Washington, D.C: 1965-1974. "His death is a great loss not only to his personal friends and family but... Read More about Archive of 13 Typed Letters, signed, to Robert and/or Margaret McNamara, including a heartfelt...
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[Philadelphia?]: 1896. First edition, with compliments slip tipped in. Read More about The Home Squadron Under Commodore Conner in the War With Mexico, being a Synopsis of its Services...
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Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey & Co.; Uriah Hunt & Co., Philadelphia; M.W. Dodd, New York, 1849. Fourth edition. Read More about A Review of the Causes and Consequences of the Mexican War
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Philadelphia: J. P. Lippincott & Co, 1873. INSCRIBED. By the act of May 13, 1846 the President was authorized to recruit volunteers to serve for a year or during this war (Preface). Kenly met Polk, volunteered to put together a company of volunteers from Baltimore and after this was accomplished..... Read More about Memoirs of a Maryland Volunteer. War With Mexico, in 1846-48
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Mexico: Imprenta de I. Cumplido, 1848. Official Mexican Printing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The official Mexican printing of the final text of the landmark Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending the Mexican War and delivering to the United States its current territory in the Southwest. This printing closely follows..... Read More about Tratado de paz, amistad, limites y arreglo definitivo entre la República Mexicana y los...
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New York: F.J. Dow & Co., 139 Nassau St, 1850. First edition. Read More about Complete History of the late Mexican War. Containing an Authentic Account of All the Battles...
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Washington: Beverly Tucker, 1854. First edition, Senate issue. Investigation of the spurious claims of Gardiner and Mears for alleged destruction of Mines in San Luis Potosi during the Mexican War. Read More about Report of the Select Committee of the Senate in Relation to the Proceedings of the Board of...
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London: 10 April 1764. Montgomerie fought in the Seven Years' War, where he served with George Washington. "In 1757 he raised a new regiment of highlanders, the 77th foot, 1460 strong, having been commissioned lieutenant-colonel-commandant on 4 January. He commanded the regiment in the capture of Fort Duquesne in 1758..... Read More about Document Signed awarding Power of Attorney to Samuel Holland (Surveyor General of Canada
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Boston: Bela Marsh, 24 Cornhill, 1848. Second edition, with additions and corrections. The first edition, published by the Anti-Slavery Office, Boston in 1847 was titled "Facts for the People" Read More about A History of the Mexican War, or Facts for People, showing the Relation of the United States to...
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Boston: Bela Marsh, 24 Cornhill, 1848. Second edition, with additions and corrections. The first edition, published by the Anti-Slavery Office, Boston in 1847 was entitled "Facts for the People. Read More about A History of the Mexican War, or Facts for People, showing the Relation of the United States to...
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New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, [1898]. Nelan, Charles. First edition. Nelan's political cartoons of the Spanish-American War that he drew while he was at the New York Herald (c. 1897), compiled here in the author's only book. The frontispiece depicts Nelan in a self-caricature. Read More about Cartoons of our War with Spain
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Philadelphia: 1885. Revised 1885. Oswandel was Late of Company C, First Regiment Penna. Volunteers. Read More about Notes of the Mexican War 1846-47-48. Comprising incidents, adventures, extracts from ancient...
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Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1866. #49 of 75 large paper copies printed. Large Paper, Not in BAL. First published in 1851, this work republished in large paper in 1866 to be uniform to Parkman's France and England in America. The maps were evidently not issued in this large paper..... Read More about History of the Conspiracy of Pontiac and the War of the North American Tribes Against the English...
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1958. First edition. PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed: "To Jane and Charley [Engelhard] / from one whom remembers a wonderful weekend at their house. / Drew Pearson / April 11, 1959". Laid in is a note from Jane Engelhard explaining th the circumstances of the gift, and..... Read More about U.S.A. - Second-Class Power?
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New York: W.W. Norton, [1972]. First edition. Inscribed on the half-title: "To Jane [Engelhard] / with very real affection and gratitude / Clai" Read More about Power and Policy: America's Role in World Affairs
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Philadelphia: Feb. 7, 1799. A COLORFUL DESCRIPTION OF A "FISHTOWN" SAILOR. An entertaining affidavit of citizenship for a sailor from the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, now known as “Fishtown,” which was home to a large number of German immigrants in the 18th century, who made their living shad fishing on..... Read More about Autograph Manuscript Affidavit of Citizenship, signed by "Robert Wharton Mayor of...
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np: c. 1902. This account consists of pages five to sixty-seven of what appears to be a diary, or copied letters of an unnamed soldier in the 21st United States Infantry. The author, who may have been a corporal, remains unidentified by name. The account begins in August 1898 at..... Read More about Memoir of a soldier engaged in guerilla warfare in the Philippines
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np: nd (c. 1848). First and only edition. Pillow was a friend of President Polk. He infuriated Gen. Scott, who tried twice had him tried, but failed. This court of inquiry is the result of Scott’s belief that Pillow was the author of the so-called Leonidas letter, which built himself..... Read More about Defence of Major Gen. Pillow before the Court of Inquiry at Frederick, Maryland : against the...
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Washington, D.C: GPO, 1900; 1901. Lodge's Copies. Read More about Proceedings of the Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate March 1897 - March 1899 [and...
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Philadelphia: Published by E.H. Butler, 1848. First edition. Read More about An Account of the Organization of the Army of the United States; With Biographies of...
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London: Printed for the Author, and sold by J. Millan, 1765. First Edition. Classic account of the French and Indian War. First edition of this classic narrative of the French and Indian War. Rogers acted as a scout for the 1755 expedition against Crown Point, and in 1756 became captain..... Read More about Journals of Major Robert Rogers: Containing an Account of the several Excursions he made under...
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np: nd. One Hundred Copes Privately Printed for the Author. Correction in text. Written after the great naval engagement at Santiago de Cuba between the Spanish and American Fleets. It was first published in the NY Sun on May 18, 1898. Read More about The Man Behind the Guns
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Albany: August 5, 1932. Roosevelt summons Jimmy Walker to answer corruption charges. Less than a month after he'd accepted the Democratic nomination for President and on the verge of setting out on the campaign trail, then Governor Roosevelt summons New York City mayor Jimmy "Beau James" Walker, to answer corruption..... Read More about Typed letter signed ("Franklin D Roosevelt") as Governor of New York, to New York City...
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Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1926. First Edition of the author’s first commercially produced book. His First Book, Inscribed. Inscribed "To Mr. Walter MacDonald/Franklin D. Roosevelt/ Executive Mansion/Albany, July 31 1930" Read More about Whither Bound?
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New York: September 17, 1929. The Most Perilous Time in My Life. Reading in part: "I don't know what the most perilous time in my life was, but I suppose it must have been various times during the war. The hunting trip that was the biggest success was the one..... Read More about Typed Letter Signed, "Theodore Roosevelt" to Seymour Halpern
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