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Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas New Mexico California Sonora and Chihuahua; Connected with the United States and Mexican Boundary Commission during the years 1850 '51 '52 and '53

1854réf. 13439New York: D. Appleton & Company 1854. First Edition. Very Good. In two volumes 8vo 8.75x5.75in; Vol. I - xxii fold out map General Map Showing the Countries Explored & Surveyed by the United States & Mexican Boundary Commission in the years 1850 51 52 & 53 Under the direction of John R. Bartlett U.S. Commissioner 506 pp. fold out lithograph Frontispiece of Fort Yuma 29 woodcuts in text and 3 on plates and 6 plates tinted lithograph illustrations Vol. II xvii 624 pp. fold out Lithograph Frontispiece of Ruins at Casas Grandes 33 woodcuts in text and 26 on plates and 10 plates tinted lithograph illustrations includes Tucson plate not listed appendices and index; Later binding of tan half calf-backed marbled covers with raised ribbed gilt lettered and decorative spine marbled end papers appears to have been rebound in early 1900's by the Rose Bindery Boston also appears to have a second rebinding with replaced marbled covers end papers and possible text block washing/repairs within last 50 years top edge gilt fore edge untrimmed; Minor shelf wear to edges and leather prior owner's archival closed tears repairs throughout both volumes with some offset staining of material used folding map closed tear repaired lacks advertisements. Cowan64 p.36 Wagner-Camp 234:1 Graff 198. John Russell Bartlett 1805-1886 a historian and linguist was appointed to oversee the United States and Mexican Boundary Commission to survey and establish the current boundary between the United States and Mexico in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo and expanded with the Gadsden Purchase. The survey also determined the route of a southern railroad. Bartlett was also an artist and made illustrations of the southwest landscape. From Wagner-Camp ". Bartlett was a talented artist observer and reporter who contributed greatly to the knowledge of the geography and topography of the Southwest in his Personal Narrative. During three years with the Mexican Boundary Commission he traveled widely from central Texas to the Pacific Ocean and from Mazatlan to San Francisco. A contentious man and lacking perhaps certain administrative skills Bartlett succeeded in antagonizing most of his fellow-official on the Commission. Graff points out that "a number of incidents described by Bartlett have been differently interpreted by his associates." D. Appleton & Company unknown books

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Canada Pittoresque Canadian Scenery

1843réf. B5116London: Georges Virtue c. 1843. . An attractive copy in quarter red morocco occasional mild browning otherwise generally clean. . Edition: A scared edition in French. Binding: Contemporary quarter morocco with matching pebbled cloth boards. Spine in five compartments and four raised bands. Spine with gilt floral motifs. Red Morocco labels with gilt lettering on 2 and 4. Marbled pasted and free endpapers. Notes: A scarce two volume set with text in French. Bartlett made four voyages to the United States and Canada between the years 1836 and 1852 the fruits of which appeared in American Scenery in 1840 and Canadian Scenery in 1842 with text by N.P. Willis”Harper. “In autumn of 1836 in company with Willis he visited Niagara Falls and presumably was briefly in Canada. Journeyed from Halifax to Niagara in1838 completing 117 sepia wash drawings which were engraved and published with text by Willis in a two volume Canadian Scenery in 1840”DNB. The engravings were produced by Willis Cousen and others. Size: 4to274x211mm. Illustration: The first volume is illustrated by a frontispiece portrait of the artist W.H. Bartlett. an engraved title page and 54 engravings of which one is a map. The second volume is illustrated by an engraved title page and 63 engravings. A complete work with a total of 117 plates. Volume: Two volume set. References: Sabin 3686 3787 Alston 7673 Lande 2310 Transation: L. De Bauclas Pages: P. Vol I: Endpapers blank frontispiece engraved title page in English title page in French printers information list of engravings 1-124 blank endpapers. Vol II: Endpapers blank engraved title page in English title page in French printers information list of engravings 1-118 blank endpapers. Mispag. Vol II: Engravings 20-23 on the List of Engravings are actually ordered 21202322. Likewise engravings 40 and 41 are ordered in reverse. Category: Book Canada Georges Virtue hardcover

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Signer of the Declaration of Independence Bartlett JosiahABAA

Autograph document signed Josiah Bartlett "J Bartlett"

1769réf. 315321Rockingham County NH 1769. 1 p. pen and ink on paper blank on verso. 4.5 x 7.75 inches. Old folds dog-eared corner else fine. 1 p. pen and ink on paper blank on verso. 4.5 x 7.75 inches. A memo written during Bartlett's tenure as justice of the Peace for Rockingham County recording an agreement for the transfer of a deed from Joseph Chandler to Josiah Judkins upon payment of a note. American physician statesman and jurist Josiah Bartlett 1729-1795 was born in Amesbury in the Province of Massachusetts Bay and moved to the frontier settlement of Kingston in Rockingham County New Hampshire in 1751 where he opened his practice as the county's sole physician. Bartlett was elected to the New Hampshire colonial assembly in 1765 served as colonel of the Rockingham County militia and was appointed justice of the peace. From 1775-1776 and in 1778 and 1788 Barteltt was New Hampshire's delegate to the Continental Congress where as the representative of the northern most colony he was the first delegate to vote for independence from Great Britain. Bartlett was a signer of the Declaration of Independence served on the committee that drafted the Articles of Confederation and helped ratify the Constitution. He later served as a judge in the Court of Common Pleas and despite not being a lawyer was appointed Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court and in 1792 he became New Hampshire's fourth Governor. Two-hundred years after his death Josiah Bartlett entered the chronicles of American pop culture when despite a difference in the spelling of his last name he became the fictional direct ancestor of "President Josiah Bartlet" a leading character played by actor Martin Sheen in NBC's drama The West Wing. Bartlett is also a character in both the stage and motion picture adaptation of the musical 1776. Photo unknown books

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