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Report of the Mississippi River Commission for 1883; Being Appendix T T of the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1884

Mississippi River Commission. Comstock, C.B., et al. · 1884

$300.00 (€272.19 | £227.08 | ¥47,906)

Washington [D.C.], [U.S.] Government Printing Office, 1884. Second edition. Cloth. [2407-2901] pp. (i.e 494 pp). + plates. Illus. with 61 folding b/w plates, 3 other plates, and occasional in-text drawings. 8vo. Published first as part of "48th Congress, 1st Session. House of ...

Official Report of the Proceedings of the Mississippi River Improvement Convention Held in Saint Louis, Missouri, on October 26th, 27th and 28th, 1881, Including Letters from Distinguished Men Throughout the Country, and Press Comments

Mississippi River Improvement Convention. Wright, George L. · 1881

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,922)

Saint Louis, Great Western Printing Co. 1881. First edition. Cloth. 244 pp. 8vo. "Together with a Memorial to Congress prepared by the Committee of Twenty-One, as Authorized by the Convention." Gift copy with stamp reading: "Compliments of George L. Wright, Secretary," who ran...

The Mississippi River. The Commercial Highway of the Nation. The Improvement of Its Navigation and the Control of Its Flood Waters

Tompkins, Frank H., ed · 1892

$175.00 (€158.78 | £132.46 | ¥27,945)

Baltimore, Manufacturers' Record, 1892. First edition. Cloth. 175 pp. 8vo. Republished from the Manufacturers' Record, Baltimore, MD, 1892. Spotting on front board else a very good copy.

Looking Forward" from "Three Evenings with Silver and Money. " a Talk of Four Neighbors About Money and Silver. Part Two: "Looking Forward. " from the Remarks of Hon. Joseph W. Babcock of Wisconsin in the House of Representatives, Washington D.C. June 8, 1896

Babcock, Joseph W. · 1896

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

n.p. n.p. 1896. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. 22 pp. 8vo. Joseph Weeks Babcock (1850-1909) Republican Representative from Wisconsin, was anti-silver, and dressed his position up as a conversation between four neighbors, much like "Harry and Louise" times two. A very g...

Speech of Hon. William J. Bryan, Democratic Nominee for President, Delivered at Notification Meeting, Madison Square Garden, New York, August 12, 1896

Bryan, William Jennings · 1896

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Washington, D.C. National Silver Committee, 1896. First edition. Stapled self wrappers. 14, [2] pp. 8vo. In support of bimetallism and private property. "We do not propose to transfer the rewards of industry to the lap of indulgence. Property is and will remain the stimulus to...

Silver Restoration-the Duty of the Republican Party. Speech of Hon. Chas. A. Towne, of Minnesota, in the House of Representatives, Saturday, February 8, 1896

Towne, Chas. A. · 1896

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Washington, D.C. n.p. 1896. First edition. Stapled self wrappers. 32 pp. Illus. with 5 b/w charts. 8vo. Charles Arnette Towne (1858-1928), U.S. Representative from Minnesota, Chairman of the Silver Republican Party (1896-1900) until it disbanded, when its members became Democr...

Opening Address of Gen. A.J. Warner, President of the American Bimetallic League, Delivered Before the Silver Convention, at Chicago, Aug. 1, 1893. Adopted As the Address of the Convention to the People

Warner, A.J. [Adoniram Judson] · 1893

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Washington, D.C. Geo. R. Gray, Printer, 1893. First edition. Self wrappers. 16 pp. 8vo. "This contest is therefore a life and death struggle, but if this country is to remain the land of the free and the home of the brace -- if it is to remain a country where government by the...

Silver: Answer of Committee on Bimetallism to Preambles and Resolutions of Hartford, Conn. , Board of Trade

Denver Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade. Thomas, C.S. and Symes, G.G. · 1893

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,953)

Denver, News Print, 1893. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. 8 pp. 8vo. The Denver Chamber "protests against this circular of the City of Hartford, challenges the truth of every assertion of its preambles, and asks that those whose judgment may have been affected to examin...

The Defender. Devoted to the Protection of American Labor and Industries [Eight Issues]

American Protective Tariff League. Ammidown, Edward H. · 1890

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,953)

New York, American Protective Tariff League, 1890. First edition. Removed. 8vo. Includes List Numbers 13 (August 30), "Workingmen and the Tariff"; 19 (May 14), "Why Irishmen Should be Protectionists"; 20 (June 4), "Protection"; 21 (May 28), "What is a Tariff?"; 22 (June 11), "...

To the Readers of Coin's Financial School. An Answer. Vol. I, No. 1. Issued Quarterly [All Published]

Beatty, John; Carlisle, John G. · 1895

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Washington, D.C. S.K. Donavin, 1895. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. 108 pp. 8vo. Rebutes William Hope Harvey's (1851–1936) wildly popular pamphlet "Coin’s Financial School" published the prior year in which Harvey advocated a return to bimetallism. Numerous books came ...

Free Coinage of Silver. Speech of Hon. Horace F. Bartine of Nevada, in the House of Representatives, Thursday, March 24, 1892

Bartine, Horace F. · 1892

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Washington, D.C. n.p. 1892. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. 22 pp. 8vo. Horace Franklin Bartine (1848-1918), U.S. Representative from Nevada, became editor of the National Bimetallist magazine after leaving Congress. OCLC shows only four copies: UC San Diego, Western Re...

Speech of Mr. I.E. Dean, of Ohio, at the First Annual Meeting of the American Bimetallic League, Held at Washington, February 22d, 23d and 24th, 1893

Dean, I.E. · 1893

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Washington, D.C. n.p. 1893. First edition. Self wrappers. 8 pp. 8vo. I. E. Dean was a longtime reformer and member of the executive committee of the National Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union. OCLC locates two copies: Univ. Denver and Northwestern. A very good copy with b...

Speech of Mr. Robert K. Tomlinson, of Pennsylvania, at the Second National Silver Convention, Held at Washington, May 26, 27 and 28, 1892

Tomlinson, Robert K. · 1893

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Washington, D.C. Geo. R. Gray, Printer, 1893. First edition. Self wrappers. 7 pp. 8vo. Tomlinson, a farmer in the Philadelphia area, documents the economic plight of farmers under the current gold system, accusing the Republlican party of being cahoots with Wall Street. OCLC r...

Every Government Must of Necessity Have the Power to Execute Its Own Laws. Speech of Hon. Samuel J. Kirkwood, of Iowa, in the Senate of the United States, June 20, 1879

Kirkwood, Samuel J. · 1879

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)

n.p. n.p. 1879. First edition. Removed. 8 pp. 8vo. Argues in support of maintaining order at the polls and funding the Army to keep the peace in an increasingly conservative south. Samuel Jordan Kirkwood (1813-1894), former Governor of Iowa would become Secretary of the Interi...

Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting, in Answer to a Senate Resolution of March 2, 1877, a Copy of the Final Report of the Operations of the Troops in the Modoc Country, by General Alvan Gillem. March 10, 1877

Gillem, Alvan · 1877

$500.00 (€453.65 | £378.46 | ¥79,844)

[Washington, D.C.], n.p. 1877. First edition thus. Stitched self wrappers. 18 pp. 8vo. Special Session, March 5, 1877. Senate. Ex. Doc. No. 1. "Earliest Account of this disastrous campaign," Howes. Gillem was Commander of the Modoc Expedition during which unarmed Peace Commiss...

Free Coinage of Silver. Speech Delivered by Hon. J.W. Bailey at Sherman, Texas, June 11, 1895, and Printed by Hon. Geo. C. Pendleton, in the Congressional Record, February 5, 1896. [with] Silver Coinage and Coin Redemption. Speech of Hon. Henry M. Teller, of Colorado, in the Senate of the United States, Tuesday, January 28, 1896

Bailey, J.W. [Joseph Weldon]; Teller, Henry M. · 1896

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

Washington, D.C. National Silver Committee, 1896. First edition. Self wrappers. 16 pp. 8vo. Bailey's speech runs fourteen pages, Teller's, two. Both argue for the reintroduction of silver. OCLC locates only three copies of this edition with both speeches: University of Virgini...

The Omnipotence of Silver

Goodwin, C.C. [Charles] · 1891

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

(Salt Lake), n.p. 1891. First edition. Self wrappers. 8 pp. 8vo. Charles Carroll Goodwin (1832-1917) was the editor of the Salt Lake Tribune and author of many books. He argues that without silver as money, "the great mass of workers will degenerate into peons, or in irresisti...

Tariff Discussion. Speech of Hon. John Foos in the Buckeye Club Rooms, Springfield, Ohio, Monday Evening, July 9th, 1888. An Able Expose of the Democratic Free Trade Fallacy and Solid Facts from the Records Favoring the Republican Idea of Protection

Foos, John · 1888

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n.p. n.p. 1888. First edition. Stitched self wrappers. 16 pp. 8vo. John Foos was a sugar grower with a plantation and refinery in Louisiana; he testified in Congress against lowering the tariff. Apparently unrecorded. Not in OCLC nor NUC. A very good copy with browning leaves.

Evils of Free Trade. Effect Upon Michigan Farmers and Laboring Men. Viewed in the Light of Facts and Statistics

Republican State Committee. [Campbell, Milon D., attrib.] · 1888

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)

[Lansing, Mich.?], Republican State Committee, 1888. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. 32 pp. 8vo. A strong summary of the arguments against free trade. Attributed to Milon D. Campbell of Coldwater Michigan, President of the National Milk Producers Federation. OCLC locat...

[Broadside] the Issue Paralleled. Protection or Free Trade. Which Are You for? Early American Patriots for Protection

Home Market Club · 1888

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,922)

Boston, Home Market Club, Rand Avery, Printers, 1888. First edition. Broadside. 9" x 11 1/2" Rare protectionist broadside from the Home Market Club, founded in 1887 by textile manufacturer George F. Draper. Attacks Grover Cleveland. Attacks Great Britain and Europe. The Republ...