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The Annals of Harper’s Ferry with Sketches of its Founder and Many Prominent Characters Connected with its History, Anecdotes, &c, by Josephus Junior.

Martinsburg, W. Va. Printed at the Office of the “Berkeley Inion”, 1872, second edition, enlarged, octavo, 126 pages, two portraits, one of John Brown, original printed pictorial wrappers, with portrait of John Brown. Some very minor wear to wrappers, occasional spotting and…
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Arrest Du Conseil D’État Du Roi, Qui ordonne l’establissement de deux Entrepôts, l’un au port du Carénage, dans l’ile de Sainte-Lucie; & l’autre au môle Saint-Nicolas, dans l’ile de Saint-Domingue: Et qui permet aux Étrangers d’y introduire & d’en exporter certaine denrées & marchandises. Du 29 Juillet 1767. Extrait des Registres du Conseil d’État.

Paris: De L’Imprimerie Royale, 1767, Quarto, 7, [1] pp., a fine, clean copy.
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Arrêt du Conseil D’état du Roi, Qui case & annulle une Ordonnance du Gouverneur General de Saint-Dominge, du 9 Mai dernier, laquelle accrodoit aux Étrangers la liberté du Commerce pour la partie du Sud de Saint-Domingue. Du 2 Juillet 1789. …

Versailles: De l’Imprimerie Royale, 1789, sm. Quarto, 4 pages, a fine, clean copy.
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Authentic Documents Relative to the Black River & St. Lawrence Countries; Being Extracts from Addresses, Reports, &c. Made to the Agricultural Society of Jefferson County, (N.Y.). Published by Richard Burr

Philadelphia: 1820, first edition, octavo, 55 pages, sewn as issued, text browned, title page stained, several corners dogeared, else a good copy. Rare in trade, only one copy has appeared at auction and that in 1908. American Imprints 629, and 1791, one…
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Catalogue of a Collection of Scarce and Rare Books, Pamphlets, Old Papers, Engravings, Colonial and Continental Bills, Also, A Few Rare Coins and Medals, and a Fine Coin Cabinet, to be Sold at Auction by Leonard & Co., Auctioneers, 49 & 50 Bromfield St., Boston, on Tuesday, December 18, 1866, at 10 o’clock A. M. …

Boston: Printed at the Herald Job Office, 1866, octavo, 17 pages, in very good clean condition. The sale consisted of 349 lots of books pamphlets, ephemera, coins, and tokens. McKay 1178
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Address Delivered by Charles W. Peale, to the Corporation and Citizens of Philadelphia, on The 18th Day of July, in Academy Hall, Fourth Street.

Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, 1816, octavo, 23, [1] pp., sewn as issued, untrimmed, ex-library, hand and blind stamps on title page, text somewhat tanned, else a good copy.
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Colton’s Traveler and Tourist’s Guide-Book Through the Western States and Territories, Containing Brief Descriptions of Each, With the Routes and Distances on the Great Lines of Travel. Compiled by Richard S. Fisher, M.D. … Accompanied by a Map, Exhibiting the Township Lines of the U.S. Surveys, the Boundaries of Counties, Position of Cities, Villages, Settlements, etc.

New York: J. H. Colton and Company, 1857, 16mo, xii, [13] – 149, 37 pp., catalog of Colton’s publications, large folding colored map, measuring 53.5 x 72 cm, entitled: Guide Through Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska & Kansas.…
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Arrest Du Conseil D’Estat Du Roy, Concernant les Soldats, Ouvriers, Et autres gens Engagez au Service de la Compagnie d’Occident, & des Habitans qui passent à la Loüisianne pour s’y Establir. Du 8. Novembre 1718.

Paris: De L’Imprimerie Royale, 1718, quarto, 4 pages, untrimmed, foredge of first page a bit ruffled, else a fine copy.
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Speech of Samuel P. Lyman, on the Opening of the Erie Railroad, Astor House, May 14, 1851.

New York: John Belcher, Printer, 1851, octavo, 16-page pamphlet, original printed paper wrappers, a very good clean copy.
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Printed Circular Letter Concerning the Nomination of Stephen Van Rensselaer and James Watson as the Federal Republican Candidates in the New York State Gubernatorial Election of 1801

Albany: 1801, folio, one printed page of a bi-folium, folded, docketed on verso, and addressed to “Gen Jacob Morris Butternuts”, bottom edge of first leaf torn away, not affecting text, some separations and tears along folds and fold joints, foredge slightly chipped…
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