- FOUR EARLY PENNSYLVANIA LEDGER BOOKSFour
FOUR EARLY PENNSYLVANIA LEDGER BOOKSFour early Pennsylvania ledger books, 18th/early 19th c., including a Lancaster rent book for Thomas Cookson, March 23, 1741; a Baltimore merchant account book, 1804-1808; a Lebanon County merchant ledger 1791-1792, and the 1812 ledger of Jacob Mayland, a tobacconist located at the corner of Race and Third Street in Philadelphia.
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Condition:
Vignola: first half of pages loose.
- CAPT FREDERICK MARRYAT, HANDWRITTEN
CAPT FREDERICK MARRYAT, HANDWRITTEN LETTER WITHCaptain Frederick Marryat (1792-1848), English Novelist, Handwritten letter to Charles Marryat referencing Sherry and Beer with signature / autograph and dated March 8, 1841. Image included.
- After James Pollard
(British, 1792-1867)
Chances
After James Pollard
(British, 1792-1867)
Chances of the Steeple Chase, 1826 (a set of eight)
aquatint engravings with hand-coloring
published by Lewis & Johnson, 96 Cheapside, London
Image: 14 x 18 3/4 inches.
- GEORGE III GILTWOOD JASPERWARE MOUNTED
GEORGE III GILTWOOD JASPERWARE MOUNTED MIRROR George III Gilt Wood Jasperware Mounted Mirror, circa 1780 or later, with Prince of Wales feathers atop a gilded cartouche centering a Wedgwood blue jasperware oval silhouette of a right-facing gentleman above a shield-shaped mirror with conforming mirror plate, the whole with garlands and ribbons in the manner of Robert Adam (Scottish, 1728-1792). 43" H x 17" W. Provenance: From a 50 East 79th Street Collection. Keywords: English Country House Style, Georgian, Wedgwood, Luxury, Antique
- GEORGIAN STERLING SILVER SUGAR TONGS,
GEORGIAN STERLING SILVER SUGAR TONGS, 3 Georgian sterling silver sugar tongs, 3, 18th century and later, one struck with maker's mark of Peter and Ann Bateman, London, 1792. 6" L x 2.5" W x 0.75" D. Weight: 3.27 ozt.
- WILLIAM EDDIS, LETTERS FROM AMERICA,
WILLIAM EDDIS, LETTERS FROM AMERICA, 1792 Letters From America, Historical and Descriptive, Comprising Occurrences From 1769 to 1777, Inclusive. by William Eddis. Printed in 1792 for the Author, in London. First edition. Modern parchment spine over older marbled boards. Page edges were left rough. A loyalist, Eddis wrote his 42 letters during an important period of American history giving valuable information on public feeling immediately before the revolution with emphasis on government, trade manners and the progress of war. The concluding letters narrate the difficulties and dangers the author experienced in consequence of his refusing to take the oath tendered him by the Americans. With errata and lists of subscribers. Sabin 21801, Howes E-41.
- THOMAS PAINE, WRITINGS INCLUDING COMMON
THOMAS PAINE, WRITINGS INCLUDING COMMON SENSE Leather bound sammelband containing works by Thomas Paine. Many works published at different times have been collected into one volume. Book is fully bound in leather with gilt titling and decoration. Marbled end papers. Included works are: Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution, Part 1 - 1795, J.S. Jordan. Rights of Man; Part the Second Combining Principle and Practice - 1792, J.S. Jordan. Letter Addressed to the Addressers on the Late Proclamation - 1792, H.D. Symonds. Dissertation on First Principles of Government - London, Printed for the Proprietors. A Letter to George Washington on the Subject of The Late Treaty Concluded Between Great Britain and the United States of America, Including Other Matters - 1797, T. Williams. Agrarian Justice, Opposed to Agrarian Law, and to Agrarian Monopoly, Being a plan for Meliorating the Condition of Man, by Creating in Every Nation A National Fund - 1797, T. Williams. The Decline and Fall of the English System of Finance - 1796, T. Williams. Two Letters to Lord Onslow, Lord Lieutenant of the County of Surry: and one to Mr. Henry Dundas, Secretary of State, on the Subject of the Late Excellent Proclamation First Published in the Patriotic Paper of The Argus - 1792, James Ridgway (sixth edition). A Letter to the Earl of Shelburne, Now Marquis of Lansdowne, on His Speech, July 10, 1782, Respecting the Acknowledgement of American Independence - 1791, J. Ridgway. Reasons For Wishing to Preserve the Life of Louis Capet - James Ridgway. Common Sense; Addressed to the Inhabitants of America - 1792, H.D. Symonds. A Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal, on the Affairs of North-America - 1795, J. Ridgway. Prospects on the War and Paper Currency of Great Britain - 1793, James Ridgway.
- BILL OF RIGHTS, COLUMBIAN CENTINEL,
BILL OF RIGHTS, COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, MARCH 1792 The Columbian Centinel, dated March 21, 1792. #825. Contains a detailed list of states that ratified the Bill of Rights and their said information, The adopted amendments officially became amendments one through ten of the United States Constitution on March 1, 1792, when Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson notified the governors of the several states of "the ratifications by three fourths of the Legislatures of the Several States, of certain articles in addition and amendment of the Constitution of the United States, proposed by Congress to the said Legislatures. This example came out just 20 days after the amendments became official.
- BILL OF RIGHTS, COLUMBIAN CENTINEL NEWSPAPER,
BILL OF RIGHTS, COLUMBIAN CENTINEL NEWSPAPER, 1792 Ratification of the Bill of Rights. The Columbian Centinel. Boston; Wednesday, March 21, 1792. printed by Benjamin Russell. volume XVII [17], number 3, total number 825. Four pages, pages [9]-12 and printed in four columns.Continuing the work of its predecessor, the Massachusetts Centinel and the Republican Journal, the Columbian Centinel was considered highly influential and boasted one of the highest circulation numbers in Boston. This issue includes several notices regarding state legislative acts to ratify the Bill of Rights. It begins with the text: "Ratification's of the Amendments to the Constitution of the United States." Following Virginia's vote in December 1791, the required number of states had passed ten of the twelve amendments. On March 1, 1792, Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson sent a circular to the governors of the states, including the articles that had been ratified, which became the Bill of Rights, as well as the two proposed amendments that had not been ratified but were still in question, as the action of the Massachusetts legislature in 1790 had not been transmitted to Jefferson. These state notices encompass the entire first page and a large portion of the second page where they conclude. The paper also includes contemporary advertisements and several articles documenting the workings of the early republic, the invention of a steam jack, and a letter from Arnold Hunter concerning the Northwest Indian.
- AMERICAN REVOLUTION, THE CRISIS, SEPT
AMERICAN REVOLUTION, THE CRISIS, SEPT 9, 1775 The Crisis, dated September 9, 1775 is a fine example of an early newspaper from London printed on Fleet Street by T.W. Shaw containing a scathing full edition letter to John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713-1792). He was briefly Prime Minister in the 1760s and quickly became one of the most vilified men in the British world. Burned in effigy (often represented by a jackboot) from London to Virginia, the Scottish Lord Bute was a powerful symbol of pervasive fears that hidden forces behind the throne were bent on corrupting the British constitution. This letter discussed the weakness of the king and the disgrace that has come from the colonies having the revolution and the ramifications of such action with mention of brave Washington and cowardly Americans. Very strong wording with emotionally driven content. Signed CASCA, most likely a reference to one of the assassins of Julius Caeser, who's fear was the king was going to go against the ideals of the empire as was the case in the direction of the letter.
- THOMAS PAINE, LETTER TO THE ADDRESSERS,
THOMAS PAINE, LETTER TO THE ADDRESSERS, 1792 Letter Addressed to the Addressers on the Late Proclamation by Thomas Paine. Printed 1792 by H.D. Symonds and Rickman. First edition. An attack on the English form of government, practically a third part of Rights of Man. Bound in modern boards. Trimmed but not too close. Gimble 28 (p. 74), Howes P-28
- TREENWARE RED PAINTED WEDDING CHALICE,
TREENWARE RED PAINTED WEDDING CHALICE, 18TH C. American or European turned treenware red painted wedding chalice, 18th century, having a curved bowl on turned stem, with stepped foot, graphite inscription to underside reading in part 'Given to.....1848', ink inscription '1792', retaining paper label with 18th century attribution, otherwise apparently unmarked. Approximate dimensions: h. 6.75", dia. 5.5".