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Washington DC: U. S. Government, General Land Office, 1849. Good + with several small chips to edges, a few small holes along historical folds, docketed on the rear. U.S. General Land Office seal in place with all teeth present, age fade from red to pink as is common on these seals and parchment shrinkage around the seal application.. 15.75" x 9.75", 1 pp. broadside, partially printed document, secretarially signed by Thomas Ewing Jr. Ewing was appointed to serve as the first Secretary of the Interior by President Zachary Taylor. Ewing served in the position from March 8, 1849 to July 22, 1850 under Taylor and Millard Fillmore and then resigned to become elected as Senator from Ohio. Ewing was the stepfather of adopted William Tecumseh Sherman and later became his father-in-law when Sherman married Ewing's daughter Ellen. Under the Andrew Jackson administration, land grants were becoming so voluminous in the burgeoning west that president's could no longer afford the time to sign…
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Land Grant for James Harland; Secretarially Signed by first Secretary of the Interior
by Taylor, Zachery
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Les Observations de Plusieurs Singularitez et choses memorables trouvées en Grèce, Asie, Judée, Egypte, Arabie et autres pays estrangrs.; Reueuz de mouveau & augmentez de figures
by Belon du Mans, Pierre
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Paris: Gilles Corrozet, 1555. Third Edition. Contemporary black half leather binding with brown variegated alligator skin over boards, five raised bands on the spine, title label in gilt on the spine with date blind stamped at the bottom. Very good with spotting on the edges and light sporadic foxing throughout. A handful of coded words in manuscript on the recto and verso of the title page. Ex-libris stamp removed from title and last page, taped reinforcement to rear of title page. The map of Mt. Sinai is present and bound in prior to p. 126. The map is in VG condition with a small piece of tape on the bottom rear recto, early light wear through at the center of map along the confluence of folds.. 6.25" x 9.0", Epistle, Preface and Table of Contents, 22 unnumbered pages, 211 leaves numbered only on the recto, Privelege of the king [2 pp, hand numbered]. Printed in French with fabulous woodcut first initials throughout and 41 wood cut illustrations including mammals, sea creatures,…
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Logbook of The General Trading Schooner Corymbus
by Webster, George
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The North Sea, 1871. Contemporary spine binding in light half cloth, blue cardboard plates with applied descriptive label. A small oil drip at the top of the first 6 pages, otherwise an example in very good condition.. In-Folio format board book (11.25" x 9.75"). pp. 246. Compiled by George Webster, official "No. of Certificate 68:453" in clear and legible cursive writing in dark ink and pencil. Cover label filled in with the name of the schooner "Corymbus", its commander, the Scottish shipowner from Glasgow and the period in which the newspaper was compiled, between 5 February 1866 and 28 October 1871. The schooner, commanded by Captain William Willis, plied between London, various ports in England and Scotland, Dublin, Rotterdam, Boulogne and other continental ports. The meteorological information is precise and detailed, with the description of some strong storms encountered in the first days of November 1869 on the return route from Boulogne to London. The list of…
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