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Cloth. Condition: Near fine. The first edition of The Lawyer, The Statesman, and The Soldier, inscribed by Senator George F. Boutwell. This work is collection of historical sketches of Rufus Choate, Daniel Webster, President Abraham Lincoln, and General U.S. Grant. (illustrator). First Edition. Octavo, [8], 232pp, [2]. Green cloth, title stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt. Gray endpapers, booksellers' label on the rear pastedown. (Monaghan 418) Inscribed by George F. Boutwell on the second free endpaper, with a quote from the book: "Written at the request of Mr. De Witt, June 1, 1896. / We value a machine by the measure of it's strength at the place where it is weakest, but we value a man by the measure of his strength at the place where he is strongest. George F. Boutwell. Groton, Mass." George S. Boutwell (1818-1905) was an American politician and reformer who rose from Massachusetts state politics to national prominence as a leading Radical Republican during Reconstruction. He served as Governor of Massachusetts (1851-52), was a founder of the Republican Party in the state, and served in the U.S. House of Representatives, advocating strong federal measures to secure civil rights. He was the first Commissioner of Internal Revenue under U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. Appointed Secretary of the Treasury by President Ulysses S. Grant (1869-73), he pursued fiscal discipline, reduced the national debt, and supported hard-money policies before winning a seat in the U.S. Senate (1873-77). Signed.

Leather and paper over boards. Condition: As described. First editions. Hardcover quarter leather and paper (marbled) over boards. 8vo. 26+34+31+72+100+24+35+28+8+12+19+40+40+15+91+40+71 [686] pp. Illustrated with a single b/w engraved portrait of John Quincy Adams (on the occasion of his death). A sammelband book consisting of 17 pamphlets published between 1827 to 1852. All pamphlets are first editions unless noted. Dimensions of text block: 21 cm x 13.5 cm unless noted. Binding condition: boards are worn, frayed, and bumped. Leather on the spine and hinges is flaking. Dark brown leather label with gilt stamped title. No cracks in the hinges or gutters, and the leaves are bound securely. Text block condition: decorated with red speckled edges. All pamphlets have browning and foxing to various degrees, but none overwhelmingly so. Some inscriptions, including a hand written table of contents. Pamphlets have been trimmed to size (with two exceptions) but there has been no loss of text. Contents: 1)ÂRalph Waldo Emerson.ÂAn Oration, Delivered Before the Phi Beta Kappa Society, at Cambridge, August 31, 1837. 26 pp. James Munroe and Company, Boston. 1837. First edition (BAL 5183). 2)ÂRalph Waldo Emerson.ÂAn Address Delivered in the Court-house in Concord, Massachusetts, on 1st August, 1844, on the Anniversary of the Emancipation of the Negroes in the British West Indies.Â34 pp. James Munroe and Company, Boston. 1844. First edition (BAL 5199). 3)ÂRalph Waldo Emerson.ÂAn Address Delivered Before the Senior Class in Divinity College, Cambridge, Sunday Evening, 15 July, 1838. 31 pp. James Munroe and Company, Boston. 1838. First edition (BAL 5184). 4)ÂCharles Sumner.ÂThe Scholar, the Jurist, the Artist, the Philanthropist. An Address Before the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard University, at their Anniversary, August 27, 1846. 72 pp. William D. Ticknor and Company, Boston. 1846. First edition. 5) Rufus Choate.ÂA Discourse Delivered Before the Faculty, Students, and Alumni of Dartmouth College, on the Day Preceding Commencement, July 27, 1853, Commemorative of Daniel Webster. 100 pp. James Munroe and Company, Boston. 1853. First edition. 6)ÂDaniel Webster.ÂMr. Webster's Speech at Marshfield, Mass. Delivered September 1, 1848, and His Speech on the Oregon Bill, Delivered in the United States Senate, August 12, 1848. 24 pp. Press of T. R. Marvin, 24 Congress Street, Boston. 1848. First edition. Â7) Metcalf and Company.ÂA Description of Mr. Healy's Picture of the Great Constitutional Debate in the Senate of the United States, January 26, 1830; with Biographical Sketches of Mr. Webster and General Hayne. 35 pp. Metcalf and Company, printer's to the university, Cambridge. 1851. First edition. 8)ÂWilliam Ware and William Cullen Bryant.ÂNotices of the Life and Character of Roger Gerard Van Polanen. From the Christian Register of October 12, 1833.Â28 pp. William Ware (printed but not published according to preface). 1847. First edition. Inscription on first blank page reads: " To the Rev. C. A. Dall with the best respects of B. A. van Polanen van Doorninck. Haverhill Augt. 11th 1848. Residing in Bridgepor[t] Cam[bridge]" (sections in brackets have been trimmed away).  9)ÂWendell Phillips.ÂSketch of the Life of Mrs. Eliza Garnut. 8 pp. Unknown publisher. No date (c. 1850). No edition marks: "This sketch was first published in the Christian Register, and afterwards published, with some alternations by the Author, in the Liberty Bell of 1850." 10)ÂHarriet Beecher Stowe.ÂThe Two Altars; or, Two Pictures in One. By Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin."Â12 pp. John P. Jewett & Co. 1852. First edition. Dimensions: 9 x 11.5 cm approx. 11) William I. Bowditch.ÂThe Anti-Slavery Reform, Its Principle and Method. 19 pp. Robert F. Wallcut, Boston. 1850. First edition. 12)ÂCharles C. Shackford.ÂA Citizen's Appeal in Regard to the War with Mexico. A Lecture at Lyceum Hall, Lynn, January 16, 1848. 40 pp. Andrews & Prentiss, Boston. 1848. First edition. 13) United States Congress. Tokens of a Nation's So.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. San Diego the Seaport of Southern California A rare early San Diego promotional work issued by the San Diego Chamber of Commerce at a time when the city was promoting itself as a terminus for a transcontin. Unbound folded sheets. Clean and crisp. Fine. San Diego the Seaport of Southern California A rare early San Diego promotional work issued by the San Diego Chamber of Commerce at a time when the city was promoting itself as a terminus for a transcontinental railroad. The text packs a great amount of information in a small space (using a small typeface) on the possibilities of San Diego, its natural resources, climate, harbor and bay, with a focus on the town's ideal geographical situation to serve as the best seaport in Southern California for international trade. The work was compiled by two of San Diego's great early boosters, attorney-beekeeper Ephraim W. Morse and real estate dealer-postmaster Daniel Choate. Ephraim W. Morse was a prominent figure in the early development of San Diego, playing a crucial role in the city's early growth and prosperity. Arriving in San Diego in 1850, Morse became a key promoter of the region. In June 1869 Morse moved to Horton's New Town - modern day San Diego's downtown -the brainchild of Connecticut-born merchant Alonzo Horton. Morse advocated for the construction of the transcontinental railroad, which he believed would transform San Diego into a major commercial hub. His efforts extended to the development of local resources, including real estate and agriculture (especially beekeeping, a major industry for the town in those days), and he was instrumental in establishing the first bank in San Diego. Morse's vision and leadership helped lay the foundation for San Diego's future as a thriving city. Daniel Choate, a native of China, Maine, was one of the early real estate developers in the city, as well as a great promoter of the various efforts to build a railroad to San Diego, from the first "Tom Scott" boom of the Texas Pacific to the final completion of the California Southern. After a general overview of the history and resources of San Diego, the following specific topics are covered under separate sections: The Growth of Two Years: "Two years ago. the settlement was four miles further north [Old Town]. It comprised a few hundred inhabitants, chiefly Mexicans, who relied for their support on the traffic with Mexican stock-raisers of the surrounding country." Geographical location The Trade of the Orient: "On the completion of the 32d parallel railway, the bulk of the traffic between the States east of the Mississippi and the Asiatic empires, and also the fast freight between European and Asiatic ports, must of necessity pass through San Diego, and make this the Pacific coast port of trans-shipment. The introduction of Chinese labor in the Southern States (as predicted by many far-seeing minds) will add greatly to the traffic which must pass through San Diego between these States and the Orient." The Bay Agricultural Resources Wood and Water Inducements for Manufactories Climate Dated at end: May 5, 1870. Printed by a local job printer: San Diego Bulletin Print. Rarity This work is very rare in the market. OCLC locates 7 examples. Book.