EARLY AMERICAN PRINTING

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King George II Reports
Indigo
1743
1748
1749

Taxation Without Representation Dissertation - 1776 / London
Perhaps one of the most interesting Colonial items you can own. This is an actual 1776 printed booklet, with a handwritten cover, on the Colonists position as presented to the people of Great Britain "by an Old Member of Parliament". Deals strongly with the principle of taxation without representation. String bound, blue cover with tattered edges but intact. Inside is very clean and readable. A real treasure.

War of 1812 Senate Report
Massachusetts
Comprising the President's Message of the 1st of June;-The Report of the Committee of Foreign Relations;-The Act Declaring War;-The Proclamation of the President, announcing that event;-. . .Printed June 26, 1812. String bound and intact, usual aging, clean, and very readable.

1826
Daniel Webster
20th Congress 1st Session report no. 134 from the U.S. Committee on the Judiciary read May 12, 1826. Reprinted by an order of the House of Representatives on February 8, 1828. Pertains to disagreement of both houses on Senatorial amendments to a bill to amend the Judicial System of the United States from Mr. Webster. Usual aging but uncut as one sheet with weak edges. Intact, clean, and very readable.

1830 Daniel Webster Speech
Speech of Daniel Webster on the subject of The Public Lands, Etc. delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 20, 1830. Touched off one of the wildest and heated debates in U.S. history on the possession of public and private land as it pertains to the states and expansion of the frontier. String bound with tattered edges, usual age toning, some foxing, but very readable.

President Andrew Jackson
State of the Union Address
Message from the President of the United States on the State of the Union. January 16, 1833. Concerns the attempt of "nullification" by South Carolina, the first serious threat to the glue that holds the country together. 112 pp. String binding has come undone, tattered edges, toning with some foxing, but very readable.

1840 - President Van Buren
Two Messages from the President of the U.S. Communicating Additional Correspondence in Relation to the Adustment of the Northeastern Boundary, and the Occupation of the Disputed Teritory 1840. The British are building a fort in what we consider to be Maine and diplomatic correspondence is underway. Includes drawn diagram of fort on Lake Tanniscouta. 14 pp., untrimmed, some edge toning, clean, and very readable.

1840 Letter
Secretary Of War
Congressional Report No. 192 "Northern Frontier, U.S.-Defence. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting A plan of defence for the northern and northeastern frontiers of the United States. April 17, 1840. Contains specific projects with estimated costs. 6 pp. uncut with clean separation at one edge. Tattered edges with slight foxing. Clean and very readable.

Defence of Zachary Taylor
John M. Clayton of Delaware
Speech of John Clayton delivered in the U.S. Senate on July 5, 1848 defending General Zachary Taylor's character and his hopeful claim as a candidate for President of the United States. An interesting close to the speech. 16 pp., uncut with minor foxing, otherwise very clean and readable.