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Essay on the Prize-Question, Whether the Use of Distilled Liquors, or Traffic in Them, Is Compatible, at the Present Time, with Making a Profession of Christianity

Stuart, Moses (American Temperance Society) · 1830

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New York, John P. Haven.- Boston, Perkins & Marvin.- Philadelphia, Tower [i.e. Towar], J. & D.M. Hogan & Co.- Pittsburgh [Pa.], Hogan & Co. Flagg and Gould Printers Andover, 1830. First edition. Removed. 70 pp. 8vo. An important document of the two-wine theory. Though Temperan...

An Inquiry Into the Causes and Consequences of the Orders in Council; and an Examination of the Conduct of Great Britain Towards the Neutral Commerce of America

Baring, Alexander · 1808

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New York, Re-printed from the London edition, and sold by Hopkins & Seymour, Printers, 1808. Second American edition. Stitched. 104 pp. 8vo. Reprinted from the London edition. Baring argued that Britain could ill afford the damage to trade created by the Orders of Council and ...

Genl. Alexander Hamilton's Confidential Letter to Robert Morris on the Government of New York, and His Estimate of the Leading Men of That State

Hamilton, Alexander · 1915

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n.p. n.p. 1915. n.ed. Stapled printed paper wrappers. 8 pp. + facs. [2 pp]. Sm. 4to. Letter dated: Albany, Aug. 13, 1782. Includes the first and last page of the original letter in facsimile form. Hamilton is his usual direct self in his estimation of the situation and the per...

Typographia. An Ode, on Printing. Inscrib'd to the Honourable William Gooch, Esq; His Majesty's Lieutenant-Governor, and Commander in Chief of the Colony of Virginia

Markland, J. · 1970

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Williamsburg, Printing Office of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1970. Limited Facsimile Edition. Stitched paper wrappers. 16 pp. Sm. 4to. First in a series of reprints issued by the Printing Office of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Originally printed by William P...

Minority Report. July 11, 1856. Ordered to Be Printed. Mr. Mordecai Oliver, from the Select Committee, Submitted the Following Views of the Minority. [Kansas Affairs]

United States. Congress. House. Oliver, Mordecai. Committee to Investigate the Troubles in Kansas · 1856

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[Washington, D. C.], n.p. 1856. Removed. [pp. 68-109]. 8vo. The second section of "Kansas affairs .. report .. [of] the special committee appointed to investigate the troubles in the territory of Kansas" (34th Congress, 1st session. House of Representatives. Report no. 200). L...

Speech of Mr. Aaron Ward, of New York, on the Bill Making Appropriation for the Support of the Army and Military Academy. Delivered in the House of Representatives May 31, 1842

Ward, Aaron · 1842

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Munich, Printed at the Globe Office, 1842. First edition. Removed. 11 pp. 8vo. Cave Johnson had added an amendment to this bill which might well have reduced the army, but James Roosevelt added a substitute amendment which would have left the army at its then current size. War...

Speech of Samuel W. Dana, Representative in Congress, on a Resolution Concerning Francis J. Jackson, Minister Plenipotentiary from Great Britain to the United States

Dana, Samuel W. · 1810

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Washington, D. C. n.p. 1810. First edition. Removed. 28 pp. 8vo. Jackson was minister-plenipotentiary of Great Britain upon the recall of David Erskine, whose resolution of the difficulty arising out of the conflict between HMS Leopard and the US frigate Chesapeake in 1807 the...

Speech of Hon. Lewis Cass, of Michigan, on the Bill to Protect the Rights of American Settlers in Oregon. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, Monday, June 1, 1846

Cass, Lewis · 1846

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Washington, D. C. Printed at the Office of Blair and Rives, 1846. First edition. Removed. 14 pp. 8vo. Cass prefers the whole ball of wax, i.e. 54'40 (or fight). Faint historical society stamp and numerals, wrappers soiled, chip in one corner of title page, a good copy.

Correspondence. [State of Maryland]

Hicks, Thomas H.; Haller, Michael; and Wenner, C. F. · 1861

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n.p. n.p. 1861. Removed. [3-4] pp. 8vo. A single printed leaf removed from larger volume with copy of correspondence from Thomas Hicks, Governor of Maryland, reporting that Virginia troops are stationed at Harper's Ferry and have expropriated property (i.e. grain) belonging to...

Remarks of Mr. Dawson, of Louisiana, on the Bill to Refund General Jackson's Fine: Delivered in Committee of the Whole of the House of Representatives, January 2, 1844

Dawson, John Bennett · 1844

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[Washington, D. C.:], n.p. 1844. First edition. Stitched self wrappers. 8 pp. 8vo. Jackson had been fined by Judge Hall for imposing martial law during the Battle of New Orleans in 1815. Here Dawson asks for the fine to be returned to Jackson in one is early speeches in Congre...

Speech of Mr. Sprague, of Maine, Upon the Arrangement of the Colonial Trade with Great Britain. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 3d Day of April, 1832

Sprague, Peleg · 1832

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Washington, D. C. Printed at the Office of Jonathan Elliot, 1832. First edition. Removed. 23 pp. 8vo. Sabin 89714. Amer. Imprints 14816. Some browning to the edges, numerals to title page, small tear to front leaf, overall still about very good.

Speech of Mr. Benton, of Missouri. In Senate, January 6, 1840: On Mr. Benton's Resolutions Against the Constitutionality and Expediency of Assuming, or Providing for the Payment of the State Debts, or Diverting the Land Revenue to That Object

Benton, Thomas Hart · 1840

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[Washington, D. C.], n.p. 1840. First edition. Removed. 16 pp. 8vo. Sabin 4787n. Amer. Imprints 40623. Faint historical society stamp and a small set of inked numbers on title page, scattered foxing, a good or better copy.

Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting a Report of the Commanding General, Department of the Columbia, of His Tour in Alaska Territory, in June, 1875. [44th Congress, 1st Session. Senate Ex. Doc. No. 12]

Howard, O. O. [Oliver Otis]. Balknap, William W. · 1876

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[Washington, D. C.], [Government Printing Office], 1876. First edition. Stitched. 33 pp. 8vo. 44th Congress, 1st Session. Senate. Ex. Doc. No. 12. Early report on the Territory of Alaska by Oliver Otis Howard who recommended that Alaska be attached to the Washington Territory ...

Confiscated Property. Speech of Hon. F. Kernan, of New York, Delivered in the House of Representatives, February 4, 1864

Kernan, Francis · 1864

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[Washington, D. C.], n.p. 1864. First edition. Paper wrappers. 7 pp. 8vo. Kernan argued strenuously against confiscation of property from the confederacy as divisive and hurtful to the Union. To become whole again, the country must not treat the South as a conquered and subjug...

Memorial of Indian Delegates from the Indian Territory Protesting Against the Adoption of the Amendment Proposed by the Senate to the Bill (H.R. 2343) Providing for the Appointment of a Superintendent of Schools in That Territory. 43rd Congress, 1st Session. Senate Mis. Doc. No. 117

Ross, William P., et al. · 1874

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Washington, D. C. n.p. 1874. First edition. Removed. 3 pp. 8vo. Will P. Ross and other chiefs protest yet again about the breaking of treaties, in this case the treaties of 1855 and 1866 with the Cherokees, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Creeks, and Seminoles. Scarce. OCLC and RLIN sho...

Trade with British America. Speech of Hon. W.D. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, in the House of Representatives, March 7, 1866

Kelley, William D. · 1866

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[Washington, D. C.], Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1866. First edition. Paper wrappers. 8 pp. 8vo. William Kelly argued against House Bill 337 regulating trade with Canada and which would be detrimental to American workers and business. "..the people of Canada sha...

American Citizens. Their Rights Abroad--Their Duties at Home. Speech of Hon. C.H. Van Wyck, of New York, in the House of Representatives, July 17, 1868

Van Wyck, Charles H. · 1868

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Washington, D. C. Union Congressional Committee, Chronicle Print, 1868. First edition. Paper wrappers. 8 pp. 8vo. Specifically aimed at the Irish in America. Dampstain at one corner, faint historical society stamp and numerals, uncut but torn along one fold, a good copy. Scarc...

Second Speech of Mr. Rantoul, of Massachusetts, on the Coalition in Massachusetts, Delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, March 9, 1852, in Reply to Hon. George T. Davis

Rantoul, Robert · 1852

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Washington, D. C. Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1852. First edition. Self wrappers. 8 pp. Sm. 4to. Rantoul argued that he is not part of any 'corrupt group' and that he has always been an opponent of the Fugitive Slave Law, but he is against the government interve...

Memoir of the Late William Harris, D.D.

McVicker, John · 1829

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n.p. n.p. 1829. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. 7 pp. 8vo. Signed Tho. Clarke, esq. Contains a reprint of Harris's obituary from the New York American, dated Oct. 20, an address delivered at Harris's interment by the Rev. John McVicker, and additional biographical info...

Speech of Mr. John C. Wright, on the Subject of Retrenchment. Delivered in the House of Reps. , Feb. 6, 1828

Wright, John C. · 1828

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Washington, D. C. Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1828. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. 44 pp. 8vo. John Crafts Wright (1783-1861) was the representative from Ohio; he would lose his re-election bid the following year. In this speech he answers attacks on Adams, the tariff ...