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The President Vindicated. Speech of Hon. Matt. H. Carpenter Delivered in the United States Senate, June 3, 1872.
Matthew H Carpenter
/ Washington: Chronicle Publishing Co. 1872
8 pp. bi-folded, paperback, small hole to front cover, text unaffected else very good. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: rbh history
Item #: 895534
$7.64
Political Contributions : Speech of Hon. Benjamin Butterworth, of Ohio, in the House of Representatives, March 10, 1880
Benjamin Butterworth
/ Washington: [G.P.O.?] 1880
23 pp., paperback, very good. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: rbh history
Item #: 895533
$30.39
The Issue of 1880. Speech of Roscoe Conkling, at the Academy of Music, New York, September 17, 1880. First Edition
Roscoe Conkling
/ NY?: 1880
1880 printing; 32 pp., No. 54 of an unspecified series; self wrappers with light soiling; Republican campaign speech, mostly devoted to attacks on Democrats with only a brief mention of Garfield and Arthur; good. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: 1276890214
Subject/Keywords: RBH Americana Government
Item #: 894297
$4.24
Speech of Hon. Julius C. Burrows, of Michigan, in the House of Representatives, Friday, April 18, 1879
Burrows, Julius C
/ [Govt. Print. Off.] 1879
14 pp., original self wrappers, very good. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: Americana Government History RBH
Item #: 894269
$40.71
HANDBOOK OF ALABAMA: A COMPLETE INDEX TO THE STATE; WITH A GEOLOGICAL MAP AND AN APPENDIX OF USEFUL TABLES
Berney, Saffold
/ Mobile Register Print 1878
first edition; xxxvii, 338 pp., lacks the geologic map but the large folding chart is present; contemporary boards & law leather backstrip, spine worn and now lacking the lower fourth of the leather covering, previous owner's name to the front free endpaper, else internally clean and tight. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: Alabama Reconstruction geology rbh
Item #: 893444
$88.21
In the Matter of the Award of the Mixed Commission, Under the Treaty Between the United States and Mexico of 4th July, 1868, in the Case of La Abra Silver Mining Company. Concluding Argument
Samuel Shellabarger
/ Washington: Thomas McGill & Co. 1879
25 pp., Paperback, minor chipping or wear to covers, else good. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: united states-mexico relations business history mining RBH
Item #: 888258
$30.16
Kansas-Lecompton Convention: Speech of Senator Douglas, of Illinois, on the President's Message.
Stephen H. Douglas
/ Washington: Buell & Blanchard, Printers 1858
15 pp., self-wrappers, minor ownership handstamp to first page, else good. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: Kansas RBH slavery Illinois
Item #: 886692
$15.00
Proceedings of a Convention in Favor of International Arbitration, Held in St. George's Hall, Philadelphia. November 27, 1883.
N/A.
/ Philadelphia: A. T. Zeising & Co., Printers 1884
75 pp., softcover slightly chipped at margins and spine, else very good. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: rbh international relations diplomatic history
Item #: 886669
$43.64
A Discourse Delivered Before the First Congregational Society in Somerville, 14th November, 1875, in Recognition of The Mural Tablet Inscribed to Memories of Sacred and Grateful Interests
Richard Manning Hodges
/ Cambridge: Press of John Wilson and Son 1876
31 pp., original paper wrappers, minor marginal chipping, else good. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: religion genealogy rbh
Item #: 886663
$25.27
Letters and Testimonials Recommending Hon. L. C. Northrop, of South Carolina, for Federal Appointment
L. C. Northrop
/ Spartanburg: 1877
18 pp., softcover, front cover detached, minor pen notations, else good. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: RBH South Carolina
Item #: 886641
$25.00
Independent Republicanism. For Civil Service Reform. Against the Machines. For Honesty. Against Corruption. For the President's Policy. Against Conkling Dictatorship. For Republican Success in 1880
The Independent Republican Executive Committee
/ NY: Independent Republican Executive Committee 1880
[16] pp., original stapled self wrappers, pam bound, ex library, good. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: americana political history government RBH
Item #: 886433
$17.39
The Insurrection in the Philippines. Remarks of Hon. Edward O. Wolcott, of Colonrado, in the Senate of the United States, Monday, January 15, 1900.
Wolcott, Edward O.
/ Washington: 1900
first edition: 11 pp, margin chipping with no loss and now disbound in self wrappers; the fighting in the Philippines used as an excuse for an attack on Senator Richard Franklin Pettigrew of South Dakota. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: Philippines, Philippine Insurection, RBH
Item #: 875761
$8.37
Speech of Hon. John Sherman, of Ohio, On the Financial and Other Issues of the Times. Delivered at Portland, Maine, July 23, 1879.
Sherman, John.
/ NP: (no printer or publisher stated) 1879
first or early edition; 16 pp. in self wrappers (also issued in paper wrappers but in a different typeface), light general age toning and two soft horizontal fold marks still overall very good; a good deal on the currency question but also attacks on Southern Democrats who are elected only by fraud, are evil, are led by violent men, and meet in secret to sap and undermine the Federal government. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: currency question, RBH american financial history taxation
Item #: 870315
$13.44
Addresses delivered before the Lawyers Club, New York, on the subject of Our International Relations with reference to Economic Conditions After the War. Saturday, February 17th, 1917.
Wilson, George Grafton, & French C. Chadwick.
/ NY: The Lawyers Club, 1917
first edition; library markings, extraction roughness at spine and now disbound in self wrappers, complete text but reading copy; "a civilization is dying, and very nature, pregnant of a new world-soul, is struggling in the throes of cosmic childbirth" may be over dramatizing the situation but things are changing and widespread acceptance of the "religion of the Golden Rule" could ease problems. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: World War I, post war problems, economic history, RBH
Item #: 870314
$32.15
Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Western Reserve and Northern Ohio Historical Society, at Cleveland, Ohio, May 10, 1881. Tract No. 54.
Western Reserve and Northern Ohio Historical Society,
/ Cleveland: Leader Printing Company, 1881
first edition; [16] pp., self wrappers tattered, minor library markings, good only; procedural matters but also obituaries of prominent members and benefactors including President Garfield and the somewhat eccentric Leonard Case, Jr. who left an estate of $30,000,000 and no will, "his talents, learning and liberality will be remembered long after his peculiarities have been forgotten",. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: historical societies, Ohio, RBH
Item #: 870312
$46.48
Ohio Crop Report. (July, 1884; August-September, 1884)
Ohio State Board of Agriculture.
/ Columbus: Ohio State Board of Agriculture 1884
two issues; July, 1884. 32 pp. August-September, 1884. 68 pp, both in yellow original paper wrappers (July has a promotion for the Ohio State Fair on back cover), light soiling to covers but both overall very good. Volumes
Included: 2
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: Ohio, agriculture, farming, RBH
Item #: 870311
$51.98
The National Currency and the Necessity of a Substitute therefor, if we would Resume Specie Payments.
Wilson, George F.
/ Providence: Press of the Rumford Chemical Works, 1877
first edition, inscribed by Wilson to Senator George F, Hoar of Massachusetts; 31 pp, light general age toning and a soft vertical fold mark but a very good copy in self wrappers; Wilson was the chief financial officer for the Rumford Chemical Works (famous for its baking powder) and feels state banks are the answer. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: United States, economic history, currency question, RBH
Item #: 870238
$30.00
Raphael;: Or, Pages of the book of life at twenty
Alphonse de Lamartine
/ Harper & Brothers 1849
1849 printing; 143 pp., softcover, spine & cover worn light staining to pages, ex library,. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: Philosophy RBH
Item #: 869366
$9.34
A Gold Dollar, a Silver Dollar, a Paper Dollar Worth One Hundred Cents, and Interchangeable at all Places and at All Times. Speech of Hon. Amos Townsend, of Ohio, in the House of Representatives, May 22, 1879.
Townsend, Amos.
/ Washington: 1879
first edition; 3 pp, age toned and lightly frayed at margins, good in self wrappers; Townsend really has little to add to the debate other than he supports bimetallism and reports that "the financial condition of the country has never been so sound and stable as to-day and so universally satisfactory",. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: bimetallism, gold and silver coinage, RBH
Item #: 868998
$16.95
The Safety of the Republic Lies in the Purity of the Ballot. Speech of Hon. William P. Frye, of Maine. In the House of Representatives, April 23, 1879
Frye, William P.
/ Washngton: 1879
first edition; 16 pp, light general age toning and two soft horizontal fold marks but overall very good in self wrappers; concerns the repeal of the Force Acts, a rider on a current appropriations bill, Frye tries to redirect attention from their application in the South to New York City elections where there is a "great army of vagrants, criminals, depraved and desperate men" not to mention all the ignorant immigrants, what will stop them from being "dupes of designing and wicked politicians". Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: New York City, elections, election fraud, Force Acts, RBH
Item #: 868993
$26.18