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[Springfield, Illinois, 1870. Broadside, 11" x 14", black and red text enclosed within a triple-lined border, with engraving of the Booth Spring Wagon. Printed on thick paper stock. Very Good plus. This Illinois manufacturer of "Carriages, Buggies, and Farm Wagons" assures that "Each Part Warranted to be Perfect. If defective it will be replaced without charge. A Better Quality of Springs Is used in their construction than is used in ordinary vehicles in the market." The Company has a "Patent Fifth Wheel", "the best in use, and warranted for five years, not to break or wear out." OCLC locates this broadside, as well as a similar one, each at the Lincoln Presidential Library only. OCLC 14145494 [1].

Oxford: Printed for W. Jackson..., 1777. 64pp, last leaf clipped at lower corner with loss of 2-3 words. Else clean and Very Good, in modern cloth. "The leading British supporter of colonial rights attacks Burke for temporizing." Howes. Abington discusses the suspension of habeas corpus, the supremacy of Parliament, the establishment of religion, and the American Revolution. He argues that, "if the liberties of our fellow-subjects in America are to be taken from them, it is for the idiot only to suppose that we can preserve our own. The dagger uplifted against the breast of America, is meant for the heart of Old England." Adams notes seven London editions and a Dublin one, along with a Lancaster [Pa.] 1778 printing. FIRST EDITION. Howes A14. Adams Controversy 77-1a.

Erie, Pennsylvania, 1867. Folio, 8" x 12-1/4". About [300] manuscript pages. Original three-quarter leather, paper covered boards [some wear and chipping]. Interior with only minor toning and occasional light foxing. Very Good. The Erie Academy was established in the early 1820s. By 1844, under the stewardship of Reid T. Stewart, the Academy flourished with 207 enrolled students. This book of minutes traces the Academy's activities during a 22-year period, including the Civil War. It contains neatly handwritten entries of the minutes of meetings of the trustees, including subjects such as salaries, tuition, curriculum, enrollment, faculty, improvements, student behavior, etc. Some persons mentioned, mostly trustees and officers, include: George W. Starr, PA State Representative, lawyer, cofounder of Erie Forge Company, board member Erie Dime Bank, cofounder of Hamot Hospital, board member of State Hospital for the Insane of Warren County; Elijah Babbitt, lawyer; Prosecuting Attorney for the… Read More

[Washington, 1866. 6, [1], [1 blank] pp. A folded folio sheet, lightly worn and untrimmed. Near Very Good. The Republican Party gives itself three cheers for the Homestead Act and, in question and answer format, explains its provisions, including its 1864 and 1866 amendments. Unlike the vast pre-War landholdings in the former Slave States, the Homestead Act enhances the aspirations of the small farmer and explicitly opposes land monopolies. Appropriate forms are included, along with a list of Land Offices in the Southern, Western, and Midwestern States. The Act's provisions are available to former Confederates, for these were generally "poor men, and hundreds of thousands of them were forced into the service and made to fight against a Government they never ceased to love and revere." The pamphlet is not rare in institutional holdings, but uncommon in the marketplace.

Haidelbergae, Germany: Impensis Jonae Rosae, Librarij Francofurtenfis, 1620. [28], [2 blank], 880, [40-index] pp. Bound in contemporary vellum with straight tooled borders and spine bands. Front board impressed with supralibros of "Anna Maria Waltherin Geborne Hornigen." [Ann Maria Waltherin born Hornigen] Manuscript title at head of spine, small institutional label at foot. Title page printed in red and black inks. Printer's device at title page with the words "Fataviam Invenient" within the illustration; translates "the fates will find a way." Institutional bookplate on front pastedown, ink manuscript notations on front endpaper. Small errata section at end of index. Uniform light tanning of text, light scattered foxing, occasional short closed tear at leat edges. Very Good. Melchiore Adamo [a/k/a Melchior Adam or Adamus, 1575-1622] was a German historian of literature from Selesia [now Grodkow]. This work contains biographies of German theologians. Adamo studied at various academies and was… Read More

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Library, 1950. 91, [1], [4 blank] pp. Original printed wrappers [minor rubbing at spine]. Light marginal tanning of text, else quite clean. Very Good.

Boston, New-England: Kneeland and Adams, 1768. 38pp, with the half title [detached; Light rubberstamp on blank portion of half title]. Disbound, Good+. "In a word, we live in an imperfect world, the bad are mingled with the good, and sincerely good men are not without their failings." For his entire career Adams was pastor of the First Church at Roxbury. "He was secretary of the convention of ministers at Watertown, which in May, 1775, recommended the people to take up arms" [Appleton's]. Evans 10809. ESTC W27680.

Boston, New-England: Thomas and John Fleet, 1769. 32pp, disbound. Title leaf detached but present. Expertly repaired short closed tear to title leaf [no loss]. Good+. For his entire career Adams was pastor of the First Church at Roxbury. "He was secretary of the convention of ministers at Watertown, which in May, 1775, recommended the people to take up arms" [Appleton's]. Evans 11131.

[Massachusetts, 1900. 67, [1 blank] pp, partly uncut. Original printed wrappers [light sunning], two staples as issued. Near Fine.

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1901. 25, [1] pp. Stapled as issued. Wrappers absent, otherwise complete and Very Good. An appreciation of General Lee's decision to surrender, and to refrain from guerrilla warfare.

Boston: Eastburn's Press, 1844. 54pp, stitched into modern marbled wrappers. Light dusting, else Very Good. Originally printed in nine issues of the Boston Courier in opposition to annexation, this essay "discusses temperately the various arguments for and against annexation, especially those in Robert J. Walker's Letter of January, 1844. Adams states that although annexation would justify dissolution of the Union, the immediate policy of the Free States should be to continue their struggle against slavery. It appears from the text that this was published soon after the appointment of Calhoun as Secretary of State in March, 1844." Streeter. FIRST EDITION. Streeter 1468. Rader 41.

Philadelphia: Printed by Alfred Martien, 1868. Original printed wrappers, stitched, 22 + 2 blanks pp. Light wrapper chipping and wear, Very Good. Chartered in 1854, Lincoln University of Pennsylvania was the first institution founded for the purpose of offering higher education to African American males. President Adams asserts that the greatest literature embodies "the noble sentiments of freedom and of universal charity." He advocates, "as a work of noble philanthropy, the education of the African." Of the many reasons provided for such an effort, "We will not omit to name the service rendered by the black man to our government in the time of the Rebellion." FIRST EDITION. OCLC 15513197 [7]. Not in Work, LCP, Blockson.

[Hastings-on-Hudson?, 1912. 24pp. Original staples and printed wrappers. Small rubberstamp at top corner of title page, Very Good. The charge was that Edward Lorimer, backed by wealthy industrialist Edward Hines, bribed his way to purchase Illinois' seat in the United States Senate in 1909. The Tribune investigated and published its findings of corruption; this triggered an investigation by the Illinois Legislature, which by a bare majority permitted Lorimer to keep his seat. But a further investigation led to new evidence of bribery: this time the Illinois Legislature declared his election void, and recalled him. Adams calls the investigation a fraud, claiming that "private detectives, as a class, are the greatest lot of blackmailing thieves that ever went unwhipped of justice." A 16-page Washington edition also was issued.

[Philadelphia, 1800. 8pp, disbound. Very Good to Near Fine. The Report lists a variety of claims involving American ships and the amounts due. Evans 38779. NAIP w000983 [7].

Washington, 1835. 94pp, disbound else Very Good. Sabin 295. AI 29946.

Bristol: Printed by Dearth and Sterry, 1808. 28pp. Disbound, light perforation stamp. Good+. One of many 1808 editions. Adams objects to "the interposition of the state Legislatures, to controul the exercise of the powers vested by the general Constitution in the Congress of the United States." This notion, which first appeared as a reaction to the Alien and Sedition Acts, was taken up by unreconstructed Federalists like Pickering and Otis. It would later be advocated by Southern allies of John C. Calhoun.

[Philadelphia, 1800. 3, [1 blank] pp. Disbound. Near Fine. Evans 38778. NAIP w026140 [10].

Washington, 1848. 40pp. Stitched, lacking the portrait. Disbound, small bookplate in upper blank margin and 'Deaccessioned' rubberstamp. Good.

Boston: Daily Advertiser, 1829. 80pp, disbound, light wear, Good+. Adams charges that the Massachusetts Federalists in 1808 entertained designs to establish a separate confederacy, because they opposed the Jefferson Administration's Embargo Act. Howes A68. Sabin 275. AI 37362.

[Philadelphia: William Ross?, 1798. 29 pp. Later plain wraps, light foxing, Very Good. Adams transmits the two Acts, implementing the free trade provisions of the Jay Treaty, because they "have such connections with the commercial and political interests of the United States, that it is proper they should be communicated to Congress." FIRST EDITION. Evans 34802. NAIP w006089 [7].