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Ben Abramson American bookseller bookselling during the War Two substantial Carbon File Copy Letters UNSIGNED to James Guthrie Pear Tree Press

ref. 271024 January and 27 February 1941. Letter One 4 Jan. 1941 two pages 4tofold marks good condition. He's been asked about The Miscellany which never appeared. He avoids the subject and goes on to discuss his involvement with the book Trade Winds Christopher Morley and Old Q's Almanac and an eccentricity of Morley's "the exact date of the vernal equinox" so that he can sell a copy of the book no matter if open shop at 3a.m. He intends to edit a letter from Guthrie for "the Miscellany". He continues "The letters that I receive from England continue to be astounding. The magnificent courage of teh English in the face of the terror and the destruction that I have witness sic in the newseels is somethting too great to be expressed in words". He asks about the reception of the President's speech which represented the general view. The letter tails off with New Year's wishes etc.; Letter Two 27 February 1941 three pages 4to good condition. He explains how many copies he makes of letters and his exoresses astonishment that "all books we have ordered since the War started have been safely received.". He then comments on the "fire raod" that led to so much desruction of publishers' stocks "millions of books destroyed . but the spirit of the men who printed those cannot be destroyed". He discusses his policy of over-buying books from England. He is rearranging the look of his stock and culling it of those tht havene't sold. He mentions the effects of flu on staff and he has been working of Trade Winds.Then he mentions his working habits dictation at night etc followed by a critique of a Ford Madox Ford novel then quoting "Low Sarrett's Requiem for a Modern Croesus" claiming that he doesn't disoarage wealth. He would welcome it. "But love of wealth must be tempered with a love of wit or life is barren". He takes his leave. 4 January and 27 February 1941 unknown

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Report of the Committee on the objections of the Council of Revision to the bill calling a Convention

1821ref. 22710Albany NY: Albany Argus 1821. First printing. Good condition. An historic New York state newspaper supplement "Extra" or hand bill that has not been bound rejecting the objections of the Council of Revisions to a bill entitled "An act recommending a convention of the people of this state" and recommending the passage of the bill calling for the convention. Dated Friday January 12 1821 the handbill concerns the power struggle taking place between Governor DeWitt Clinton and the Bucktails faction of the Democratic Republican Party which was controlled by Martin van Buren. The call for a constitutional convention which would ultimately take power away from the governor and transfer it to the state legislature was made by the Bucktail members of the legislature who had suffered dismissals from state office by DeWitt Clinton as soon as he became governor in 1817. The issue did indeed go before the people of New York and in April 1821 they voted in favor of the convention. Some major changes to the power structure of New York politics that came out of the convention include the shortening of the gubernatorial term to two years; the abolishment of the Council of Revision with Its power to veto new legislation transferred to the governor; and the abolishment of the Council of Appointment with the majority of formerly appointed offices now being made elective. The Governor's right to dismiss the legislature at will was also abolished and Black males gained limited suffrage. Folio 4pp. Newspaper size format with 2 column printing makes this a very large pamphlet hence the use of hand bill 11 1/4 x 18". As these 4 pages have never been bound there is some aging to the paper along with a central fold. OCLC records no copies with the only Argus Extra broadside entry for 1821 being Liberty Emancipation Free Suffrage and Equal Representation dated April 20th 1821. OCLC 58786003. Albany Argus unknown

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