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A Declaration, or Ordinance, of the Convention of the State of New-York, passed May 10, 1777, offering free pardon to such of the subjects of the said State, as, having committed treasonable acts against the same, shall return to their allegiance.
Fishkill: Samuel Loudon?, 1777
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Letter from an unknown writer, datelined Tombstone, Arizona, July 2, 1889, to George A. Treadwell, No. 40 Middleton Square, London, England
quarto, 4 pages, written on rectos only, on thin paper, few nicks to edges, else very good.
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The Qualifications of a Gospel Minister for, and Duty in studying rightly to divide the Word of Truth; and the Duty of those who do partake of the Benefit of his Labours, towards him fully, plainly & impartialy [sic] represented in Two Sermons on 2 Tim: 2.15. Preached at the ordination of the Revd mr. Philip James at the Welch Tract on Pee Dee River in South Carolina April 4. 1743. With some Illustrations & Enlargements.
[South Carolina: 1743]
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A Hortus Siccus of Wild English Plants Found Chiefly in Leicestershire & Warwickshire
[circa 1831] octavo, 87 leaves of mounted botanical specimens, each identified both in Latin and English in ink, a three page manuscript index identifies each of the 203 plant specimens contained in the album, an ink presentation inscription on the inside front…
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A New Essay [By the Pennsylvania Farmer] On the Constitutional Power of Great-Britain Over the Colonies in America; With the Resolves of the Committee for the Province of Pennsylvania, and Their Instructions To their Representatives in Assembly.
Philadelphia Printed; and London Re-printed for J. Almon...1774,
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A Plain Statement, Addressed to the Proprietors of Real Estate, in the City and County of New-York. By a Landholder.
New York: Published by J. Eastburn and Co., Clayton & Kingsland, Print, 1818
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A Poem Descriptive of the Terrible Fire, Which made such shocking Devastation in BOSTON, on FRIDAY EVENING, the Twentieth of April, 1787, in which were consumed One House of Worship, of which the Reverend Ebenezer Wight was Pastor, and upwards of One Hundred Dwelling-Houses and other Buildings - The Loss of Property by this sorrowful Disaster is supposed to amount to near Seventy Thousand Pounds. ---- Composed by Miss H ----h W----n.
[Boston: Ezekiel Russell, 1787] Sold next Lib. Pole: Where may be also had, the Particulars of the late Fire, and a Poem composed by Miss J---y F-o, a Sufferer. [At foot of sheet]
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A View of the United States of America, in a Series of Papers, Written at Various Times, between the Years 1787 and 1794, ...Interspersed with Authentic Documents: The Whole Tending to Exhibit the Progress and Present State of Civil and Religious Liberty, Population, Agriculture, Exports, Imports, Fisheries, Navigation, Ship-Building, Manufactures, and General Improvement.
Philadelphia: Printed for William Hall... and Wrigley & Berriman, 1794
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The Life and Travels of Abel Turner, Minister of the Gospel. Written by himself. Written for his Wife, dated 1839.
12mo, approximately 24 fascicles stitched together, 451 pages, not bound, some signatures loose, written in ink in a neat and legible hand.
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Manuscript Account Book Dunbarton, Merrimack County New Hampshire 1813 -1829
folio, 218 pages, plus 27 page alphabetical name index, contemporary sheep, binding worn, boards detached, but present, entries kept in a clear meticulous hand, good condition.
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