Search Results: Titles starting with I from WILLIAM ALLISON BOOKS

[Texas] Impeachment of John C. Watrous, United States District Judge for the District of Texas. [Washington, D.C.?]: [publisher not identified] 1857. Black leather. 24 cm. 34th Congress, 2d session. House of Representatives. Report No. 175. Maps, charts. 894 pp. Text with age toning and stains. A few pages trimmed. Probably ex-library with markings removed. Good.
OCLC shows 16 holdings (LA Cnty Law Lib.; Yale Law; Social Law Lib.; Univ. Georgia Law; Harvard Law; Minn. St. Law Lib.; Bemidji St.; Bangor Pub. Lib.; Duke Law; San Jac. Mus.; Univ. N. Texas; South Texas Col. Law; UT-Austin; UT-Arlington; UT-Austin Law; Univ. Wisc-Stevens Point.) Rare Book Hub shows no copies in auction or catalogs. Watrous arrived in Texas in 1837 and soon became involved in several land companies as a lawyer, shareholder, and part owner. He became the Texas attorney general in 1838, but only served two years when conflicts arose between his public duty and land company entanglements. Soon after, he became a legal advisor… Read More

[Slavery] Kemble, Frances Anne. Illustrated from the Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation. [Philadelphia?]: [No publication information.] [1863]. Illustrated wraps. Disbound. 32 pp. Scattered foxing. Has been folded.
With woodcut to front cover depicting a slave with badly scarred back. Captioned as a "True Picture," the man depicted was the former slave, Private Gordon, who essayed a daring escape from a plantation to join the Union forces. He had received a nearly fatal beating on Christmas Day, 1862. The text of this pamphlet is drawn from Frances Anne (Fanny) Kemble's noted work, Residence on a Georgia Plantation. Frances Kemble moved from Britain to Georgia after having inherited several plantations. Her shock at the poor treatment of the slaves ended her marriage and prompted her to write her account.

[Kansas.] [Union Pacific Railroad] The Immigrants' Guide to the Most Fertile Lands of Kansas. The best part of the West in which to buy a Grain Farm, To buy a Stock Farm, To buy a Sheep Ranch, To open a Store, or To practice a Profession…. Chicago: The J. M. W. Jones Stationery & Printing Co. [Circa 1879-80.] One sheet folded into a six panel pamphlet. 19 cm. The back panel is a map of the Union Pacific line from Kansas City to Denver.
OCLC shows 21 holdings (Not in Adams, Herd. Contains a paragraph on Stock raising. "No more profitable business can be names in the West than that of Stock raising." Apparently jointly published by Union Pacific Railroad and the Land Commissioner of Kansas.

[Texas Revolution] John Forbes, Solomon Peck and John Lampkin. In the Town of Nacogdoches…. [Nacogdoches, Texas?]: [No publishing information] 1835. Printed document with manuscript inserts. 21 x 32.5 cm. Deed of sale, one league of land received for record December 10, 1835. Printed on laid paper. Signed and witnessed. Long manuscript certification on verso by Forbes as Judge. Edges chipped. Repaired fold splits. Good.
Not in Streeter, Texas. OCLC shows one holding for a similar document dated 1837 (SMU). Perhaps printed in Nacogdoches by David E. Lawhon, whose press began printing there in November 1835. See Streeter, Texas p. xlii. In any event, an early and rare Texas imprint. Sale by John Lampkin of one league of land given to him by Commissioner Carlos S. Taylor; sold to Solomon Peck for $100 dollars. With certification by Judge John Forbes. John Forbes was a lawyer, judge, and military man of the Texan army during the Texas Revolution. Born of Scottish parent in Cork, Ireland, his family… Read More

Fierman, Floyd S. Insights and Hindsights of Some More El Paso Jewish Families. [El Paso, Texas]: El Paso Jewish Historical Society. 1984. Tan pictorial wraps in white pictorial dust jacket. 24 cm. Maps. Illustrated. 381 [2] [2 membership] [1] pp. Very good. OCLC shows 17 holdings for this journal. Scarce history and genealogy of early El Paso families. A very substantial book.