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30 November 1888
Unknown
[Program]
Program for the "Second Concert of the Mozart Amateur Orchestra." Edward R. Archer is President of the Orchestra as indicated on the front cover.
GLC01896.118
1888-1898
Archer, Edward R. (fl. 1830-1917)
[Catalogue of music]
Musical catalogue in the library of the Richmond Mozart Association interleaved with information about the members themselves, a list of instruments owned and loaned by the Association. Notation on page one: "Southern Theatre Co., Mr. Jno G. Walker...
GLC01896.166
1675
Penn, William
England's present interest discovered, with honour to the prince, and safety to the people.
Advocates religious freedom in England. With heraldic bookplate of Robert Cony. Published seven years before Penn's founding of Pennsylvania.
GLC01672
1682
William Penn's last farewell to England.
Title continues: "being an epistle containing a salutation to all faithful friends, a reproof to the unfaithful, and a visitation to the enquiring, in a solemn farewell to them all in the land of my nativity." Printed for Thomas Cook.
GLC01673
1721
Care, Henry (fl. 1721)
English liberties, or the free-born subject's inheritance [1st American edition]
12mo. Fifth edition, first American edition. First printing of the Magna Carta in America. Printed by N. Buttolph, B. Eliot and D. Henchman. Rebound.
GLC01710
1876
Whitman, Walt (1819-1892)
Two Rivulets, including Democratic vistas, Centennial Songs, and Passage to India
Author's edition, Camden, New Jersey. With signed photograph of Whitman dated 31 May 1879 on frontispiece. Also includes "As a Strong Bird on Pinions Free & Other Poems," and "Memoranda During the War." Each essay paginated separately.
GLC01749
1940
Churchill, Winston, Sir (1874-1965)
Arms and the Covenant: speeches on Foreign Affairs and National Defense by the Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill
Inscribed by Winston Churchill on the free front endpaper to Sumner Welles, President Roosevelt's special envoy, and dated March 1940. First edition compiled by Randolph S. Churchill. Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.
GLC01750.01
Untitled
Collateral to GLC01750.01 P.W. Townshend Somerville letter concerning Welles's mission.
GLC01750.02
1780
Burke, Edmund (1729-1797)
An impartial history of the war in America... to 1779
Printed for J. Milliken. With large folding plate opposite titlepage, "A New Map of North America" [no imprint] and accompanied by 13 additional plates, all fanciful depictions of American and British leaders.
GLC01842
1782
Trumbull, John (1750)
M'Fingal: A modern epic poem [signed by Samuel Jones]
Signed by New York Jurist and patriot Samuel Jones. First complete edition, printed by Hudson and Goodwin. Collateral to John Adams ALS to John Trumbull, GLC 1228.
GLC01865
November 1891
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. (1841-1935)
Speeches By Oliver Wendell Holmes, Junior.
Inscribed to philanthropist Charles Fairchild and signed with initials "O. W. H." With autograph explanatory notes on Civil War persons mentioned in his speeches, including W. Putnam, W.F. Cabot, James Lowell, General Charles Lowell, Paul Revere...
GLC01001
1786
Paine, Thomas
Dissertations on government, the affairs of the bank and paper money
8vo; Howe P18, Sabin 58221, Evans 19880, NUC NP0023152A defense of the infant Bank of the US.
GLC01235
1863
Smith, Edward Delafield (1826-1878)
Brief Appeals for the Loyal Cause
Published by John W. Amerman. Includes two addresses given in New York City, resolutions and a poem. The first address, given at Union Square, was delivered at a war meeting which was called by various committees in response to an appeal of President...
GLC01265.14
1852
Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896)
Uncle Tom's cabin; or, life among the lowly.
First edition, first printing (with Hobart & Robbins on the copyright pages). Rebound, with original cloth binding bound into back. Boston, John P. Jewett & company; Cleveland, Ohio, Jewett, Proctor & Worthington. Two volume set housed together in...
GLC01361
1906
Cabeen, Francis von Albade (fl. 1906)
The Colonel and the Quaker or the Return of the Forefathers
Fictional story of a colonel and a Quaker who return from colonial times to view the world as it was in the early 1900s. The colonel is Alexander Anderson and the book mentions his French and Indian War and Revolutionary War commissions (GLC01450...
GLC01450.007.04
1779
Morris, Gouverneur (1752-1816)
Observations on the American Revolution
Morris' notes on the conduct of Biritish and American forces, and on the revolution. Published by Styner & Cist.
GLC01450.805.01
1788
Hamilton, Alexander (1755-1804)
The Federalist: a collection of essays. [First edition by M'Lean]
12mo. First edition.
GLC01551
12 April 1947
Thirteenth Annual Music Festival at Virginia State College Petersburg, Virginia
Program for the 13th Annual Music Festival held at Virginia State College. The first page is a title page and lists when different types of musical groups will perform. The groups all appear to be high schools. At the top of the page is written, "E...
GLC09587.299
9 April 1948
Fourteenth Annual Music Festival at Virginia State College Petersburg, Virginia
Program for the 14th Annual Music Festival held at Virginia State College. The first page is a title page and lists when different types of musical groups will perform. The groups all appear to be high schools. On the first page is handwritten, "1...
GLC09587.300
December 1945
The H I-Y Club
The Addisonian
Volume 1, No. 1. "For the development of student expression" published by students at Lucy Addison High School. It contains a number of essays by students reflecting on life and society. The front cover has been signed by ten people. The legible...
GLC09587.301
1845
Walker, Jonathan
Trial And Imprisonment Of Jonathan Walker, At Pensacola, Florida, for Aiding Slaves to Escape From Bondage.
First ed., Boston: Published at the Anti-Slavery Office. 4 illustrations. [Inspired John Greenleaf Whittier to write The Man With the Branded Hand, included in subsequent editions.]
GLC09387
1903
Portraits of the Civil War Period "A partial list"
"Photographs for the most part from Life Negatives by M.B. Brady. Now in the possession of F. H. Meserve 265 Edgecomb Avenue New York City." This pamphlet is an itemized list of images from the Civil War period, owned at the time of printing by F.H...
GLC05111.01.1383
1871
Walks about Richmond
Complete title: "Walks about Richmond, A story for boys, and a guide to persons visiting the city, desiring to see the principal points of interest, with an index showing the exact location of each point mentioned. (Illustrated.)" The guide is...
GLC05111.01.1384
1856
Cherokee Bible [old testament]
Cherokee Bible (Genesis, Exodus, Psalms, Wisdom and Isaiah) printed at Park Hill, Cherokee Nation, by Edwin Archer. Imprint date varies slightly since Exodus is dated 1853, Genesis 1856 and the rest undated. With manuscript notations in Cherokee.
GLC05122
1875
Whitman, Walt
Memoranda During the War [presentation copy to J.Q.A. Ward]
Inscribed on a printed "Remembrance Copy" notice. To Ward from "his friend the Author."
GLC03737
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