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Hartford: March 1st, 1815. Small 4to broadside. 245 x 200 mm., [9 ½ x 8 inches]. [1] page. Docketed "James Hillhouse/April, 1815" in an unknown hand on verso. Old folds, minor wear and browning to fore-edge. Very copy of this rare government document outlining the changes that will be made..... More
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Transylvania University: (Lexington, Kentucky): 1824. 4to. 8 ½ x 11 inches. Letter in ink, legible hand; fourteen lines; set into a paper border at a later date. Fine letter announcing a position opening for a professor of Natural Philosophy and Mathematics at Transylvania University. Holley asks Prof. Cleaveland if "you..... More
Winston, N. C. 1891. 4to. 260 x 215 mm. [8 ½ x 11 inches]. Type written, 1 page, 22 lines. Signed by Thomas Sutton with red stamp, additional red stamp reading “Dictated to Phonography/ T.H.S. With original ‘2 cent’ envelope addressed to Col. Tate. Established by the State of North..... More
Albany: Printed by Croswell, 1833, 1834, 1837, 1838 and 1839. Together five reports plus three miscellaneous government documents, concerning the sovereignty of South Carolina (1833) and the other referencing the banking system. Thick 8vo. 240 x 150 mm., [9 ½ x 6 inches]. Contemporary calf spine and tips over marbled..... More
New York: Robert Craighead, Printer, 1840. 8vo. 235 x 150 mm., [9 ¼ x 6 inches]. 46, [1] pp. Original printed wrappers, detached from text block but present. Paper soiled at margins, otherwise a good copy. This copy is inscribed to “The Rev. John Richards with cordial regards, C. S...... More
New York: Wm. C. Bryant & Co., Printers, 1851. 8vo. 230 x 140 mm., [9 x 5 ½ inches]. 32 pp. Three tables, one folding. Original printed wrappers; a bit of soiling to wrappers and preliminary leaves and a few stains in the margins. The report for 1851 provides details..... More
Boston: Printed by Nathan Hale, 1827. 8vo. 210 x 135 mm., [8 ¼ x 5 ¼ inches]. 30 pp. Disbound. Boston School Board, organized originally in 1798, issued updated regulations which show the improvements and innovations of the educational system in the city. The text begins with the rules of..... More
Boston: William Ticknor, 1844. 12mo. 180 x 115 mm., [7 x 4 ½ inches]. 42 pp. Original blue printed paper wrappers. Charles Northend was the Principal of the Aborn Street School in Salem Massachusetts. His essay outlines his reaction to new theories of education that were circulating in the public..... More
Cincinnati: Moore Wilstach, Keys & Co., 1859. 8vo. 190 x 120 mm., [7 ½ x 4 ¾ inches]. [3], 478 pp., plus 2 pp. ads. Diagrams throughout. Original brown cloth; a bit soiled and the text in gilt on spine a bit faded. Preliminary leaves, including title-page foxed, otherwise a...... More
Washington: Printed by Gales and Seaton, 1840. 8vo. 215 x 140 mm., [8 ½ x 5 ½ inches]. 14 pp. Original green printed wrappers; removed from a tract volume, spine paper missing, otherwise very good copy. First edition of the constitution of the National Institution, which was organized to ensure..... More
