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1865réf. 1986Washington DC: Rooms of the Y.M.C.A. 1865. Single sheet folded to 7 1/4" x 9 3/4. Document shows two old horizontal fold creases else fine. Ink remains clean and legible. Dated March 27th 1865 at the Rooms of the Y.M.C.A. in Washington D.C. this document reads as follows: ____________ "The undersigned hereby organize ourselves into a 'Special Relief Corps' to be held in readiness to send not exceeding three of our members at one time to help care for sick and starved soldiers at the U.S. General Hospital at Annapolis Maryland. We agree that our delegates shall remain at Annapolis working under the supervision of either the local manager of the U.S. Christian Commission stationed there or of the Directress of said hospital for a time not exceeding three days excepting as they may be able or willing voluntarily to remain longer. Otherwise in cases of special emergency their places are to be filled by others of our number all of whom are to be held in readiness to go to Annapolis upon notification by telegram or otherwise of such services being needed. signed Geo. May Powell / Warren Choate / A. K. Browne / Alex. A. C. Klaucke / John S. Polen / Levi Beardsley / Wm. A. Thompson / B. H. Stinemetz" words in brackets above stricken through. ____________ The U.S. General Hospital mentioned in this document occupied a substantial area of the grounds of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. It was the primary receiving point for Union soldiers wounded in the eastern theatres of the war as well as those being returned from Confederate prisons such as Libby and Andersonville. The former prisoners were in shockingly poor health due to the conditions in which they were held with many dying on the transports to Annapolis and those who survived needing much attention. Rooms of the Y.M.C.A. unknown
1865réf. 15721865. Single sheet folded in half to 7 3/4" x 9 3/4. Fine condition with some mild browning light stains and two horizontal mailing folds. Original handwritten letter dated March 27 1865 from the "Rooms of the Y.M.C.A." in Washington DC. The letter organizes a "Special Relief Corps" of short term nurse volunteers standing ready to travel from Washington DC to Annapolis to assist in the care of soldiers in the U.S. General Hospital there. The text of the letter is as follows: "The undersigned hereby organize ourselves into a 'Special Relief Corps' to be held in readiness to send not exceeding three of our members at one time to help care for sick and starved soldiers at the U.S. General Hospital at Annapolis Maryland. We agree that our delegates shall remain at Annapolis working under the supervision of either the local manager of the U.S. Christian Commission stationed there or of the Directoress of said capital for a time not exceeding three days excepting as they may be able or willing voluntarily to remain longer. Otherwise in cases of special emergency their places are to be filled by others of our members all of whom are to be held in readiness to go to Annapolis upon notification by telegram or otherwise of such services being needed." The "starved soldiers" referred to in the letter were Union prisoners of war recently released from Confederate prison camps. Annapolis was the receiving station for prisoners returning from Andersonville Belle Isle Libby Prison and other Confederate prisons. The document is signed by eight men including George May Powell notable Y.M.C.A. activist Lincoln supporter and Treasury Dept statistician and Benjamin Stinemetz national vice-president of the Y.M.C.A. unknown
1997réf. DBS-9780306454806Plenum 1997. 1st. Hardcover. New. Plenum hardcover
1997réf. DBS-9780306454806Plenum 1997. 1st. Hardcover. New. Plenum hardcover
1894réf. 022327Harrisburg PA: Clarence M. Busch State Printer 1894. Book. VG. Unbound. First Edition. Complete set of 23 maps complete as issued Nos. 1-16 19-25 2 additional as given housed in original marbled paper portfolio worn with repair. All maps issued in conjunction with Pennsylvania Archives 3rd Series Appendix I-X except as noted with numbers given as issued and as listed in MG 11 Map Collection of PA State Archives PHMC. All printed in color sizes ranging considerably several measuring 3' x 2' or larger. Most maps show clean fronts mildly soiled backs some showing minor separations at fold junctures typical of issue. 1-608 Die Gros-Britannische Colonie-Laender In Nord-America in accuraten Special-Mappen nach den Londone Originalien 608. 2-609 The London Land Company Survey by Thomas Fairman 1709. Copy 1764 of an Island in the river Delaware in Philadelphia County above the mouth of the Schuylkill. 3-610 John McCulloch's Land Survey situated on the East side of Monongahela River between Great Redstone and Dunlap's Creek by John Lukens 1769. Shows: Fort Bird Burd. 4-611 A Map of the State of Pennsylvania by Reading Howell 1792. Shows: county and township lines roads furnaces forges grist and saw mills Indian paths and towns minerals dwelling houses. 5-612 The London Land Company Resurvey in Chester County February 21 1736. Survey of lands said to be in New Castle County but found to be in Chester County. 6-613 "Coxburg" Survey "Notingham" Township Washington County January 25 1780. John Lukens Surveyor General. 7-614 Pennsylvania Land Company in London Survey September 12-15 1760. Survey for land lying on Conestoga Creek Lancaster County by John Lukens Surveyor General. 8-615 Peters Creek Mount Pleasant Washington County Survey May 7 1785. Survey to adjust title to unpatented lands in Monongahela Youghiogheny and Ohio Counties. 9-616 Manallin Township Fayette County Survey March 22 1785. Bazil Brown's survey on the waters of the Redstone and Dunlaps Creeks for adjusting the claims to unpatented lands in Monongahela Youghiogheny and Ohio Counties. 10-617 John Estaughand Company's Land situate on Conostogoe and the Mill Creek Chester County 1717. 11-618 7500 Acres on the Delaware River Bucks County Survey August 17 1699. Copy of original by Thomas Fairman Surveyor. Shows: Delaware River 20 miles above the Falls. 12-619 Tracts of Land called New Munster and Society December 13 1763. Shows: mill dwelling house Rankin's field. 13-620 Map of the British Colonies in the Year 1765 from a Map of the Period. Shows: Indian villages forts Philadelphia New Castle Delaware rivers falls mines. 14-621 London Land Company Survey August 19 1709 of 5000 Acres Chester County by Thomas Fairman Surveyor. 15-622 London Land Company Survey of 5000 Acres bounded by the "Scholkil and Perqueaming" Creek. Thomas Fairman Surveyor. 16-623 London Land Company Survey of 5000 Acres Chester County. Surveyed by Thomas Fairman August 19 1709. 17-18: Not issued. 19-624 Map of the Province of Pennsylvania.Servt W. Scull. Philadelphia Printed by James Nevil for the author April 4 1770. 20-625 A Map of Pennsylvania Exhibiting not only The Improved Parts of that Province but also Its Extensive Frontiers: Laid down from Actual Surveys and Chiefly from the Late Map of W. Scull Published in 1770. Shows: roads ferrys churches forts houses miles coal falls Indian villages. 21-626 A Map of the Provinces of New-York and New-Jersey with a part of Pennsylvania and the Province of Quebec from the Topographical Observations of C. J. Sauthier Augsburg 1777. 22-627 Regni Mexicani seu Novae Hispaniae Ludovicianae N. Angliae Carolinae Virginiae et Pensylvaniae nec mon Insviarvm Archipelagi Mexicani in America Septentrionali accurata Tabula exhibita a Joh. Baptista Homanno n.d. 23-628 A Map of the Improved Part of the Province of Pennsylvania in America. Begun by William Penn Proprie. Clarence M. Busch, State Printer unknown
1938réf. 004410Cleveland Ohio: Central Publishing House 1938. Fine condition in a Good dust jacket. The jacket is lightly soiled with moderate edgewear and several small chips. NOT price clipped $2.50. A clean square copy. Pages are unmarked. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. INSCRIBED/SIGNED "To Marie Elizabeth Zimmerman with Compliments Carl H. Gramm." Bound in the original maroon cloth handsomely decorated with blind-stamped borders. Gilt lettering is still bright and shiny. "Dr. Gramm's book is a careful and exhaustive study of the people of New Brunswick New Jersey and will be of value to historians genealogists and to sociologist. It contains accurate information concerning the individual members of the city's German families their education occupations and church affiliations and it also includes a history of the various churches to which they belonged." -- George A. Osborn Librarian Rutgers University. Laid in is a promotional brochure from the publisher which reproduces a letter of praise from Dr. Richard C. Schiedt. Note: This book is NOT returnable. Unfortunately this policy for genealogy books had to be put in force due to abuses by some previous customers who would order a book photocopy the information of interest and then return the book for a refund. If you only want to copy the info please contact a lending library. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Good Dust Jacket edge chips. 8vo. 105pp. Central Publishing House Hardcover
réf. 87865New Haven 1948-73. 4to. XVII 576; XV 588; XXI 630; XIX 599; XV 647; XIX. 698 s. Illustr. kart. Orig. helsjirtingb. med noe slitte og noe falmete vareomslag. Omslagets ytterkanter med noen rifter. Nyere navn Stefan Matson 1967 øverst på flybl. For øvrig et fint sett. Flere bind er utgitt. . unknown
réf. Fitzhugh, William W. andIn Pristine Condition. unknown
1985réf. 024925Toms River New Jersey: Ocean County Historical Society 1985. Near Fine condition. NO cover wear or fraying. Hinges inner and outer are PERFECT. Brief gift note on endpaper. 1985. Reprint of the 1878 Woolman & Rose Philadelphia original. Limited to 700 numbered copies this being #121. The hand inked number "121" has bled through to adjoining pages as usual. All other pages are clean and unmarked. Profusely illustrated with more than 70 maps and prints of New Jersey Shore towns and architectural landmarks in Cape May Atlantic Ocean and Monmouth Counties. Many fold out maps. Tipped-in after the title page is a HUGE folding map THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY 1877 from US Coast Guard Survey Records. It measures a whopping 18" wide by 31.5" tall when unfolded and is imprinted with the populations of major cities in each NJ county from the 1875 Census. Bound in the original maroon cloth stamped in bright gold. Oversize Hardcover. 12" wide by 14.25" tall. This very large extremely heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments but only the standard charge for media mail. Reprint Limited to 700 numbered. Oversize Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No dust jacket as issued. Illus. by Rose T. F. . 374pp. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Ocean County Historical Society Hardcover
19198vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, coloured plate, 9 monochrome plates on 7, 9 large folding charts coloured in outline and 4 folding diagrams in pocket at end, some light spotting to fore-edges, a few charts lightly spotted at folds; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, gilt from original backstrip and gilt device from upper board mounted on new and separate leaves at front, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. THIS COPY WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF CAPTAIN JOHN WILLIAM JOSSELYN RN AND BEARS HIS NEAT HOLOGRAPH SIGNATURE (DATED 1919) ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. During WWII, Captain J.W. Josselyn commanded INTREPID (1939-1942), CARADOC (1942-1943), and HAWKINS (from 1943). It was whilst in command of INTREPID that he took part (together with INGLEFIELD and IVANHOE) in the sinking of U-45 by depth charge off the south-west coast of Ireland in October 1939. He retired from the service in 1949. Albion, p.271; Enser, p.309
1898The second issue of this popular and long-lived publication. Pages 114-224. Features: Canadian Curiosities - article with great illustrations; The Marvelous Feats of Juggler Ram Pershad; Earth Pyramids in the Rosengarten Mountains; "For the Company's Credit" - story of an ocean-liner race; The Queerest Monarch in the World - Mwanga, King of Uganda (illustrated article); The Wreck of the "Rising Sun" - fire at sea; Picnics in Perak - article with photo of many Malay sultans aboard elephants crossing a river; The Telegraphist of Neufchateau - true WWI story; The Romance of the Mission Field - part 1; Across the Atlantic in an Open Boat - article with photo of Harvo and Samuelson in their rowboat "Fox"; The Mysterious Tramp; Tree-Blazing - how explorers in Australia's interior mark trees to guide those who may come after them; Bagging a Man-Eater - Major A. St. H. Gibbons kills a lion to protect villagers - article with photo; "The Miracle of Moses" - the Platte High Line Canal in Colorado - article with photos; In Search of an Orchid; The Fiery Ordeal of Fiji - walking on coals (illustrated article; In the Ocean Depths - illustrated recollections of ocean diver John Pearce. Front cover loose but present. Back cover missing. Last page is 224. It is uncertain if any pages were included after that. Few pencil markings. A worthy vintage copy. Book
19518vo., Fourth Impression, with a double-page map; handsomely bound in navy blue full morocco, back with raised bands, second compartment lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, blue ribbon marker, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Published four months after the first edition and the last impression issued in the year of first publication. The finest novel of the Royal Navy in WWII and a maritime classic. The story, based upon the author's own experiences, formed the basis of Charles Frend's notable feature film starring Jack Hawkins in one of his most memorable roles. So accurate is its depiction of the Battle of the Atlantic that it is one of the very few works of fiction admitted by Law to his standard bibliography The Royal Navy in World War Two. Law, 1865
1600réf. 21613Paris 1600 une liasse de 2 document, 1 de 2 pages (dont 1 page manuscrite) (18 x 19 cm) + 1 de 6 pages (dont 4 manuscrites) (19 x 28 cm), manuscrit à l'encre brune sur papier vergé crème ligné et filigrané (filigrane représentant un pot détain avec couvercle et anse surmonté dune croix avec noté en pied F.L.), fait à Paris, le 13 OCTOBRE 1600
1801réf. 21609bordeaux 1801 un document, de 2 pages, manuscrit à l'encre brune d'une grande feuille sur papier vergé crème ligné et filigrané (REP. FRA.), format 30 centimètres de large par 38 centimètres de haut, timbre fiscal "Rep. Fra. GIRONDE 1 F 50 cent" en haut à gauche gravé en noir, fait à Bordeaux, le 18 SEPTEMBRE 1801,
1824réf. PHO-2094Paris, Librairie de Gide Fils, 1824, In-8 (210x130mm),299 pp.- 1f., relié demi basane époque, dos lisse avec titre, tranches jaunes, illustré d’une carte repliée en couleurs (déchirure au pli), légers frottements, .
réf. 108227Nantes, Imprimerie F. Salières, 1890, 2 tomes en 1 vol. in-4, XII-452 pp. et IV-214 pp., 1 f. d'errata, 18 pl. (dont les 2 frontispices), index, demi-chagrin brun à coins, dos à nerfs, filets dorés (reliure de l'époque). Rousseurs éparses.coins et coupes un peu frottés.
réf. 244456Nantes, B. Cier, 1893 2 vol. grand in-8, 595 pp. (dont IV) et 6-417-[2] pp., toile grenat, couv. cons. (reliure postérieure).
réf. 242757Paris, Pougin, Nantes, Laurant, 1836 2 vol. in-8, 407 pp. et 415 pp.., demi-basane bleue, dos à nerfs (reliure postérieure). Rousseurs.
1797réf. PHO-1058Paris : De l'Imprimerie de Hautbout l'aîné, l'an V [1797]. In-12, veau blond, dos lisse orné, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque). Manques à la coiffe de tête, coins émoussés, trou de ver à un mors. Édition originale de la traduction française de cette relation de voyage en Afrique composée de 8 lettres dans lesquelles l'auteur abordera les différents aspects de la Sierra Leone et notamment la traite des noirs.
1795réf. PHO-2537Paris, chez Buisson, An 3 de la République (1795), 3 volumes In 8° (210x130 mm), XXIV-391pp, (4) 386pp, et (4) 371pp., reliure d’attente, manque aux reliures, papiers cornés, mouillure, quelques rousseurs, non rogné, accompagné d’un atlas en facsimilé moderne comportant 28 planches, grand in4° (310x230 mm), relié avec titre au plat.
1896réf. 234211896. TransportationIndustrial Disasters Atlantic City railroad disaster photo archive likely documenting the July 30 1896 collision west of Atlantic City New Jersey one of the deadliest American railroad accidents of the 1890s. The wreck occurred when a West Jersey Railroad excursion train carrying members of the Improved Order of Red Men fraternal organization from Bridgeton and Salem crossed the Reading Railroad line and was struck by a Philadelphia express crushing loaded passenger coaches and leaving dozens dead and injured. The local Atlantic City photographer's stamp the beach and pier crowd the open rail junction the smashed wooden coachwork and the dense public gathering around the debris all support identification with the Atlantic City disaster rather than a more inland wreck. Photo archive of 4 albumen photographs each approx 7.5 x 8 inches mounted on boards measuring approximately 10 x 12 inches Atlantic City New Jersey likely 1896. At the wreck site men in suits caps work clothes and shirt sleeves stand among splintered timbers exposed wheel assemblies broken coach framing twisted metal and scattered railroad debris. A damaged passenger car remains partly upright with its roof torn open and side panels crushed while another wreck scene includes telegraph poles parallel tracks a railroad signal and a wide crowd gathered across the right of way. Workers and onlookers climb over the wreckage stand on overturned components and cluster around the remains of the coaches giving the scenes the character of both recovery work and public witnessing. The fourth view shows the community Atlantic City's shore economy with men women and children gathered along the beach and crowded across a pier many in formal summer dress hats and parasols. Verso stamp reads: "W. Crompton & Co. 132 N. South Carolina Ave. Atlantic City N.J. Duplicates can be furnished at Short Notice." By the 1890s Atlantic City had become a major East Coast resort town and railroad access was central to its growth; the same excursion system that filled its beaches also concentrated large numbers of passengers in wooden cars vulnerable to catastrophic collision. The presence of a local commercial photographer's stamp is significant indicating that these disaster scenes circulated as purchasable local views for an audience already accustomed to buying Atlantic City souvenirs. Mounts toned and soiled prints faded with some loss of contrast scattered surface wear and staining to mounts one with slight loss at upper right corner; overall in good condition. The archive preserves the immediate aftermath wreckage and response to a major Atlantic City disaster in the late 19th century. unknown
1944réf. 929931944. Good. Letter dated September 13 1946. 28 cm. Carbon copy on thin Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company letterhead stationery. Substantial chipping around edges no loss of text on first leaf. Our unnamed Captain of Police reports on an incident which began when around 200 African American soldiers were changing trains. Local police arrested two of the soldiers for intoxication and took them to the local Police Station. When police returned to the railroad station they found six of the soldiers assaulting two military policemen and intervened to help the MPs using the butt end of a riot gun to break up the fight. When a large number of other soldiers came to join the fight they were stopped at gunpoint by the local policemen with assistance from the MPs and military officers. The African American soldiers marched in formation to local Police Headquarters where 133 soldiers were charged with disorderly conduct and five others differently charged. Almost all pleaded not guilty but all were found guilty the next day and remained in jail another night until their fines were paid -- $17 each for the 133 soldiers and up to $100 for the five who were differently charged. All 138 soldiers were then marched back the the train station and departed. One wonders how accurately the incident was described to our unnamed Captain by those he interviewed. There is nothing in his letter to suggest that he interviewed any of the African American soldiers. unknown
1896réf. 234211896. TransportationIndustrial Disasters Atlantic City railroad disaster photo archive likely documenting the July 30 1896 collision west of Atlantic City New Jersey one of the deadliest American railroad accidents of the 1890s. The wreck occurred when a West Jersey Railroad excursion train carrying members of the Improved Order of Red Men fraternal organization from Bridgeton and Salem crossed the Reading Railroad line and was struck by a Philadelphia express crushing loaded passenger coaches and leaving dozens dead and injured. The local Atlantic City photographer's stamp the beach and pier crowd the open rail junction the smashed wooden coachwork and the dense public gathering around the debris all support identification with the Atlantic City disaster rather than a more inland wreck. Photo archive of 4 albumen photographs each approx 7.5 x 8 inches mounted on boards measuring approximately 10 x 12 inches Atlantic City New Jersey likely 1896. At the wreck site men in suits caps work clothes and shirt sleeves stand among splintered timbers exposed wheel assemblies broken coach framing twisted metal and scattered railroad debris. A damaged passenger car remains partly upright with its roof torn open and side panels crushed while another wreck scene includes telegraph poles parallel tracks a railroad signal and a wide crowd gathered across the right of way. Workers and onlookers climb over the wreckage stand on overturned components and cluster around the remains of the coaches giving the scenes the character of both recovery work and public witnessing. The fourth view shows the community Atlantic City's shore economy with men women and children gathered along the beach and crowded across a pier many in formal summer dress hats and parasols. Verso stamp reads: "W. Crompton & Co. 132 N. South Carolina Ave. Atlantic City N.J. Duplicates can be furnished at Short Notice." By the 1890s Atlantic City had become a major East Coast resort town and railroad access was central to its growth; the same excursion system that filled its beaches also concentrated large numbers of passengers in wooden cars vulnerable to catastrophic collision. The presence of a local commercial photographer's stamp is significant indicating that these disaster scenes circulated as purchasable local views for an audience already accustomed to buying Atlantic City souvenirs. Mounts toned and soiled prints faded with some loss of contrast scattered surface wear and staining to mounts one with slight loss at upper right corner; overall in good condition. The archive preserves the immediate aftermath wreckage and response to a major Atlantic City disaster in the late 19th century. unknown books
1944réf. 929931944. Good. Letter dated September 13 1946. 28 cm. Carbon copy on thin Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company letterhead stationery. Substantial chipping around edges no loss of text on first leaf. Our unnamed Captain of Police reports on an incident which began when around 200 African American soldiers were changing trains. Local police arrested two of the soldiers for intoxication and took them to the local Police Station. When police returned to the railroad station they found six of the soldiers assaulting two military policemen and intervened to help the MPs using the butt end of a riot gun to break up the fight. When a large number of other soldiers came to join the fight they were stopped at gunpoint by the local policemen with assistance from the MPs and military officers. The African American soldiers marched in formation to local Police Headquarters where 133 soldiers were charged with disorderly conduct and five others differently charged. Almost all pleaded not guilty but all were found guilty the next day and remained in jail another night until their fines were paid -- $17 each for the 133 soldiers and up to $100 for the five who were differently charged. All 138 soldiers were then marched back the the train station and departed. One wonders how accurately the incident was described to our unnamed Captain by those he interviewed. There is nothing in his letter to suggest that he interviewed any of the African American soldiers. unknown books
1867réf. 055532Baltimore: Selby & Dulany 1867. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Octavo. 408 pages. Hardcover bound in original brown cloth with titles in gilt. The binding is rubbed and worn and the hinges are splitting. The rear hinge appears to have been repaired with a flexible glue and the cloth on the front hinge is fraying and torn. The binding is cocked and the text block appears sound. Early owner's signature of "C. B. Meredith" at the top of the Dedication page. Complete with the portrait frontis. The book is now housed in a removable clear mylar jacket. "Final" Howes A-427. Selby & Dulany hardcover
