The Americana & Texiana Collection of Brant Mittler | Lots 193-271

The Americana & Texiana Collection of Dr. Brant Mittler

Lots 193-271

193 [BANGS, Samuel, printer] -- [MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR]. TAYLOR, Zachary. Quartel general, Exercito de Ocupacion, Corpus Christi, 8 de marzo, de 1846. Orden, num. 30. [Corpus Christi: Samuel Bangs & George W. Fletcher, 1846].

4to broadside (297 x 202 mm). Printed in Spanish, endorsed in ink verso in a secretarial hand, “77 Z.P. Taylor 23, Mar: 1846.” (Slight toning, creased.)

FIRST EDITION IN SPANISH, published the same day as an edition in English printed in the Corpus Christi Gazette Extra. Taylor announces that his army will cross to the other side of the Rio Grande and promised that civilians will be well-treated, and that any provisions will be pad for “a los mejores precios.” The Gazette Extra for March 8 explains: “The orders of General Taylor (No. 30) have been printed in Spanish, and will be circulated among the Mexicans residing along the frontier. Nothing could have taken place better calculated to allay the fears and quiet the apprehensions of the residents along the border than the issuing of this order—explaining the objects of the American Army in advancing upon the frontier.”

A SCARCE SAMUEL BANGS IMPRINT FROM CORPUS CHRISTI. Bangs, who was printing the Corpus Christi Gazette, was also working as a job printer for the army and private individuals (see Jenkins 457-459). EXCEEDINGLY RARE: This Spanish-language edition not in Winkler; OCLC locates only one copy at Yale. See Winkler 28 (for the Englishlanguage edition). $400 - 600

194 BRADFORD, Thomas Gamaliel (1802-1887). A Comprehensive Atlas Geographical, Historical & Commercial. New York: Freeman Hunt & Co, 1835.

Folio (323 x 262 mm). Engraved frontispiece, pictorial title-page, 10 engraved plates, and 66 engraved maps colored in wash and outline. (Some minor spotting or offsetting.) Original marbled boards (neatly rebacked).

THE FIRST AMERICAN ATLAS TO INCLUDE A SEPARATE MAP OF TEXAS

Later (second?) edition of Bradford’s folio atlas, preceded by an edition published in Boston in the same year. At least 4 versions of this atlas are dated 1835: the earliest, published in Boston, does not include a separate map of Texas, and later editions include only one page of descriptive text. The present copy includes the separate map of Texas paginated “64A,” and two accompanying pages of text, paginated “64B” and “64C.”The map of Texas, based on Stephen F. Austin’s map, depicts land grants rather than counties. The city of Austin does not appear, but Austin’s Colony is named, and the map of shows Mustang Wild Horse Desert shown in the south, the Nueces River as the southwestern boundary. Phillips Atlases 770; Sabin 7260; Taliaferro, Cartographic Sources in the Rosenberg Library 248 (“Evidently, not all copies of Bradford’s atlas contained this map”); Wheat Transmississippi 408-410. $2,000 - 3,000

195 [CIVIL WAR]. [THE SIEGE AND BURNING OF WASHINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA]. Washington, N.C., April 28-30, 1864.

4to broadside (250 x 196 mm). Typed document, printed recto only, docketed in pencil on verso, Morehead City, Cartaret County, 21 May 1864. (Some toning, a few tiny holes or separations along creases.) Provenance: Levi Stubbs (signature verso).

A CONTEMPORANEOUS ACCOUNT OF AFTERMATH OF THE BATTLE OF PLYMOUTH AND THE SIEGE OF WASHINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA

Plymouth, North Carolina, which had been held by the Union, fell to rebel troops on April 20th, following a successful river campaign by the rebels. The gunboat CSS Albemarle encountered the USS Southfield and the USS Miami, sinking the former and sending the latter into retreat. (“The town of Plymouth--twenty-eight miles from here--was attacked by the rebels who sent an iron clad down the Roanoke river...In losing the town we also lost two vessels of the navy”).

The troops gathered in nearby Washington, NC were forced to retreat after the rebels seized the town on April 27: “This town is to be evacuated in a few hours. The troops are getting upon the boats as fast as possible.” On Friday, the 29th, the author writes: “The rebels did not come to town last night. Nearly all the troops are gone, and the town, of late so lively, is growing as quiet as a graveyard. A few citizens alone remain.” Later on April 30, the author writes: “The evacuation of the town has been accomplished in the most peaceable manner.” According to rebel reports, though, fires broke out across the town as the last of the troops prepared to board ships, destroying much of the settlement. $300 - 500

196 CORTES, Hernando (1485-1547) and Francesco Antonio LORENZANA (17221804). Historia del Nueva-Espana, escrita por su escalarecido conquistador Hernan Cortes. Mexico: Imprenta del Superior Gobierno, del Br. D. Joseph Antonio de Hogal, 1770.

Small folio (269 x 192 mm). Title printed in red and black; engraved frontispiece, 32 engraved plates, one engraved folding plate of the great Temple of Mexico; 2 folding maps. (A few tears to folds of maps with old repairs verso, some minor spotting to a few leaves.) Contemporary vellum, hand-lettered on upper cover, lettering-piece gilt, edges stained red (overall soiling, some light wear). Provenance: J. F. Arriaya (signature upper cover); 5 plates with manuscript notes verso, with some showthrough.

FIRST EDITION of this “important and highly esteemed work, containing the celebrated letters of Cortes to the Emperor Charles V. This edition is illustrated with copious notes and documents, together with facsimiles of the Mexican mode of representing the tributes paid by the different towns in Mexico. These pictures, more complete and colored like the originals are included in Lord Kingsborough’s Antiquities of Mexico” (Sabin). “Pages 322-328 contain an account of the voyage of Cortes to the peninsula of California and notices of later expeditions to 1769. The map of Castillo was inserted to illustrate this account, which Lorenzana states was copied from the original in the Archives of the Marquesado, that is, of the Cortes family. Since that time the original has never appeared, so we are still at a loss to know whether Castillo or Lorenzana put the name ‘California’ on the map” (Wagner, Spanish Southwest 152). Palau 63204; Sabin 16938. $4,000 - 6,000 195A [CONFEDERATE ARMY]. Appomattox Parole for Private N[oel] E. Burton, Company F, 13th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry.

1 page, partially printed, accomplished in manuscript, Appomattox Court House, Virginia, April 10th, 1865, tears and small chips affecting letters, creased, stained. A pass signed by Elijah Benton Withers, Lieutenant Colonel, 13th Regiment of the North Carolina Infantry. In full: “The Bearer, Private N. E. Burton of Co. F 13th Regt. of N.C.I., a Paroled Prisoner of the Army of Northern Virginia, has permission go to [to] his home, and there remain undisturbed. E. B. Withers, Lt. Col. Comdg. 13th Regmt. N.C.I.”

A RARE CIVIL WAR PAROLE FROM APPOMATTOX

General Order 43, dated April 11, 1865, stated that officers and enlisted men of the Army of Northern Virginia must carry a printed certificate from Appomattox Court House in order to be identified as a paroled prisoner.

The 13th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry was organized at Garysburg, North Carolina, in May 1861 with 1,100 men, recruited from Caswell, Mecklenburg, Davie, Edgecombe, and Rockingham counties. Ordered to Virginia, the unit shared in the many campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from Williamsburg (March-July 1862) to Cold Harbor (May-June 1864), and endured the hardships of the Petersburg trenches south of the James River. They took part in the Appomattox campaign from March to April 1865, during which the rebel army endured 500 casualties. General Robert E. Lee was determined to make one last attempt to escape the closing Union forces to reach supplies at Lynchburg. The rebel troops advanced, initially gaining ground, before they were stopped in their tracks by the Union infantry, surrounding Lee on three sides. Lee surrendered to Grant on April 9, and the Appomattox campaign was the final engagement of the war in Virginia. $2,000 - 3,000

197 [CRIME]. Russell County, Virginia. Five Hundred Dollars Reward. Whereas a certain John BROWN (alias BONDS) and RICHARD BARROW, did in the month of April 1795 commit, the county of Russell, in the state of Virginia, a most horrid and deliberate MURDER and ROBBERY.... [Virginia:] January, 1797

Square 8vo broadside (197 x 167 mm). Three words added to one of the suspect’s descriptions in a contemporary hand (“hath fair hair”). (A few stains, including rust-stain from old paperclip in lower margin.)

“A MOST HORRID AND DELIBERATE MURDER AND ROBBERY” of Francis Peter Teubeuf, who in 1790 purchased 55,000 acres in the frontier of southwestern Virginia. On election day in April 1795, Teubeuf encountered two men - Richard Barrow and John Brown, who arrived at his house to purchase horses. Instead, they attacked and killed Teubeuf, wounded his son and niece, and looted his home.

As explained in the broadside, Brown and Barrow were captured in New Design, Illinois in May 1796, but they later escaped. They were never captured. The broadside includes detailed physical descriptions of each. VERY RARE: Not in McDade, Evans, Bristol, or Shipton & Mooney. $2,000 - 3,000

198 CUSHING, William Barker (1842-1874). CDV. New York: E. & H.T. Anthony, [ca.1862].

100 x 62 mm. Portrait on lettered mount.

RARE IMAGE OF THE DESTROYER OF THE CSS ALBEMARLE. Cushing, an officer in the United States Navy, was known for engaging in risky attacks on Rebel installations. The CSS Albemarle, a steam-powered ironclad gunboat ram, dominated the Roanoke River and approaches to Plymouth through the summer of 1864. On the night of 27-28 October 1864, Cushing and 21 men worked their way up the Roanoke River in an attempt to capture the Albemarle, where they were spotted by a sentry and came under heavy fire. Cushing rammed his steam launch into the Albemarle at full speed, and when her spar was against the ironclad’s hull, Cushing detonated the torpedo’s charge. The raid blew a hole in the Albemarle’s hull, and she sank immediately. For his leadership in sinking the CSS Albemarle, Cushing received the Thanks of Congress, and five ships in the U.S. Navy have been named USS Cushing in his honor.

[With:] WELLES, Gideon. Rebel Ram Albemarle. Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to A resolution of the House of Representatives of the 2d of May, in regard to the rebel ram which recently participated in the rebel attack on Plymouth. [Washington, D. C.: House of Representatives, 1864]. Discussing the CSS Albemarle. $300 - 500

200 CUSTER, George Armstrong (1839-1876). Albumen photograph. St. Louis: James A. Scholten, [ca 1874].

246 x 150 mm. Portrait on lettered mount.

Distinctive image of Custer in buckskins with a hunting rifle, wearing his trademark red kerchief. Taken on or around January 24, 1874 by St. Louis photographer James A. Scholte on the occasion of a visit by Russian Grand Duke Alexis, who requested to go on a buffalo hunt with Custer. The group was guided by William “Buffalo Bill” Cody on an expedition led by General William Tecumseh Sherman. This image originally appeared as a tipped-in addition to the 19th-century trade publication, the Philadelphia Photographer. A scarce original image, widely copied and issued in cabinet format after the Battle of Little Bighorn. Custer in Photographs K-113. $2,000 - 3,000 199 CUSTER, George Armstrong (1839-1876). Manuscript document accomplished and signed as Lieutenant Colonel of the 7th Cavalry Regiment (“G. Custer”). South of the Arkansas, Camp Supply, 29 March 1869.

1 page, 8vo, written on lined paper, some minor creasing or soiling, backed with thin layer of japan tissue.

The document, presumably written by an aide, recommends Trotter, also known as Ses-sa, and identifies the bearer as “an Osage Warrior... [who] accompanied by command on the late winter’s campaign and marches, and participated in the battle of the ‘Washita’.” The endorsement concludes: “I believe him to be a good Indian, and a valuable scout and trailer.” In addition to signing the document, Custer filled in the bearer’s name. As a result of The Battle of Washita River, regarded as the first substantial U. S. Victory in the Southern Plains War, a large portion of the Southern Cheyenne were forced onto a U.S.-assigned reservation. $3,000 - 5,000

201 EMORY, William H. (1811-1887). Map of the United States and their Territories between the Mississippi and the Pacific Ocean and Part of Mexico.... [Washington], 1857-1858.

Engraved map of the western United States with hand-coloring, 582 x 648 mm sheet. (Some minor toning, offsetting or spotting, creased).

Emory’s map compiles information from previous maps of the west, representing 50 years of government exploration. It depicts the territories of Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Utah, Oregon, and Washington in transition, and was drawn by Thomas Jekyll under the supervision of Lieutenant Nathaniel Michler. Wheat Transmississippi 916.

202 FOOTE, Henry Stuart (1804-1880). Texas and the Texans; Or, Advance of the Anglo-Americans to the South-West. Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1841.

2 volumes, 8vo. (Some light spotting.) Publisher’s green blind-embossed cloth, spines gilt-decorated (a touch of wear to corners). Provenance: John S. Littell (signatures, 22 April 1841); C. Walking? Littell (signatures, 24 September 1876) Joseph Y. Jeanes (bookplate).

FIRST EDITION of “one of the most influential books on Texas in its time” (Jenkins). An important contemporary history of early Texas, “a very discursive account of Texas history down to the opening years of the Republic of Texas, but, with judicious skipping, a rather entertaining one” (Streeter). Howes F-238; Jenkins, Basic Texas Books 63; Sabin 25019; Streeter 1377. A BRIGHT COPY.

$800 - 1,200

203 GARDNER, Alexander (1821-1882). Imperial albumen Photograph. Scenes in the Indian Country [Fort Laramie].

Image 13 x 19-in., mount 19 1/4 x 26-in. Imperial albumen photograph of lettered mount, title pencilled lower right margin. Provenance: Western Reserve Historical Society (sold Cowan’s, 10 May 2007, lot 631).

Bird’s-eye view of Fort Laramie from a nearby hilltop, one rider with extra horse in foreground, showing the entire fort, hills in far background.

“By the 1860s, the Plains Indians found themselves sandwiched in the middle of the country with white advancement on both sides. Rail lines cut directly through their hunting grounds–scattering the game necessary for survival... In 1868, in an attempt to end conflict, an unprecedented gathering of tribal leaders from the Northern Plains assembled at Fort Laramie, Wyoming. For his Scenes in the Indian Country series, Gardner photographed the treaty negotiations between the government-led Indian Peace Commission and the tribes who agreed to give up land and move to reservations” (Introduction, Across the Indian Country: Photographs by Alexander Gardner, 1867-68, at the Nelson-Atkins, July 2014-January 2015). $5,000 - 7,000

204 GARDNER, Alexander (1821-1882). Imperial albumen Photograph. Scenes in the Indian Country [Col. Bullock residence at Fort Laramie].

Image 13 x 19-in., mount 19 1/4 x 26-in. Imperial albumen photograph of lettered mount, title pencilled lower right margin. Provenance: Western Reserve Historical Society (sold Cowan’s, 10 May 2007, lot 631).

The image showing a gingerbread-style 2-story cottage/home, clapboard construction with people on porch, wagons to right and another building in background.

In 1843, close to one thousand emigrants passed through Fort Laramie, near present-day Uva, Wyoming, which was an important supply stop on the journey west. In 1849, the U. S. Government purchased the post, and in 1851, it was host to a multi-tribe treaty conference aimed at negotiating rights of free passage through Indian lands for westward-bound emigrants. In 1868, Fort Laramie was the site of the great Sioux Treaty Council, during which Alexander Gardner photographed his Scenes in the Indian Country series. $3,000 - 5,000

205 HEMSLEY, William (1737-1812). Autograph letter signed (“Wm. Hemsley”), to a Jonathan Thompson. N.p., 17 March 1781.

1 page, 8vo, creased, some minor soiling or wear, small hole from opening. Provenance: Ford Mitchell (sold PBA Galleries, 20 October 2005, lot 87). Hemsley writes concerning munition deliveries. In part: “Sir, You [are to] please order Capt. Falkoner to collect the arms with all the accoutrements that were delivered him & send them down to Queens Town [Maryland] under the care of some trusty person, to Mr. Robt. Wright... & distribute them into such active hands as you can rely on. Make use of the lead as far as wanted, & have 4 or 50 [sic] rounds of Cartridges for each musket made up... Give strict orders that they do not fire away the powder & ball. I will pay the expenses of bringing the arms down...”

Hemsley, an American planter and politician from Maryland, served in the Continental Congress in 1782 and 1783. He served in the Maryland state senate from 1779-1781, and again from 1786-1789. Hemsley was a member of the Maryland Convention that ratified the United States Constitution on 28 April 1788. $500 - 700

206 HERRERA Y TORDESILLAS, Antonio de. Descripçion de las Yndias del Norte 2. [Madrid, 1622].

Copper engraved map of America, 283 x 366 mm.

RARE SPANISH-PRINTED MAP OF AMERICA. The 1622 edition of Herrera’s map, preceded by a printing of 1601, features the title in the upper left (rather than the upper right, as in the 1601 edition). “On this map the most noticeable feature used is the distinctive narrow Florida peninsula. The lack of any great detail still reflects the official policy of protecting Spanish knowledge of the New World; despite this the outline of the map is accurate. The only name to appear in North America is ‘la florida’” (Burden 197). The map also shows a small portion of present-day Baja California. RARE: according to online records, only 4 copies of this map have appeared auction in the last 25 years. $600 - 800

207 HOLTZ, Helmuth Heinrich Diedrich (1833-1915). Pictorial letter sheet with 7 views, comprising: Hotel at Matagorda, Texas -- Church -- [top center: untitled illustration of eagle with spread wings, 2 banners, and foliage] -- Masonic Hall -- Courthouse -- Residence of Col. R. H. Williams -- Store of Mr. G. Burkhart. Hamburg: Lang, [ca. 1860].

8vo (273 x 214 mm). Lithographed pictorial letter sheet with conjugate blank leaf. (Light browning, some very minor wear along edges.) Provenance: Acquired Dorothy Sloan (11 December 2009, Sale 22, lot 222).

FIRST EDTION, A RARE TEXAS LETTER SHEET. Though many examples of California letter sheets are known, only a few were made for Texas. Holtz also created large bird’s-eye views of Indianola and Matagorda (Reps 3981 and 3986). $200 - 300

208 HONDIUS, Henricus (1597-1651) America Septentrionalis. [Amsterdam: Jan Jansson, 1639].

Hand-colored engraved map of the Americas, 498 x 599 mm sheet. Two cartouches, the lower left without text, Latin text on verso. (Some pale offsetting).

FIRST STATE of Hondius’ map with no text in the cartouche lower left. According to Burden: “Hondius’ beautifully engraved map of North America had greater influence than any other to date in perpetuating the theory of California as an island…Cartographically, this map is a careful composition of many different sources” including maps by Henry Briggs (1625), John Smith (1616), Hessel Gerritsz (c.1631), and Thomas James (1633). Burden 245; Tooley, p.113. $3,000 - 4,000

209 HUSON, Hobart. Refugio: A Comprehensive History of Refugio County. Refugio: Refugio County Historical Society, n. d.

2 volumes, 8vo. Original cloth.

Facsimile reprinting of the first edition of 1953 of Huson’s comprehensive history of Refugio County, “without a doubt, this is the most comprehensive compilation on the history of any Texas county” (Jenkins, Basic Texas Books 101). $200 - 300

210 HOUSTON, Sam (1793-1863). Autograph letter signed as Senator (“Sam Houston”), to Elisha M. Pease. Washington, D. C., 19 December 1856.

1 page, 4to, some browning and show-through. Houston writes Governor Elisha M. Pease concerning an appointment for one of Commodore David Porter’s sons.

In part: “I take pleasure in forwarding to you the application of Mr. Porter for Commissioner of Lands. If consistent with your duty & pleasure, I will be gratified if his desires are granted. Mr. Porter is on of [our?] far sighted officers of the Navy, and was able and efficient by stricken down. He is a son of the late gallant Commander Porter. You may rely on his worth, intelligence & integrity.” $2,500 - 3,500

Life of General Sam Houston. Washington: J.T. Towers, [1852?]. FIRST EDITION. Raines p.226; Sabin 33192. -- BURNET, David Gouverneur. Review of the Life of Gen. Sam Houston, as Recently Published in Washington City by J.T. Towers. Galveston: News Power Press Print, 1852. FIRST EDITION. Graff 495; Raines p.37; Winkler 295.

2 works bound in one, 8vo (245 x 157 mm). (Some browning, spotting or staining.) Stab-sewn in contemporary wrappers (wrinkled and soiled, a few tears with losses). Provenance: Several early annotations on wrappers a few leaves; acquired Dorothy Sloan (11 December 2009, Sale 22, lot 228).

The second work is the FIRST PAMPHLET PRINTED IN TEXAS ON A HORSE-POWERED PRESS. Burnet wrote his review of Houston’s life in response to Charles Edwards Lester’s Sam Houston and HIs Republic, which was factually inaccurate. According to Raines, Burnet wrote to a friend: “’I have some idea of answering some of its misstatements and in order to do so am anxious to collect all the facts possible relating to the campaign of ‘36. The book is full of falsehood—every truth is turned upside down.’ He bemoaned Houston as “the prince of Humbugs,” and detailed errors, exaggerations, and what he called outright lies. No one seems to have doubted that Houston had himself written the book. ...About the same time an anonymous pamphlet appeared, printed by J.T. Towers in Washington, entitled Life of General Sam Houston, obviously derived from the Lester volume....The Towers pamphlet, he said, is but a repetition of the same falsehoods and the same absurd distortions of character” (see Raines 126n). The Center for American History at the University of Texas holds a copy of these two works bound together. $1,500 - 2,500

212 [HOUSTON, Sam]. Partly printed document accomplished in manuscript signed (“James Eagan”). 18 October 1830. Montgomery & Miller, Commission Merchants, Mouth White River, Ark’s. Terr. Little Rock: Wm. E. Woodruff, [1830?].

1 page, 4to, woodcut of a ship upper margin, some minor browning. A printed bill of lading form for goods to be transported to General Sam Houston. With notes in Dorman David’s hand in pencil upper left.

Relating to Sam Houston’s three-year travels among the Cherokee Indians, where he fled after resigning as Governor of Tennessee. The bill of lading is for items sent to Houston at Cant [i.e. Fort] Gibson, where he had settled following his marriage to Diana Rogers Gentry. The shipment, likely intended to help Houston furnish a new home, included a cooking stove, a coal stove, and a bathing tub.

[With:] An accompanying autograph letter signed from Montgomery Miller to Sam Houston, 18 October 1830. A cover letter enclosing the bill of lading. $2,000 - 3,000

213 [HOUSTON, Sam]. Autograph document signed by 23 citizens, to Sam Houston. Refugio, 8 March 1843.

4 pages, folio, docketed, some dampstaining, old creases.

Petition to President Sam Houston requesting that Houston appoint John White Bower as Chief Justice of the county. The citizens of Refugio lost their former Chief Justice, Benj. F. Neal, who “left this country and the Republic...and returned to the United States and your petitioners believe that he has abandoned the Republic...” The petitioners cite the hazardous conditions in Refugio--Santa Anna’s troops had captured the town in 1842 and carried captive all except two men--but “your petitioners continue to reside in their county under all the discouraging circumstances arising from the troubled state of the frontier, and shall continue to reside here until withdrawn by your excellency or driven off by the enemy - neither of which events they trust will take place.” However, “the county is entirely without officers and no authority exists in any person to issue a writ of election for the various officers which are absolutely necessary to the county.” $1,500 - 2,500

214 [JACKSON, Andrew]. EATON, John Henry. Some Account of General Jackson, Drawn up from the Hon. Mr. Eaton’s very circumstantial Narrative, and other well-established information respecting him. By a Gentleman of the Baltimore Bar. Baltimore: Henry Vicary, 1828.

8vo (175 x 105 mm). 2pp. publisher’s advertisements at end. (Some minor browning or spotting.) Contemporary sheep (rebacked preserving old lettering-piece, some light wear).

FIRST EDITION, printed in February of Jackson’s 1828 presidential campaign. “I have honestly endeavoured to set forth a just and fair account of the transactions which I relate...The Honourable Mr. Eaton...has enjoyed, a familiar intercourse with General Jackson for many years, and has long been commissioned to exert a senatorial voice in the councils of the nation. He must, herefore, be deemed a voucher that scorns to deceive and cannot be himself misled” (Prolegomena, p.vii). Sabin 21732. $400 - 600

215 [JEWISH EMIGRATION]. An archive of material relating to Jewish emigration to America ca 1890-1909, including letters and printed pamphlets, most relating to Louis Edward Levy.

Approximately 68 carbon copy typescript or autograph letters, most to Louis Edward Levy, relating to Jewish emigration to the United States ca 1890-1909, with 7 printed pamphlets and other related material.

Louis Edward Levy (1846-1919), was the founding president of the Association for the Protection of Jewish Immigrants (later known as HIAS Pennsylvania), and he served as the leader of many local Jewish organizations in Philadelphia. He wrote on immigration-related issues, including federal legislation for literacy tests to restrict immigration, and, as evidenced in the present archive, he corresponded frequently with leaders of other immigrant aid societies across the United States.

Included in the correspondence are letters from: the Jewish Colonization Association, St. Petersbourg; the United Jewish Charities of St. Louis; the United Hebrew Charities, Ellis Island, NY; the Law Offices of Bernstein & Cohen, Portland, Oregon; the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, NY; the Association of Jewish Immigrants, Philadelphia; and the Association for the Protection of Jewish Immigrants. Included in the above are a small group of correspondence related to the emigration status of a Mr. Abram Mitkon (Mitkovsky), ca 1908, and carbon copy typescript notes from the First and Second Sessions of the Conference of Jewish Immigration Societies of America, 5-6 January 1909, and notes from the Second Conference of the National Jewish Immigration Committee, 28 February 1909.

Printed pamphlets include: KRAUSKOPF, Joseph, Rabbi. A Morning at Ellis Island. A Discourse. Temple Keneseth Israel, Philadelphia. 24 November 1907. -- The Press on Immigration. new York: Liberal Immigration league, n.d. -- PHILIPSON, David, Rabbi. Jewish Tracts...No.2. the Jew in America. Cincinnati, 1909. -- MEYER, Martin A., Rabbi. Jewish Tracts...No.3. Jew and Non Jew. Cincinnati: n.p., 1913. -- Termination of a Treaty between the United States and Russia. N.p.: n.p., 16 February 1911. -- The Jews of Roumania. Hearings before the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1914. -- Annual report of the Association for the Protection of Jewish Immigrants for the Year Ending April 30, 1916. Philadelphia, 1916. $500 - 700

216 LANE, Walter Paye (1817-1892). The Adventures and Recollections of General Walter P. Lane, a San Jacinto Veteran. Containing Sketches of the Texian, Mexican, and Late Wars, with Several Indian Fights Thrown In. Marshall: Tri-Weekly Herald, 1887.

8vo (171 x 110 mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait. (A few tissue repairs to first few leaves, some minor browning.) Original yellow printed wrappers (backed with japan tissue with repairs, spine renewed).

FIRST EDITION of this rare Texas military narrative. “One of the best Texas military memoirs, this is also a prime source on the period from the Texas Revolution through the Civil War. No Texas military hero spent more time in the thick of the action than Lane, and his memoirs are meaty with anecdotes and incidents relating to the revolution, the Indian campaigns, the Mexican War, and the Civil War.... Lane served at San Jacinto with great valor, being wounded and singled out for special commendation and battlefield promotion.... Lane’s narrative is salty and pure Texian.... One of the most fascinating narratives ever produced in Texas” (Dykes Western High Spots p. 22). Graff 2384; Howes L69. $2,000 - 3,000

217 [LEE, Robert E. (1807-1870).]. General Orders No. 3. Richmond: Adjutant and Inspector General›s Office, February 6, 1865.

8vo (195 x 127 mm). Bifolium, including integral blank, printed on recto of first leaf only. (A few stains.) Provenance: Rebel Archives, Record Division and Department (stamp).

Confederate imprint recording the appointment of Robert E. Lee as the General in Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States, issued and signed (in type) by General Samuel Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector General of the Confederate Army. In part: “The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That there shall be appointed...an officer, who shall be known and designated as ‘General in Chief,’ who...shall have command of the military forces...and will be obeyed and respected accordingly.” $200 - 300

218 LOSSING, Benson John (1813-1891). The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution; or, Illustrations, by Pen and Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics and Traditions of the War for Independence. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851-1852.

2 volumes expanded to 8, 8vo (242 x 163 mm). Numerous illustrations throughout. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BY THE ADDITION OF APPROXIMATELY 1130 PLATES AND FACSIMILES, many of which are inlayed or mounted to size. 20th-century half red crushed levant, spines gilt-lettered (a touch of rubbing to extremities).

FIRST EDITION, expanded and extra-illustrated by the addition of facsimile letters, and engravings of battles, historical scenes, maps, and portraits of participants in the American Revolution. [Laid-in:] LOSSING, Benson. Autograph letter signed (“Benson J. Lossing”), to an unnamed recipient. N.p., 24 December 1888. Regarding handdelivering an an affidavit to the recipient. $1,500 - 2,500

219 MARTÍNEZ CARO, Ramón. Verdadera idea de la primera campaña de Tejas y sucesos ocurridos después de la acción de San Jacinto, por D. Ramón Martínez Caro. Mexico: Imprenta de Santiago Pérez, á cargo de Agustín Sojo, Calle de Tiburcio núm 14, 1837.

8vo (196 x 120 mm). Remboitage binding of 18th-century Spanish calf gilt (some light wear, a few repairs); original pictorial wrappers bound in. Provenance: Acquired Dorothy Sloan (11 December 2009, Sale 22, lot 382).

FIRST EDITION, the first Mexican printing of the secret Treaty of Velasco and other documents relating to the Texas Revolution. “Eyewitness account of the Texas Revolution written by SantaAnna’s private secretary [who] was captured at San Jacinto and imprisoned with Santa-Anna…. An insider’s view of the whole campaign, the capture at San Jacinto, the negotiations for the treaty, and life as a prisoner” (Basic Texas Books 138). “To Texans struggling for independence, General Antonio López de Santa-Anna was a bête-noir. He was held responsible for both of the tragedies of 1836—the Fall of the Alamo and the Goliad Massacre—but his defeat at San Jacinto by inferior numbers of Texans under Sam Houston relieved some of the pain. The present book…is remarkably well documented and includes the general’s own report to the Ministry of War” (Fifty Texas Rarities 16). VERY RARE: according to online records, only three copies (including the present copy) have sold at auction in the last 60 years. Graff 22695; Howes C-155; Sabin 10950. $3,500 - 4,500

220 [MATAGORDA PROPRIETORS]. Partly printed document accomplished in manuscript. A land deed signed by two of the proprietors, both Old Three Hundreds, Ira Ingram and Elias Wightman. [San Felipe de Austin: Printed by G.B. Cotten, 1830 or early 1831].

1 page, oblong 8vo, annotated verso, lightly browned, old creasing, a few tiny chips. Provenance: Acquired Dorothy Sloan (11 December 2009, Sale 22, lot 383).

“Town of Matagorda, April 4th, 1831. This Certifies, That, at the sale of In and Out-Lots in said town, held on the date hereof—Daniel D.D. Baker became the highest bidder for Lots No. 5 & 6, in Block No. 2 & Tier No. 4 in the Colorado front of said town…”. Ingram, the first alcalde of Matagorda, and Wightman, surveyor and partner of Stephen F. Austin in the founding of Matagorda, signed the original deed, as did Daniel D. D. Baker, who attempted to found the town of Preston on the lot. Ownership records the transfer of one lot to Hamilton Cook, who was from an Old Three Hundred family.

FIRST PRINTING of a broadside relating to early printing in Texas. According to Streeter (locating only one copy): This certificate is in effect a form for a deed. It and the entry No. 18.2 were not available for [earlier] inclusion with the other early forms. Mr. John C. Wyllie, Librarian of the University of Virginia and a recognized authority on type, has examined the photostats of these two forms for me and reports that they were undoubtedly printed on the press Godwin B. Cotten had set up at San Felipe in the fall of 1829. The date of printing was probably 1830 or early 1831. From the manuscript records, formerly in my collection and now at Yale, of meetings of ‘Proprietors of the town of Matagorda’ held on August 1 and 2, 1830, and on January 28, 1831, it appears (records of the January 28, 1831, meeting) that Stephen F. Austin held a quarter interest or two shares in the partnership or association known as ‘Proprietors of the town of Matagorda,’ and Ira Ingram a three-eighths interest, with Seth Ingram, H.H. League, and Elias Wightman each holding a one-eighth interest, and that what is referred to in the Minutes as the ‘constitution’ of the Proprietors was adopted on July 8, 1830. ...The ‘Out’ lots of the ‘In and Out’ lots referred to in the certificate were the lots not included in the laid-out blocks making up the center of the town” (Streeter Texas 18.1). $800 - 1,200

221 [MEXICO LAW]. Primera Secretaria de Estado. Seccion de Gobierno. El Supremo Poder Ejecutivo me ha dirigido el decreto de sique. [Mexico, 1824].

4to (295 x 198 mm). 2 pages on one sheet. (Horizontal crease.) Bound in modern red calf.

A degree by the Mexican congress establishing legislatures for three states. The new state of “Interno de Oriente” included the province of Texas, which was granted one deputy and one substitute, while “Interno del Norte” included the province of Nuevo Mexico. Not in Streeter Texas. $600 - 800

222 MÜNSTER, Sebastian (1489-1552). Tabula novarum insnlarum[sic], quas diversis respectibus Occidentales & Indianas vocant. Basel, 1554.

Woodcut map of North and South America, 312 x 409 mm. (A few tiny holes.) Burden State 7 with Latin text on verso, without the word “ova” before “Insula Atlantica quam...” in South America, and lacking Temistitian.

Published in both Ptolemy’s Geographia and Münster’s own Cosmographia (as the present copy). The present copy of the map is from the 1555 Latin edition of Cosmographia, with the phrase “Insula Atlantica quam uo-/ cant Brasilii & Americam” in South America, Temistitan not named in Mexico, “ORBIS, QVI INSVLAS” the second line on the verso.

First issued in 1540, Münster’s map is the earliest map to depict all of the Americas, and the first to name the Pacific Ocean (“Mare Pacificum”). The ship is Magellans’ Victoria, the only vessel of five to survive his voyage. Münster relied on Verrazano’s accounts of the New World and on Marco Polo’s accounts of eastern Asia when producing his map. Burden 12. $4,000 - 6,000

223 NABOLL, Nathan. Green’s Register for the State of Connecticut: With an Almanack, For the Year of our Lord, 1790. Calculated for the Meridian of New-London, Lat. 41.23. North. New London: T. Green & Son, [1790].

12mo (133 x 76 mm). [2], 79, [14] pp. (Browning and spotting, lacking final blank.) Sewn into contemporary wrappers without backstrip (some soiling or chipping). Provenance: Josephus E. Comstock (signature, front wrapper); Ford Mitchell (his sale, PBA Galleries, 15 December 2005, Sale 323, lot 64).

FIRST EDITION of this rare 18th-century Connecticut register, listing corporations, tax collectors, ministers, civil officers, justices of the peace and details of the faculty at Yale. With an early printing of the United States Constitution (pp.36-48). Also including details about taxes and ferry fares. With a few leaves bound in upside down, and the final text leaf pasted to the lower wrapper. Drake Almanacs, 455; Evans 21779. $400 - 600

224 NEBEL, Carl (1805-1855). Battle of Palo Alto. From The War Between the United States and Mexico Illustrated, [Paris: LeMercier, 1851].

Lithograph with hand-coloring heightened in gum arabic, 355 x 465 mm sheet. Slight toning, browning verso from old framing, mostly marginal inkstain lower margin. Provenance: Acquired Dorothy Sloan (26 September 2007, lot 178).

FIRST EDITION of the first illustration from George Wilkins Kendall and Carlos Nebel’s work, “the very best American battle scenes in existence” (Bennett American NineteenthCentury Color Plate Books, p.65). “Of all the Mexican War lithographs, perhaps the dozen by Kendall and Nebel are the most popular, as well as the most accurate” (Tyler, The Mexican War, A Lithographic Record, p.18). The lithograph shows the battle from the perspective of a viewer behind the U. S. lines looking south toward the Mexican position, and the details of the uniforms are considered generally correct.

$800 - 1,200

225 NEWSPAPERS - REVOLUTIONARY WAR]. The Continental Journal and Weekly Advertiser. No. CCXCVIII. Boston: John Gill, Thursday, November 8, 1781.

4 pages, bifolium, (390 x 249 mm). Unbound as issued. (Stab-holes along centerfold, some browning or staining.) Provenance: George Thatcher (contemporary signature).

AN EARLY NEWSPAPER ACCOUNT OF THE BRITISH SURRENDER AT YORKTOWN

Issued less than two weeks after Cornwallis’s surrender at Yorktown on 19 October 1781. With an update from Fishkill: “We learn that General Lincoln received the captured Lord Cornwallis, and that the army played Yankee doodle when the British army marched to lay down their arms.” The issue includes a printing of a note from Cornwallis, Oct. 17, 1781: “I PROPOSE a cessation of hostilities for twenty-four hours, and that two officers may be appointed by each side to meet at Mr. Morris’s house to settle terms for the surrender of the forts of York and Gloucester. I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient and most Humber servant, CORNWALLIS.” Also printed is information from Washington: “His Excellency Gen. Washington granted a cessation of two hours, from the delivery of his answer, and several other letters passed between the two Generals. Commissioners were appointed and articles of Capitulation settled and compleated the 18th.” The issue prints the 14 articles of Capitulation. $1,000 - 1,500

4 pages, folio (367 x 238 mm). Disbound. (Some spotting, chipping to left margin.)

THE FIRST PRINTING OF FEDERALIST PAPER XII, printed on p.94, in the first and second column. Written by Hamilton, the Federalist Paper XII concerns the establishment of currency and the collection of revenue. Hamilton argues that taxes should be levied on imports and exports, and recommends that the federal government administer tax collection to reduce the amount of resources needed to ensure taxes aren’t being evaded. He asserts that funding the government is essential. It would be easier for the federal government to protect one border on the Atlantic Ocean, rather than ask each state to protect its borders, and ships stationed at America’s ports would ensure the collection of duties. $500 - 700

226A [NEWSPAPER - DEPARTMENT OF STATE]. The New York Packet. No. 942, Tuesday, August 4, 1789. New York: Samuel & John Loudon, 1789.

4 pages, bifolium (489 x 305 mm). Unbound as issued. (Stab-holes along centerfold, some browning or staining.)

AN EARLY NEWSPAPER ACCOUNT OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

The Department of State was established as the Department of Foreign Affairs by the act of 27 July 1789, and it received its present name on 15 September 1789. “Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unties States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be an executive department, to be denominated the department of foreign affairs, and that there shall be a principal officer therein, to be called the Secretary for the department of foreign affairs...” (p.[3]). $200 - 300

227 [NEWSPAPER - TEXAS NEWS - THE ALAMO]. Niles Weekly Register. Vol. 49 (September 5, 1835-February 27, 1836); [with] Vol. 51 (September 3, 1836-February 25, 1837); [and] Vol. 52 (March 4, 1837-August 26, 1837). Baltimore, 1835-1837.

3 volumes, 8vo (Vol. 49) and folio (Vols. 51 & 52). Vol. 49: 456pp. (lacking pp.55-58); Vols. 51 & 52: 416pp. (Some overall browning or light spotting.) Bound in red or brown contemporary half sheep, marbled boards (worn, some losses to spines). Provenance: Acquired Dorothy Sloan (11 December 2009, Sale 22, lot 442).

FIRST EDITIONS of this “widely circulated weekly, with an emphasis on politics and current events. An important source of Americana, unique in its scope and longevity” (Lomazow, American Periodicals a Collector’s Manual and Reference Guide 97).

Including information The Alamo as the events unfolded, including the Texas Revolution and the early forming of the Republic, Texan dissatisfaction with Mexican government, Austin and Archer appealing for U. S. support of the Texas Revolution, a call for volunteers, the establishment of Telegraph and Texas Register, Milam’s capture of San Antonio, organization of the Texas Rangers, Sam Houston elected as President with his inaugural address, President Jackson’s address to Congress on the Texas situation, the release of Santa-Anna, the official U. S. recognition of Texas, and the burial of Alamo heroes.

[With:] Niles Weekly Register. Baltimore, 1813. Vol. IV, No. 98, Saturday, 17 July 1813. INCLUDES A PRINTING OF THE TEXAS DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN, “Republic of Mexico” (p.313). -- Niles Weekly Register. Baltimore, 1836. Vol. XIV, Nos. 1,278-1,301, 10 March 1836-27 August 1836. 24 numbers, with Texas news.

$500 - 700

228 [NEWSPAPER]. Our Camp Journal. Vol 1, Nos. 1 (April 1, 1863), 3 (September 7, 1863); 5 (January 15, 1864), and 6 (April, 1864). Various places.

Civil War Regimental newspapers are rare in any form or condition. Our Camp Journal is a fine example of the genre, a full-size multi-sheet paper typeset on a press with woodcut vignettes. No. 1 was published from a “Camp near Alexandria, Va.”; No. 3 was published from “Ft. Richmond, Staten Island, N.Y.”; No. 5 was published in the winter quarters with the “Army of the Potomac, Va.,” and No. 6 was published from “Headquarters, First Division, 2nd Army Corps, Va.”

Content includes recent war news including events in the western theater, regimental sketches from other units in the brigade and division, news from the home front and obituaries.

[With:] Evening Whig, 4 April 1865. [Richmond]: William Ira Smith, 1865. “Publication being resumed this afternoon with the consent of military authorities.” All of the above were preserved by Corporal B. F. Batcheler, Company E. $1,500 - 2,500

229 [NEWSPAPER]. Humboldt Register. Winnemucca, Nevada. Vol. 2, No.161. Saturday, 15 July 1876.

4 pages, bifolium (505 x 330 mm). Disbound as issued. (Separated along fold, some browning and marginal chipping.) Provenance: Fisher’s (San Francisco newspaper vendor rubber stamp).

WITH AN UPDATE ABOUT THE SIOUX WAR

The letter, on p. 2, shares updates from the commanding officer ta the Red Cloud agency, who repots to general Sheridan that affairs at the agency are very uncertain “owing to the news of Custer’s defeat and a failure to supply the Indians with provisions.” Also with content about the Erie Railroad, and a review of Rutherford B. Hayes’s run for the Presidency. $200 - 300

230 [NEWSPAPERS - TEXAS NEWS]. Collection of about 175 issues of various American newspapers featuring articles on Texas, printed between 1803 and 1860.

Various sizes, most 4-pages. Provenance: All collected and catalogued by Ford Mitchell (his sale, PBA Galleries, 20 October 2005, Sale 319, Lot 434).

Large collection of newspapers from the first half of he 19th-century including articles on Texas, including information about its beginnings as an outpost of New Spain, then as a province of Mexico, the revolution, the early days of the Republic, annexation, and finally statehood. The earliest newspaper, The Washington Federalist of 23 February 1803, includes a long article about the “Secret Maneuverings of Col. Burr.” An issue of the Boston Independent Chronicle of 9 January 1804 covers the Louisiana Purchase and the beginnings of the problems on the Texas boundary. Many issues from 1836 include printings of the Texas Declaration of Independence. An issue of the Philadelphia Sun of 14 April 1836 reports on the fall of the Alamo.

Among the newspapers represented are the National Intelligencer (49 issues); Daily National Intelligencer (26 issues); New York Daily Tribune (9 issues); Manufacturers & Farmers Journal (7 issues); Richmond Enquirer (5 issues); and the Ohio State Journal and Register (7 issues). $3,000 - 5,000

231 ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598). Americae sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio. [Antwerp, 1612?].

Engraved map with hand-coloring, 443 x 574 mm. Decorative cartouche, galleons and ships, Spanish text verso. (Some minor browning or staining, minor marginal chipping.)

FIRST EDITION, third state with Ortelius’ name lower right. According to Burden, “the most important introductions on the east coast are the Indian name WINGANDEKOA, and just to the north an inlet. They both originate from the unsuccessful English attempts at colonising the Outer Banks of presentday North Carolina. It has been suggested that the inlet could be the first depiction of Chesapeake Bay on a printed map.” Burden 64. $2,000 - 3,000

232 ORTELIUS, Abraham (1527-1598). Hispaniae Novae sivae Magnae, Recens et Vera Descriptio. [Antwerp, ca 1595?].

Engraved map of central Mexico with hand-coloring, 394 x 521 mm. Decorative cartouches, galleons. (Some minor soiling.)

Ortelius’s view of central Mexico includes Mexico City, Lake de Bhapala (Chapilacum Mare), Guadalajara, and Tuxpan, $400 - 600

233 RAMOS ARÍSPE, Miguel. Memoria que el Doctor D. Miguel Ramos de Arispe, Cura de Borbon, y Diputado en las Presentes Cortes Generales y Extraordinarias de España por la provincia de Cohauila, una de las cuatro internas del oriente en el reyno de Mexico, presenta a el augusto Congreso, sobre el estado natural, politico, y civil de su dicha provincia, y las del nuevo reyno de Leon, nuevo Santander, y los Texas. Cádiz: José María Guerrero, 1812.

4to (205 x 149 mm). (A few minor spots). Modern wrappers; blue cloth folding case.

FIRST EDITION of this “short but excellent account of the four Internal Provinces of the East as observed by Ramos Arizpe before he left his home in Saltillo in Coahuila at the end of 1810 to attend the Spanish Cortes as a delegate from Coahuila. It is addressed to the King and describes the government of the four provinces, has brief notes on their important towns, and discusses such subjects as ‘Character of the People’, ‘Public Education’, ‘Breeding of Cattle’, ‘Commerce’ and ‘Defects of the System of Government’ and makes various recommendations’’ (Streeter, notes to American edition). Howes R-26; Sabin 67670; Streeter Texas 1050. $1,500 - 2,500

234 RANNEY, William Tylee (1813-1857). The Trappers Last Shot. From the Original Painting Distributed by the Western Art Union in 1850. Cincinnati: Neale, 1850.

Steel engraving, 577 x 756 mm sheet. Some soiling, a few short tears to blank margin. Provenance: Acquired Dorothy Sloan (11 December 2009, Sale 22, lot 484).

FIRST PRINTING of this western print, which was later followed by a Currier & Ives knock-off. The original painting from which the print was made was included in the exhibit “Forging an American Identity: The Art of William Ranney” at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center (May 13, 2006-August 14, 2006). “This is an engraved reproduction of Ranney’s famous oil painting... by the same title that was based on a sketch made by the artist while he served in the Army of the Republic of Texas.... It is a scene, probably inspired by the story of mountain man Joe Meek, who used his last shot to defend himself against attacking Indians” (Kelsey, Engraved Prints of Texas, 15541900, p.74). $2,000 - 3,000

235 RUSCELLI, Girolamo (1518-1566). Nueva Hispania Tabula Nova. [Venice, 1574].

Engraved map of Mexico with hand-coloring 220 x 293 mm. (Two small marginal wormholes, tiny paper flaw just affecting portion of rule border, a few small stains.) Topographical features including the present-day Mississippi River, Italian text verso.

FIRST EDITION, second state, with plate-mark on the top edge, cross-hatching to the graduation marks in the border, and without the added names and features of the 1598 third state. One of the earliest obtainable maps of Mexico and the American Southwest. Ruscelli’s map of New Spain is an enlargement of Giacomo Gastaldi’s 1548 map, but here depicting the Yucatan as a peninsula, rather than an island. Wagner NW Coast 48 (the map is “the same as No. 18 [i.e. the 1548 issue of the map] with trifling changes”). $1,000 - 1,500

236 SELDEN, Dudley (1794-1855). Conveyances on Record in the Registrar’s Office: from the 1st January, 1825 to the 1st January, 1838. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1838.

8vo (244 x 145 mm). 4 folding street maps printed on onion skin of Harlem Commons. (One map with closed tear, some spotting). Original floral blind -embossed cloth, black morocco lettering-piece gilt (minor losses to spine ends, a touch of wear to corners, small stain lower cover). Provenance: John Adriance (inscription with note, “Not to be loaned under any circumstances”); John H. Southard (gift inscription from previous).

FIRST EDITION, a collection of legal documents relating to the ownership of land in Harlem, and including a section entitled “Deduction of the Title to Harlaem Commons” relating to the 1666 grant of Governor Richard Nicolls. Selden acquired over 300 acres of land in Harlem in 1825 from the heirs of one of the original grantees of land in Harlem pursuant to Governor Nicoll’s 1666 grant. John Adriance’s brother, Isaac, represented that the land claim in Harlem was based on the new Harlem patent, a grant of confirmation to the freeholders and inhabitants of Harlem (printed in the present copy). [Tipped in:] 1p. manuscript copy of an 1832 deed between Dudley Selden and his wife to George Marshall. “THIS BOOK IS VERY SCARCE,” and was likely printed only for members of the family. (Sabin 78969). $400 - 600

237 [SLAVERY AND ABOLITION]. Manuscript document, an affidavit of free birth, signed by Justice of the Peace George Rice. Frederick County, Maryland, 15 May 1832.

1 page, oblong 8vo, docketed verso, creased.

“John Haines...solemnly sincerely and truly declares and affirms that Mary Bowen...was free born to the best of his knowledge and belief.” Docketed by John Haines verso. $200 - 300

238 [SPAIN - MINING LAWS]. GALVEZ, Josef de. Real Ordenanzas para la Dirección, Régimen y Gobierno del Important Cuerpo de la Minería de Nueva-España y de su Real Tribunal General de Orden de su Majestad. Madrid: [Royal Press], 1783.

Folio (297 x 207 mm). Engraved frontispiece of the royal arms by Fabregat, paraph of Josef de Galves on p.214. (Some minor marginal worming to a few leaves not affecting letters, some minor spotting.) Contemporary blind-tooled Spanish calf (a few repairs, some light soiling).

FIRST EDITION, A RARE BOOK OF MINING LAWS FOR NEW SPAIN

Galvez, appointed special commissioner charged with making reforms in Mexico’s governance, was influential in leading the replacement of the Mexican provinces with 12 intendencias in 1786. Mining was the most important economic activity in Mexico during the colonial period. The Real Ordenanzas transcribes royal degrees relating to mining in New Spain, and provides information relating to the discovery of new mins, the operations of old mines, the training of workers, and the introduction of new technology and the role of the Tribunal de la Mineria. Only miners born in Spain were allowed to posses copies of the work. Sabin calls it a “rare and valuable compendium of the old mining laws and mineral customs.” Palau 203088; Porrua (1949) 7552; Sabin 56260. $1,000 - 1,500

239 STARR, Amory Reily (1847-1906). Amory R. Starr... Texas Real Estate Agency... Marshall, Texas. St. Louis: A. Gast & Co., [ca 1874].

Oblong 12mo (85 x 129 mm). Illustrated lithograph trade card on heavy card stock. (Tiny chip to upper left corner, very minor soiling). Provenance: Acquired Dorothy Sloan.

RARE LITHOGRAPHED TEXAS TRADE CARD, printed by the Gast firm in St. Louis. The small detailed scene shows surveyors at work depicting various surveyor’s instruments. The Gast firm lithographed the General Land Office maps of Texas counties, and produced several notable images of Texas. Amory Reily Starr, who identifies himself as “successor to Jas. H. Starr & Son,” assumed control of the James H. Starr and Son land agency, which had belonged to his father and uncle, in 1873. $200 - 300

240 STARRING, Frederick Augustus (1834-1904). Archive of letters, documents, artifacts, and photographs by and related to the American civil engineer, lawyer and soldier. Several dozen items.

AN ARCHIVE OF SEVERAL DOZENS OF LETTERS, DOCUMENTS AND ARTIFACTS RELATING TO THE CAREER OF NOTED MILITARY OFFICER AND DIPLOMAT F. A. STARRING.

The archive includes: Starring’s discharge papers from the U. S. Army, 23 February 1866, including on the back a lengthy endorsement from General William Clark, of the Army of the Tennessee, lavishing praise on Starring as “one of the most competent and meritorious Commanders” in the Army. “Col. Starring’s Regt. for discipline & efficiency had no superior on the Western Army.” There is a typed copy of his official military record; a large, folio engraved certificate for membership in the Military Order of the Loyal Legion; a copy of his Presidential appointment making him Brigadier General by Brevet signed (secretarial signature) by Andrew Johnson 7 May 1866.

After leaving the Army Starring enjoyed a long and distinguished career in the U. S. Consular Service. The archive contains his certificate of study from Harvard Law School (24 May 1866 to 13 July 1866) and numerous documents relating to his diplomatic career including: a 3 April 1872 copy of a letter to the Khedive of Egypt, containing a geological survey for a possible trans-Sudan railway; a large folio-sized engraved passport, bearing the endorsements of numerous foreign governments; numerous other legation certificates and visas, copies of consular reports to the Secretary of State; eight printed consular reports, authored by Starring and issued by the Government Printing Office, 1870-1881; a 24 June 1874 invitation to a reception with Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palace. $2,000 - 3,000

AN ARCHIVE OF OVER 100 ITEMS DOCUMENTING THE RICH CAREER OF THE LAKOTA LEXICOGRAPHER AND CAREER ARMY OFFICER

Upon Starring’s death in 1889, the Adjutant General of the Department of the Columbia (in the Washington Territory) lauded Starring for his “honest, faithful and zealous service,” and his path-breaking work with the Plains Indians, “especially the Sioux.” He noted the “great assiduity and care” with which Starring compiled “a valuable dictionary of their language.”

The archive includes: Starring’s appointment to West Point, signed by Secretary of War Simon Cameron, 6 April 1861 -- Some 14 West Point Conduct Reports, 1860-1863, including some signed by Robert E. Lee’s eldest son, George Washington Custis Lee. -- 3Presidential commissions signed by Andrew Johnson (stamped signatures): 20 April 1866 and 23 April 1866, making him First Lieutenant in the 18th Infantry Regiment; and 11 April 1867, making him a First Lieutenant in the 36th Infantry Regiment.

Also with one commission SIGNED BY RUTHERFORD B. HAYES, 26 June 1879, making Starring Captain of the Ordinance Department, the rank he held through his long service in western postings.

Also included is a small archive of correspondence. In one letter to his sister, written from the Colorado Territory in March 1866, he jokes that he has “my scalp yet [and] don’t propose to lose it easily. As my hair is rather long our Noble Red Bretheren will get a good one if they take it now.” Yet his 28 May 1888 letter (written just months before he died) expresses his great contentment living “in this wonderful country,” close to the Columbia and Willamette Rivers. Also included are a pair of spurs with straps, 5 printed receipts for Black Hills Mining District claims, 8 CDVs, a letter-book comprising Starring’s official Army correspondence, and several manuals of West Point’s rules and regulations. $2,000 - 3,000

242 STIFF, Edward. The Texan Emigrant: Being a Narration of the Adventures of the Author in Texas, and a Description of the Soil, Climate, Productions, Minerals, Towns, Bays, Harbors, Rivers, Institutions, and Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants of that Country.... Cincinnati: George Conclin, 1840.

8vo (194 x 120 mm). Engraved folding map of Texas hand-colored in outline (a few separations to folds); 2 full-page wood-engraved illustrations; 1p. publisher’s advertisements at end. (Some offsetting of map to title, some spotting.) Contemporary sprinkled sheep, smooth spine gilt, black morocco lettering-piece gilt (upper joint starting, some overall wear).

FIRST EDITION, WITH THE RARE MAP of Stiff’s popular work on Texas. At least 7 subsequent editions were issued, none of which included the map. “By an independent thinker, and not always favorable to Texas and the United States. In fact, somewhat of a Tory in politics. Notwithstanding, one of the best books on Texas issued during the Republic. Very scarce” (Raines pp.195-196). The two woodcuts show early views of Galveston City and Bay and the Battle of San Jacinto. Graff 3989; Howes S-998; Streeter Texas 1367 (“Here conventional accounts of the physical features of Texas and of its cities and towns are interspersed with gossipy comments on various named individuals and on life in Texas in general, making it quite an entertaining book”). $4,000 - 6,000

243 STOWE, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Serialized in: The National Era. Volume V, Nos. 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 34 [typographical error], 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, and 52. Washington, D.C.: June 5, 1851-December 25, 1851.

21 chapters in 26 parts only (of 40), folio, on a bifolium (each 685 x 486 mm). (Tears to folds affecting letters, some marginal chipping, some spotting or staining.) Provenance: E. McGregor (early signatures).

Prior to the publication of the first edition, Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin first appeared serially in The National Era, which was printed weekly. In this serial form, Stowe’s work was printed one chapter at a time. The present run of issues comprises chapters: 1, 4-7, 9-19, 22, 2427 (with Chapter 9 in two parts, Chapter 10 mis-labeled, Chapter 18 in three parts).

A RUN OF THE EXCEEDINGLY RARE ORIGINAL PARTS AS PUBLISHED SERIALLY of Stowe’s work. The present run includes two numbers with no installment of Uncle Tom’s Cabin: No. 34, August 21 1851 (with a note that Chapter 12 arrived too late for publication), and No. 51, December 18, 1851. Uncle Tom’s Cabin appeared in 40 installments between 1851 and 1852, and based on the reception, Stowe was approached by a Boston publisher to publish her work. The first edition sold three hundred thousand copies in the first year, and by 1857, nearly two million copies had been sold. $1,000 - 1,500

244 [TEXAS - EARLY NEWSPAPERS]. Gaceta Del Gobierno Supremo del Estado de Coahuila y Tejas. [Leona Vicario or Monclova:] Imprento del Gobierno del Estado, á cargo del C. Sisto Gonzalez, [1832 or early 1833?].

Broadside (309 x 210 mm). Woodcut vignette of an eagle holding a shield at head. (Horizontal crease, small marginal inkspot.) Provenance: Darrel Brown (sold Heritage, December 2007).

RARE PROSPECTUS FOR AN EARLY TEXAS NEWSPAPER

Gaceta was first printed on Friday, 11 January 1833 and was published through 1835. Though the printing schedule changed often, copies were initially issued every Monday and Friday, and readers could get copies for “un peso cada mes, para la capital, y diez reales para afuera franco de porte” [one peso each month, for the capital, and ten reals for outside carriage-free]. The prospectus cites a need for a newspaper in the region that would keep readers well-informed about both local and national news. Gaceta was well-read, but its popularity was challenged by Diario del Gobierno, a government publication which was released at about the same time. Copies of Gaceta are known in only two institutional collections: the Saltillo Archives, and the Texas State Library. VERY RARE: According to online records, this is the only copy of this prospectus to appear on the market at auction. Not in Charno; not in Streeter. CHECK STREETER. $800 - 1,200

245 [TEXAS - EARLY NEWSPAPERS]. Gaceta, Del Gobierno Supremo del Estado de Coahuila y Texas. Volume 3, No. 97. [Monclova], 29 July 1835.

4pp, bifolium. Woodcut eagle device at head. (Horizontal crease, old tape repair with browning, some minor wrinkling.) Matted and framed (unexamined out of frame). Provenance: Darrel Brown (sold Heritage, December 2007).

RARE ISSUE OF AN EARLY TEXAS NEWSPAPER

Between 1829 and 1835, the government of Coahuila and Texas issued four periodicals, of which Gaceta was the second most prominent. This issue includes a July 8 communication from Rafael Eca y Musquiz, Minister of the Supreme Court, to don Miguel Falcon, Governor of the State, whereby President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna has asked Musquiz to assume the Executive Power of the state to “calm the spirit of discord in Texas and to apply the severity of the law to those who attempt to pervert the tranquility and excite commotion” (translated).

In May, then-governor Agustine Viesca left Monclova with the government archives intending to establish Bexar (present-day San Antonio) as the capital of the department of Texas. The issue includes an editorial commenting on the actions of Viesca and the two opposing parties within the government of Mexico: “We believe, without fear of error, that in the Texas Colonies there does not exist aims of overthrowing the government...” (translated). The editorials printed within this issue are in support of General Cos’ 5 July Proclamation, issued at Matamoros, warning the inhabitants of the three departments of Texas (San Antonio de Bexar, La Bahia, and Nacogdoches) that any actions in favor of the former authorities will cause war. 45-days after this issue, General Cos commenced his march with 500 soldiers from Matamoros to San Antonio, igniting the first fire in Texas’ battle for independence. See Streeter, Bibliography of Texas, Part II, vol.III, pp.261263. VERY RARE: Only one other copy of this issue of Gaceta is known; it is held in the Saltillo Archives. Not in Charno; not in Streeter. CHECK STREETER BIBLIO QTD HERE. $800 - 1,200

246 [TEXAS - GERMAN SETTLEMENT]. Verein zum Schutze Deutscher Einwanderer in Texas. [Mainz and Weissbaden, February 7, 25, 1846].

Folio (350 x 217 mm). 3pp., on a bifolium (p.4 blank). (Some very minor toning to margins, minor offsetting.)

The Adeslverein, also known as the Mainzer verein, the Texas-Verein, and the German Emigration Company, was officially named the Verein zum Schutze deutscher Einwanderer in Texas. In April 1842, twenty-one German noblemen at Biebrich on the Rhine, near Mainz, provisionally organized to establish a new Germany on Texas soil by means of an organized mass emigration. The present promotional pamphlet was printed to encourage German emigration to Texas. Between October 1845 and April 1846, a total of 5,257 German emigrants were brought to Texas, and in 1847, five settlements were established on the Fisher-Miller grant on the banks of the Llano River: Bettina, Castell, Leiningen, Meerholz, and Schoenburg. RARE. $400 - 600

247 [TEXAS]. Report of the Commissioner of the Court of Claims. Printed by order of the legislature of the State of Texas. Austin: John Marshall & Co., 1857.

8vo (214 x 137 mm). 22pp. (Some browning or spotting.) Folded as issued, partially uncut, unsewn with stab-holes for sewing. Provenance: Ford Mitchell (his sale, PBA Galleries, 20 October 2005, Sale 319, Lot 528.

FIRST EDITION. Including James C. Wilson’s notice of retirement, 1 June, 1857. “In retiring from this Office, I beg leave to present to you, and through ou to the Legislature, the following Report. No written statement of all that has been done in the office can possibly be made” (p.3). Also including James O. Illingsworth’s report of certificates issued: “It will require at least four competent courts in this office during the session of Legislature...to perform the duties” (p.22). RARE EARLY TEXAS IMPRINT: we trace no other copies of this imprint at auction in at least 50 years .Winkler 902. $400 - 600

248 [TEXAS]. SEGUIN, Juan, et al. Manuscript power of attorney, in the hand of John James, signed by Seguin and 19 Tejanos, notarized by P. L. Buquet with his purple paper seal. Bexar County, Texas. 28 September 1860.

2 pages, 4to, 304 x 193, on a single lined sheet, creased, a few separations to folds, a few faint pencil marks. Provenance: Acquired Dorothy Sloan (11 December 2009, Sale 22, lot 502).

Seeking reimbursement for an 1839 expedition in which they participated. The text begins: “State of Texas County of Bexar. Know all men by these presents, that we the undersigned having full confidence in John James of San Antonio do hereby appoint him our true and lawful agent and attorney in fact for us and in our names to ask for, claim, and secure pay for certain services rendered by us in the Year 1839 to the Late Republic of Texas (say in July) in a campaign against the Comanches under Col Henry W. Karnes, John A. Seguín being Captain of the Company….” With 21 signatures (complete list available on request).

Henry Wax Karnes organized an expedition to drive Comanche out of the area in response to Governor Lamar’s call for action against hostile Comanche who had killed for Bexar surveyors in May 1839, William P. Delmour, clerk of the San Antonio court, who was murdered on May 28, and several other men in the area. Two companies of volunteers were raised, one of Mexicans and one of Americans, and Seguín was elected captain of the Mexican force of about 54 men under Karnes’ command. The expedition drove the Comanche out of the area. The forces, which were outfitted at private expense, were discharged about three weeks after they were formed. So far as is known, the mens’ claims were never audited or reimbursed by the Republic.

The Republic of Texas faced lingering problems relating to the its fight for independence and its Indian Wars, including requests for the reimbursement of many people who were all to happy to volunteer for service with no thought of payment, as is the case here. In the introduction to his book on Seguín, de la Teja comments: “As Tejanos rediscover their contributions to Texas history, as they overcome the barriers that separate Texan and Tejano, Juan Seguín has again returned to serve as intermediary between the two... Juan Seguín is not just a hero for Texans of Mexican descent. All Texans now recognize his unique contribution to Texas history.” $2,000 - 3,000

249 [TEXAS - CRIME]. Manuscript document, signed by the jurors and certified by Justice of the Peace W. W. Arnett. Fort Clark, Texas, 5 March 1871.

1 page, 4to, on a ledger sheet, a few small losses to left margin.

“We the jurors find the said man came to his death...by gun shot fired by soldiers of the post of Fort Clark while he was attempting to escape.” A jury’s ruling, certifying that an unknown suspect was killed March 4 at 9 p.m. by soldiers of the fort while attempting to escape trial for murdering soldier Charles Shepard. William W. Arnett served as a private in Capt. John A. Veatch’s company of Col. Peter H. Bell’s regiment of Texas Mounted Volunteers during the Mexican War. $200 - 300

250 [TEXAS]. Map of Bexar County, Texas. San Antonio and Austin: Samuel Maverick & John H. Traynham, 1889.

Engraved map of Bexar County, visible area 560 x 444 mm, matted and framed (unexamined out of frame). (Archivally backed and conserved, creases from old folds, discoloration from old tape repairs verso, a few small separations or losses). Map surrounded by letterpress and engraved advertisements, a few with engraved vignettes. Provenance: Acquired Dorothy Sloan (11 December 2009, Sale 22, lot 332).

FIRST EDITION, printed after an official map of the county issued by the General Land Office. The surrounding advertisements are a rich source of local business information of the time. Traynham’s own ad features prominently promoting his services as a map dealer and expert on Texas emigration. And early Lone Star Brewing ad (“Brewers of the Celebrated ‘Pilsener’) is placed top center, adjacent to an ad for the Alamo Ice Factory. EXCEEDINGLY RARE: we trace no other copies of this map in any institution or at sale. $1,500 - 2,500

251 [TEXAS PICTORIAL LETTERSHEET]. THIELEPAPE, Wilhelm Carl August (1814-1904), lithographer. Main Plaza. San Antonio, Texas. San Antonio: W. C. A. Thielpape, [ca 1855].

4to (247 x 192 mm). With 2pp. autograph letter in French from Alphonse Portanery to his parents, San Antonio, 5 April 1856; morocco-backed slipcase. (Creased, a few tiny spots or stains.) Provenance: Acquired Dorothy Sloan (26 September 2007, lot 242).

Though there are many known examples of 19th-century lettersheets from California, only a few are known from Texas. With a vignette engraved by Wilhelm Carl August Thielpape, who would be elected the Reconstruction Mayor of San Antonio in 1867. During his tenure, he built bridges, laid macadam streets, and strengthened the public schools. He later moved to Chicago to work as an attorney, participating in the building boom that followed the Great Chicago Fire.

The letter from Portanery indicates that there has been some delay in his response, and he discusses his recent marriage and the problems and opportunities it has caused. He states that his wife says she will never go to France, and discusses the complicated familial relationships and the role his in-laws play in deciding whether he will have property and whether they will help them financially. He reports that he is basically happy, and that he has a newborn who resembles him. He concludes that everyone in Texas lives a solitary life, like wolves. $2,000 - 3,000

252 THIELEPAPE, Wilhelm Carl August (1814-1904), lithographer. Sam Recruiting, after the injunction of secrecy had been removed. San Antonio: Thielepape, July 1855.

Lithograph on heavy paper, 610 x 480 mm. (Fully backed in japan tissue, a few minor losses with repairs occasionally affecting image or text, creased where formerly folded, separations along those creases.) Provenance: Acquired Dorothy Sloan (11 December 2009, Sale 22, lot 227).

THE FIRST LITHOGRAPHED POLITICAL CARTOON CREATED IN TEXAS. The lithograph was printed when Sam Houston’s political career was in shambles. Shortly after the publication of this cartoon, Houston failed in his reelection bid for the U. S. Senate, and in a run for the Texas Governor’s office. In the cartoon, Houston is seen walking on the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Bill of Rights. He carries a “Net for Gudgeons,” the handle of which is strung with a gun and knife (“Sam’s Logic or reasoning powers”), a heart (“Sam’s ‘Great American heard,’ sore”), and a mask (“Mask of Washington,” “Worn when assuming to be the Savior of the Country”). He carries a lantern “used by Gui [Guy] Fawkes in his midnight plots, and bequested to [Houston’s] father.”

The print was one of three lithographs, all created by Thielepape, considered to be among the first lithographs created in Texas. These three documented Thielepape lithographs pulled in Texas also include the letter sheet with a view of Alamo Plaza (see previous lot). When the present copy was sold by Dorothy Sloan, she located only two other copies of the lithograph: one at the Center for American history at the University of Texas, and one at the Dallas Historical Society. She quoted the unpublished research of Ron Tyler: “The first lithographs that can be documented as having been made in Texas appeared in San Antonio... Wilhelm C.A. Thielepape, a trained surveyor and recent immigrant with no printing experience, pulled the first lithograph from a Texas press in 1855. It was a crude map of San Antonio. He printed at least two other images, this caricature of Sam Houston and the other a view of the San Antonio plaza, before finally abandoning the badly worn lithographic equipment and closing his shop.” $2,000 - 3,000

253 UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION] -- [FRANKLIN, Benjamin, printer.] Constitutions des Treize Etats-Unis de L’Amerique. Philadelphia and Paris: [Printed for Franklin by] Ph.-D. Pierres and Pissot, Father and Sons, 1783.

8vo (195 x 122 mm). Title-page with circular woodcut Great Seal of the United States: its first use in a printed book. (Some minor spotting to several leaves.) Contemporary French calf-backed paste-paper covered boards, smooth spine gilt, brown morocco lettering-piece gilt, edges stained red (some minor toning or rubbing, short separation to upper joint at head of spine).

FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, one of 600 copies (there was also a large-paper issue of 100 copies). The work includes the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and the treaties between the Untied States and France, the Low countries, and Sweden, and was translated by the Duc de la Rochefoucauld with over fifty footnotes by him. “Franklin’s grand gesture in publishing and distributing these constitutions, about which there was an intense interest and curiosity among statesmen, was one of his chief achievements as propagandist for the new American republic” (Streeter). Howes C-716; Livingston, Franklin and His Press at Passy, pp.181-188; Sabin 16118; Streeter sale II:1035. $2,000 - 3,000

254 [UNITED STATES CONTINENTAL CONGRESS]. Journal of the Proceedings of the Congress, Held at Philadelphia, September 5, 1774. Philadelphia: William and Thomas Bradford, at the London Coffee House, 1774.

8vo (186 x 110 mm). Half-title, title with woodcut seal. (Some pale spotting.) Modern calf; blue cloth folding case.

FIRST EDITION OF THE JOURNAL OF THE FIRST CONGRESS

FIRST ISSUE, with the half-title, title, and 132pp. The title-page bears the seal of the Congress, showing twelve hands representing the twelve participating colonies supporting a column topped with a Liberty Cap resting on the Magna Charta, framed by the motto “Hanc Tuemur Hanc Nitimur” (“This we defend, this we lean upon”).

Committees of Correspondence resolved to hold a Continental Congress in June of 1774, and delegates from twelve colonies (none from Georgia) gathered in Philadelphia in the fall. Delegates included: Samuel Adams, John Adams, Roger Sherman, John Jay, Joseph Galloway, John Dickinson, Richard Henry Lee, George Washington, Edmund Pendleton, and Henry Middleton. On October 14, the Congress adopted a Declaration of Rights, and agreed to an Association governing imports and exports and boycotting British goods. They drafted an Address to the People of Great Britain and an Address to the Inhabitants of the Province of Quebec. They agreed to reassemble on May 10, 1775 for what was to be the Congress that broke with England. Evans 13737; Howes J-263; this issue not in Sabin. $15,000 - 25,000

255 [UNITED STATES CONTINENTAL CONGRESS]. The Journals of the Proceedings of Congress. Held at Philadelphia, from January to May, 1776. Philadelphia: Printed by R. Aitken, 1776.

4 parts bound in one, 8vo (195 x 119 mm). [2], 1-93; 1-70; [71]-146, INCLUDING THE TITLE-PAGE which is usually lacking in most copies; 147-237pp. (Some spotting and browning throughout.) Contemporary sheep (worn, joints starting, losses to spine ends); red quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: V. L. Howard (several signatures on pastedown and front free endpaper dated 1777; Henry Howard (signature); Caleb Dorsey (early signature on half-title of second work); pencil note about W. Howard’s sale, 26 March 1831; Lucy C. Hank Finley (signature, Baltimore).

THE RARE ORIGINAL PRINTING OF THE CONGRESSIONAL JOURNALS FOR 1776 - THE “CARTRIDGE PAPER” EDITION

The Bradford family had the contract to print the Journals of Congress through 1775, after which, beginning with these journals, the contract was moved to Robert Aitken. The journals were issued in monthly parts, although whole runs generally disposed with the monthly titles issued in February and March (as here, none were issued in January and April). After April, Aitken was told to cease publication, and his “Waste Book” at the Library Company of Philadelphia records that he had sold only 80 copies of this edition. In the fall of 1776, Aitken was contracted to reprint all of Congress›s earlier journals from 1774 through April 1776 as the first volume of the collected Journals of Congress. Once the work commenced, Aitken disposed of the remaining January to April edition, giving them to the Army to be used as cartridges (hence the “Cartridge Paper” edition).

These Journals of early 1776 cover some of the most critical moments of the Revolution. As only 80 copies survived, the present edition is perhaps the rarest of all of the early Journals of Congress. Evans 15145.

[Bound after:] Journal of the Congress of the United States of America; Continued. Philadelphia: William & Thomas Bradford, at the Coffee-House 1776. 8vo. With half-title. Covering September through January, 1775. The last issue printed by the Bradford family before the contract was moved to Aitken. Evans 15186. $15,000 - 25,000

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256 [UNITED STATES CONTINENTAL CONGRESS]. Journals of the Congress...Volume I (Sept. 5, 1774-Jan. 1, 1776) through Volume XIII (November 1787-November 1788). Philadelphia and New York: R. Aitken, John Dunlap, John Patterson, David Claypoole, 1777-1788.

13 volumes, 8vo (each approximately 182 x 116 mm or smaller). (Some browning or spotting, a few letters occasionally just shaved.) Modern half calf gilt. Provenance: A few early signatures shaved in Vols. I, IV (Ingersoll?), and VI; Senate Secretary’s Office, then U.S. Senate Library (inscription, stamp, and surplus duplicate stamp, Vol.XII); George D. Todd (stamp, Vol.XIII).

FROM REVOLUTION TO CONSTITUTION: A COMPLETE SET OF THE JOURNALS OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

CONTENTS: Vol. I, Sept. 5, 1774 to Jan. 1 1776. Philadelphia: R. Aitken, 1777 (Evans 15683). Vol. II, January1, 1776 to January1, 1777. York-Town, PA: John Dunlap 1778 (Evans 16137). Vol. III, January 1, 1777 to January 1, 1778. New York: John Patterson [1778] (Evans 21527). Vol. IV, January 1st, 1778 to January 1st, 1779. Philadelphia: David C. Claypoole, [1779] (Evans 16584). Vol V, January 1, 1779 to January 1, 1780. Philadelphia: David C. Claypoole, 1782 (Evans 17766). Vol. VI, January 1st, 1780 to January 1st, 1781. Philadelphia: David C. Claypoole, [1781] (Evans 17392). Vol. VII, For the Year 1781. Philadelphia: David C. Claypoole, 1781 (Evans 17767). [With the index correctly numbered VII]. Vol. VIII, First Monday in November 1782 to First Monday in November 1783. Philadelphia: David C. Claypoole, 1783 (Evans 18266). Vol IX, Third Day of November 1783 to Third Day of June 1784. Philadelphia: John Dunlap, [1784] (Evans 18840). [Without the rare August addendum as often.] Vol. X, From the First Monday in November, 1784. Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1785 (Evans 19316). Vol. XI, 3d Day of November 1785 to 3d Day of November 1786. [Philadelphia:] John Dunlap, [1786] (Evans 20068). [With the title incorrectly numbered Volume XII]. Vol XII, Sixth Day of November 1786 to Fifth Day of November 1787. [Philadelphia:] Published by Order of the Congress, 1787 (Evans 20772). Vol. XIII, 5th Day of November 1787 to 3d Day of November 1788. [Philadelphia:] John Dunlap, [1788] (Evans 21526).

The Journals were issued by the government›s printers Robert Aitken, John Patterson, John Dunlap and David Claypoole. The printing of Vol.II was interrupted when the British seized Philadelphia in the summer of 1777, and most copies of the volume were printed by both Robert Aitken and John Dunlap The set incorporates the full text of the Declaration of Independence including the names of the Signers, the minutes of the debates at the 1787 Constitutional Convention, and the proposed Constitution. $25,000 - 35,000

257 [UNITED STATES CONTINENTAL CONGRESS]. Journals of Congress. [Monthly issues:] Jan.1-Feb. 1 1779, Feb. 1-Mar. 1 1779, Mar. 1-Mar. 30 1779. Philadelphia: David C. Claypoole, 1779. [Weekly issues:] Mar. 31-Apr. 10 1779 through Dec. 20-Dec. 31, 1779. Philadelphia: David C. Claypoole, 1779.

41 issues (complete), part I: folio (382 x 237 mm, folded to size); parts II-XLI: 8vo (192 x 118 mm). (Title to part I backed repairing separations to folds and chipping, some minor browning or spotting.) Modern half calf gilt, edges untrimmed. Provenance: James Ewing (signature, part I title); County of Cumberland (signatures on titles).

RARE AS A COMPLETE SET IN PARTS OF THE RARE WEEKLY JOURNALS OF CONGRESS

In 1779, the Continental Congress faced a difficult year of financial and supply shortfalls, the British burning of Norwalk and Fairfield Connecticut, and the fall of Savannah. As the Continental Congress continued deliberations, delegations voiced objections that the Journals were being published only in annual form (see preceding lot), making it difficult for them, during debate, to refer back to actions previous voted upon. In early 1779, it was decided to issue weekly issues of the Journals. The editions were no doubt very limited, and due to their ephemeral nature, few have survived. Evans locates two complete cpoies (at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and the Library Company of Philadelphia). The American Antiquarian Society online catalogue shows the institution holding only 23 of the 41 issues. A full list of all the issues with pagination and Evans citations is available on request. Evans 16585-16624, 17205. $15,000 - 25,000

10 issues (of 41), 8vo (220 x 135 mm). (Some browning, spotting, or staining, a few tiny holes or tears, occasionally with repairs or affecting letters.) CONTEMPORARY WRAPPERS OR STAB-SEWN AS ISSUED, SEVERAL UNCUT AND UNOPENED (some soiling or chipping to wrappers).

CONTENTS: Monday, March 1st to Tuesday, March 30th, 1779. 56pp. Stab-sewn. Evans 16587. Monday, April 19th, to Saturday, April 24th, 1779. 24pp. Original wrappers. Evans 16590. [Laid-in:] Single sheet, being the title-page for Extracts from the Journals of Congress, published Philadelphia, John Dunlap, 1776. Monday, May 17th, to Saturday, May 22d, 1779. 24pp. Original wrappers. Evans 16594. Monday, May 24th, to Saturday, May 29th, 1779. 20pp. Original wrappers. Evans 16595. Monday, July 5th, to Saturday, July 12th, 1779. 9pp. Stab-sewn. Evans 16601. Monday, July 19th, to Saturday, July 24th, 1779. 14pp. Stab-sewn. Evans 16603. Monday, July 26th, to Saturday, July 31st, 1779. 16pp. Stab-sewn. Evans 16604. Monday, August 23d, to Saturday, August 28th, 1779. 14pp. Stab-sewn. Evans 16608. Monday, September 6th, to Saturday, September 11th, 1779. 10pp. Stab-sewn. Evans 16610. Monday, November 29th, to Saturday, December 4th, 1779. 12pp. Evans 16622.

AN EXTREMELY RARE COLLECTION OF SEVERAL INDIVIDUAL WEEKLY PRINTINGS OF THE JOURNALS OF CONGRESS. Congress’s proceedings were printed more or less annually, but shortly after the Declaration of Independence, Congress recognized the necessity of publishing their proceedings in a more timely fashion. During 1779 only, the proceedings were printed in individual monthly and weekly issues, with these more frequent printings being issued in very small numbers. EACH IS THEREFORE EXTREMELY RARE, and known in only a few institutional copies. Early American imprint collector Michael Zinman, who pursued all of the variant printings of the Journals of Congress was only able to obtain 11 of these weekly issues. $2,000 - 3,000

259 [UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES]. Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, at the Second Session of the Second Congress. Philadelphia: Francis Childs and John Swaine, 1793.

Folio (310 x 191). (Minor spotting or soiling to a few leaves.) Contemporary marbled boards (modern rebacking and recornering). Provenance: Western Reserve Historical Society (bookplate with withdrawn stamp, blind stamp).

FIRST EDITION, with p.167 misnumbered 267. Including information about the Fugitive Slave Act (later superseded by the Thirteenth Amendment) and the Judiciary Act of 1793. Evans 26332. $200 - 300

260 [UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES]. Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, being the first session of the Eighteenth Congress...December 1, 1823... Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1823.

8vo (225 x 140 mm). (Some browning or spotting, a few leaves dampstained.) Modern calf. Provenance: Coast Artillery School (bookplate); New York State Library (duplicate sold stamp); Ford Mitchell (his sale, PBA Galleries, 20 October 2005, Sale 319, Lot 92).

FIRST EDITION, including the full text of the Monroe Doctrine, delivered to the Congress on December 2nd, establishing American neutrality in future European conflicts. $100 - 200

261 [UNITED STATES SENATE] -- [BILL OF RIGHTS]. Journal of the First Session of the Senate of the United States of America, begun and held at the City of New York, March 4, 1789 and in the thirteenth year of the Independence of said States. New York: Thomas Greenleaf, 1789.

Folio (295 x 175 mm). (Some minor soiling or spotting to a few leaves). Modern calf (original sewing holes visible in gutter margin). Provenance: Peter Van Gaasbeck (1754-1797), American merchant and politician (signature on title-page).

FIRST OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE, containing a number of important enactments including the official tally of electoral votes in the first presidential election, President Washington’s opening address to the newly-convened Senate, the Judiciary and Treasury Bills, and, on pp.163-164, following a blank page the 12 “proposed amendments” to the Constitution, 10 of which would become the Bill of Rights when ratified by the states. ONE OF THE EARLIEST PRINTED VERSIONS OF THESE HISTORIC AMENDMENTS.

Peter Van Gaasbeck’s copy, with his signature. Van Gaasbeck, a merchant from Kingston New York, served as a Major in the Ulster County militia during the Revolutionary War. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives, where he represented New York in the 3rd United States Congress, from March 4, 1793 through March 3, 1795. Evans 22207; Grolier American 20; Sabin 15551. $15,000 - 25,000

262 [UNITED STATES SENATE]. Journal of the Second Session of the Senate of the United States of America, Begun and Held at the City of New York, January 4th, 1790.... New York: John Fenno, 1790.

Folio (295 x 171 mm). (Some spotting.) Modern calf gilt. Provenance: Chris? F.? Ellery (signature, partially clipped).

FIRST EDITION, including information about the first census, the creation of the seat of government in Washington D. C., treaties with the Indians, and laws in the territory south of the Ohio River Evans 22982.

$1,000 - 1,500

263 [UNITED STATES SENATE]. Journal of the Senate of the United States of America Being the First Session of the Second Congress, Begun and Held at the City of Philadelphia, October 24, 1791. Philadelphia: John Fenno, 1791 [i.e. 1792].

Folio (316 x 192 mm). (A few tiny spots on a few leaves, some minor darkening to outer margin.) Contemporary sheep (worn, joints starting, minor losses to spine ends). Provenance: James Bourne Ayer (bookplate).

FIRST EDITION, with p. 228 misnumbered 224. The Journal for the session includes information about the ratification of the Bill of Rights, the Presidential Succession Act debate and passage, the establishment of the U. S. Mint and Coinage, the first militia act, and the foundation of the Northwest Territory Acts. Evans 24911. $800 - 1,200

264 [UNITED STATES SENATE]. Journal of the Third Session of the Senate of the United States. Begun and Held at the City of Philadelphia, December 6th, 1790. Philadelphia: John Fenno, 1791.

Folio (315 x 191 mm). (Ee1 with portion of upper corner and foremargin torn away affecting a few letters, wormtrack to upper margin of several leaves, some minor browning and spotting.) Contemporary calf (worn, covers detached or detaching). Provenance: Chris? F.? Ellery (signature on titlepage); Western Reserve Historical Society (bookplate, withdrawn stamp).

FIRST EDITION. The third session includes the formation of the Bank of the United States, the establishment of the Treasury department, and includes acts to admit Kentucky and Vermont into the Union as new states. Evans 23901.

$500 - 700

266 [UNITED STATES SENATE]. Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, Being the First Session of the Third Congress... December 2, 1793 [-9 June 1794]. -- Philadelphia: John Fenno, 1793[-94] – Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, Being the Second Session of the Third Congress... November 3rd, 1794 [-3 March 1795]. Philadelphia: John Fenno, 1794-[95].

2 parts in one volume, folio (300 x 187 mm). (Some minor browning or spotting.) Modern calf (a few repairs to endleaves). Provenance: Samuel Latham Mitchill Barlow (1826-1889), American Lawyer, stakeholder in The New York World (booklabel); The Western Reserve Historical Society (bookplate with withdrawn stamp).

FIRST EDITIONS of the only two sessions of the Third Congress, which met at Congress Hall in Philadelphia during the fifth and sixth years of Washington’s presidency. During the third congress, Washington began his second term, Eli Whitney was granted a patent for the cotton gin, the federal government authorized the construction of the original six frigates of the U. S. Navy, and the Whiskey Rebellion began. Evans 27911 and 29724. $600 - 800 265 [UNITED STATES SENATE]. Journal of the Senate of the United States of America Being the Second Congress Begun and Held...November 5th, 1792.... Philadelphia: John Fenno, 1792.

Folio (340 x 204 mm). (Some chipping or small losses to margin, some browning or soiling.) ORIGINAL MARBLE WRAPPERS (spine perished, some chipping); morocco-backed folding case. Provenance: Mary Burnham Kinsman (signature, 1926).

FIRST EDITION, including information about the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793, and the Judiciary Act of 1793, and about proposed legislation regarding compensation of the president and vice president. Evans 26333. $150 - 250

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268 [US ARMY - BUFFALO SOLDIERS]. A collection of approximately 400 printed Army orders relating to the 10th Cavalry. Most issued by the Headquarters of the Army, Washington, D. C., late 1870s to early 1900s.

All 12mo, printed on single sheets. Provenance: Major J. M. Kelley (signature on a few orders, carbon copy typescript letter).

Approximately 350 were issued by the Headquarters of the Army in Washington D.C., but others were issued by: the Department of Dakota; the Department of Arizona; Headquarters 10th Cavalry F. Assiniboine, Montana and Ft. Custer, Montana; and the Department of the Missouri.

The 10th Cavalry Regiment was one of the original Buffalo Soldier regiments in the post-Civil War Regular Army. It served in combat during the Indian Wars in the Western United States, the Spanish-American War in Cuba, and the Philippine-American War. They were stationed at various forts across Kansas and present-day Oklahoma, where they attempted to prevent Indian raids into Texas, scouted 34,420 miles of uncharted terrain, opened 300 miles of new roads, and laid over 200 miles of new telegraph lines. They participated in campaigns against the Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Comanche. They prevented the Cheyenne from fleeing, allowing Custer and the 7th Cavalry to defeat them at Fort Cobb. $1,200 - 1,800

269 [UNITED STATES - TREATIES]. Wänskaps och Handels Tractat Emellan Hans Maj:t Romungen af Swerige Och The Forente Staterne i Norra America.... Traité d’Amitié et de Commerce entre sa Majesté le Roi de Suede et Les États Unis de l’Amérique Septentrionale.... Stockholm: Royal Press, 1785.

4to (400 x 340 mm sheets). Text printed in two columns in Swedish and French, with the notice of American ratification on the final three pages printed in English Swedish and English. Folded as issued, uncut and unsewn. Provenance: Ford Mitchell (his sale, PBA, 15 December 2005, Sale 323, Lot 94).

FIRST EDITION, THE FIRST REGULAR TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP AND COMMERCE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND A NEUTRAL POWER. The third treaty made by the United States with a power other than France, negotiated by Benjamin Franklin. Though the treaty was concluded on April 3, 1783, it was not printed until this Stockholm publication, likely in a small edition for official use, not widely circulated. The United States and Sweden, a major maritime power of the period, granted each other most-favored nation trade status, agreeing on rules for trade in times of war and peace, and establishing a framework for consular representation. Sabin 100931. $400 - 600

269A VANDERMAELEN, Philippe Marie Guillaume (1795-1869). 5 large-scale colonial maps of Texas. [Brussels]: H. Ode, April & June, 1825.

Comprising: Amér. Sep. Parties des États-Unis et du Nouveau Mexique. No. 48. Showing parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. Amér. Sep. Partie du Mexique. No. 54. Borderlands including parts of New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Sonora, and Chihuahua. Amér. Sep. Partie des États-Unis. No. 55. Including southwest Oklahoma, and naming the panhandle “Grand Désert.” Amér. Sep. Partie du Mexique. No. 59. Including part of the Rio Grand and Big Bend, as well as Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Zacatecas, Durango, and Sinaloa. Amér. Sep. Partie du Mexique. No. 60. Showing the Texas coast. THE ONLY PRINTED MAP FROM THE COLONIAL PERIOD DEVOTED SPECIFICALLY TO THE TEXAS COAST.

Together, 5 lithographed maps with hand-coloring in outline, on wove paper, each 534 x 715 mm. (A few tiny marginal holes or short tears, reinforced verso along centerfold, some occasional very minor browning or staining, No. 48 with some overall pale spotting.) Provenance: Acquired Dorothy Sloan (11 December 2009, Sale 22, lot 369).

The maps appeared in Vandermaelen’s Atlas Universel de Géographie, and comprise the first large-scale map of Texas printed at the time. According to Streeter: “The five only partly related sheets comprising the Texas region, though on a large scale, are difficult to assemble for a study of Texas as a whole, even when available as separates and not bound in an atlas. The entire Texas coast line, fortunately, happens to be shown on a single sheet (No. 60). It is apparent that for this, Maelen had not consulted either the Carta esférica que comprehende las costas del Seno Mexicano, Madrid, 1799 (entry No. 1029), or its main features as outlined in Humboldt’s Carte Générale…Nouvelle Espagne, Paris, 1809 (entry No. 1042), for he shows it as a jumble of islands dotting the coast from Galveston Bay (here called Baie Trinidad) to the mouth of the Rio Grande. The Canadian River running across the Texas Panhandle is correctly shown as flowing into the Arkansas, and a ‘Little Brazos’ running into the Brazos is shown and named. The San Antonio is still incorrectly represented as flowing into the Gulf of Mexico, instead of joining the Guadalupe many miles above. The few place names are poorly done, some apparently imaginary.” Streeter 1095 (listing all five maps). $1,500 - 2,500

270 [BIBLIOGRAPHY] -- [STREETER, Thomas]. Parke-Bernet Galleries. Celebrated collection of Americana formed by the late Thomas Winthrop Streeter. New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., 1966-1969.

7 volumes, 8vo. Original blue cloth. $200 - 300

269A

271 [BIBLIOGRAPHY -- TEXAS]. WINKLER, Ernest W., editor. Check List of Texas Imprints, 1846-1860. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1949. -- WINKLER, Ernest W. and Llerna B. FRIEND, editors. Check List of Texas Imprints, 1861-1876. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1964.

2 works in two volumes, 8vo. Original red cloth; original pictorial dust jacket. $50 - 100