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THE UNITED STATES versus A.C. JANIN. BRIEF FOR DEFENDANT.
Paper self-wraps. 8vo.; 4pp. Regarding the question of whether the owner of the steam-tug "New Minnie" violated the law requiring that only regularly licensed pilots be allowed to navigate steam vessels on navigable water of the United States. Perforated library stamp on front page, printed library stamp on verso. Text..... More
TO THE PUBLIC / [caption title, followed by 15 paragraphs of dense text, printed in four columns, each separated by a thin rule]. Signed in type at the end "B.B. Simmes."
Avoyelles Parrish, LA [printed in Alexandria or Opelousas, LA?]: The author, 1839. Printed broadside, 15 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches, the single headline printed in a large display type (half inch tall). Bennett B. Simmes, a native of Maryland and one of the wealthiest men in the state of Louisiana..... More
Studies on Slavery, in Easy Lessons; Compiled into Eight Studies, and Subdivided into Short Lessons for the Convenience of Readers.
Natchez, (MS): Jackson Warner, 1852. Fourth thousand. Thick 8vo. xiv, [7]-637 pp. Pro-slavery "textbook," with numerous passages and citations from the Bible. Sabin 24729. Work, p. 315. LCP/HSP Afro-Americana 3706. Blockson 10112. Owner's name, but a very good copy. Publisher's sheep (rubbed, spine and edges skinned), marbled endpapers and edges..... More
Certifying George Y. Bright as a Louisiana Justice of the Peace, in a partially printed document, completed in manuscript in a secretarial hand, and signed by Johnson as Governor of the state 12 June 1849 and countersigned by Gayarre as Secretary of State, and with the state seal affixed.
New Orleans, LA: J. Jaehne, Stationer [for the State of Louisiana], 1849. Document. Broadside document, 9 7/8 x 8 inches. In part: "George Y Bright … is and was at the time of his signing the same 2d Justice of the Peace, in and for the Parish of Orleans, State..... More
CODE CIVIL DE L'ETAT DE LA LOUISIANE. TRAITE DE CESSION DE CET ETAT PAR LA FRANCE; CONSTITUTION DE CET ETAT; CONSTITUTION DES ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE.
[Paris, France]: Publie par un Citoyen de la Louisiane [Impr. de E. Duverger], 1825. First edition in French. 21cm. xvi, 792, [2] pp. Half title: Tresor Legislatif. Recent quarter leather and marbled boards. Old staining to portions of lower margins of last several leaves in the index, not affecting text..... More
Clipped signature on a piece of stationery (1 1/4 x 1 7/8 in.), "Edw. Livingston / MC [i.e., "Member of Congress"].
Autograph. Very good. (#5563). More
ACTS OF INCORPORATION, BY-LAWS, RULES, AND INSPECTION REGULATIONS OF THE NEW ORLEANS PRODUCE EXCHANGE.
New Orleans, (LA): Burell & Co., printers (for the exchange), 1886. 8vo. 147 pp. Original light green wrappers (darkened, some wear at the edges and along spine); Library of Congress duplicate, with its stamp. Tideline from old staining through text, a good copy. First edition. Cover title: CHARTER, BY-LAWS, RULES..... More
DIRECTORY OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF NEW ORLEANS, LA.: BOARD OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, TEACHERS, AND JANITORS, LOCATION OF SCHOOLS, AND DISTRICT BOUNDARIES: SESSION 1914-1915.
[New Orleans?]: 1914. 16mo. 86 pp. Original printed grey wrappers; Library of Congress duplicate, with its stamp. Very good. Twelve "colored" schools are included in this annual compilation. Some of the schools were for boys or girls only. More
FOURTH ANNUAL CATALOGUE OF WINCY FARM JERSEY CATTLE, BERKSHIRE HOGS, AND BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK FOWLS.
Coushatta, LA: (Printed by Fletcher Smith, Rome, Georgia for) S.Q. Hollingsworth, nd [ca. 1900]. Oblong 4to. 56 pp. Illustrated, plates. Original printed pale yellow wrappers, stapled; spine partly eroded, but very good. Though styled the "Fourth Annual Catalogue," we have been unable to trace any publications for this farm and..... More
NEW ORLEANS CITY PARK IMPROVEMENT ASS'N.: ANNUAL REPORT OF OFFICERS FOR YEAR 1914.
(New Orleans: Garcia Stationery Co., printers), 1915. 16mo. 31, (1) pp. Original printed tan wrappers (soiled); Lib. of Congress duplicate, with its stamp. Very good. Reports on the association's activities and finances by its president Paul Capdevielle and other officers; includes six pages of rules for the government of the..... More
THE ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY SEVENTH GRAND MONTHLY DRAWING OF THE LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPANY [caption title].
New Orleans: The company (printed by Dalziel National Ptg. Co., Chicago), 1886. 8vo. (4) pp. Original self-wrappers. Very good. Announcement of the "Class K" drawing, with a description of the plan, lists of of the prizes and winners of other recent drawings, etc. The drawing was to be supervised by..... More
SOUVENIR OF NEW ORLEANS, LA. [cover title].
Columbus, OH: Ward Bros, 1884. Accordion-style 24-plate viewbook of New Orleans and vicinity, folded into the original gilt-stamped green cloth folder. Ad for S.T. Blessing, "dealer in photographic goods," on rear pastedown. Very good. Some plates show two views yielding a total of 37 scenes, primarily public and governmental buildings..... More
C S. Tax, 1863-64 [caption title, followed by dense text, “Supplemental Instructions to Depositaries and Tax Collectors in the Trans-Mississippi Department,” printed in two columns].
Shreveport, (LA): Louisiana State Collector’s Office, July 18, 1864. Handbill, 8 ½ x 5 ¼ inches, the supplemental instructions printed recto (13 numbered paragraphs, signed in type at the end “P. W. Gray / Agent of Treasury”), “Additional Instruction to District Collectors and Assessors of the War Tax” printed verso..... More
Five items from Robertson's estate papers: (1) an 1866 letter from his son, William B. Robertson, Jr., concerning the possible poisoning of another son, Tom; (2) an 1867 manuscript document (worn) concerning Judge Robertson and the seizure of some property; (3) an 1868 letter, from W.B. Chamberlain, to Robertson concerning property assessments in Baton Rouge and the "scallawag" in charge of the procedure; (4) an 1884 "true copy" of a manuscript tribute to the memory of Judge Robertson; and (5) an 1887 invitation to Robertson's son to celebrate a "wooden" anniversary, printed on simulated bark paper and mailed in a similar envelope.
Baton Rouge, LA: 1866-1886. Estate papers. Folio, 4to and 12mo. Eight pages of manuscript, plus the invitation. One of the manuscript items is quite worn, otherwise a very good lot. (#5567). More
Providing a certificate of safe passage to "Pierre Riviere, a Citizen of the United States aged 59 years," and an inhabitant of this state, for a trip to France, a partly printed document, completed in manuscript by a secretary and signed by Wickliffe 7 May 1856; contersigned by Secretary of State Andrew S. Herron and with the state seal affixed.
Baton Rouge, LA: 1856. Folio on blue paper; on the verso docketed by the French Consulate at New Orleans. Staining to lower portion, with some ink fading, the governor's signature a little light, but quite legible. Folded (tiny breaks at corner folds, some wear at edge). (#5636). More