Memorial Of Sundry Inhabitants Of The City Of Washington For A Charter Of Incorporation For A New Bank In Said City. -

Washington, DC: Gales & Seaton. Good. 1820. Softcover. Disbound, no covers. Slightly foxed, more on the title page. ; Approx. 5 5/8" wide by 8 3/4". Regarding an increase on the duties on articles of foreign manufacture. ; 9 1/2 pages .

Washington, DC: Gales & Seaton. Good. 1820. Softcover. Disbound, no covers. ; In opposition to new tariffs. ; 10 pages .

Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. Washington: A. & G. Way, 1815. Four page disbound pamphlet with slight darkening. Otherwise crisp and complete. .

Washington DC: Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1820. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 15pp. "[59]" printed above title, and changed by an old hand to "(17)". Neatly removed from a nonce volume, and spine reinforced with archival paper. 8.5" x 5.5" [American Imprints 3875. WorldCat finds two library holdings; add the LC deposit copy and the AAS copy.].

Washington, D.C.: Foot & Brown, 1821. First edition. 32 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Self wrappers, stitched. Some soiling, closely trimmed at bottom affecting some lines. First edition. 32 pp. 1 vols. 8vo.

Washington DC: Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1820. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 15pp. "[59]" printed above title. 9.75" x 6" [American Imprints 3875. WorldCat finds two library holdings; add the LC deposit copy and the AAS copy.].

Washington, 1802. 6pp. Dbd. Contemporary manuscript page inscription and early stain in upper outer corner, not affecting text. Offsetting and minor foxing. Small tear in blank rear leaf. Good. 6pp. Dbd. The memorialists voice their opposition to any plan which would unite the two parts of the district separated by the Potomac River. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 3333

Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1825. 5pp. Dbd. Foxing, else good. Uncut and untrimmed. A petition to Congress by persons of western Florida (now the most southern portions of Mississippi and Alabama) The petition decries the unlawful taxing of waterways to the Mississippi and New Orleans by Louisiana and the exploitative rates of the Orleans Navigation company which condemn the Florida Territory to population stagnation. Rare, OCLC only locating two copies at the University of Virginia and Tulane University. OCLC 10368717

[Philadelphi, 1801. 4pp. Dbd. Fine. A solicitation to Congress by the residents of Alexandria that a district government be established for the District of Columbia and that a Constitutional amendment be passed granting D.C. representation in Congress. Shaw and Shoemaker and OCLC together locate four copies, at the New York Historical Society, the New York Public Library, Yale, and the Library of Congress. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 1508.

Washington Cit: A. & G. Wa, 1811. 11pp. Modern half calf and marbled boards. Lightly foxed. Very good. The report of the congressional committee appointed to evaluate the government of Mississippi Territory and the petition of the residents of West Florida (what is now the southernmost portions Mississippi and Alabama) to be annexed to that territory. The United States had supported the bloodless coup of Americans resident in what was then Spanish territory, and annexed the land over Spain's bitter protests. Given the commercial stranglehold New Orleans and Louisiana would have on the region if West Florida were annexed to it (thus giving Louisiana almost exclusive access to the Gulf), the committee, relying heavily on recent census data, recommends that Mississippi be admitted to the Union and that West Florida, as defined in the 1763 Treaty of Paris, be annexed to it. The argument concludes: "[T]he formation of new states, on the southern extremity of the United States, ought not to be delayed." An… Read More