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Democratic Extra. Election Returns. Maine Democratic Office ... Old York County Again Democratic!
 [141757] (MAINE - BROADSIDES - WHALING) [Maine Democratic Office].
: [Maine Democratic Office] , 1858. 24¼ x 9 inches. Broadside, newspaper extra, large. Illustrated with large graphic of American eagle. Printed in various formats, primarily in three columns. Old pencil calculations to verso. Normal folds and creases, else fine condition. Not on OCLC. Dated September 14, 1858 an announcement reporting the election returns for York County, Maine for the governor's office, and representatives. In addition to recording all of the elected officials and tallied votes, there is a column, in over fifty lines of type, devoted to a story of a profitable whaling voyage concerning the Schooner Watchman and a Captain Charles W. Hussey, of Nantucket. The article devotes itself to the amazing harvest of $10,000 worth of ambergris which was sold to a Boston druggist. Another story concerns a firefighting hero, and another comments upon crop harvesting on Prince Edward Island. $200
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Whereas Ebenezer Nowell of York in the County of York, yeoman, was before the Supreme Judicial Court ... convicted of stealing from [indistinct name] of Somersworth in the County of Stratford and State of New Hampshire. Schoolmaster, the Su
[141308] (MAINE - WHIPPINGS) [Ebenezer Nowell].
: , . [N.p., an internal date of 1792.] Bifolium, 2½ pages. Mild foxing, condition is very good. A contemporary copy of a manuscript document recording the errant ways of Ebenezer Nowell of York, District of Maine. The first part of the document concerns a statement from John Sewall, Junior, prison keeper. The second part is a follow-up by David Sewall as justice of the peace. Nowell was caught stealing from a schoolmaster and “...sentenced to be Severly whipped on the naked back thirty stripes.” The victims were allowed to place Nowell as an indentured servant to anyone of their choosing for three years, provided he was indentured to a citizen of the United States. In addition, Nowell had to pay for the costs of his prosecution and conviction which amounted to over twenty-five pounds. Ebenezer Nowell (1741-?) was likely the son of Ebenezer Nowell (1707-1761) and Patience Hamilton of York, York County, Maine. $75
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A Statistical View of the District of Maine: more especially with reference to the Value and Importance of its Interior. Addressed to the Consideration of the Legislators of Massachusetts.
[140824] (MAINE) Moses Greenleaf.
Boston: Cummings & Hilliard, 1816. Octavo, [1] [i]-viii, [9]-154, [2, blanks] pages. First Edition. Uncut in orig. bdg. with blue paper boards over buff paper spine. Buff paper to spine with distress and small areas of loss; foxing within. Overall, a very pretty and unsophisticated copy of a scarce Maine title which, in the introduction of this book, Greenleaf hoped would give notice its possibilities for settlement, although some “..consider it as a barren, frozen region, unfit for the support of man, and unworthy the attention of the Legislature.” Howes incorrectly calls for Greenleaf's 1815 map to be in the collation. In fact, the map was a large affair (approx. 40" x 25") published separately, but intended be sold with the book. Greenleaf's Preface clearly confirms this when he stated the purpose of the book to be: “...as an explanatory appendage to the Map, which accompanies it.” [and] “With respect to the Map, which accompanies this work...” The 1815 map was Greenleaf's first map of Maine. It is a Maine rarity. A recent example of the map fetched a staggering sum that this cataloger won't mention to advertise this clearly integral, but oft-ignored, early Maine item. [Sabin 28665. Howes G-393. Williamson 3917.] $650
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Gideon Hawley, 1806 Autograph Letter Signed from Stockbridge and Mashpee, Massachusetts Indian Missionary to son-in-law and Kingston merchant, Crocker Sampson.
[142123] (Massachusetts - Indian Missionaries) Gideon Hawley.
: , . Autograph Letter Signed. Mashpee, Massachusetts, July 28, 1806. Quarto, 2 pp. Bifolium with integral address leaf. Wax seal, small hole from seal, former folds, a few splits along fold lines, else very good. ALS from notable Massachusetts Indian missionary, Gideon Hawley (1727-1807) to his son-in-law, Crocker Sampson (1749-1823) of Kingston, Rhode Island. Reverend Gideon Hawley, a Connecticut native and Yale graduate, first preached in 1752 in Stockbridge, Massachusetts among the Housatonic Indians. Under the aegis of Jonathan Edwards, Hawley accepted a position with the Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Indians and also preached to Mohawk, Oneida, and Tuscarora Indians. Hawley then taught among the Six Nations in near what is now Windsor, New York. The French and Indian War forced his exit in 1756. He was a pastor to the Indian tribes at Mashpee from 1758 until his death on 1807. Crocker Sampson married Gideon Hawley's daughter, Rebecca Hawley in 1794. Sampson was a Harvard graduate and a Quarter Master under Colonel Gamaliel Bradford’s Regiment in the Continental Army. A merchant in Kingston, Rhode Island, he was also an underwriter of the Ohio Company in 1786. This letter, one year before Hawley's death, is primarily concerned with the health and business activities of family, work at Spring Hill, and their comings and goings, e.g. Hawley notes that Sampson's brother James is terribly ill voiding “…considerable matter, bloody and black” and notes that Gideon [Jr.?] “…labors hard. He drinks sweetened water, but not much rum or brandy...” $350
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Do You Want a Good Home? Do You Want a Farm Cheap? Then Read This: Texas County, Missouri, is the Best Location for the home of a Working Man… [Cover title]
[142100] (MISSOURI - LAND PROMOTION - GINSENG) [A.J. Johnson].
Houston, Missouri: Herald Print., [1880’s?]. 8vo, 11, [1, blank] pp. First and only edition? Printed and illus. wraps in black and orange, stapled. A rare real estate and land promotion prospectus, possibly not located. Very fragile and brittle paper, chips to covers and pages, closed tears, creases, stains, no loss to text, collated and complete. A remarkable survival given the poor paper quality of this ephemeral item. [Not on OCLC. OCLC 31944537 for likely comparison.] A.J. Johnson was a self-professed “Bargain Land Man” (he reminds readers endlessly of this self-designated appellation) who gives a winning pitch for potential farmers and investment capitalists. Johnson speaks extensively of Houston, Texas County, Missouri and warns potential buyers against land agent hucksters. Johnson proudly proclaims he is from the region and knows anyone that needs to be known, from all around. The lower cover illustrates a ginseng plant and is captioned “The Home of Ginseng.” Johnson speaks of the local ginseng culture, etc. $450
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Bericht der Directoren der Societat zur Ausbreitung des Evangeliums unter den heiden. Gelesen vor der Societat bei deren jahrlichen versammlung in Bethlehem, am 23sten August 1841. [Caption title]
[140981] (MORAVIANS - CHEROKEES [Society of the United Brethren for Propagating the Gospel Among the Heathen] .
[Easton, Pennsylvania]: Gedruckt von Heinrich Held, 1841. 12 pages. 7" x 4" Wraps, sewn. This report concerns, in part, missionary work among the Moravians in New Fairfield, Canada, mission work in Missouri and mission work among the Cherokees of Arkansas. A very good example. This year's report not on OCLC. Cf. Sabin 86168. $75
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Act of Incorporation and Stated Rules of the Society of the United Brethren for Propagating the Gospel among the Heathen.
[140388] (MORAVIANS - NATIVE AMERICANS) [Thomas Mifflin] .
Philadelphia: printed by Conrad Zentler, 1825. Octavo, 16 pages. Original blue wraps, sewn. Very good copy. Preface signed in type at end by Thomas Mifflin, as Speaker of House. The act of incorporation was originally passed in 1788. “The propagation of the Gospel among the Indians of America” was intended to convert the Indians, so the “...Savages may be induced to turn their minds to the Christian religion, industry, and social life with the citizens of the United States.” Following the reprinted act of incorporation, are fifteen rules for propagating the Gospel. Shaw & Shoemaker 21518. Cf. Sabin 86174. $75
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 Special Report of the Mountain Meadow Massacre.
[133262] (MORMONS - UTAH) James H. Carleton .
Washington: GPO, 1902. House of Representatives, Document 605, 57th Congress, 1st Session. 17 pages. First Edition, thus. Wrappers. Lightly tanned covers, minute edge-tear to front cover, tiny loss to rear, near fine condition. Carleton's report graphically detailed the savage annihilation of California-bound emigrants from Arkansas & Missouri. Local Mormons claimed that Pah Vent or Pah Ute Indians had massacred the forty wagon convoy of emigrants for poisoning a local water supply and averred responsibility. After a fierce battle, the emigrants agreed to lay down their weapons and abandon property in exchange for the promise of freedom. This they did, but all were then brutally murdered save for seventeen children who escaped. Carleton concluded that Mormon-friendly Indians and hostile Mormons, dressed as Indians, had determined to murder and steal the fine wagons and animals the emigrants possessed, all under the direction of Brigham Young. Sent out to bury the bones of the victim and report, Carleton used this Anti-Mormonism report to fully denounce the Mormons, to point out the violence that had erupted throughout past events in Missouri and Illinois, and to declare the Utah Mormons an “ulcer to the body politic” of America. [Howes C-147: “Full account of this inhuman holocaust, in which perished at Mormon hands over 125 California-bound emigrants from Arkansas & Missouri”; Wagner-Camp 354, first published at Little Rock in 1860, handful of copies known] $350
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 Mr. Dana's Motion. May 30, 1809. Referred to the Committee of the whole House. [Cover title]
[141476] (NAVAL DEFENSE) [Samuel Whittelsey Dana].
City of Washington: A. & G. Way, Printers, 1809. Octavo, two leaves. Self wraps, rmvd. A very good clean copy. Dana's motion resolved to allow merchant vessels to be armed for self-defence; forbade American vessels from going into blockaded ports; forbade the same to carry contraband articles of war, etc. This particular year not found in Shaw and Shoemaker. OCLC, [2]. $25
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A Democratic View.
[140951] (NEW HAMPSHIRE - TEMPERANCE) [New Hampshire Temperance Union] .
[New Hampshire Temperance Union]: , [n.d., ca. 1890’s?]. 8½ x 4¾ inches. Handbill which primarily reprints Henry W. Grady's appeal to the citizens of Atlanta, Georgia to not vote liquor back into Atlanta and to stand by prohibition. Small edge-tear, light folds. $25
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