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Manuscript Document, signed, being a court deposition regarding the behavior of Capt. Christopher Taylor of Boston. Jeremiah Allen, treasurer, receiver general for Massachusetts.

Manuscript Document, signed, being a court deposition regarding the behavior of Capt. Christopher Taylor of Boston.

Boston: April 4, 1721. “Jeremiah Allen of full adge testifieth that on Saturday last being the 1st of April towards the evening he the deponent met with Capt. Christopher Taylor in Schoolstreet, who spoke words very disagreeable to me the deponent, and seemed (to me the deponent) delirious …” Although we..... Read More

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Manuscript document, being a protest lodged against the New Haven customs house, after repeated searches of the ship and refusal of entry; signed by two men of the crew. Benedict Arnold.

Arnold's ship denied entry

Manuscript document, being a protest lodged against the New Haven customs house, after repeated searches of the ship and refusal...

New Haven, Ct: Feb. 5, 1767. Arnold's ship denied entry. Written complaint lodged with the New Haven Customs House, in which two sailors, Rutherford Cooke and Caleb Comstock, protest the treatment of their ship at port - a ship of which Benedict Arnold was captain and owner.  The two men... Read More

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Histoire de la Virginie. Robert Beverley.

One of the First Histories of Virginia

Histoire de la Virginie.

Paris: Pierre Ribou, 1707. One of the First Histories of Virginia. An early edition (published the same year as the Amsterdam and Orleans editions) of the earliest history of Virginia, after Captain John Smith’s. Written by a planter who spent most of his life there. It was written primarily to..... Read More

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Nouveaux Voyages dans L'Amerique Septentrionale, contenant une collection de lettres écrites sur les lieux, par l'auteur, à son ami, M. Douin… ci-devant son camarade dans le Nouveau Monde. M. Bossu, Jean Bernard.

Nouveaux Voyages dans L'Amerique Septentrionale, contenant une collection de lettres écrites sur les lieux, par l'auteur, à son ami, M....

Amsterdam et à Paris: Chez la Veuve Duchesne, 1778. Nouvelle edition. Account of the author's third visit to Louisiana, then a Spanish colony, in 1771-1772. According to Sabin, the 1778 edition differs from the 1777 only in the title page. His first book, published in 1768, landed him in prison... Read More

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Proposals for Printing a New Weekly Paper, called The Boston Chronicle. Boston Chronicle.

Early American newspaper prospectus

Proposals for Printing a New Weekly Paper, called The Boston Chronicle.

Boston: Printed by Mein and Fleemin[g], [October] 22, 1767. Early American newspaper prospectus. Rare early American newspaper prospectus, announcing publication of The Boston Chronicle, a weekly Loyalist paper. "John Mein, a bookseller, was the publisher, and John Fleeming the printer. With the beginning of the second year the size of... Read More

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Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents ... the Second edition. Edmund Burke.

"a volume might be written on this melancholy subject"

Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents ... the Second edition.

London: J. Dodsley, 1770. Second edition, first printing. "a volume might be written on this melancholy subject" Burke analyzes several issues troubling the country, inlcuding the situation in America; he "touches briefly on the effect of the current state of affairs in the colonies and the colonists's growing feeling of... Read More

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Travels Through the Middle Settlements in North America, in the Years 1759 and 1760; with Observations upon the State of the Colonies. Andrew Burnaby.

Travels Through the Middle Settlements in North America, in the Years 1759 and 1760; with Observations upon the State of the Colonies.

London: T. Payne, 1775. Second Edition. Reverend Burnaby was the son of a wealthy clergyman and graduate of Queen’s College, Cambridge. “There is a pleasant tone, a wise and educated spirit in this record, which make ample amends for the obvious influences of the writer’s religious and political views upon..... Read More

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Typed Letter, signed (“Harold H, Burton”) to Harry Barnard of the Altgeld Centenary Committee of Illinois in Chicago, regarding the selection of Justice William O. Douglas as guest speaker at the public dinner in Altgeld’s honor. Harold Hitz Burton, Justice of the Supreme Court.

“As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master”

Typed Letter, signed (“Harold H, Burton”) to Harry Barnard of the Altgeld Centenary Committee of Illinois in Chicago, regarding the...

Washington, D.C: December 21, 1947. “As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master”. “… I am glad to know that Mr. Justice William O. Douglas of this Court will speak at the public dinner to be held in observance of the 100th Anniversary of..... Read More

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Autograph Document, Signed ("Thad. Mason"), as Clerk of the Middlesex Courts for a legal deed between Abigail and Benjamin Waters. Massachusetts Charlestown.

FAMILY FARM FROM A 1663 LAND GRANT

Autograph Document, Signed ("Thad. Mason"), as Clerk of the Middlesex Courts for a legal deed between Abigail and Benjamin Waters.

Charlestown, [Mass.]: May, 1757. FAMILY FARM FROM A 1663 LAND GRANT. In 1663, Francis Norton and Nicholas Davison were granted 500 acres by Charlestown for various services rendered to the town. Norton was a haberdasher and successful merchant, who made most of his money in the fur and fish trades... Read More

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The English Empire in America or, A view of dominions of the Crown of England in the West Indies. Namely, Newfoundland, New-England, New-York, Pensilvania, New-Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, Carolina, Bermudas, Barbuda, Anguila, Montserrat, Dominica, St. Vincent, Antegoa, Mevis, or Nevis, St. Christophers, Barbadoes, Jamaica. With an account of the discovery, situation, product, and other excellencies and rarities of these countries. To which is prefixed, a relation of the first discovery of the new world called America by the spaniards. And of the remarkable voyages of several Englishmen to divers places therein. Illustrated with maps and pictures. By Robert Burton. Nathaniel Crouch, pseud. Robert Burton.

The English Empire in America or, A view of dominions of the Crown of England in the West Indies. Namely...

London: Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch at the Red-Lion in Pater-noster-Row; and James Hodges at the Looking-Glass on London-Bridge, 1739. Seventh edition (first published in 1685). Has been erroneously attributed to Richard Blome. Robert Burton was the pseudonym of Nathaniel Crouch (1632?-1725?). Read More

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1757 Massachusetts Document with Paid 4 Pence “Sailing Ship” Vignette Embossed Revenue Stamp “Steady Steady.”. Embossed Revenue Stamp, David White.

MASSACHUSETTS STAMP ACT

1757 Massachusetts Document with Paid 4 Pence “Sailing Ship” Vignette Embossed Revenue Stamp “Steady Steady.”.

Hardwick: March 14, 1757. MASSACHUSETTS STAMP ACT. Partially-Printed Document Signed “David White” dated during the French & Indian War period, conveying to Samuel Robinson “One Certain Tract or Parcel of Land Lying and being in Hardwick.” With most of the wax seal remaining and signed at the bottom by Job Dexter..... Read More

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Partially printed receipt for monies paid in the sum of £1-15-4 for ads from Edes and Gill The Gazette for 2/9 to Thomas Fayweather (1724-1802). Thomas Fayweather.

Partially printed receipt for monies paid in the sum of £1-15-4 for ads from Edes and Gill The Gazette for...

Nov 1767. MHS: "Thomas Fayerweather (1724-1804) was the son of John Fayerweather (1685-1760) and Jerusha Grose and the nephew of Thomas Fayerweather (b. 1661). In 1756, Thomas married Sarah Hubbard, with whom he had four children. A successful merchant, Fayerweather and his partner James Burd had interests in Boston, Maryland... Read More

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A Considerable Speck. Robert Frost.

A Considerable Speck.

[Boston: Printed by Dard Hunter, Jr, 1939]. First separate edition, one of fewer than 100 copies. The limited Dard Hunter printing of Frost's "A Considerable Speck," the poem first appearing in the Atlantic Monthly, July 1939. With a copy laid-in of a small broadside from The Colonial Society of Massachusetts detailing... Read More

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