OShaughnessy: Catalogue of An Interesting Collection of Books and Pamphlets on American History. To Be Sold At Auction Tuesday Afternoon and Wednesday Morning and Afternoon, March 14th and 15th, 1916, 18,

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 14, 1916 - March 14, 1916

Page Size: 958 items in 10 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	ABBOT (ABIEL)	A Statement of Proceedings in the First Society in Coventry...	Hartford	1812	USD -	Unknown
2	ADAMS (HANNAH)	An Alphabetical Compendium of the Various Sects which have appeared in the World from the Beginning of the Christian Erato the Present Day	Boston	1784	USD -	Unknown
3	ADAMS (HANNAH)	A View of Religions, in Two Parts: I. Alphabetical Compendium of Religious Denominations; II. Account of the different Schemes of Religion (in the several American cities and states), etc	Boston	1791	USD -	Unknown
4	ADAMS (HANNAH)	A Summary History of New England, from the First Settlement of Plymouth, to the Acceptance of the Federal Constitution, comprehending a general sketch of the American War	Dedham	1799	USD -	Unknown
5	John Lowell	Narrative of the Controversy between the Rev. Jedediah Morse,...	Boston	1814	USD -	Unknown
6	ADAMS (HERBERT B.)	Report of Proceedings of American Historical Association, Dec., 1888	New York	1889	USD -	Unknown
7	ADAMS (JOHN)	A Defense of the Constitutions of Government of the United States	Boston	1788	USD -	Unknown
8	[ADAMS (JOHN)]	Discourses on Davila. A Series of Papers on Political History	Boston	1805	USD -	Unknown
9	[ADAMS (JOHN)]	Letter on the Militia;...			USD -	Unknown
10	[ADAMS (JOHN)]	Correspondence between Hon. John Adams, late President of the U. S. and the late Wm. Cunningham, 1803-1812, pp. 220			USD -	Unknown
11	[ADAMS (JOHN)]	John Adams: the Statesman of the Revolution (Chamberlain), 1884;...			USD -	Unknown
12	ADAMS (JOHN QUINCY)	Correspondence [with] several Citizens of Massachusetts, concerning the Charge of a Design to dissolve the Union, alleged to have existed in that State	Boston	1829	USD -	Unknown
13	ADAMS (JOHN QUINCY)	Letters on Masonry; addressed to Wm. L. Stone, of New York	Lancaster	1832	USD -	Unknown
14	ADAMS (JOHN QUINCY)	The Striking Similitude between the Reign of Terror, of the Elder Adams, and the reign of Corruption of the Younger Adams	Albany	1828	USD -	Unknown
15	ADAMS (JOHN QUINCY)	Deeds and other Documents relating to the Several Pieces of Land and to the Library...			USD -	Unknown
16	S. Wilson	ALBANY CITY GUIDE: Public Buildings, etc	Albany	1844	USD -	Unknown
17	S. Wilson	ALBANY CITY GUIDE: Public Buildings, etc	Albany	1845	USD -	Unknown
18		ALBANY, N. Y. Anniversary Discourse,...			USD -	Unknown
19		Dudley Observatory: Dedication, 1856, and Controversy, 1858			USD -	Unknown
20		AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: Memoirs of	Cambridge	1849-50	USD -	Unknown
21		AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES: Proceedings: Vols. 6 and 10	Cambridge	1866-75	USD -	Unknown
22	J. T. Callender	AMERICAN ANNUAL REGISTER (The), or Historical Memoirs of the United States for 1796	Phil.	1797	USD -	Unknown
23		AMERICAN HISTORICAL TALES FOR YOUTH. Engraved view: Fort Amsterdam, on the Manhattan, 1635	New York	1850	USD -	Unknown
24	Stephen D. Peet, editor	AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN (The)	Chicago	1879-81	USD -	Unknown
25		ANALETIC MAGAZINE	Phil.	1816	USD -	Unknown
26	William Cullen Bryant and R. C. Sands Editor	ATLANTIC MAGAZINE	N. Y.	1824-25	USD -	Unknown
27		BOSTON LYCEUM	Boston	1827	USD -	Unknown
28		BOSTON MONTHLY MAGAZINE	Boston	1825-26	USD -	Unknown
29	A. Curtis, editor	BOTANICO-MEDICAL RECORDER; Advocate of Botanic medicine and practice	Columbus, O.	1841	USD -	Unknown
30		CASKET (THE), for 1828	Phil.	(1828)	USD -	Unknown
31		COLUMBIAN MAGAZINE	Philadelphia		USD -	Unknown
32		CONNECTICUT EVANGELICAL MAGAZINE	Hartford	1800-15	USD -	Unknown
33		COVENANT (THE); official magazine of the I. O. O. F., of the United States	Baltimore	1842-44	USD -	Unknown
34		EPISCOPAL REGISTER	Middlebury, Vt.	1827-29	USD -	Unknown
35	G. W. Light, editor	ESSAYIST (THE). A Young Men's Magazine	Boston	1833	USD -	Unknown
36	Dolphus Skinner, editor	EVANGELICAL MAGAZINE (The), and Gospel Advocate: devoted to Theoretical and Practical Religion, Free Inquiry, etc	N. Y.	1830-31	USD -	Unknown
37	Isaac Hill, editor	FARMERS' MONTHLY VISITOR	Concord	1839-40	USD -	Unknown
38	Isaac Hill, editor	FARMERS' MONTHLY VISITOR. Vol. 13 (nos. 2-11)	Manchester	1853	USD -	Unknown
39		GOSPEL ADVOCATE, and Impartial Investigator	Buffalo	1827	USD -	Unknown
40		GOSPEL HERALD and Universal Review	New York	1829	USD -	Unknown
41		GRANITE MONTHLY (THE): A New Hampshire Magazine, devoted to History, Biography, Literature, etc	Concord	1883-85	USD -	Unknown
42		LITERARY GEM: Van Court's New Monthly Magazine	Phil.	1854	USD -	Unknown
43	Albert G. Greene, editor	LITERARY JOURNAL (THE)	Providence	1833-34	USD -	Unknown
44		MECHANICS' MAGAZINE and Register of Inventions and Improvements	New York	1833-35	USD -	Unknown
45		MEDFORD. MASS. Historical Register	Medford	1898	USD -	Unknown
46		NEW HAMPSHIRE REPOSITORY	Gilmanton	1845-46	USD -	Unknown
47		NICK-NAX FOR ALL CREATION	New York	1858-59	USD -	Unknown
48		OLIVE BRANCH (THE). Published by the N. Y. Universalist Book Society	New York	1828	USD -	Unknown
49		POUGHKEEPSIE THOMSONIAN (THE): devoted to the Support and Dissemination of the Thomsonian Theory and Practice of Medicine	N. Y.	1842-43	USD -	Unknown
50		PURITAN (THE); or Lay-Essayist	Plymouth	1832	USD -	Unknown
51		UNITED STATES REVIEW and Literary Gazette	Bost.	1825	USD -	Unknown
52		WORCESTER MAGAZINE and Historical Journal	Worcester	1826	USD -	Unknown
53		WORCESTER TALISMAN	Worcester	1828-29	USD -	Unknown
54		AMERICAN REMEMBRANCE (THE); an Impartial Collection of Essays, Resolves, Speeches, etc., relative or having Affinity, to the Treaty with Great Britain	Phil.	1795	USD -	Unknown
55	AMORY (T. C)	Life of James Sullivan: with Selections from his Writings	Boston	1859	USD -	Unknown
56		APPEAL (AN) to the Justice and Interests of the People of Great Britain, in the present Disputes with America	London	1775	USD -	Unknown
57		ASSASSINATION PLOT (THE) in New York in 1776	Boston	1869	USD -	Unknown
58	BARRINGTON (F. C.)	The Lady Imogen: or the Wreck and the Chase. A Tale of Block Island and the Sound	Boston	1850	USD -	Unknown
59		BATTLE OF GROTON HEIGHTS: Burning of New London, etc...			USD -	Unknown
60	BELISLE (D. W.)	History of Independence Hall: embracing Biographies of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, with Historical Sketches of the Sacred Relics preserved in that Sanctuary, of American Freedom	Phil.	1859	USD -	Unknown
61	BLANCHARD (J. P.)	Principles of the Revolution: showing the Preserving of them and the consequent Failure of their Accomplishment	Boston	1855	USD -	Unknown
62		BOSTON. Letters written at the Time of the Occupation of Boston by the British, 1775-6	Salem	1876	USD -	Unknown
63	BRADFORD (ALDEN)	Biography of Caleb Strong, several Years Governor of Massachusetts	Boston	1820	USD -	Unknown
64		BROADSIDE. Lord Cornwallis's Surrender	[Boston]	[1782]	USD -	Unknown
65		BUNKER HILL. Who was the Commander at Bunker Hill? (Swett)...			USD -	Unknown
66	Bell (Charles H.)	BUNKER HILL. New Hampshire at Bunker Hill	Cambridge	1891	USD -	Unknown
67	Ellis (G. E.)	BUNKER HILL. History of the Battle June 17, 1775	Boston	1875	USD -	Unknown
68		BUNKER HILL.History of the Battle of Breed's (Bunker) Hill, by Gens. Wm. Heath, Henry Lee, James Wilkinson and Henry Dearborn	Saco (Me.)	1831	USD -	Unknown
69		BUNKER HILL. The Command in the Battle of Bunker Hill (R. Frothingham)	Boston		USD -	Unknown
70	Willard (S)	BUNKER HILL.Plans and Sections of the Obelisk on Bunker's Hill, etc	Boston	(1843)	USD -	Unknown
71	BURDICK (A. C.)	The Ocean Martyr: or the Hunter Spy of Virginia	New York	(1850)	USD -	Unknown
72		CAMBRIDGE, MASS. Proceedings, July 3, 1875, in Celebration of the Centennial Anniversary of Washington's Taking Command, on Cambridge Common. Heliotype view	Cambridge	1875	USD -	Unknown
73		CENTENNIAL ORATIONS: Commemorative of the Opening Events of the American Revolution	Boston	1875	USD -	Unknown
74	[CERESIER (A. M.)]	Le Destin de l'Amerique ou Dialogues Pittoresques dans Lescels on Developpe la cause des Evenemens actuels...	Londres	1780	USD -	Unknown
75	CHAMBERLAIN (MELLEN)	The Authentication of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776	Cambridge	1885	USD -	Unknown
76	[CHILD (DAVID L.)]	An Enquiry into the Conduct of General Putnam, in Relation to the Battle of Bunker, or Breed's Hill: and Remarks upon Mr. S. Swett's Sketch of that Battle	Boston	1819	USD -	Unknown
77	CHIPMAN (DANIEL)	Memoir of Col. Seth Warner. To which is added the Life of Col. Ethan Allen, by Jared Sparks	Middlebury, Vt.	1848	USD -	Unknown
78		CIRCOURT (COUNT ADOLPHE DE). France and the United States	Boston	1877	USD -	Unknown
79	CLARK (GEORGE F.)	Capt. Isaac Davies, the First Officer Killed in the Revolutionary War	Worcester	(1896)	USD -	Unknown
80	COBURN (FRANK W.)	The Battle of April 19, 1775, in Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Arlington, Cambridge, Somerville and Charlestown	Lexington, Mass.	1912	USD -	Unknown
81	COLBURN (JEREMIAH)	American Independence: Did the Colonists desire It? Letters of John Jay and John Adams	Boston	1876	USD -	Unknown
82		CONCORD FIGHT. Proceedings at the Centennial Celebration, April 19, 1875	Concord	1876	USD -	Unknown
83	CORNWALLIS (EARL)	Answer to Sir Henry Clinton's Narrative of the Campaign in 1781	Phil.	1866	USD -	Unknown
84	CURTIS (NEWTON)	The Patrol of the Mountain (Champlain, Crown Point, etc., in the Revolution)	New York	1852	USD -	Unknown
85	DAWSON (HENRY B.)	The Sons of Liberty in New York		1859	USD -	Unknown
86	DEANE	Memorial of the Heirs of Silas Deane, formerly Political and Commercial Agent in Europe; and one of the Ambassadors of the U. S. in France in the Revolutionary War	[Hartford]	[1835]	USD -	Unknown
87	DERBY (ELIAS H.)	Services of New Hampshire in the Revolution	Boston	(1877)	USD -	Unknown
88	DERBY (SAMUEL C.)	Early Dublin: List of the Revolutionary Soldiers of Dublin, N. H	Columbus	1901	USD -	Unknown
89	Frank Moore	DIARY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION	N. Y.	1859-60	USD -	Unknown
90	DRAKE (FRANCIS S.)	Life and Correspondence of Henry Knox, Major-General in the American Revolutionary Army	Boston	1873	USD -	Unknown
91	DROWNE (SOLOMON)	Journal of a Cruise, 1780, in the Private-Sloop of War, Hope.	New York	1872	USD -	Unknown
92	FISHER (ELIJAH)	Journal while in the War for Independence; and continued Two Years after he came to Maine: 1775-1784	Augusta	1880	USD -	Unknown
93	FOOTE (HENRY W.)	King's Chapel and the Evacuation of Boston	Boston	1876	USD -	Unknown
94	FRISBIE (LEVI)	An Oration, delivered at Ipswich, 29th April, 1783, on Account of the happy Restoration of Peace between Great Britain and the United States of America		1783	USD -	Unknown
95	[FROTHINGHAM (RICHARD)]	The Alarm on the Night of April 18, 1775 (and Paul Revere)	Boston	(1876)	USD -	Unknown
96	[GALLOWAY (JOSEPH)]	Letters to a Nobleman, on the Conduct of the War in the Middle Colonies	London	1780	USD -	Unknown
97	GILMORE (G. C.)	Roll of New Hampshire Soldiers at the Battle of Bennington, 1777	Manchester	1891	USD -	Unknown
98	GOODALE (G. L.)	British and Colonial Army Surgeons, on 19th of April, 1775	Concord	(1899)	USD -	Unknown
99	GOOLD (WILLIAM)	The Burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Me.), by Capt. Mowatt, 1775		1873	USD -	Unknown
100	GORDON (WM.)	Discourse, Dec. 15th, 1774; and afterwards at the Boston Lecture	Boston	1775	USD -	Unknown

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December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

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Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

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