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1802
U.S. Congress. 7th
Acts passed at the first session of the seventh Congress...
Blue boards (as issued?) with extensive doodles and inscriptions made by the clerks of Orange County, NY
GLC01360
1808
Gallatin, Albert (1761-1849)
Report of the Secretary of Treasury on... public roads and canals
Latrobe's report on Mr Fulton's "Communication" appears on p. 108. Printed by R. C. Weightman.
GLC01871
1803
U.S. Congress. 8th
Acts passed at the first session of the eighth Congress [Louisiana purchase]
8vo; unrecorded separately (see seller desc.): Louisiana purchase: "An Act to enable the President to take possession..." Original blue paper wrapper as issued, faded and yellowed. Paper spine is largely lost.
GLC00380
1814
U.S. President
Message from the President of the United States....
Printed by Roger C. Weightman. House Document no. 6. Slipcased with four other pamphlets. War of 1812. Treaty of Ghent
GLC00381.01
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies..
Printed by A & G. Way. House document no. 8 dated October 14, 1814. War of 1812. Treaty of Ghent
GLC00381.02
Senate document no.25 dated December 1, 1814. War of 1812. Treaty of Ghent
GLC00381.03
United States Mint
Message from the President re: number of coins minted in 1801
Shaw & Shoemaker 3348
GLC02447
September 1790
Carey, Mathew (1760-1839)
[American Museum or Universal magazine; volume VIII, no. 3].
Signed by Secretary of War Henry Knox. Includes Jefferson's report on currency and weight and measures, Washington's State of the Union address, and a letter by Franklin on death by lightning strike. Printed by Carey, Stewart, & Co.
GLC02593.02
1789
U.S. Senate
Journal of the first session of the Senate of the United States...
The official printing of the journal of the first Senate, containing the first official printing of the Bill of Rights pp. 103-106. A wide-margined copy with slight browning of the leaves. Evans 22207, Grolier American Hundred 20.
GLC00172
1799
Adams, Hannah (1755-1831)
Summary history of New-England
Title continues: "from the First Settlement at Plymouth, to the acceptance of the Federal Constitution. Comprehending a General Sketch of the American War." First edition, printed by H. Mann and J.H. Adams of Dedham, Massachusetts, for the author...
GLC00177.02
1787
Varnum, James M.
The case of Trevett against Weeden: On Information and Complaint,....
Evans 20825, Kress B1355, Sabin 98638. Original blue/gray wrappers, reinforced (?). Stamp on titlepage of: Rhode Island Historical Society. The legal case tested the powers of the Articles of Confederation to the right of Trial by Jury.
GLC00201
178?
U.S. Continental Congress
Resolutions, acts and orders of Congress, for the year 1780 : volume V
Journals of Congress. Evans 20079
GLC00219.06
[ 1787 ]
Journals of Congress, and of the United States in Congress assembled
Evans 17767 (ref. for Claypoole Phila. printing)
GLC00219.07
1783
Journal of the United States in Congress assembled...
Evans 18266
GLC00219.08
Evans 18840 (listing xviii p. in index for xxvi p.)
GLC00219.09
1785
Evans 19316
GLC00219.10
[ July? 1786 ]
Journal of the United States in Congress assembled... Vol. XII [sic]
Vol. 11 but misprinted on titlepage as XII.
GLC00219.11
Evans 20772
GLC00219.12
[ 1789? ]
Evans 21526 ; first issue with misprint "Index to vol. XIV."
GLC00219.13
04 May 1798
Adams, John (1735-1826)
Message of the President of the United States, to both houses
Dated May 4, 1798. Stab-stitched as issued. Regarding negotiations with France to end the Quasi-War, and report from Ambassadors
GLC00265.03
1804
Unknown
A defense of the legislature of Massachusetts, or the rights of New England vindicated
Pamphlet defending the Massachusetts legislature's attempt to repeal the three fifths clause of the Constitution. Claims that the repeal is necessary for Massachusetts to retain any influence in national government. Argues that this clause gives...
GLC00267.007
1791
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.
An abstract of the evidence delivered before a select committee of the House of Commons in the years 1790 and 1791...
(title continues)... on the part of the petitioners for the abolition of the slave trade. Pamphlet bound as a book. With a note "Printed at the expense of the society in Newcastle for promoting the abolition of the slave-trade. Includes one...
GLC00267.028
1805
Chase, Samuel (1741-1811)
Report of the trial of the Hon. Samuel Chase, one of the associate justices . . .
Title continues, ". . .of the Supreme Court of the United States, before the High Court of Impeachment, composed of the Senate of the United States, for charges exhibited against him by the House of Representatives, in the name of themselves and of...
GLC00292
09 April 1798
Instructions to Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, John Marshall and Elbridge Gerry
XYZ affair. Evans 34837. Sabin 34865. Disbound with paper wrapper. With date at top in ink: April 9, 1798
GLC00338
1813
M'Carty, William (fl. 1813)
The American's guide: Constitutions of the U.S.
Not a first edition. Modern marbled calf binding.
GLC00355
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