Amsterdam: Les Héritiers E. Van Harrevelt, 1784. First edition. Joseph Mandrillon was born in Bourg, France, in 1743... Read More about Le Spectateur Américain. Ou Remarques Générales sur l’Amérique...
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. First edition. DEDICATION COPY INSCRIBED TO THE AUTHOR’S SON. A very handsome presentation copy which is also dedicated to Train’s son, John, and inscribed: “To “Choo-choo” with much love from “Pop” the Puritan and the author. Arthur Train May 31, 1941” Better known for his..... Read More about Puritan's Progress
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Philadelphia: Printed by John Ward Fenno, 1799. First edition. The Journal prints President Adams's Address to Congress of December 8, 1798, discussing at length the "alarming and destructive pestilence" which had prevented the assembling of the government at Philadelphia; and recommending that Congress pass public health measures, by virtue of..... Read More about Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, Being the Third Session of the Fifth...
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New York: [Francis Childs and John Swaine], September 29, 1789. The Establishment of the U.S. Army. When the delegates met at the Constitutional Convention to draft the U.S. Constitution, most held a healthy fear of a standing, peace-time Federal army, rooted in the Boston Massacre and other colonial experiences with..... Read More about Congress of the United States ... An Act to recognize and adapt to the Constitution of the United...
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Boston: John Russell and John West, 1800. A biographical sketch and eulogy of George Washington, with his will also included. One of many laudatory works occasioned by his death. With a list of subscribers. Read More about WASHINGTON'S POLITICAL LEGACIES. TO WHICH IS ANNEXED AN APPENDIX...WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL OUTLINE OF...
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London: Gregory Dexter, 1643. First edition of Williams’ first printed book: the first English-Native American dictionary. Siebert's Copy of a Cornerstone Americanum. "The first book by the author, first book on Indian linguistics of New England and one of the first descriptions of the manners and customs of those Indians..... Read More about A Key into the Language of America: or, An help to the Language of the Natives in that part of...
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