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No binding. Condition: Fine. Partially Printed Document Signed as President, counter-signed by Daniel Webster as Secretary of State. [signed in Washington, D.C. between March 4 and April 4, 1841]. Four-language Sea Letter for Hydaspe, accomplished (filled out) in New Bedford, Massachusetts, dated April 20, 1841 and signed by Deputy Collector of Customs William H. Taylor. Includes two blind embossed paper seals. 1 p., 21 1/2 x 16 1/4 in. Partially-printed sea letter in French, Spanish, English, and Dutch authorizing the Hydaspe, under the command of Francis Post, to leave New Bedford, Massachusetts, for a whaling voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Signed by William Henry Harrison during his one-month long presidency. Only approximately a dozen William Henry Harrison presidential signed documents are known in private hands. An incredible rarity.On March 4, 1841, a cold, wet day, Harrison, without hat or overcoat, rode on horseback to his inauguration, and delivered the longest inaugural speech of any American president. He became ill three weeks later and died of pneumonia on April 4, having been president for 31 days. He was the last United States president born as a British subject and the first to die in office. Our census counts fewer than 40 known Harrison presidential signed items of all types, ranging from letters and free franks to fragments of documents and clipped signatures. Of those, ours is one of only 22 intact presidential signed documents. Sea letters were signed in blank, and sent to the ports to be filled out. This one was used in New Bedford on April 20, sixteen days after Harrison's death. The Hydaspe left New Bedford four days later with a crew of more than twenty. It returned just shy of four years later, on April 14, 1845, with 1,016 barrels of sperm oil, 821 barrels of whale oil, and 8,000 pounds of baleen (whalebone). The ship circumnavigated the earth, sailing throughout the Pacific and along the southern coasts of Australia and Africa, taking on six additional crew members in Tahiti in 1843 and eleven more in Maui, Hawaii (then called the Sandwich Islands), in 1844. A whaleboat crew deserted near Australia; at least three of the deserters were captured. Historical BackgroundThesea letter, including a statement of cargo and destination, signed by the President, gained currency after 1789. Through decades of maritime use, such letters became accepted as proof of nationality and provided some protection for the vessel and its owner and crew. Even with the sea letter's plea for safe passage, maritime trade was a hazardous endeavor due to piracy, privateering, impressment, and other dangers.It was customary for a sitting president and his secretary of state to pre-sign routine papers and uncompleted documents, sending them to where they were needed to be filled out and issued. In this case, the deputy customs collector and the notary public at New Bedford completed the document and affixed the date just sixteen days after the president's death.Excerpt"leave and permission are hereby given to Francis Post master or commander of the Ship called Hydaspe of the burden 312 & 62/95 tons, or thereabouts, lying at present in the port of New Bedford bound for Pacific Ocean and laden with Provisions, Stores and Utensils for a whaling voyage to depart and proceed with the said Ship on his said voyage, such ship having been visited, and the said Francis Post having made oath before the proper officer that the said Ship belongs to one or more of the citizens of the United States of America, and to him or them only."In witness whereof, I have subscribed my name to these presents and affixed the seal of the United States of America thereto, and caused the same to be countersigned by W. H. Taylor DepColl at New Bedford the 20 day of April in the year of our Lord 1841"By the President [signed] W. H. Harrison "Danl Webster Secretary of State."William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) was born in Virginia into a prominent planter. (See website for full description). Part. Printed Document Signed.

Rare late 19th century folio album containing an extensive collection of Presidential autographs, letters, carte-de-visites, and portraits in addition to those of each Cabinet. Folio, bound in three quarter morocco with five raised bands and gilt titles to the spine. The album contains: a clipped signature of President George Washington with a four-page letter of provenance dated July 13 1948, several portraits of him including two rare carte-de-visites as well as a carte-de-visite of Martha Washington; and autograph letter signed by John Adams as President to Benjamin Lincoln, Quincy, July 23, 1799; a clipped document signed by Thomas Jefferson as President and James Madison as Secretary of State with numerous portraits of each; a trimmed ship's passport signed by James Monroe; clipped signatures of Andrew Jackson and Martin van Buren; autograph letter signed by William Henry Harrison, North Bend, March 4, 1840; clipped signature of James Tyler; clipped document signed by James H. Polk as President and countersigned by James Buchanan as Secretary of State with the Presidential Seal intact; a card signed by Zachary Taylor and members of his cabinet; slipped signature of Millard Fillmore; autograph letter signed by James Buchanan; clipped signature of Franklin Pierce; clipped signatures of Abraham Lincoln, William Seward, and Andrew Johnson; clipped signature of Ulysses S. Gran with numerous portraits of him including a rare carte-de-visite; clipped signature and autograph not signed by Rutherford B. Hayes, March 21, 1892; autograph note signed by James Garfield, Menton, Ohio June 22, 1880; signature card of Chester A. Arthur dated November 15, 1881; an autograph letter signed by Grover Cleveland on White House stationery, dated September 1, 1887; a card signed by Benjamin Harrison; a signature card signed by Grover Cleveland; and a letter signed by William McKinley, 27 February 1892. The Presidential autographs and portraits are followed by extensive section of cabinet officials including: a clipped signature of Alexander Hamilton as Secretary of the Treasury; an autograph letter signed by Albert Gallatin; clipped signatures of Aaron Burr, John Armstrong, John Calhoun, and Henry Clay; autograph note signed by Daniel Webster; card signed by James Polk, James Buchanan and other members of his cabinet; autograph letter signed by Edward Everett; autograph note signed by Jefferson Davis and other members of the Confederacy including Howell Cobb and James Thompson; autograph note signed by William H. Seward, dated 1855; and a note signed by Gideon Welles on Navy Department stationery in addition to dozens of other notable American public figures including cabinet officials and Vice-Presidents. In very good condition. An exceptional rarity.

Elaborately bound collection of Presidential autographs, containing the autograph of each of the first 34 Presidents of the United States from George Washington to Dwight D. Eisenhower. Quarto, bound in full red morocco by Riviere & Son with gilt titles and ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt presidential seal to the front panel with white and blue morocco onlays, gilt arms and motto of George Washington to the rear panel with white and blue morocco onlays and his gilt signature in facsimile, centerpieces within quintuple gilt ruling with star emblems at each corner, blue morocco doublures with multiple gilt presidential signatures, blue silk endpapers. This complete series of autographs of the first 34 Presidents of the United States contains the signature of each mounted on an album leaf opposite a loosely tissue-guarded engraved portrait of each. The collection includes: the signature of George Washington on an envelope addressed to Major General Knox as Secretary ofÂtheÂSocietyÂofÂthe Cincinnati, November 3, 1783; a clipped signature of John Adams; clipped signature of Thomas Jefferson; the signature of James Madison on an envelope addressed to Reverend Frederick Freeman of Manayunk, Pennsylvania; and inscription signed by James Monroe; the signature of John Quincy Adams on an envelope addressed to William Plumer jun. Esq. in Epping, New Hampshire; a partially printed land grant signed by Andrew Jackson dated 1831 registeringÂtheÂpurchaseÂof 20 acres in Detroit by Peter Aldrich; clipped signature of Martin Van Buren; clipped signature of William Henry Harrison; signed inscription from John Tyler; signed inscription from James Polk; clipped signature of Zachary Taylor dated Baton Rouge, March 5, 1841; clipped signature of Millard Fillmore; clipped signature of Franklin Pierce; clipped signature of James Buchanan on a document dated July 18, 1858; clipped signature of Abraham Lincoln; endorsement signed by Andrew Johnson as President; clipped signature of Ulysses S. Grant; card signed by Rutherford B. Hayes; inscription signed by James Garfield; large card signed by Chester A. Arthur and dated May 22, 1884; autograph noted signed by Grover Cleveland declining an invitation, dated November 16, 1890; an Executive Mansion card signed by William McKinely; clipped signature of Theodore Roosevelt; clipped signature of William Howard Taft; clipped signature of Woodrow Wilson; typed letter signed by Warren G. Harding as President, dated June 4, 1923 on White House letterhead; card signed by Calvin Coolidge; White House card signed by Herbert Hoover; typed letter signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt as Assistant SecretaryÂofÂthe Navy, February 15, 1917. Laid in is a typed letter signed by Harry S. Truman as President, June 30, 1950, on White House stationery and a typed letter signed by Dwight Eisenhower. TLS as President, November 13, 1956, on White House stationery. In fine condition.ÂHoused in a custom folding chemise and half morocco slipcase. An exceptional collection and presentation. Note_.

No Binding. Condition: As New. The Jacksonian era was one of adversity for Harrison, the military hero who had been a supporter of Henry Clay and former President John Quincy Adams, and opposed President Andrew Jackson. Having aspirations for the presidency, he promoted his candidacy by touring the country during 1835-6. This was the first time a person had campaigned for president himself, rather than through his friends. Anniversary celebrations of the battles of Tippecanoe and the Thames glorified his military career, friendly editors publicized his political availability, and local Whig conventions in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Kentucky, and Indiana pledged their support.The Whig Party was formed in 1833 in opposition to the policies of President Jackson and the Democratic Party, and was composed of supporters of Clay, Adams, Webster, and others who favored favored a strong national government and a program of modernization and economic protectionism. It absorbed the old National Republican Party and even brought in some anti-Jackson southerners like John Tyler. In 1836, the Whigs had not yet coalesced as a party and could not agree on a standard bearer. So Whig state conventions nominated a number of persons for president. These included Daniel Webster, Sen. Hugh L. White, and Harrison. President Jackson's hand-picked successor, Martin van Buren, won the election, with the disorganized Whig candidates splitting the anti-Democratic vote. Of these, Harrison performed the best, picking up 73 electoral votes.The Whigs were determined not to repeat their mistake of 1836, and for the 1840 election planned a national convention in December 1839 to select a single nominee, As 1839 dawned, Harrison was again in campaign mode, lining up support and maneuvering to be that nominee. This time his main opponent would be Henry Clay, the foremost Whig in the nation. One of Harrison?s allies was prominent Pennsylvania Whig Charles Macalester, a partner in the banking firm of Gaw, Macalester and Company, director of the Second Bank of the United States, and an active philanthropist who donated the land in Minneapolis on which Macalester College is situated.At the national Whig convention in Harrisburg on December 4, the delegates rejected their acknowledged leaders, Webster and Henry Clay, and nominated Harrison. In Harrison the Whigs believed they had found a new Jackson attractive as a war hero and a frontiersman. No platform was adopted, and advisers told Harrison to keep his lips "hermetically sealed" on the issues of slavery, the tariff, and the U. S. Bank. To gain support in the South, the Whigs nominated John Tyler, a former senator from Virginia, for the vice presidency. Northern and Southern Whigs were urged to rally behind "Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too." This was the famous Log Cabin Campaign, the first modern presidential campaign, and it brought victory to the Whigs.Strong campaigning by the Whigs led to an overwhelming victory for Harrison. With the highest voter turnout to date, Harrison won 234 electoral votes to Van Buren?s 60. He was the oldest man, at age 67, ever elected president up to that time. Harrison allowed Secretary of State-designate Daniel Webster to edit his inauguration speech, but he nevertheless spoke for an hour and 45 minutes, setting a record that still stands. As the public was not excluded from the White House, there was no relief from the swarms of office seekers even after March 4, and relations with Clay broke down to such an extent President Harrison banned him from the White House. Clay left town, never to see the President again. Harrison delivered his inaugural address, which lasted nearly two hours, in a cold drizzle, wearing no gloves or overcoat. He contracted a cold that later developed into pneumonia, and, after one month?s service, on April 4, 1841, he became the first president to die in office. Thus were the Whig hopes dashed.Being ill for weeks after the inauguration, and then dying. Signed by Author(s).

First edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author, the future ninth president of the United States, on the title-page: "John C. Wright Esq. of Steubenville Ohio from his friend W. H. Harrison". This is the only presentation copy of this extremely uncommon publication ever to have appeared at auction, at the Streeter sale in 1967. Harrison was appointed minister to Colombia by President John Quincy Adams in May 1828, arriving early in 1829, at a time when the "government of Colombia was in a perilous condition" (DAB). The country was in a more or less permanent state of insurrection, and the neighbouring state of Peru had just declared war. Against this background of crisis Harrison "became convinced that Bolivar was planning to make himself emperor. a plan which was repugnant to Harrison's republican principles". Recently inaugurated president Andrew Jackson decided to recall Harrison, making way for one of his "pronounced partisans" Thomas Patrick Moore, of whom the recently defeated president John Quincy Adams remarked that his "only public service [was] the servility of his prostitution to the cause of Jackson's election". But before the changeover was effected, Harrison sent Bolivar "a letter of extraordinary temerity, urging him to adhere to the tenets of republicanism. the Colombian government threatened to arrest him and did force him. to set out on his return journey". His Remarks offered a justification of his actions on the grounds of political principle, and a defence against possible misrepresentation by the new administration. The recipient, the lawyer and journalist John C. Wright, was a member with Harrison of Ohio's congressional delegation, serving in the House of Representatives during the latter's term in the Senate and actively supporting Harrison's diplomatic appointment. He later served as a delegate to, and honorary president of, the Washington Peace Conference of 1861, held in an effort to prevent the impending war, and died while serving in that capacity. American Imprints 1763; Sabin 30572; Streeter 3:1740 (this copy). Octavo (233 x 141 mm). Late 19th-century blue half roan, marbled boards and endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut preserving deckled edge. Housed in a dark blue quarter morocco solander box by the Chelsea Bindery. Quite rubbed at the extremities, title-page a little soiled and spotted, short split to the fore-edge professionally repaired, scattered foxing, top line of presentation inscription just shaved, stab-holes visible, but overall very good.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. The Battle of Lake Erie was fought on September 10, 1813, on Lake Erie off the coast of Ohio during the War of 1812. Nine vessels of the United States Navy defeated and captured six vessels of the British Royal Navy. This ensured American control of the lake for the rest of the war, which in turn allowed the Americans to recover Detroit and win the Battle of the Thames to break the Indian confederation of Tecumseh. It was one of the biggest naval battles of the War of 1812.On October 5, 1813, General William Henry Harrison, who also was the governor of the Indiana Territory and a future president of the United States, led an army of 3,500 American troops against a combined force of eight hundred British soldiers and five hundred American Indian warriors at Moraviantown, along the Thames River in Ontario, Canada. The British troops were under the command of Colonel Henry Procter. Tecumseh, a Shawnee chief, commanded many of the American Indian warriors. The British army was retreating from Fort Malden, Ontario after Oliver Hazard Perry's victory in the Battle of Lake Erie in September 1813. Tecumseh convinced Colonel Procter to make a stand at Moraviantown.The American army won a total victory. As soon as the American troops advanced, the British soldiers fled or surrendered. The American Indians fought fiercely, but lost heart and scattered after Tecumseh died on the battlefield.William Henry Harrison Signed Copy of Plutarch's Lives, carried with him during the War of 1812, presented to his son, John Cleves Symmes Harrison, for his birthday. Specifically, the book is Volume II of Plutarch's Lives, Translated from the Original Greek with Notes Critical and Historical.; by John & William Langhorne. Worcester, Massachusetts: Isaiah Thomas, Jun. August - 1804. Octavo (4.25" x 7"), 390 pages.Harrison has written a long dedication on the first front endpaper: ?Willm. H. Harrison sends this set of Plutarch's to his beloved son J.C. Symmes Harrison in the hope that he will diligently study the lives of great men contained in it & that if he is unable to rival their splendid achievements in their country's service, he will at least imitate their private victories. Head Qtr. Seneca Town. 9th Sept. 1813." A later descendant has copied a part of this dedication on the facing pastedown.John Cleves Symmes Harrison would be celebrating his 15th birthday on September 29 of that year, and General Harrison likely sent these volumes to his son to mark the occasion.There is a second signature, an ownership signature, "Willm Henry Harrison" on the title page, indicating that he is passing on his own book to his eldest son. Written on the blank page facing the first page text is written: "Presented to J.C.S. Harrison by his beloved Father / September 19, 1813".

Rare and remarkable autograph book compiled by West Virginia senator and industrialist Henry Gassaway Davis (1823-1916) containing 289 historic autographs, including seven presidents, seven vice presidents, and scores of members of the Senate, House of Representatives, and presidential cabinets, as well as a few other 19th-century notables. Octavo, bound in full crushed levant morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt-scrolled inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, all edges gilt, title page printed in gilt. With Davis' ownership signature and subsequently that of his daughter to the title page, "H. G . Davis, 1872" and "Grace T. Davis, 1887" (Miss Davis was 18 in 1887). The book has approximately 300 unnumbered pages but only the first 144 (which were numbered in pencil by hand at some point) include theÂautographs, generally three on each side of a page, most often including the person's home state, or, in the case of cabinet members, their office title. The highlights of the album are the signatures of seven presidents, representing a half-century of American politics: U. S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison (twice), William McKinley, and Theodore Roosevelt. Also included are seven vice presidents - Hannibal Hamlin, Schuyler Colfax, Henry Wilson, William A. Wheeler, Levi P. Morton, Garrett A. Hobart, and Charles W. Fairbanks - and one first lady, Frances F. Cleveland. With the later presidents'Âautographs are several examples of partial cabinets, including: Harrison (Secretary of the Treasury Charles Foster, Secretary of War Stephen B. Elkins, Attorney General William H. H. Miller, Postmaster General John Wanamaker, Secretary of the Navy Benjamin F. Tracy, Secretary of the Interior John W. Noble, and Secretary of Agriculture Jeremiah M. Rusk), Cleveland (Secretary of State Walter Q. Gresham, Secretary of the Treasury John G. Carlisle, Secretary of the Navy Daniel S. Lamont, Attorney General Richard Olney, Postmaster General Wilson S. Bissell, Secretary of the Navy Hilary A. Herbert , Secretary of the Interior Hoke Smith, and Secretary of Agriculture J. Sterling Morton), McKinley (Secretary of State John Sherman, Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage, Secretary of War Russel A. Alger, Attorney General Joseph McKenna, Postmaster General James A. Gary, Secretary of the Navy John D. Long, Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson, and Secretary of the Interior Cornelius N. Bliss), and Roosevelt (Secretary of State John Hay, Attorney General Philander C. Knox, Postmasters General Charles Emory Smith and Henry C. Payne, and Secretary of the Interior Ethan A. Hitchcock). Others significant names include influential members of the House and Senate, many of whom were celebrated veterans of the Civil War. These include: Hamilton Fish, William M. Evarts, Charles Sumner, David Davis, Simon Cameron, James G. Blaine, George S. Boutwell, Augustus H. Garland, Roscoe Conkling, Ambrose Burnside, John A. Logan, John B. Gordon, Carl Schurz, Wade Hampton, John T. Morgan, Henry W. Slocum, and William Mahone. Interestingly, one page features the autographs of James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, and famed agnostic lecturer Robert G. Ingersoll. In fine condition. A remarkable collection spanning half a century of American politics.

Wove Paper. Condition: Near fine. Log Cabin Anecdotes, a campaign broadside promoting Whig Party presidential candidate William Henry Harrison, during the election of 1840. (illustrator). Campaign Broadside. Large campaign broadside on wove paper, measures 18" x 24", dry mounted on rigid card stock. Light toning along top edge, previously folded corner at top left, point of soiling along bottom edge, a near fine example. Printed in black and red, wood engraved illustrations, depicting twelve incidents from the life of Harrison. J.F. Trow, Printer. Includes a printed letter from Harrison's New York Committee of supporters, addressed to the Honorable Chas. Strong of Jefferson County, New York [1835]. A scarce broadside, there are five other known copies, including an example at the Library of Congress and four other distinguished institutions. Provenance: From the Camp Family Archive of Sackets Harbor, NY, with items relating to the first-generation settlers of Jefferson County, NY, from 1809-1866. The collection was amassed by Colonel Elisha Camp and his wife, Sophia Hale Camp, then held by the family for nine generations. Sold by Blanchard's Auction Service in 2021. The twelve incidents depicted in this broadside include: Harrison's Humanity in War; Harrison's Address to [Simon] Bolivar; Harrison's Treatment of an Old Fellow Soldier; Harrison Prefering [sic] Another Man's Son to His Own; Harrison's Care for His Soldiers; Delivering the Eagle; Harrison Charging in Battle, at the Thames; Harrison's Self-Denial; Harrison Giving Away His Only Blanket; Harrison Giving His Horse to a Methodist Minister; Harrison Saving the Life of a Negro; and The Council of Vincennes. William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) served as the governor of the Indiana Territory from 1801-1812. While governor, he negotiated numerous treaties with the native Americans in the area, greatly reducing their territory and stoking resentment against the United States. His antagonism culminated in the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811 against the Shawnee Indians. This battle and the War of 1812 made Harrison a household name and propelled him to the White House in 1841.

Full-Leather. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. A good copy of the 2nd edition of Holinshed's Chronicles bound in 3 volumes. This edition is particularly known for its association with William Shakespeare who used it for historical background for example in Macbeth. It lacks the extensive woodcuts found in the 1st, but has ornate initial capitals and head and tailpieces. This set was rebound in full morocco leather in the 1800's. The bindings have flat spines with gilt titles and volume numbers and gilt lining. The boards have gilt lining around the edges and gilt dentelles on the inner edges. Endpapers are marbled and all volumes have silk bookmarks. The leather is worn on the edges, spine joints, spine ends and corners but the bindings are currently sound. Vol I has a small closed tear at the top spine end. Vol II has a scuff across the front board. All page edges are gilted. The 2nd edition brings the history up to the date of publication and, as such, attracted the displeasure of Queen Elizabeth I who had clear views on how her reign and actions should be recorded. The Archbishop of Canterbury was required by the Privy Council in February 1587 to recall the work and reform it. The process of printing large works was very different to that of our digital world and the censorshjp and revision process must have caused chaos at the printers. Sections of the work on Scotland in Vol I and parts of the Chronicles of England are affected and all copies reflect the censorship mess to some extent with odd pagination, cancels, substitution and gaps in some copies. This set is largely complete (lacks title to Chronicles of England and the colophon). Very different thicknesses and colour of the paper suggest where sections have been substituted and there are several instances of mispagination. Contents - Vol I: title and prelims [viii]; text 250 pp; Historie of England in 8 books; [iv]; 202 pp; title The Second Volume of Chronicles [containing Ireland and Scotland] [viii]; Ireland pp 9-61, blank verso; title Irish Historie, [xii]; 183 pp with blank verso; title - Description of Scotland [2]; text pp 3-23 blank verso; title Historie of Scotland [blank verso]; preface 2pp; text 29-404; Annals of Scotland pp 405-464 ; table alphabeticall First to Fourth 53 pp; Colophon January 1597 1p. Vol II: lacks title - text covers William I to Henry VII- [vi]; text 1-798. Vol III: text (from Henry VIII) pp 799 - 1267; Continuation - preface 1268-9, text 1270-1592; third table 58pp; lacks colophon. The contents generally bright, clean and sound. There are some minor areas of staining or marking, some paper repairs, and some mispagination. Please enquire if you would like to see the details on each volume and/or further images.

1p. Signed in print by Daniel Webster, Thomas Ewing, John Bell, J. J. Crittenden and Francis Granger. 4to. On a cold and wet March 4, 1841, newly-elected President William Henry Harrison famously delivered his inauguration address without coat or hat. Harrison took well over two hours to deliver his anti-Jackson, pro-Whig agenda, the longest speech ever for the occasion. In the days following the address and inaugural balls, Harrison caught a cold, which developed into pneumonia and pleurisy. He died on April 4, 1841 the date of this handbill becoming not only the shortest-serving President, but also the first to die in office. This first official announcement of the death of President William Henry Harrison was issued by members of his cabinet and was widely reprinted in the nation's newspapers. The original handbill, however, is unrecorded save for a single example (perhaps the same?) that appeared in an Edward Eberstadt catalogue in 1955. Eberstadt 136-283 Old folds, minor losses at margins, minor staining 1p. Signed in print by Daniel Webster, Thomas Ewing, John Bell, J. J. Crittenden and Francis Granger. 4to.

This was the first formal educational lottery conducted in the American NorthwestWilliam Henry Harrison was a Virginian and the son of Declaration of Independence signer Benjamin Harrison. He was appointed Secretary of the Northwest Territory on June 26, 1798, and in 1799 was elected a territorial delegate to Congress, where he served until May 1800, when he was appointed the first Governor of the Indiana Territory, an area that then included all of the original Northwest Territory except Ohio. The 27-year-old Harrison served as Governor for twelve years. His dual responsibilities to secure justice for the Indians and to acquire Indian land were often contradictory, but his administration was generally able and honest. During his governorship his military career was enhanced when he defeated the Indians at Tippecanoe in 1811. He was given command of the Army of the Northwest in the fall of 1812, just after war was declared with Great Britain, and resigned as Governor a few months later. His forces decisively defeated the British and Indian at the Battle of the Thames in 1813, saving the Old Northwest for the United States.After Harrison came to Vincennes, the capital of the territory, he helped in 1801 to organize Jefferson Academy for instruction of the children of the settlers and the Indians of the area. This was the first educational institution in Indiana Territory, which consisted of what are now the states of Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and a portion of Minnesota; and it is thought to be the second oldest such institution west of the Alleghenies.In December of that same year, Harrison and five other trustees of Jefferson Academy petitioned the United States Congress for a donation of land to be used for the development of an "Institution for the Education of Youth."? In December 1802, a "general convention of the [Indiana] Territory," called and chaired by Harrison as governor, included in its list of "representations to the Congress of the United States" a request for federal assistance for education.? In response to this petition, in 1804 Congress adopted an act for survey and disposal of public lands and provided that in each of the three land districts established in Indiana Territory (Detroit, Vincennes, and Kaskaskia) one entire township was to be reserved for a seminary of learning, the township to be designated by the secretary of the treasury. Now Harrison and his colleagues were successful in obtaining a land grant as an endowment for the new institution of learning. The grant consisted of a six-mile-square congressional township.Shortly thereafter, on November 29, 1806, the territorial legislature incorporated "the Vincennes University" - not a college or a seminary - but a "university." The newly chartered school, which took over the activities of Jefferson Academy, was to receive the township of land already set aside by Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin. The preamble of the chartering act indicates that the legislature, struggling to establish an orderly society in the wilderness, had high hopes for the new institution. It reads:AN ACT to Incorporate a University in the Indiana Territory.WHEREAS the independence, happiness and energy of every republic depends (under the influence of the destinies of Heaven) upon the wisdom, virtue, tallents and energy, of its citizens and rulers.And whereas, science, literature, and the liberal arts, contribute in an eminent degree, to improve those qualities and acquirements.And whereas, learning hath ever been found the ablest advocate of genuine liberty, the best supporter of rational religion, and the source of the only solid and imperishable glory, which nations can acquire.And forasmuch, as literature, and philosophy, furnish the most useful and pleasing occupations, improveing and varying the enjoyments of prosperity, affording relief under the pressure of misfortune, and hope and consolation in the hour of death. And considering that in a commonwealth,

A search of public sale records indicates that the last such document came up in 1992In the 1780s Native American leaders in the Northwest Territory developed a pan-Indian alliance similar to that led by Pontiac in the 1760s. This alliance created a military force very much the equal of that available to the United States on the frontier. A series of battles and lesser skirmishes occurred on the western frontier. In these battles the pan-Indian alliance proved itself quite capable of defeating the new Republic's military, which was mainly composed of militia. In the fall of 1790, militia units led by General Josiah Harmar suffered a humiliating defeat in an attack against members of the Miami tribe in present-day Ohio. Harmar encountered not only the Miami led by the chief Little Turtle and aided by his Shawnee counterpart Blue Jacket, but also many warriors from the Potawatomi, Ottawa, Chippewa, and Delaware tribes.A year later a second military force, under the command of General Arthur St. Clair, experienced the same outcome. St. Clair and his 1,400 militia troops were attacked by a united band of Chippewa, Potawatomi, Ottawa, Miami, Delaware, Wyandot, Shawnee, Mingo, and Cherokee Indians. The surprise attack, which was made with covert British support, cost St. Clair half of his command. The defeat also led the Federal government to reconsider its use of local militias as the primary means of combating Native Americans on the frontier. If the Native Americans' military power was to be matched, Congress would need to finance a professional army to do it.The use of professional soldiers would give the American government the means to match and then exceed the Native Americans, and Congress agreed to a reorganization of the Army. Command was given to General Anthony Wayne, who had established himself as one of the premier officers in the Continental Army during the Revolution. In August 1794 at the Battle of Fallen Timbers, Wayne and his 3,000 soldiers - a force composed mostly of regulars reinforced by some mounted Kentucky militia - decisively defeated the confederated tribes. The battle lasted less than an hour and proved decisive, as unused to a well disciplined enemy, the Indians, who expected to be the ones charging, broke and ran towards British-held Fort Miami. The British at the fort refused to admit their allies, and the British garrison made all efforts not to provoke a war with the Americans. Wayne then destroyed Indian villages and crops nearby. Within three months, the United States signed a treaty with Britain that pledged their evacuation from the Northwest Territory forts by 1796. This left the Native American coalition shattered and severely damaged the inter-tribal alliances.The Native Americans had to sue for peace. General Anthony Wayne officially opened the peace negotiation at Greenville, Ohio, on June 16, 1795, and on August 3 the Treaty of Greenville was signed. Though called the Six Nations, the tribes participating were the Wyandots, Delawares, Shawanees, Ottawas, Chippewas, Pattawatimas, Miamis, Eel Rivers, Weas, Kickapoos, Piankeshaws, and Kaskaskias. The tribes ceded to the United States large parts of modern-day Ohio (effectively opening that territory to American settlers), the future site of downtown Chicago (this was the first time in which the U.S. government staked a claim in Illinois), and the Fort Detroit area. The tribes were also required to allow the people of the United States a free passage by land and by water through their country. Peace had at last been won for the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio.In exchange the tribes received goods in the value of $20,000 (such as blankets, utensils, salt, and domestic animals). It was also the practice for the United States, as an inducement, to give chiefs gifts (such as red leggings and fancy dress coats), and to pay the Indians? expenses relating to making of the treaty, including travel and subsistence.General Wayne had some bright an.

No binding. Condition: Fine. John Murphy (illustrator). Inaugural Address. Printed on silk, ca. March 1841. Baltimore: John Murphy. 1 p., 18 x 24 in. The last U.S. president born a British subject, he was the first to die in office. "Always the friend of my countrymen, never their flatterer, it becomes my duty to say to them. that there exists in the land a spirit hostile to their best interests-hostile to liberty itself. It is union that we want, not of a party for the sake of that party, but a union of the whole country for the sake of the whole country, for the defense of its interests and its honor against foreign aggression, for the defense of those principles for which our ancestors so gloriously contended." On March 4, 1841, a cold, wet day, Harrison, without hat or overcoat, rode on horseback to his inauguration, and delivered the longest inaugural speech of any American president. He became ill three weeks later and died of pneumonia on April 4, having been president for 31 days. Harrison wrote the entire speech himself, before editing by his soon-to-be Secretary of State, Daniel Webster, who said afterwards that in the process of editing the text, he had "killed seventeen Roman proconsuls," referring to Harrison's predilection for classical references. In the 8,460-word address, Harrison presents a detailed statement of the Whig agenda and a repudiation of the populist policies of Democratic presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren. Harrison promises to reestablish the Bank of the United States, to issue paper currency, to use his veto power sparingly, and to appoint qualified officers of government, in contrast to the spoils system that Jackson heralded. He favors term limits, limits on the powers of the presidency, and devotion to nation rather than party. Harrison avoids specifics on the divisive issue of slavery. This unique printing by printer and publisher John Murphy of Baltimore features the entire text of Harrison's Inaugural Address printed in blue ink on silk. Murphy also printed badges on silk for the Young Men's National Convention held in Baltimore in May 1840 in support of Harrison's candidacy. Murphy (1812-1880) was born in Ireland but immigrated to Delaware with his parents in 1822. After serving as a printer's apprentice in Philadelphia, he established his own printing business in Baltimore in the 1830s. He published the United States Catholic Magazine, a monthly periodical, from 1842 to 1849 and several Catholic theological books. For printing the Proceedings of the Plenary Council of Baltimore (1866), Murphy received the honorary title of Printer to the Pope, a distinction never before given to a resident of an English-speaking country. Excerpts"We admit of no government by divine right, believing that. the beneficent Creator has made no distinction amongst men; that all are upon an equality, and that the only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed. Limited as are the powers which have been granted, still enough have been granted to constitute a despotism if concentrated in one of the departments." (c1)"it is the part of wisdom for a republic to limit the service of that officer at least to whom she has intrusted the management of her foreign relations, the execution of her laws, and the command of her armies and navies to a period so short as to prevent his forgetting that he is the accountable agent, not the principal-the servant, not the master. Until an amendment of the Constitution can be effected, public opinion may secure the desired object, I give my aid to it by renewing the pledge heretofore given that under no circumstances will I consent to serve a second term." (c1)"I consider the veto power.solely as a conservative power, to be used only first, to protect the Constitution from violation; secondly, the people from the effects of hasty legislation where their will has been probably disregarded or not well understood, and, thirdly, to prevent the ef. (See website for full description). Silk Printing.

No binding. Condition: Fine. Autograph Letter Signed, to Daniel Webster, February 16, 1840, Cincinnati, OH. 2 pp., 7 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. "My friends are preparing for a convention at Columbus on the 22d whichwill be the largest assemblage of citizens & otherwise the most interesting ever held in the Western Country."Harrison asks U.S. Senator Daniel Webster for assistance on the sale of land in Vincennes, Indiana, and mentions an upcoming Whig convention in Columbus, Ohio. After his election, Harrison appointed Webster as his Secretary of State. Complete Transcript Cincinnati 16th Feby 1840My dear sir Your kind favors of the 5th were sent down to North Bend the day before yesterday I came up from thence last Evening & have to request that if your negotiation should prove successful that the money may be placed in some bank in New York or Philadelphia subject to the Order of Colo Nathaniel G. Pendleton.[1] I will immediately upon being informed of this being done execute a deed of trust to Colonel Pendleton & your friend Fales[2] for say one hundred lots in the City of Vincennes & two hundred acres of land immediately adjoining the lots of the City. I repeat that this property is totally unencumbered having by purchased by me 39 years ago, confirmed to me by the Government & ever since in my actual possession. Judge Burnet[3] is acquainted with this property & will if necessary give an opinion of its value My friends are preparing for a convention at Columbus on the 22d whichwill be the largest assemblage of citizens & otherwise the most interesting ever held in the Western Country I am greatly indebted to Mr Curtis[4] for the aid he has given you in my affairs Yours very truly W. H. Harrison PS A Bank in New York would be preferred as the place of deposit.Honbe / Daniel Webster Esq Historical BackgroundIn 1836, Democratic presidential candidate Martin Van Buren easily defeated a Whig Party divided among three major candidates-William Henry Harrison, Hugh L. White, and Daniel Webster. Three years later, after Webster dropped out, Whigs held their first national convention at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to unite behind a single candidate. The leading contenders were William Henry Harrison, Henry Clay, and Winfield Scott. Webster supported Harrison, who was selected on the fifth ballot on December 13, 1839.Two months later, Harrison wrote this letter to Webster regarding the sale of some of his land in Vincennes, Indiana. While serving as the governor of the Indiana Territory from 1801-1812, Harrison lived at "Grouseland," a 300-acre estate he built in Vincennes that he modeled after his childhood home in Virginia. It is unclear whether the property he hoped to sell with Webster's assistance was this property or some other or whether the sale occurred.The Whig State Central Committee of Ohio called for a convention at Columbus on February 21 and 22, 1840. Though General Harrison was not in attendance, thousands of delegates and spectators from across the state assembled in the capital. Despite rain pouring in torrents and knee-deep mud on the roads, the Whigs conducted a mile-long parade with twenty bands, banners, flags, and log cabins on wheels. The convention nominated Thomas Corwin (1794-1865) as the Whig candidate for governor (he won, serving from 1840 to 1842) and passed resolutions supporting the election of Harrison and Tyler and opposing President Van Buren.In November, Harrison carried his home state of Ohio and its 21 electoral votes with 54.1 percent of the popular vote to Van Buren's 45.6 percent. Nationwide, Harrison won 19 states to Van Buren's 7, with a resounding 234-to-60 victory in the Electoral College.William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) was born in Virginia into a prominent planter family and studied at Hampden-Sydney College and the University of Pennsylvania. He joined the army in 1791 and participated in the Northwest Indian War, including the decisive victory at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 17. (See website for full description). Autograph Letter Signed.

Leather. Condition: Near Fine. Astral Edition. beautuful full red levant grain morocco custom bindings bound for a member of the Westinghouse family; five raised bands; lettering in gilt on spines; Westinghouse crown logos in gilt on four of the spine panels of all volumes; single rule borders in gilt on front and rear covers; all edges gilt; each volume has red leather doublures on front and rear inside boards with elaborate designed inlays in dark green, red and gilt; outside dentelles in gilt; all gilt is bright; this Astral Edition printed on Japanese vellum paper was limited to 250 copies for subscribers only; this set is number 187 of 250; book plate of the Westinghouse family member on verso of front free end papers; the set includes Jack Sheppard, Old Saint Paul's (2 Vols.), Guy Fawkes, Saint James's, Constable Of The Tower; John Law, Rookwood, Tower of London (2 vols.), Boscobel, Star-Chamber, Chrichton, The Constable De Bourbon, Windsor Castle. The Lord Mayor of London, The Goldsmith's Wife, Talbot Harland; The Manchester Rebels, and Cardinal Pole.

Broadside, 23¾ x 18 inches. Printed on silk in four columns, with one-inch decorative border all around. Minor fraying to extremities. Minimal light spotting to margins, small hole in lower right corner (outside the decorative border). The printing very clear and crisp. Very good plus. A quite uncommon and unusual broadside printing on silk of William Henry Harrison's famous inaugural address. Harrison was the first president-elect to arrive to Washington by train, and for well over a century remained the oldest president-elect. On a snowy and blustery day Harrison delivered the longest inaugural address in the nation's history, the 8,445-word speech clocking in at an hour and forty-five minutes. Despite the length of his address, Harrison's term as president would be the nation's shortest, as he died only a month later. In his speech, written by Harrison himself but edited by Daniel Webster (who in fact claimed that he cut it down significantly), the president-elect lays out his platform in detail, outlining an intention to roll back much of the Jackson presidency's expansion of executive power, and suggests that he would avoid federal intervention with slavery as much as possible. Harrison warns against partisanship and promises to reestablish the Bank of the United States, to issue paper currency, to use his veto power sparingly, and to appoint qualified officers to his cabinet. The legend grew over the years that Harrison died of pneumonia contracted during his long inauguration event. More recent scholarship indicates the President likely succumbed from enteric fever caused by poor sanitation and unhealthy water in the White House. The publisher of this attractive broadside on silk, John Murphy, was an Irish immigrant who came to Baltimore in the 1830s, where he printed largely Catholic texts and periodicals and became the first American to receive the honorary title of "Printer to the Pope." The only positively identifiable institutional copy of this printing is located at the Indiana Historical Society. OCLC locates a similar if not identical broadside at the American Antiquarian Society, but it is not present in their online catalog. THREADS OF HISTORY 150.

No binding. Condition: Fine. Broadside. ca. March 1841. 1 p., 11 5/8 x 19 in. "If there is one measure better calculated than another to produce that state of things so much deprecated by all true republicans, by which the rich are daily adding to their hoards and the poor sinking deeper into penury, it is an exclusive metallic currency.""Always the friend of my countrymen, never their flatterer, it becomes my duty to say to them. that there exists in the land a spirit hostile to their best interests-hostile to liberty itself. It is union that we want, not of a party for the sake of that party, but a union of the whole country for the sake of the whole country, for the defense of its interests and its honor against foreign aggression, for the defense of those principles for which our ancestors so gloriously contended." On a cold, wet day, March 4, 1841, President Harrison delivered the longest inaugural address in history. Harrison wrote the entire speech himself, though it was edited by his soon-to-be Secretary of State, Daniel Webster. Webster said afterwards that in the process of editing the text, he had "killed seventeen Roman proconsuls." Contracting pneumonia, Harrison became the first president to die in office 31 days after delivering this address. His vice president John Tyler became the new president and served out Harrison's term.In an 8,460-word address, Harrison presents a detailed statement of the Whig agenda and a repudiation of the populism and policies of Democratic Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren. Harrison promises to reestablish the Bank of the United States, to issue paper currency, to use his veto power sparingly, and to appoint qualified officers of government in contrast to the spoils system that Jackson heralded. He favors term limits, limits on the powers of the presidency, and devotion to the nation rather than party. Harrison avoids specifics on the divisive issue of slavery, which in theory he might have opposed, but of which he was in practice a staunch defender.Excerpts:"We admit of no government by divine right, believing that. the beneficent Creator has made no distinction amongst men; that all are upon an equality, and that the only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed. Limited as are the powers which have been granted, still enough have been granted to constitute a despotism if concentrated in one of the departments." (c1)"it is the part of wisdom for a republic to limit the service of that officer at least to whom she has intrusted the management of her foreign relations, the execution of her laws, and the command of her armies and navies to a period so short as to prevent his forgetting that he is the accountable agent, not the principal-the servant, not the master. Until an amendment of the Constitution can be effected, public opinion may secure the desired object, I give my aid to it by renewing the pledge heretofore given that under no circumstances will I consent to serve a second term." (c1)"I consider the veto power.solely as a conservative power, to be used only first, to protect the Constitution from violation; secondly, the people from the effects of hasty legislation where their will has been probably disregarded or not well understood, and, thirdly, to prevent the effects of combinations violative of the rights of minorities." (c2)"The General Government has seized upon none of the reserved rights of the States. As far as any open warfare may have gone, the State authorities have amply maintained their rights. By making the President the sole distributer of all the patronage of the Government the framers of the Constitution do not appear to have anticipated at how short a period it would become a formidable instrument to control the free operations of the State governments.the entire control which the President possesses over the officers who have the custody of the public money, by the power of . (See website for full description). Broadside.

??you have a copy of a letter written in answer to one of Mr. Stevens received late today. I send it to you that you may have all the correspondence. He objects much to the publication of my former letter to him.?A significant number of Founding Fathers were Freemasons, but as politics grew increasingly democratic in the Age of Jackson, many rural Americans believed Freemasonry represented urban arrogance, secrecy, and rituals that posed a threat to Republican democracy. Starting in 1826, an anti-Masonic movement gathered momentum and had a powerful impact on American politics. The Anti-Masonic movement began in upstate New York, and within a few years, spread through Pennsylvania, New England, and the Mid-Atlantic States, eventually reaching onto the Northwest Territory of the Ohio Valley. While many resented the Anti-Masonry movement, some states elected officials to Congress and their respective state governments on the Anti-Masonic Party ticket. It was America?s first third party, and was instrumental in elevating the careers of such luminaries as William H. Seward, William Lloyd Garrison, and Thaddeus Stevens. Garrison and Stevens became known as abolitionists in the coming struggle over slavery.Early in 1835, War of 1812 hero William Henry Harrison began being talked about as a potential presidential candidate by both the Whig and Anti-Masonic Parties. A Pennsylvania state convention for the Anti-Masonic Party was set to meet in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania from December 14?17, 1835, to choose Presidential electors for the 1836 election. Stevens, a major player in that party, publicly refused to support Harrison?s nomination because Harrison would not pledge to be Anti-Mason. Stevens did, however, realize that the Anti-Masons could control the Pennsylvania legislature if the Anti-Masons allied with the Whigs. He sponsored a bill designed to suppress secret societies (such as the Masons), and, two weeks later, he was made chairman of a committee of five to investigate the ?evils of Free Masonry.? His hope was to find a Whig who would lean Anti-Masonic.William Ayres was a celebrated lawyer, and member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1833-1835. In 1834, Ayres and colleague Thaddeus Stevens became fast friends while working together for the establishment of a common school system of education. Harrison also knew Ayres, corresponded with him about his views on the Anti-Masonic Party and other political matters, and sought Ayres?s support (or at least not downright opposition).Autograph letter signed, Cincinnati, November 28, 1835, just weeks before the nominating conventions, to Ayres, reporting that he was being courted by the Anti-Masons and mentioning his dispute with Stevens. ?On the other side of this sheet a copy of a letter written in answer to one of Mr. Stevens received late today. I send it to you that you may have all the correspondence. He objects much to the publication of my former letter to him. To do this or not must depend upon the view my friends may take of the whole subject. Mr. Shed a delegate or agent of the Anti-masons of Ohio will be here on Tuesday and will proceed immediately to Harrisburg. I am not personally [known to him but] he is highly spoken of.? The address panel on the verso indicates the recipient. The letter copy mentioned is not present.Stevens opposition was unable to affect the outcome. The Anti-Masonic convention in December unanimously nominated Harrison for president and Francis Granger for vice president. The Whigs also nominated Harrison at their convention about the same time. Harrison lost the 1836 election, but won the following election in 1840.

Profusely illustrated. 8vo. Slightly later three-quarter tan leather, spines with 2 labels gilt, top edges gilt (by Rivière). London, George Routledge and Sons Ltd., n. d. (c. 1880). A collection of his novels in an undated edition, beaufifully bound by Rivière. Some volumes bearing "Author's copyright edition" on title; it is referred to as "Original illustrated edition". Contains: 1. Auriol, or the Elixir of Life. Illus. by Hablot K. Browne; 2. Boscobel or the Royal Oak. A Tale of the Year 1651. Illus. by I.H.L.A. 3. Critchton. Illus. by Hablot K. Browne; 4. The Flitch of Bacon or the Custom of Dunmow. Illus. by John Gilbert; 5. Guy Fawkes or the Gunpowder Treason. An Historical Romance. Illus. by George Cruikshank; 6. Jack Shepard. A Romance. Illus. by George Cruikshank; 7. The Lancashire Witches. A Romance of Pendle Forest. Illus. by John Gilbert; 8. Mervyn Clitheroe. Illus. by H. K. Browne. 9. The Miser's Daughter. Illus. by George Cruikshank; 10. Old Saint Paul's. A Tale of the Plague and the Fire. Illus. by John Franklin and H. K. Browne; 11. Ovingdean Grange. A Tale of the South Downs. Illus. by H. K. Browne; 12. Rookwood. A Romance. Illus. by George Cruikshank and John Gilbert; 13. The Spendthrift. A Tale. Illus. by H. K. Browne; 14. The Star Chamber. An Historical Romance. Illus. by Phiz; 15. Windsor Castle. An Historical Romance. Illus. by George Cruikshank and Tony Johannot; 16. The Tower of London. Illus. by George Cruikshank. - Nice set. LITERATURE: ENGLISH ; LITERATUR: FREMDSPRACHIGE ;

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. [Carey's Traveller's Atlas: A Guidebook for the New Nation] Contemporary tree calf, rebacked with renewed spine. 38 engraved maps on 22 leaves. Dampstaining, staining. Chip missing from corner margin of map 10/11. Map sheet 21/22 restored, with some loss to original at inner margin. Final map of Washington City in facsimile. Early signature and stamp of John M. Miller. According to David Rumsey: "The second American road book, after Colles. The maps are better engraved than Colles, in a style closer to the English road books of John Cary. Descriptive text precedes the maps, describing the routes and places of interest. Smither engraved one map, I. Draper, two. The rest by Harrison & Shallus." Rumsey 2646. Refs: Streeter 3969; Howes M778; Sabin 50436; Walsh p78; P1327. This guide was made at a time when Philadelphia was the principal city in America.

Limited to Ten Copies. An unrecorded edition of this work, "Edition Des Aims Des Art of the First State Large Paper Japan Edition Limited to Ten Copies". With a suite of 74 plates printed on silk, mounted in folders with tissue cover, in a morocco box. Within the volumes "With color facsimile title in each volume; With impressions of the Historical Portraits on India Paper, and with duplicates on Paper de Chine; With three impressions of the Etchings on Japan Vellum; First State - Remarque - After Remarque And one on Dutch handmade paper, finished in watercolors. Copy No. 6". 25 volumes, all edges gilt, bound in full dark green morocco with a full morocco portfolio of etchings, "AINSWORTH Edition Des Aims Des Arts No. 6" on the top flap. The plates on silk are largely after paintings by Hugh W. Ditzler. They illustrate ten volumes, some not included in the published volumes: Vol. 1 Reechoed; Vol. 2 Brighten; Vol. 3 Jack Shepherd; Vol. 4, Constable of Tower; Vol. 5, Tower of London, Vol. 1; Vol. 6, Tower of London Vol. 2; Vol. 7, Boscobel; Vol. 8 Constable de Bourbon; Vol. 9, John Law; Vol. 10, Talbot Harlan. Published as an Author's Memorial edition of 101 copies, (20 vols) ; and a Library edition 20 vols OCLC: 5774167, this edition not on OCLC. George Barrie was a publisher of many high quality prints and books published with prints around the turn of the 20th century. This included the monumental book published in 1895, "The Army and Navy of the United States", which solicited illustrations from more than a dozen artists. The paintings were reproduced as photogravures, some of which were hand tinted. Bound in full dark green morocco, spines with four raised bands, gilt lines and a colored floral bouquet in the central band, gilt inner dentures. Inside board with panels in green and brown leather decorated with scrolls and a colored rose inset in central panel, blue moire silk end papers, all edges gilt. Spines uniformly faded to dark brown, boards dark green. Some slight nicks, some of the moire silk endpapers with slight marks. Overall, a sumptuous production, in very good condition, unrecorded on OCLC.

No binding. Condition: Fine. National Intelligencer, Extra (illustrator). Broadside, National Intelligencer, Extra. March 4, 1841. The Inaugural Address of President Harrison. Washington, D.C.: Gales & Seaton. Five columns, 1 p., 16 1/4 x 23 3/4 in. "If there is one measure better calculated than another to produce that state of things so much deprecated by all true republicans, by which the rich are daily adding to their hoards and the poor sinking deeper into penury, it is an exclusive metallic currency.""Always the friend of my countrymen, never their flatterer, it becomes my duty to say to them . that there exists in the land a spirit hostile to their best interests--hostile to liberty itself. It is union that we want, not of a party for the sake of that party, but a union of the whole country for the sake of the whole country, for the defense of its interests and its honor against foreign aggression, for the defense of those principles for which our ancestors so gloriously contended."On a cold, wet day, March 4, 1841, President Harrison delivered the longest inaugural address in history. Contracting pneumonia, 31 days later he was the first president to die in office. This same-day National Intelligencer broadside Extra prints his entire 8,460-word address. Harrison presented a detailed statement of the Whig agenda and a repudiation of the populism and policies of Democratic Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren. Harrison promised to reestablish the Bank of the United States, to issue paper currency, to use his veto power sparingly, and to appoint qualified officers of government in contrast to the spoils system that Jackson heralded. He favors term limits, limits on the powers of the presidency, and devotion to the nation rather than party. Harrison avoids specifics on the divisive issue of slavery, which in theory he might have opposed but in practice was a staunch defender: "Our citizens must be content with the exercise of the powers with which the Constitution clothes them. The attempt of those of one State to control the domestic institutions of another can only result in feelings of distrust and jealousy, the certain harbingers of disunion, violence, and civil war, and the ultimate destruction of our free institutions." Excerpts:"We admit of no government by divine right, believing that. the Beneficent Creator has made no distinction amongst men; that all are upon an equality, and that the only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed. Limited as are the powers which have been granted, still enough have been granted to constitute a despotism if concentrated in one of the departments.""it is the part of wisdom for a republic to limit the service of that officer at least to whom she has intrusted the management of her foreign relations, the execution of her laws, and the command of her armies and navies to a period so short as to prevent his forgetting that he is the accountable agent, not the principal; the servant, not the master. Until an amendment of the Constitution can be effected public opinion may secure the desired object, I give my aid to it by renewing the pledge heretofore given that under no circumstances will I consent to serve a second term.""I consider the veto power.solely as a conservative power, to be used only first, to protect the Constitution from violation; secondly, the people from the effects of hasty legislation where their will has been probably disregarded or not well understood, and, thirdly, to prevent the effects of combinations violative of the rights of minorities.""The General Government has seized upon none of the reserved rights of the States. As far as any open warfare may have gone, the State authorities have amply maintained their rights. By making the President the sole distributer of all the patronage of the Government the framers of the Constitution do not appear to have anticipated at how short a period it would become a formidable inst. (See website for full description). Broadside.

Leather. Condition: Good. Daniel Maclise (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of Ainsworth's romance. A presentation copy, signed by the author and addressed to the illustrator of Ainsworth's portrait frontis, Daniel Maclise. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD (1906-1973) a noted book collector and diarist. Collated, complete. With an inscription to the recto of front endpaper noting the issue points: 'First Edition, Second Title. This set contains the whole of the etchings by G Cruikshank (14) originally issued with the novel as it first appeared in 'Ainsworth's Magazine', together with the portrait of the author engraved by Finden after Daniel Maclise. Copies as issued, contain 9 etchings only and no portrait. The present is certainly perfect with 6 plates more than the first issue. The letterpress is precisely the same, being the first printing with a fresh-dated title only. A Presentation copy from Ainsworth to Dan. Maclise: inscription on flyleaf'. St James's was originally serially published in 1844. It describes the events surrounding the end of Queen Anne's reign and the dispute between the Duke and Duchess of Malborough. This edition is the first publication of the novel in book form. In half calf bindings. Externally, rubbed. Particularly to the boards and to the head and tail of spines. Loss to the head and tail of volume I. Remnants of stickers to the front board of volume I. Hinges to volume I are tender with cords showing. Rear hinge to volume III is slightly strained but firm. Ink inscription to recto of front endpaper to volume I explains the issue points of this first edition. Recto of front endpaper has signature from the author. Internally, all volumes are generally firmly bound though strained in places. Pages are slightly age toned with scattered spots throughout. Good. signed by author. book.

The Americans under Anthony Wayne defeated the Ohio Indians, including members of the Delaware tribe almost a year before, and afterwards supplied them with provisions until the end of the war by the Treaty of Greeneville in August 1795. Future President William Henry Harrison was Aide de Camp to Wayne.Autograph document signed, Greeneville, Ohio, July 11, 1795. ?The Commissary will issue to the Delawares one hundred & twelve pounds of flour & beef & seventy five gills of whiskey.".

First edition, first printing, inscribed by the author on the half-title of Volume I, "William H. Ukers, New York, Jan. 31. 1940". This encyclopaedic treatment of tea's history and consumption contains 1,700 illustrations and 54 chapters, and it remains the authoritative work on the subject. Ukers (1873-1945) founded the Tea and Coffee Trade Journal in 1901 and spent almost all of his professional life researching tea's history. He also wrote a history of coffee, for which he was awarded a gold medal at the 1923 Brazilian Centennial Exposition. The publisher's folding advertisement is loosely inserted in Volume I. 2 vols, quarto. Frontispieces (vol. I in colour), hundreds of illustrations in text. Original green vertically ribbed cloth, spines and front covers lettered in gilt, front covers with decorative teapot vignette in gilt and blind double panel, decorative map endpapers. With dust jackets. New York ownership inscription of Charles Gilman Tufts (1880-1978), a businessman, on the half-title. Cloth and contents clean, jacket flaps without price as issued, toned and scuffed, small losses to spines, recent archival tape repairs on versos: fine copies in very good jackets.

William Henry Harrison was named secretary of the Northwest Territory - a huge tract of land composed of most of the future states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin - by President John Adams in 1798. As the territory's first congressional delegate, Harrison helped obtain legislation that divided the land into the Northwest and Indiana territories, the latter of which he served as governor of from 1801 until 1813. As governor, Harrison oversaw the efforts to gain access to and control of Indian lands so settlers could extend their presence and establish new territories. The Indians usually resisted the process, so it became Harrison's task to take action against the Indians and defend the fledgling settlements.In 1809, the native populations became fierce in their resistance. They were led by Tecumseh, who proved to be a tenacious adversary. In 1811, Harrison received permission to attack Tecumseh and his confederacy. But before he could, on November 7, 1811, warriors attacked Harrison's force, and the Battle of Tippecanoe was underway. Even though he suffered casualties, Harrison emerged from the battle victorious. The stand at Tippecanoe would serve as a touchstone for Harrison and his future army and political career.During the War of 1812, Harrison commanded the army in the Northwest Territories, defeating the British and Indian forces and killing Tecumseh at the Battle of the Thames in 1813. After the war, he was awarded a Congressional Gold Medal for this service.An invoice to the United States quartermaster at Springfield, Ohio, where a part of Harrison?s army remained as the rest moved north, even as it recruited men for the 1813 campaign. It was submitted by Griffith Foose of Springfield. ?For house rent, fuel, bedding, attendance etc. for four men belonging to the Regiment Light Dragoons in the United States service from the 26th October till the 30th November 1812, left sick at Springfield. $18.00.?On the verso, Harrison ordered the invoice paid. Autograph document signed, Headquarters, November 24, 1812. ?The Deputy Quartermaster General will be pleased to pay the within account of eighteen dollars.?Fosse has acknowledged receipt of the funds below the invoice on the recto. ?Quartermaster Generals Dept. NW Army. Received of Col. James Morrison Dept. Quartermaster General the sum of eighteen dollars in full of the above. Griffith Foos.?

No Binding. Condition: Fine. HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY. (1773-1841). Ninth President of the United States. Boldly penned Autograph Letter Signed, Will[ia]m Henry Harrison", at a critical period in the War of 1812, and his dealings with the Native American population in the Northwest territory. "Headquarters, U[pper] Sandusky, 6 Aug[ust] 1813". One page, quarto. To Corps Q[uarter]s / C Baillett / Q[uart]er M[aster] Gen[era]l". Harrison writes: "Please to pay Col[onel] N. Lewis [?] an issuing Commissary at this place from the First of June until the close of his account. Yours Respectfully, William Henry Harrison". In 1813, after a series of British successes, Harrison took the offensive, and led the US Army north into battle. He won victories in the Indiana Territory as well as Ohio and recaptured Detroit. On October 5, 1813, at the 'Battle of the Thames', his army defeated the British, and Tecumseh the American Indian Chief, was killed. It was considered to be one of the great American victories in the war, second only to the Battle of New Orleans, and secured a national reputation for Harrison. Accompanied by a steel engraving depicting Harrison as Major General. The letter is in generally fine condition, with Harrison's boldly penned signature measuring over 5 inches in length! $3200.00.

WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON (1773-1841). Harrison was the nineth and shortest-serving President. He held office for only a month.(POTAWATOMI NATION). A Native-American nation from the Great Lakes area, especially Michigan and Wisconsin, the Potawatomi belonged to the Northwestern Confederacy. This was an association of nations that formed after the American Revolution to protect their interests against those of the new United States. The Confederacy battled U.S. forces in the Northwest Indian War of 1786-95, which ended in defeat for its native participants. The Treaty of Greenville ended the war and forced the Confederacy to accept American governmental rulership and the loss of lands. The Potawatomi were involved in the fur trade and other trading.ADS. 1pg. [Fort] Greenville, [Ohio]. July 25, 1795. An autograph document signed Wm. H. Harrison as aide-de-camp to Major General Anthony Wayne. It reads The commissary will issue for the Putawatimies [sic] forty five pounds of flour & beef. Wm H Harrison. This brief military document was written just a few days before the Treaty of Greenville, named for this same Ohio fort, formally ended the Northwestern Confederacy. Harrison had served in the wars final battle and would sign the treaty as Waynes witness. It is in very good condition with a small hole.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. THE SECOND EDITION AND FIRST PRIVATELY PRINTED EDITION OF AINSWORTH'S FIRST PUBLISHED WORK. 1 vol., (viii)101pp., complete with the half-title, uncut as issued, bound in a limp 1/2 maroon morocco, printed paper spine label, internally clean, hinges fine, a VERY GOOD copy. Published in the Author's native town (Manchester). An edition had, however, been printed in 1823 in London. Ainsworth was but 19 years of age when this work was issued (which was in Dec., 1824, though dated on the title 1825).It consists of poems, etc., Luctus on the Death of Lord Byron, To Clara Lines on the Death of Napoleon etc., etc., all of which show youthful enthusiasm. There are numerous errors in printing, a Notice on the last leaf reading "The Printer's Devil Extraordinary presents his respectful compliments to the Author,--Regrets that a few inaccuracies exist, etc., etc." VERY RARE. It is mentioned only casually in Slater, who gives as the reason for not describing it in his Early Editions that he had never seen a copy of the book. Only 5 copies located in OCLC. 4 in the U.S. and 1 in Manchester, none in the BL. The last copy to appear at auction was 1918.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY. (1773-18441). Ninth President of the United States. Attractive Manuscript Document Signed, Wm. H. Harrison / Asst. Qtr. Master . One page, oblong octavo. Fort Washington, October 10, 1797. Harrison acknowledges receipt of: 2 quarter Casks.3 Kegs.1 package marked Captain Armstrong (Laws of the United States), and 1 Pocket Compass all in good order. Very fine condition. Material signed this early in Harrison s career is rather scarce.