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NY: The New York Tribune . Very good. 1848. 1st ed. California Gold. Important Official Report. In The New York Tribune for December 8, 1848, published by Horace Greeley and Thomas McElrath.Original elephant folio newspaper, 4pp. complete, the report on p. 3. Colonel Richard B. Masonâs famous report of his trip to newly discovered placers. It ranks as one of the most important eyewitness accounts of the Gold Rush. (Kurutz 10 5) "One day Mr. Marshall, as he was walking own the race to this deposit of mud, observed some glittering particles at its upper edges..." [from the Report). This issue was printed just three days after the Message from the president to the Two House of Congress.., December 5, 1848. While there were earlier published reports of the discovery, the publication of Mason's report here was most significant. Mason was Military governor of California from 1847-1849. His letter, dated August 17, traveled by sea to Washington and did not arrive until December. By this tim e most… Read More

Philadelphia: John Ormrod. 1800. 1st edition. Eulogium, on the Character of General Washington, Late President of the United States; Pronounced at the Request of the Pennsylvan ia Society of the Cincinnati, Before the President of the United States, and the Members of Both Houses of Congress . Pa. John Ormrod, 1800. . page continues: "on the twenty-second day of February, eighteen hundred, in the German Reformed Church, Philadelphia." "New Editi on." Woodcut head piece and tailpiece. George Washington’s sudd en sudden death inspired mourning throughout the US and this is o ne of numerous eulogies published that year. William Jackson foug ht in the American Revolution and was assigned to Washington's st aff for a period of time. In 1796 Washington appointed him Collec tor of the Port of Philadelphia. Condition: Good; probably disbou nd from another volume; lightly foxed throughout; spotting to tit le page; pages are otherwise clean and solid. .

“Rundschau” / Camp Myles Standish. Very good. 1945-46. 3 issues of German POW Newspaper “Rundschau” / Camp Myles Sta ndish, Mass. . 946 22 pp. . t. 8-1/2x11”. News summaries, essays, poems, camp announcement s, drawing-contest-winners' artwork, humor and puzzles . ndition: very good; toning as expected for pulp newspapers .

9 pp. (8¾x5¾"), previously bound. First Edition.
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Document 9, 1855. Report on the sale of the interest of the State of California in the property within the water line in front of San Francisco [known as water lots]. The sales occurred between September 1853 and October 1854. The appendices list the blocks and properties, the buyers, the dates, and the prices for sales and for re-sales, and a summary of the revenue by sale date. OCLC lists only the three copies at the Huntington Library, Harvard Law School, and Saint Patrick's Seminary & University.
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CONDITION: Good+. Light wear and toned margins; lightly creased lower corners; old paperclip stain on left margin.

Assorted Billheads, Roanoke Virginia, 1915-1919
Collection includes 60 individual billheads from 37 different suppliers to the families of Dr. Joseph A. Gale and pharmacist Paul. P. Hunter, Roanoake Virginia. Clothing, Bicycles, Hardware, Ostrich Feathers, autos and parts, groceries, photography – and one for artwork sold to Gale by bookseller John Rosenbach
Condition: Good to Fine.

1st ed., second printing with the original 5c price at the bottom of the cover. Covers age-toned with a couple of light stains. Pa per cover pulling from one of the staples, but still intact. Penc il erasures on back cover and one interior page. .