American Historical Ephemera & Photography

A Letter to the Honorable John Randolph. [Philadelphia?]: [William Duane], [1810]. Sabin 67849. -- Capt. John Martin. February 25, 1845. [Washington, D.C.]: Blaire & Rives, 1845. 28th Congress, 2d Session. Rep. No. 159. Ho. of Reps. Reporting on John Martin of Vermont who would go on to be a gold rusher. RARE: OCLC locates only copy at Middlebury (VT). -- WENTWORTH, John (1815-1888). Free Tea, Free Coffee, Free Harbors, and Free Territory. Remarks of Mr. John Wentworth, of Illinois. [Washington, D.C.]: Blaire & Rives, 1847. Provenance: Fisher M. Rice, Walpole, N.H. (ownership/deliver slip tipped in). -- FRÉMONT, John Charles (1813-1890). Narrative of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842. New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1846. Third edition. Bradford 1782; Sabin 25841. Unrelated map with 1 page travelogue of Panama referred to "the Region of 'The Shadow of Death'" and drawing tipped in. -- And 5 others. Together, 9 pamphlets, all FIRST EDITIONS except where noted, condition generally very good. 

[With:] American Missionary Register. 9 issues (incomplete run). New York: United Foreign Missionary Society, J. & J. Harper, 1824. 8vo, 9 issues numbering: Vol. V, nos. 1-3, 6-7, 9-12. (Some browning or spotting.) Original printed wrappers (wear to edges with occasional short tears or chips). Articles include firsthand personal accounts of missionary experiences from across the globe, including amongst the American Indians. The 1824 issue presents extensive commentary from the "Great Osage Mission" and Rev. Mr. Pixley, who "frequently visited the Indians in their encampments, and at items resided among them for weeks and months in succession, for the purpose of acquiring knowledge of their language." Descriptions include a journey to the encampment, a bear hunt, an Indian Council, and a First Sabbath among the Indians.

[Also with:]  Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury... Washington, D.C.: A & G. Way, 1806. -- Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury...on Goods, Wares, and Merchandise Imported into the United Statse, an Exported Therefrom During the Years 1806, 1807 and 1808. Washington, D.C.: Roger Chew Weightman, 1809. -- Message from the President of the United States...on the Subject of Disbursements, in the Intercourse with the Barbary Powers. Washington, D.C.: Roger Chew Weightman, 1810. -- Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury...with an Explanatory Letter from the Register of the Treasury on the Subject. Washington, D.C.: Roger Chew Weightman, 1814. -- And 5 others and miscellaneous disbound tables. Together 9 publications, tables and charts, including some disbound, condition varies. A complete condition report is available upon request.