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ref. 1840656131.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1865ref. 37449Philadelphia 1865. Elephant folio broadsheet printed in six columns on recto and on verso. 15-3/4" x 21-1/4." Engraving of Screaming Eagle with shield bearing scroll inscribed "Your Sons and your Money on your Country's Altar!" Blank lower margin chip. Very Good. The words to twenty-one patriotic songs are printed on the recto beginning with "Hail Columbia" followed by "Yankee Doodle" "The Star Spangled Banner" "John Brown's Soul" "Johnny is Gone for a Soldier" and ending with "The Volunteer's Wife to her Husband." The Library Company's entry calls this item "Rare" although OCLC records other institutional holdings. The verso is titled "SEVEN THIRTY Facts and Figures!" It discusses the Nation's ability to pay the war debt. "The United States Can Carry a Bigger War Debt Than England." It accuses "a formidable body of men hostile to the Government and favorable to the Rebellion" of predicting "the ruin of the country by the weight of the debt." Patriots will purchase the Seven Thirty bonds but "Buying Gold Makes One a Rebel." Library Company of Philadelphia Record Number 000116607. unknown
1864ref. 37087Frederick 1864. Printed document completed in ink manuscript oblong 6-1/2" x 8-1/2." Old folds light dusting Very Good. Signed in ink by the Provost Marshal and President of the Board of Enrollment; Jno. J. Thomas a member of the Board of Enrollment; and the Surgeon of the Board of Enrollment. unknown
ref. 37080Oblong printed folio completed in manuscript. Old folds else Fine. Willard Lincoln from the Town of China in Maine enlisted as a First Lieutenant in Co. H of the 19th Maine Volunteer Infantry in 1862. He was wounded on the second day of Gettysburg recovered and was promoted to Captain. When he signed this document Lincoln was "on detached service at Draft Rendezvous Portland Me." As a condition of payment Lincoln certifies that he "employed the private servants for which I charge for the whole of the time charged and that I did not during the term so charged or any part thereof keep or employ a soldier as a waiter or servant. unknown
ref. 37090Elephant folio printed broadsheet completed in neat ink manuscript and signed by Captain Charles N. Hunt and Captain George Nelson. Old folds several fold splits repaired minor loss. Else Very Good. The 39th Regiment Massachusetts Infantry was organized at Camp Stanton in Lynnfield Massachusetts August 13 through September 2 1862 and mustered for a three-year enlistment under the command of Colonel Phineas Stearns Davis. Originally assigned to the defense of Washington the Regiment later saw action with the Army of the Potomac at the major battles in Virginia. This carefully detailed muster roll was written soon after the Battle at Weldon Railroad in late August 1864. It reflects the consequences of that battle noting soldiers wounded ill and taken as prisoners of war. unknown
1863ref. 36673New York 1863. Elephant folio 8pp. Disbound and lightly worn. Each page printed in six columns. Upper blank corners of last page with remnants of old matting. Very Good. Exciting material on the "Rebel Invasion" and "The Fighting at Gettysburg" is printed with "The Rebels still Desperately Contesting" the Siege at Vicksburg. General Order No. 5 prohibiting Copperhead "Secret Societies" is also printed; as is material on "Colored Enlistments. unknown
1847ref. 35509Puebla Mexico 1847. 5-1/4" x 8". 4pp. Signed in ink by H.L. Scott A.A.A.G. "By command of Major-General Scott." Disbound spine reinforced else Very Good. This is the report of the Court of Inquiry whose President was Gideon Pillow; its Recorder was Robert Anderson. The Court concludes that the "movements of Col. Riley's brigade had an important influence in the achievement of that brilliant victory that Col. Riley had an active participation in them and that his conduct and that of his command should be suitably noticed in the Official Report of his superiors. unknown
1861ref. 36009New York 1861. Elephant folio 15-3/4" x 22". 8pp. Caption title as issued printed in six columns. Disbound light wear and several short closed tears at outer margins Very Good. A Civil War illustration of wishful thinking: "Your correspondent has this moment - half-past five o'clock P.M. - received a special despatch from a reliable source dated Louisville Kentucky Sept. 5 couched in the following language which confirms the announcement of the death of Jeff. Davis first made in this correspondence on Tuesday last:- 'Positive advices received here this morning on Davis' death.' A special messenger from Fortress Monroe who arrived here to-day announces that flags have been flying at half-mast along the rebel lines for several days and information was received at the fortress that it was in consequence of the death of Jeff Davis." A source from Richmond stated that Davis had a serious illness and "little hope was entertained of his recovery." This is then followed by a biographical sketch of the provisional Vice President Alexander H. Stephens under the heading "THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY." Much other war news is printed. unknown
1994ref. 015537Hulst: Van Geyt Productions 1994 Boek met stofomslag in goede staat. 296 pagina's. Honderden zwart-wit foto's en tientallen kaartjes. 1ste / 1st. cardboard / karton - hardcover. good / goed/good / goed. A4 formaat. Van Geyt Productions hardcover
1848ref. 32174Washington: C. Alexander Printer 1848. viii 38 pp. Original printed green front wrapper some spine chipping and wear gum label remnant at spine base. Disbound light rubberstamp on blank portion of title page. Ink signature on front wrapper: 'Theo. Talbot USA'. Good or so. A comprehensive list of instructions from reporting absentees to requisitions to transportation and leave requirements and reporting of wounded soldiers issued by Secretary of War Marcy on June 12 1848. Many tables are included. Reprinted many times during the Civil War our copy appears to be its first appearance under this title. OCLC records nine copies under two accession numbers as of June 2015. C. Alexander, Printer unknown
1862ref. 25446Washington: Government Printing Office. 1862. vi 46pp folding table. Original printed pink wrappers light dustsoiling and foxing rear wrap creased stitched. Some light dustsoiling to title page and corners of last few leaves. Pencil signature on front wrap: "Capt. R.J. Richards Co. H." Very Good. A comprehensive list of instructions from reporting absentees to requisitions to transportation and leave requirements and reporting of wounded soldiers issued by Secretary of War Stanton on September 30 1862. Nicholson 419 note. Not in Sabin. Government Printing Office. unknown
1812ref. 11299np 1812. 16pp caption title as issued. Disbound some loosening moderately worn. Good to Good. Federalists from New England led by George Sullivan assert they "could not consider the war into which the U.S. have in secret been precipitated as necessary or required by any moral duty or any political expediency." They document the muzzling of debate on the question of the Declaration of War the war's disastrous effect on commerce the unreasonable bias of the Madison Administration toward France; and they mourn the loss of American security. Quite scarce. Not in AI Sabin which records an 1812 response to this Address Eberstadt Decker or evidently NUC. unknown
1812ref. 12948np Boston 1812. Caption title as issued 8pp. Untrimmed and uncut lightly foxed and worn. Very Good. A meeting at Concord Mass. on July 15 1812 protesting "the momentous and calamitous state of our country" and denouncing the national government for having "unnecessarily declared an offensive war." Congress has "trifled away our dearest privileges and annihilated our fondest hopes." President Madison has sought to shore up his "sinking" popularity by a war policy; he and his allies seeking to stigmatize their opponents as "tories" and traitors have "an ambitious design to continue the power in the hands of our present rulers." FIRST EDITION. AI 26074 2. Not in Sabin Eberstadt Decker. unknown
1865ref. 19217Caernarfon Wales: H. Humphreys. @ 1865. 2 12 2 advt pp. Bound in modern wrappers. Very Good. The head of the title reads 'Rhif 78. Llyfrau Ceiniog Humphreys Caernarfon.' OCLC 28211818 3- Harvard U VA VA Hist. 13367468 1- Lincoln Pres. Lib. as of February 2024. Not in Eberstadt Decker Nevins Sabin Dornbusch Nicholson. H. Humphreys. [@ unknown
1863ref. 10682New York: Sinclair Tousey 1863. Original printed glossy blue wrappers with wrapper title as issued. Disbound rubberstamps else a clean text and Very Good. 28pp. This poem is dedicated to all "who believe that all mankind are created with equal rights; that God is the common father and holds men and nations responsible for their acts; and that oppression in the long-account is worse for the oppressor than the oppressed." FIRST EDITION. Sabin 68327. 483 NUC 0093794 5. Not in Nevins Eberstadt Decker Nicholson Blockson. Sinclair Tousey unknown
1863ref. 19805Columbus Ohio 1863. Broadsheet 8" x 10" ordering a Descriptive List of Pay and Clothing for Wm. Harris 44th Ohio Volunteer Infantry who is awaiting discharge papers. Completed in manuscript it is dated May 15 1863 and signed by order of Brig. Genl. Mason. The verso is a printed letter from Assistant Adjutant General Samuel Breck to Capt. Albert Dod 15th U.S. Infantry Columbus Ohio regarding eligibility for final statements and descriptive lists. unknown
1874ref. 21448Washington 1874. 4pp folded. Caption title as issued. Two smalls slits as inside margin appear to be from previous binding. Clean. Very Good. Three acts of Congress are published: to establish a pontoon railway-bridge across the Mississippi River at Prairie due Chien and a similar bridge at or near Clinton Iowa; to reduce the area of the military reservation of Fort Sanders; and to grant a condemned cannon to Prescott Post No. One for erection of a monument at Providence. unknown
ref. 0870111744.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1950ref. 6297Baltimore MD: Maryland Historical Society 1950. fair to good vols. 1 & 2 ex-lib. 1623 total 4 vols. illus. tables apps index some lib stamps v.2 crossed out in marker rough spot ins r bd v.2 bds scuffed. Volume I is on military participation volume II is on industry and agriculture volume III is on home front volunteer services and volume IV is the gold star honor roll. Maryland Historical Society unknown
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