LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR, TRANSMITTING REPORT FROM THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS OF A SURVEY AND EXAMINATION OF YORK HARBOR, MAINE by House of Representatives - 1885

47th Congress, 1st Session. House of Representatives. Document No. 203, octavo, pp. 97. Removed from a bound volume. Of additional interest to the title is the Jefferson Davis-authored paragraph on page 17. As many scholars and collectors will know, these types of documents are on a low quality paper that crumbles occasionally, sometimes seemingly at the touch. This Acceptable ensample of an uncommon Florida-related item is no exception, with its ragged spine and occasional perimeter nick or slit. It is recommended that the pamphlet be kept in the clear protective display sleeve with white cardstock backing board that we supply.

[Washington, DC], 1869. 40th Congress, 3rd Session. Ex. Doc. No. 32. 17pp Disbound. A fine copy.; Octavo.

Washington, D.C: Government Printing Office, 1867. Book. Very good condition. Paperback. American Indians; Montana; 32p.; 22.6cm; disbound; House of Representatives executive document #164..

House of Representatives, 50th Congress, 1st Session, 1888. Pamphlet. Very Good+. Pamphlet. Pamphlet. Off-white side stapled paper wrappers with black title to spine. Text is clean and bright. 7 pages. Maryland. MD/6122.

House of Representatives, 1891. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 6 pages. 2 folding maps: 1. Rocky Beach, Mokelumne River, Cal., 11.5 x 18.5 inches, on sheet 13.6 x 20.5 inches; 2. New Hope Landing, Mokelumne River, Cal., same dimensions. 51st Congress, 2d Session, Ex. Doc. No. 178. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy extracted from larger volume. Maps are excellent.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

[Washington, D.C.]: [U.S. Government Printing Office], 1837. First edition. Removed. A very good copy, lacking the wrappers, map near fine.. 6 pp. + map. Illus. with 1 folding b/w map. 8vo.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1868. A four-page letter from the annals of the US House, 40th Congress, Second Session, Ex. Doc. No. 115. Transmitting all information on file relative to the capture of J. Davis. Held together with two staples. The letter is signed Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War. It contains a list of eight officers and 145 enlisted men under Captain Hathaway of the fourth Michigan cavalry, who were present at the capture. Housed in a cloth-covered slipcase and chemise, leather spine label. . First Edition. Unbound. Slight Toning of Edges. Octavo.

Printed By Gales & Seaton, 1826. First Edition. Unknown. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stains, wrinkling, rubbing, browning and/or foxing throughout (chiefly to extremities); small holes at spine edges (partly disbound); slight wear and browning to foredges and lower edges. 32 pages (including wrappers). Upper wrapper title; title continued: Opposite to Wheeling, to the State of Missouri. At head of title: Road From Wheeling to Missouri. Includes communications from Chief Engineer Alexander Macomb, and a few others (including the 'memoir' of J. Knight), with Barbour's introductory letter. Dated January 21, 1826 on upper wrapper ('Read, and laid upon the table'; upper wrapper). Barbour (1775-1842), Virginia-born American statesman; Governor of Virginia (1812-15); US Senator (1815-25); Secretary of War (1825-28); changed from being a Jeffersonian Democrat to a supporter of John Quincy Adams.

Washington, DC: United States Congress, House of Representatives, 1886. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. Fair. No dust jacket. Removed from a bound volume. Spine area rough, with some thread remnants.. 48 p. Includes maps. With large folding map. Tables. This document was transmitted with the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1883. From Wikipedia: "The Hennepin Canal Parkway State Park, also just called the Hennepin Canal, is an abandoned waterway in northwest Illinois, between the Mississippi River at Rock Island and the Illinois River near Hennepin. The entire canal is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Opened in 1907, the canal was soon abandoned because of railroad competition. It was resurrected in the late 20th century as a recreational waterway. Its former name was the Illinois and Mississippi Canal. The main canal length is 75.2 miles (121.0 km), and its feeder canal is 29.3 miles (47.2 km) long. The state park spans five counties (Rock Island,… Read More