Henkels: The Proud Paperss (ROBERT PROUD, Historian of Pennsylvania). EMBRACING, The Original Manuscript of Proud's Pennsylvania, The Original Manuscript (unpublished) of Smith's Pennsylvania, The Original Manuscript (unpublished) of Bennett's New England, Valuabl, 893,

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Auction Date: January 01, 1903 - January 01, 1903

Page Size: 1159 items in 12 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
981	TURNER, O.	Pioneer History of the Holland Purchase of Western New York	Buffalo	1849	USD -	5.75
982	TYLER, LYON GARDNER	The Cradle of the Republic, Jamestown and the James River	Richmond	1900	USD -	1.10
983		UNVERSALISTS. Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, selected from various Authors and published by a Committee of the Convention of the Church, believing in the Restitution of all Men	Philadelphia	1792	USD -	2.00
984	VAUX, ROBERTS	Memoirs of the Lives of Benjamin Lay and Ralph Sandford, two of the earliest Public Advocates for the emancipation of the Enslaved Africans	Philadelphia	1815	USD -	2.50
985		VERNON'S Cases Argued and Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery	In the Savoy	1726	USD -	0.60
986		VIEWS of the Profile Mountain' and the Profile Rock or the Old Man of the Mountain at Franconia, N. H.	Boston	1847	USD -	1.75
987		VIEWS of the White Mountains, with Descriptions by M. F. Sweetser	Portland		USD -	1.25
988		Virginia. A Short Account of the hirst Settlement of the Provinces of Virginia, Maryland, New-Jersey and Pennsylvania, by the English	London	1735	USD -	6.00
989		VIRGINIA HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, Collections of the	Richmond	1833	USD -	3.00
990		VIRGINIA PUBLIC Goon, being an Examination into the Claim of Virginia to the Vacant Western Territory	Albany	N. D.	USD -	2.00
991	James Dana, D.D., Pastor of the First Church in said Town	WALLING FORD. CONN. A Century Discourse delivered at the Anniversay Meeting of the Freemen of the Town of Wallingford, April 9th, 1770	New Haven	(1770)	USD -	5.50
992	WALDO, S. PUTNAM	The life and Character of Stephen Decatur, late Commodore and Post Captain in the Navy of the United States	Middletown	1822	USD -	0.50
993	WARD, DR. HENRY A.	Annals of Richfield (Richfield Springs. N. Y.)	Utica, N. Y.	1808	USD -	1.30
994		WAR OF 1812. Sketches of the War between the United States and the British Isles	Rutland. Vt.	1815	USD -	6.00
995	WARREN, B. H.	Report on the Birds of Pennsylvania	Harrishurg	1890	USD -	4.00
996	WARREN, MRS. MERCY	History of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution	Boston	1805	USD -	3.60
997	WASHBURN, EMORY	Sketches of the Judicial History of Massachusetts, from 1630 to the Revolution in 1775	Boston	1840	USD -	0.40
998	WASHBURNE, E. B.	Recollections of a Minister to France, 1869-1877	New York	1887	USD -	1.80
999		WASHINGTON COUNTY, NEW YORK. History and Biography of	Richmond	1894	USD -	3.75
1000		WASHINGTON COUNTY, PA. History of	Philadelphia	1882	USD -	9.25
1001		WASHINGTONIANA. A Memorial	Philadelphia	1757	USD -	31.00
1002	WASHINGTON, GEORGE	Official Letters to the Honorable American Congress, written, during the War between the United Colonies and Great Britain, by His Excellency George Washington	London	1795	USD -	3.00
1003		WASHINGTON, HIS EXCELLENCY GEORGE, Letters from, to Arthur Young, Esq., and Sir John Sinclair, containing an account of his Husbandry	Alexandria	1803	USD -	0.10
1004	Wm. Stockton	WASHINGTON, Tomb of, at Mount Vernon	Philadelphia	1840	USD -	1.00
1005	WASHINGTON, GEORGE	WASHINGTON, GEORGE. Irving's Life of	New York	1857	USD -	7.50
1006		WASHINGTON. Life and Times of Washington	New York	(1857)	USD -	0.60
1007	WASHINGTON, GEORGE	WASHINGTON, GEORGE. Orderly Book of	Boston	1898	USD -	0.80
1008		WASHINGTONIANA. Catalogue of a Collection of Books, Rare Maps, Plans of Cities, etc.	Philadelphia	1876	USD -	2.00
1009		WASHINGTONIANA; or, Memorials of the Death of George Washington	Roxbury	1865	USD -	2.50
1010		WASHINGTONIANA. Celebration of the Sesque-Centennial of the Initiation of Brother George Washington into Freemasonry, by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania...	Philadelphia	1902	USD -	1.40
1011	WATSON, JNO. F.	Annals and Occurrences of New York City and State in the Olden Time, being a collection of Memoirs	Philadelphia	1846	USD -	5.25
1012	WATSON, JOHN F.	Annals of New York City and State in the Olden Time	Philadelphia	1846	USD -	3.00
1013	WATSON, JOHN F.	Annals of Philadelphia; being a Collection of Memoirs	Philadelphia	1830	USD -	11.00
1014	WATSON, JOHN F.	Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania in the Olden Time	Philadelphia	1868	USD -	2.00
1015	WATSON, JOHN F.	Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania in the Olden Time	Philadelphia	1856	USD -	3.30
1016	WATTERSTON, GEO.	A Picture of Washington, with Plan of the City and Plan of the Senate Chamber	Washington	1840	USD -	0.90
1017	WESTCOTT, THOMPSON	The Historic Mansions and Buildings of Philadelphia; with Some Notices of their Owners and Occupants	Philadelphia	1877	USD -	1.40
1018	WHARTON, ANNE HOLLINGSWORTH	Heirlooms in Miniature, with a Chapter on Miniature Painting by Emily Drayton Taylor	Philadelphia	1898	USD -	3.25
1019		WHARTON, ANNE HOLLINGSWORTIL Salons, Colonial and Republican	Philadelphia	1900	USD -	2.25
1020	WHITE, RICHARD GRANT	National Hymns, how they are written, and how they are not written	New York	1861	USD -	0.70
1021	WHITEHEAD, JOHN	The Passaic Valley. N. J., in Three Centuries. Historical and Descriptive Records of the Valley and the Vicinity of the Passaic	New York	1901	USD -	0.90
1022	WHITEHEAD, WILLIAM A.	Contributions to the Early History of Perth Amboy and Adjoining Counfey	New York	1856	USD -	2.20
1023	WHITTIER, JNO. G.	Poems written during the Progress of the Abolition Question in the United States, 1830 and 1838	Boston	1837	USD -	9.00
1024	WILKINSON, GENERAL JAMES	Memoirs of My Own Times	Philadelphia	1816	USD -	9.00
1025	WILLEY, GEORGE F.	Sextri-Centennial Book of Manchester, N. H. Historical, Genealogical, etc.	Manchester	1896	USD -	1.00
1026	WILLIAMS, SAMUEL	Natural and Civil History of Vermont	Burlington	1899	USD -	3.00
1027	WILLIS, O. R.	Catalogue of Plants Growing Without Cultivation in the State of New Jersey	New York	1877	USD -	0.60
1028	WILSON, AMOS	The Pennsylvania Hermit	Philadelphia	1830	USD -	2.25
1029	WILSON (JAMES GRANT)	The Memorial History of the City of New York, from its First Settlement to the Year 1892	New York	1892	USD -	10.00
1030	WLLSON, THOS.	The Biography of the Principal American Military and Naval Heroes, comprehending Details of their Achievements during the Revolutionary and Late War	New York	1819-1821	USD -	3.50
1031	WING, REV. CONWAY P.	History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. 1731-1879	Philadelphia	1879	USD -	Not Sold
1032	Paul Leicester Ford, editor	WINNOWINGS IN AMERICAN HISTORY	Brooklyn	1890	USD -	5.60
1033	WOOD, JNO.	The History of the Administration of John Adams, Esq., Late President of the United States	New York	1802	USD -	2.70
1034		WOOD ENGRAVINGS	Albany	1822	USD -	2.00
1035		WORCESTER COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS	Philadelphia	1898	USD -	0.50
1036	WRIGHT, REV. JOHN	Early Bibles of America; being a Descriptive Account of Bibles Published in the United States, Mexico and Canada	New York	1894	USD -	1.75
1037		WYOMING, The Valley of	New York	1866	USD -	0.60
1038	Aristides	NEW JERSEY. An address from the Council of Proprietors of the Western Division of New Jersey to the occupier of Lands within the Angle		1795	USD -	2.75
1039		PHILADELPHIA. Facts and Observations relative to the Nature and Origin of the Pestilential Fever, which prevailed in the City in 1793, 1797 and 1798	Philadelphia	1798	USD -	0.10
1040		WASHINGTON. Porcupine's Gazette	New York	1800	USD -	0.25
1041	COBBBTT, WM.	The Rush Eight for March 15th and 31st and April 30, 1800	New York		USD -	0.60
1042	DUPONCEAU, PETER S.	A Discourse on the Early History of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	1821	USD -	1.90
1043	PENN, WM.	Proceedings of a Meeting Held in Philadelphia on the 4th of November, 1824, to Commemorate the Landing of Wm. Penn on the Shore of America, on the 24th of Oct., 1682	Philadelphia	1824	USD -	0.25
1044	CALDWELL, CHAS	Eulogium on Caspar Wistar, M. D.	Philadelphia	1818	USD -	0.25
1045		PHILADELPHIA. Additional Facts and Observations relative to the Nature and Origin of the Pestilential Fever	Philadelphia	1806	USD -	0.50
1046	VAUGHAN, DR. JNO.	A Concise History of the Autumnal Eever, which Prevailed in the Borough of Wilmington in 1802	Wilmington, Del.	1803	USD -	0.25
1047		Proceedings of the CoHege of Physicians of Philadelphia, Relative to the Prevention of the Introduction and Spreading of Contagious Diseases	Philadelphia	1798	USD -	0.25
1048	OLIVER, DR. B. L. & CURRIE, WM.	Letters on the Kine Pox	Philadelphia	1802	USD -	0.25
1049	DICKINSON, JNO.	Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the, Inhabitants of the British Colonies; regarding the rights of Taxation, and several other important Points	London	1768	USD -	1.75
1050		BRADFORD IMPRINT. Epistolse Familiaris et Alia Quartern Miscellanea, Familiar Epistles, and other Miscellaneous Pieces wrote in-Latin Verse by Jno. Beveridge	Philadelphia	1765	USD -	2.00
1051	FRANKLIN	Maxims of Prudence, Economy and Religion Dr. Franklin's "Way to Wealth," or "Poor Richard"	Bath	N. D.	USD -	0.50
1052	BARKER, JNO. W.	A History of the Armistad Captives, being a Circumstantial Account of the Capture of the Spanish Schooner Armistad, by the Africans on Board	New Haven	1840	USD -	1.10
1053	Major Wm. Jackson	WASHINGTON, GENERAL. Eulogium on the Character of	Philadelphia	1800	USD -	Not Sold
1054	WASHINGTON	The President's Address to the People of the United States announcing his intention of Retiring from Public Life	Philadelphia	1796	USD -	Not Sold
1055	DUANE, WM.	Report of a Debate in the Senate of the United States on recommending an amendment to the constitution relative to the mode of electing a president	Philadelphia	1804	USD -	Not Sold
1056		SAMPSON Against the Philistines, or the Reformation of Lawsuits, and Justice made Cheap, Speedy and Brought Home to Every Man's Door	Philadelphia	1805	USD -	Not Sold
1057	STRYKER WM. S.	The New Jersey Volunteers (Loyalists) in the Revolutionary War...	Trenton	1882-1900	USD -	7.80
1058		MASSACHUSETTS. A Speech Intended to have been Spoken on the Bill for Altering the Charter of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay	London	1774	USD -	0.10
1059	ROGERS, REV. WM.	An Oration Delivered July 4, 1789, in Philadelphia, to which is added a Prayer by Rev. Ashbel Green	Philadelphia	1789	USD -	0.25
1060		CONNECTICUT CLAIMS. A Brief Statement of the Origin and Progress of the Connecticut Intrusion in the State of Pennsylvania		1803	USD -	4.50
1061		MATHEW'S Sermon on Governor Hutchinson, entitled 'The Faithful Man with His Blessings"	N. P.	N. D.	USD -	Not Sold
1062	REED, JOS.	Remarks on a late Publication in the Independent Gazetteer	Philadelphia	1783	USD -	8.00
1063	PRINCE, REV. JNO.	PRINCE, REV. JNO. Sermon on the Death of			USD -	Not Sold
1064	Wm. T. Read	Masonic Oration Delivered at New Castle, (Del.), on the Anniversary of St. John the Evangelist	Wilmington	1817	USD -	0.10
1065	VAUX, ROBERTS	An Eulogium on the Character of Benjamin Ridgway Smith	Philadelphia	1809	USD -	0.10
1066	AVERY, REV. EPHRAIM K.	AVERY, REV. EPHRAIM K. A Report of the Examination of	Providence	(1833)	USD -	Not Sold
1067	CLARKSON, THOS.	An Essay on the Slavery of the Human Species	Philadelphia	1786	USD -	Not Sold
1068	Jonathan Mayhew	BOSTON. A Sermon Occasioned by the Great Fire in Boston, New England, Thursday, March 20, 1760	Boston	1760	USD -	Not Sold
1069		Bucks County Bi-Centennial Exhibition, Held at Doylestown, Pa., Aug. 31, Sep. 1 and 2, 1882			USD -	Not Sold
1070		RUSH, JUDGE. An answer to	Philadelphia	1807	USD -	Not Sold
1071		NEW JERSEY. Geological Survey of	New Brunswick	1874	USD -	Not Sold
1072		NEW JERSEY. First Report of the Public Record Commission, 1899	Somerville	1899	USD -	1.20
1073		WEEKS. Report of the Weeks Family Meeting for the Centennial Celebration of the Settlement of Holland Weeks in Salisbury, Vt.	Middleburg	1888	USD -	Not Sold
1074		NEW JERSEY Boundary Commission. Report and Proceedings of the	Trenton	1887	USD -	0.25
1075		NEW JERSEY. Address of the President of the New Jersey Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery	Trenton	1804	USD -	Not Sold
1076		NEW JERSEY. The Constitution of the New Jersey Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery	Burlington	1793	USD -	Not Sold
1077	MEADE, RICH'D W.	An Address to the Roman Catholics of the City of Philadelphia in reply to Mr. Harold's Address	Philadelphia	1823	USD -	0.25
1078	GASPARIN, COUNT A. DE	Reconstruction	New York	1865	USD -	Not Sold
1079		HESPERIA. The Muse of	Cincinnati	1823	USD -	3.25
1080	WEBSTER, DANE	A Discourse in Commemoration of the Lives and Services of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson	Boston	1826	USD -	Not Sold

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