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1864ref. 49788N.p. 1864. Very Good. N.p.: 1864. Manuscript letter written in ink signed by Royce at the end and on the verso. Single leaf 26.5x21cm; chips and rubbing; a few closed tears with archival tape repairs; Very Good. An unusual insightful document highlighting the laws of war and murder during the Civil War. Royce's petition seeks justice for Confederate Captain Frank R. Gurley sent to the Confederate Commission of Exchange. Its author Confederate Captain Moses Strong Royce was captured in Tennessee and imprisoned at Nashville. Gurley Royce's cell-mate had killed Union General Robert McCook of Ohio near Huntsville Alabama in August 1862. In October 1863 Union forces captured Gurley and charged him with murdering McCook. Gurley Union officials claimed was a guerrilla who shot McCook while the General was lying in an ambulance. Southerners claimed that Gurley was not a guerrilla but a regular soldier in the Confederacy's 4th Alabama Cavalry and that he killed McCook according to the laws of war. Harper's Weekly and Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper fanned the flames claiming that lawless Confederate guerrillas murdered the general; feelings ran high. "US General Grant wrote CS General Hardee in December of 1863 and said that although Gurley was a member of the Confederate army that did not preclude him from being tried for having committed a foul murder" online Huntsville-Madison County Public Library essay 'Frank B. Gurley's 1866 Diary'. Having escaped from prison in March 1864 Royce plead Gurley's case. "He was confined in a cell for sixty-eight days and allowed only about one hour a day for exercise and was put upon trial for the killing of Genl. McCook. He was obliged to employ counsel to defend himself at an expense of 2500 dollars in greenbacks. The evidence produced completely exonerated him of anything like murder and the argument of his counsel was a complete vindication of his right as a soldier and an officer to do all that he did in bringing Genl. McCook to his death. "When the trial was nearly ended four communications by flag of truce were sent to the court and were there read - one from Lt. Col. Hambrick one from Genl. Forrest one from Genl. Hardee and one from Genl. Johnston" assuring that Gurley was not a guerrilla but a duly enrolled member of the Confederate military forces. Nevertheless Gurley was found guilty and sentenced to death. "The undersigned believes that if an effort were to be made by the Confederate Commission of Exchange to have Capt. Gurley exchanged the Federal authorities would immediately send him forward for that purpose and as a friend of Capt. Gurley the undersigned respectfully requests General Johnston to use his influence in procuring the exchange of Capt. Gurley. Respectfully submitted M. S. Royce." Even after War's end the dispute continued. Gurley having been released from prison in an administrative snafu was re-arrested charged but finally released and placed on parole in April 1866. . unknown
1864ref. 49788N.p. 1864. Very Good. N.p.: 1864. Manuscript letter written in ink signed by Royce at the end and on the verso. Single leaf 26.5x21cm; chips and rubbing; a few closed tears with archival tape repairs; Very Good. An unusual insightful document highlighting the laws of war and murder during the Civil War. Royce's petition seeks justice for Confederate Captain Frank R. Gurley sent to the Confederate Commission of Exchange. Its author Confederate Captain Moses Strong Royce was captured in Tennessee and imprisoned at Nashville. Gurley Royce's cell-mate had killed Union General Robert McCook of Ohio near Huntsville Alabama in August 1862. In October 1863 Union forces captured Gurley and charged him with murdering McCook. Gurley Union officials claimed was a guerrilla who shot McCook while the General was lying in an ambulance. Southerners claimed that Gurley was not a guerrilla but a regular soldier in the Confederacy's 4th Alabama Cavalry and that he killed McCook according to the laws of war. Harper's Weekly and Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper fanned the flames claiming that lawless Confederate guerrillas murdered the general; feelings ran high. "US General Grant wrote CS General Hardee in December of 1863 and said that although Gurley was a member of the Confederate army that did not preclude him from being tried for having committed a foul murder" online Huntsville-Madison County Public Library essay 'Frank B. Gurley's 1866 Diary'. Having escaped from prison in March 1864 Royce plead Gurley's case. "He was confined in a cell for sixty-eight days and allowed only about one hour a day for exercise and was put upon trial for the killing of Genl. McCook. He was obliged to employ counsel to defend himself at an expense of 2500 dollars in greenbacks. The evidence produced completely exonerated him of anything like murder and the argument of his counsel was a complete vindication of his right as a soldier and an officer to do all that he did in bringing Genl. McCook to his death. "When the trial was nearly ended four communications by flag of truce were sent to the court and were there read - one from Lt. Col. Hambrick one from Genl. Forrest one from Genl. Hardee and one from Genl. Johnston" assuring that Gurley was not a guerrilla but a duly enrolled member of the Confederate military forces. Nevertheless Gurley was found guilty and sentenced to death. "The undersigned believes that if an effort were to be made by the Confederate Commission of Exchange to have Capt. Gurley exchanged the Federal authorities would immediately send him forward for that purpose and as a friend of Capt. Gurley the undersigned respectfully requests General Johnston to use his influence in procuring the exchange of Capt. Gurley. Respectfully submitted M. S. Royce." Even after War's end the dispute continued. Gurley having been released from prison in an administrative snafu was re-arrested charged but finally released and placed on parole in April 1866. . unknown books
1834ref. 436962Connecticut New York Ohio 1834. Very Good. A small archive consisting of one two-page narrative letter and 10 loose sheets about 20 holograph pages of miscellaneous writings by Moses Kimball including one page with pen and ink illustrations. Modest toning and a few tiny tears three manuscript sheets are partially split at the folds including one with a neat Japanese paper tape repair about very good overall. Born in Connecticut in 1741 Moses Kimball served in the Revolutionary War as a soldier under Brigadier General Samuel McClellan 1781-82. A devout Universalist he taught navigation and civil engineering and was a prosperous land owner in Norwich Connecticut. The letter and miscellaneous writings of poetry and short sermons retained here date from the last two years of his life when he left Connecticut to live with a grandson in Norwalk Ohio. In the letter written to a friend in Connecticut Kimball describes in detail his 15-day journey undertaken in May 1835 from Poquetanuck to Norwalk: He left via sloop for Albany then traveled along the Erie Canal and completed the last leg of the trip by steamer on Lake Erie. In his verse and short sermons he lays out his strong Universalist beliefs and philosophy of life. He died happy at the age of 93 in December 1835 just a few weeks after his arrival in Norwalk. A few extracts from the letter together with a sample of his verse follows: 1. ALS. 2pp. Small quarto. Norwalk October 14th 1835. Addressed to John Harkness at Preston Connecticut: "My good friend having an opportunity to give you some account of my journey to this place I gladly embrace it. It is a beautiful country suitable for farming a rich soil . We have an academy of learning for young gentlemen with 108 scholars and another for young ladies with 98 female scholars . We left Poquetanuck the 11 day of May & arrived at my Grandson Moses Kimball's the 25 of May. We went in a sloop . to Albany there I saw great improvements . They have made an Island in the river half a mile long . forming a basin between that & the main land with draw bridges at each end. There we left the sloop and entered on board a canal boat and past on our way drawn by horses day and night. Thus we past on up to Little Falls . and so on to Fort Stanwix . there at the height of land we left the Mohawk River and past a flat level country for 60 or 70 miles without a lock. The country all low and intersected with drowned land . and all along this wet country where the land rose a little . there would be some inhabitants settled with a bridge or two over the canal . when we got to Lake Erie at Buffalo we left the canal boat and got into a steam boat the largest vessel that I ever saw . this boat that cost thirty-five thousand dollars my grandson Moses owns one-tenth part . When we came over the lake . there were seven hundred passengers in her . So you see it is no wonder she earns money . ." 2. Miscellaneous Verses and Short Sermons 1834-35: 10 octavo sheets/about 20 holograph pages including one page with pen and ink illustrations. The following is quoted from a poem written by Kimball on his ninety-third birthday "May 17 A.D. 1834": This day my years are Ninety-three The time is past & gone from me Brought into being here to stay To wait for time to pass away . And when my earthly body dies To God my spirit will arise And live with him and there remain Till Souls to bodies join again . A compelling and historically important small archive of writings that also serve as a testament to Kimball's remarkable physical health and mental acuity. unknown
1834ref. 436962Connecticut New York Ohio 1834. Very Good. A small archive consisting of one two-page narrative letter and 10 loose sheets about 20 holograph pages of miscellaneous writings by Moses Kimball including one page with pen and ink illustrations. Modest toning and a few tiny tears three manuscript sheets are partially split at the folds including one with a neat Japanese paper tape repair about very good overall. Born in Connecticut in 1741 Moses Kimball served in the Revolutionary War as a soldier under Brigadier General Samuel McClellan 1781-82. A devout Universalist he taught navigation and civil engineering and was a prosperous land owner in Norwich Connecticut. The letter and miscellaneous writings of poetry and short sermons retained here date from the last two years of his life when he left Connecticut to live with a grandson in Norwalk Ohio. In the letter written to a friend in Connecticut Kimball describes in detail his 15-day journey undertaken in May 1835 from Poquetanuck to Norwalk: He left via sloop for Albany then traveled along the Erie Canal and completed the last leg of the trip by steamer on Lake Erie. In his verse and short sermons he lays out his strong Universalist beliefs and philosophy of life. He died happy at the age of 93 in December 1835 just a few weeks after his arrival in Norwalk. A few extracts from the letter together with a sample of his verse follows: 1. ALS. 2pp. Small quarto. Norwalk October 14th 1835. Addressed to John Harkness at Preston Connecticut: "My good friend having an opportunity to give you some account of my journey to this place I gladly embrace it. It is a beautiful country suitable for farming a rich soil . We have an academy of learning for young gentlemen with 108 scholars and another for young ladies with 98 female scholars . We left Poquetanuck the 11 day of May & arrived at my Grandson Moses Kimball's the 25 of May. We went in a sloop . to Albany there I saw great improvements . They have made an Island in the river half a mile long . forming a basin between that & the main land with draw bridges at each end. There we left the sloop and entered on board a canal boat and past on our way drawn by horses day and night. Thus we past on up to Little Falls . and so on to Fort Stanwix . there at the height of land we left the Mohawk River and past a flat level country for 60 or 70 miles without a lock. The country all low and intersected with drowned land . and all along this wet country where the land rose a little . there would be some inhabitants settled with a bridge or two over the canal . when we got to Lake Erie at Buffalo we left the canal boat and got into a steam boat the largest vessel that I ever saw . this boat that cost thirty-five thousand dollars my grandson Moses owns one-tenth part . When we came over the lake . there were seven hundred passengers in her . So you see it is no wonder she earns money . ." 2. Miscellaneous Verses and Short Sermons 1834-35: 10 octavo sheets/about 20 holograph pages including one page with pen and ink illustrations. The following is quoted from a poem written by Kimball on his ninety-third birthday "May 17 A.D. 1834": This day my years are Ninety-three The time is past & gone from me Brought into being here to stay To wait for time to pass away . And when my earthly body dies To God my spirit will arise And live with him and there remain Till Souls to bodies join again . A compelling and historically important small archive of writings that also serve as a testament to Kimball's remarkable physical health and mental acuity. unknown books
1805ref. BOOKS288628--/No Dustjacket. 1805. 8vo. self wraps 6 leaves. A survey beginning at an oak tree on the line of Tioga County. This is for mile 82 going west to mile 104 and to a post in Morris Street in Bath. The ink records on 6 pages show Bearings Distance and Remarks. Most of the remarks are from trees. This is certified by Moses Van Campen and T. N. Miller Commissioners on August 30th. 1805. . paperback
1824ref. 55402London: Henry Moses 1824. First edition. Hardcover. Very good to fine condition. Oblong Octavo. 20 etchings plus original illustrated wrappers. Bound in Royal blue leather retaining original wraps; gilt lettering and ruling on leather label mounted to spine. Cream endpapers. Tan wrappers with etching and brown lettering on front back cover plain. Our collection of "Sketches of Shipping" on the River Thames appears to be the earliest state published by Henry Moses with front wrappers dated Dec. 1 1824 and all twenty etchings dated in plates Oct. 1 1824. An 1826 advertisement in the Quarterly Review indicated that six parts of the Sketches with five engravings each had been published up to that time and announces the publication of two additional issues. The front wrapper stating publication date as Dec. 1 1824 as in our copy appears to have been used in various editions including some containing eleven plates dated March 1 1825 in plates or lettered in ink "Nos. 5 & 6" corresponding to the 1826 Quarterly Review advertisement. The irregularities and/or contradictions in tracing the publication of these Moses etchings suggest that due to the constrictions of the medium these popular etchings were published in limited numbers in variant editions as identified by the dates in these plates to satisfy the public demand of the time. In our copy all 20 etchings are dated in plates Oct. 1 1824 with two of the plates containing additional dates etched into the plates as indicated below: 1. Sailing Match Aug. 16 1824 2. An Indianian in Barnard's Yard Deptford 3. Trafalgar 120 G 125 4. Midway 5. Midway Aug. 9 1824 6. Blackwall. Dutches of M. 7. Blackwall Basin 8. Trafalgar P - 120 Guns 9. Sheerness Yard from a Window of the Fountain Inn 10. Sheerness 11. Sheerness Yard from a window of the Fountain Inn variant motif 12. Trafalgar 120 Guns 13. Trafalgar in the Basin Sheerness 14. Hulks at Sheerness 15. Blackwall 16. Untitled 17. City Canal 18. Basin at Blackwall 19. Blackwall - Wellington Indiaman 20. Surat Castle All etchings but plate 12 with H. Moses printed to plate. Plate twelve with Henry Moses. Printed by Chatfield and Coleman. Inked name and date on front free endpaper. "12/." inked to upper foredge corner of cover; this with a few small damp stains on front and back covers. OCLC lists an 1837 copy with 57 plates incl. 2 engraved title pages published in London by Ackermann a 1824 copy with nineteen plates 1825 and 1837 copies with thirty plates the latter published by Ackermann an 1837 copy titled "The Marine Sketch Book" with twenty-eight plates an 1826 copy with nine plates titled Sketches of Shipping: View in Portsmouth Harbour" and an 1827 copy with thirty plates titled "Shipping at Portsmouth and Spithead" publisher W. B. Cooke. Henry Moses hardcover
1824ref. 55402London: Henry Moses 1824. First edition. Hardcover. Very good to fine condition. Oblong Octavo. 20 etchings plus original illustrated wrappers. Bound in Royal blue leather retaining original wraps; gilt lettering and ruling on leather label mounted to spine. Cream endpapers. Tan wrappers with etching and brown lettering on front back cover plain. Our collection of "Sketches of Shipping" on the River Thames appears to be the earliest state published by Henry Moses with front wrappers dated Dec. 1 1824 and all twenty etchings dated in plates Oct. 1 1824. An 1826 advertisement in the Quarterly Review indicated that six parts of the Sketches with five engravings each had been published up to that time and announces the publication of two additional issues. The front wrapper stating publication date as Dec. 1 1824 as in our copy appears to have been used in various editions including some containing eleven plates dated March 1 1825 in plates or lettered in ink "Nos. 5 & 6" corresponding to the 1826 Quarterly Review advertisement. The irregularities and/or contradictions in tracing the publication of these Moses etchings suggest that due to the constrictions of the medium these popular etchings were published in limited numbers in variant editions as identified by the dates in these plates to satisfy the public demand of the time. In our copy all 20 etchings are dated in plates Oct. 1 1824 with two of the plates containing additional dates etched into the plates as indicated below: 1. Sailing Match Aug. 16 1824 2. An Indianian in Barnard's Yard Deptford 3. Trafalgar 120 G 125 4. Midway 5. Midway Aug. 9 1824 6. Blackwall. Dutches of M. 7. Blackwall Basin 8. Trafalgar P - 120 Guns 9. Sheerness Yard from a Window of the Fountain Inn 10. Sheerness 11. Sheerness Yard from a window of the Fountain Inn variant motif 12. Trafalgar 120 Guns 13. Trafalgar in the Basin Sheerness 14. Hulks at Sheerness 15. Blackwall 16. Untitled 17. City Canal 18. Basin at Blackwall 19. Blackwall - Wellington Indiaman 20. Surat Castle All etchings but plate 12 with H. Moses printed to plate. Plate twelve with Henry Moses. Printed by Chatfield and Coleman. Inked name and date on front free endpaper. "12/." inked to upper foredge corner of cover; this with a few small damp stains on front and back covers. OCLC lists an 1837 copy with 57 plates incl. 2 engraved title pages published in London by Ackermann a 1824 copy with nineteen plates 1825 and 1837 copies with thirty plates the latter published by Ackermann an 1837 copy titled "The Marine Sketch Book" with twenty-eight plates an 1826 copy with nine plates titled Sketches of Shipping: View in Portsmouth Harbour" and an 1827 copy with thirty plates titled "Shipping at Portsmouth and Spithead" publisher W. B. Cooke. Henry Moses hardcover books
ref. X03OS-00049Z. Tehinka. Collectible - Acceptable. New York: Z. Tehinka 1943. Reprint of 1680 edition. Volume 1. Folio. 28pp. Maps. Fair book. Spine cover missing. Board covers considerably chipped though without text loss. Front board detached. Preface through p. 26 detached. Poland maps history travel Inquire if you need further information. Z. Tehinka unknown
ref. X03OS-00050Z. Tehinka. Collectible - Acceptable. New York: Z. Tehinka 1943. Reprint of 1680 edition. Volume 1. Folio. 28pp. Maps. Fair book. Bottom 6" of both boards dampstained. Poland maps history travel Inquire if you need further information. Z. Tehinka hardcover
ref. X03OS-00049Z. Tehinka. Collectible - Acceptable. New York: Z. Tehinka 1943. Reprint of 1680 edition. Volume 1. Folio. 28pp. Maps. Fair book. Spine cover missing. Board covers considerably chipped though without text loss. Front board detached. Preface through p. 26 detached. Poland maps history travel Inquire if you need further information. Z. Tehinka unknown books
ref. X03OS-00050Z. Tehinka. Collectible - Acceptable. New York: Z. Tehinka 1943. Reprint of 1680 edition. Volume 1. Folio. 28pp. Maps. Fair book. Bottom 6" of both boards dampstained. Poland maps history travel Inquire if you need further information. Z. Tehinka hardcover books
1956ref. 83450Philadelphia PA: The Jewish Publication Society of America. As New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - 452 pages; first edition so stated. Text pristine. -- with a bonus offer--; T-Bieber; Bieber Hugo; Hadas Moses translator Heinrich Heine : A Biographical Anthology Nineteenth Century German Literature 19th 19 . 1956. The Jewish Publication Society of America hardcover
1949ref. 85305Healen and Martin Davis. As New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - - Corresponds to ASIN: B0007J0ISI. 6 pages of text; 25 ilustrations. -- with a bonus offer-- . 1949. Healen and Martin Davis hardcover
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2011ref. 97237Prestel Publishing. New. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 104 pp. ; 106 color illustrations. -- with a bonus offer--; As new; signed by Viviane Sassen . 2011. 3791345214 . Prestel Publishing hardcover
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