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BOOKPLATE DATED AND SIGNED NEW YORK SECRETARY OF STATE GIDEON TUCKER. Pictorial title offers different title than text title - "The New-York Civil List From 1777 to 1858 Prepared from the Official Records by Franklin B. Hough Published Annually." [pictorial title], i-x, [2], [two plates], 1-32, [plate], 33-342, [plate], 343-447, [1] pages. Hardcover: H 19.5cm x L 12.75cm. Contemporary green boards well rubbed with scuffing at edges; 7.25cm loss to spine's lower surface cloth exposing underlying cloth back-strip; shallow chipping at spine head; slender marring to joints but hinges remain firm. Dark speckled text block edges. Front pastedown has Gettysburg College library bookplate affixed atop and thus obscuring more than half of a presentation bookplate from the New York Secretary of State with handwritten month/day "May 15" [1858] followed by ink signature "Gideon F. Tucker" (matching other Tucker examples found online). Old ink inscription on front free endpaper; varied foxing/toning throughout and some scattered soiling. Text block is firm. Gideon John Tucker (1826-1899) served as Secretary of State of New York from January 1, 1858 to December 31, 1859.

Small 4to. [viii], 155[1]pp, [2]pp publisher's advert, frontis, head and tail-pieces, decorated capitals. Original decorated blue cloth gilt, bevelled edges, uncut. Extremes rubbed with slight wear to lower joint, ffep chipped, slight evidence of adhesion between frontis and title-page. Presentation copy from the publishers with bookplate to that effect.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Greey paper wrappers, titled in black on the front, linen backstrip. Signed note from the Reurning Officer (Edmund Vaughan) pasted in at the rear, Very good to fine condition. 5,070 electors for the borough are listed. Signed by Author(s).

Lower part of letter with ruled border, laid down on part of leaf from autograph album. Dimensions: 7.5 x 18.5 cm. Lightly aged and ruckled. Reads: ' your support at the approaching Election for the County of Durham - having for so long possessed the confidence of this County, it is his utmost ambition to have it continued and should he be honoured with yours, it will be considered the highest obligation | I am Sir | Your faithful Servant | [signed] Ju: Milbank | Seaham | Octr: 27. 1806.' Contemporary ink note reads: '[Lady Milbanke afterwards Lady Noel Milbanke, mother of Lady Byron.]'.

Hardcover. Square octavo; pp; (x), 42; three quarter crushed red morocco and marbled boards and endpapers, top edge gilt; This copy is a presentaion copy from Lloyd Phoenix to Nicholas Roosevelt dated 1896. It is also signed by Nicholas Roosevelt and bears the Roosevelt Family Bookplate; Nicholas was the son of T. West Roosevelt and cousin to President Theodore Roosevelt. Nicholas was close to TR all his young life & was also the chronicler of events at the 1912 Republican Convention, his privarely published reminiscence is a treasure trove of detail and intrigue. Three Roosevelts are listed in this text and it shows their votes for the candidates. Quite scarce. Boards are detached but present and the spine has been eroded. Internally the book block is fine. Limited to 50 copies, this copy is not numbered. Signed.

1p. Paper-covered wax seal at lower left. 10 x 7-1/4 inches. The Election of 1800, sometimes referred to as the Revolution of 1800, was a significant moment in American political history, being the first election in which the power of the Federal government transferred from one party (John Adams's Federalists) to the other (Thomas Jefferson's Democratic Republicans). But the election was not without major controversy. In the years prior to the passage of the 12th Amendment, no distinction was made between electoral votes for the president and vice president, with the second place winner serving in the latter position regardless of the party affiliation of the former. For the first time, in the election of 1800 the parties put up slates of candidates, with Adams running with Charles C. Pinkney and Jefferson with Aaron Burr. However, because electors could not distinguish between president and vice president when voting, Jefferson and Burr each received 73 electoral votes. Thus with the electoral vote tied, per the Constitution the presidential election was decided by the House of Representatives. From February 11 to 17, 1801, the House cast a total of 35 ballots to decide the presidency, each ending in a tie, with most Federalists backing Burr. On the 36th ballot, after Alexander Hamilton had actively campaigned against Burr, Delaware representative James Bayard changed his vote to abstain, thereby giving the dramatic victory to Jefferson. The present document, signed by James Monroe as the Governor of Virginia (whose 21 electoral votes were cast for Jefferson and Burr respectively) is a rare document from that famed election, appointing election commissioners from Augusta County, the county neighboring Monticello's Albermale County. Old folds, minor stain, remnants of prior mounting on the verso 1p. Paper-covered wax seal at lower left. 10 x 7-1/4 inches.