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3731167] An Account of the Late Dreadful Earthquake and Fire, Which destroyed the City of Lisbon,...

An Account of the Late Dreadful Earthquake and Fire, Which destroyed the City of Lisbon, The Metropolis of Portugal. In a Letter From a Merchant Resident there, To his Friend in England.

Partly-untrimmed. First American edition of this eyewitness account of this terrible disaster on All Saints Day, November 1, 1755 that shook perspective views in the..... Read More about An Account of the Late Dreadful Earthquake and Fire, Which destroyed the City of Lisbon, The...

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3730346] The Intent of Capital Punishment. A Discourse Delivered in the City of New-Haven,...

The Intent of Capital Punishment. A Discourse Delivered in the City of New-Haven, October 20, 1790. Being the Day of the Execution of Joseph Mountain, for a Rape.

Rare. Early Republic sermon concerning Joseph Mountain, an escaped enslaved African American executed for the capital crime of raping a young white girl. An estimated..... Read More about The Intent of Capital Punishment. A Discourse Delivered in the City of New-Haven, October 20,...

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3731868] The Regulations Lately Made concerning the Colonies, and the Taxes Imposed upon Them,...

The Regulations Lately Made concerning the Colonies, and the Taxes Imposed upon Them, considered.

First edition. Boston stamp tax collector Andrew Oliver’s copy; signed on title-page. Andrew Oliver (1706–1774) was the brother-in-law of Thomas Hutchinson, Massachusetts’ colonial governor. Oliver..... Read More about The Regulations Lately Made concerning the Colonies, and the Taxes Imposed upon Them, considered

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1888 –1889 Bank of Minot, Dakota Territory Collection.

The Bank of Minot was likely the first bank established in Minot, Dakota. In this group, the bank’s president and cashier solicit investments and discuss..... Read More about 1888 –1889 Bank of Minot, Dakota Territory Collection

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Eighty Years and More (1815-1897): Reminiscences of Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

First edition of Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s autobiography, an “account of her life as one of the leading thinkers and activists of American feminism [and] an..... Read More about Eighty Years and More (1815-1897): Reminiscences of Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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3731453] Doctor J. Flagg, Respectfully acquaints the ladies and Gentlemen of this town, that he...

Doctor J. Flagg, Respectfully acquaints the ladies and Gentlemen of this town, that he continues his practice as Surgeon Dentist. [opening lines]

Unrecorded late 18th Massachusetts handbill advertising the dentistry services of Josiah Flagg (b. 1763, Boston), the first native-born American to make dentistry his life’s work..... Read More about Doctor J. Flagg, Respectfully acquaints the ladies and Gentlemen of this town, that he continues...

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Simple Speaks His Mind. (Inscribed)

First edition of this first collection of the “Simple” short stories written about the everyday lives of Harlemites. Given by Hughes, in the year of..... Read More about Simple Speaks His Mind. (Inscribed

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3731320] A Resolve of the Honorable His Majesty’s Council of the Province of the...

A Resolve of the Honorable His Majesty’s Council of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, relating to the Disorders on the Days of Ordination of Ministers; —with the Proceedings of the Convention of Ministers thereupon. [caption title]

One of four known copies. A rare 1759 circular encompassing the “unseemly” behaviors of mixing wine, food, and song with religious ceremony in Colonial America..... Read More about A Resolve of the Honorable His Majesty’s Council of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay,...

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3731184] Map of the United States, Showing the Territory in Possession of the Federal Union,...

Map of the United States, Showing the Territory in Possession of the Federal Union, January, 1864.

An unusual 1864 Civil War map distinguishing territory controlled by the Federal Union from that remaining in possession of the Confederacy. Together, areas tinted purple..... Read More about Map of the United States, Showing the Territory in Possession of the Federal Union, January, 1864

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