 1778, by Silas Deane, Esq. In which every charge or insinuation against him is fully and clearly refuted. 8vo, full morocco. Philadelphia: Bailey, 1780. $30.00 665 LEE, ARTHUR. A. L. S. 2 pp., 4to, dated Princeton, July 27, 1783. Signed also by Theodore Bland, Jr. $45.00 A letter regarding the Treaty of Peace and referring to Washing- ton: "We do not know any colour of reason for the report you men- tion relative to our Commander-in-Chief. On the contrary we believe that his popularity, like his merit, has not suffered the smallest diminution," etc. GENL. LEE GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF THE ARMY UNDER WASHINGTON AT CAMBRIDGE 666 LEE, CHARLES. Major-General. A. L. S. 2 pages, folio. Camp Hill, July 29, 1775. To Robt. Morris, with address. $185.00 An important historical letter, giving an account of the Army under Washington at Cambridge. "I am very happy (as we all must be) that the Philadelphia affairs are in hands like yours. I wish to God the N. York were in the same. Why the Devil is not Tryon seiz'd. He is capable and I be- lieve willing to do infinite mischief. Your compliments made me rather vain, as to zeal and industry I think I deserve em, for I work like ten post Horses, as a miserable defect of Congress imposes upon me eternal work in a Department to which I am a Stranger, the undoing v/hat We found done, gives us more trouble than doing what 125 666 LEE, CHARLES — Continued. was left undone, however We have contriv'd to make ourselves pretty secure, the Enemy seem to aim at the same object, upon the whole They act and I believe will act upon the defensive, unless they turn to a piratical war, if they attempt an attack on any part of our lines We shall I am apt to think make a considerable hole in their seven thousand men, which I suppose to be a pretty just estimate, five De- serters came over to us these last four and twenty hours, who all agree that they entertain at present no thoughts of attacking, but that they are hoping and expecting (but from whence they can't tell) reinforcements. One while from Canada, another from England, sometimes from Russia, this announces at least a lowness of pulse, if I were General Washington however, I shou'd jump at the offer of your third Battalion Riffle Men, inded I shou'd demand some entire Battalions from your Province, and shou'd propose disbanding the same number of Battalions of Massachusetts, not but the Private Men are admirable, and the young Officers tolerable, but They have in fact engaged far more than They can perform, eight thousand are full as much as They can Complete. Connecticut, N. Hampshire cou'd furnish many more than is settled by the Congress. Moiland is come up to us, but unfortunately he's jungled his time after some intrigue (for He call's every Woman who has a body to her Shift an intriguer) Until my two aide de Campships are filled up, I wish you wou'd recommend him to the Members of the Continental Con- gress with whom you are acquainted for some provision." GENL. LEE ON THE INVASION OF CANADA BY MONTGOMERY AND ARNOLD 667 LEE, CHARLES. A. L. S. 3 pages, folio. Camp on Winter Hill, Dec. 9 (1775). To Robt. Morris. $185.00 An important historical letter mentioning the invasion of Canada by Montgomery and Arnold, and the eft'ect it will have on Great Britain, also reviews the prospects of the Continental Army getting possession of Boston. "I have just receiv'd the agreeable news that my purchase is com- plete, and on terms more grateful than I expected. I once more most earnestly thank you for your activity and zeal to serve me, if I prove capable to for get the obligations I have to you for a single instant, I shou'd deserve all the abuse which I find I am loaded with in letters intercepted and some of the public papers, but thank heaven my ene- mies are the Enemies of virtue and liberty. We now my Friend sail triumphantly before the Wind, the reduction of Canada, for 1 suppose it is reduced, gives the Coup de grace to the hellish junto. Mont- gomery and Arnold deserve statues of gold, and I hope the Congress will erect em. We were some time apprehensive of losing every thing from the backwardness of the men in enlisting, it is supposed that the discarded Officers labored to render the Soldiers disaffected; but the Men really have public spirit, and recruiting goes on most svvim- mingly. I dare say We shall have an excellent Army before Spring, if We had but powder, Boston wou'd be ours. I think inevitably this Winter, the Ministerialists if we may believe the concurrent accounts of Deserters and others who have broken their Prison, are in a most distressfull situation, and live in mortal apprehensiveness of being daily attack'd or burnt to ashes, but We have as yet not the neces- sary materials, for God's sake what was the meaning, or on what principle did your Assembly lay that strange injunction on their delegates on the subject of Independence. I do not find that the question was ever agitated, the injunction was therefore ill tim'd and impolitic to say no worse of it. It cannot be attended with any good consequences and may have many bad ones. It indirectly confirms 126 the charge against America of aiming at throwing of all connexion with the parent country, a charge trump'd up by the Creatures of Administration, to prejudice the People at home against you, this allegation seem'd to have no foundation until the Assembly of Pennsylvania had furnish'd one, in fact it appears to me that your Province is most unfairly and inadequately represented, that it must be corrected and render'd more competent, tho I know it is prog- matical and impudent for an Alien to interfere in the legislation of a Courtry, if the People are contented with it. I cannot help wish- ing that your back counties may be rous'd into some Melioration of what I esteem so imperfect. I have written a parting letter to my friend Burgoyne, who is on the point of sailing for England. You shall have a copy by the next post. Gates who is pleas'd to think it has great merit, sends one tomorrow to Franklin, have you done anything about my three thousand pounds. Notwithstanding the late stuff call'd a proclamation I am apt to believe the bills will be accepted, for a gentleman here lately from England who was present when it was read at the Royal Exchange makes very light of it. He says it was hiss'd, groan'd and universally despis'd, in short I must report that I believe the day is ours, the Canadian business must overset the whole system." GENL. LEE WANTS THE COLONIES TO DECLARE THEIR INDEPENDENCE 668 LEE, CHARLES. A. L. S. 4 pages, 4to. Stamford, Jan. 23, 1776. To Robt. Morris, with address. $235.00 A very important letter, giving his views of the colonies declar- ing themselves independent, and mentions that he is on his way to New York to defend it against invasion. "I am in my way to N. York to anticipate the Enemy whom We apprehend have an immediate intention on the Place. I have written a long and indeed presumptious letter to the Congress. I beg you will be one of my Advocates if it is taken in this light, nothing but zeal shou'd have forced me upon it, but their complacency to the Provincial Congress will I am afraid be in the end fatal. New York WILL BE ONE DAY OR OTHER THE MiNISTRYS. THEY PLAY FAST AND LOOSE WITH YOU IN SUCH A MANNER AS TO GIVE YOU AN AIR OF EX- TREME RIDICULE. Your Assembly's injunction with respect to INDEPENDENCE APPEARS EVERY TIME I CONSIDER 'EM MORE NON- SENSICAL foolish AND ABOMINABLE, IT OPERATES DIRECTLY OPPOSITE TO SOUND POLICY, YoU OUGHT TO PERSUADE THE PEOPLE AT HOME THAT THE damn'd King and his damn'd Ministry never had the least GROUND FOR THEIR ASSERTIONS THAT YOU AIM AT INDEPENDENCE. YoU ought to suffer the two branches of the house of Bourbon to flatter themselves that separation is your object, that They might be more inclined to assist you with all your necessary wants, instead of which these blessed injunctions have given a solid-ground to the assertions of the King and Ministry which before they were destitute of, and at the same time render France and Spain shy of assisting you, by the Heavenly God if you do not act more decisively We shall be ruin'd, decision, decision ou't to be our word, are We at war or are We not, are We at War with the King, or with whom are We at War, do not the People of England, tho' not from zeal, but from want of spirit support the Tyrant? Why are We eternally whining about a connexion with these deprav'd People? in short as they now suffer their Parliament without tearing em to pieces, to support the Tyrant, they cannot be consider'd as able or worthy of remaining the pre- siding part of the Empire, before the late speech and address of thanks, I had some hope, but since their appearance I confess I 127 668 LEE, CHARLES — Continued. think the knot is cut. You must no longer hobble on one high shoe, and one low. When you have conquer'd I think you may then with more safety glory and advantage return to your former state of relation." GENL. LEE ASKS WHY CONGRESS DOES NOT DECLARE INDEPENDENCE, AND MENTIONS THE CONDITION OF HIS ARMY IN VIRGINIA 669 LEE, CHARLES. A. L. S. 6 pages, 4to. Williamsburg, April 10, 1776. To Robt. Morris, with address. $180.00 An important letter giving an account of the condition and situa- tion of the Army under his command in Virginia, and concludes by asking why Congress does not declare Independence. "I am here in a damm'd whimsical situation as I expected, from the uncertainty of the Enemys intentions and the nature of the country, being intersected with numerous Navigable Waters, from the superior advantage They have over us in being wing'd with can- vas, from the number of slaves, from their being no one decided capital object to draw their force to a point, I say, from all these circumstances, I know not v/here to turn, v/here to fix myself, I am like a Dog in a dancing school, I may make a very shabby figure ■without any real demerits, in short I can only act by surmise and I may surmise wrong. I may be in the North, when as Richard the third says, I shou'd serve my Sovereign in the West. God extricate me out of the scrape vdth honor to myself and, health to the com- munity, the Troops I have seen here, are in general very fine men. and compleat in numbers, the Officers, I believe are good, but except the Rifiers, We are horribly arm'd, however such as We are, I shall make no scruple of offering battle to an equal number of the Enemy, and I really believe I shall beat em. * * * if they carry on a piratical War, and can raise an insurrection of Negroes, V/e must apply for some Battalions to your Middle Colonies, and indeed I cou'd v^rish you cou'd spare us three or four immediately, which as Boston is now evacuated I shou'd think very practicable, for the Army which was employ'd in the blocade of that place have now their arms at liberty. They are numerous enough both for the defense of N. York, the reinforcement of Canada, consequently Pennsylvania is not under the necessity of detaching any part of her force for these two purposes. She may of course give her attention to Vir- ginia. We have not more than five thousand Troops, the Minute Men and Militia have really no arms at all, seven Battalions are expected to attack us, an infinite number of Slaves are to be watch'd over, I leave you to judge if this force is adequate, besides We may be diverted by a false attack on N. Carolina. We may perhaps march to its defense and in our absence the Enemy who are arm'd with wings appear in the heart of the Province * * * for God's sake why does your Congress continue (dallying) in this horrible non- sensical manner? Why not at once take the step you must take soon? I consider every days delay as the loss at least of one hun- dred thousand pounds in money, and the blood of an hundred men. What can you mean by it? You will force at last the people to attempt it without you, which must produce a noble Anarchy." 128 GENL. LEE A PRISONER WITH THE BRITISH REGRETS THAT CONGRESS WILL NOT MEET THE COMMITTEE FROM LORD HOWE 670 LEE, CHARLES. A. L. S. 2 pages, 4to. New York, April 4, 1777. To Robt. Morris, with address. $175.00 Written while he was a prisoner in the hands of the British in New York. "I have receiv'd your most friendly letter and the bills which if not paid, shall be deposited in the manner you direct, that of £50. has been already paid by Mr Chamier. it is much to be lamented for my own sake as well as that of the Public that the Congress have not thought proper to comply with my request, as their Persons wou'd have indubitebly been safe, it could not possibly have been attended with any bad consequences and might with good ones, I never before the receipt of your letter heard a syllable of my being sent to England, and as the intentions of Lord and General Howe are kept remarkably secret, I imagine Your Informant could only advise you of this from conjecture, but as it possibly may happen, my anxiety for having my Servant with me and some cloaths is greater. I therefore request, My Dr Friend, that you will forward him to me immediately, if his health permits, his establishment here- after depends on his compliance." 671 LEE, CHARLES. Facts tending to Prove that General Lee was never absent from this Country . . During the years, 1767 . . 1772, and that he was the Author of Junius, by Thomas Girdlestone, M.D. Engraved Frontispiece. 8vo, original hoards, uncut. London: 1813. $10,00 PPvESENTATION COPY, inscribed: "From the Author." Con- tains also a very curious note in the author's handwriting. 672 LEE, CHARLES. "Mr. Lee's Plan— March 29, 1777." The Treason of Charles Lee, Major-General, Second in Command in the American Army of the Revolution. By George H. Moore. 8vo, full morocco, gilt hack and sides, top edges gilt. New York : 1860. $65.00 Extra illustrated by Chas. Henry Hart by the insertion of 101 portraits and views, all selected with great care, and many of con- siderable rarity, and part of an autograph letter of Genl. Charles Lee, and autograph letter, signed, of the author. Among the por- traits are: Chas. Lee, by B. B. E. and Radke; Genl. Jos. Reid, by B. B. E.; Genl. Arnold, by Reading; Genl. Greene, by Trenchard; and numerous other important personages mentioned in the work. The views are equally interesting, and the whole forms a volume to be cherished by the collector. 673 LEE, D., and FROST, J. H. Ten Years in Oregon. Folded map, vignette and cut. 12mo, original cloth. New York, 1844. $10.00 The Appendix contains a specimen of Indian Dialects. 129 674 LEE, NELSON. Three years among The Comanches, the Narrative of Nelson Lee, the Texan Ranger, containing a detailed account of his Captivity among the Indians . . and fully illustrating Indian Life as it is, on the War Path and in the Camp. 12mo, original cloth. Albany, 1859. $35.00 Vei-y rare. Portrait of the author as frontispiece. MILITARY TELEGRAMS OF ROBERT E. LEE 675 LEE, ROBERT E. Military Telegram. Richmond, April 28, 1862. To Genl. Beauregard. $7.50 Relative to the defence of New Orleans: "Mayor Monroe, New Orleans, reports that the letter, rec'd from Genl. Duncan states Forts still hold out Strong as ever. Steamer Louisiana safe, co-operating Forts, mortar fleet retired. Commander Farragut with U. S. Gunboats before New Orleans demanding a Surrender. Genl. Lovell with army retired to Camp Moore. Mayor Monroe asks for assistance. Can you send Genl. Bragg or other officer to ascertain condition of affairs, & do what is possible to preserve the City." 676 LEE, R. E. Military Telegram. Drury's Bluff, June 16, 1864. To Genl. Beauregard. $7.50 "I do not know the position of Grant's Army. Cannot strip North bank of James River, have you not force sufficient." 677 LEE, R. E. Military Telegram. Drury's Bluff, June 16, 1864. To Genl. Beauregard. $7.50 "I fear the withdrawal of pickets has lost your lines in front of Bermuda Hundred. Genl. Anderson thinks they are occupied. He was pushing back enemy skirmishers at 12 o'clock. I have directed they be reinforced if practicable." 678 LEE, R. E. Military Telegram. Clay's House, June 17, 1864. To Genl. Beauregard. $7.50 "Have no information of Grant's crossing James river, but upon your report, have ordered troops up to Choppin's Bluff." 679 LEE, R. E. Military Telegrams during 1862 from Rich- mond. 2 pieces. To Genl. Beauregard. $20.00 Relative to movements of the Army. 680 LEE, R. E. Military Telegram. Choppin's Bluff, Aug. 20, 1864. To Genl. Beauregard. $17.50 "Only one Division of 2'^ Corps could have returned. You can take some Brigades from Hoke and Johnson for the attack. Early has driven Sheridan through Winchester, & Latter retired on Har- per's Ferry." 681 LEE, R. E. Military Telegrams during 1864-5. To Genl. Beauregard. 48 pieces. $55.00 Mostly relating to the defence of Petersburg. 130 682 LEE, R. E. Printed General Orders Nos. 1, 2 and 3. Head Quarters Confederate Army 9th and 11th of Feb- ruary, 1865, issued by Genl. R. E. Lee. 3 pieces. $6.00 In the Order No. 1 Genl. Lee gives notice of his assuming: com- mand of the military forces of the Confederate States. 683 LEE, R. E. A Copy of Genl. Lee's Order, of April 10, 1865. Issued by Col. C. S. Venable, by order of Genl. Lee. 4to. $5.00 "All Officers and men of the Confederate service paroled at Appo- mattox C. H. Va. who, to reach their homes, are compelled to pass through the lines of the Union Armies will be allowed to do so, and to pass free on all Government transports and Military Railroads By order of Lt.-Genl. Grant." 684 LEE, R. E. Military Telegram. Richmond, May 16, 1865. To Genl. Beauregard. $5.00 SAMUEL LEE'S JOY OF FAITH, BOSTON, 1687 685 LEE, SAMUEL. The Joy of Faith. Or a Treatise open- ing the true Nature of Faith. 12mo, old calf. Boston: Printed by Samuel Green, 1687. $85.00 Very rare early Boston imprint. 686 LEGARD, A. B. Colorado. 12mo, boards. London, 1872. $50.00 Very rare. Printed for private circulation, the author, in his preface, asks "those possessing copies not to part with them, as for obvious reasons, he would not like the book to get into the hands of those with whom he is unacquainted." The author was an English- man and his "obvious reasons" are indeed apparent on reading the book, for his criticisms are by no means always favorable to Americans. THE FINEST COPY KNOWN OF THE RAREST BOOK ON NEW ENGLAND 687 LEVETT, CHRISTOPHER. A VOYAGE INTO NEW ENGLAND Begun in 1623 and ended in 1624. Small Uo, full red levant morocco, gilt Christie-Miller arms on sides. gilt edges, by Bedford, some leaves uncut. Printed at London by William Jones, 1628. $6500.00 Excessively rare, not more than five copies being known, of WHICH this is the FINEST, it has the original blanks at beginning and end necessary to complete the signatures. The blanks were missing from the Huth copy, in fact this appears to be the only PERFECT COPY KNOWN. A RARE WESTERN INDIAN CAPTIVITY 688 LEWIS, MRS. HARRIOT. Narrative of the Captivity and Sufferings of Mrs. Harriot Lewis and her Three Chil- 131 688 LEWIS, MRS. HARRIOT— Continued. dren who were taken Prisoners by the INDIANS NEAR ST. LOUIS, on the 25th May, 1815, and among whom they experienced all the cruel treatment which savage Brutality could inflict. 12mo, original blue covers, uncut. Boston: G. Billings, 1818. $85.00 One of the rarest of the Indian captivities and of the greatest importance because it is ONE OF THE EARLIEST RELATING TO THE WEST, MRS. LEWIS HAVING BEEN CAPTURED NEAR ST. LOUIS, MO., in 1815. LEWIS'S ABORIGINAL PORTFOLIO IN ORIGINAL PARTS 689 LEWIS, J, 0. The Aboriginal Portfolio. 72 COLORED PLATES. 9 parts, folio, in the original paper covers, in half green levant slip case. Philadelphia, 1835-36. $215.00 A superb copy, with all the wrappers for the nine parts, the Hubbard copy, sold in 1913 lacked one wrapper. This copy also has the leaves of letter-press, in the three first parts, entitled "Adver- tisement to the first ( — third) number of the Aboriginal Port — folio," there is NO record of another copy complete with the WRAPPERS AND LEAVES OF ADVERTISEMENTS. 689a ANOTHER COPY. 64 plates only. With sample cover and the three leaves of advertisements. Folio, half leather. $75.00 THE EPOCH-MAKING DISCOVERIES OF LEWIS AND CLARKE 690 LEWIS AND CLARK. Message from the President of the United States (Thomas Jefferson) Communicating Dis- coveries made in Exploring the Missouri, Red River and Washita, by Captains Lewis and Clark, Doctor Sibley, and Mr. Dunbar; with a Statistical account of the Countries adjacent. 8vo, old mottled calf. City of Washington: 1806. $15.00 691 LEWIS AND CLARK. Travels in the Interior Parts of America. Communicating Discoveries made in Exploring the Missouri, Red River and Washita by Captains Lewis and Clark, Doctor Sibley, and Mr. Dunbar. Never before published in Great Britain. 12mo, half calf, uncut. Lon- don: Phillips, 1807. $12.00 The first English Edition. 692 LEWIS AND CLARK. The Travels of Captains Lewis and Clark, from St. Louis, by way of the Missouri and Columbia Rivers to the Pacific Ocean . . containing deline- ations of the Manners, Customs, Religion of the Indians, compiled by Meriwether Lewis. Illustrated with a map 132 OF THE COUNTRY INHABITED BY THE WESTERN TRIBES OF Indians. 8vo, half red morocco, entirely uncut. London : Longman, 1809. $12.50 693 LEWIS AND CLARK. An Interesting Account of the Voyages and Travels of Captains Lewis and Clark by William Fisher, Esq. With Two Portraits. l27no, orig- inal sheep. Baltimore: Anthony Miltenberger, 1812. $15.00 694 LEWIS AND CLARK. Cass, Patrick. Journal of the Voyages and Travels of a Corps of Discovery, under the command of CAPT. LEWIS AND CAPT. CLARK. .. With a map and six engravings. 12mo, original sheep. Printed for Mathew Carey . . Philadelphia, 1812. $27.50 695 LEWIS AND CLARK. History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark to the Sources of the Missouri, thence across the Rocky Mountains and down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed during the Years 1804-05-06. Prepared for the press by Paul Allen. With maps. 2 vols. 8vo, contemporary calf. Philadelphia : Bradford and Inskeep, 1814. $60.00 The Most Important Book of American Travel Issued During THE LAST Hundred Years. It should form the keystone of any col- lection of books on the development of the West. A good copy in contemporary binding, with the name of Sam Brown on title page. 696 LEWIS AND CLARKE. Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. Performed by order of the Government of the United States in the Years 1804, 1805 and 1806. Pub- lished from the official report, and illustrated by a map of the route and other maps. 3 vols., Svo, original boards, paper labels, uncut. London : Longman Hurst . . 1815. $45.00 697 LILLY, LAMBERT. The History of the Western States. Illustrated by Tales, Sketches and Anecdotes. (Vignette.) With numerous engravings. Frontispiece. 12mo, orig- inal boards, leather back. Boston: William D. Ticknor, 1841. $2.75 ONE OF THE FINEST LINCOLN LETTERS KNOWN 698 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. A. L. S. 1 p., -Ho, Springfield, 111., July 28, 1849, to Hon. J. M. Clayton (Sec'y of State). Addressed and franked. $1500.00 "Dear Sir: It is with some hesitation I presume to address you this letter — and yet I wish not only you, but the whole cabinet, and the President too, would consider the subject matter of it — My being among the People while you and they are not, will excuse the apparent pre- 133 698 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM— Continued. sumption — It is understood that the President at first adopted, as a general rule, to throw the responsibility of the appointments upon the respective Departments; and that such rule is adhered to and practised upon. This course I at first thought proper; and, of course, I am not now complaining of it. Still I am disappointed with the effect of it on the public mind. It is fixing for the President the unjust and ruinous character of being a mere man of straw. This must be arrested, or it will damn us all inevitably. It is said Gen. Taylor and his officers held a council of war, at Palo Alto (I believe) ; and that he then fought the battle against unanimous opinion of those officers — This fact (no matter whether rightfully or v/rong- fully) gives him more popularity than ten thousand submissions, however really wise and magnanimous those submissions may be. The appointments need be no better than they have been, but the public must be brought to understand, that they are the President's appointments. He must occasionally say, or seem to say, 'by the Eternal,' *I take the responsibility' — Those phrases were the 'Sam- son's locks' of Gen. Jackson, and we dare not disregard the lessons of experience. Your Ob't Sev't A. Lincoln." LINCOLN ON DISUNION AND ON THE ESTABLISH- MENT OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY 699 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. Original Autograph Manu- script, 114 pages, folio, unsigned. Endorsed by Lyman Trumbull, in pencil, at head "Furnished by Mr. Lincoln & copied into my remarks, to be read at the Celebration at Springfield, 111., Nov. 20, 1860." $950.00 The occasion was a meeting in celebration of the election of Lin- coln and Hamlin. Speeches were made by Trumbull, Palmer and Yates. Lincoln desired that the influence of this public meeting should be peaceful and instead of speaking as he had been urged to, on the growing agitation for disunion in the South, he wrote the above manuscript and asked Trumbull to embody it in his speech. We quote the closing portion: "Disunionists per se, are now in hot haste to get out of the Union, precisely because they perceive they cannot, much longer, maintain an apprehension among the Southern people that their homes, and firesides, and lives, are to be endangered by the action of the Federal Government. With such "Now, or never" is the maxim — I am rather glad of this military preparation in the South — It will enable the people the more easily to suppress any uprisings there, which their misrepresentations of purposes may have encouraged." 700 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. A. L. S. 1 page, 12mo, Execu- tive Mansion, Washington. Oct. 23, 1862. To the Surgeon- General. $175.00 Fine specimen. "Is a hospital chaplain needed at Church & Odd Fellow's Hall, Navy Yard, Washington? Please answer on this sheet below." The Surgeon-General's answer is written on the back. 134 THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT OF LINCOLN'S OWN CONCEPTION OF A MILITARY CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE ARMIES OF THE CONFEDERACY 701 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. Original Memorandum of a Plan of Campaign against the Confederate Army, written entirely by Abraham Lincoln in September, 1861. In this wonderful document it is shown that Lincoln had consider- able knowledge of military tactics and the art of war. Three folio pages, green morocco extra. $5000.00 Nearly all the great generals who served in the Civil War are mentioned by Lincoln in this superb manuscript. It is of the highest historical importance and value. THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT OF LINCOLN'S BALTIMORE ADDRESS, PROBABLY THE FINEST LINCOLN MANUSCRIPT THAT CAN EVER BE OFFERED FOR SALE 702 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. The celebrated Speech entirely in Lincoln's Autograph, made at Baltimore, April 18, 1864, and known as the famous "Baltimore Address." Next to the Gettysburg Address it is probably the finest speech made by the martyr President. Three pages, folio, green morocco extra. $7500.00 An item of superlative importance. While thousands of Lincoln's letters are known, only a very few of his original manuscripts have been offered for sale. 703 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. The President, the People and the War. A Thanksgiving Discourse by Horatio Stebbins. 8vo, printed wrappers. San Francisco, 1864. $42.50 Major Lambert was unable to secure this excessively rare Lin- coln oration in thirty years of collecting. Not in Fish or any bibliography! 704 LINCOLN, BENJAMIN. General. L. S. With auto- graph postscript. 4 pp., 4to. War Office, September 10, 1782. To General Greene. $27.50 Laudatory of the troops under General Greene, hopes the period is now arrived when their sufFerinjis will cease — provision for arrange- ments should the enemy abandon that district. "This morning arrived an armed ship from Amsterdam with cloathing on board for the Army, under her convoy sailed two brigs loaded with cloathing also they are hourly expected," etc. ONE OF THE RAREST EARLY AMERICAN MAGAZINES 705 LITERARY MUSEUM, or Monthly Magazine, for Jan- uary-June, 1797. Plates. Svo, half calf. West Chester, Pa. : Derrick & Sharpies, [1797] . $85.00 135 705 LITERARY MUSEUM— Continued. Very rare and valuable. All published. The erxgraving in the June number is a view of the Bridge over Sanpink Creek "where Gen. Washington on his rout to New York to enter on his office of President of the United States, received such warm and unbounded congratulations from the inhabitants of Trenton." 706 LITTLE, ARCHIBALD. Trade in the Northern Colonies With a Particular Description op Nova Scotia. 8vo, uncut, in a morocco slip case. London : Woodfali, 1748. $25.00 707 LIVINGSTON, WILLIAM. Broadside Address deliv- ered to the General Assembly of New Jersey and dated from Princeton, May 29, 1778. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Printed by John Dunlap [1778] . $45.00 Not in Evans and probably unique. It is an interesting and im- portant Revolutionary document and among other things refers to New Jersey's refusal to ratify the Articles of Confederation. 708 [LOGAN, GEORGE.] Five Letters addressed to the Yeomanry of the United States : Containing some Observa- tions on the dangerous scheme of Governor Duer and Mr. Secretary Hamilton, to establish National Manufactories. By A. Farmer. 8vo, unbound, uncut. Philadelphia : Eleazer Oswald, 1792. $12.00 THE FIRST PUBLISHED CHARGE TO A JURY IN PENNSYLVANIA 709 [LOGAN, JAMES.] The Charge Delivered from the Bench to the Grand-Jury, at the Court of Quarter Sessions, held for the County of Philadelphia, the Second day of Sep- tember, 1723. Published at the desire of the said Grand Jury, together with their names and addresses, ^to, half morocco, uncut. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by An- drew Bradford, at the Sign of the Bible, in the Second Street, MDCCXXIII. $50.00 The first published charge to a jury in Pennsylvania, with names of jurors. By James Logan. The Polock copy brought $55.00 some years ago. 710 LOSKIEL, G. H. History of the Mission of the United Brethren among the Indians of North America. In Three Parts. Translated from the German by C. I. La Trobe. Folded map. 8vo, original boards, uncut. London : Printed for the Brethren's Society for the furtherance of the Gospel, 1794. $15.00 711 LOTTERY. A List of the fortunate Numbers in the First Class of the United States Lottery. Svo, unbound, uncut. Philadelphia : Hall and Sellers, 1778. $15.00 Very rare. 136 712 LOUDON, EARL OF. The Conduct of a Noble Com- mander in America Impartially Reviewed. With the Genuine Causes of the Discontents at New York and Halli- fax. And the true Occasion of the Delays in that Important Expedition, Including a regular account of all the proceed- ings and incidents in the Order of Time wherein they happened. 8vo, half morocco, uncut. London : Printed for R. Baldwin, in Pater-noster-Row, MDCCLVIII (1758). $18.50 713 LOUISIANA. The Present State of the Country and In- habitants, Europeans and Indians, of Louisiana, on the North Continent of America, by an Officer at New Orleans to his Friend at Paris ; containing the Garrisons, Forts and Forces, Prices of all Manner of Provisions and Liquors, &c., also an account of their drunken, lewd lives, which lead uhem to Excesses of Debauchery and Villiany. To which are added Letters from the Governor of that Province on the Trade of the French and English with the Natives. 8vo, half calf, gilt, top edges gilt. London : Printed for J. Millar, near Whitehall, 1744. $65.00 This includes Alabama, the Mississippi Valley, the Great West, the Ohio Valley, and the country of the Illinois as far as Canada. The letters referred to were written by Vaudreuil, Governor of New Orleans, in 1744. 714 LOUISIANA. The History of Louisiana or of the West- ern Parts of Virginia and Carolina . . Translated from the French by M. Le Page Du Pratz. With map. 2 vols., 12mo, old calf. London: 1768. $35.00 715 LOUISIANA. An Account of Louisiana, being an ab- stract of Documents in the Offices of the Department of State and of the Treasury. 8vo, half green morocco, uncut. Philadelphia: Printed by Wm. Duane, No. 106 Market Street, 1803. $5.00 THE RAREST HISTORY OF LOUISIANA 716 LOUISIANA. An Account of Louisiana, exhibiting a Compendious Sketch of its political and natural ?Iistory and Topography, with a copious Appendix contaming sev- eral important Documents. 12mo, sheep. Newbern: Franklin & Garrow, 1804. $135.00 Of the utmost rarity. IMPORANT LETTERS ON THE FALL OF NEW ORLEANS 717 LOVELL, MANSFIELD. Major-General. Military Telegram. New Orleans, April 21, 1862. To Genl. Beau- regard. ?15-^" 137 717 LOVELL, MANSFIELD— Continued. "A Bombardment four days & nights at forts below. Thirteen inch shells filled with liquid fire, more than ten thousand thrown, Casualities few, we hold on well, every precaution is taken by us." 718 LOVELL, MANSFIELD. Military Telegram. New Orleans, April 22, 1862. To Genl. Beauregard. $15.00 In reference to the defence of New Orleans. "The Bombardment continues with terrible vigor. 'We hold out well.' " 719 LOVELL, MANSFIELD. Military Telegram. Camp Moore, April 26, 1862. To Genl. Beauregard. $17.50 New Orleans falls. 720 LOVELL, MANSFIELD. Military Telegram. Tangi- pahoe. May 1, 1862. To Genl. Beauregard. $5.00 "Have ordered a reg't to Vicksburg. Must organize forces to keep enemy confined in New Orleans before it will leave Louisiana. We can handle them away from their vessels." 721 LYMAN, THEODORE. The Diplomacy of the United States. Being an Account of the Foreign Relations of the Country. 8vo, original boards, and paper label, entirely uncut Boston : Wells & Silly, 1826. $8.50 Rare in this condition. 722 M'AFEE, ROBERT B. History of the Late War in the Western Country. 8vo, neiv straight-grained morocco. Lexington: 1816. $65.00 The rare original edition of this famous Indian book. A THRILLING REVOLUTIONARY NARRATIVE 723 McALPINE, J. Genuine Narratives, and Concise Mem- oirs of some of the most interesting Exploits and singular Adventures of J. McAlpine . . from the time of his Emigra- tion from Scotland to America, 1773, during the long period of his faithful attachment to and hazardous attendance on the British Army's under the Command of Generals Carle- ton and Burgoyne . , till December, 1779. 8vo, original half boards. Grenock : W. McAlpine, 1788. $150.00 A revolutionary narrative of extraordinary rarity. No copy is recorded as having been sold during the last fifty years. Not in Auction Prices! 724 McCALLA, W. L. Adventures in Texas, chiefly in the Spring and Summer of 1840; with a Discussion of Com- parative Character, Political, Religious and Moral; accom- panied by an Appendix. 12mo, cloth. Philadelphia, 1841. $15.00 138 725 McCLELLAN, GEORGE B. Only Authentic Life of Geo. Brinton McClellan, Alias Little Mac. Woodcuts. 167710, original paper covers. [New York, 1864.] $6.50 A highly satirical piece of campaign literature. Written during the Presidential Campaign of 1864. 726 [McCULLOH, JAMES H.] Researches on America, Being an Attempt to Settle Some Points Relative to the ABORIGINES of America, &c. By an Officer of the United States Army. 8vo, cloth, uncut. Baltimore: Coale and Maxwell, 1816. $6.00 Very scarce. An esteemed book on the American Indians. 727 M'HENRY, JAMES. A Letter to the Honourable The Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States, with the Accompanying Documents. 12mo, half morocco, Baltimore: John W. Butler, 1803. $5.00 A defence of his official conduct as Secretary for War. Signed in autograph at end of preface. THE ORIGINAL EDITION OF ONE OF THE GREATEST WORKS ON THE AMERICAN INDIANS 728 McKENNEY, THOMAS L., AND HALL, JAMES. His- tory of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Bio- graphical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs. Embellished with one hundred and twenty colored PORTRAITS. 3 vols., folio, half morocco. Philadelphia: 1836-1844. $125.00 A fine, large and perfect copy of the most important work on the North American Indians. The plates are clean and unspotted. 729 McKENNEY, THOMAS L. Memoirs Official and Per- sonal, with Sketches of Travels among the Northern and Southern Indians embracing a War Excursion and descrip- tion of Scenes Along the Western Borders. 2 vols, in 1. 8vo, cloth. Portrait AND PLATES. New York: 1846. $6.50 ONE OF THE RAREST NEW YORK BOOKS 730 MACKWORTH, SIR HUMPHREY. Sir H. Mackworth's Proposal in Miniature, as it has been put in Practice in NEW YORK, IN AMERICA. 8vo, unbound, in cloth case. London, W. Boreham, 1720. $387.50 Fine copy of this great rarity but without the leaf preceding title, probably blank. "The Government of New York was indebted in the Sum of 60,- 000. The Funds or Revenue . . . were per Annum 4,000. A New Specie of Money was established on the said Fund of 4,000 1. per Annum, of a certain Value current in all Payments, to the Amount of the said Debt of 60,000 1. And the Governor and As- 139 730 MACKWORTH, SIR HUMPHREY— Continued. sembly meet every year, and cause 4,000 1. received for Taxes in the said New Specie, to be burnt. By this Expedient the Debt was forthwith discharg'd. ..." This is the same Scheme which Sir Humphry Mackworth now pro- poses to be put in Practice in Great Britain." An important New York item. 731 MACLEANE, LAUCHLIN. An Essay on the Expedi- ency of Inoculation and the Seasons most proper for it. Humbly inscribed to the Inhabitants of Philadelphia. 8vo, half morocco. Philadelphia : Printed by Wm. Bradford, at the corner House of Market and Front Streets, 1756. $40.00 A fine copy of one of the Earliest Essays on Inoculation. The author published the tract at the time the City was ravished with amall-pox. 732 M'MURTRIE, H. Sketches of Louisville and its En- virons; including, among a great variety of miscellaneous matters, a Florula Louisvillensis. Large folding map. 8vo, original boards, uncut. Louisville, 1819. $18.00 Fine copy. Scarce, especially in such fine condition. Contains a large folding map. A RARE BOOK ON THE INDIANS OF MAINE AND NOVA SCOTIA 733 [MAILLARD, ABBE ANTHONY S.] An Account of the Customs and Manners of the MICMAKIS AND MARI- CHEETS SAVAGE NATIONS, NOW DEPENDENT ON THE GOVERNMENT OF CAPE-BRETON, from an Original French Manuscript-Letter, Never Published, V/ritten by a French Abbot, who resided many years, in quality of Missionary, amongst them. 12mo, half brown levant morocco, t. e. g. London, S. Hooper, 1758. $185.00 Excessively rare and in superb condition; unknown to Field or Sabin. One of the most important contributions to the subject of the North Eastern Indians. 734 MAILLARD, N. DORAN. The History of the Republic of Texas, from the Discovery of the Country to the Present Time ; and the Cause of her Separation from the Republic of Mexico . . Map. 8vo, original cloth, uncut. Lon- don: 1842. $12.50 735 MAN OF REAL SENSIBILITY, or the History of Sir George Ellison. 12mo, unbound. Philadelphia, James Humphreys, 1774. $10.00 Very rare. Not in Hildeburn or Evans and believed to be unique. 140 A V/ONDERFUL COLLECTION RELATING TO THE KENNEBECK PURCHASE 736 MAINE. Original Documents concerning the Kenne- beck purchase from the Colony of New Plymouth. lU 7Jages, folio. Together with a broadside account of the meeting of the Proprietors of the late Colony of New Ply- mouth. In board case. $750.00 Several of the papers are signed by William Murray, afterwards first Lord Mansfield. A list of this very valuable collection will be forwarded on application. 737 MANHEIM CAPTIVITY. Affecting history of the dreadful distresses of Frederick Manheim's family. To which are added, the sufferings of John Corbly's family. 12mo, original paper covers in half morocco, slip case. Exeter, Printed and Sold by H. Ranlet, 1793. $65.00 The rare first edition of one of the most notable Indian Cap- tivities, although late editions are comparatively common, this edition is almost unobtainable and contains much matter not included in subsequent editions. 738 MARION, FRANCIS, General. A. L. S., 2 pp. 4to. Near Munsey's Ferry, September 23, 1781. To General Greene. $38.50 "The last evening I was informed that the Enemy has built two boats at Mrs Fludds & is Building more their Intentions is certainly to Cross & am Apprehensive they will before I can Collect the Militia they come in very slow, the Cheraw Regt is so Disturbed with the toreys I am affraid they will not come out, most all the Inhabi- tants there has been oblige to leave the East side & come over on the West. Hector McNeil & fanning has possession from there to Deep river they latly give Colo Wade a flogging, killed 11 and wounded & took 30 with 100 horse. By the best Accounts the British is two thousand men incamped at Mrs. Fludds," etc. 739 MARSHALL, CHRISTOPHER. Extracts from the Diary of. Kept in Philadelphia and Lancaster during the American Revolution, 1774-1781. Edited by Wm. Duane. 12mo, cloth, as neiv. Albany: 1877. $4.00 740 [MARTYN, BENJAMIN.] Reasons for Establishing the Colony of Georgia. With Regard to the Trade of Great Britain, the Increase of our People, and the Employment and Support it will Afford to great Numbers of our own Poor, as well as Foreign persecuted Protestants. With some' Account of the Country, and the Design of the Trus- tees. Maps and views. Quarto, half calf. London: Printed for W. Meadows, at the Angel in Cornhill, MDCC XXXm (1733). $47.50 Henry Stevens' copy with his bookplate. 141 THE ALCALA EDITION OF MARTYR'S NEW WORLD, 1516 741 MARTYR, PETER. De orbe novo decades et legatio babylonica (Colophon) Cura & diligentia . . . An- tonii Nebrissensis . . . fuerunt hae tres protonatrii Petri martyris decades Impressae in contubernio Arnaldi Guillelmi in illustri oppido carpetanae puicae capluto quod vulgarite Alcala . . . 1516. Folio, original vellum. $750.00 From the library of E. D. Church. This copy is without the "Legatis babylonica," although called for on the title. It is believed to be the ONLY COPY WITH THIS WORK MENTIONED ON THE TITLE. THE FIRST FRENCH PETER MARTYR 742 MARTYR, PETER AND CORTEZ. Extraict ou Recueil des ISLES NOUVELLEMET TROUVES en la grand mer Oceane ou temps du roy Despaigne Fernad & Elizabeth sa femme, faict premierement en latin par Pierre Martyr de Millan, & depuis translate en languaige f rancoys. Item trois Narrations : dont la premiere est de Cuba, etc. 8vo, red levant morocco, gilt top, by Trautz-Bauzonnet. Paris: Simon de Colines, 1532. $675.00 Very fine copy. This is the first French edition of Peter Martyr and is of a high degree of rarity. Only four copies have appeared in the auction room during the last seventy years ! Murphy was the only American collector who was fortunate enough to possess it, the volume being lacking in the Brinley, Rice, Ives, Barlow, Menzies and other famous libraries of Americana. ONE OF FOUR KNOWN COPIES OF ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE ACCOUNTS OF NEWFOUNDLAND 743 MASON, JOHN. A Briefe Discourse of the New-found- land, with the Situation, Temperature and Commodities thereof. Small 4to, calf, in a brown levant morocco solan- der case. Edinburgh : Printed by Andro Hart, 1620. $3500.00 The excessively rare original edition. Not mentioned by Lowndes and NO COPY RECORDED AS EVER HAVING BEEN SOLD AT AUCTION. Only four copies are known, and it is so valuable his- torically that it was reprinted by the Bannatyne Club and also by the Prince Society. It is one of the rarest Edinburgh imprints. For other rare books on Newfoundland see under Peckham and New- foundland in this catalogue. 142 744 MARYLAND. Laws of Maryland, enacted at a Session of Assembly . . . Oct. 3, 1728. Small folio, mibouTui. Annapolis, 1728. Pp. (2) , 28. $100.00 Extremely rare; fine copy. 745 MARYLAND. The Proceedings of the Committee Ap- pointed to examine into the Importation of Goods by the Brigantine Good Intent, Capt. Errington, from London, in February, 1770. Small 4to, seiued, uncut in half levant slip case. Annapolis, Anne Catharine Green, 1770. $45.00 Very rare. Evans only locates one copy, that is the Library of Congress. BOOKS ON MASSACHUSETTS 746 MASSACHUSETTS. The Charter Granted by Their Majesties King William and Queen Mary, to the Inhabitants of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay. Boston : Printed by B. Green, 1726. Pp. 14. ACTS AND LAWS, of His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New England. Boston: Printed by B. Green, 1726. Pp. 17, 2, 354. In one volume, small folio, full sheep. Fine copy with the extra acts (pp. 349-354). Printed in 1727. $65.00 747 MASSACHUSETTS. Acts and Laws of His Majesty's Province of Massachusetts Bay. Folio, old calf. Boston: S. Kneeland, 1759. $115.00 Collation Charter: title, 1 leaf; pp. 1-14; Table 1-24; Acts, title page, 1 leaf, pp. 1-386; Session Laws, pp. 387-450; in all containing TEN EXTRA SESSION LAWS. 748 MASSACHUSETTS. An Act for Enquiring into the Rateable Estates of this Province. Folio, broadside, un- bound, [Boston, 1761] . Pp. 2. $30.00 Very rare. 749 MASSACHUSETTS. An Act for enquiring into the Rateable Estates of this Province. Folio, unbound. Bos- ton ; New-England, Printed by Richard Draper, and Green & Russell, 1768. $30.00 Very rare. Y>le have been unable to trace the sale of another copy. 750 MASSACHUSETTS. An Act for effectually preventing the CURRENCY of the Bills of Credit of Connecticut, New- Hampshire and Rhode-Island, within this Province. Folio, broadside, unbound. Boston : Printed by Richard Draper, and Green & Russell, [1770]. Pp.2. $25.00 Very rare. 751 MASSACHUSETTS. A Brief Review of the Rise and Progress, Services and Sufferings, of New England, espe- cially The Province of Massachusetts-Bay. 8vo, fidl red levant, gilt top, uncut, by Bradstreet's. London, J. Buck- land, 1774. $25.00 143 752 MASSACHUSETTS. A Constitution or Frame of Gov- ernment, Agreed upon by the Delegates of the People of the State of Massachusetts-Bay, in Convention, Begun at Cambridge on the First of September, 1779 and continued to the Second of March, 1780. 8vo, unbound. Boston, Benjamin Edes, 1780. $22.00 753 MASSACHUSETTS. An Address from the General Court to the People of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 8vo, unbound, uncut. Boston, Adams and Nourse, 1786. $15.00 THE BOOKS OF THE MATHERS 754 MATHER, AZARIAH. Good Rulers a Choice Blessing. A Sermon Preached before the General Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut, May 13, 1725. 12mo, sewed, uncut in half morocco slip case. NEW LONDON, Printed by T. Green, 1725. $160.00 One of the rarest New-London imprints; no copy is RECORDED IN "AUCTION PRICES." COTTON MATHER'S COPIES OF TWO FAMOUS NEW ENGLAND BOOKS 755 [MATHER (COTTON).] Hooker (Tho., late Pastor of the Church at Hartford upon Connecticut in N. E.). A Survey of the Summe of Church-Discipline, Wherein the Way of the Churches of New England is warranted out of the Word (etc.) . London : printed by A. M. for J. Bellamy, 1648 lalso']. COTTON (JOHN). The Way of Congrega- tional Churches Cleared. London: Printed by Matthew Simmons, 1648. 2 vols, in one, Sm. Ifto, old calf in brown levant sola7ider case. London, 1648. $285.00 From the Library op Cotton Mather, v/ith his autograph on FIRST title-page — "Cottoni Matheri Liber, 1682." Has numerous passages underscored: also autograph of William Hudson, 1750, and notes on Births, Deaths, etc. in the Hudson family, 1755-64. 756 MATHER, COTTON. The Everlasting Gospel. The Gospel of Justification by the Righteousness of God as 'tis held and preach'd in the churches of New-England. 12mo, full morocco, gilt top, title remargined. Boston, B. Green and J. Allen, 1700. $40.00 Very scarce. 757 MATHER, COTTON. Magnalia Christi Americana : or the Ecclesiastical History of New-England from its First Planting in the Year 1620 unto the Year of Our Lord 1698. In Seven Books. By the Reverend and Learned Cotton Mather, M. A., and Pastor of the North Church, in Boston, New England. (Folded map of New England.) Tall 144 4to, full panel calf, fine LARGE-PAPER COPY 14 7/16 x SVs inches. London : Printed for Thomas Parkhurst at the Bible and Three Crowns in Cheapside, 1702. $250.00 COTTON MATHER'S ACCOUNT OF THE INDIANS IN NEW ENGLAND 758 MATHER, COTTON. Just Commemorations. The Death of Good Men Considered, unto which is added a Brief Account of the Evangelical Work among the Christianized INDIANS OF NEW ENGLAND. 12mo, original paper wrapper, in a full levant morocco solander case. Boston : Printed by B. Green [1715]. $285.00 The excessively rare first issue of the first edition. IT is a superb COPY OF ONE OF THE SCARCEST BOOKS RELATING TO THE AMER- ICAN INDIANS. Cotton Mather in this delectable little tract prives an account of the natives and the people who worked among them, including James Pierpont, Experience Mayhew, etc. THE FINEST COPY KNOWN OF MATHER'S WAR WITH THE INDIANS, 1676 759 MATHER, INCREASE. A brief History of the War with the Indians in New-England. From June 24, 1675. (When the first Englishman was Murdered by the Indians.) To August 12, 1676, when Philip, alias Metacomet, the principal Author and Beginner of the War, was slain. 4-to, boards, leather back, uncut. London, Printed for Richard Chiswell, 1676. $1200.00 The first LONDON edition. Excessively rare in any condition AND possibly UNIQUE UNCUT WITH THE HALF TITLE, and in immaculate state. It is one of the principle books in any collection on the American Indians. Although the title calls for a 'Serious Exhortation" it is not in- cluded in this edition. 760 MATHER, INCREASE. Compendium Geographicum or an Introduction to All Geography. By P. C. Chamberlayne. 12mo, original calf. London, 1682. $65.00 Increase Mather's copy with his autograph on the title-page. The book itself is rare and contains matter relating to America. 761 MATHER, INCREASE. Now or Never is the Time for Men to make sure of Their Eternal Salvation. Several Sermons. 16mo, old sheep, {name on title). Boston, Printed for Benjamin Eliot, 1713. $27.50 762 MATHER, INCREASE. The History of King Philip's War. By the Rev. Increase Mather. Also, a Historj'- of the same War, by the Rev. Cotton Mather, to which are added An Introduction and Notes, by Samuel A. Drake. Por- traits. Uo, oHginM cloth, t. e. g., uncut. Boston, 1862. $9.50 145 763 MATHER, INCREASE. Early History of New Eng- land, being a Relation of Hostile Passages between the In- dians and European Voyagers and First Settlers, etc. With an Introduction and Notes by Samuel G. Drake. Small J^to, original cloth, as new. Boston: Printed for the Editor, 1864. $7.50 764 THE SAME. Another copy. Original paper covers. $7.50 765 MAURAULT, J. A. Histoire des Abenakis. Thick 8vo, paper wrappers, uncut. Quebec, 1866. $12.50 The most important history of the Abenaki Tribe of Maine and Canada. GENL. MAURY GIVES HIS REASONS FOR THE EVACUATION OF MOBILE 766 MAURY, DABNEY H. A. L. S. 14 pages, 8vo. New Orleans, June 1, 1865. To Genl. Beauregard. $87.50 A long and interesting letter at the close of the war, giving a de- tailed history of his command around Mobile, its evacuation, and the reason thereof — 4.000 against 40.000 men. He concludes as follows : "I now go, like so many of us who staked everjrthing on this cause, to commence anew my life. I have not a cent in the world except what is left of $200, for which I sold my only home, and I am en- deavouring to take my wife and little children to her Fathers home in Virginia. There I shall go to seek my fortune, if I be permitted to go at large or go unhanged. * * * General we have been beaten by our unpardonable want of discipline. I think it would have been instructive and profitable for our good Chief Magistrate to have seen occasionally the yankee Troops as they appear here in New Orleans and in Mobile and every where. How is it that we have with our democratic mobbish armies so long beaten such soldiers? Ah! re- grets are vain, but may not be unprofitable. If I do not meet you again, good bye, accept my thanks for your kindness to me. * * * Burnett was killed in Spanish Fort, he was almost the best soldier in our army, and a purer gentleman never lived." 767 MAURY, DABNEY H. Military Telegrams from Mobile and Macon, Nov. and Dec, 1864. To Genl. Beauregard. 40 pieces. $35.00 Relative to the defence of Mobile. 768 MAXIMILIAN, PRINCE OF NEUWIED. Travels in Brazil, in 1815, 1816, and 1817. Translated from the Ger- man and ILLUSTRATED WITH ENGRAVINGS. 8V0, half TYIO- rocco, uncut. London, 1825. $5.50 769 MAYER, BRANTZ. Calvert and Penn ; or the Growth of Civil and Religious Liberty in America . . 8vo, half morocco, uncut. Baltimore: 1852. $3.00 146 770 MAYHEW, EXPERIENCE. Indian Converts ; or, some Account of the Lives and Dying Speeches of a considerable Number of the Christianized Indians of Martha's Vineyard, in New-England. 8vo, old calf, rebacked. London, Samuel Gerrish, 1727. $87.50 The rare first edition of a celebrated Indian book. Experience Mayhew was the fourth generation of Mayhews who preached to the Indians of Martha's Vineyard, his great-grandfather being Thomas Mayhew, to whom Sir Ferdinando Gorges granted the patent in 1641. 771 MEASE, JAMES. A Geological Account of the United States; comprehending a short Description of their Ani- mal, Vegetable, and Mineral Productions, Antiquities and Curiosities. Engraved by A. Lawson. l2mo, old sheep. Philadelphia : Birch & Small, 1807. $8.50 THE ART OF NAVIGATION IN 1555 772 MEDINA (P. DE). L'Arte del Navegar, in Laqval si contengono le regole, de chiarationi, secreti, & auisi, alia bona navegation necessarij. Composta per I'Eccel. Dottor M. Pietro da Medina, & tradotta de lingua Spagnola in vol- gar Italiano, a beneficio, & utilita de ciascadun Navigante. Woodcut map and text-illustrations. Small 4to, vellum. Vinetia: Gioanbattista Pedrezzano, 1555 (colophon with date 1554) . $100.00 The author was the official examiner of pilots for the Indies, in the service of Spain, and acquired high reputation as a cosmographer and historian. 773 MEIGS, RETURN JONATHAN. An Appeal to the People : or, an Exposition of the Official Conduct of Return Jonathan Meigs, Governor of the State of Ohio; Relative to the Disbanding of a Light Infantry Company in the Court of Washington. 12mo, unbound. Printed for the People, 1812. $55.00 Vv'e cannot trace another copy of this rare Ohio book. It relates to the War of 1812 and the participation in it of the State militia. It was probably printed in Chillicothe in 1812. 774 MELISH, JOHN. Travels through the United States of America, in the years 1806-1807, and 1809, 1810 & 1811 : . . With corrections, and improvements, to 1815, AND A NEW SET OF COLOURED MAPS. 2 vols, 8vo, original boards, uncut, paper labels. Philadelphia, 1815. $22.00 Fine copy. 775 MELODY, G. H. C. Notice sur les INDIENS lOWAYS et sur le Nuage Blanc, les Chef de la Tribu. 12mo, un- bound. Paris, 1845. $18.00 Very rare. Contains 8 full-page woodcuts of Indians. 147 METCALF'S INDIAN NARRATIVES 776 METCALF, SAMUEL L. A collection of some of the most interesting Narratives of INDIAN WARFARE IN THE WEST, containing an Account of the Adventures of Colonel Daniel Boone. 8vo, half sheep. Lexington, Ky., 1821. $135.00 The VERY RARE original edition. J. K. Paulding's copy with his signature and bookplate. "As one of the earliest imprints of the West, and as a specimen of really excellent typography, as well as a contribution to the literature illustrative of aboriginal and frontier life, it will probably always preserve its rank among rare and costly books." — Field. 777 METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Minutes taken at the several Conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church in America. For the year, 1791. 12mo, unbound. Philadelphia, Parry Hall, 1791. $12.00 778 MEXICO. Travels on the Western Slope of the Mexican Cordillera in the Form of Fifty-one Letters ... By Cincinnatus. Illustrated. 8vo, original cloth. San Francisco : Whitton, Towne & Co., 1857. $12.50 By Marvin Wheat. Extremely rare. 779 MICHAUX, F. A. Travels to the Westward of the Alle- gany Mountains in the States of the Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, in the year 1802 . . Large folding map. 8vo, half blue calf. London: 1805. $5.50 Why is this important book of American Travel so common? Per- haps it is not appreciated as it deserves by American collectors. 780 MICHIGAN. Description of The Lands of the Osage, Choctaw, Sioux, Cherokee, Winnebago and Mohawk Min- ing Companies, 1864. 8vo, original paper covers. Phila., 1864. $10.00 Extremely rare and desirable. 781 MICHIGAN. Historical and Scientific Sketches of MICHIGAN. 12mo, cloth. Detroit, 1834. $35.00 Very rare. A series of discourses delivered before the Historical Society of Michigan by Henry R. Schoolcraft, Lewis Cass and others. 782 MILBERT, J. Itineraire Pittoresque du Fleuve Hudson . . 2 volumes, quarto and folio, boards with calf back. Paris: Henry Gaugain (1826). With Text. $90.00 Contains 54 early lithographs of New York and map. 783 MILITIA. Certain Acts of the Commonwealth of Vir- ginia, For regulating the Militia ; and of the Congress of the United States, more effectually to provide for the Na- tional Defence, by establishing an uniform Militia through- out the United States. 8vo, original paper covers. Rich- mond, Augustine Davis, [1793] . $45.00 148 ONE OF THE EARLIEST MILITARY MANUALS PUBLISHED IN AMERICA 784 MILITARY. WEBB, LIEUTENANT. A Military Treatise on the Appointments of the Army, Containing many useful Hints, not touched upon before by any Author; Proposing some new Regulations in the Army, which will be particularly useful in carrying on the War in North- America, together with a Short Treatise on Military Hon- ors. By Lieutenant Webb, of His Majesty's Forty-eighth Regiment. Portrait and Plates. 8vo, full morocco, gilt, dentelle borders, gilt edges, by Tout. Philadelphia: Printed by W. Dunlap, 1759. $160.00 Very rare. The author, who lost an eye at the Siege of Quebec, is better known as one of the earliest Methodist Preachers in Amer- ica, than as a soldier, or writer on Military Subjects. Brinley pos- sessed a copy published in 1769, ten years later than the above, but no copy of this, the first edition, can be traced at auction. 785 MILITIA. A Bill to provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the Militia of the United States. 12mo, un- bound, uncut. Hanover, 1795. $5.00 ONE OF THE RAREST WESTERN BOOKS 786 MILLER, ANDREW. New States and Territories, or the Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, North-Western, Mis- souri, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama in their real Characters, in 1818. Large folding map table. 2lfmo, orig- inal half sheep, in half moi'occo slip case, N. p.. Printed for the Benefit of Emigrants and others, intending to Visit the Western Country, 1819. $225.00 Of excessive rarity. The Brinley Sale contains the record of the only perfect copy of the book ever offered for sale at auction. 787 MILWAUKEE. The Milwaukee City Directory, for 1851-2, 12mo, original boards, Milwaukee, 1851. $18.50 788 MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY. Statutes of the Missis- sippi Territory; The Constitution of the U. S., with the several amendments thereto; The Ordinance for the Gov- ernment of the Territory of the U. S., North-west of the River Ohio. 8vo, sheep. Natchez, 1816. $55.00 Very scarce. 789 MITCHELL'S New Map of Texas, Oregon, and Califor- nia, with the Regions adjoining. 16mo, leather. Philadel- phia, 1846. $25.00 The large map measures 20y2 x 22^ ins. and is folded to 16mo. and bound with descriptive text entitled "Accompaniment to Mit- chell's New Map. . . " Very rare. 149 790 MITCHELL, DONALD G. American Lands and Let- ters. The Mayflower to Rip Van Winkle. Illustrated. 8vo, half maroon morocco, t. e. g., uncut, New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. $12.00 Extra illustrated by the insertion of forty rare engraved portraits. THE BEST COLONIAL MAP OF NORTHERN AMERICA 791 MITCHELL, JOHN. A Map of the British and French Dominions in North America. By John Mitchell. London : Published by the Author, 1755. On eight large sheets. $125.00 A remarkably fine copy of the rare first issue of Mitchell's map. 792 [MITCHILL, SAMUEL T.] A Tour through Part of Virginia in the Summer of 1808 . . 8vo, entirely uncut. New York: 1809. $7.50 A very rare pamphlet describing Harper's Ferry, the Natural Bridge. Weir's Cave, Monticello, etc. This is an original work of travel in America and is of great historical value. It is extremely rare. 793 MONETTE, J. W. History of the Discovery and Settle- ment of the Valley of the Mississippi. Maps. 2 volumes, 8vo, old calf. New York: 1846. $22.50 The standard book on the subject. 794 MONIS, JUDAH. Discourse Had in the College-Hall at Cambridge, March 27, 1722. Before the Baptism of Judah Monis. By Benj. Colman, to which are added Three Discourses written by Mr. Monis himself, The Truth, The Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth. One of which was deliver'd by him at his Baptism. ^ parts, 12mo, un- bound. Boston, Daniel Henchman, 1722. $35.00 Very rare. "The Truth" has a preface by Increase Mather giving some account of Jews converted to Christianity, he ends by saying: "God Grant that he (who is the first Jew that ever I knew Converted in New England) may prove a blessing unto many, and especially to some of his own Nation." THE REMARKABLE LETTER IN WHICH JAMES MONROE INVITES ALEXANDER HAMILTON TO THE FIELD OF HONOR 795 MONROE, JAMES. President of the U. S. A. L. S. 4to, 2 pages. Albemarle, Dec. 7, 1797. To Alexander Ham- ilton. A letter which shows the extreme bitterness of feel- ing existing between Hamilton and Monroe, growing out of the part taken by the latter in promoting an investiga- tion of Hamilton's relations with Mrs. Reynolds, and in 150 assailing his integrity as Secretary of the treasury. He then challenged Hamilton to fight a duel. $550.00 "I requested Col. Burr to inform you, immediately after the receit of yours of Aug. 9th, that I was not satisfied with the explanation given by it of y'r preceding one of the 4th. . . . In my judgment you ought either to have been satisfied with the explanations which J gave you upon the subject to which those letters referred or to have invited me to the field. There seemed to be no intermediate ground for a man of honor to take : yet you found one. The explana- tions I gave you on that subject were liberal. . . . Still it was not my intention to invite or even provoke a personal interview, be- cause I had no motive for so doing, and many, especially at the time, for avoiding it. The idea was suggested by certain passages in yours having that tendency, to which I replied if you invited I sho'd accept it. But by this I did not mean to become an aggressor, nor was it justly inferrable. It was however not my intention to decline that issue if sought by you in any mode whatever. ... I have therefore requested to communicate with you further on the subject of that letter and impowered him in case you meant it as such to give you my answer to it and otherwise arrange the affair for the interview thus invited on your part." It is a wonderful coincidence that the bearer of this chal- LENCE, Aaron Burr was to be the one fated to kill Hamilton in THE famous duel WHICH TOOK PLACE JUST SEVEN YEARS AFTER THIS INCIDENT. 796 MONROE, JAMES. Memoir . . . relating to his unsettled Claims upon the People and Government of the United States. 8vo, unbound. Charlottesville, Va., 1828. $5.00 797 MONTANA. Statistical Almanac for 1869. Compiled by Bassett and Magee. 8vo, blue printed wrappers, Helena, Montana, 1869. $15.00 A VIEW OF GEORGIA IN 1735 798 MOORE, FRANCIS. A Voyage to Georgia. Begun in the year 1735 . . With the Rules and Orders made by the Honourable the Trustees for that Settlement . . 8vo, half morocco. London : Robinson, 1744. $90.00 Of great rarity. A view of Savannah and Plans of Ebenezer and map of Savannah inserted. A copy sold in 1917 for $150.00. 799 MOORE, FRANCIS. Description of Texas, containing Sketches of its History, Geology, Geography and Statistics. Map. 16mo, original cloth. New York, 1844. $25.00 800 MORE, SIR THOMAS. The Common-Wealth of Utopia. Containing a learned and pleasant Discourse of the best State of a Publick Weal, as it is found in the New Island called Utopia. Written by the Right Honourable Sir Thomas More, Lord Chancellor of England. 8vo, sheep. 151 798 MORE, SIR THOMAS— Continued. London printed. Philadelphia : Reprinted by James Chat- tin for B. Lay, 1753. $18.00 Fine copy. Very rare. Printed for Benjamin Lay. The first American edition of "Utopia." A copy sold at auction in 1916 for $20.00. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EARLY AMERICAN WORKS RELATING TO MEDICINE 801 MORGAN, JOHN (M. D.) A Discourse upon the Insti- tution of MEDICAL SCHOOLS IN AMERICA . . with a Preface Containing Amongst other things the Author's Apology for Attempting to introduce the regular mode of practising Physic in Philadelphia . . 8vo, original calf. Philadelphia : William Bradford, 1765. $65.00 One of the first American medical productions, containing a por- trait of the author laid in. It is a contemporary account of the es- tablishment of Medical Schools in this country. 802 MORGAN, LEWIS H. League of the Ho-De'-No-Sau- Nee or Iroquois. Plates and maps. 2 vols., 8vo, original cloth, uncut. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1901. $16.50 Edition limited to 300 copies and now very scarce. 803 MORMONS. THOMPSON, CHARLES. Evidence in Proof of the Book of Mormon, being a divinely inspired Record . . 16mo, full calf. Batavia, N. Y. : 1841. $15.00 Extremely rare; not in the British Museum. 804 [MORRIS, GOUVENEUR.] Observations on the Amer- ican Revolution. Published according to a Resolution of Congress, by their Committee. For the Consideration of those who are desirous of comparing the Conduct of the opposed Parties. 12nio, half mottled calf. Philadelphia, 1779. $25.00 By Gouveneur Morris. Very scarce. 805 MORRIS, GOUVERNEUR. Diary and Letters. Edited by Anne Gary Morris. Portraits. 2 vols., 8vo, original cloth, uncut, t. e. g. 1888. $12.50 806 MORRIS, MARGARET. Private Journal Kept during a portion of the Revolutionary War, for the Amusement of a Sister, ^to, half morocco, uncut. New York, 1865. $35.00 Extra illustrated by the insertion of two water-color portraits. Only 50 copies printed of which 12 including this copy had a preface by Shea and two title-pages. 152 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS OF THE FINANCIER OF THE REVOLUTION 807 MORRIS, ROBERT. A. L. S. 3 pages, 4to. Philadelphia, June 18, 1779. To Committee of Complaints. $120.00 His draft of his letter refusing to give any information about flour he had purchased for "his most Christian Majesty," as he con- sidered himself as merely an employee, and had no right to divulge the business of his employer. There had been a meeting in the State House yard, at which Morris was accused of speculating in the bread stuffs of the country, and this is his first answer to these accusations. "I am honored with a letter from your Sec'y pro. tempore Mr. Alex Boyd, excusing my personal Attendance on the Committee but requesting me to lay before you at 10 O'clock tomorrow fore-noon or sooner if Convenient, 'The original Instruction or Agreements by Virtue whereof, I am purchasing for his Most Christian Majestys Agent, an account of the Quantities so purchased and Contracted for, & information by what Conveyance & to what places or Stores said flour is Collected, and from what places in the Country it has been & is now brought.' " See also under Thomas Paine. 808 MORRIS, ROBERT. A. L. 11 pages, folio. $135.00 A rough draft of his address to the citizens of Pennsylvania, caused by accusations being made against his character in the office of treasurer, which he was then filling. It seems that there was a meeting held by some citizens in the yard of the State House at which time there were accusations made that Mr. Morris was speculating in the food-stuffs of the country, and this was taken up by Congress, and a committee appointed, consisting of Tom Paine, Chas. Willson Peale, and several others, to investigate the affair. In this address Mr. Morris proves his innocence, and also proves that the grounds for the people's suspicion was caused by him purchasing supplies for the King of France. See also under Thomas Paine. 809 MORRIS, ROBERT. A. L. S. with initials, 4 pages, 4to. Philadelphia, March 29, 1779. To President Jos. Reed. $50.00 His draft of his letter to Jos. Reed denying a fancied affront to him and laying stress on his services to his country. 810 [MORSE, JEDIDIAH.] A Description of the Soil, Pro- ductions, Commercial, Agricultural and Local Advantages of the GEORGIA WESTERN TERRITORY : together with a Summary and impartial View of the Claims of Georgia and of the United States to this Territory, . . . Illus- trated WITH A NEW AND CORRECT MAP (engraved by Cal- lender). 12mo, half calf. Boston: Thomas & Andrews, 1797. $37.50 811 MORSE, JEDIDIAH. A Report to the Secretary of War of the United States on Indian Affairs, comprising a Nar- rative of a Tour Performed in the Summer of 1820. POR- TRAIT AND MAP. 8vo, original hoards, uncut. New Haven : 1822. $9.00 "The most complete and exhaustive report of the condition, num- bers, names, territory and general affairs of the Indians ever made." Field. 153 A CELEBRATED ORATION ON GENERAL WARREN 812 MORTON, PEREZ. An Oration Delivered at the King's Chapel in Boston, April 8, 1776 on the Re-Interment of the Remains of the Most Worshipful Grand Master JOSEPH Warren, who was Slain at Bunker's Hill, June 17, 1775. Quarto, in half red morocco slip case. Philadelphia, John Dunlap, 1776. $55.00 The rarest of all the editions of this famous "Masonic" oration on General Warren. We cannot trace the sale of a copy at auction. 813 MOUNTGOMERY, SIR ROBERT. A Discourse con- cerning the design'd Establishment of a new Colony to the South of Carolina, in the most delightful Country of the Universe. Plan. 8vo, full calf, gilt edges, by Pratt, a few catchwords cut into. London, 1717. $55.00 Some copies have an appendix of 2 leaves but it is lacking from most copies including this. A scheme for settling a tract of land granted by the proprietors of Carolina to Sir Robert Mountgomery who called it the Margravate of Azilia it was later the Colony of Georgia. This copy has the rare plan of the Margravate of Azilia usually missing. 814 MUHLENBERG, PETER, GENERAL. A. L. S., 2pp. folio. With address and frank. Cumberland Court House, July 1, 1782. To General Greene. $26.50 Fine specimen. Has written four times and has not been hon- oured with a line; writes about militia affairs and gives the news from the North. — "The French troops are leaving the State & one Thousand Militia are Ordered out to Garrison York & Hampton. A report prevails in Richmond & is credited that The Marquise de la Fayette is arrived with 5 or 7 ships of the Line & 3000 land forces, & that General Washington has taken 600 of the Enemy, who were out on a foraging party, but there are no official Accounts of either." 815 MULLER, HERMANN GERHARD. Oregon und seine Zukunft. 12mo, original paper covers. Coin und Leipzig, 1872. $4.00 816 MUNRO, ROBERT. A description of the Genesee coun- try, in the State of New York . . to which is added, an appendix, containing a description of the military lands. 8vo, fidl polished calf. New York : 1804. $21.00 817 NARBOROUGH, SIR JOHN. An Account of Several Late Voyages & Discoveries to the South and North, to- wards the Streights of Magellan . . By Sir John Nar- borough, Captain Jasmen Tasmen, Captain John Wood, and Frederick Marten of Hamburgh . . 8vo, old calf. Lon- don: 1694. $25.00 154 818 NAVAL. Britannia Triumphant; or, an Account of the Sea-Fights and Victories of the English Nation. Engraved Portraits. 8vo, polished blue calf, gilt edges. London, 1767. $38.00 With the rare portraits of Generals Townshend, Amherst, Monck- ton, Carleton, James Wolfe, Admiral Boscawen, etc. This is one of the truest accounts of naval affairs during the Old French War. 819 NAVAL. American Naval Battles. Being a Complete History of the Battles fought by the Navy of the United States from its Establishment in 1794 to the Present Time. With twenty-one elegant engravings. 8vo, sheep, Bos- ton, 1831. $7.50 820 NAVAL TEMPLE, THE. Containing a Complete His- tory of the Battles fought by the Navy of the U. S. Illus- trated with full-page engravings. 8vo, sheep. Boston, 1816. $12.00 Very scarce and of unusual interest. WITH EARLY MAPS OF NEVADA 822 NEVADA. Prospectus of the Harmony Gold and Silver Mining Co. of Nevada. By M. Milleson. With maps and views. 8vo, original paper covers, New York. [1864.] $12.50 823 NEVADA. Prospectus of the Commonwealth Silver Mining Co. of Nevada. 8vo, original paper covers. New York, 1865. $12.50 824 NEVADA. For Private Distribution only. Toiyabe Silver Mining Co., Austin, Reese River District, Nevada. 8vo, original paper covers. Phila., 1866. $12.50 825 NEVADA. Charter, By-Laws, Superintendent's Report, and Statement of the Affairs of the Quinterro Mining Com- pany. 8vo, original paper covers, Doylestown, 1868. $9.00 826 NEWELL, REV. C. History of the Revolution in Texas, particularly of the War of 1835 & '36; together with the latest Geographical, Topographical and Statistical Ac- counts of the Country. Folding map. 12mo, original cloth. New York : 1838. $13.50 A fine copy. 827 NEW ENGLAND MISSISSIPPI LAND COMPANY. Articles of Association and Agreement ... as amended, March 12. 1798, February 19. 1802, and June 13, 1814. 8vo, sewed, imcut. N. p., n. d. [1814.] $35.00 155 ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS ON NEW ENGLAND 828 NEW ENGLAND. A briefe Relation of the Discovery and PLANTATION OF NEW ENGLAND : and of Sundry accidents therein occurring, from the yeere of our Lord M.dc.vii. to this present M.dc.xxii. Small Uo, green levant morocco, gilt, gilt edges, by Riviere. London, Printed by John Haviland, 1622. $2850.00 One of the most important of the early books on new Eng- land, AND EARLY NEW YORK. Of the utmost rarity. ONE OF THE RAREST BOOKS ON THE INDIANS OF NEW ENGLAND 829 NEW ENGLAND. An Act for the Promoting and Pro- pagating the Gospel of Jesus Christ in New England. Lon- don: Printed for Edward Husband, 1649. Black letter. 8vo, green crushed levant morocco extra, the sides beauti- fully tooled in the Grolier style, watered-silk fly-leaves, by Pratt. $385.00 This Act creating the "Corporation for the propagation of the Gospel Among the INDIANS OF NEW ENGLAND" was passed by Parliament July 27, 1649, through the instrumentality of Edward Winslow, who was then in London. IT IS OF EXCESSIVE RARITY, ONLY A FEW COPIES BEING KNOWN. THE STATE OF NEW ENGLAND IN 1675 880 NEW ENGLAND. THE PRESENT STATE OF NEW ENGLAND, With respect to the Indian War. Wherein is an Account of the true Reason thereof, (as far as can be Judged by Men). Together with most of the Remarkable Passages that have happened from the 20th of June, till the 10th of November, 1675. Faithfully Composed by a Merchant of Boston, and Communicated to his Friend in London. Small folio, unbound, uncut. London, Printed for Dorman Newman, 1675. (Also) A CONTINUATION OF THE STATE OF NEW ENGLAND ; Being a Farther Account of the Indian Wars, And of the Engagement be- twixt the Joynt Forces of the United States Colonies and the Indians, on the 19th of December, 1675. Folio, un- bound, uncut. London, Printed by T. M. for Dorman New- man, 1676. The two pieces in a cloth portfolio. $950.00 VERY FINE UNCUT COPIES of these excessively rare Indian War Narratives. WE CANNOT TRACE ANY OTHER COPIES IN THIS STATE. 156 THE ONLY COPY KNOWN OF AN AMERICAN POETICAL BROADSIDE 831 NEW ENGLAND. A Right Improvement of the right- eous Judgments of God, in a Few Meditations on the late Dreadful Storm which began on the 21 of October and has made great Desolation in BOSTON, SALEM, MARBLE- HEAD, and many other Places. Broadside. [Boston: 1743.] $135.00 The only copy KNOWN and an interesting example of e.\rly AMERICAN POETRY. Not mentioned by any bibliographer and no copy located in any library in America. AN UNKNOWN POETICAL BROADSIDE PRINTED IN BOSTON ON THE CAPTURE OF LOUISBURG 832 NEW-ENGLAND'S EBENEZER; Being a Brief and Plain Memorial of the Rise, Progress and Success of his Majesty's Forces in the LATE EXPEDITION AGAINST CAPE BRETON under the Conduct and Command of the Honourable Lieutenant General Pepperrell by Land and the Honourable Commodore Warren by Sea; Which Island with its stony Holds and Town of Louisbourg Thereon, was delivered up unto them the 17 Day of June, 1745. Broad- side, measuring I614 x ll^i inches. Boston: Printed for and Sold by Benjamin Gray at the North Side of the Dock- Market 1745. $535.00 THE ONLY COPY KNOWN. Not in Evans and not mentioned by any bibliographer. It is also an unknown example of early AMERICAN POETRY. At the top of the Broadside are wood-cut portraits of General Pepperrell and Commodore Warren, executed in America and among the unrecorded specimens of early colonial por- traiture. There are very few DATED Broadsides extant of this period. ONE OF THE RAREST BOOKS ON NEWFOUNDLAND 833 NEWFOUNDLAND. A Commission for the Well Gouverning of Our People Inhabiting in NEWFOUND- LAND ; or, Traffiquing in Bayes, Creekes, or Fresh Rivers there. Quarto, vellum. London, Imprinted by Robert Barker, 1633. $875.00 A volume of the highest degree of rarity. We cannot trace a COPY IN ANY OF THE GREAT SALES OF AMERICANA. Brinley, Menzies, Rice, Ives, Church, etc., were never able to secure this important book on Newfoundland. See under Mason and Peckham for other Important books on this country. 834 NEW HAMPSHIRE. A Constitution, containing a Bill of Rights, and Form of Government, Agreed upon by the Delegates of the People of the State of New Hampshire, in Convention, Held at Concord, on the first Tuesday of June, 1783. 12mo, lialf calf, gilt top, uncut. Portsmouth, N. H., 1783. $35.00 157 835 NEW HAMPSHIRE. Articles in addition to and amendment of the Constitution of the State of New Hamp- shire, agreed to by the Convention of said State, and sub- mitted to the People thereof for their approbation. 8vo, sewed original covers, uncut. Exeter, New Hampshire, Henry Ranlet, 1792. $35.00 The number of votes recorded for and against each article are written in the margin and a certificate signed by the Town Clerk of New Ipswich is at the end. 835a ANOTHER EDITION. 8vo, setved, uncut Dover, E. Ladd, 1792. $35.00 RARE NEW JERSEY BOOKS 836 NEW JERSEY. A Bill in the Chancery of New Jersey, at the Suit of John, Earl of Stair, and others . . . against Benjamin Bond, and some other Persons of Eliza- beth-Town distinguished by the Name of the Clinker pot Right Men. With three large colored Maps, done from Copper-Plates. Folio, half sheep, in half levant slip case. Printed by James Parker, in New York, 1747. Pp. 124, 39. $150.00 The Crane copy sold in 1912 for $250.00. Unusually fine copy in contemporary binding. THE PLEA AND ANSWER OF THE PROPRIETORS OF NEW JERSEY 837 NEW JERSEY. Plea and Answer of William, Earl of Stirling and others, Proprietors of East New Jersey, to John Hunt's Bill in Chancery. Folio, original covers in cloth case. Pp. 38, (10), covers containing page of errata in front and Hunt against Stirling on the back. New York, John Holt, 1770. $325.00 Very rare in such fine condition, and probably unique with the page of errata. 838 NEW JERSEY. The Grants, Concessions, and Original Constitutions of the Province of New Jersey. By Aaron Learning and Jacob Spicer. 8vo, old calf, Philadelphia. W. Bradford, n. d. [1758.] $37.50 The largest work issued from the press of William Bradford. 839 NEW JERSEY. A Concise View of the Controversy between the Proprietors of East and West Jersey. 12mo, sewed, uncut. Philadelphia, Hall and Sellers, 1785. $35.00 Relates to the Boundary Dispute. 158 840 NEW JERSEY. The Public Laws of New Jersey, since Paterson's Revision, with a Concise Index and Occasional References Compiled and Printed by James J. Wilson. 12mo, half morocco. Trenton, 1805. $135.00 Isaac Mickle's copy with autograph on title. Of excessive rarity, we cannot trace the sale of another copy. 841 NEW ORLEANS. Plan of the City and Suburbs of New Orleans from an actual Survey made in 1815 by L Tanesse. 23 1/8 yi 15 3/U inches. Published by Charles Del Vecchio of New York, April 29, 1817 and by P. Maspero of New Orleans. $35.00 THE ONLY COPY KNOWN OF ONE OF THE EARLIEST NEWPORT IMPRINTS 841a NEWPORT ALMANAC. Leed's 1731. The American Almanac For the Year of Christian Account, 1731. 12mo, sewed, in a full morocco solander case. Printed for, and Sold by Daniel Ayrault and Edward Nearegreas at New- port, 1731. $565.00 THE ONLY KNOWN COPY OF ONE OF THE EARLIEST ALMANACS PUBLISHED IN RHODE ISLAND. The Library of Congress possesses an almanac printed in Newport in 1728, also the only known example of which Mr. George Parker Winship has issued an atti'active re- print, Daniel Ayrault and Edward Nearegreas were booksellers in Newport early in the Eighteenth Century and this is one of the few known examples with their imprint. This is one of the most desir- able Newport and Rhode Island items that has ever been offered for sale. A Newport almanac brought $525.00 at auction recently. NEW NETHERLANDS, OLDEST NEW YORK AND COLONIAL NEW YORK 842 NEW YORK. Historical documents of the greatest im- portance, relating to the early history of New York, com- prising : Two A. LI. S. of Johannes Bogaert, containing an account of his voyage to America, from his departure from Holland to his arrival at Long Island ; the capitulation of Fort Casimir, references to famous people ; both these let- ters are unknown to O'Callaghan and Brodhead ; the letter of Samuel Maverick, being the earliest to announce the Surrender of the Dutch of New Amsterdam ; the Official Contemporary Transcript of the Surrender OF New Netherlands; A. LI. S. of the various Royal Governors ; Indian Deeds ; and much other material of the utmost value and importance. Bound in blue crushed levant morocco by Riviere, accompanied by 14 rare maps, views and portraits. $12,500.00 Full particulars upon application. 159 ONE OF THE RAREST BOOKS ON EARLY NEW YORK AND THE FIRST BOOK IN ENGLISH DEALING SOLELY WITH THE PROVINCE 843 NEW YORK. The Second Part of the Tragedy of Am- boyna : or, a True Relation of a Most Bloody, Treacherous, and Cruel Design of the Dutch in the New Netherlands in America. Small Uo, hoards, leather hack, in red levant solander case. London. Printed for Thomas Matthews, 1653. $3,500.00 The earliest book in English relating solely to new york. Only four copies known. 1. Mr. Huntington's copy from the Murphy-Kalbfleisch-Church collections. 2. The British Museum copy. 3. Mr. Henry F. De Puy's copy. 4. The present copy. In the introduction to the facsimile made by Mr. De Puy and de- scribed below the story of this important tract is entertainingly told. 844 NEW YORK. The Second Part of the Tragedy of Am- boyna . . . 8vo, hoards, uncut. First Printed at Lon- don, 1653 and Reprinted at New York, 1915. $3.75 Facsimile reproduction. Only 95 copies privately printed for Mr. Henry F. DePuy, with an introduction by this eminent scholar and collector. 845 NEW YORK. Sommiere Amteyckeninge ende Deductie ingestelt By de Gedeputeerden vande Ho: Mog: Heeren Staten Generael der Vereenighde Nederlanden op de lest ingrediende Memorie Van den Heere George Downing . . . Small Uo, half morocco. Graven-Hage 1665. $50.00 Eemarks and statements regarding the Dutch and English War, the Dutch title to New Netherlands and matters relating to the surrender of New Netherlands to the English. The "Memorie van de Heere George Downing," has separate title and pagination. AN UNKNOWN NEW YORK BOOK AND AN EARLY ACCOUNT OF TRAVELS IN AMERICA 846 NEW YORK. God's Mighty Power Magnified as Mani- fested and Revealed to his Faithful Handmaid Joan Vokins, who departed this Life the 22nd of the 5th Month, 1690. 12mo, polished calf, gilt edges. London: Printed for Thomas Northcott, 1691. $565.00 Damn rare! After a thorough search we have failed to trace another copy of this important and unknoAvn volume of early Amer- ican TRAVEL. The author was a Quaker preacher and she gives a minute account of her peregrinations. She arrived in New York on March 3, 1680, and after remaining several months she journeyed to Rhode Island and then to East Jersey and Pennsylvania, etc. There is a letter "For Friends at Gravesend in Long Island" and another "Epistle to Friends of New York and there-away." 160 PRINTED BY WILLIAM BRADFORD 847 NEW YORK. An Ordinance for Regulating and Estab- lishing Fees, By his Excellency Robert Hunter. Small folio, unbound, in half levant morocco, slip case. [New York: William Bradford, 1710.] Pp. 12. $85.00 848 ANOTHER COPY of this ordinance, the 20-page issue. $85.00 849 NEW YORK. An Ordinance for Regulating the Record- ing of Deeds and other Writings. By his Excellency Wil- liam Burnet. Small folio, unbound, in half levant slip case. [New York: William Bradford, 1723.] Pp. 2. $85.00 850 NEW YORK. Acts of Assembly Passed from 1691 to 1725. Folio, half blue morocco. New York : William Brad- ford, 1726. $250.00 A fine copy of this Bradford revision, with three very rare ordi- nances added. 851 NEW YORK. Lex Parliamentaria : Or, a Treatise of the Law and Custom of the Parliaments of England. By G. P. 12mo, original sheep in half morocco slip case. New York : William Bradford, 1716. $65.00 A copy, not so fine, sold at auction in December, 1917, for $100.00. PRINTED BY ZENGER 852 NEW YORK. The Complaint of James Alexander and William Smith to the Committee of the General Assembly of the Colony of New York, etc. Small folio, unboimd, uncut, in half morocco case. [New York: John Peter Zenger, 1735]. Pp.19. $175.00 Very rare, especially in such pristine uncut condition. LIVINGSTON'S RARE NEWSPAPER 853 NEW YORK. The Independent Reflector. From Nov. 30, 1752 (No. 1) to Nov. 22, 1753 (No. 52). All published. Folio, original boards. New York: Printed by J. Parker, 1752-3. $240.00 By William Livingston. Very rare, as an effort was made at the time to suppress it. James Parker refused to print it after the first year, and no other printer had the courage to continue it. It is an attack against various abuses, and it is no wonder it was issued with- out disclosing the author! Collation: pp. 1-212. THE FIRST IDEA OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE 854 NEW YORK. A General Idea of the Colleore of Mirania, with a Sketch of the Method of teaching Science and Reli- gion, in the several Classes, and Some Account of its Rise, 161 854 NEW YORK— Continued. Establishment and Buildings. [By William Smith] 12mo, blue morocco, tooled, t. e. g. New York : Printed and Sold by J. Parker and W. Weyman, 1753. $125.00 On the opening of Columbia College, New York. The verses spoken at the opening appear on pp. 5-7. A copy sold at auction for $140.00 in 1899. PROBABLY UNIQUE 855 NEW YORK. List of His Majesty's Land Forces in North America, with The Rank of the Officers in the Regiment and Army. Carefully corrected to April, 1761. 8vo, original paper covers, in a half levant morocco slip case. New York: Printed by JAMES PARKER AND COMPANY; for JAMES RIVINGTON, Bookseller and Stationer, over against the Golden Key in Hanover Square, 1761. $325.00 WE CANNOT TRACE THE EXISTENCE OF ANY OTHER COPY. Evans mentions one printed in New York by Hugh Gaine, but does not know of the above. On the inside of the front cover is the list of the staff officers serving in North America. This was Robert Melville's copy with his autograph. ONE OF THE RAREST BOUNDARY DISPUTE PAMPHLETS 856 NEW YORK-MASSACHUSETTS. A Conference Be- tween the Commissaries of Massachusetts Bay and the Commissaries of New York at New Haven in the Colony of Connecticut, 1767. Quarto, sewed, enclosed in a red morocco slip case. Boston : Richard Draper, 1768. $325.00 This is the extremely rare issue containing the Appendix. Colla- tion: "Conference," etc., pp. 1-28; Appendix, "Assembly-Chamber, City of New York, Nov. 27, 1767," pp. 1-10. See also under Thomas Hutchinson, "The Case of the Provinces of Massachusetts Bay and New York Respecting the Boundary Line," Boston, 1764. THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT COMMISSION FOR SETTLING THE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY. 857 NEW YORK. The Original Exemplification of a Com- mission from King George the Third, granting authority for certain commissioners to settle the boundary in dispute between the Province of New York and New Jersey. Date July 20, 1769. A closely-written Document on Parchment, signed by Gov. Henry Moore, of New York, and the Com- missioners of New York and New Jersey. Large folio, with fine impression of the Great Seal of New York. $1200.00 This highly important historical Document is really the commission for settling the boundary dispute between New York and New Jersey, and appointing as com,missioners John Temple, Surveyor General of 162 Customs, for the Northern District of America; Peter Randolph, Sur» veyor General for the Southern District of AmeHca, and Chas. Stewart, Surveyor General of Customs for the District of Quebeck; Andrew Elliott, Receiver General for Quit Rents in the Province of New York; Chambers Russell, Judge of the Court of Vice Admiralty for the Province of Massachusetts Bay; Chas. Morris, Surveyor of Lands, and one of the Council for the Province of Nova Scotia; Pay ton Randolph, Surveyor General of Lands for the Northern District of America; William De Brahm, Surveyor General for the Southern District of America; Andrew Oliver, Secretary of the Province of Massachusetts Bay; Charles Morris, Surveyor of Lands and one of the Council for the Province of Nova Scotia; Samuel Holland, Attorney General and one of the Council for the Province of Virginia; Benjamin Franklin, of th« Province of Pennsylvania, and Jared IngersoU, of the colony of Con- necticut. The Document is Signed by Henry Moore, Governor of New York, at Fort George, July 20, in the eighth year of the Reign of George in. {1769), and is attested to by Clarke, of the Secretary's Office.^ It is also endorsed on the back at the end of a notice of the first meeting, by Henry Holland, William Bayard, Benj. Kissam, Jno. Morrin Scott, four of the Agents appointed by the Province of New York, and John Stevens, Walter Rutherford, James Parker and Henry Cuyler, four of the Agents appointed by the province of New Jersey. The first meet- ing was held at New York, July 18, 1769. A similar document sold in the Crane Sale, in 1913, for $2600.00. 858 NEW YORK. The Distress'd Pair, or the Affecting HiV tory of Mr. and Mrs. Benbrooke, of the city of NEW YORK in America. 12mo, half morocco. London : Printed in the year, 1775. $35.00 A rare and curious tale of counterfeiting in Colonial New York. 859 NEW YORK. The Deed of Settlement of the Mutual Insurance Company, for INSURING HOUSES FROM LOSS BY P'IRE IN NEW YORK. Vignette, Uo, unbound, in cloth case. New York : Printed by William Norton, 1787. $285.00 Very rare. The engraving on the title is by Maverick and repre- sents a fire engine in action. Unknown to Sabin. Mentioned by Evans, who does not locate a copy. Apparently only one other copy sold at public auction. NEW YORK REFUSES TO ACCEPT THE CONSTITU- TION OF THE UNITED STATES. One of the Greatest New York Documents. 860 NEW YORK. CLINTON, GEORGE. Brev.-Mai. Genl. in the Revolutionary War. L. S. 3 pages, Uo. In Conven- tion at Poughkeepsie, State of New York, July 26, 1788. To the Governor of South Carolina. $650.00 A wonderful historical letter giving New York's reason for not wishing to sign the Federal Constitution, and asking South Carolina, with the other States, to join them in taking effectual measures for calling another Convention for the purpose of amending the Consti- tution. "We, the members of the Convention of this State have deliberately and maturely considered the Constitution proposed for the_ United States. Several articles in it appear so exceptionable to a majority of us that nothing but the fullest confidence of obtaining a Revision of them by a General Convention, and an mvmcible Reluctance to sepa- 163 860 NEW YORK. CLINTON, GEORGE— Continued. rating from our Sister States, could have prevailed upon a sufficient number to ratify it, without stipulating for previous Amendments, we all unite in opinion that such a Revision will be necessary to recom- mend it to the Approbation and Support of a numerous body of our Constituents, we observe that Amendments have been proposed, and are anxiously desired by several of the States as well as by this, and we think it of great Importance that eflfectual Measures be immediately taken for calling a Convention to meet at a period not far remote, for we are convinced that the Apprehensions and discontents which these Articles occasion, cannot be removed or allayed, unless an Act to pro- vide for it, be among the first that shall be passed by the new Congress," &c. Signed by Geo. Clinton, as PRESIDENT OF THE CONVENTION. 861 NEW YORK. The Debates and Proceedings of the Con- vention of the State of New York, assembled at Poughkeep- sie on the 17th June, 1788. To deliberate and decide on the Form of Federal Government, recommended by the General Convention at Philadelphia, on the 17th September, 1787. Taken in Short Hand. 12mo, half red levant morocco. New York : Francis Childs, 1788. $37.50 862 NEW YORK. BROOKLYN. An Act to incorporate and vest certain Powers in the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the Village of Brooklyn, in the County of Kings. 8vo, half , morocco. Brooklyn: A. Spencer, 1816. $65.00 This foundation-stone in the history of Brooklyn is of a high degree < of rarity, only a few copies having been sold in the last fifty years. 863 NEW YORK. Watson, John F. Historic Tales of Olden Time: Concerning the Early Settlement and Advancement of New York City and State. Illustrated with Plates. 16mo, half morocco. New York: Collins & Hannay, 1832. $15.00 Extremely rare. This copy contains the lithographic views in fine condition. 864 NEW YORK. Account of the Terrific and Fatal Riot at the New-York Astor Place Opera House on the Night of May 10th, 1849 ; with the Quarrels of Forrest and Macready, in- cluding all the Causes which led to that awful tragedy . . (Frontispiece.) 8vo, half red morocco. New York: Ran- ney, 1849. $4.00 865 NEW YORK. Anthology of New Netherland or Transla- tions from the Early Dutch Poets of New York, with Memoirs of their Lives, by Henry C. Murphy. Portrait AND Facsimile. Large 8vo, half morocco, gilt top, uncut. New York : Bradford Club, 1865. $12.50 Only 125 copies printed. 164 EARLY VIEWS OF NEW YORK 866 NEW YORK. Novi Belgii Nov^que Anglic nee non Partis Virginise Tabula, multis in locis emendata a Nicolas Joannes Visschero. With the View of New York City. Pub- lished about 1651. $150.00 A very fine copy. The rare first issue, with Nicolas Joannis Visschera engraved on the map. 867 NEW YORK. Totius Neo Belgii Nova et Accuratisima Tabula. Apud Reinier et Josua Ottens. With the View of New York City. Published about 1680. $100.00 868 NEW YORK. Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae nee non Partis Virgiiiiae Tabula multis in locis emendata per Nicolaum Visscher. With the View of New York City. About 1680. $75.00 869 NEW YORK. Totius Neobelgii Nova et Accuratisima Tabula. Typis Caroli Allard. Amsterdam, 1685. With the View of New York City. $125.00 870 NEW YORK. Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae nee non Pennsylvanise et partis Virginias Tabula multis in locis emendata a Justo Danckers. With the View of Neio York City. About 1685. $50.00 871 NEW YORK. Recens Edita totius Novi Belgii delineatio cura et sumtibus Tob. Conr. Lotteri. With the Vietv of New York City. Published about 1685. $65.00 872 NEW YORK. Novi Belgii Novaeque Angliae nee non Partis Virginas Tabula multis in locis emendata per Nicolaum Visscher Nunc apud Petr. Schenk, Jun. With the View of New York City. About 1685. $75.00 873 NEW YORK. Recens Edita totius Novi Belgii, delineatio cura et sumptibus Matthaei Seutteri, Sac. Caes. Maj. Geo- f^raphi August Vind. With the View of Neiv York City. Published about 1690. $65.00 874 NEW YORK CITY. Nieu Amsterdam, een Stedeken in Noord Amerikaes. E^igraved by Pet. Schenk. Published about 1702. Size 12Vi. x lOV^ inches. $67.50 A very brilliant impression of this rare view, with large margin*. The Holden copy (No. 1615) brought $95.00. 875 NEW YORK. City of New York, Quebec, City of Mexico and Fall of Niagara. Four views on one large folio sheet. About 1740. $45.00 165 876 NEW YORK. Map of the Province of New York with Part of Pensilvania and New England. By Captain Mon- tresor. On 2 large folio sheets. London : 1775. $30.00 877 NEW YORK. An Accurate Plan of the Country Between New York and Philadelphia. Size, 71/2 x 11% inches. Lon- don: Pyle, 1777. $30.00 An interesting and rare road map, published during the Revolution. 878 NEW YORK. Map of Long Island Sound, showing Oyster and Huntingdon Bays, with Separate Vignette of Hell Gate. Size, 31 by 22i/> inches. London: J. W. F. DesBarres, 1778. $65.00 879 NEW YORK. A Chart of New York Harbour with the Soundings, Views of Land Marks and Nautical Directions, for the Use of Pilotage, Composed from Surveys and Obser- vations of Lieutenants John Knight, John Hunter of the Navy and Others. Size, 25 x 33 inches. London : J. F. W. Des Barres, 1779. With two colored Vignettes Showing Views of Bond Hollow and Mount Pleasant. $100.00 880 NEW YORK. A Chorographical Map of the Province of New York. By Claude Joseph Sauthier. On three large sheets each 25 x 55 inches. London : Faden, 1779. $90.00 881 NEW YORK. 1849. Colored Lithograph. 27% x 18 7-16 inches. Drawn from Nature and on Stone. By C. Bachman. Lith. of Sarony & Major, 117 Fulton Street, New York. (Copyright 1849, by J. Bachman.) New York: Published by John Bachmann, 5 Rector Street, New York. Framed in gilt frame. $75.00 Looking south from Union Square; fine copy of a rare view. 882 NEW YORK POST OFFICE. A pair of lithographs. 1. Front View of the New York Post 01!ice. 2. North Interior View of the New York Post OfRce. Located by Authority of the Hon. Charles A. Wickliffe, Post Master General. And arranged by John Lorimer Graham, Esq., Postmaster, Feb. 1st, 1845. Endicott's Lith.— No. 22, John Street, N. Y. 18 5-16 x 12% inches. $160.00 A complete set of three views includes the South Interior view and a set sold in the Percy R. Pyne, 2d, sale for $275.00. The rarest and most desirable of the three is the FRONT VIEW. 883 NEW YORK. Troy from Mount Ida. No. 12 of the Hud- son River Port Folio. Size, 17 1/2 by 25 inches. Engraved by I. R. Smith, finished by J. Hill. Colored impression. New York : Megarey, N. D. $30.00 166 884 NEW YORK. Troy, N. Y. Original Water Color View of "TROY on the Hudson, with a distant View of AL- BANY." Executed about 1815. In fine condition. Size 14 x 191/2 inches. $165.00 885 NEW YORK. Troy, N. Y. Original Water Color View of the "Mills at the back of Troy, with a View of Mount Ida Falls." Executed about 1815. Very fine. Size, 14 x 191/2 inches. $140.00 886 NEW YORK. A North West View of the Chohoes, or Great Cataract of the Mohawk River, in the Province of New York in North America. The Perpendicular Height of the Fall, 75 feet. Drawn on the Spot by Thos. Davies. Size, 141/2 by 20 inches. $10.00 887 NIAGARA. Visit to the Falls of Niagara in 1800. (By John Maude.) Fine views engraved on copper, PROOFS ON INDIA PAPER. 8vo, original cloth, paper label, entirely uncut. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Bro\\Ti & Green, 1826. $45.00 Large (imperial) Paper, with proof illustrations on India paper. ONLY FOUR COPIES PRINTED. 888 NICOLAY, C. G. The Oregon Territory : A Geographical and Physical Account of that Country and its Inhabitants, with Outlines of its History and Discovery. Frontispiece AND Map. 16mo, original cloth. London: 1846. $7.50 889 NININGER CITY. Ein Pamphlet von Ignatius Donnelly. Map of Minnesota and Plan of Nininger. 8vo, half red morocco. Philadelphia: 1856. $40.00 Very rare. 890 NORTH AMERICAN and the West Indian Gazetteer. Illustrated with Maps. 12mo, half morocco. London: 1776. $5.50 891 NORTH AMERICAN LAND COMPANY. Plan of Asso- ciation of the North American Land Company. Established February, 1795. 12mo, original paper covers. Philadelphia : R. Aitken & Son, 1795. $7.50 892 NORTH CAROLINA LAWS, 1773. A COMPLETE RE- VISAL OF ALL the acts of ASSEMBLY, of the province of NORTH-CAROLINA, NOW in force and use. Together with the titles of all such laws as are obsolete, expired, or repealed, with marginal notes and refer- ENCES, AND AN EXACT TABLE TO THE WHOLE. Small folio contemporary, undoubtedly original calf, rehiyiged and re- labeled, title-page and first leaf stained. Newbem : James Davis 1778. $375.00 167 892 NORTH CAROLINA— Continued. Collation — Title-page, 1 leaf; Dedication (2) pp.; The Second Char- ter (1665), pp.i-ix; Great Deed of Grant (1668), p.x; Laws (1715- 1771, Nov.), pp.1-510; Laws (1773, January to March), pp.511-566; Table (1715-1773), pp. (9); [Last paragraph of table, p.9, headed] Acts repealed or expired the last Session of Assembly. This volume to page 510 is the Author's (James Davis) second re- vision of the Laws of North Carolina (see Dedication). Pages 511 to 666 are the Session Laws of the 1773 Session, printed separately, and after the revision (the first 510 pages of this volume) had been printed. The "Table," however, covers both the "Revision" and the "Session Laws." Exceedingly rare. Apparently no copy sold at public sale since THE Brinley copy (1880). 893 NORTH CAROLINA. A Compleat Map of North Caro- lina from an Actual Survey. By Captn. Collet, Governour of Fort Johnston. Engraved by L. Bayly. Size, 31 by 44 inches. London: Hooper, 1770. $50.00 894 NORTH CAROLINA. Minutes of the Baptist Philan- thropic Missionary Society . . . the second Sunday in March, 1806. 8vo, unbound, uncut. 1806. $5.00 895 NORTH CAROLINA. Minutes of the North Carolina, Chowan Baptist Association . . . the 16th, 17th and 18th of May, 1806. 8vo, unbound, uncut. Edentown, 1806. $5.00 896 NORTHWESTERN TERRITORY. Letter from the Sec- retary of State, accompanying certain Laws of the North- Western and Indiana Territories of the United States, In pursuance of a Resolution of the House of the 24th ultimo. 8vo, unbound, uncut. 1802. $27.50 897 NORTHWESTERN TERRITORY. Report of the Com- mittee, Appointed on the 29th of January last, to whom was referred the Census of the Inhabitants of the Territory north west of the River Ohio. Svo, unbound, uncut. 1802. $110.00 Rare, with the folding table at end. THE RAREST CANADIAN LAWS. 898 NOVA SCOTIA. The Perpetual Acts of the General Assemblies of His Majesty's Province of Nova Scotia. Small folio unbound. Halifax, in Nova Scotia : Printed and Sold by Robert Fletcher, 1767. Pp. (25) , 206. Contains sessions from Oct. 2, 1758-Oct. 23, 1766, as called for in the Table. 168 Together with sessions from July, 1767- June, 1776, as follows: July, 1767, pp. 207-212. June, 1771, pp. 267-274. Oct., 1767, pp. 213-217. June, 1772, pp. 275-280. June, 1768, pp. 219-237. Oct., 1773, pp. 281-285. Oct., 1767, pp. 239-249. Oct., 1774, pp. 286-300. Oct., 1769, pp. 251-253. June, 1775, p. 301. June, 1770, pp. 255-265. Oct., 1775, pp. 303-314. June, 1776, pp. 315-320. Price of the collection. $2,400.00 Of the utmost rarity, especially with the extra sessions. We know of no other copy as complete as this. 899 NOVA SCOTIA. View of Fort Edward in Piziguit River, Nova Scotia, taken in the year 1753 by Capt. John Hamilton of his Majesty's 40th Regt. $105.00 A well-executed original water color drawing 17% x 9^4 inches. 900 NOVA SCOTIA. View of the Town & Fort of Annapolis Royal Nova Scotia taken on the spot by Capt. J. Hamilton of His Majesty's 40th Regt. foot. (1755) $105.00 A well-executed original water color drawing 13t'^ x 81^ inches. 901 NOVA SCOTIA. View of Fort Cumberland in Nova Scotia, taken from the French 1755 from a View taken on the Spot by Capt. J. Hamilton of his Majesty's 40th Regt. $105.00 A well-executed original water color drawing 1311 x 8 A inches. 902 NUTTALL, THOMAS. Journal of Travels into the Arkansa Territory during the Year 1819. With occasional Observations on the Manner of the Aborigines. Illustrated BY A (COLORED) MAP AND OTHER ENGRAVINGS. 8vo, half oUve morocco uncut, t. e. g. by Sangorski. Philadelphia: 1821. $25.00 George Bancroft's Copy, with his book-plate. Very rare. ONE OF THE RAREST AMERICAN MAPS 903 OHIO. Map of the Fire Land (of Ohio) From Actual Sur- vey of Almon Ruggles. Engraved by Amos Doolittle [1806] Folio. $265.00 One of two known copies, the other being in the Western Reserve Historical Society at Cleveland. This map was unknown to Stauffer, who in his American Engravers gives a list of the engravings of Doolittle but omits the above. It is not in the splendid collection of maps in the Library of Congress. The above is particularly valuable, as the owners of the various lots are indicated on the map in manu- script, which makes this copy UNIQUE. The map includes the lands belonging to the CONNECTICUT LAND COMPANY and the Indian claims as well. 904 OHIO. Map of the State of Ohio from actual Survey by Hough & Bourne. Engraved by H. S. Tanner. Size 50 by 169 904 OHIO — Continued. 45 inches. Folded in the original half red morocco case. Chillicothe, Ohio. Published May 1st, 1815. $110.00 An important map. Apart from the one in the Library of Congress we know of no other except the one here offered. 905 OHIO CANAL. Documents relative to a communication between Pittsburgh and the Ohio Canal. Map. 8vo, unbo2ind. Pittsburgh, 1833. $18.00 906 OHIO. KENYON COLLEGE. Laws of Kenyon College and Theological Seminary of Ohio. 8vo, unbound, uncut. Gambler, Ohio, 1833. $5.00 907 OHIO RIVER. Three Days on the Ohio River. By Father William. Plates. New York, 1854. $15.00 Very rare and curious. We cannot trace the sale of a copy of this little volume. 908 OLIO; or Satirical Poetic — Hodge-Podge, with An Illus- trative or Explanatory Dialogue, In Vindication of the Motive. 8vo, half morocco. Philadelphia, 1801. $7.50 Very rare. Not mentioned by Wegelin, An attack on Hamilton, Cobbett and Rush. 909 OREGON. A Book containing 23 stock certificates of "Oregon Settlement Stock," signed by J. M. Niel, President and R. P. Williams, Secretary. Printed in Boston, 1831. Endorsed on cover "Returned by [Hall J.] Kelley." for the lot $55.00 910 OREGON. A Book containing 22 Twenty Dollar Certifi- cates of the "Oregon Settlement Stock," under the auspices of the American Society for Encouraging the Settlement of the Oregon Teritory." for the lot $55.00 Very rare and interesting. 911 OYANGUREN DE SANTA INES, MELCHOR. Arte de la Lengua Japona, dividido en quarto libros. 4-to, original vellum. Mexico, 1738. $85.00 A rare grammar of a Mexican dialect. PAINE GIVES A FULL ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE AND SERVICES IN AMERICA AND MENTIONS HIS FINANCIAL DISTRESS THE MOST IMPORTANT PAINE LETTER EVER OFFERED FOR SALE 912 PAINE, THOMAS. Author of "The Rights of Man" and "Common Sense." A most Ardent Patriot, who contributed much towards the Success of the Revolution, and so acknowl- 170 edged by Washington. A. L. S. 4 pages, large folio. Phila- delphia, Feb. 20, 1782. To Robert Morris, with address. An important letter giving a full account of his life in the service of America, and mentioning his financial distress prior to his mission to France. $575.00 "It is upwards of seven years since I came to America and above six since I published Common Sense. My situation from the time of my becoming a public man has been exceedingly inconvenient, and nothing but the purest attachment to, and a natural affection for a Cause which I knew and felt to be right, and in which I found I could be usefull, could have held me so long and so invariably under such difficult circumstances; yet these I have carefully and constantly con- cealed because it could answer no service to the interest of America to represent her under the Character of ingratitude. I am sensible that he who means to do mankind a real service must set down with the determination of putting up, and bearing with all their faults, follies, prejudices and mistakes until he can convince them that he is right, and that his object is a general good, and I am persuaded, from your own experience, that you are of the same opinion. We have now got rid op two Traitors Arnold and Deane. and the' the event, so far as respects the latter, has proved me right, it has at the same time found nobody wrong, that they were alone in their Crimes every one must see, and thus, the mischief of their secret defection being remedied in their detection, the Minds, put asunder, by their contrivance, unite with ease, confidence and satis- faction. General Washington is the only person (except Col. Laurens) to whom I fully and unreservedly communicated my situation, and I was under a pressing necessity of doing it, I found my mind burthened and my situation difficult, and as sincerely as I wished the prosperity of a just Cause. I had it no longer in my power to go on as I had done. My reason for mentioning it to him in preference to any other, was, because his judgment or his friendship in the case, would, and must also be supposed to operate free and clear from himself, under no other influence than that of his own Mind. I am therefore under no difficulty of accepting the proposal, because I will know that it is not only out of friendship to me, but out of Justice to me, and without which I must be obliged to withdraw my mind from that line in which I can best serve the community, and apply myself to the thought of getting a livelihood, I have the honest pride of thinking and ranking myself among the founders of a New and Independent World, and I should suffer exceedingly to be put out of that track." Etc., etc. IN REFERENCE TO ROBERT MORRIS SPECULAT- ING IN FLOUR. 913 PAINE, THOMAS. L. S. folio. Philadelphia, May 26, 1779. Signed also by Timothy Matlack, David Rittenhouse, Charles Willson Peale and J. B. Smith. $185.00 A letter from the Committee appointed at a General To^vn Meeting in the State House Yard, May 25, 1776. This meeting was called to examine into the Cargo of the Ship "Victorieux," then in port from Baltimore, loaded with flour. Mr. Morris and others so controlled the sale of the flour that it virtually cornered that article, and caused a great rise in the price, and Robert Morris was accused of speculating in it. This letter commands Mr. Morris to appear before them and explain his action in the matter. 171 THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO EXAMINE INTO THE CHARGES AGAINST MR. MORRIS FOR SPECULATING IN FLOUR. 914 PAINE, THOMAS. L. S. 4 pages, folio. Philadelphia, July 21, 1779. To Robt. Morris. Signed also by Timothy Matlack, David Rittenhouse, Charles Willson Peale and J. B. Smith. To Robt. Morris, enclosing also a report, 6 pages, folio. Signed by Thos. Paine, Timothy Matlack, David Rit- tenhouse, Charles Willson Peale and J. B. Smith. $260.00 This letter is also in reference to the meeting mentioned in the preceding item, and says: "We received your favour of June 26th. inclosed in your subsequent letter of July 7th. and likev?ise the same published in Mr. Dunlaps paper of the 8th and in Bradfords paper of the 14th instant, Our rea- son for not waiting on you again is assigned by you, partly on account of your indisposition, and partly by the publication itself, because it was appealing not from a report, but prior to a report, and it was not any part of our intention to have published any report without first presenting you with the whole. Enclosed is the report we shall make to the Town-meeting on Monday next, and which we shall publish in the papers of Saturday, and think it our duty to furnish you with a copy thereof for your perusal, animadversion or explanation." The report is included, and glancing over it we find that the Committee while not accusing Mr. Morris of any wrong doing, are of opinion that he aided and abetted in a monopoly, and through his actions, made it impossible for Congress to purchase the Ship's Cargo for use of the Continent, at a price commensurate with the terms, and insinu- ate that Mr. Morris should have waived personal profits in the cause of the Colonies, or otherwise should not have entered into a speculation of the kind, particularly on account of honors which had been bestowed on him by the Public. These should have induced him to be more patriotic. See also under Robert Morris. PAINE ON THE TROUBLES WITH RHODE ISLAND. 915 PAINE, THOMAS. A. L. S. 2 pages, 4to. Second Street (Dec. 7, 1782). To Robt. Morris, v^ith address. _ $180.00 In reference to the Congressional deputation being sent to Rhode Island, and offering suggestions how to appease that State. "Understanding that Congress has appointed a deputation to Rhode Island, I transmit a thought on that subject Considering how unwilling Men are to recede from fixt opinions, and that they feel something like disgrace to being convinced, the way to obtain something is to give something. And as it is necessary in the present Case, to cast about for every proposition, Suppose R. I. was to pass the law for two years, providing that at the expiration of one year, a deputation from the legislatures of all the States were to meet, to confer on any inconveniences that the present state of the several Acts might be found to be encumbered with, and adjust a plan suitable to the circumstances of the whole The term of two years will carry our system beyond any present hope of the enemy, and the meeting or conference at the end of one year, may be a means of bringing about a more compact Union, and the States severally be eased in the mean time of every apprehension right or wrong." 172 916 PAINE, THOMAS. A. L. S. 4to. No date (circa 1780). To Robt. Morris, with address. $75.00 Mentioning that he will publish an article on the King's speech in the papers tomorrow. Very interesting patriotic letter. 917 PAINE, THOMAS. Rights of Man, Part the Second. Com- bining Principle and Practice . . 8vo, half morocco, uncut. London : H. D. Symond, 1792. $8.50 The Rare First Edition. 918 PAINE, THOMAS! Dissertation on the First Principles of Government; also his Speech to the Convention, July 7, 1795. 8vo, half morocco, uncut. Paris, 1795. $5.00 First Edition. 919 PAINE, THOMAS. Tom Paine's Jests ; being an entirely new and select Collection of Patriotic Bon Mots, Repartees, Anecdotes, Epigrams, Obser\'ations, etc., on Political Sub- jects. By Thomas Paine. 8vo, half morocco, gilt top, uncut. Philadelphia, Mathew Carey, 1796. $35.00 It is doubtful whether Paine had anything to do with this book or not, but it is one of the earliest American Jest-books. 920 PAINE, THOMAS. The Decline and Fall of the English System of Finance. 8vo, half morocco, uncut. Philadelphia, Benj. Franklin Bache, 1796. $5.00 921 [PAINE, THOMAS] . Look before ye Loup ; or, a healin' Sa' for the Crackit Crowns of Country Politicians, by Tarn Thrum, an auld weaver. 12mo, unbound, uncut. Philadel- phia, Thomas Dobson, 1798. $16.00 V/ritten in Scotch Dialect, a skit on Paine's "Rights of Man." One of the rarest items relating to the great patriot. 922 PALMER. PETER S. Histoiy of Lake Champlain from its first Exploration by the French in 1609 to the Close of the Year 1314. 8vo, cloth, uncut and unopened. Albany, J. Munsell, 1866. $8.50 923 PARSONS, J. AND McGREGORE, D. A Rejoinder to the Reverend Mr. Robert Abercrombie's late Remarks on a fair Narrative of the Proceedings of the Presb>i:ery of Bos- ton against himself, 12mo, sewed, uncut. Boston, Green and Russell, 1758. $7.50 173 THE 1831 EDITION OF PATTIE'S PERSONAL NARRATIVE. 924 PATTIE, JAMES 0. The Personal Narrative of James O. Pattie, of Kentucky, During an Expedition from St. Louis, through the Vast Regions between that Place and the Pacific Ocean, during Joumeyings of Six Years; in which He . . . suffered unheard of Hardships and Dangers, had various Conflicts with the Indians, and were made Cap- tives, in which Captivity his Father died; . . . Edited by Timothy Flint. Plates. 8vo, half morocco, gilt top, uncut. Cincinnati : John H. Wood, 1831. $175.00 Fine copy of the extremely rare first edition. The edition described below was generally considered the first and commanded almost equally high prices. Field only saw the 1833 edi- tion, of which he says: "The narrative of Pattie's expedition and captivity has more than the ordinary interest and value, which attaches to the stories of ad- ventures. . . He encountered tribes of Indians who then saw a white man for the first time, and his narrative has the merit of being given in a candid, unexaggerated style which impresses us with his veracity. . ." 925 THE SAME. 8vo, original half sheep. Cincinnati, E. H. Flint, 1833. $90.00 The second edition, generally considered as the first until the dis- covery of copies dated 1831 as described above. PAYNE'S RARE "LISPINGS OF THE MUSE." 926 PAYNE, JOHN HOWARD. (The American Roscius.) Lispings of the Muse. A Selection from Juvenile Poems, Chiefly written at and before the age of sixteen. 8vo, original grey paper ivrappcrs, uncut. Printed as a Testimony of Regard from the Author to his Personal Friends, 1815. $75.00 EXCESSIVELY RARE, as only a few copies were privately printed. A copy sold at auction for $140.00. £27 PAYNE, JOHN HOWARD. Memoirs of The Amer- ican Roscius : With Criticisms on His Actmg, in the Various Theatres of America, England and Ireland. Compiled from Authentic Documents. With Portrait. 8vo, original boards. London, 1815. $12.50 928 PEARSE, JAMES. A Narrative of the Life of James Pearse, in two parts. 12mo, original boards. Rutland. Vt., 1825. $45.00 Very rare. Contains a general account of his early life, and more particularly of five years' residence in the States of Mississippi and Louisiana, together with some account of that country, its inhabitants, climate and productions, designed for the use of men of ordinary life who wish to emigrate from the Northern and Western States. 174 929 PECK, WILLIAM DANDRIDGE. Natural History of the Slug Worm. FRONTISPIECE. 8vo, original paper covers. Boston, 1799. $10.00 ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AMERICAN BOOKS THE FIRST BOOK ON NEWFOUNDLAND. 930 PECKHAM, SIR GEORGE. A True Reporte, of the late discoveries and possession, taken in the right of the Crowne of Englande, of the Newfound Landes: By that valiant and worthye Gentleman, SIR HUMFREY GILBERT KNIGHT. Small 4to, full red levant morocco, gilt, inside borders gilt, in levant morocco solander case. London, Printed by I. C. for John Hinde, 1583. $6,500.00 Excessively rare. One of five known copies. Only two copies HAVE appeared IN THE AUCTION ROOM IN A CENTURY. The work contains five leaves of verses by various famous navi- gators of the time commending this treatise. Accompanying this copy, in a silk wrapper, is another copy of two of these leaves, a dif- ferent setting and containing one poem less. With the exception of Mr. Huntington's and Mr. Kalbfleisch's copy, now in the New York Public Library, there are no others in America. It is the only copy in existence showing the variations in the com- mendatory verses. A superb and unrivalled volume of Americana, to b« appreciated by the collector and revered by the scholar. 931 PEMBERTON, E. A Sermon Preach'd in New-Ark, June 12, 1744, at the Ordination of Mr. David Brainerd, a mission- ary among the INDIANS . . . WITH AN APPENDIX, TOUCHING THE INDIAN AFFAIRS. 8vo, half calf. Bos- ton : Rogers and Fowle, for J. Pemberton. 1744. $37.50 One of the rarest pamphlets relating to the American Indians. A RARE BOOK ON THE SIX INDIAN NATIONS. 932 [PEMBERTON, ISRAEL.] Several Conferences Between some of the principal People amongst the Quakers in Penn- sylvania and the Deputies from the SIX INDIAN NATIONS, in alliance with Britain . . 8vo, half morocco. New-Castle upon Tyne : 1754. $85.00 Extremely rare. 933 PENHALLOW, SAMUEL. The History of the Wars of New England with the Eastern Indians, or a Narrative of their continued Perfidy and Cruelty, from the 10th of Au- gust. 1703, to the Peace renewed 13th of July, 1713. And from the 25th of July, 1722. to their Submission 15th Decem- ber, 1725, which was ratified August 5th, 1726. Uo, cVth as new. Cincinnati: 1859. $5.00 A fine copy of this valuable reprint ; 175 BROADSIDE PROCLAMATION FOR THE ARREST OF WILLIAM I^ENN. 934 PENN, WILLIAM. A Proclamation ordering the Arrest and Detention of several People, including William Pen, Esq. "Given at our Court at Whitehall the Fourteenth Day of July 1690. In the Second Year of Our Reign God Save King William and Queen Mary." Broadside, folio. London: Charles Bill and Thomas Newcomb, 1690. $300.00 One of three known copies, of the other two, one is in the British Museum, and the other in Devonshire House. This is the only copy in America. WILLIAM PENN'S OWN COPY OF THE MAP OF NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND, USED IN SET- TLING THE BOUNDARY DISPUTE WITH MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW YORK 935 PENN, WILLIAM. Visscher, N. Novi Belgii Novseque Anglise Nee Non Partis Virginise Tabula. . . . Folio, folded to large 8vo, and bound in salmon levant morocco, by Pratt. N. D. N. P. (1651). $3750.00 WILLIAM PENN'S OWN COPY, containing the following inscrip- tion in his handwriting: "The Map by which the Privy Council 1685 settled the bounds between Lord Baltimore & I, and Maryland & Penn- sylvania & Territorys or annexed countys. W. P." One of the Most Interesting American Documents in Existence. The map itself is the first issue, containing the very rare early view of New York City engraved by Visscher in 1651. In addition to the re- markable note in Penn's autograph there are lines drawn by him on the map indicating the new boundaries. WITH THE FIRST ENGRAVED PLAN OF PHILADELPHIA 936 PENN, WILLIAM. A Letter from William Penn Pro- prietary and Governour of Pennsylvania in America, To The Committee of the Free Society of Traders. To which is added. An Account of the City of Philadelphia. With a Portraiture or Plat-form thereof. Folio, polished calf by W. Pratt. London, 1683. $580.00 With the very rare large folding plan of Philadelphia, by Thomas Holme, and the first engraved "platform" of the city. This copy lacks as usual the leaf of description. From the Huth collection. 937 PENN, WILLIAM. Missive van William Penn, Ey- genaar en Gouverneur van Pennsylvania. In America. Geschreven aan de Commissarissen van de Vrye Societeyt der Handelaars op deselve Provintie, binnen London resi- derende. . . Waar by noch gevoeght is een Beschrijving 176 van de Hooft-Stadt Philadelphia, etc. With the fine old FOLDING PLAN OF PHILADELPHIA. Ato, vellum, uncut. Am- sterdam : 1684. $200.00 With the early plan of the city of Philadelphia. 938 PENN, WILLIAM. A Letter to Mr. Penn with His Answer. 12mo, half morocco, uncut. London, Printed and Sold by T. Sowie, [1688]. $95.00 Especially rare, uncut. PENNELL'S LITHOGRAPHS OF THE PANAMA CANAL. 939 PENNELL, JOSEPH. A series of Original Lithographic views of the Panama Canal, EACH A signed artist's proof. The set contains 28 plates as enumerated below. $800.00 1. Colon: The American Quarter. 2. Mount Hope. 3. Gatun : Dinner Time. 4. The Guard Gate, Gatun. 5. Approaches to Gatun Lock. 6. End of the Day: Gatun Lock. 7. The Jungle: The Old Railroad from the New. 8. The Native Village. 9. The Cut at Bas Obispo. 10. In the Cut at Las Cascadas. 11. The Cut from Culebra. 12. The Cut: Looking Toward Culebra. 13. The Cut at Paraiso. 14. The Cut Looking Toward Ancon HilL 15. Laying the Floor of Pedro Miguel Lock. 16. The Gates of Pedro Miguel. 17. The Walls of Pedro Miguel. 18. Building Miraflores Lock. 19. Cranes: Miraflores Lock. 20. Walls of Miraflores Lock. 21. Official Ancon. 22. The City of Panama from the Tivoli Hotel, Ancon. 23. The Mouth of the Canal from the Sea. 940 PENNINGTON, JOHN. Certain certificates received from America, on behalf of Samuel Jennings, Tending to clear him from Scandals, Cast on him by George Keith, and others of his Opposers. 16mo, calf. London: Printed and sold by T. Sowle, 1695. $40.00 Extremely rare and interesting. 941 PENNSYLVANIA. The Laws of the Province of Penn- sylvania : Now in Force, Collected into One Volume. Pub- lished by Order of the General Assembly of the aforesaid Province. Sm. folio, old calf, rebacked. Phila.: Printed and sold by Andrew Bradford, 1728. Pp. (2), (4), 352. $125.00 Very fine copy. The second compilation of Pennsylvania laws. 177 CHARLES II'S SIGNED DECLARATION TO THE INHABITANTS OF PENNSYLVANIA CON- CERNING WILLIAM PENN 942 PENNSYLVANIA. D. S. of Charles II., being the Dec- laration to the Inhabitants of Pennsylvania, commanding them to yield Obedience to William Penn as Proprietor and Governor of Pennsylvania, dated Whitehall, April 2, 1681. Signed by the King. Large 4to, on vellum, with remains of seal, bound in levant morocco, ivith portraits and a facsimile of the original broadside issue. $4500.00 A most important document in the history of Pennsylvania. ONE OF TWO COPIES KNOWN OF THE FIRST CHARTER OF PENNSYLVANIA PRINTED IN AMERICA 943 PENNSYLVANIA. The Charter of Privileges granted by the Honourable William Penn, Esq., to the Freeholders and Inhabitants of Pennsylvania, October 28, 1701. Small folio, red levant morocco. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by Samuel Keimer, 1725. $3800.00 Hildeburn knew of but one copy, that in the Philadelphia Library Company. THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT PRINTED DOCUMENT IN THE HISTORY OF PENNSYL- VANIA. 944 PENNSYLVANIA. The Charters of the Province of Pen- silvania and City of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, 1742. Pp. 30. A Collection of All the Laws Of the Province of Pennsyl- vania: Now in Force. Published by Order of Assembly. Phila. : Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, 1742. Pp. 562. An Appendix; containing a Summary of such Acts of Assembly As have been formerly in Force within this Prov- ince, For Regulating of Descents and Transferring the Property of Lands, etc. But since expired, altered or re- pealed. Phila.: Printed by B. Franklin, 1742. Pp. iv, 24, xi. $45.00 In one volume, folio, calf (broken). 945 PENNSYLVANIA. The Charters and Acts of Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania. 2 vols, in 1, folio, old calf. Philadelphia, Printed by Peter Miller, 1762. Pp. (2), 21, 4, 164; (2), iii, 116, (2), 18, 32. $22.50 Fine copy with the rare errata. 178 JOHN PENN'S COPY. 946 PENNSYLVANIA. Votes and Proceeding-s of the House of Representatives of the Province of Pennsylvania. Begin- ning- the Fourth Day of December, 1682. Volume the First. — Volume the Sixth. Beginning the Fourteenth Day of October, 1767. [And] Journals of the House of Representa- tives . . . Beginning the twenty-eighth Day of Novem- ber, 1776, and Ending the second Day of October, 1781. 7 vols. Folio, old sheep, one volume in half sheep. Philadel- phia, 1752-1782. $600.00 A very fine set and rendered additionally interesting by the fact that the first five volumes bclonpred to John Penn, grandson of William Penn, and Lieut.-Governor of Pennsylvania. Each of these volumes bears his autograph on the title-page. The volumes are printed by various printers, as follows: Vol. 1. Dec. 4, 1682-June 11, 1707. B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1752. Pp. xxxviii, 164, xxix; (2), viii, 187. Vol. 2. Oct. 14, 1707-Aug. 6, 172G. B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1753. Pp. (2), 494. Vol. 3. Oct. 14, 1726-Aug. 11, 1744. B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1754. Pp. 591. Vol. 4. Oct. 15, 1744-Sept. 30, 1758. Henry Miller, 1774. Pp. (2), 856. Vol. 5. Oct. 14, 1758-Sept. 26, 1767. Menry Miller. 1775. Pp. (2), 560. Vol. 6. Oct. 14, 1767-Sept. 26, 1776. Henry Miller, 1776. Pp. (2), 766, (1). Journals, Vol. 1. Nov. 28, 1776-Oct. 2, 1781. John Dunlap, 1782. Pp. (2), 698, (1). A run like this is of great rarity. We have been unable to trace the sale of a copy as complete as this. A CELEBRATED STATE TRIAL 947 PENNSYLVANIA. In Chancery. Breviate. John Penn, Thomas Penn, and Richard Penn, Esqrs. ; Plaintiffs. Charles Calvert, Esq; Lord Baltimore in the Kingdom of Ireland, De- fendant. For the Plaintiffs. Upon a Bill to compell a Specifick Execution of Articles of Agreement entered into between the Partys for Settling the Boundarys of the Prov- ince of Pensilvania, the Three Lower Countys, and the Prov- ince of Maryland, etc. Large Uo, rough sheep. [London, 1742] $585.00 Fine copy of this very rare report on the most famous American State trial with the two rare maps. SESSION LAWS PRINTED BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 948 PENNSYLVANIA. An Act to enable the Inhabitants of the Borough of Lancaster, in the County of Lancaster, to raise Money on themselves, for supporting a Nightly Watch in the said Borough, and for other Purposes therein men- 179 948 PENNSYLVANIA— Continued. tioned. Folio, sewed, uncut, in half levant case. Philadel- phia: Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, 1765. Pp. (2), 431-448. Price on application. Very rare. In pristine condition, sewed, as issued. 949 PENNSYLVANIA. An Act for opening and better amending, and keeping in Repair, the public Roads and Highways within this Province. Folio, unbound, uncut, in half levant case. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, 1765. Pp. (2), 413-428. Price on application. Very rare. Especially uncut and sewed as issued. 950 PENNSYLVANIA. Papers in the Case of John Fother- gill and others, Trustees for the Pennsylvania Land Com- pr.ny in London against Christian Stover, as follows: The Appellants Case. Folio, 3 pp. Appendix to the Appellants Case. Folio, 3 pp. The Respondents case. Folio, 5 pp. [London, 1766]. 3 pieces, all unbound and uncut, folded, in half levant case. $375.00 The Appellants brought an Ejectment against the Respondent, in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, for a Tract of Land, a verdict was found for the Defendant, this is the Appeal. 951 PENNSYLVANIA. Several Proceedings in the two late Sittings of Assembly, on the Affairs of raising Money, Men, &c., for the Expedition now on foot against the Spanish West Indies. Pp. 10, folio, half calf, by Sangorski. 1740. $50.00 Mentions B, Franklin as Clerk of Assembly, 952 PENNSYLVANIA AND MARYLAND. The CASE of Messieurs Penn, and the People of Pensilvania . . in relation to a Series of Injuries and Hostilities made upon them, for several years past, by Thomas Cressap, and others, by the Direction and Authority of the Deputy-Governor of Maryland. Pp. 8, and map. Folio, half calf, by Sangorski. 1740. $85.00 Contains map of Lord Baltimore's own plan, annexed to the article of Agreement of May 10th, 1732. 953 PENNSYLVANIA BROADSIDE. The Case of the In- habitants in Pennsylvania. Folio, folded to Uo and bound in half calf, by Sangorski. (c. 1750.) $30.00 Regarding the circulation of paper-money in the Province and the injustice of the Mother-Country in this matter. 180 PENNSYLVANIA. Copies of the Lieutenant-Governor (Robert Hunter Morris) of Pensilvania, his Speeches to the Assembly, their addresses in answer thereto, and several Messages and Answers, between them. Pp. 22, folio, half calf, by Sangorski. 1754. $50.00 Relates to the putting of the Province in a state of defence against the incroachments of the French, and to the raising of the necessary supplies, the manner of raising which led to a long correspondence, and considerable friction between the Governor and the Assembly, from October 15, 1754, to January, 1755. THE FRENCH THREATEN TO INVADE THE OHIO COUNTRY 955 PENNSYLVANIA. Re The French Encroachments. Extracts from the Printed Votes of the Last Assembly which was held in Pennsylvania. Just before the present Lieu- tenant's-Govei-nor's arrival there. Folio, half calf, by San- gorski. 1754. $85.00 Relates to pressure put on the Assembly by Governor Hamilton to vote supplies to aid in repelling the threatened invasion of the French on the Ohio. ilO,000 was voted and considerable friction arose between the Governor and the Assembly as to the terms of raising that sum, which ended in the Assembly passing a resolution asserting their rights. Benjamin Franklin was one of the committee appointed to draft the Bill of supply. 956 PENNSYLVANIA. Copies of Several Publick Papers, which have passed in the Province of Pensilvania in the Month of November. Pp. 3, folio, half calf, by Sangorski. 1755. $80.00 Relating to means for suppressing the encroachments of the French in Maryland on Pennsylvania Territory: mentioning B. Franklin several times. 957 PENNSYLVANIA. An Answer to an Invidious Pam- phlet, intituled, A Brief State of the Province of Pennsyl- vania. Wherein are exposed the many false Assertions of the Author or Authors of the said Pamphlet, with a View to render the Quakers of Pennsylvania and their Government obnoxious to the British Parliament and Ministry. 8vo, full light calf, gilt, inside dentelle borders, gilt edges. London: S. Bladdon, 1755. $24.00 With bookplate of Henry Stevens. Rare. 958 ANOTHER COPY bound in half red morocco. London : 1755. $^4.00 959 PENNSYLVANIA. A Brief State of the Conduct of Pennsylvania for the year 1755, . . . Beinpr a Sequel to a late well-known Pamphlet intitled, A Brief State of Penn- sylvania. In a Second Letter to a Friend in London. 8vo, full calf. London : 1756. $37.50 By William Smith. 181 960 PENNSYLVANIA, A Brief State of the Province of Pennsylvania. 8vo, green wash calf, hand-tooled, uncut, with original wrappers hound in. New York: Reprinted for Joseph Sabin, 1865. $5.00 961 PENNSYLVANIA. Address to the Inhabitants of Penn- sylvania by those Freemen of the City of Philadelphia who are now confined in the Mason's Lodge. 12mo, half morocco. London: 1774. $15.00 962 PENNSYLVANIA. Rules for establishing Rank or Pre- cedence amongst the Pennsylvania Associators. 12mo, red levant. (Phila., 1775.) $30.00 A very rare Revolutionary pamphlet. 963 PENNSYLVANIA. The Constitution of the Common- wealth of Pennsylvania as established by the General Con- vention. Carefully compared with the original . . . 8vo, half morocco. Philadelphia: 1784. $7.50 964 PENNSYLVANIA. The Constitution of the Common- wealth of Pennsylvania. 8vo, unbound, uncut. Philadel- phia, Zachariah Poulson, 1790. $7.50 965 PENNSYLVANIA. The Address and Reasons of Dissent of the minority of the Convention of the State of Pennsyl- vania, to their Constituents. 2J!f pp., 12mo, sewed, uncut. N. p., n. d. [Philadelphia, 1787]. $35.00 An edition unknown to Evans. Relates to the Constitution of the United States. 966 PENNSYLVANIA. A manuscript, 29 pages, Uo, hound in half morocco, entitled "A Description of the State of Pennsylvania," written about 1800. $10.00 THE FIRST COMPLETE COPY EVER OFFERED FOR SALE 967 PENNSYLVANIA MAGAZINE; or American Monthly Museum. January, 1775, to July, 1776. With all the rare maps and plates. 2 vols., 8vo, full maroon, crushed morocco, gilt. Philadelphia: R. Aitken. 1775-6. $285.00 Exceedingly scarce. The finest copy known, being absolutely per- fect, with some of the original blue-printed wrappers. Every one of the copies that have been sold at auction was more or less imperfect. Contains the portrait of Dr. Goldsmith by Poupard; Plans of the Harbour and Town of Boston; Plan of Boston and American Camp; Plan of General Gage's Line in Boston Neck; A Correct View of the Late Battle at Charlestown, June 17, 1775 (Bunker Hill), engraved by Aitkon; Plan of the Town and Fortifications of Montreal; Plan of Quebec; Map of the Colony of Virginia; Map of North and South Carolina, and the last number contains the first appearance in maga- zine form of the Declaration of Independence. This is all that was published, the work ending with the July number, 1776. 182 EARLY MAPS, PLANS AND VIEWS OF PENNSYL- VANIA AND PHILADELPHIA 968 A MAP OF SOME OF THE SOUTH AND EAST BOUNDS OF PENNSYLVANIA in America, being partly Inhabited. Sold by John Thornton at the Signe of England, Scotland and Ireland in the Minories, and by John Setler at his Shop in Popes head Alley in Cornhill. London: 1681. Size 22 X ITV^ inches. $350.00 The rarest and most important map of Pennsylvania. It was pub- lished about the year 1682, as Philadelphia is not shown. Only a few copies of this geographical description of Pennsylvania are known. We can only trace one other copy. 969 THE EARLIEST MAP SHOWING PENNSYLVANIA. 1676-1685. Two maps from different states of the same plate, one before and one after the establishment of Penn- sylvania. Both have exactly the same title, "A Map of Vir- ginia, Maryland, New-Jarsey, New- York, and New-England. By John Thornton at the Sundyall in the Minories and by Robert Greene at the Rose and Crowne in Dudge-rowe Lon- don." The title is in a cartouche in the top left-hand corner. The lettering is enclosed by an ornamental border somewhat in the shape of a shield, supported on the left side by an Indian woman carrying a pipe, and on the right by an Indian man holding a bow. On the top is a nondescript animal somewhat resembling a beaver, while on the front of the pedestal on which the shield rests is "A Scale of Thirty Eng- lish Miles." In the earlier state there is no sign of Penn- sylvania, but the whole country north of Virginia and west of the Delaware River is marked "Maryland." The real Delaware River is shown but not lettered, but the Schuylkill is marked "Skool Kill or Dillewar R." New Jersey is shown with the partition line dividing it into East and West Jersey, so that this state of the map may have been engraved any time between the partition of the Jerseys in 1673/4 and the establishment of Pennsylvania. Probably 1676 would be about the correct date. But the great interest of this map centres in the second state of the plate, where we find the new Province of Pennsylvania introduced. The title being exactly the same as given above, it would be impossible to identify the two states from the title alone, and it was the mere chance of our having secured two copies from different sources and happening to compare them together that we discovered the difference. In the second state the upper part of Maryland is now lettered "Part of Pensilvania" and the new boundary is sho-wn by a red and yellow line. The letter- ing "Mary" (the first part of the word Maryland), which in the first state appeared just below the cartouche, is erased in the second state and re-engraved below the new boundary line. The Delaware river, which was not lettered in the first state, is now marked "Delaware River," although the old 183 969 PENNSYLVANIA— Continued. lettering on the Schuylkill "Skoole Kill or Dillewar R" remains. Philadelphia is marked, also Chester and one or two other places, but with the exception of these Pennsyl- vania alterations the two states appear to be exactly the same in all other parts. The date of this second state is probably about 1685. The map in either state is of exces- sive rarity and is not even mentioned by Lee Phillips in his exhaustive and valuable Essay on Virginia Cartography (1896), neither do we find it in A List of Maps of America in the Library of Congress, by the same author, published in 1901. The British Museum possesses a copy of the earlier state. The present copies are both in excellent condition. The size is 17^,4 inches wide by 20%, inches high, with good margins beyond. Price for the two $350.00 970 PENNSYLVANIA, Nova Jersey et Nova York cum Regi- onibus ad Fluvium Delaware in America sitis, Nova Delinea- tione ab oculos posita. Tob. Conr. Lotter, Geographum Aug. Vind. Size, 23 by 20 inches. Lotter, 1740. $10.00 971 MAP OF THE IMPROVED PART OF THE PROVINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA. By Nicholas Scull. 3 large folio sheets. Dedicated to Thomas and Richard Penn. Published January 1, 1759, and Sold by the Author, Nicholas Scull in Second Street, Philadelphia. $200.00 A very fine copy of this famous map. 972 MAP OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA by Read- ing Howell, 1811. Size 24 by 39 inches. Philadelphia: 1811. $10.00 973 PLAN OF THE VILLAGE OF LAUSANNE. North- ampton County, Pennsylvania. Size 18 by 15 inches. Sur- veyed and del. May 23, 1815, by L. A. Chapman. $5.00 974 EAST PROSPECT OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA in the Province of Pennsylvania. With vignettes of the State House and the Battery. Size, 8 by 21 inches. En- graved for the London Magazine. The long view, 1761. $10.00 975 A PLAN OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, the Capi- tal of Pennsylvania, From Actual Survey by Benjamin Eas- burn, Surveyor-General; 1776. With a chart of Delaware Bay by Mr. Fisher. Size, 22 by 30 inches. London : Drury, 1776 $45.00 976 A PLAN OF THE CITY AND ENVIRONS OF PHILA- DELPHIA Survey'd by W. Scull and G. Heap. Engrav'd by Will'm Faden. Size, 19 by 25 inches. With Elevatirn of the State House. London : Faden, 1777. $22.00 184 977 AN EAST PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, in the Province of Pennsylvania, in North America, Taken from the Jersey Side. Size, 10 V2 by 16 inches. London: Bowles, 1778. $95.00 The rare enraved view colored by hand. 978 ORIGINAL PEN DRAWING of Map of Lots in Philadel- phia, between Chestnut and Walnut and Seventh and Eighth Streets, belonging to Robert Morris. Large folio. $50.00 979 ORIGINAL MAP or Plan of Philadelphia and some Lands Adjacent belonging to Robert Morris and others. Original drawing by Reading Howell. Circa 1790. On Parchment. Imperial folio in size. $150.00 980 PHILADELPHIA. Diejenigen | Anmerkungen, I Welche | Der Herr Autor des Kurzen Extracts, &c. | Von | Dem Herrn V. Thurnstein, d. z. Pastore der | Evangel, Luth. Gemeine Jesu Christi | Zu Philadelphia. \ In der Vorrede seiner Schrift freundlich begehret hat. | (3 lines quotation from Luther.) Philadelphia: | Gedrukkt und zu finden bei Isaias Warner, | M. DCC.XLII. Small 4to, half morocco, top edges gilt, uncut. Collation: Title; Vorrede, iii-iv; pages 5-24. $25.00 Fine copy. A very rare Zinzendorff Tract. 981 PHILADELPHIA. Some Account of the City of Phila- delphia, the Capital of Pennsylvania ... By Benjamin Davies. 12mo, original beards, leather back. Philadelphia: Printed by Richard Folwell, for the Author, 1794. $10.00 THE FINEST SET OF PHILADELPHIA DIRECTORIES EVER OFFERED FOR SALE 982 PHILADELPHIA. A Series of City Directories, as fol- lows: 1785, MacPherson; 1785, White; 1791, Biddle; 1793-4, Hardie; 1795, Hogan; 1796, Stephens; 1797-1801, Stafford; 1802-11, Robinson; 1813, Paxton ; 1814, Kite; 1816, Robin- son, 1817, Robinson; 1818-19, Paxton; 1820, Whitely; 1821- 22, McCarty & Davis; 1823-24, De Silver; 1825, Wilson; 1828-37, De Silver; 1837-1860, M'Elroy; 1860, Cohen, 1861- 67, M'Elroy; 1867-1907, Gopsil; 1908-1910, Boyd. 118 volumes in various bindings as issued. $1150.00 983 PHILADELPHIA. New Theatre. Resolutions and Arti- cles of Agreement entered into, and adopted by the Pro- prietors of the Building and Lots of the New Theatre in Philadelphia. 16mo, original paper covers. [Philadelphia.] 1799. $8-50 185 984 PHILADELPHIA. (The Stranger's Guide). An Alpha- betic List of All the Wards, Streets, Roads, Lanes, Alleys, Avenues, Courts, Wharves, Ship Yards, Public Buildings, &c., in the City and Suburbs of Philadelphia. By John Adams Paxton. Large folding plan. 12mo, half morocco, Phila- delphia, 1810. $12.50 985 PHILADELPHIA. Picture of Philadelphia, for 1824, con- taining the "Picture of Philadelphia, for 1811, By James Mease." With all its Improvements since that Period, By Thomas Wilson. FRONTISPIECE. 12mo, old sheep, Phila- delphia: Thomas Town, 1823. $5.00 The frontispiece is a folding view of Philadelphia from Kensington, engraved by S". Seymour after Thomas Birch. 986 PHILADELPHIA. Views in Philadelphia and its Vicin- ity. [ENGRAVED BY C. G. Childs.] 8vo, original cloth. Philadelphia. 1827. $15.00 A beautiful copy in perfect condition. 987 PHILADELPHIA. A View of the Advantages arising to the Districts of the Northern Liberties Kensington and Spring Garden on the Widening of Brown Street respect- fully submitted to the Members of the Legislature of Penn- sylvania. Plan, 12mo, half morocco. N. p., n. d. $35.00 The only copy known ! The advantages are set forth in rhyme. 988 PHILADELPHIA. Philadelphia in 1830-1; or, a Brief Account of the various Institutions and Public Objects in this Metropolis. FRONTISPIECE and large folding map. 16mo, newly bound in full polished calf, gilt, gilt edges. Philadelphia, 1830. $10.00 The frontispiece is a fine colored aquatint view of the Water Works by C. G. Childs after F. Doughty. 989 PHILADELPHIA. A Hand-Book for the Stranger in Philadelphia. Containing Descriptions of all the Objects of Interest in The City and Its Environs with Views of the Public Buildings. MAP. IQmo, cloth. Philadelphia: George S. Appleton, 1849. $3.00 990 PHILADELPHIA. History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884. By J. Thomas Scharf and Thompson Westcott. ILLUSTRA- TED. 3 voh., large 8vo, original half morocco, t. e. g. Phila- delphia: Everts & Co., 1884. $15.00 991 PERKINS, SAMUEL. Historical Sketches of The United States, From the Peace of 1815 to 1830. Svo, original boards, uncut, New York : Converse, 1830. $3.50 186 THE ORIGINAL ACT TO INCORPORATE PERTH AMBOY IN NEW JERSEY 992 PERTH-AMBOY. An Act for incorporating the Free Port of Perth-Amboy. Passed at Trenton, December 21, 1784. 8vo, half morccco, gilt top. Trenton, Isaac Collins, 1785. $85.00 Very rare; mentioned by Evans, who was unable to locate a copy. 993 PERRY, W. L. Scenes in a Surv^eyor's Life ; or a Record of Hardships and Dangers encountered, and amusing Scenes which occurred, in the Operations of a Party of Surveyors in South Florida. 12mo, original cloth, Jacksonville, 1859. $30.00 Very Rare. Presentation Copy. An entertaining account of the adventures and misadventures of a party of Government surveyors in the wild forests of Florida. PHELPS' SCARCE WESTERN NARRATIVE 994 PHELPS' Journal. Memoirs and Adventures of Captain Matthew Phelps, formerly of Harwington in Connecticut, now Resident in New Haven in Vermont. Particularly in two Voyages from Connecticut to the River Mississippi, from December, 1773, to October, 1780. 12mo, original sheep. From the press of Anthony Haswell, of Bennington, in Ver- mont, 1802. $90.00 The rare original edition of Phelps' tours to the Mississippi. The whole narrative was taken from the original minutes and journals of Captain Phelps, which were kept by him during his travels. 995 PICKETT, ALBERT JAMES. History of Alabama, and incidentally of Georgia and Mississippi, from the Earliest Period. Map and other Illustrations. 2 vols., 12mo, original cloth. Charlestown : Walker and James. 1851. $12.00 This scarce book contains many curious illustrations of early Indian life and customs. 996 PIKE, MAJOR Z. M. An Account of Expeditions to the Sources of the Mississippi, and through the Western Parts of Louisiana . . Illustrated by Maps and Charts. 8vo, full sheep. Philadelphia : 1810. $22.50 A desirable copy, with frontispiece and all the maps and charts. Boudinot's copy with his book plate. 997 PINCKNEY, CHARLES. Three Letters written and originally published under the signature of a South Carolina Planter. The first on the case of Jonathan Robbins and the second on the Recent Captures of American Vessels by Brit- ish Cruisers, the third on the Right of Expatriation. 8vo. cloth, uncut. Philadelphia, Aurora-Office 1799. $3.50 187 998 PIRACY. The Life of Samuel Tully, who was executed at South-Boston, Dec. 10, 1812, for Piracy. Written by him- self. 8vo, seived, uncut, (stained). Boston, Watson and Bangs, 1812. $10.00 999 PITT, WILLIAM. Plan Offered by the Earl of Chatham, to the House of Lords, entitled. A Provisional Act for Set- tling the Troubles in America. Which was rejected, and not suffered to lie upon the Table. Uo, half calf. London: Almon, 1775. $18.00 The first edition of this celebrated plan; rare. PITTMAN'S "SETTLEMENTS ON THE MISSISSIPPI" 1000 PITTMAN, PHILIP. The Present State of the European Settlements on the Mississippi, with a geographical descrip- tion of that River. ILLUSTRATED by Plans and Draughts. Quarto, half levant morocco, by Pratt. London: 1770. $135.00 A fine copy, with the rare half title, of a book that is fast advancing in value. It is one of the most interesting books relating to Mississippi region. THE FIRST EDITION OF PLANTAGENET'S "NEW ALBION" 1001 PLANTAGENET, BEAUCHAMP. A Description of the PROVINCE OF NEW ALBION. And a Direction for Ad- venturers with small stock to get two for one, and good land freely. Small Jkto, full levant by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, two signatures and catch words lightly touched by the binder's knife. Printed in the Year, 1648. $1650.00 Of the utmost rarity and importance. The first edition, dedicated to the Governor and Adventurers of the Province of New Albion. The pamphlet was written to advertise Sir Edmund Plowden's attempt to colonize New York. New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware. The Huth copy sold at auction this year for £305. 1002 PLUMMER, MRS. CLARISSA. Narrative of the Captiv- ity and Extreme Sufferings of Mrs. Clarissa Plummer, who, with Mrs. Caroline Harris, were in the Spring of 1835 sur- prised and taken Prisoners by the Comanche tribe of IN- DIANS, while emigrating from Franklin County, N. Y., to TEXAS. Illustrated with Wood Cuts. 8vo, green paper wrappers, uncitt, in a half blue morocco slip case. New York : Perry and Cooke, 1838. $35.00 Excessively rare. The two unfortunate women were released from captivity through the eff'orts of Ebenezer C. Elfort, of Georgia, who certifies to the truth of the whole narrative. 188 THE FINEST COLLECTION OF BOOKS AND MANU- SCRIPTS OF EDGAR ALLEN POE EVER OFFERED FOR SALE THE MOST FAMOUS OF ALL AMERICAN FIRST EDITIONS 1003 [POE, EDGAR ALLAN.] Tamerlane and Other Poems. By a Bostonian. [Edgar Allan Poe.] 12mo, unbound, in full levant solander case. Boston, Calvin F. S. Thomas, 1827. Price upon application. The Most Famous American First Edition and the rarest ofI THEM ALL. Only three other copies are known. AN UNKNOWN BOOK BY EDGAR ALLAN POE 1004 POE, EDGAR ALLAN. | English Notes, | Intended for Very Extensive Circulation | By | Quarles Quickens, Esq. Boston : | Published by the Daily Mail Office. | 1842. Smal folio, half morocco; pp. 1-16. $1450.00 This was Poe's answer to Dickens' American Notes. When he wrote "The Raven," Poe signed it "Quarles," to the distraction of all his biographers, who were ignorant of the origin of the name. Only two other copies of the pamphlet are known. The work is a biting satire and in part an able parody on Dicken'a American book. The British character, customs and literary men are treated with a typically Poean vindictiveness. Dr. C. Alphonso Smith, Edgar Allan Poe professor of English in the University of Virginia, regards the case made out for this work being by Poe a particularly strong one, and Miss Mary E. Phillips, author of The Life of J. Fennimore Cooper, who has just completed an exhaustive Life of Poe, refers to it as a very rare Poe item. EDGAR ALLAN POE The original manuscript of the first draft of Edgar Allan Poe's story "Morella," one of the tales of the Folio Club, and submitted in a competition to the Baltimore "Satur- day Visitor," containing an original (and partly unpublished) poem. 1005 POE, EDGAR ALLAN. The orijrinal manuscript of the first draft of "Morella." Written on both sides of a folio sheet of paper. Unsigned and undated, but written in Balti- more about 1833. $2250.00 One of thq most precious Edgar Allan Poe Manuscripts ever] offered for sale, containing sevell.\l features that at once assign it to a place of the utmost importance and value. Closely and beautifully written in Roman character — in imitation of printing — a feature adopted by Poe in His earlier writings, which adds great interest to the above manuscript, as it is said to be one OF the few specimens of its kind extant. ExHAUSTrvE search has FAILED TO reveal ANOTHER, EITHER IN A PUBLIC OB PRIVATE COLLECTION, OR SOLD BY AUCTION. 189 P|OE WRITES OF HIS CONTEMPORARIES ONE OF THE FINEST POE MANUSCRIPTS EXTANT 1006 POE, EDGAR ALLAN. Original Autograph Manuscript. "Literary America. Some honest Opinions about our Autorial Merits and Demerits," 15 pages, 4to, 1848. Unbou7id in board case. $5500.00 This manuscript is part of "The Literati," it consists of thirteen 4to pages, with a manuscript title and half-title; all most beautifully written in a hand so fine that it resembles copperplate. The title-page is artistically printed by hand in Poe's well-known manner. Poe evidently took the greatest care in the preparation of this manu- script which was written the year preceding his death. A superb item from the C. B. Foote and Harry B. Smith collections. ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH POEM BY EDGAR ALLAN POE WITH A TOUCHING LETTER ABOUT HIS WIFE'S LAST ILLNESS 1007 POE, EDGAR ALLAN. Original Autograph Manuscript Poem, 1 page, 12mo, "To Mrs. M. L. S. (Marie Louise Shew), with a remarkable Autograph letter of the poet, written to Mrs. Shew the day before his wife's death, 1 page, 12mo, Fordham, Jan. 29, 1847. Also two autograph letters of Maria Clemm, 2 pages, 12mo, March 3, 1852, and March 29, 1860, and a portrait of Poe, and his visiting card, mounted to Ato and hound in red levant morocco, elabo7'ately tooled, in slip case. $2800.00 The poem to "M. L. S." beginning "Of all who hail thy presence as the morning" is one of the most beautiful of Poe's lyrics. The pathetic letter written to Mrs. Shew about his wife's last illness is as follows: "Kindest dearest friend — My poor Virginia still lives, although fail- ing fast and now suffering much pain. May God grant her life until she sees you and thanks you once again. Her bosom is full to over- flowing — like my own — with a boundless inexpressible gratitude to you. Lest she may never see you more — she bids me say that she sends you her sweetest kiss of love and will die blessing you. But come, oh come to-morrow! Yes, I will be calm — everything you so nobly wish to see me," etc. 1008 POINTIS, SIEUR. A Genuine and Particular Account of the Taking of Carthagena by the French and Buccaniers, in the Year 1697 . . . With a Preface, giving an Account of the Original of Carthagena in 1532 to the present time. 8vo, half red levant, gilt top. London, Oliver Payne, 1740. $15.00 1009 POLITE TRAVELLER. Being a Modern View of the Thirteen United States of America . . . Embellished with an elegant map op the thirteen united states of America, and Medallions of Gen. Washington and Dr. Franklin. 16mo, red calf, tooled, g. c, by Riviere. London. Printed for John Fielding, n. d. [1783] . $27.50 The first map of America engraved after the treaty of peace was signed in Paris, vignette portraits of Washington and Franklin in map. 190 1010 POLLARD, EDWARD A. Observations in the North: Eight Months in Prison and on Parole. 8vo, original paper covers. Richmond, 1865. $10.00 A rare and interesting Confederate book. 1011 POSTL, KARL. Life in the New World; or Sketches of American Society. By Seatsfield [Karl Postl]. Translated from the German by G. C. Hebbe and James Mackay. 7 original parts, 8vo, original paper covers, uncut. New York, 1844. $16.00 1012 POWNALL, THOMAS. A Topographical Description of such Parts of North America as are contained in the (an- nexed) Map of the Middle British Colonies in North Amer- ica. Folio, half morocco, uncut, by Morell. London : 1776. $165.00 A very choice copy of the LARGE PAPER edition, with the large folding map, 1013 POYNTZ, CAPTAIN JOHN. The Present Prospect of the Famous and Fertile ISLAND of Tobago: with a descrip- tion of the Situation, Growth, Fertility and Manufacture of the said Island . , Uo, half morocco, uncut. London: Larkin, 1683. $12.50 The margins of the title-page have been extended. A MAGNIFICENT SET OF THE AUTOGRAPH LETTERS OF THE PRESIDENTS 1014 PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. A collec- tion of full autograph letters of the Presidents, all in superb condition and of great historical interest. Every letter is an important one and is either addressed by one President to another, or relates in some manner to the Presidential office. In a full morocco portfolio. $3500.00 GEN'L PRESTON'S LETTER ON THE FALL OF PORT ROYAL 1015 PRESTON, JOHN S. Confederate Brig-General. A. L. S. 3 pages, small 4to. Columbia, S. C, Nov 9, 1861. To Genl Beauregard. A fine letter relative to the fall of Port Royal. $55.00 "Before this reaches you, you will have heard of our terrible dis- aster at Port Royal. Our Batteries were failures, our troops shot badly. I trust they are safe, and that yet we may make a stand. I will not now leave the State, and am here trying to a^d the Governor, by suggestion and advice. In the communication I have this day addressed to the President, giving a full account of our condition and wants I have taken the liberty with your name. It is due to you that I should inform you of it. I cannot be restrained by the Army Kcgula- tions or Courtesies when my country and state is in such imminent 191 1015 PRESTON, JOHN S.— Continued. peril. My commission is not worth a peg to me, except to enable me to serve the holy cause. If I risk military censure in a dutifull effort, the fact of the risk enhances my self -approval. My use of your name is in these words, 'Dare I venture to suggest that Genl. Beauregard was four months engaged in the defences of Charleston, and is personally familiar with every inch of the ground and its relative bearing.' I do not mean to interfere with your views or those of the President. In both my confidence is perfect. But I do mean to leave no stone un- turned in my endeavors to serve the country, and for this, and this consideration alone I made the suggestion in the terms I have copied. Things are looking gloomy. My abiding trust is in the God of Right, and in the brain, the heart, and the strong right arms of our Soldiery." 1016 PEICE, RICHARD. Observations on the Nature of Civil Liberty, The Principles of Government, and the Justice and Policy of the War with America. 8vo, half morocco. Phila- delphia: 1776. $6.00 1017 PRIEST, JOSIAH. The Robber; or a Narrative of Pye and the Highwayman . . . Together with a History of the Old Men of the Mountain ; Or, The Gold Hunters of Joes Hills. "Wood cuts. 8vo, unbound, uncut. Albany, 1839. $12.50 1018 PRIESTLEY, JOSEPH. Copies of Original Letters Re- cently written by Persons in Paris to Dr. Priestley in Amer- ica. Taken on board of a Neutral Vessel. 8vo, boards, uncut. Philadelphia, James Humphreys, 1798. $2.00 1019 PRINCE, THOMAS. A Chronological History of New- England in the form of Annals. 8vo, half green morocco, gilt top, uncut. Boston: 1826. $10.00 This is the second edition of the book, and "the first complete and uniform edition of the work that has been published." 1020 PRINDLE, CYRUS. Memoir of the Rev. Daniel Meeker Chandler; for several years missionary among the IN- DIANS, at Ke-wa-we-non, and Sault de St. Marie, Lake Superior. 12mo, cloth. Middlebury 1842. $12.00 A very rare book on the Indians of the Lake Superior regions. 1021 PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Journal of a Convention . . . held in Christ Church in the City of Philadelphia, from September 27th to October 7th, 1785. Philadelphia, Printed by Hall and Sellers, 1785. $10.00 1022 PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Journal of the Proceedings of the Bishops, Clergy, and Laity, of the Prot- estant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, in a Convention held in the City of New- York from Septem- ber 11th, to September 19th, 1792. 8vo, half morocco. New York : Printed by Hugh Gaine, 1792. $10.00 192 1023 PROUD, ROBERT. The History of Pennsylvania in North America from the Original Institution and Settlement of that Province under the first Proprietor and Governor William Penn, in 1681, till after the year 1742. Portrait AND Map. 2 vols., 8vo, full levant, uncut, by Stikeman. Phil- adelphia, 1797. $45.00 Excessively rare in uncut state. 1024 PROVIDENCE, R. I. The Act of Incorporation of the Benevolent Congregational Society, In the Town of Provi- dence, in the Colony of Rhode Island, &c. Together with the Rules of the Said Society. 8vo, unbound. Providence, John Carter, 1771. $15.00 Extremely rare. 1025 PSALMS OF DAVID, In Metre: With an analysis, or brief View of the Contents of each Psalm, taken from the Exposition of Mr. Matthew Henry, Author of the Com- mentary on the Bible. 12mo, original boards. Philadelphia : Printed and Sold by R. Aitken, 1783. $25.00 Very rare and valuable edition, not in O'Callaghan. 1026 PTOLEMY. Geographia CI. Ptolemaei Alexandrini. Oleni a Bilibaldo Pirckheimherio traslata, at nunc multis codicibus grsecis collata, pluribusque in locis ad prestinam ueritatem redacta a Josepho Moletio Mathematico. Maps. Thick quarto, paper covers. Venice, Vincent Valgris, 1562. $40.00 A FINE COPY OF PURCHAS' FAMOUS PILGRIMES 1027 PURCHAS, SAMUEL. Hakluytus Postumus, or Purchas his Pilgrimes, Containing a History of the World, in Sea Voyages, and lande-trauelle, by Englishmen and others. Engraved title, Maps and Plans. Five volumes, folio, green levant morocco extra, by Pratt. London: William Stansby, 1625-26. $600.00 THE ONLY COPY KNOWN OF AN IMPORTANT DESCRIPTION OF CAROLINA AND GEORGIA 1028 PURRY, JEAN PIERRE. Memoire Presente a Sa Gr. Mylord Due de Newcastle . . . sur I'ETAT PRESENT DE LA CAROLINE et sur les moyens de I'ameliorer. Uo paper covers, in half levant slip case. Imprime a Londres, Chez A. Bowyer, 1724. $850.00 The Brinley Copy, the only one known. Accompanied by the privately printed translation by Charles C. Jones, Augusta, Ga.. 1880. In the preface he says he has only seen this copy. Purry's State of Carolina must be regarded as one of the most important narratives of the colonization period. 193 BOOKS ON THE QUAKERS 1029 QUAKERS. A Battle-Door for Teachers and Professors to learn Singular and Plural; You to many, and Thou to One: Singular One, Thou; Plural Many, You. Wherein is shewed forth by Grammar, or Scripture Examples, how several Nations and People have made a distinction between Singular and Plural . . . George Fox, John Stubs, Ben- jamin Furley. Folio, half mcrocco, uncut. London, printed for Robert Wilson, and are to be sold at his shop at the Signe of the Black-Spread-Eagle and Wind-mil in Martins-le- Grande, 1660. $150.00 First edition of this most remarkable publication. A very fine and perfect copy. There are probably few books in our own (or any other) language more singular in their character, and more earnest in their aim than Fox's Battle-Door. In a perfect and fine state it is of the greatest rarity, indeed, copies seldom occur perfect or imperfect. The Work may be regarded as not merely a Quaker Primer, but as the earliest protest — and a strangely worded one — against the improper use of the plural number in addressing individuals. 1030 QUAKERS. The Painted-Harlot both Stript and Whipt, Or the Second Part of Naked Truth, Containing A further Discovery of the Mischief of Imposition, among the People called Quakers . . . ^to, half morocco. London, 1683. $25.00 1031 QUAKERS. Battering Rams against New Rome: con- taining a Farther Discovery of The Grand Hypocrisie of the Leaders and Teachers of the People called Quakers . . . By Francis Bugg. Uo, half morocco. London, 1690/1. $25.00 1032 QUAKERS. One Blow More at New Rome. Being an Appendix to Battering Rams, &c. By Francis Bugg. ito, half morocco. London, 1691. $15.00 1033 QUAKERS. New Rome Arraigned, and out of her own Mouth condemned. Containing A Farther Discovery of the Dangerous Errors, and Pernicious Principles of the Leaders and Teachers of the Foxonian Quakers ... by Francis Bugg. 4to, half morocco. London, 1694. $15.00 1034 QUAKERS. A Second Summons to the City Abel, 2 Sam. 20. To deliver up Sheba, the Son of Bichri, that Man of Bebial ; by Way of Metaphor, Alluding to the Quakers and George Whitehead. By Francis Bugg. 4to, half morocco. London, 1695. $15.00 1035 QUAKERS. A Collection of Some Writings of the most noted of the People called Quakers, in their Times . . 12mo, half morocco. Philadelphia: 1767. $7.50 194 1036 QUINCY, JOSIAH. Observations on the Act of Parlia- ment commonly called the Boston Port Bill; with Thoughts on Civil Society and Standing Armies. 8vo unbound. Philadelphia, John Sparhawk, 1774. $16.00 ON THE FLORA OF LOUISIANA 1037 RAFINESQUE, C. S. Florula Ludoviciana ; or, A Flora of the State of Louisiana. 12mo, seived. New York: C. Wiley, 1817. $37.50 Very scarce. A really important book and not like some of the things that Rafinesque had the effrontery to offer to the American public! These little things by "C. S." are attractive to the collector because they exist in unknown number (the Rafinesque bibliography is appalling!) and something always turns up to astonish the most astute bibliophile! Owing to his literary fecundity and to the avidity of collectors of his works, we booksellers have lived off Rafinesque for years. Long may he wave! 1038 RAFINESQUE, C. S. Ancient History or Annals of Ken- tucky; with a Survey of the Ancient Monuments of North America, and a Tabular View of the Principal Languages and Primitive Nations of the whole Earth. 8vo, half morocco. Frankfort, in Kentucky, 1824. $16.50 An important contribution to the early history of Kentucky by the omniverous and obstreperous Rafinesque. Scarce but not rare. 1039 RAFINESQUE, C. S. A Life of Travels and Researches, containing his Travels in North America etc from 1802 to 1830. 12mo, sewed. Philadelphia : Printed for the Author, 1836. $35.00 One of the rarest of the Rafinesque pamphlets, detailing his curious wanderings in North America. 1040 RAILROADS. "Rail Road Depot at Philadelphia." Litho- graph showing the depot of the Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railway about 1835 with the locomotive and cariage in front of the building. Drawn and Engraved by G. E. Blake (Phila., 1835). Quarto. $85.00 Extremely rare and interesting. It is the first depot of the Reading Railroad. 1041 RALEGH, SIR WALTER. The Life of Sir W^alter Ralegh. Based on Contemporary Documents Presented in the Rolls House, the Privy Council Office Hatfield House . . . Together with his letters now first collected. By Edward Edwards. Portrait and facsimile MS. 2 vols. 8vo, original cloth, uncut. London, 1868. $7.50 1042 RANDOLPH, EDMUND. A Vindication of Mr. Ran- dolph's Resignation. 8vo, half morocco, uncut. Philadel- phia, 1795. $3.50 Scarce. 195 1043 RANDOLPH, JOHN. Sawyer, Lemuel. A biography of John Randolph of Roanoke, with a selection from his speeches . . 8vo, half morocco. New York: Robinson, 1844. $8-50 Very rare. 1044 RANDOLPH, JOHN, of Roanoke and other sketches of character, including William Wirt . . . By F. W. Thomas . . 8vo, original cloth. Philadelphia : 1853. $2.00 1045 RAYMOND, DANIEL. The Missouri Question. 8vo, half morocco. Baltimore : 1819. $8.50 One of the earliest discussions of the Missouri question and now very rare. GENERAL JOSEPH REED ON MEETING THE BRITISH COMMISSIONERS 1046 REED, JOSEPH. Brig. General in the Revolution. Aide and Military Secretary to Washington. Distinguished at Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown, &c. In reply to the offer of the British peace commissioners, he said: "I am not worth purchasing; but such as I am, the King of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it." A. L. S. 4 pages, folio. Head Quarters, New York, July 18, 1776. To Robt. Morris. Together with a copy, in his hand, of a letter re- ceived from a "Gentleman of Character," dated London, May 3, 1776. 3 pages, folio. $190.00 A highly important historical letter in reference to meeting the British commissioners with a view to reconciliation, and giving his views on the subject. The copy of the letter he encloses is one written to him on the same subject, begging him to use his influence to bring about an accommodation. 1047 REID, ARTHUR. Reminiscences of the Revolution, or Le Loup's Bloody Trail from Salem to Fort Edward. Svo, original paper covers. Utica, 1859. $6.00 A very attractive and scarce pamphlet. 1048 REVOLUTION. BLOCKADE OF Boston. "Tuesday last Capt. Shayler arrived at Boston from London, with the fol- lowing interesting Intelligence." Relative to the proposed BLOCKADE OF THE HARBOR OF BOSTON. Folio Broadside, printed in three columns. [Boston, 1774]. $160.00 Unknown to Evans and other bibliographers. A printed Broadside of the greatest Historical Interest. It was by this document that the inhabitants received the first news of the passage of the Infamous Act "to discontinue the landing, discharging or shipping of Goods, Wares and Merchandize at the Town and within the Harbour of Boston." A superb Revolutionary item. 196 1049 REVOLUTION. The original Printed Letter dated from Boston, May 12, 1774, relative to the Attempt Made by the British to block up the harbor of Boston and the means taken by the inhabitants to combat it. Small folio, uncut, enclosed in a half levant morocco slip-case. [Boston, 1774]. $165.00 Overwhelmingly rare ! Not mentioned by Evans and probably unique. This copy is signed by William Cooper, Town Cleric, and is addressed in ink to the Town Clerk of Northampton, by whom doubtless it was presented. "This letter," according to the document, "was written in presence of and with the concurrence of the Committees of Cor- respondence for the Towns of Dorchester, Roxbury, Newton, Lexing- ton, Brooklyn, Cambridge, Charlestown and Lynn." 1050 REVOLUTION. Strictures on a Pamphlet entitled, A "Friendly Address to all Reasonable Americans, on the Subject of our Political Confusions." Addressed to the People of America. 8vo, unbound, uncut. Philadelphia, Printed and Sold by William and Thomas Bradford, 1774. $18.00 CONGRESS ASKS HELP OF THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND 1051 REVOLUTION. To the People of Ireland. From the Delegates appointed by the United Colonies ... in General Congress at Philadelphia, the 10th of May, 1775. 8vo, unbound, uncut, in half morocco slip case. [Phila., 1775]. $55.00 Of the highest degree of rarity. We know of but two other copies. Congress made two appeals to the English for help — one to the Inhabitants of Quebec and the other to the People of Ireland. Strange to say, the Irish did not respond to the invitation as some of them did to Germany's appeal in 1915! 1052 REVOLUTION. Broadside. Declaration of War against English Shipping, Public and Private, in Congress, March 23, 1776. Signed by Charles Thomson, Secretary. Folio. Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1776. $140.00 An extremely rare broadside particularly interesting at the Present Time. 1053 REVOLUTION. MILITARY POCKET ATLAS, being an Approved Collection of Correct Maps, both General and Particular, of the British Colonies, Especially those which are now, or probably may be, the Theatre of War. Taken principally from the actual surveys, etc., of De Brahm, Romans, Cook, etc. 8vo, original boards. London: Sayer (1776). $25.00 This Atlas consists of six large folding maps of North America, the West Indies, the Northern Colonies, the Middle Colonies, the Southern Colonies and Lake Champlain. This is the rare collection known as the "Holster Atlas," owing to its being made for the use of the mounted British officers. 197 ONE OF THE RARE REVOLUTIONARY TRACTS 1054 REVOLUTION. The Alarm, or An Address to the People of Pennsylvania, on the Late Resolve of Congress for Totally Suppressing all Power and Authority derived from the Crown of Great Britain. Quarto, pp. 4. [Philadelphia: Printed by Henry Miller, 1776]. $160.00 This important address was distributed on Sunday, May 19, 1776. No printer's name was given, as it would have been treason to be caught distributing it. It was published just before the Declaration of Independence. Evans fails to locate a copy in any library and there is no record of its sale at auction. 1055 REVOLUTION. The Tears of the Foot Guards upon their Departure for America. Written by an Ensign of the Army. Jfto, half morocco. London: Printed for G. Kearsley, in Fleet-Street, 1776. $25.00 Contains a satirical dedication "to the most truly virtuous and Beautiful Lady H" — (arrington). MASSACHUSETTS VOTES TO INCREASE THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY 1056 REVOLUTION. An Act for Providing a Reinforcement to the American Army. In the year of Our Lord, 1776. Folio, pp. Jf, uncut, in a maroon morocco slip case. Boston : Printed by Edes and Gill, opposite the Court-House [1776]. $150.00 Of the greatest historical interest. This act was passed by the Council and House of Representatives in General Court of Massa- chusetts. 1057 REVOLUTION. Bill for The Provisional Establishment and Regulation of Trade and Intercourse between the Sub- jects of Great Britain and those of the United States of North America. Folio, half calf, uncut. [London,] 1778. $40.00 1058 REVOLUTION. Memoire justificatif de la Conduite de la Grande Bretagne, en arretant les Navires Etrangers et les Munitions de Guerre destinees aux Insurgens de I'Amerique. (By Mulgrave?) Quarto, original half boards. Londres: T. Harrison, 1779. $27.50 One of the most valuable tracts on the subject of supplying the American Colonies with the sinews of war during the Revolution. It is of great rarity. ONE OF THE RAREST REVOLUTIONARY SATIRES 1059 REVOLUTION. The School for Scandal. A Comedy . . . 8vo, half morocco. Philadelphia: Re-Printed by Thomas Bradford, 1779. $175.00 An English Political adaptation of Sheridan's Play in which General Washington is referred to as General Washingball. Excessively rare. 198 AN UNCUT COPY OF THE IMPARTIAL HISTORY 1060 REVOLUTION. An Impartial History of the War in America, between Great Britain and Her Colonies, from its Commencement to the End of the Year 1779. Illustrated with a variety of beautiful copper-plates, representing real and animated likenesses of those celebrated Generals who have distinguished themselves in the important Contest. 8vo, brown levant morocco extra, uncut, by Pratt. Carlisle : J. Milliken, 1780. $175.00 A large and beautiful copy in uncut state, with brilliant impressions of the plates. The French and Chubbuck copy brought $200.00 in 1904. 1061 REVOLUTION. Emma Corbett, or, the Miseries of Civil War. Founded on some recent Circumstances which happened in America. Frontispiece. 3 vols., 12mo, calf. Printed for Pratt and Clinch, Bath; and R. Baldwin, Lon- don, 1780. $12.00 Very rare. The frontispiece is engraved by Thomas Burke after Angelica Kauffman. REVOLUTIONARY WAR PLANS 1062 PLAN OF THE OPERATIONS OF GENERAL WASH- INGTON against the King's Troops in New Jersey. From Dec. 26, 1776, to January 3, 1777. By William Faden. Size, 211/2 X141A inches. London: 1777. $60.00 1063 A PLAN OF THE ATTACK ON FORT SULLIVAN, near Charles Town in South Carolina, by a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships on the 28th of June, 1776. With the Dis- position of the King's Land Forces, and the Encampments and Entrenchments of the Rebels from the Drawings made on the Spot. With a List of His Majesty's Squadron com- manded by Commodore Sir Peter Parker, Knt, &c, on the Expedition against Fort Snlivan in South Carolina, and an Account of the Attack of Fort Snlivan extracted front the letters of Commander Sir Peter Parker. (Text). Size. 15 by 21 inches. London : Faden, 1776. $90.00 With the text in two columns beneath the engraved plan. 1064 THE SEAT OF ACTION BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND AMERICAN FORCES or an Authentic Plan of the Western Part of Long Island with the Engagement of Au- gust 27, 1776, with the Environs of New York. By Major Holland. Size, 19 x 22M>. London : Sayer, 1776. $125.00 An extremely rare Revolutionary plan. 1065 PORT ROYAL IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Taken from Surveys Deposited at the Plantation Office. Size 33 by 25 inches. London : J. F. W. Des Barres, 1777. $60.00 199 1066 THE HARBOUR OF CHARLES TOWN IN SOUTH- CAROLINA. From the Surveys of Sr. Jas. Wallace Captn. in His Majesty's Navy and Others. With a View of the Town from the South Shore of Ashley River. Size, 25 by 33i/> inches. With Vignette of the Harbour. London: J. F. W. Des Barres, 1777. $60.00 1067 BATTLE OF BR ANDY WINE in which the Rebels were defeated, September the 11th, 1777, by the Army under the Command of General Sir William Howe. Engraved from a Plan drawn by S. W. Werner . . . Engraved by Wm. Faden, 1778. 22x1714 inches. $75.00 1068 A PLAN OF FORT MONTGOMERY AND FORT CLINTON taken by His Majesty's Forces under the Com- mand of Sir Henry Clinton ; with a Part of Hudson's River. By Major Holland. Size, 32 x 23V2 inches. London: Des Barres, 1779. $85.00 1069 A PLAN OF THE TOWN, Bar, Harbour and Environs of Charlestown in South Carolina, with all the Channels, Soundings, Sailing-marks, &c. From the Surveys made in the Colony. Size, 21 by 26 inches. London : Faden, 1780. $45.00 1070 PLAN OF THE RIVER AND SOUND OF D'AWFOS- KEE IN SOUTH CAROLINA. By John Gascoigne. Lon- don : 1780. Size, 21 x 30 inches. $15.00 1071 A PLAN OF PORT ROYAL IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Survey'd by Captn. John Gascoigne. Size, 26 by 33 inches. London : Jefferys and Faden. $15.00 1072 A SKETCH OF THE OPERATIONS BEFORE CHARLESTOWN, the Capital of South Carolina. With Separate Vignette of Charlestown Harbour. Size, 331/2 by 34 inches. Mounted on Linen. $115.00 The extremely rare plan of the Charlestown Siege. REVOLUTIONARY MANUSCRIPT WAR PLAN 1073 YORKTOWN. Manuscript War Plan. Drawn by an officer under Lafayette. 1781. "Champagne en Virginia du Major General M. de LaFay- ette on se trouvent les camps et marches, ainsy que ceux du Lieutenant General L'd Cornwallis par le Major Capitaine de la camp du G'l LaFayette, en 1781. Size: 441/2x351/2 inches. $350.00 Drawn during the war! 200 1074 A PLAN OF YORK TOWN AND GLOUCESTER in the Province of Virginia showing the Works constructed for the Defence of those posts by the British Army under the Command of Lt. Genl. Earl Cormcallis, together with the Attacks and Operations of the American and French Forces commanded by Genl. Washington and Count Rochambeau to whom the said Posts were surrendered October 17, 1781. From an actual Survey in the Possession of Jno. Hills. Size, 211/2 X 29 inches. London. Faden, 1785. $75.00 1075 PLAN OF THE SIEGE OF YORK TOWN IN VIR- GINIA. Size 22 X I51/2 inches. London, March 1, 1787. $10.00 1076 REYNOLDS, J. N. Address on the Subject of a Survey- ing and Exploring Expedition to the Pacific Ocean and South Seas. 8vo, half morocco. New York: Harper, 1836. $3.00 RARE RHODE ISLAND BROADSIDES 1077 RHODE ISLAND. Recruiting Instructions. In Council of War, March 8, 1779. With the Attestation of W. Cod- dington. Clerk. Quarto Broadside. Providence: John Carter, 1779. $20.00 1078 RHODE ISLAND. In Council of War, June 16, 1781. Regarding the Militia and the Defense of the State, men- tioning the Commandant at Newport, etc. Quarto Broad- side [Newport: John Carter, 1781]. $25.00 1079 RHODE ISLAND. Petition and Memorial of the Peo- ple called Quakers, in New England, being met together, addressed to the General Assembly of Rhode Island. Folio Broadside. Providence: Bennett Wheeler, 1788. $20.00 1080 RHODE ISLAND. By his Excellency Arthur Fenner, Governor, Captain-General and Commander-in-Chief over the State of Rhode Island, etc. A PROCLAMATION rela- tive to the taking of oaths to support the NEW CONSTI- TUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. Folio Broadside. Providence: John Carter, 1790. $35.00 1081 RHODE ISLAND. The Bill of Rights, and Amend- ments TO THE Constitution of the United States as agreed to by the Convention of the State of Rhode Island and Providence-Plantations at South-Kingston, on the first Monday of March 1790. Large folded Broadside, enclosed in a red morocco slip case [Newport : Peter Edes, 1790] . $135.00 The only other copy that can be traced is in the Rhode Island His- torical Society. 201 1082 RICE, DAVID. Slavery inconsistent with Justice and Good Policy. Proved by a Speech, delivered in the Con- vention, held at Danville, Kentucky. 8vo, unbound. Augusta, Peter Edes, 1804. $7.50 1083 RICHMOND, VA. A concise Statement of the awful Conflagration of the Theatre in the City of Richmond; which happened on the night of Thursday the 26th of De- cember [1811]. 12mo, unbound. [Richmond], 1812. $12.00 1084 RIEDESEL, MADAME DE. Letters and Memoirs relat- ing to the War of American Independence, and the Capture of the German Troops at Saratoga. Translated from the original German. 12mo, calf, uncut. New York, 1827. $22.00 Fine copy of an extremely rare book. A REMARKABLE COLLECTION OF THE BOOKS OF JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY. ALL PRESEN- TATION COPIES 1085 RILEY, JAMES WHITCOMB. A collection of 26 pres- entation copies of various works, each with a long and characteristic inscription in his autograph. $1500.00 Fuller particulars on application. 1086 RITCHIE, JAMES S. Wisconsin and its Resources; with Lake Superior, its Commerce and Navigation. Includ- ing a trip up the Mississippi, and a Canoe Voyage on the St. Croix and Brule Rivers to Lake Superior. Plates and Maps of Wisconsin and Lake Superior. 12mo, original cloth. Philadelphia, 1858. $4.50 1087 RITTENHOUSE, DAVID. An Eulogium intended to perpetuate the Memory of David Rittenhouse ... By Benjamin Rush. Svo, half morocco. Philadelphia, [1796]. $2.25 1088 ROUCHEFOUCAULT, DUKE DE LA. Maxims and Moral Reflections. . . Svo, half morocco. Philadelphia: 1778. $4.50 The rare first American edition. 1089 ROGERS, NATHANIEL. A letter, discovering the Cause of God's continuing wrath against the Nation. Small 4to, half morocco. London, Printed by G. M. for Christo- pher Meredith, 1644. $365.00 Nathaniel Rogers was "a godly and Learned Divine now in New- Eneland." This New England item is extraordinarily rare; we cannot trace the sale of a copy. 202 ROGERS' JOURNALS WITH THE CONCISE ACCOUNT OF AMERICA 1090 ROGERS, ROBERT. Journals, containing an Account of Several Excursions he made under the Generals who commanded upon the Continent of North America during the late War. London : Printed for the Author, 1765. A Concise Account of North America, etc. 2 vols. Con- temporary mottled calf. London: Printed for the Author, 1765. $85.00 Fine copies, with the very rare Journal. 1091 ROSCOE, WILLIAM. Considerations on the causes, objects and consequences of the present war, and on the ex- pediency or the danger of peace with France. 8vo, half morocco, uncut. Philadelphia: Birch, 1808. $3.50 First American Edition. ONE OF THE EARLIEST AND RAREST BOOKS ON VIRGINIA AND NEW ENGLAND 1092 ROSIER, JAMES. A True Relation of the most prosper- ous voyage made this present year, 1605. by Captaine GEORGE WAYMOUTH, in the DISCOVERY of the LAND OF VIRGINIA. 8vo, full hive levant morocco, gilt, Christie-Miller arms on sides, gilt edges, by Bedford. Lon- dini, Impensis Geor. Bishop. 1605. $6500.00 Excessively rare. Not more than six copies known. Very fine COPY with wide margins and the handsome title with woodcut border in splendid condition. We are not going to "talk" about this superb item, as all language in regard to it is weak and ineffective. We might as well "praise" Harlot's "Virginia"! 1093 ROSS, JAMES. From Wisconsin to California and Re- turn. By James Ross and Hon. George Gary. 8vo, blue printed wrappers. Madison, Mis., 1869. $45.00 A little known Western narrative. It is excessively rare and seems to be lacking in American libraries. 1094 ROSS, WILLIAM P. Indian Territory. Remarks in op- position to Bills to Organize the Territory of Oklahoma. 8vo, original paper covers. Washington, D. C, 1876. $3.00 1095 ROWSON, SUSANNA. A Memoir of Mrs. Susanna Rowson, with Elegant and Illustrative Extracts from her Writings in Prose and Poetry. By Elias Nason. Portrait. 8vo, original cloth. Albany, Munsell, 1870. $6.50 1096 [ROYALL, MRS. ANNE.] Sketches of History, Life, and Manners, in the United States. By a Traveller. 8vo, half morocco, uncut. New Haven : 1826. $10.00 Contains a comprehGnsive account of New York, Philadelphia, Wash- ington and other Principal Cities. 203 1097 [RUPP, J. DANIEL.] Early History of Western Penn- sylvania and of the West and of Western Expeditions and Campaigns from MDCCLIX to MDCCCXXXIII. By a Gentleman of the Bar. With an Appendix containing besides the copious extracts from important Indian Treaties, etc. 8vo, neiv calf. Folded sketch of Col. Bou- quet's fight with the Indians. Pittsburgh and Harrisburg: 1846. $12.50 RUSH ON CONGRESS RETURNING TO PHILADELPHIA 1098 RUSH, DR. BENJAMIN. Signer of the Declaration of Independence. A. L. S. 3 pages, 4to. Baltimore, Feb. 8, 1777. To Robert Morris, with address. $125.00 On the subject of Congress returning to Philadelphia, and mentions Genl. Washington. "I have the pleasure of informing you that your letter to Congress of the 4th instant produced a Motion this day for adjoining to Phila- delphia. After some debate it was resolved by a majority of one State only not to put the Question. One State was accidentally unrepre- sented for a few minutes or it would have been carried in the Affirma- tive. The principal design of this letter is to request that you would urge the necessity of our returning to Philada in your next letter. By our Absence from Philada- we not only depreciate the money there, but we likewise depreciate it by our residence here. The scarcity of Artif- icers, the want of sufficient number of boarding houses, the constant accession of Strangers who have business with the Congress and who create a fluctuation in the Quantity of provisions brought into the town have rendered the price of living, and transacting business of all kinds three times as high in this place as it is in many parts of the Continent, and Nearly twice as high as in Philadelphia. But there are other considerations which ought to influence us. Our return will have the same effect upon our politicks that General Washington's late success had upon our Arms. Its operation perhaps may not be confined to the Continent. It may serve our cause even in the Court of France, etc., etc." 1099 SAGE, RUFUS B. Wild scenes in Kansas and Nebraska, Rocky Mountains, Oregon, California, New Mexico, Texas and the Grand Prairies. 12mo, cloth. Phila. 1855. $5.00 1100 ST. CLAIR, ARTHUR. A Narrative of the manner in which the Campaign against the Indians in the Year 1791 was conducted under the Command of Major General St. Clair. 8vo, original blue boards, entirely uncut. Philadel- phia: Jane Aitken, 1812. $18.50 Fine copy of General St. Clair's defence of his disastrous campaign against the Indians. It is said that when General Washington heard of the "surprise" attack made by the Indians and of which he had warned St. Clair, he uttered a few choice remarks which historians term "unusual," but the exact nature of which can never be accurately learned. The "oaths" or "curses" of General Washington are so rare that they are esteemed like jewels, the smallest imprecation being valued above rubies. His language to General Lee after the Battle of Monmouth is always recorded most religiously by historians, but 204 an accurate rendering is impossible, phonoprraphs being then unknown. Some chroniclers state the words used by General Washington on that occasion were quite mild, dubbing them "picturesque curses" or "gentlemanly oaths," but other students, with an unflinching regard for the truth, give the very phrases, which we fear, if repeated by us, would stain the fair pages of this catalogue. If Washington had been addicted to cursing, of course all this investigation would have been fruitless, but as he always abstained from it (except on a vej-y j)ropcr occasion!) his blusterings are faithfully revered and become part of the history of our country. It is the reward of virtue! 1101 ST. JOHN, JOHN R. A True Description of the Lake Superior Country; its Rivers, Coasts, Bays, Harbours, Islands, and Commerce. With Bayfield's Chart. Also a Minute Account of the Copper Mines and Working Com- panies. 12mo, cloth. New York, 1846. $35.00 Very rare. Contains two large folding maps. 1102 SAINT LOUIS. Annual Review. History of St. Louis Commercial Statistics, Improvements of the year and Account of leading manufactories, etc. From the Missouri Republican, Jan. 10, 1854. Accompanied by a LARGE FOLD- ING MAP. 8vo, unbound. St. Louis, Mo. 1854. $7.50 1103 SAN DIEGO. Descriptive, Historical, Commercial, Agri- cultural, and other important Information relative to the City of San Diego, CALIFORNIA. Illustrated with 22 PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS. Containing also a Business Directory of the City. 8vo, half morocco, original covers hound in. San Diego, 1874. $18.00 Very rare. The photographs are of great historical value, showing the appearance of the city in the early seventies. MERYON'S BEAUTIFUL ETCHING OF SAN FRANCISCO IN PROOF STATE 1104 SAN FRANCISCO. The long view. Etching by Charles Meryon. Proof before all letters, the tablet being blank, and one head therein, instead of two. (Paris, Delattre, 1856.) Extremely rare in this state. Another copy, the lettered state. Impressions of great brilliancy. Price for the two, $375.00 W^e have also in stock the original drawings for the figures on the tablet by Meryon. 1105 SAPPINGTON, JOHN. The Theory and Treatment of Fevers. Revised and corrected by Ferdinando Stith. 12mo, original sheep. Arrow Rock, 1844. $18.00 An early Missouri imprint. 1106 [SARGENT, WINTHROP.] The Loyalist Poetry of the Revolution . . Square 8vo, half red morocco, uncut. Philadelphia: 1857. $36.00 This copy contains the suppressed leaf, seldom found. 205 1107 SAY, THOMAS. A short compilation of the extraordi- nary Life and Writings of, in which is faithfully copied, from the original Manuscript, the Uncommon Vision, which he had when a young man. 16mo, sheep. Philadelphia: 1796. $6.50 Good clean copy of a very rare book. COL. ALEXANDER SCAMMELL'S ACCOUNT OF THE EVACUATION OF TICONDEROGA AND THE BAT- TLE OF THE 19TH OF SEPTEMBER, 1777. 1108 SCAMMELL, ALEXANDER. Col. in the Revolution. A. L. S., 3 pp. folio, to his brother, Dr. Samuel Scammell. With Address. $350.00 A long and closely written letter, giving a very interesting account of the EVACUATION OF TicoNDEROGA and the subsequent events. The writer at this period was Colonel of a New Hampshire regiment. This letter is of the highest historical value, giving an UNPUBLISHED Account of one of the great events in American History. 1109 SCANTLEBURY, THOMAS. Wanderings in Minnesota during the Indian Troubles of 1862. 8vo, original yellow printed wrappers. Chicago: F. Calhoun, 1867. $87.50 This is one of the rarest narratives of Indian Warfare in the West. It consists of the Diary of Thomas Scantlebury and is of such his- torical importance that it would pay to publish a new edition of it. It was PRIVATELY PRINTED, according to the preface, "solely for a few personal friends and relatives of the author." It is such a desirable little narrative of travel in America that we hate to part with it! 1110 SCHOOLCRAFT, HENRY R. A View of the Lead Mines of Missouri. Including some Observations of the Mineral- ogy, Geology, Geography, Antiquities, Soil, Climate, Popu- lation and Productions of Missouri and Arkansaw, and other Sections of the Western Country . . Illustrated WITH Engraved Plates. Svo, hoards, uncut. New York: 1819. $5.00 1111 SCHOOLCRAFT, HENRY R. Narrative Journal of Travels from Detroit Northwest through the Great Chain of American Lakes to the Sources of the Mississippi River in the Year 1820. Map and Plates. Svo, half calf. Albany: Hosford, 1821. $18.00 Fine copy. 1112 SCHOOLCRAFT, HENRY R. Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, 1820. Resumed and compiled by the Discovery of its Origin in Itasca Lake in 1832. By Authority of the U. S., with Appendices. Maps. Svo, cloth. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1855. $5.00 206 1113 SCHOOLCRAFT, HENRY ROWE. Historical and Sta- tistical Information, respecting the History, Condition and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States. Illustrated by S. EastiMan. 6 vols, Uo, original cloth, uncut. Philadelphia, 1851-60. $125.00 A complete set of the first edition with the rare sixth volume. The illustrations comprise 336 full-page plates, representing thousands of the scenes and objects described. A veritable mine of valuable infor- mation respecting the Indians. 1114 SCHULTZ, CHRISTIAN. Travels on an Inland Voyage through the States of New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, and through the Territories of Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi and New-Orleans, per- formed in the years of 1807 and 1808, including a tour of nearly six thousand miles. Portrait and Maps. 2 vols., 8vo, half morocco, uncut. New York: Printed by Isaac Riley, 1810. $32.50 An unusually tall copy. 1115 ANOTHER COPY in the original calf binding. $35.00 1116 SCHUYLER, PHILIP. Remarks on the Revenue of the State of New- York. 12mo, cloth tvith roan back. Albany: Charles R. and George Webster, 1796. $17.50 Presentation copy from the publishers to Peter Colt. SCOT'S MODEL OF GOVERNMENT OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW JERSEY, 1685 1117 SCOT, GEORGE. The Model of the Government of the Province of East New Jersey in America; and Encourage- ments for such as Designs to be concerned there. IGrno, half calf, in brown levant solander case. Edinburgh : John Reid, 1685. $850.00 A superb copy of one of the rarest American books. It is perfectly fresh and crisp, with the leaf preceding the title that is seldom found. 1118 SCOTT, JAMES L. A Journal of a Missionary Tour through Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Wis- consin and Michigan. 12mo. original cloth. Providence, Published by the Author, 1843. $65.00 Very rare and extremely important. We can locate only three copies in American libraries. AN EARLY ACCOUNT OF INDIANA 1119 SCOTT, JOHN. The Indiana Gazetteer, or Topographical Dictionary, containing a Description of the Several Coun- ties, Towns, Villages ... in the State of INDIANA. 12m.o unbound, in half blue morocco, slip case. Centreville, 1826.' $85.00 This is one of the rarest American Gazetteers, as only a few copies have survived. It is very important, containing much valuable mfor- mation relating to Indiana. We can trace only one other copy. 207 1120 SCOTT, WILLIAM. O Tempora O Mores! or The Best New Year's Gift for a Prime Minister, Being the Substance of two Sermons . . . Dedicated to Lord North. 8vOf unbound, uncut. Philadelphia: Reprinted and Sold by Benjamin Towne, 1774. $15.00 1121 [SEABURY, SAMUEL] The Congress Canvassed; or, an Examination into the Conduct of the Delegates, at their Grand Convention, Held at Philadelphia, Sept. 1, 1774. . . . By A. W. Farmer. 8vo, unbound. Printed in the Year, M, DCC, LXXIV. [N. Y. 1774]. $27.50 1122 [SEABURY, SAMUEL]. Free Thoughts, on The Pro- ceedings of the Continental Congress, Held at Philadelphia Sept. 5, 1774: Wherein their Errors are exhibited . . . By a Farmer. 8vo, half morocco, uncut. Printed in the year MDCC LXXIV. [1774]. $27.50 Fine uncut copy. The various pamphlets signed "A. W. FARMER," i. e. "A West- chester Farmer," have been ascribed to Samuel Seabury and to Isaac Wilkins. Evans favors Seabury and Justin Winsor thinks they may have been produced jointly. Alexander Hamilton replied to the above two tracts with "A Full Vindication," 1774 (q. v.), which was answered in turn by the pamphlet below. 1123 [SEABURY, SAMUEL]. A View of the Controversy between Great-Britain and her Colonies : including A Mode of Determining their present Disputes, finally and effect- ually ; and of preventing all future Contentions ... By A. W. Farmer. Svo, unbound. New- York, James Riving- ton, 1774. $25.00 1124 [SEABURY, SAMUEL]. An Alarm to the Legislature of the Province of New York, occasioned by the present Political Disturbances in North America. Svo, unbound. New York, James Rivington, 1775. $27.50 Contains at end a two-page list of "Pamphlets, relating to the present Controversy between Great-Britain and the Colonies to be had of James Rivington." 1125 SEAGRAVE, ROBERT. The True Protestant: A Dis- sertation, showing the Necessity of Asserting the Principles of Liberty in their full Extent. 12mo, unbound. London. Printed : Philadelphia. Re-printed by W. Bradford, 1748. $15.00 1126 SEBASTIAN. BENJAMIN. The Report of the Select Committee, to whom was referred the Information com- municated to the House of Representatives, charging Ben- jamin Sebastian, one of the Judges of the Court of Appeals of KENTUCKY, with having received a Pension from the Spanish Government. Svo, imbound. Frandfort, Ky., 1806. $9.00 208 THE FIRST EDITION OF A RARE INDIAN CAPTIVITY 1127 SEAVER, JAMES E. A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison, who was taken by the Indians, in the year 1755, etc. 12mo, original half leather binding, in a blue morocco slip case. Canandaigua, J. D. Bemis, 1824. $187.50 The first edition and for years shamelessly scarce, for, with great effrontery, it has evaded the attempts of collectors and bibliographers to capture it. For decades it remained a matter of tradition, but recently this and "another" turned up for the delectation of the bibliophile. The "other copy" brought at auction on March 1, 1917, $205.00 and its condition was not as fine as the one here offered. 1128 SELKIRK, EARL OF. Statement Respecting the Earl of Selkirk's Settlement upon the Red River, in North America ; its Destruction in 1815 and 1816; and the Massacre of Gov- ernor Semple and his Party. With Observations upon a recent publication, entitled "A Narrative of Occurrences in the Indian Countries." With Map. 8vo, original boards, paper label, uncut and unopened. London : John Murray, 1817. $14.00 1128a SEMINOLE WAR. An Authentic Narrative of the Seminole War and of the Miraculous Escape of Mrs. Mary Godfrey and her four female Children. Vignette. 8vo, unbound, uncut. New York, D. F. Blanchard, 1836. $35.00 This interesting chap book history of the Second Seminole War is very curious, the crude vignette on the title represents a hideous negro about to murder Mrs. Godfrey and her four female children, including a very mature infant in arms. 1129 SENECA. SENECA'S Morals. By Way of Abstract. To which is added, A Discourse, under the Title of an After Thought. By Sir Roger L'Estrange. 12mo, original sheep. New York: Published by Evert Duyckinck, J. J. Harper, Printers. 1817. $15.00 The first book printed by Harper Bros. 1130 SERIOUS FACTS, opposed to "Serious Considerations": or, the Voice of Warning to RELIGIOUS REPUBLICANS. 8vo, half morocco, uncut. N. p., 1800. $7.50 In support of the election of Thomas Jefferson to the Presidency. The term "religious republicans" is worth the price asked. The political party with that appellation seems to be extinct! The phrase, however, is too delicious to be lost. If not sold, the pamphlet will be presented to a public institution to be preserved for posterity. 209 THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF SHAKESPEARE 1131 SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare. Corrected from the latest and best London Editions, with Notes by Samuel Johnson, L. L. D. to which are added a Glossary and the Life of the Author. Embellished with a Striking Likeness from the Col- lection of his Grace the Duke of Chandos. First American Edition. 8 vols., 12mo, full calf, gilt. Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Bioren & Madan, 1795. $250.00 A beautiful copy of the first American edition of Shakespeare. THE FIRST TREATISE ON SHAKESPEARE PUBLISHED IN AMERICA 1132 SHAKESPEARE. Richardson, William. A Philosophical Analysis and Illustration of some of Shakespeare's Remark- able Characters : To which is added, an Essay on the Faults of Shakespeare . . 8vo, old calf , rebacked. Philadelphia: William Spotswood, 1788. $50.00 Edward Penington's copy with his bookplate. 1133 SHAKESPEARE. Lavater, J. C. Essays on Physiog- nomy . . (Frontispiece.) ISmo, old calf. Boston: Printed for William Spotswood & David West. n. d. (c 1790.) $15.00 This volume contains the first American portrait of Shakespeare, by 9. Hill. 1134 SHAVER'S NEW SERMON for the Fast Day. By Pete> Shaveblock. Vignette. Svo, original paper covers. New York, S. Hand, and H. Garson, 1796. $5.00 EARLY AMERICAN VIEWS 1135 SHAW, JOSHUA. Picturesque Views of American Scenery: Engraved by Hill, from Drawings by Joshua Shaw, Landscape Painter. No. 1. Folio, original wrappers. Philadelphia: M. Carey & Son, 1820. $125.00 Seven full-page Colored Engravings. Size, 15x22 inches. As fol- lows: Washington's Sepulchre, Mount Vernon; View of the Spot where Gen. Ross Fell, Near Baltimore; View Near the Falls of Schuvl- kill; Jones' Falls, Near Baltimore; View above the Falls of Schuylkill; Falls of St. Anthony on the Mississippi, and Frontispiece, Picturesque Views of American Scenery. All published. No. 1 was the only part issued. 1136 SHAW, JOSHUA, and HILL, J. American Scenery. Etchings of Shaw's Work, by J. Hill. Oblong Folio, original Wrappers. $115.00 Ten full-page Etchings, as follows: Boiling's Dam, Petersburgh, Va.; Passaic Falls, New Jersey; Passaic River Below the Falls; Valley of Lebanon, Taken Above the Springs; City of Boston; The Cave of 210 the Regicide Judges of Charles the First; Passaic River, Near the Village of Paterson; View Near New Haven; View on the Wissahickon, Pennsylvania; Washington's Sepulchre, Mount Vernon; and a view with no name, showing a village with a river flowing through it. The original etchings, made before the finished aquatints. UNIQUE IN THIS S-TATE. The view of Boston is worth the price asked for the entire set. IF YOU BELIEVE WHAT SHERMAN SAID ABOUT WAR. READ THIS REMARKABLE LETTER AND REPLY 1137 SHERMAN, WM. TECUMSEH. Major-General. A. L. S. 3 pages, 4to. In the Field, Military Division of the Missis- sippi, Feb. 22, 1865. To Genl. Wade Hampton, with an Official Copy of Genl. Wade Hampton's Reply. $365.00 In reference to the Confederates killing his foragers and his intended reprisal. "It is officially reported to me that our foraging parties are mur- dered after Capture and labelled 'Death to all Foragers.' An instance of a Lieut, and seven men near Chesterville, and another of twenty 'near a Ravine 80 rods from the main Road' about three miles from Feasterville. I have ordered a similar number of prisoners in our hands to be disposed of in a like manner. I hold about 1000 prisoners captured in various ways, and can stand it as long as you, but I hardly think these murders are committed with your Knowledge, and would suggest that you give notice to the People at large that every life taken by them simply results in the death of one of your Confederates. Of course, you cannot question my right to forage in the Country. It is a known right as old as History. The manner of exercising it varies with Circumstances, and if the Civil Authorities ^vill supply my Requisitions I will forbid all foraging. But I find no Civil Authorities who can respond to Calls for forage or provisions, and therefore must collect directly of the People. I have no doubt this is the occasion of much misbehaviour on the part of our men, but I cannot permit an Enemy to judge or punish with wholesale murder. Personally I regret the bitter feelings engendered by the war, but they were to be expected, and I simply allege that those who struck the first blow, and made war inevitable, ought not in fairness to reproach us for the natural consequences. I merely assert our War Rights to Forage, and my resolve to protect my foragers to the extent of Life for Life." In the reply {here included) of Genl. Wade Hampton, to the ahove letter, he says: "I beg to assure you, that for every soldier of mine 'murdered' by you, I shall have executed at once tivo of yours, giving in all cases preference to any officers who may be in my hands." He then accuses Sherman's foragers of ravishing the women of the coun- try, phinderin,g the residents, and other outrages, but denies all knoavl- edge of any of the foragers being put to death. 1138 SHIPLEY, JONATHAN, Bishop of St. Asaph. A Ser- mon preached before the Incorporated Society for the Prop- agation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts ... on Friday, February 19, 1773. 8vo, unbound. Philadelphia, Robert Bell, 1723. $5.00 1139 SHIPP. BARNARD. The Indian Antiquities of Amer- ica. Illustrated. 8vo, original cloth. Philadelphia, 1897. $7.50 211 1139a. ANOTHER COPY, handsomely bound in three-quarter levant, gilt top, uncut. $10.50 Information on a great variety of subjects gathered from original sources. BOSTON EDITION OF THE LOUISBURG JOURNAL 1140 SHIRLEY, WILLIAM. A Letter from William Shirley, Esq., Governor of Massachusett's-Bay, to His Grace the Duke of Newcastle. With a Jouryial of the Siege of Louis- hourg, and other Operations of the Forces during the Expe- dition against the French Settlements on Cape-Breton. Published by Authority. 12mo, half calf. London : Printed by E. Owen, 1746. Boston in New England : Reprinted by J. Draper, 1746. $45.00 The extremely rare Boston edition. 1141 Another edition printed in Boston, by Rogers and Fowle, 1746. 8vo, half morocco, uncut. $37.50 1142 SIMMS, JEPTHA R. Trappers of New York ; or a Biog- raphy of Nicholas Stone and Nathaniel Foster; together with Anecdotes of other celebrated Hunters, and some ac- count of Sir Wm. Johnson and His Style of Living. Illus- trated. 8vo, cloth, uncut, as new. Albany, Munsell, 1871. $7.50 1143 SLAVERY. Observations on the Inslaving, importing and purchasing of Negroes; with some Advice thereon, ex- tracted from the Epistle of the Yearly-meeting of the People called Quakers . . Second Editon. 8vo, half morocco. Germantown : Christopher Sower, 1760. $15.00 1144 SLAVERY. Injured Humanity; being a Representative of what the unhappy Children of Africa endure from those who call themselves Christians. Broadside 1^x16 inches, printed in k columns, with 7 wood cut illustrations by Dr. Anderson. Circa, 1810. Printed and Sold by Samuel Wood. No. 362 Pearl Street, New York. $10.00 Very rare. In perfect condition. 1145 SLxWERY. A Refutation of the Calumnies circulated Against the Southern and Western States respecting the In- stitution and Existence of Slavery among them. [By E. C. Holland]. Svo, seiued. Charleston, 1822. $5.00 1146 SLIGHT, BENJAMIN. Indian Researches; or, Facts Concerning the North American Indians. With Hints for their Future Advancement. 12mo, original cloth. Mon- treal : Printed for the Author, 1844. $7.50 Field, in his Indian Bibliography, has a long note on the value of this book. It contains many important facts on the rites and customs of the Indians. 212 1147 SMITH, CHARLES. An Oration, delivered at the Town of Sunbury in the County of Northumberland, on the Anni- versary of St. John the Evangelist, December 27, 1787. At the Request of the Members of the Ancient and Honourable Society of Free and Accepted Masons. 8vo, unbound. Phila- delphia, Thomas Dobson, 1788. $20.00 A rare Masonic pamphlet. 1148 SMITH, GENERAL E. KIRBY. A. L. S. 31/2 pp., 4to, Shreveport, April 14, '64, to Governor Reynolds. $35.00 A remarkable War Letter on military position and a graphic ac- count of the close of a battle. 1149 SMITH, MOSES. History of the Adventures and Suffer- ings of Moses Smith, during five years of his Life ; from the Beginning of the Year 1806", when he was betrayed into the Miranda Expedition until June, 1811, when he was non- suited in an Action at Law, which lasted three Years and a half. 12mo, half red morocco, Brooklyn, 1812. $12.00 1150 SMITH, ROBERT. The Principles of Sin and Holiness, and the Conflict between These in the Hearts of Believers; Two Sermons. 12mo, unbound. Lancaster, Penna, J. Bailey and W. Dickson, 1793. $5.00 A rare imprint. 1151 SMITH, SAMUEL. The History of the Colony of Nova- Csesaria, or New-Jersey. Containing An Account of its First Settlement, Progressive Improvements, the original and present Constitution, etc. 8vo, original, half calf and boards. Burlington (N. J.) : James Parker, 1765. $65.00 An unusually fine and large copy, measuring 8% by 5% inches. It is also perfectly clean and never has been washed. For the information of the curious and in the sacred cause of bibliography we wish to announce that there is a unique copy of Smith's New Jersey in a mysterious and nameless Philadelphia col- lection. It is on LARGE PAPER, IN THE ORIGINAL BOARDS, UNCUT AND UNOPENED. The erratic person who owns it will cheerfully show it to any ardent bibliophile, but any collector who would have the temerity to offer to buy it will be shot on the spot. 1152 SMITH, WILLIAM. An Historical Account of the Expe- dition against the Ohio Indians under the Command of Colonel Henry Bouquet. Engraved maps and views. Quarto, original calf. London, 1766. $140.00 A superb copy. 1153 [SMITH, WILLIAM.] Relation Historique de L'Expedi- tion, contree Les Indiens de L'Ohio en MDCCLXIV. Com- mandee par le chevalier Henry Bouquet . . (Maps.) Traduit de I'Anglois, par C. G. F. Dumas. 8vo, half calf Amsterdam : 1769. , ^ .^^ ?25-00 The preface is a sketch of the life of Colonel Bouquet, written by the French translator, Mons. Dumas, and adds sorne very desirable in- formation to our previous knowledge of the skillful officer and wise negotiator. — Field. 213 1154 SMITH, WILLIAM. A Sermon on the Present Situation of American Affairs. Preached in Christ Church, June 23, 1775. At the Request of the Officers of the Third Battalion of the City of Philadelphia. 8vo, unbound. Philadelphia, James Humphreys, 1775. $10.00 1155 SMITH, WILLIAM. An Oration in Memory of General Montgomery and of the Officers and Soldiers who fell with him . . before Quebec. 12mo, unbound. Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap, 1776. $35.00 The rare first edition. 1156 SMITH, WILLIAM. An Oration in Memory of General Montgomery and of the Officers and Soldiers who fell with him . . before Quebec. 12mo, half morocco, uncut. Philadelphia: Printed. Norwich: Reprinted by Robertsons and Trumbull, 1776. $17.50 With the plate, "Death of Gen'l Montgomery," inlaid. THE PRINTER'S OWN COPY 1157 SMITH, WILLIAM. History of Canada from its first Dis- covery, to the Peace of 1763. 2 vols, 8vo, original boards and printed labels, uncut. Quebec : Printed for the Author by John Neilson, 1815. $90.00 Very rare, especially in boards, uncut. This copy formerly belonged to John Neilson, the printer of the work, and has his autograph on title. Also has book label of William Brown, first Quebec printer, inside cover. 1158 [SMITH, WILLIAM MOORE.] Poems on Several Occa- sions written in Pennsylvania . . 12mo, old calf, enclosed in solander case. Philadelphia . . 1784. $30.00 Containing several Revolutionary Poems. Excessively rare. 1159 SMITH, WILLIAM R. Observations on the WISCONSIN TERRITORY; chiefly on that Part called the "Wisconsin Land District." With a Map exhibiting the settled Parts of the Territory. 12mo, original cloth (faded). Philadelphia, 1838. $50.00 One of the rarest books on Wisconsin. Fine copy in original cloth, with the large folding map (colored). 1160 SMYTH, J. F. D. A Tour in the United States of Amer- ica. Containing an Account of the Present Situation of that Country, the Population, Agriculture, Commerce, Customs and Manners of the Inhabitants. . . . With a Descrip- tion of the Indian Nations, the General Face of the Country, Mountains, etc. 2 vols. 8vo, contemporary half calf. Lon- don: G. Robinson, 1784. $17.50 James Kirke Paulding's copy, with his autograph on the title page and the following note in his handwriting: "This v/as the first book of travels published in England, by an Englishman, after the Revolu- tion and contributed largely to the diffusion of those prejudices which have obtained such general influence in that country. J. K. Paulding." 214 1161 SOUTH CAROLINA. A Letter from South Carolina . . . Written by a Swiss Gentleman, to his Friend at Berne. 12mo, half red levant, gilt top. London, 1718. $55.00 An extremely scarce account of South Carolina. 1162 SOUTH CAROLINA. A Map of South Carolina and a part of Georgia: containing the Whole Sea Coast; all the Islands, Inlets, Rivers, Creeks, Parishes, Townships, Bor- oughs, Roads and Bridges. Engraved by Thomas JefTerys. Jf large folio sheets. London, Published by T. Jefferys, Oct. 20, 1757. $75.00 1163 SOUTH CAROLINA. A Map of South Carolina and a Part of Georgia . . . Republished with considerable Additions, from Surveys made and collected by John Stuart. By William Faden. 2 large folio sheets. London, Published ... by William Faden, June 1, 1780. $110.00 1164 SPALDING, M. J. Sketches of the Early Catholic Mis- sions of Kentucky; from their Commencement in 1787, to the Jubilee of 1826-7. 12mo, sheep (rehacked) . Louisville [1844.] $12.00 1165 STAMP ACT. Authentic Account of the Proceedings of the Congress held at NEW-YORK in MDCCLXV, on the Subject of the American Stamp Act. 8vo, half red morocco hy the Club Bindery. [London], 1767. $50.00 Probably the first account of the proceedings of this Congress. Very rare. 1166 STAMP ACT. Considerations on the Propriety of Im- posing Taxes in the British Colonies for the Purpose of rais- ing a Revenue, bv Act of Parliament. 8vo, half morocco. London, 1766. ' $15.00 1167 STAMP ACT. Correct copies of the Two Protests against the Bill to repeal the American Stamp Act of last session, with lists of the speakers and voters. 12mo, half morocco, 2J, VV' Paris: J. W., 1766. $15.00 A French reprint of the American objections to the Stamp Act's Repeal. A rare and important contribution to the history of the Revolution. 1168 STAMP ACT. Philadelphia, May 19, 1766. This morn- ing arrived Capt. Wise in a Brig from Pool in 8 Weeks, by whom we have Glorious News of the REPEAL OF THE STAMP ACT. S>mall folio, broadside. [Philadelphia : W. Bradford, 1766.] $75.00 This was issued as a supplement extraordinary to the Pennsylvania Journal. Excessively rare. 215 1169 STAMP ACT. The Report of the Lords Committee Ap- pointed by the House of Lords to enquire into the Several Proceedings in the Colony of Massachusetts-Bay . . and Also what hath passed in this House relative thereto, from the First Day of January, 1764. Folio, original wrappers. London: Eyre and Strahan, 1774. $75.00 A very rare and unusual document relating to the early troubles in Boston, and the opposition to the King's wishes there. 1170 STAMP ACT. Two Papers on the Subject of Taxing the British Colonies in America . . 12mo, full calf, by Tout. London: Almon, 1767. $12.00 1171 STEAMBOAT CONTROVERSY. Two pieces on the con- troversy between James Rumsey and John Fitch, as fol- lows: 1. A short Treatise on the Application of Steam, where- by is clearly shown from actual Experiments that Steam may be applied to propel Boats or Vessels. 8vo, unbound, uncut, in half brown levant case. Philadelphia, Joseph James, 1788. 2. The original Steam-Boat supported ; or, a Reply to Mr. James Rumsey's Pamphlet. Showing the true Priority of John Fitch, and the false Drawings, &c, of James Rumsey. 8vo, half morocco, uncut. Philadelphia, Zachariah Poulson, 1788. Price for the two pieces, $115.00 THE RAREST BOOK ON AMERICAN STEAMBOATS 1171a STEAMBOATS. Short Account of the Origin of Steam- Boats, written in 1810, and now committed to the Press by W. Thornton. 12mo, sewed, uncut. Albany, 1818. $165.00 The author was one of the principal shareholders in John Fitch's company, and the pamphlet supports his claim to the invention of the steamboat. Benjamin Franklin was also a member of this company. This is the rarest book on the subject, only one other copy being known, this example was used to make the facsimile of the title- page in Dunbar's "History of Travel." 1172 STEARNS, WILLIAM. A View of the Controversey sub- sisting between Great Britain and the American Colonies. A sermon preached at a fast in Marlborough in Massa- chusetts-Bay, on Thursday, May 11, 1775, Agreeable to a recommendation of the Provincial Congress. 8vo, full crushed morocco, inside dentelle borders, uncut, by Canape. Watertown: Edes, 1775. $35.00 A remarkably rare Revolutionary item in pristine condition. SIR HENRY CLINTON'S OWN COPY OF STEDMAN'S HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN WAR 1173 STEDMAN, CHARLES. History of the Origin, Progress and Termination of the American War. (Maps and Plans.) 216 2 vols. 4to, original boards, uncut. London: Printed for the Author, 1794. Clinton's Observations on Mr. Stedman's History of the American War. Uo, uncut, laid in Vol. II of above. Both volumes enclosed in two half morocco slip cases. London : ^^^4- . $250.00 Sir Henry Clinton's own copies, with his manuscript notes through- out the volumes; of the greatest value to the student of the American Kevolution. He defends his conduct of the war. Laid in are docu- ments in his autograph relating to this important period of our history. ;^u^''Af^^l^^/'flPTT^°J^.^^^ '^^^^' s^^^^d by Stedman, is also inserted. THE MOST VALUABLE COPY OF THIS BOOK IN EXISTENCE. 1173a STEVENS, JOHN, The Spanish Rule in the West Indies. Translated from the Spanish. Svo, original calf. London, 1702. $35 OO This rare and valuable book contains an account of naval matters, including the building, Gauging and Insuring of Ships, of the slaves brought over, etc., etc. 1174 STEVENS, JOHN AUSTIN. The Valley of the Rio Grande : Its Topography and Resources. Svo, paper wrap- pers. New York : Wm. C. Bryant & Co., 1864. $3.75 1175 STEVENSON, ROGER. Military Instructions for Offi- cers . . Illustrated with Plans of the Manoeuvres . . 12mo, old calf. Philadelphia: 1775. $22.00 A very scarce early American Military Manual. 1176 STEWART, VIRGIL A. The History of Virgil A. Stew- art, and his Adventure in capturing and exposing the great "Western Land Pirate" and his gang, in connection with the evidence; also of the Trials, Confessions and Execution of a number of Murrell's Associates in the State of Missis- sippi during the Summer of 1835, and the execution of five professional gamblers by the Citizens of Vicksburg, on the 6th July, 1835. Compiled by R. R. Howard. 12mo, cloth. New York, 1836. $7.50 1177 STITH, WILLIAM. The History of the First Discovery and Settlement of Virginia. Svo, full calf, tooled. New York : Reprinted for Joseph Sabin, 1865. $5.00 Only 250 copies printed. THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT OF STOBO'S MEMOIRS 1178 STOBO, ROBERT. Memoirs of Major Robert Stobo, of the Virginia Regiment, 1760. The original MS. written on 85 pages, ruled in red, in the original paper covers, pre- served in a half morocco case. $1500.00 A manuscript of remarkable interest. It is dated at the end 1760. Major Stobo's narrative is extremely valuable and is well known to the reading public through the edition published in Pittsburg in 1854. This varies from that version. We consider this MS. one of the finest American documents that has been preserved. 217 1179 STONE, WILLIAM L, The Poetry and History of Wyo- ming. Containing Campbell's Gertrude, and the History of Wyoming from its Discovery. Portrait. 12mo, cloth. Albany, Munsell, 1864. $5.00 1180 STONE, WILLIAM L. The Life and Times of Sir William Johnson, Bart. (Engraved Frontispiece.) 2 vols., 8vo, half calf, uncut. Albany : 1865. $25.00 LARGE PAPER COPY. 1181 STONE, WILLIAM L. The Life and Times of Sa-Go- Ye-Wat-Ha, or Red Jacket . . With a memoir of the Author . . Engraved Frontispiece of Author and Other Illustrations. Svo, half blue morocco, uncut. Albany: 1866. $17.50 LARGE PAPER COPY. 1182 STRONG, NATHANIEL T. A Further Illustration of the Case of the Seneca Indians in the State of New York . . Svo, original cloth. Philadelphia: 1841. $2.50 1183 SULLIVAN, JAMES. The History of the District of Maine. Illustrated by a new correct map of the Dis- trict. 8vo, sheep. Boston: Thomas and Andrews, 1795. $11.00 1184 SWETT, S. History of Bunker Hill Battle. With a Plan. Third edition. With notes and Likenesses of the Principal Officers. — Notes to his Sketch of Bunker Hill Bat- tle. Svo, half red levant, gilt top, uncut. Boston, 1827-25. $37.50 Fine uncut copies. Although the title calls for "likenesses of the principal officers," none were issued with the book. Extra-illustrated by the insertion of 56 rare portraits, 34 views and 4 plans and maps, mostly inlaid to size of book, and a check signed by Henry Dearborn. 1185 SYLLACIUS, NICOLAUS. De Insulis Meridiam atque Indici Maris Nuper Invent! s. With a Translation into Eng- lish by the Rev. John Mullisran. Portrait. Uo, half morocco, gilt top, uncut. New York, 1860. Only 152 copies printed. Presentation copy from James Lenox to Samuel A. M. Barlow. As this is such an intimate memento of two great collectors of Americana this volume is resnectfully withdrawn to be presented, with tender feelings, where it will always be revered. 1186 TACHE. MGR., Bishop of St. Boniface. Eauisse sur le NORD-OUEST de I'Amerique. Svo, cloth. Montreal. 1869. $16.50 A valuable and practically unknown work on the North West. 218 1187 TAILFER, PAT. A True and Historical Narrative of the Colony of Georgia in America from the First Settlement thereof. Together with His Majesty's Charter, etc. 8vo, half calf, 112 pp. Charles-Town, S. C.: (1741). $40.00 Of much rarity and typographical as well as historical interest, being a very early production of the Southern press. Charlestown imprints before 1750 are scarce. It attacks the conduct of Gen. Oglethorpe, attributing to him the ruin and desolation of the Colony. Written by Pat Talifer, Hugh Anderson, D. Douglas and other Georgia Land- holders. PORTRAIT OF CHIEF JUSTICE TANEY, BY EMANUEL LEUTZE 1187a TANEY, ROGER BROOKE. Life size three-quarter length portrait, in oil, of Roger Brooke Taney, Chief Justice of the United States, by Emanuel Leutze, the celebrated American artist. $3500.00 Chief Justice Taney was born in Calvert county, Maryland, March 17, 1777, and died in Washington, October 12, 1864. He was ap- pointed Chief Justice of the United States by Andrew Jackson in December 26, 1835, and retained the position until his death. It was he who rendered the decision in the famous Dred-Scott case. The artist, Emanuel Leutze, died in Washington, July 18, 1868. He painted, besides many portraits, a number of important historical scenes relating to America. His celebrated picture, "Washington Crossing the Delaware," is in the Metropolitan Museum, New York. This portrait is well known and enjoys the reputation of being THE finest portrait OF JuDGE Taney EXTANT. It was painted for the family of James M. Campbell, the noted lawyer, of Baltimore, who married Judge Taney's daughter, and was purchased at the sale of the effects of Mr. Campbell by his relative, the late Col. Frank M. Etting. A superb picture. 1188 TEXAS. A Visit to Texas : being the Journal of a Trav- eller through those Parts most interesting to American Set- tlers. Illustrated with Large Map and Engraved Plates. 127)10, original cloth. New York : 1834. $18.50 Very rare. 1189 TEXAS. Statistical Report of Texas: Showing the Country Adjacent to and on the line of the Memphis, El Paso & Pacific Railroad. Compiled from various authentic sources. 8vo, original paper cover. New York, 1867. $12.00 1190 THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE. The Vir- ginians. A Tale of the last century. By W. M. Thack- eray. 8vo, 2Jf parts as issued, in original yellow wmvpers enclosed in cloth case. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1858-59. $65.00 219 THE FINEST PRESENTATION COPY OF THACKERAY IN EXISTENCE, AND OF GREAT AMERICAN INTEREST 1191 THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE. The Vir- ginians; a Tale of the Last Century. . . . With Illus- trations on Steel and Wood by the Author. 2 vols., 8vo, orig- inal cloth, uncut, enclosed in two beautiful levant morocco cases. London : Bradbury & Evans. 1858. $2200.00 ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING PRESENTATION COPIES OF THE FIRST EDITION IN EXISTENCE, INSCRIBED TO PETER RACKHAM, AN INTIMATE FRIEND OF BOTH THACK- ERAY AND DICKENS: "In the U. States and in the Queen's dominions. All people have a right to their opinions. And many don't much relish The Virginians. Peruse my book, dear R. ! and if you find it A little to your taste, I hope you'll bind it. Peter Rackham, Esq'r with the best regards of The Author." ONE OF THE FINEST AMERICAN DOCUMENTS EVER OFFERED FOR SALE 1192 THE THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT TO THE CON- STITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, PROHIBITING SLAVERY. 1865. Engrossed on vellum, and containing the signatures of the Vice President, Senators and Repre- sentatives who voted for the Amendment, a DUPLICATE signed of one of the GREATEST AMERICAN DOCU- MENTS. A superb item. Framed. $4500.00 THE FIRST EDITION OF THOMAS' PENNSYLVANIA, 1698 1193 THOMAS, GABRIEL. An Historical and Graphical Ac- count of the Province and Country of Pensilvania: and of West-New-Jersey in America. The Richness of Soil, the Sweetness of the Situation, etc. The Natives, Aborigines, their Language, Religion, Laws, and Customs; The first Planters, The Dutch, Swedes, and English, with the num- ber of its Inhabitants ; as also a Touch upon George Keith's New Religion, in his second Change since he left the Quak- ers. With a Map of both Countries. By Gabriel Thomas, who resided there about Fifteen Years. Small 8vo, full crushed levant morocco, gilt bade and sides, dotiblure of blue morocco, broad gold, border, by David, enclosed in a morocco case. London: Printed for and Sold by A. Bald- win at the Oxon Arms in Warwick-Lane. 1698. $950.00 A fine copy of the very rare First Edition, and one of the earliest of State Histories. 220 1194 THOMAS, DAVID. Travels through the Western Coun- try in the Summer of 1816. With a map of the Wabash Country now Settling. 12mo, original sheep. Auburn, N. Y., 1819. $20.00 A fine copy of this valuable Western narrative, with the scarce errata. 1195 THOMPSON, Z. The Green Mountain Repository for the Year 1832. 12mo, original boards. Burlington Vt., 1832. $9.50 Contains an interesting article on the Boston and Ogdensburgh Railroad, the Iroquois and Algonquin War, Steam Carriages, etc. 1196 THORESBY, RALPH. The Excellency and Advantage of doing Good: Represented in a Sermon Preached before the Honourable Trustees for Establishing the Colony of GEORGIA in America . . . March 17, 1747-8. . . . To which is annex'd A Letter of Samuel Loyd Concerning the Nature and Goodness of the Georgia Silk. Uo, unbound. London, W. Meadows, 1748. $18.50 1197 TIMBERLAKE, HENRY. The Memoirs of Lieut. Henrv Timberlake (who accompanied the Three CHEROKEE IN- DIANS to England in the year 1762) containing whatever he observed remarkable, or worthy of public notice, during his Travels to and from that Nation . . Illustrated WITH AN Accurate Map of their over-hill settlement, and a Curious Secret Journal . . 8vo., full polished and sprinJded calf, g. e. by Morrell. London : 1765. $75.00 1198 TOBACCO. I. Hymnus Tabaci Autore Raphaele Thorio Lugd. Bat. Typis Isaaci Elseuiry. 1628. II. Tabacologia; Hoc est, Tabaci seu Nicotianae de- scriptio Medico-Cheirurgico-Pharmaceutica . . Per Jo- hannem Neandrum Bremanum. . . Lugduni Batavorum, Ex OfRcina Isaaci Elzeviri. 1622. 2 vols, in 1, Ato, vellum covers. $30.00 The first book contains a descriptive engraved Title-Page, and the second, three early engravings depicting the culture of Tobacco. 1199 TORRE Y, JESSE. A Portraiture of Domestic Slavery in the United States . . . Including Memoirs of Facts on the Interior Traffic in Slaves, and on Kidnapping. Illus- trated with Engravings. 8vo, original boards, uncut. Philadelphia: Published by the Author, 1817. $12.50 Rare, especially in boards, uncut. With the early engraved view of the Capitol at Washington. 1200 TOTANES, SEBASTIAN DE. Arte de la Lengua Tagala, y Manual Tagalog, para la administracion de los Santos Sacramentos. Jfto, oriqinal vellum. Impresso ... en el Pueblo de Sapaloc Extra-muros de la Ciudad de Manila, 1745. $37.50 A very rare grammar of the Tagala dialect of the Philippines. 221 ONE OF THE EARLIEST AMERICAN BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE 1201 TOWN AND COUNTRY BUILDER'S ASSISTANT (THE) : Absolutely necessary to be understood, by Build- ers and Workmen in general. . . . Illustrated by Upwards of 200 Examples, engraved on 60 folio Copper- plates. By a Lover of Architecture. Folio, old sheep, re- backed. Boston, J. Norman, [1786]. $50.00 One of the earliest books on the subject. The plates were all en- graved by J. Norman. 1202 TOWNSEND, JOHN K. Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains to the Columbia River, and a Visit to the Sandwich Islands, Chili, &c. With a Scientific Appen- dix. 8vo, original sheep. Philadelphia: Henry Perkins, 1839. $9.50 Very rare, and a valuable historical narrative. 1202a ANOTHER COPY, original cloth. $9.50 1203 [TRYON, THOMAS]. The Country-Man's Companion: or, A New Method of ordering Horses and Sheep so as to preserve them both from Disease and Casualties . By Philotheos Physiologus [Thomas Tryon]. 16mo, half red levant, gilt top. London, [ca 1683]. $45.00 The second part is "The Planters Speech to his Neighbors and Country-men in Pennsylvania, East and West Jersey, &c. And to all such as have Transported themselves into New Colonies for the sake of a quiet Life." 1204 TUFTS, JAMES. A Tract descriptive of Montana Ter- ritory; with a Sketch of its Mineral and Agricultural Re- sources. 8vo, unbound, uncut. New York. 1865. $9.00 Exceedingly rare. 1205 TYSON, JAMES L. Diary of a Physician in California; being the Result of Actual Experience, including Notes of the Journey by Land and Water, and Observations on the Climate, Soil, Resources of the Country, etc. By James L. Tyson. 8vo, original paper covers. New York, 1850. $12.00 An interesting account of life at the gold mines. 1206 TYSON, JOB R, Discourse on the surviving remnant of the Indian race in the United States. . . 38 pp., 8vo. half morocco. Philadelphia: Waldie, 1836. $5.00 1207 URTNG. CAPT. NATHANIEL. A History of the Vovages and Travels of . . 8vo, half morocco. London : 1726. $6.00 1208 URLSPERGER. SAMUEL. Ausfurliche Nachrichten vonden Salzburgischen Emigrnnten, die sich in America niedergelassen haben, etc. Herausgegeben von Samuel 222 Urlsperger. Portrait of Tomo Chaci Mico and his Brother, and Mezzotint portrait of Rev. Johann Mar- tin BOLZIUS (ENGRAVED BY HAND) ; FOLDING MAP OF THE County of Savannah. (Portrait Dr. Urlsperger in- serted). 12 parts (of IS published) bound in U vols., small 4to, half crimson morocco. Halle: 1738-1745. $150.00 This journal of the proceedings of the Salzburgh emigrants who formed the settlement of Ebenezer in Georgia, was continued from year to year up to 1752, forming 18 parts. Mr. Brinley had but two of these parts. 1209 UTAH. The Deseret News. Published Weekly. Albert Carrington, Editor. Volumes 5, 6, 7. Great Salt Lake City: 1855-7. 3 vols. Folio, half morocco. $185.00 No other copy so complete as this is known. It contains information relating to the Mormons and the settlement of Utah that can be ob- tained from no other source. 1210 VAIL, ALFRED. Description of the American Electro Magnetic Telegraph: now in operation between the Cities of Washington and Baltimore. Illustrated by fourteen WOOD engravings. 8vo, original paper covers. Washing- ton, 1845. $75.00 A two page 8vo autograph manuscript, signed by S. F. B. Morse, is inserted. It is an account of his conceiving the idea which led to the invention of his famous code, and is one of the most interesting Morse documents extant. 1211 VAUX, ROBERTS. Memoirs of the Lives of Benjamin Lay and Ralph Sandif ord ; Two of the Earliest Public Advo- cates for the Emancipation of The Enslaved Africans. Colored portrait. 127no, half straight-grained morocco, gilt top, uncut. Philadelphia: Solomon W. Conrad, 1815. $10.00 Very rare, uncut, with the colored frontispiece by Kneass. 1212 VENEGAS, M. A Natural and Civil History of CALI- FORNIA. Illustrated with Copper Plates and an Ac- curate Map of the Country. 2 vols., Svo, half morocco, partly uncut. London ; J. Rivington, 1759. $57.50 A very fine copy. 1213 VERMONT. An ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT PLAN of WINDSOR, VERMONT, executed about the year 1764 dur- ing the Famous Boundary Disputes between New York, New Hampshire and Vermont. It is beautifully drawn in ink on vellum and is marked: "A Plan of the Patent of Windsor made for Mr. Ennis Graham." Size 2514 x 34 inches. $145.00 It is an historical document of great importance and an ideal nucrget for anyone interested in the early chronicles of Vermont. These early town-plans are almost impossible to secure. 223 THE FINEST COPY KNOWN OF THE EARLIEST NEW ENGLAND BOOK RELATING SOLELY TO THE INDIANS 1214 VINCENT PHILIP. A true Relation of the late Battell fought in New-England, between the English and the Pequet Salvages. Small 4to boards, leather back, in levant solander case. London, Thomas Harper, 1638. Price on application. Of the utmost rarity and in the finest possible condition. With the original blank preceding title. A copy of the 1637 edition sold in 1917 for £650. DE BRY'S EDITION OF HARIOT'S VIRGINIA 1215 VIRGINIA. Admiranda Narratio Fida Tamen de Com- modiset incolarum vitibus Virgins . . , Anglico Scripta sermone a THOMAS HARIOT. Engraved Plates, brilliant impressions. Folio, crimson levant morocco extra, by Riviere. Francoforti ad Moenum. Typis Joannis Wechell, sumtibus vero Theodori de Bry, 1590. $285.00 The rare first edition of DeBry's famous issue of Hariot's Virginia. THE STATE OF VIRGINIA IN 1727 1216 VIRGINIA. The Present State of Virginia, and the Col- lege. By Messieurs Hartwell, Blair and Chilton. To which is added the Charter for Erecting the said College, granted by their late Majesties King William and Queen Mary. 8vo, fidl calf. London : Printed for John Wyat, 1727. $135.00 This valuable account of Virginia was written by Henry Hartwell, a member of the Honourable Council of Virginia, the Reverend James Blair, and Edward Chilton, the Attorney-General of the Province. It is very rare, only a few copies having been offered for sale in recent years. From the Library of Charles, Viscount Bruce of Ampthill, with his bookplate. 1217 VIRGINIA. The Case of the Planters of Tobacco in Vir- ginia, as represented by themselves. 12mo, half morocco. London: Robert, 1733. $30.00 The Cooke copy sold in 1883 for $24,00, ONE OF THE RAREST BOOKS ON THE COLONIES 1218 VIRGINIA. A Short Account of the First Settlement of the Provinces of Virginia, Maryland, New-York, New-Jer- sey, and Pennsylvania, by the English. 4to, half morocco, uncut. London, 1735. $675.00 A book of excessive rarity. We have failed to locate a copy in any library of Americana. The title calls for a map which does not accompany this copy. 224 1219 VIRGINIA. Acts of Assembly, passed at a General As- sembly, summoned to be held at the Capital, in the Citv of Williamsburg, on the First Day of August, in the Ninth Year of the Reign of . . . George II ... to Aug. 5, 1736. Folio, unbound, uncut, in half morocco slip case. Williamsburg: Printed by William Parks, 1736. Pp. (2), 48. $125.00 Very rare. In pristine condition, sewed, as issued. 1219a VIRGINIA. Ordinances Passed at a Convention held in the City of Williamsburg In the Colony of Virginia on Friday, the 1st of December, 1775. Uo, sewed. Williams- burg: Printed by Alexander Purdie, (1775). $115.00 1219b VIRGINIA. Ordinances Passed at a Convention held in the City of Richmond in the Colony of Virginia, on Monday, the 17th of July, 1775. 4to, sewed. Williamsburg: Printed by Alexander Purdie (1775). $115.00 Two of the most famous of the celebrated Williamburg ordinances relating to the preparations made by Virginia to secure her inde- pendence. 1220 VIRGINIA. Reflections on the Present State Govern- ment of Virginia; and a variety of good causes shown for altering the same. In two Parts. By a Native. 12mo, sewed, uncut. Printed in the year 1793. $10.00 1221 VIRGINIA. In the House of Representatives, December 13, 1796. Broadside for the purpose of calling a conven- tion for revising the Constitution and Form of Government of Virginia. [Richmond: 1796]. $12.00 1222 VIRGINIA. Map of Virginia, found from Actual Sur- veys and the latest, as well as the most accurate, obsers^a- tions by James Madison, D. D., late President of William and Mary College. With extensive Additions and Correc- tions to the year 1818. Drawn by William Davis. Struck off in six sections, engraved on copper, mounted on linen, size 3% feet bv S'H feet. INSET VIEW OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, 11x22 inches; also a map of Ohio, 19 x 16 inches. Richmond : Published 1807 by the Proprietors. $25.00 Very rare. 1223 VISSCHER, N. Atlas Minor sive Sedis Belli in Orbe . . Amsterdam; Nicolaum Visscher (1670). $85.00 A series of 87 maps of the world containing many early ones of America; all hand colored. 1224 VOCAL COMPANION, THE. Being a choice Collec- tion of the most approved Songs, Catches, Duets, &c. Frontispiece. 12mo, original boards. Philadelphia, 1796. $15.00 225 1225 VOLTAIRE, FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET De. AL- ZIRE, ou Les Americains. Representee a Paris pour la premiere fois le 27 Janvier, 1736. Paris, 1736. Alzira. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln's- Inn Fields. London, 1736. 8vo, half brown morocco. $15.00 The First edition and the First English translation bound together. 1226 WAFER, LIONEL. A New Voyage and Description of the Isthmus of America, Giving an Account of the Author's abode there , . Illustrated with Several Copper- Plates. 8vo, old calf. London : 1699. $35.00 One of the earliest books on PANAMA, containing an interesting description and a rare map. 1227 WALKER, SIR HOVENDEN. A Journal; or full ac- count of the late expedition to Canada . . 8vo, full calf. London: Browne, 1720. $35.00 From the collection of the Earl of Jersey, with bookplate. GENL. BEAUREGARD'S INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT AS TO HIS ACTIONS IN REGARD TO FORT SUMTER 1228 WALKER, LEROY P. Confederate Brig.-General, and Secretary of War. L, S. 4 pages, 4to. Confederate States of America, War Department, Montgomery, April 2, 1861. To General Beauregard. $265.00 A highly interesting letter, giving Genl. Beauregard instructions as to his actions in regard to Fort Sumter. GENL. BEAUREGARD RECEIVES INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT FOR THE COM- PLETE ISOLATION OF FORT SUMTER 1229 WALKER, LEROY P. L. S. 4 pages, 4to. Confederate States of America, War Department, Montgomery, April 6, 1861. To Genl. Beauregard. $265.00 Communicating general instructions for the complete isolation of Fort Sumter, and special instructions that no one be allowed to leave the fort. GENL. WALKER'S LITTLE DAUGHTER SENDS A DESIGN FOR A CONFEDERATE FLAG 1230 WALKER, LEROY P. A. L. S. 2 pages, 8vo. Richmond, Sept. 14, 1861. And A. L. S. of his little daughter, Matilda Pope Walker. Of the same date. To Genl. Beauregard. $80.00 Secretary Walker's letter is as follows, and gives notice of his resignation as Secretary of War: 226 "The enclosed note from my little daughter was written by her with- out suggestion or alteration in any way, and the design for a flag is entirely her own conception. She signs herself with the usual vanity of her sex 'daughter of the Secretary of War' and thus gives me the opportunity to say that my official connection with the Army is about to terminate, having tendered my resignation to the President a few days since." 1231 WALKER, W. F. God's Covenant. A Sermon preached on the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity, In Trinity Church, Chicago, 111. By the Rector. 8vo, unbound. Chicago, 1844. $27.50 An early Chicago imprint. 1232 WAR OF 1812. Analysis of the late Correspondence be- tween our Administration and Great Britain and France. With an attempt to show what are the real Causes of the Failure of the Negotiation. 8vo, half morocco. Boston, [1812]. $3.50 1233 WARD, EDMUND. An Account of the River St. John, with its Tributary Rivers and Lakes. 8vo, original paper covers. Fredericton, N. B., 1841. $27.50 Presentation copy from the author. Extremely rare and of great historical value. THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF THE FAMOUS COBBLER OF AGGAWAM 1234 WARD, NATHANIEL. The Simple Cobbler of Aggawam in America. By Theodore de la Guard. 12mo, original calf. Boston, Daniel Henchman, 1713. $225.00 The first American edition of this well-known book, far rarer than any of the English editions. 1235 WASHBURN, CEPHAS. Reminiscences of the Indians. With a Biography of the Author by Rev. J. W. Moore, of Arkansas. 12mo, oHginal cloth. Richmond: 1869. $10.00 Relates to Arkansas, and the Cherokee Indians. 1236 WASHINGTON, D. C. Letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting sundry Documents relative to the Claim of Peter Charles L'Enfant, for planning and laying out the CITY OF WASHINGTON. Svo, unbound, uncut. Wash- ington Cit^, William Duane & Son, 1803. $12.50 1237 WASHINGTON. PLAN OF THE CITY OF WASH- INGTON in the Territory of Columbia, ceded by the States of Virginia and Maryland to the U. S. Engraved by Thach- ara and Vallance. Size, 231/2 x 30 inches. Philadelphia: 1792. $25.00 227 1238 WASHINGTON. A CORRECT MAP OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, Capital of the United States of America. With North Elevation of the President's House. Engraved by Stone. Size 17 by 21 inches. Washington : Force, 1820. $17.50 Contains, in addition to the View of the Executive Mansion, a curious one of the "West Front of the Capitol." ONE OF THE RAREST VIEWS OF WASHINGTON AND NEW YORK 1238a The "Holy Alliance" or Satan's Legion at Sabbath Pranks Relative to Transporting the Mail of the United States on Sunday. Large Folio, Colored Engraving. WITH VIEWS OF THE CAPITOL AT WASHINGTON AND TRINITY CHURCH, NEW YORK. Philadelphia: En- graved and Published by James Akin, May 5, 1830. $365.00 Not in Stauffer and the only colored impression known. It is a caricature Engraved by James Akin of the attempt to stop the U. S. Mail on Sundays and among the persons satirized are many well- known citizens of the time. The picture contains rare views of the Capitol at Washington and Trinity Church, New York. 1239 WASHINGTON. The Beginnings of Washington as de- scribed in Books, Maps and Views, by P. Lee Phillips. Illustrated. 4to, cloth. Washington, 1917. $3.00 Limited edition. AUTOGRAPH LETTERS OF GEORGE WASHINGTON AND OF HIS ILLUSTRIOUS CONTEMPORARIES, 1752-1799 1240 WASHINGTON, GEORGE. A remarkable collection of autographic material of George Washington and his illus- trious contemporaries, comprising: 12 A. LI. S. OF GEORGE WASHINGTON and 2 DOCUMENTS ENTIRE- LY IN HIS AUTOGRAPH, altogether about 35 pages folio and 4to written between the years 1752 and 1799; 7 LI. S. of George Washington; A. LI. S. of NATHANAEL GREENE, FRANCIS HOPKINSON, JOSEPH REED, JOHN LAURENS, HENRY LEE, RICHARD HENRY LEE, TOBIAS LEAR, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, COMTE DE LAFAYETTE, and others, in all 20 autograph letters signed and letters signed of personages of note in connec- tion with the Revolutionary Period of American History. Bound in a folio volume, in blue crushed levant by Riviere with numerous portraits, including several Washington por- traits of the greatest rarity. $18,500.00 Fuller particulars upon application. 228 A MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF BOOKS FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON'S LIBRARY, THE FINEST EVER OFFERED FOR SALE 1241 WASHINGTON, GEORGE. A collection of seventeen books from the Library of George Washington, each con- taining his signature, being the largest number offered for sale at one time since the disposal of the Baker Collection. Included in the number are items of great historical impor- tance. $13,500.00 Probably the last opportunity to secure at one time a considerable portion of Washington's library. Every volume contains his auto- graph, and several have his bookplate as well. WASHINGTON'S OWN COPY OF THE VIRGINIA JOURNAL 1242 JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CON- VENTION HELD AT RICHMOND . . . 20th day of March, 1775. 8vo, original calf binding, as executed for General Washington, enclosed in red levant morocco fire- proof solander case. Williamsburg: 1775. (Other rare PAMPHLETS BOUND IN.) $4500.00 WASHINGTON'S OWN COPY in which he inscribed his signature on the title page. This was the finest book sold at the dispersal of his library in 1876; IT CONTAINS MANY RARE PAMPHLETS ALL RELATING TO WASHINGTON'S- CAREER. List sent upon application. 1243 WASHINGTON, GEORGE. Letters to Henry Laurens, together with the return of killed, wounded, &c. Folio broadside. Philadelphia, John Dunlap, 1778. $125.00 Three letters written June and July, 1778, by Washington to the President of Congress giving an account of the actions of the army under his command and a return of the CASUALTIES AT THE BATTLE OF MONMOUTH. NOT IN EVANS AND BELIEVED TO BE UNIQUE. 1244 WASHINGTON, GEORGE. Letters ... to several of his Friends, in June and July, 1776; in which is set forth an interesting View of American Politics, at that all-impor- tant Period. 8vo, unbound, uncut. Philadelphia, 1795. $10.00 1245 ANOTHER COPY, full polished calf, gilt, uncut, by Morrell. $12.50 1246 WASHINGTON, GEORGE. A Letter to George Wash- ington . . . containing strictures on his address of the seventeenth of September, 1796. Notifying his relinquish- ment of the Presidential office. By Jasper Dw'ght . . . 8vo, half red morocco, uncut. Philadelphia : 1796. $10.00 229 1247 WASHINGTON, GEORGE. Official Letters to the Hon- ourable American Congress written during the War between the United States Colonies and Great Britain. Portrait. 2 vols. 12mo, old sheep, (worn). Boston, 1796. $18.50 Brilliant impression of the portrait engraved by S. Hill. 1248 WASHINGTON, GEORGE. Bowers, James. A Dis- course on Occasion of the Death of General George Wash- ington, delivered in St. Ann's Church, Pittston, on Satur- day, February 22, 1800. 12mo, sewed. Hallowell (District of Maine), Peter Edes, 1800. $35.00 1249 WASHINGTON, GEORGE. The Life of George Wash- ington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces dur- ing the War which established the Independence of his Country, and First President of the United States. By John Marshall. Portrait, views and maps. 5 vols, 8vo, half calf, t. e. g; uncut, London, 1804. $18.00 1250 WASHINGTON, GEORGE. The Life of George Wash- ington, Commander in Chief of the Armies of the United States in the War which established their Independence, and first President of the United States. By David Ramsay. Portrait engraved by Heath after Stewart. 8vo, half ■red morocco, gilt top, uncut, by Root. London, 1807. $20.00 1250a THE SAME. ANOTHER EDITION. Portrait en- graved BY Leney. 8vo, half blue morocco, gilt top, uncut, by Root. New York, 1807. $20.00 1251 WATSON, JOHN F. The Original Autograph Manu- script Additions to Annals and Occurrences of NEW YORK CITY AND STATE, for the Edition of 1846. Sixty Pages, Octavo. Accompanied by the Author's own copy of : Historic Tales of Olden Time: Concerning The Early Settlement and Advancement of New York City and State . . . 12mo, old red morocco. New York: 1832. $100.00 With the author's signature: "John F. Watson," written in pencil on the title-page. 1252 WAYNE, ANTHONY. General. A.L.S., 2pp. 4to. Camp near the Quarter House, December 13, 1782. To General Greene. $45.00 "Dear Sir Considering the preservation of Charlestown, & the lives & property of its inhabitants of much greater consequence than the striking, or capturing, a rear guard of a retiring enemy. I agreed to the Inclosed 230 propositions from Genl. Leslie, thro' his Adjt General & Mr. Simons, which I hope will meet your approbation. I breakfast in town tomorrow morning, from whence I shall again write you. Interim, I am with m,u^h Esteem Your TTWst Obt & very Hum, sert Anty Wayne." "Colo Simons wishes that this Evacuation may be announced to His Excellency Govt Matthews." 1253 WEBSTER, DANIEL. Correspondence between Mr. Webster and Lord Ashburton: 1. On McLeod's Case; 2. On the Creole Case ; 3. On the subject of Impressment. 8vo, half morocco, [n. p. 1842.] $4.00 This copy contains an autograph of Daniel Webster pasted on the fly leaf. 1254 WELD, ISAAC. Travels through the States of North America, and the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, during the years 1795, 1796, and 1797. Illustrated and EMBELLISHED WITH SIXTEEN PLATES. Uo, half red calf extra uncut. London: 1799. $15.00 Very rare in this condition. 1255 WELD, ISAAC. Travels through The States of North America, and the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, during the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797. Illustrated and EMBELLISHED WITH SIXTEEN PLATES 2 Vols., 8V0, half black morocco. London, 1807. $12.00 ONE OF THE RAREST SERIES OF AMERICAN VIEWS 1256 WELLS, WILLIAM. WESTERN SCENERY; or. Land and River, Hill and Dale in the Mississippi Valley. Superbly Lithographed from Original Sketches Literary Department by William Wells . . Uo, original cloth. Cincinnati. O, : 1851. $85.00 OF THE HIGHEST DEGREE OF RARITY AND INTEREST. The colored plates are extremely fine. 1256a WELSH, WILLIAM. Report and Supplementary Report of a Visit to Spotted Tail's Tribe of BRULE SIOUX IN- DIANS, the Yankton and Santee Sioux, Ponkas and the CHIPPEWAS OF MINNESOTA. Svo, original printed wrappers. Philadelphia, 1870. $35.00 Only a few copies privately printed for Mr. Welsh. This is one of the rarest Western narratives and it is of the utmost historical importance. 1257 [WESLEY, CHARLES.] Reflections on the Rise and Progress of the American Rebellion. 12mo, calf. London : 1780. $35.00 Extremely rare. 231 1258 WESLEY, JOHN. Primitive Physick : or, An Easy and Natural Method of Curing Most Diseases. 12mo, original hoards, broken. Philadelphia, Printed by Andrew Stewart, 1764. $50.00 Fine copy of the First American Edition of this well-known medical treatise. We cannot trace the sale of a copy at auction. UNPUBLISHED DIARIES OF WESTERN TRAVEL AND DISCOVERY. OF GREAT INTEREST AND VALUE 1259 WESTERN EXPLORATION. The Original unpub- lished Notebooks and journals of Edward M. Keon during the official expedition of the United States Government across the Rocky Mountains and the West from 1841 to 1851. In SEVEN MS. NOTEBOOKS, containing descriptions of the undiscovered Western Country. Illustrated with Maps and Plans. A valuable narrative which would pay to publish. $250.00 1260 WESTERN LANDS. Cautionary Hints to Congress re- specting the Sale of the Western Lands, belonging to the United States. 8vo, unbound. Philadelphia, 1796. $20.00 1261 WESTERN TOURIST, THE, and Emigrant's Guide through the States of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa and Wisconsin, and the Territories of Minne- sota, Missouri and Nebraska . . . With a large and minute map. 16m.o, original cloth. New York, J. H. Col- ton and Company, 1854. $17.50 An extremely scarce little book. 1262 WEST INDIES. A brief and perfect Journal of the late Proceedings and Success of the English Army in the West Indies, Continued until June the 24th, 1655. Together with Some Quares inserted and answered. By I. S., an eye- witness. Small Jfto, boards, leather back. London, 1655. $45.00 Excessively rare. A graphic account of the ill-fated expedition under Sir William Penn, the father of the Founder of Pennsylvania. 1263 WEST INDIES. A Representation of the Miserable State of Barbadoes, under the Arbitrary and Corrupt Administra- tion of his Excellency, Robert Lowther, Esq.; the present Governor. . . . 12mo, half morocco. London : 1719. $20.00 1264 WEST INDIES. The Barbadoes Packet: containing sev- eral original papers ; giving an account of the most material transactions that have lately happened in a certain part 232 of the West Indies. 16mo, half red morocco. London: 1720. $12.00 A rare and interesting account of the conduct of affairs in the West Indies of the 18th century. 1265 WHEATLEY, PHILLIS. Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. Portrait. 12mo, half black morocca London, A. Bell, 1773. $7.50 First edition. Some people call the contents of this volume "poetry": others, adding insult to injury, label it "American poetry." 1266 WHEELOCK, ELEAZAR. A Plain and Faithful Narra- tive of the Original Design, Rise, Progress and present State of the Indian Charity-School of Lebanon, in Connecti- cut. 8vo, half morocco, uncut. Boston : Richard and Sam- uel Draper, 1763. $20.00 1267 WHEELOCK, ELEAZAR. A Continuation of the Nar- rative of the State, etc., of the Indian Charity-School at Lebanon, in Connecticut. From November 27, 1762, to September 3d, 1765. 12mo, half morocco. Boston: Richard and Samuel Draper, 1765. $25.00 1268 WHEELER, JOSEPH. Confederate Major-General. A. L. S. 2 pages, 8vo. Head Qrs. Crossing of Gunter's bridge and Lexington road with Jackson's bridge and Columbia road, 11.20 A. M., Feb. 15, 1865. To Col. Jno. M. Otey. $3.50 Relative to the movements of Kilpatrick's Cavalry, asks for informa- tion of the enemy, and whereabouts of his own officers. SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 1269 WHIPPLE, WILLIAM. A. L. S. 4 pp., folio. Baltimore, 7 Feb'y, 1777, to Dr. Josiah Bartlett; referring to all matters under consideration of the Continental Congress, of the Southern jealousies, and other strifes within that body, etc., etc. $200.00 From an historical standpoint, it would be impossible to crowd more interesting information in a letter. Every line shows that glorious spirit of '76, which enabled our forefathers to break the shackles of England and establish a home of Liberty. 1270 WHITAKER, NATHANIEL. An Antidote against Tory- ism or the Curse of Meroz . . . 12mo, sewed, uncut. Newbury-Port : Printed by John Mycall, 1777. $30.00 Dedicated to George Washington. 1271 WHITE, SAMUEL. History of the American Troops during the late War under the Commands of Colonels Fen- ton and Campbell. 1 2m 0, half morocco. Baltimore: Edes, 1829. $12.50 A rare volume relating to the War of 1812. 233 1272 WHITEFIELD, GEORGE. The Rev. Mr. Whitefield's Answer to the Bishop of London's Last Pastoral Letter. 8vo, sewed. Philadelphia, Andrew and William Bradford, [1739]. $12.50 The very rare Bradford edition. 1273 WHITEFIELD, GEORGE. A Journal of a Voyage from London to Savannah in Georgia. The Fourth Edition. 12mo, half morocco. London : 1739. $7.50 1274 WHITEFIELD, GEORGE. A Continuation of the Rev- erend Mr. Whitefield's Journal, from his Arrival at Savan- nah, to his Return to London. 8vo, half morocco. London, 1739. $7.50 1275 WHITEFIELD, GEORGE. A Continuation of the Rev- erend Mr. Whitefield's Journal from a few Days after his Return to Georgia . . . The Seventh Journal. 8vo, half morocco. London: 1741. $12.50 1276 WHITEFIELD, GEORGE. A Discourse, occasioned By the Death of the Reverend George Whitefield, A. M. . . . delivered Oct. 14, 1770, In the Second Presbyterian Church in the City of Philadelphia, By James Sproutt. 8vo, un- bound. Philadelphia, W. and T. Bradford, 1771. $10.00 1277 WHITEFIELD, GEORGE. Some Account of the Pro- ceedings at The College of the Right Hon. the Countess of Huntingdon, in Wales. Relative to Those Students called to go to her Ladyship's College in Georgia. In Three Let- ters. By one who was present. (George Whitefield.) 16mo, half levant morocco. London, 1772. $12.50 1278 [WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF.] The History of Haverhill, Massachusetts. By B. L. Mirick. (With Fold- ing View of Haverhill by Annin and Smith.) 8vo, original boards, uncut. Haverhill : 1832. $35.00 Until a few years ago it was not generally known that Whittier compiled this work. In the Fall of 1828, when Whittier was called away from Haverhill to Boston, he transferred the almost completed MS. to B-L. Mirick, who finished the work, attached his own name to it, and had it published. 1279 WHITTIER, J. G. Moll Pitcher, A Poem. 8vo, full crushed blue morocco extra. Boston: Carter and Hendee, 1832. $120.00 The first edition. 1280 WHITTIER, J. G. Mogg Megone. A Poem. 24mo, orig- inal cloth in a half morocco slip case. Boston, 1836. $55.00 The first edition. A superb copy. 234 1281 WHOLE TRUTH, THE. An Address to the Freeman of New England ; but worthy of the attention of every genuine American. 8vo, sewed, uncut. Frederick Town, M. Bart- gis, 1809. $5.00 1282 WILLARD, JOSIAH. A Poem Sacred to the Memory of Josiah Willard, Late Secretary of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay . . . who Deceased December 6th, 1756. Aetatis 76. [By Peter Oliver]. 121710, unbound, in half levant, case. Boston, 1757. $25.00 Fine copy with the rare half title. AUTOGRAPH OF THE FOUNDER OF RHODE ISLAND 1283 WILLIAMS, ROGER. Founder of Rhode Island. A. D. S., 1 page, 4to, Providence, January 27, 1667-8. "I Roger Williams appointed by the Gen. Assembly of ye Colonie to be one of the Committee of ye Towne of Provi- dence for ye yssuing of the matter of ye Rate & having being authoriz'd by the Towne Committee to give a full reckoned with & reed of Rich: Waterman five pound, & discharge to so many as make payment unto me, I doe in ye Colonies name acquit & discharge the sayd Rich : Waterman from all former Rates levied upon him by the Colony unto this day. . . In witness whereof on the behalfe of Towne & Colony I set my hand this twenty seven of Jan : 1667-8 (so called)." In perfect condition. Bound in a folio volume in light brown levant, by Riviere. $1350.00 1284 WILLIAMSON, HUGH. The History of North Carolina. Maip. 2 vols., Svo, new half morocco. Philadelphia : Thomas Dobson. 1812. $18.00 1285 WILLIAMSON, PETER. French and Indian Cruelty Exemplified in the Life of Peter Williamson. Written by Himself. The Third Edition with considerable Improve- ments. 12mo, boards. Glasgow: 1758. $26.50 The best edition of this celebrated Indian narrative, containing more material than the first. 1286 WILMINGTON ALMANAC. Pennsylvania Town and Country-man's Almanack, for the Year of Our Lord. 1771. By John Tobler. 12mo, unbound, uncut. Wilmincion, John Adams, [1770]. $35.00 Very rare. From the first press at Wilmington. James Adams was employed for seven years by Franklin and Hall in Philadelphia. In 1761 he removed to Wilminqrton and established his press. He was the only printer in Delaware prior to 1775. 235 1287 WILSON, ALEXANDER. American Ornithology; Or, the Natural History of the Birds of the United States, Illustrated with Plates Engraved and Colored from Original Drawings taken from Nature. Three volumes (text) octavo. One volume fclio (Plates), half calf. Phila- delphia: Collins and Co., 1828. $65.00 LARGE PAPER COPY. Only a very few were so printed, and they are excessively rare. 1288 WILSON, JAMES. Considerations on the Nature and the Extent of the Legislative Authority of the British Par- liament. 8vo, unbound. Philadelphia, William and Thomas Bradford, 1774. $32.50 One of the rarest Revolutionary pamphlets. 1289 WILSON, THOMAS. An Essay towards an Instruction for the Indians. 12mo, half red calf. London: J. Osborn, 1740. $17.50 The first edition. Extremely rare. Although later editions of this book are often found, the first is of great scarcity. AUTOGRAPH INSCRIPTION BY THE PRESIDENT 1290 WILSON, WOODROW. An Old Master and other Politi- cal Essays. 12mo, original cloth. New York, 1893. $75.00 Inscribed in the President's autograph : "If 'man is a political animal,' he should be also a political spirit, making the polity to which he belongs more moral, more ideal, more vigorous at every point at which he touches it. Woodrow Wilson, 24 August, 1900." AUTOGRAPH INSCRIPTION BY THE PRESIDENT 1291 WILSON, WOODROW. Constitutional Government in the United States. 12mo, original cloth, uncut. New York, 1908. $225.00 With a long quotation in the autograph of the President, dated Princeton, 18 Oct., '09. "The Constitution of the United States, like the Constitution of every living state, grows and is altered by force of circumstance and changes in affairs." Etc. 1291a WINSHIP, GEORGE PARKER. Early South Ameri- can Newspapers. 8vo, unbound. Worcester, 1908. $1.00 One Hundred and Fifty Copies printed. 1291b WINSHIP, GEORGE PARKER. William Caxton. A Paper read at a Meeting of the Club of Odd Volumes in Boston Massachusetts U. S. A. in January M.D.C.C.C.C- V.I.I.I. 8vo, boards. London: Published and Sold at the Doves Press, 1909. $6.00 One of Three Hundred Copies. 236 1291c WINSHIP, GEORGE PARKER. The Rhode-Island Almanack For the Year, 1728. Being the First ever Printed in that Colony. 12mo, unbound, uncut. Providence, 1911. $7.50 Facsimile reprint from the only known copy in the John Carter Brown Library. With a preface by Mr. Winship. One of Sixty copies. 1291d WINSHIP, GEORGE PARKER. The Printing Press in South America. 16mo, unbound, uncut. Providence, 1912. $2.00 One of Two Hundred Copies. 1291e WINSHIP, GEORGE PARKER. The Puritans' Fare- well to England. Being The Humble Request of the Gov- ernor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New Eng- land about to depart upon the Great Embarkation April 7, 1630. 8vo, boards, uncut. New York, Printed for the New England Society, 1912. $4.00 Edited by Mr. Winship. One of a few copies printed for friends of the editor. 1291f WINSHIP, GEORGE PARKER. A farther Brief and True Narration of the Great Swamp Fight in the Narra- gansett Country December 19, 1675. 8vo, original boards, uncut. Providence, 1912. $6.50 Facsimile reprint with a preface by Mr. Winship. One of three hundred copies. 1291g WINSHIP, GEORGE PARKER. Lord, let thy Wrath turn from us: for we are but a Few Among the Heathen. A letter from Major William Bradford to the Rev. John Cotton. . . . July 21, 1675. 8vo, boards, uncut. Provi- dence, 1914. $7.00 Facsimile reproduction with a preface by Mr. Winship. 1291h WINSHIP, GEORGE PARKER. The Redwood Library Guide to an Appreciation of William Shakespeare His Works and Fame. Being a few explanatory Notes on an Exhibition of Books and Manuscripts Selected from the Collection of Mr. Marsden J. Perry. Svo, sewed, uncut. Providence, 1916. $1.25 1291i WINSHIP, GEORGE PARKER. James Browne his Writings in Prose and Verse. 12mo, boards, uncut. Bos- ton, Merrymount Press, 1917. $5.00 Printed from oriprinal manuscripts preserved in the Rhode Island Historical Society, with a preface by Mr. Winship. 1292 WITHERS, ALEXANDER S. Chronicles of Border Warfare, or a History of the Settlement by the Whites of North- Western Virginia; and of the Indian Wars and Mas- 237 1292 WITHERS, ALEXANDER S.— Continued. sacres in that section of the State. With Reflections, Anec- dotes, etc. 12mo, original sheep. Clarksburg, Va. : 1831. $45.00 First edition with advertisements at the end. Very rare! An unusually fine copy. 1293 WITHERSPOON, JOHN. A Letter from a Blacksmith, to the Minister and Elders of the Church of Scotland. 12mo, unbound. London Printed: Philadelphia Reprinted by An- drew Steuart, 1765. $17.50 With the rare half-title. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT VOLUMES OF AMERICAN POETRY 1294 WOLCOTT (ROGER). Poetical Meditations, being the Improvement of some Vacant Hours. By Roger Wolcott, Esq. With a Preface by the Reverend Mr. Bulkley of Col- chester. With the half-title, errata and advertisements. Small 8vo, red morocco, gilt edges, by Bedford. New-Lon- don : Printed and sold by T. Green, 1725. $665.00 The first volume of verse printed in Connecticut, which some of the writers on the early history of the State made use of. The Brinley-Hoe Robinson copy. This is one of the most valuable books of our early poetry. GENERAL WOLFE'S OWN COPY OF HIS MILITARY MANUAL 1295 WOLFE, GENERAL JAMES. Exercise for the Horse, Dragoon, and Foot Forces. 12mo, old calf. Dublin, Printed by Andrew Crooke, 1728. $550.00 GENERAL WOLFE'S COPY with his autograph on title. This volume afterwards belonged to Keppel, Earl of Albemarle, who as Lord Bury, commanded the 20th Regt. of which Wolfe was Lieut.- Colonel in 1754. FOUR VOLUMES FROM THE LIBRARY OF GENERAL JAMES WOLFE, THE HERO OF QUEBEC 1296 WOLFE, GENERAL JAMES. Memoirs de M. le Mar- quis de Feuquiere. ^ vols., original calf. A Londres : Pierre Dunoyer, 1740. $500.00 The title-page of each of the 4 vols, of these celebrated Military Memoirs contains the inscription "/. WOLFE" across the top in the General's handwriting. With the old Armorial Book-plate of William Neate. From the Dorchester Library. 238 1297 WOLFE, JAMES. Death of General Wolfe. Uo, broad- side mounted o7i linen, folded to 8vo and bound in half red morocco. N. p., n. d. [1759]. $45.00 Very rare. Describes the Battle of Quebec and the Death of Wolfe. 1298 WOOD, JOHN. A Full Exposition of the Clintonian Fac- tion and the Society of the Columbian Illuminati ; With an account of the writer of the Narrative and the characters of his Certificate Men, as also Remarks on Warren's Pam- phlet. 8vo, neiu half morocco. Newark: Printed for the author. 1802. $6.00 1299 WOODS, JOHN. Two Years' Residence in the Settle- ment on the English Prairie, in the Illinois Country, United States. Map, 8vo, boards, uncut. London: 1822. $37.50 Very rare in the original boards. 1300 THE SAME. ANOTHER COPY. Full polished calf, extra, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, uncut. $35.00 With the large folding map and two others. Very rare with three maps. THE FINEST COPY KNOWN 1301 [WOOLEY, CHARLES], A two Years Journal in New York: And part of its Territories in America, 16mo, origi- nal sheep, in black levant solander case. London, Printed for Dickinson Boys in Lowth, and George Barton in Boston, 1701. $3750.00 Excessively rare and one of the most valuable books on New York. Superb copy in the original binding with the rare half title. The author arrived in New York in 1678 on the ship with the Gov- ernor, Sir Edmund Andros. A manuscript note on the back of title says that he appears to have been his chaplain. 1302 WOOLEY, CHARLES. A two Years Journal in New- York. And part of its Territories in America. By C. W. 16mo, old calf, gilt. London. Printed for John Wyat, at the Rose in St, Paul's Church-Yard: and Eben Tracy, at the three Bibles on London-Bridge, 1701, $3600.00 This copy differs from the preceding one only in the imprint. Other- wise it is identical. In immaculate condition. 1303 WYOMING, Manuscript Instructions of John Penn, Pro- prietor of Pennsylvania, to John Lukens, Surveyor General, in relation to Lands in Wyoming. Philadelphia, February 12, 1771. Pp. 2, folio. Signed by Governor Penn. $37.50 "If there be no Reason to apprehend that the NEW ENGLAND PEOPLE are coming again soon to take Possession of Wyoming, the People now there in the Fort, or as many as you think proper may be discharged," etc. 239 1304 WYOMING. "Instructions for Messrs. John Jennings, Charles Stewart and Amos Ogden for settling the Proprie- tary Lands of Wyoming." Signed by John Penn, the Gov- ernor of Pennsylvania. Folio [Philadelphia, 1768] . Manu- script. $90.00 An important document dealing with the Connecticut CLAIMS. Governor Penn writes: "I desire you will proceed with all possible dispatch on that Service and that you will get as many houses built and people settled on the Lands as you can this Winter and in such a manner as may best answer the design of LAWFULLY DEFENDING THE POSSESSION of those tracts and the vacant Lands in that Quarter against any Lawless Intruders and especially AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF CONNECTICUT who have had the Assurance to ad- vertise in the publick papers an intention of settling on the Susque- hanna," etc. 1305 YALE UNIVERSITY. Religious Constitution of Col- leges, especially of Yale-College in New Haven in the Colony of Connecticut. By Thomas Clap. 8vo, unbound in half levant slip case. Upper margin of title supplied. New- London, T. Green, 1754. $137.50 One of the most important publications relating to Yale College. 1306 ZARATE, AGOSTINO Dl. Le Historie del Sig. Agostino di Zarate . . . Dello Scoprimento et Conquista del Peru . . . Nuovamente de Lingua Castigliana Tra- dotte Dal. S. Alfonso Ulloa. Small Uto, italic and Roman letters, hound in old limp vellum. Venice: G. Giolito de' Ferrari, 1563. $40.00 1307 ZENGER, JOHN PETER. The Tryal of John Peter Zenger of New York, Printer, who was lately Try'd and Acquitted for Printing and Publishing a Libel against the Government . . . The Third Edition. 8vo, half morocco. London: 1738. $12.50 ZENGER'S MASTERPIECE 1308 ZENGER IMPRINT. De Aanbiddelyke Wegen Gods in zyne Souveraine Bestieringe, Besonder over de Machten deser Weereld, Verklaart en toegepast in Drie Predicatien, Door Petrus Van Driessen, V. D. M, Te Nieuw-Albania. Quarto, sewed, with original wrapper, in a cloth case. Nieuw-York, Gedrukt by J. Pieter Zenger, MDCCXXVI (1726). $725.00 Collation: Title; Dedication p. 8; jyp. 1-79. Errata, p. 1. This is one of the earliest Pttblications by Zenger in New York and rwnks as his masterpiece of printing. The title is printed in black and red. 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