{"title":"Rare Books","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"dedication-of-the-wright-brothers-home-and-shop-book","title":"1938 book with rare print from the original negative of the only photo of the Wright Brothers’ first flight","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUpdated at 9:15 pm Eastern on December 4: \u003c\/strong\u003eThis book has been sold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe're looking forward to sharing next week's Rare Find with you. Sign up for the weekly e-mail notification that goes out Thursday nights at 9 pm on our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.thehistorylist.com\/collections\/rare-finds\"\u003eRare Finds\u003c\/a\u003e page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e— Lee Wright | Founder\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e. . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook from the dedication of the Wright Brothers Home and Shop in Greenfield Village on April 16, 1938. In very good condition, without marks of any kind throughout and no bent or soiled pages. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe thing that makes this book even more valuable is the that it includes a print from the original negative of the only picture taken of that first successful flight on December 17, 1903. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNote that the print is attached and the wrinkling is normal. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHowever, not all books include the print. There were some made with an inexpensive commercial reproduction and a different caption.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy assumption is that the book we’re offering and the others with the rare print were given possibly to those who had attended the dedication, and that additional copies of the book, without the photo (and with a different caption) were printed and made available more widely, such as to libraries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistorical background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHenry Ford assembled a collection of all sorts of wonderful historic items for his museum, including buildings for his “Greenfield Village” in Dearborn, Michigan. \u003cbr\u003eTwo of those were the Wright Brothers home and shop in Dayton, Ohio. Ford acquired these two buildings and had them disassembled, shipped, and reassembled in his Greenfield Village.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccording to the museum:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilbur and Orville Wright operated their Dayton, Ohio, bicycle business out of this building from 1897 to 1908. The brothers sold and repaired bikes, and even produced models under their own brands. It was also in this shop that the Wright brothers built their earliest flying machines, including the 1903 Flyer that became the first successful heavier-than-air, powered, controlled aircraft. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI highly recommend a visit. The entire huge museum and Greenfield Village are filled with wonderful things. (I’ve included my photo from last May.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 62-page book was created for the dedication on April 16, 1938. The book is very nicely done. With a label on the front, crisp type, and deckled edges.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome of the books included a photo that, albeit wrinkled, is very rare. It is the famous photo we have all seen of their successful flight on December 17, 1903 at Kill Devil Hills in North Carolina. (A side note: As you probably know, many people died experimenting with craft that they hoped would fly. The Wright Brothers, intentionally or not, stared this in the face every day: There was an undertaker next door to them in their small building, and if that isn’t tempting fate, they chose Kill Devil Hills for the flight.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs you can see below the photograph, this print is from the original negative of the only picture taken of “man’s first flight, Kitty Hawk, N.C., December 17, 1903.” (Emphasis added.) They actually flew at Kill Devil Hills, about 4 miles south of Kitty Hawk. The airplane flew 852 ft on its fourth flight. It was damaged on landing and later blown over and damaged beyond what they could repair there. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToday the aircraft is on exhibit in the West Wing of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., which re-opened in October 2022. My photo is from my visit there last March.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The History List","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47723072782638,"sku":"RAREFINDS-WRIGHTBROTHERS-BOOK","price":345.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1185\/2944\/files\/wright-brothers-dedication-of-home-and-shop-book-sold_28342072-b2d1-454f-8aed-c2411abf5f8f.jpg?v=1704520466"},{"product_id":"george-washington-s-first-state-of-the-union-address","title":"1791 Newspaper reporting Washington’s State of the Union Address","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUpdated at 9:40 pm Eastern on March 7:\u003c\/strong\u003e This has been sold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGEORGE WASHINGTON, State of the Union Message in the \u003cem\u003eColumbian Centinel\u003c\/em\u003e, November 5, 1791\u003cem\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e Newspaper. Boston, Mass.: Benjamin Russell. 4 pp., 11¼ x 18 in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIncludes complete front-page printing of George Washington’s annual message to Congress of October 25, 1791:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe rapid subscriptions to the Bank of the United States, which completed the sum allowed to be subscribed in a single day, is among the striking and pleasing evidences which present themselves, not only of confidence in the Government, but of resource in the community.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is sincerely to be desired that all need of coercion in future may cease and that an intimate intercourse may succeed, calculated to advance the happiness of the Indians and to attach them firmly to the United States.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSee the historical background below for more excerpts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIssue also includes correspondence regarding the early actions of the Haitian Revolution, with the revolt against French colonial rule in Saint-Domingue (p2\/c2-p3\/c1); an October 17, 1791 proclamation by George Washington with regulations regarding building in the City of Washington, D.C. (p3\/c1); and a variety of advertisements and notices, including one seeking information about thieves who stole sixteen pair of silk stockings from a store (p4\/c1).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI discuss this newspaper and a newspaper on \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/store.thehistorylist.com\/products\/abraham-lincoln-state-of-the-union\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLincoln's State of the Union Address\u003c\/a\u003e in this video with Seth Kaller, who provides great historical context for the addresses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e— Lee Wright | Founder\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/920312708?badge=0\u0026amp;autopause=0\u0026amp;player_id=0\u0026amp;app_id=58479\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" title=\"Collecting historic newspapers with Washington's and Lincoln's State of the Union addresses\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e Newspaper: 11¼ x 18 in.  Framed size will be larger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShipping:\u003c\/strong\u003e $50. Allow two weeks for framing and delivery. Sent via UPS with signature required.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistorical background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeorge Washington 1791 State of the Union Address to Congress, including Finance and \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNative American Policy, Hinting at Opposition to Whiskey Tax\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBoth houses of Congress achieved quorums on October 24, 1791. A committee of senators and representatives met with Washington and informed him that Congress was ready to receive any communication from him. He told the committee he would meet with Congress the next day at noon. On October 25, Washington delivered his address to Congress in the Senate Chamber in Congress Hall. It was the second annual message he delivered to Congress in Philadelphia after the federal government had agreed to move there from New York City for ten years, while awaiting the creation of a permanent capital on the Potomac River.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWashington devoted approximately one-fifth of his address to articulating a federal Indian policy. Although paternalistic toward “\u003cem\u003ean unenlightened race of men, whose happiness materially depends on the conduct of the United States,\u003c\/em\u003e” Washington’s policies were considerably more benign than those of later presidents like Andrew Jackson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Northwest Indian War persisted from 1785 to 1795 between some 45,000 Native Americans in the Northwest Territory and an increasing number of American settlers. Despite major Native American victories in 1790 and 1791 in which approximately 1,000 soldiers and militiamen were killed, the United States continued to assert its sovereignty over the area based on the 1783 Treaty of Paris. In 1792, Native Americans killed two separate peace emissaries, believing them to be spies. In August 1794, the Legion of the United States under General Anthony Wayne decisively defeated the Native Americans at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. This American victory led to the Treaty of Greenville, in which Native Americans ceded most of Ohio and a portion of Illinois country to the United States. Hoping to take advantage of American attention on the northwestern frontier, France and Spain encouraged the Chickamauga in the Southeast in their hostility to American settlers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIn his annual message, Washington refers to “\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003esome degree of discontent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e” regarding the whiskey excise tax established by Congress in March 1791. He expressed hope, however, that “\u003cem\u003eproper explanations\u003c\/em\u003e” would cause unrest to “\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003egive way to motives which arise out of a just sense of duty and a virtuous regard to the public welfare.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e” \u003c\/span\u003eAmong farmers on the frontier, the tax immediately became controversial, and they signed petitions against it. In several counties in southwestern Pennsylvania, opponents organized to repeal the law or to prevent its operation. After a second convention in Pittsburgh in August 1792 discussed resistance to the tax, Alexander Hamilton drafted a presidential proclamation that Washington issued in September 1792 denouncing such resistance. After more hostility toward tax collectors in 1793 and subpoenas against distillers who had not paid the tax in 1794, tensions rose into armed conflict in the summer of 1794. In August 1794, Washington called for the militia from several states to suppress the rebellion, and the show of force ended the rebellion without violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIn July 1790, Congress passed the Residence Act to place the national capital on the Potomac River and authorized the president to select the specific site. Because Washington wanted to incorporate the city of Alexandria, Virginia, Congress amended the act to allow Alexandria to be a part of the ten-mile-square federal District of Columbia. All federal buildings were built on the Maryland side of the river. Early in 1791, Washington appointed Pierre Charles L’Enfant to develop a plan for the new city. In 1846, Congress authorized the return of the Virginia portion of the district to that state.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSelected excerpts; see below for the entire transcript\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe rapid subscriptions to the Bank of the United States, which completed the sum allowed to be subscribed in a single day, is among the striking and pleasing evidences which present themselves, not only of confidence in the Government, but of resource in the community.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e” (p1\/c1)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eat the same time the treaties have been provisionally concluded and other proper means used to attach the wavering, and to confirm in their friendship, the well disposed tribes of Indians—effectual measures have been adopted to make those of a hostile description sensible that a pacification was desired upon terms of moderation and justice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e” (p1\/c1-2)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThese measures having proved unsuccessful, it became necessary to convince the refractory of the power of the United States to punish their depredations. Offensive operations have therefore been directed, to be conducted, however, as consistently as possible with the dictates of humanity. Some of these have been crowned with full success and others are yet depending. The expeditions which have been completed were carried on under the authority and at the expense of the United States by the militia of Kentucky, whose enterprise, intrepidity, and good conduct are entitled of peculiar commendation.\u003c\/em\u003e” (p1\/c2)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eIt is sincerely to be desired that all need of coercion in future may cease and that an intimate intercourse may succeed, calculated to advance the happiness of the Indians and to attach them firmly to the United States.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eIn order to this, it seems necessary— \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThat they should experience the benefits of an impartial dispensation of justice.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThat the mode of alienating their lands, the main source of discontent and war, should be so defined and regulated as to obviate imposition and as far as may be practicable controversy concerning the reality and extent of the alienations which are made.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThat commerce with them should be promoted under regulations tending to secure an equitable deportment toward them, and that such rational experiments should be made for imparting to them the blessings of civilization as may from time to time suit their condition.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThat the Executive of the United States should be enabled to employ the means to which the Indians have been long accustomed for uniting their immediate interests with the preservation of peace.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eAnd that efficacious provision should be made for inflicting adequate penalties upon all those who, by violating their rights, shall infringe the treaties and endanger the peace of the Union.\u003c\/em\u003e” (p1\/c2)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe powers specially vested in me by the act laying certain duties on distilled spirits, which respect the subdivisions of the districts into surveys, the appointment of officers, and the assignment of compensations, have likewise carried into effect.... The novelty, however, of the tax in a considerable part of the United States and a misconception of some of its provisions have given occasion in particular places to some degree of discontent; but it is satisfactory to know that this disposition yields to proper explanations and more just apprehensions of the true nature of the law, and I entertain a full confidence that it will in all give way to motives which arise out of a just sense of duty and a virtuous regard to the public welfare.\u003c\/em\u003e” (p1\/c2-3)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003ePursuant to the authority contained in the several acts on that subject, a district of ten miles square for the permanent seat of the Government of the United State has been fixed and announced by proclamation, which district will comprehend lands on both sides of the river Potomac and the towns of Alexandria and Georgetown.\u003c\/em\u003e” (p1\/c3)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe completion of the census of the inhabitants, for which provision was made by law, has been duly notified...and the returns...will give you the pleasing assurance that the present population of the United States borders on four millions of persons.\u003c\/em\u003e” (p1\/c3)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003eIt is particularly pleasing to me to be able to announce to you that the revenues which have been established promise to be adequate to their objects, and may be permitted, if no unforeseen exigency occurs, to supersede for the present the necessity of any new burthens upon our constituents.\u003c\/em\u003e” (p1\/c4)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeorge Washington \u003c\/strong\u003e(1732-1799) was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, and educated by private tutors. In 1749, he became a surveyor for Culpeper County, Virginia, and spent several years surveying land in western Virginia. Washington fought as an officer in the French and Indian War and the French captured him at Fort Necessity in 1754. He later became General Edward Braddock’s aide-de-camp, and helped rally the troops after Braddock’s death at the disastrous Battle of Monongahela. In 1759, Washington married the wealthy widow Martha Dandridge Custis, and they moved to his plantation Mount Vernon, where they raised her two surviving children. Washington was an innovative farmer, owner of hundreds of slaves, and emerging leader in Virginia’s planter elite. Selected as a delegate to the First and Second Continental Congresses, Washington was appointed General and Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army when it was created in June 1775. After victory at Boston, defeat at New York, perilous winter encampments and many more battles, Washington accepted the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia, in October 1781. After the Treaty of Paris ended the war officially in October 1783, Washington resigned and briefly retired to private life. He served as a Virginia delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787, and the Electoral College unanimously elected him the first President of the United States in 1789 and again in 1792. His two terms set many precedents for the Presidency, and he exercised broad powers, appointing all members of the U.S. Supreme Court and establishing the new nation on a firm foundation with the assistance of his Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson and his Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton. He adopted an isolationist foreign policy, kept the nation out of the French Revolutionary Wars that engulfed Europe, and supported the controversial Jay Treaty. He supported Hamilton’s proposals for the assumption of state debts and the creation of a mint and national bank. He retired again to Mount Vernon in March 1797, but during the Quasi-War with France, Washington accepted a commission as lieutenant general from his successor John Adams and served as senior officer in the U.S. Army from July 1798 until his death in December 1799.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eColumbian Centinel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (1790-1840) was a semi-weekly newspaper published in Boston by Benjamin Russell. It continued Russell and William Warden’s \u003cem\u003eMassachusetts Centinel \u003c\/em\u003e(1784-1790) and was the most influential newspaper in Massachusetts after the American Revolution. It was strongly Federalist in outlook and had the largest circulation in Boston until 1800. In 1828, Russell sold the \u003cem\u003eCentinel\u003c\/em\u003e to Joseph T. Adams and Thomas Hudson, who continued publishing it until 1840, when it merged with several other newspapers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComplete Transcript of Washington’s 1791 State of the Union Message\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eFellow-Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eI meet you upon the present occasion, with the feelings which are naturally inspired by a strong impression of the prosperous situations of our common country, and by a persuasion equally strong that the labors of the session which has just commenced will, under the guidance of a spirit no less prudent than patriotic, issue in measures conducive to the stability and increase of national prosperity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eNumerous as are the providential blessings which demand our grateful acknowledgments, the abundance with which another year has again rewarded the industry of the husbandman is too important to escape recollection. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eYour own observations in your respective situations will have satisfied you of the progressive state of agriculture, manufactures, commerce, and navigation. In tracing their causes you will have remarked with particular pleasure the happy effects of that revival of confidence, public as well as private, to which the Constitution and laws of the United States have so eminently contributed; and you will have observed with no less interest new and decisive proofs of the increasing reputation and credit of the nation. But you, nevertheless, cannot fail to derive satisfaction from the confirmation of these circumstances which will be disclosed in the several official communications that will be made to you in the course of your deliberations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe rapid subscriptions to the Bank of the United States, which completed the sum allowed to be subscribed in a single day, is among the striking and pleasing evidences which present themselves, not only of confidence in the Government, but of resource in the community.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIn the interval of your recess due attention has been paid to the execution of the different objects which were specially provided for by the laws and resolutions of the last session.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAmong the most important of these is the defense and security of the western frontiers. To accomplish it on the most humane principles was a primary wish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAccordingly, at the same time the treaties have been provisionally concluded and other proper means used to attach the wavering and to confirm in their friendship the well-disposed tribes of Indians, effectual measures have been adopted to make those of a hostile description sensible that a pacification was desired upon terms of moderation and justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThose measures having proved unsuccessful, it became necessary to convince the refractory of the power of the United States to punish their depredations. Offensive operations have therefore been directed, to be conducted, however, as consistently as possible with the dictates of humanity. Some of these have been crowned with full success and others are yet depending. The expeditions which have been completed were carried on under the authority and at the expense of the United States by the militia of Kentucky, whose enterprise, intrepidity, and good conduct are entitled of peculiar commendation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e Overtures of peace are still continued to the deluded tribes, and considerable numbers of individuals belonging to them have lately renounced all further opposition, removed from their former situations, and placed themselves under the immediate protection of the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIt is sincerely to be desired that all need of coercion in future may cease and that an intimate intercourse may succeed, calculated to advance the happiness of the Indians and to attach them firmly to the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIn order to this it seems necessary –\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThat they should experience the benefits of an impartial dispensation of justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThat the mode of alienating their lands, the main source of discontent and war, should be so defined and regulated as to obviate imposition and as far as may be practicable controversy concerning the reality and extent of the alienations which are made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThat commerce with them should be promoted under regulations tending to secure an equitable deportment toward them, and that such rational experiments should be made for imparting to them the blessings of civilization as may from time to time suit their condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThat the Executive of the United States should be enabled to employ the means to which the Indians have been long accustomed for uniting their immediate interests with the preservation of peace.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAnd that efficacious provision should be made for inflicting adequate penalties upon all those who, by violating their rights, shall infringe the treaties and endanger the peace of the Union.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eA system corresponding with the mild principles of religion and philanthropy toward an unenlightened race of men, whose happiness materially depends on the conduct of the United States, would be as honorable to the national character as conformable to the dictates of sound policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e The powers specially vested in me by the act laying certain duties on distilled spirits, which respect the subdivisions of the districts into surveys, the appointment of officers, and the assignment of compensations, have likewise carried into effect. In a manner in which both materials and experience were wanting to guide the calculation it will be readily conceived that there must have been difficulty in such an adjustment of the rates of compensation as would conciliate a reasonable competency with a proper regard to the limits prescribed by the law. It is hoped that the circumspection which has been used will be found in the result to have secured the last of the two objects; but it is probable that with a view to the first in some instances a revision of the provision will be found advisable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe impressions with which this law has been received by the community have been upon the whole such as were to be expected among enlightened and well-disposed citizens from the propriety and necessity of the measure. The novelty, however, of the tax in a considerable part of the United States and a misconception of some of its provisions have given occasion in particular places to some degree of discontent; but it is satisfactory to know that this disposition yields to proper explanations and more just apprehensions of the true nature of the law, and I entertain a full confidence that it will in all give way to motives which arise out of a just sense of duty and a virtuous regard to the public welfare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIf there are any circumstances in the law which consistently with its main design may be so varied as to remove any well-intentioned objections that may happen to exist, it will consist with a wise moderation to make the proper variations. It is desirable on all occasions to unite with a steady and firm adherence to constitutional and necessary acts of Government the fullest evidence of a disposition as far as may be practicable to consult the wishes of every part of the community and to lay the foundations of the public administration in the affections of the people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePursuant to the authority contained in the several acts on that subject, a district of ten miles square for the permanent seat of the Government of the United State has been fixed and announced by proclamation, which district will comprehend lands on both sides of the river Potomac and the towns of Alexandria and Georgetown. A city has also been laid out agreeably to a plan which will be placed before Congress, and as there is a prospect, favored by the rate of sales which have already taken place, of ample funds for carrying on the necessary public buildings, there is every expectation of their due progress.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe completion of the census of the inhabitants, for which provision was made by law, has been duly notified (excepting one instance in which the return has been informal, and another in which it has been omitted or miscarried), and the returns of the officers who were charged with this duty, which will be laid before you, will give you the pleasing assurance that the present population of the United States borders on four millions of persons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIt is proper also to inform you that a further loan of two millions and a half of florins has been completed in Holland, the terms of which are similar to those of the one last announced, except as to a small reduction of charges. Another, on like terms, for six millions of florins, had been set on foot under circumstances that assured an immediate completion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eGentlemen of the Senate:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eTwo treaties which have been provisionally concluded with the Cherokees, and Six Nations of Indians, will be laid before you for your consideration and ratification.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eGentlemen of the House of Representatives:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIn entering upon the discharge of your legislative trust you must anticipate with pleasure that many of the difficulties necessarily incident to the first arrangements of a new government for an extensive country have been happily surmounted by the zealous and judicious exertions of your predecessors in cooperation with the other branch of the Legislature. The important objects which remain to be accomplished will, I am persuaded, be conducted upon principles equally comprehensive and equally well calculated of the advancement of the general weal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe time limited for receiving subscriptions to the loans proposed by the act making provision for the debt of the United States having expired, statements from the proper department will as soon as possible apprise you of the exact result. Enough, however, is known already to afford an assurance that the views of that act have been substantially fulfilled. The subscription in the domestic debt of the United States has embraced by far the greatest proportion of that debt, affording at the same time proof of the general satisfaction of the public creditors with the system which has been proposed to their acceptance and of the spirit of accommodation to the convenience of the Government with which they are actuated. The subscriptions in the debts of the respective States as far as the provisions of the law have permitted may be said to be yet more general. The part of the debt of the United States which remains unsubscribed will naturally engage your further deliberations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIt is particularly pleasing to me to be able to announce to you that the revenues which have been established promise to be adequate to their objects, and may be permitted, if no unforeseen exigency occurs, to supersede for the present the necessity of any new burthens upon our constituents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAn object which will claim your early attention is a provision for the current service of the ensuing year, together with such ascertained demands upon the Treasury as require to be immediately discharged, and such casualties as may have arisen in the execution of the public business, for which no specific appropriation may have yet been made; of all which a proper estimate will be laid before you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eGentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eI shall content myself with a general reference to former communications for several objects upon which the urgency of other affairs has hitherto postponed any definitive resolution. Their importance will recall them to your attention, and I trust that the progress already made in the most arduous arrangements of the Government will afford you leisure to resume them to advantage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThese are, however, some of them of which I cannot forbear a more particular mention. These are the militia, the post office and post roads, the mint, weights and measures, a provision for the sale of the vacant lands of the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe first is certainly an object of primary importance, whether viewed in reference to the national security, to the satisfaction of the community, or to the preservation of order. In connection with this, the establishment of competent magazines and arsenals and the fortification of such places as are peculiarly important and vulnerable naturally present themselves to consideration. The safety of the United States under divine protection ought to rest on the basis of systematic and solid arrangements, exposed as little as possible to the hazards of fortuitous circumstances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe importance of the post office and post roads on a plan sufficiently liberal and comprehensive, as they respect the expedition, safety, and facility of communication, is increased by their instrumentality in diffusing a knowledge of the laws and proceedings of the Government, which, while it contributes to the security of the people, serves also to guard them against the effects of misrepresentation and misconception. The establishment of additional cross posts, especially to some of the important points in the Western and Northern parts of the Union, cannot fail to be of material utility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe disorders in the existing currency, and especially the scarcity of small change, a scarcity so peculiarly distressing to the poorer classes, strongly recommend the carrying into immediate effect the resolution already entered into concerning the establishment of a mint. Measures have been taken pursuant to that resolution for procuring some of the most necessary artists, together with the requisite apparatus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAn uniformity in the weights and measures of the country is among the important objects submitted to you by the Constitution, and if it can be derived from a standard at once invariable and universal, must be no less honorable to the public councils than conducive to the public convenience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eA provision for the sale of the vacant lands of the United States is particularly urged, among other reasons, by the important considerations that they are pledged as a fund for reimbursing the public debt; that if timely and judiciously applied they may save the necessity of burthening our citizens with new taxes for the extinguishment of the principal; and that being free to discharge the principal but in a limited proportion, no opportunity ought to be lost for availing the public of its right. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e                                                                        G\u003cu\u003e\u003csup\u003eo\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eOct. 25, 1791.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSource:  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sethkaller.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSeth Kaller\u003c\/a\u003e for the commentary and historical background.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The History List","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48056847991086,"sku":"RARE-FINDS-GW-STATE-OF-UNION","price":1850.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1185\/2944\/files\/rare-finds-gw-state-of-union-g.washington-sold.jpg?v=1712118163"},{"product_id":"col-wilson-of-wilsons-brigade-on-the-cover-of-harpers-weekly-for-may-11-1861","title":"\"Harper's Weekly\" for May 11, 1861 with a large illustration of the 69th Irish regiment embarking on USS James Adger for the war","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUpdated at 9:15 pm on March 14:\u003c\/strong\u003e This has been sold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn original issue of \u003cem\u003eHarper's Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e from May 11, 1861 that includes a large illustration of the 69th Irish regiment embarking on USS James Adger for the war. The ship was a sidewheel steamer and was named after James Adger, an Irish-American merchant who was born in County Antrim and emigrated to the United States with his family in 1793. He became one of the wealthiest and most influential merchants of antebellum Charleston.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCol. 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Butler on the cover, and inside, a large image of the Quarters of the 69th (Irish) regiment NY State Militia, at Georgetown College in Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso included, these images:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSort of rig advisable for vessels employed in the chase of Southern privateers\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe cabinet of the Confederate states at Montgomery\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLuther C. Ladd, a Massachusetts volunteer, killed at Baltimore\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWilliam G. Brownlow, of TN\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA juvenile party (a bird's eye view of society)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFort Pulaski, Savannah river, GA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Mr. Russell, Correspondent of the London 'Times'\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCorn. Tatnall, Major Smith, and Mr. Ward inspecting the 10” Columbiad at Fort Pulaski\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMilitary occupation of Baltimore\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMajor General Butler 's encampment on Federal Hill\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhite House at Montgomery\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRent $5000 a year\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCity of Montgomery, AL\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDrumming of recruits for the Confederate army\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSand bag battery, commanding the road to Harper's Ferry, near the relay house, built by Lt. W.H. M'Cartney, Boston Light Artillery\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Bouquet Battery, commanding the bridge at the relay House, Lt. Josiah Porter, Boston Light Artillery, commanding\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSleeping bunks of the first Rhode Island regiment, at the patent office, Washington\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Armory at Albany, NY drumming out Albany volunteers who refused to take the oath\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCorner scene during the excitement at St. Louis, MO\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eU.S. volunteers attacked by the mob, corner of fifth \u0026amp; Walnut Streets, St. Louis, MO\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe camp at Cairo, IL\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCartoon of Jefferson Davis and Uncle Sam, with Davis saying, \"Oh dear Uncle!  All I want is to be let alone.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSource: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sethkaller.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSeth Kaller\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The History List","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48077646070062,"sku":"RARE-FINDS-HARPERS-WEEKLY-JUN1","price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1185\/2944\/files\/rare-finds-harpers-weekly-june1-sold_76d47db7-1909-46ec-8a5f-d48a0f091343.webp?v=1712118002"},{"product_id":"a-soldiers-story-by-omar-bradley-limited-edition-574-of-750-signed-copies","title":"\"A Soldier's Story\" signed by the author Omar Bradley, 1951 — Limited first edition, #574 of 750 signed copies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUpdated April 2:\u003c\/strong\u003e This has been sold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLimited first edition, signed and numbered. \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNo. 574 of 750 copies issued. In a slip case. In excellent condition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Soldier’s Story, \u003c\/em\u003efirst published in a 1951,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e recounts the battles of World War II from a soldier’s perspective. Bradley led more combat troops than any other field commander in history. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith 55 maps and 17 black-and-white illustrations, including photographs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is an opportunity to own an original, signed first edition from a general who played such a critical role in the outcome of WWII.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlso available,\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.thehistorylist.com\/products\/reminiscences-1964-general-douglas-macarthur-1486-of-1750-signed-copies-limited-edition\"\u003e\"Reminiscences\" signed by the author General Douglas MacArthur, 1964 - Limited edition, 1486 of 1750 signed copies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The History List","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48219664548142,"sku":"RARE-FINDS-BRADLEY-BOOK","price":1095.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1185\/2944\/files\/rare-finds-soldiers-story-bradley-sold_e0da55e4-bd44-49bc-aa8e-c12548ae28b6.webp?v=1712117745"},{"product_id":"reminiscences-1964-general-douglas-macarthur-1486-of-1750-signed-copies-limited-edition","title":"\"Reminiscences\" signed by the author General Douglas MacArthur, 1964 - First edition, #1486 of 1750 signed copies","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eUpdated April 3:\u003c\/strong\u003e This has been sold.\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLimited first edition, signed and numbered. No. 1486 of 1750 signed copies. In a slip case. In excellent condition.\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne of the most decorated generals in American history, MacArthur completed his autobiography shortly before his death on April 5, 1964.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNumerous B\/W photographs including the one dated Sep 2, 1945, aboard the new 45,000-ton battleship U.S.S. Missouri when the Japanese signed their surrender.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eColor portrait of MacArthur, a five-star general, as frontispiece. Marbled endpapers. With maps and other illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an opportunity to own MacArthur's autobiography, signed by him, such a towering figure in the war in the Pacific and on the world stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlso available,\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.thehistorylist.com\/products\/a-soldiers-story-by-omar-bradley-limited-edition-574-of-750-signed-copies\"\u003e\"A Soldier's Story\" signed by the author Omar Bradley, 1951 — Limited edition, 574 of 750 signed copies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The History List","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48219730051374,"sku":"RARE-FINDS-MCARTHUR-BOOK","price":795.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1185\/2944\/files\/rare-finds-reminiscenses-macarthur-book-sold.webp?v=1712201389"},{"product_id":"u-s-infantry-tactics-for-the-instruction-exercise-and-maneuvers-of-the-united-states-infantry-1861-first-edition","title":"\"U.S. Infantry Tactics for the Instruction, Exercise and Maneuvers of the United States Infantry” — 1861 — First edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUpdated at 9:15 pm on April 4:\u003c\/strong\u003e This has been sold.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eU.S. Infantry Tactics for the Instruction, Exercise and Maneuvers of the United States Infantry…Philadelphia: J. 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Each is in a protective polypropylene sleeve.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Lee Wright | Founder\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIncludes these newspapers:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeptember 4, 1939 - \u003ci\u003eDaily Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e (UK) - \"Britain’s First Day of War: Churchill is New Navy Chief — Britain and Germany Have Been at War Since Eleven O’Clock Yesterday Morning” — \"Poles Attack\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeptember 27, 1939 -\u003cem\u003e Telegraph \u0026amp; Independent\u003c\/em\u003e (UK) - “Nazis Move Big Forces From Poland to West — Alarm at French Drive Near Siegfried Gap\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMay 10, 1940 - \u003cem\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/em\u003e (UK) - “British Land in Iceland to Prevent Nazis from Seizing It\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eJune 11, 1940 - \u003cem\u003eDaily Sketch\u003c\/em\u003e (UK) - \"Italy Takes the Plunge Into War at Midnight — Italy is To-Day at War With France and Britain, After Eight Hours’ Notice of Her Decision” — Includes hour by hour account.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eJune 14, 1940 - \u003cem\u003eThe Daily Mail \u003c\/em\u003e(UK) - “Paris: The Gravest Hour — German Hordes to the East and West — Refugees Streaming from the City” — “Britain’s 2 a.m. Vow to France — ‘We Shall Never Turn Back’” — \"Roosevelt told ‘Your Turn Now’\"\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eJuly 15, 1940 - \u003cem\u003eThe Daily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e (UK) - “Mr. Churchill and an Invasion — Ready, Undismayed, to Meet It — ‘We Seek No Terms \u0026amp; Ask No Mercy \u003cspan\u003e— London in Ruins Better than Enslavement\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eJune 23, 1940 -\u003cem\u003e Sunday Dispatch (\u003c\/em\u003eUK) - “Mme. Tabouis Tells of His Escape From Nazis” — “Children Flee—To Starve and Die\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eDecember 31, 1940 - \u003cem\u003eThe Daily Mail\u003c\/em\u003e (UK) - “Hitler Planned Monday Swoop — London was to Blaze First” — “America Moves — Big Arms Flow Has Begun\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eMay 31, 1941 - \u003cem\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/em\u003e (UK) - \"The Kill: Bismark, Hitler’s pride, goes down in flames—then down in pieces. U-boat and bombers stopped rescuers\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eDecember 7, 1941 - \u003cem\u003eH\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eonolulu Star-Bulletin \u003c\/span\u003e1st Extra\u003c\/i\u003e (Reprint) - “War! 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The other 12 include several pages of that day's paper.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShipping:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e$35. 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Worthington of Hartford, Conn. in 1883. This is a first edition. 715 pp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eOur Famous Women\u003c\/em\u003e includes the writings of and about famous American women such as Harriet Beecher Stowe, Clara Barton, Louisa May Alcott, Julia Ward Howe, Susan B Anthony, and many others. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIllustrated with 16 full-page portrait engravings throughout. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis fine edition features full-page engraved portraits of the famous women. Beautifully bound with gilt edges.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9\" x 6.25\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShipping:\u003c\/strong\u003e $10. 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With Numerous Engravings on Steel and Wood.\u003c\/em\u003e Published by Forshee \u0026amp; McMakin in Cincinnati, 1881. 736 pp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the time it was written, this book filled a significant gap in American history by spotlighting the crucial yet often unrecognized roles these women played in shaping the presidency and the nation's social landscape. 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The one that \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christies.com\/en\/lot\/lot-4575347\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eChristie's sold in 2005\u003c\/a\u003e and that sounds like it was in similar condition, went for $1,020. Ours is quite a bargain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShipping: \u003c\/strong\u003e$5.95. Please allow two weeks for shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistorical background on the \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWorld Cotton Centennial, also referred to as the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt a time when nearly one third of all cotton produced in the United States was handled in New Orleans and the city was home to the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, the idea for the fair was first advanced by the Cotton Planters Association. 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