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 EMBRACING, The Original Manuscript of Proud's Pennsylvania, The Original Manuscript (unpublished) of Smith's Pennsylvania, The Original Manuscript (unpublished) of Bennett's New England, Valuabl, 893,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
783	PAINE, THOMAS	Letter to George Washington, President of the United States of America on the Affairs Public and Private	Philadelphia	1796	USD -	2.25
784	PALMER, PETER S.	History of Lake Champlain, from its First Exploration, by the French, in 1609, to the close of the year 1814	Plattsburgh	1853	USD -	2.50
785	PARKER, THOS.	A History of Farmington, Me., from its Settlement to 1846	Farmington, Maine	1846	USD -	1.15
786	PEALE, CHARLES WILLSON	An Essay to Promote Domestic Happiness	Philadelphia	1812	USD -	0.10
787	PEARCE, STEWART	Annals of Luzerne County	Philadelphia	1860	USD -	2.25
788	PELLETREAU, WILLIAM S.	Early New York Houses, with Historical and Genealogical Notes	New York	1800	USD -	3.25
789		PENNSYLVANIA. Colonial and Provincial Laws, 1676-1700	Harrisburg	1879	USD -	1.40
790		(PENN.) Some Account of the Province of Pennsilvania in America	London	1681	USD -	210.00
791		(PENN.) The Frame of the Government of the Province of Pennsilvania in America		Printed in the Year 1682	USD -	200.00
792		(Penn.) The Articles, Settlement, and Affairs of the Free Society of Traders in Pennsilvania, agreed upon by divers Merchants and others for the better Improvement and Government of Trade in that Province	London	1682	USD -	190.00
793		(Penn.) A Letter from William Penn Proprietary and Governour of Pennsilvania In America...		1683	USD -	210.00
794		PENNSYLVANIA. Etat Present de la Pensilvanie, ou l'on trouve le Detail de ce qui s'y est passe depuis la defaite dii General Braddock jusqu'a la prise d'Oswego		1756	USD -	4.00
795		PENNSYLVANIA. An Historical Review of the Constitution and Government of Pennsylvania, From its Origin, so far as regards the several Points of Controversy	London	1759	USD -	3.25
796		PENNSYLVANIA. Notes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives of the Province of Pennsylvania, met at Philadelphia on the Fourteenth of October, Anno Domini, 1768	Philadelphia	1769	USD -	8.00
797		PENNSYLVANIA. Journals of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Beginning the Twenty eighth Day of November, 1776	Philadelphia	1782	USD -	22.00
798		PENNSYLVANIA. An Historical Account of the Rise	Philadelphia	1795	USD -	1.75
799		PENNSYLVANIA. Das Wiedergefundene Paradies; Kein Gedicht, Eine Zeitschrift fur Christen von alien Benennungen	Pittsburg	1825	USD -	8.50
800		PENNSYLVANIA. An Historical and Geographical Account of the Province and Country of Pennsylvania and of west-New-Jersey in America	New York	1848	USD -	1.00
801		PENNSYLVANIA, Colonial Records of, and Pennsylvania Archives; with General Index	Harrisburg	1852-55	USD -	23.20
802		PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES. Second Series, complete	Harrisburg	1869-90	USD -	16.00
803		PENNSYLVANIA--Connecticut Wyoming Land Cases	Philadelphia	1796	USD -	2.75
804		PENNSYLVANIA, Historical Society, Memoirs of	Philadelphia	1864	USD -	0.50
805		PENNSYLVANIA, Historical Society of, Memoirs of	Philadelphia	V. D.	USD -	8.00
806		PENNSYLVANIA Historical Society. Historical Map of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	1875	USD -	1.60
807	John B. Linn and William H. Egle, editors	PENNSYLVANIA IN THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION, Battalions and Line, 1775-1783	Harrisburg	1888	USD -	2.80
808		PENNSYLVANIA IN THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION, Associated Battalions and Militia, 1775-1783	Harrisburg	1887	USD -	3.00
809		PENNSYLVANIA. Report of the Commission to Locate the Site of the Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	1896	USD -	3.80
810	PENNYPACKER, SAMUEL W.	Annals of Phoenixville and its Vicinity, from the Settlement to the Year 1871, giving the Origin and Growth of the Borough, etc.	Philadelphia	1872	USD -	1.20
811	PENNYPACKER, HON. SAMUEL W., Editor	Banquet given by the Learned Societies of Philadelphia at the American Academy of Music	Philadelphia	1888	USD -	0.20
812	PENNYPACKER, SAMUEL W.	Historical and Biographical Sketches	Philadelphia	1883	USD -	1.50
813	PEXNYPACKER. HUN. SAMUEL W.	The Settlement of Germantown	Philadelphia	1899	USD -	18.00
814	PENNYPACKER, HON. SAML. W.	Captain Joseph Richardson	Philadelphia		USD -	5.25
815	Perkins, Samuel	History of the Political and Military Events of the Late War	New Haven	1825	USD -	1.75
816	PEYTON, J. Lewis	History of Augusta County, Virginia	Staunton, Va.	1882	USD -	1.20
817		PHILADELPHIA. The Plan of the Pennsylvania Society for the Encouragement of Manufactures and the Useful Arts	Philadelphia	1787	USD -	1.50
818		PHILADELPHIA DIRECTORY FOR 1794	Philadelphia	1794	USD -	9.00
819	Edmund Hogan	PHILADELPHIA DIRECTORS FOR 1795	Philadelphia	1795	USD -	9.00
820		Philadelphia: Constitution of the Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Manufactures	Philadelphia	1806	USD -	0.50
821	Jno. C. Lowher	PHILADELPHIA. Ordinances of the Corporation of the City of Philadelphia	Philadelphia	1812	USD -	1.75
822		PHILADELPHIA. First Troop Phila. City Cavalry By-Laws, Muster Roll and Archives	Philadelphia	1856	USD -	0.40
823		PHILADELPHIA. History of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry	N. P.	N. D.	USD -	3.00
824		PHILADELPHIA. Hibernia Fire Engine Company. History of	Philadelphia	1859	USD -	1.00
825		PHILADELPHIA. A History of Philadelphia	Philadelphia	1839	USD -	1.50
826		Philadelphia. History of Pennsylvania Hall, which was Destroyed by a Mob on May 17th, 1836	Philadelphia	1838	USD -	1.00
827		PHILADELPHIA. Makers of	Philadelphia	1894	USD -	3.25
828		Philadelphia MONTHLY MAGAZINE, devoted to General Literature and the Fine Arts	Philadelphia	1827	USD -	1.50
829		PHILADELPHIA. Picture of Philadelphia for 1824	Philadelphia	1825	USD -	2.25
830	Arthur G. Burgoyne	PITTSBURGH PA. All Sorts of Pittsburgers Sketched in Prose and Verse	Pittsburg	1892	USD -	0.80
831	POMPEY	Re-Union of Sons and Daughters of the old Town of Pompey, June 29th, 1870, also a History of the Town	Pompey	1875	USD -	0.60
832		PORTRAITS. The Polyanthus	Boston	1806	USD -	3.00
833	PRIME, WM. C.	Pottery and Porcelain of all Times and Nations, with Tables of Factory and Artists' Marks, for the use of Collectors	New York	1878	USD -	16.00
834	PRINCE, L. B.	Historical Sketches of New Mexico	New York	1883	USD -	0.30
835		PRIVATELY PRINTED. The Fife of Esther de Berdt. afterwards Esther Reed, of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	1853	USD -	0.50
836	PROUD, ROBERT	The History of Pennsylvania in North America, from the Original Institution and Settlement of that Province, under the First Proprietor and Governor William Penn in 1681, till after the Year 1742	Philadelphia	1797	USD -	15.00
837	PROWELL, GEORGE R.	The History of Camden County	Philadelphia	1886	USD -	7.50
838	PYNE, HENRY R.	The History of the First New Jersey Cavalry	Trenton	1871	USD -	0.90
839		QUAKERS. The Bishop Busied beside the Busincsse or that Eminent Overseer	London	1662	USD -	11.00
840		QUAKERS. The Works of the Long-Mournful and Sorely-Distressed Isaac Penington	London	1681	USD -	1.00
841		QUAKERS. A Catalogue of Friends' Books	London	1708	USD -	1.75
842		QUAKERS. A Journal or Historical Account of the Life	London	1765	USD -	0.50
843		QUAKERS. Select Works of Wm. Penn, to which is prefixed a Journal of His Life	London	1771	USD -	0.50
844		QUAKERS. A Collection of Memorials concerning Divers Deceased Ministers and others of the People called Quakers, in Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	1787	USD -	0.50
845		QUAKERS. A Collection of the Works of Thos. Chalkley	Philadelphia	1790	USD -	0.40
846		QUAKERS. Memoirs of the Life of David Ferris	Philadelphia	1855	USD -	0.80
847	Benj. Seebohm, editor	QUAKERS. Memoirs of the Life and Gospel Labour of Stephen Grellet	Philadelphia	1860	USD -	0.40
848		QUEBEC. The Picture of	New York	1830	USD -	3.25
849	RAFINESQUE, C. S.	A Monograph of the Fluviatile Bivalve Shells of the River Ohio	Philadelphia	1832	USD -	5.00
850	RAMSAY, DAVID, M.D.	History of the American Revolution	Philadelphia	1789	USD -	2.00
851	RAMSAY, DAVID	The History of South Carolina, from its First Settlement, in 1670, to the Year 1808	Charleston	1809	USD -	6.50
852	RAWYLE, FRANCIS	Ways and Means for the Inhabitants of Delaware to become Rich	Philadelphia	1878	USD -	0.25
853	RAYMOND, IDA	Southland Writers, Biographical and Critical Sketches of the Living Female Writers of the South, with Extracts from their Writings	Philadelphia	1870	USD -	0.60
854	REED, JNO.	An Explanation of the Map of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia	Philadelphia	1774	USD -	3.00
855	REED, GENERAL JOSEPH	REED, GENERAL JOSEPH. Life and Correspondence of	Philadelphia	1847	USD -	2.00
856	REED, WM. B.	The Life of Esther De Berdt, afterwards Esther Reed, of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	1853	USD -	0.50
857	REICHEL, WILLIAM C.	The Crown Inn, near Bethlehem, Penna., 1745		1872	USD -	0.70
858	REICHEL, WILLIAM C.	A Red Rose from the Olden Time; or, A Ramble through the Annals of the Rose Inn and the Barony of Nazareth in 1752-1772	Bethlehem	1872	USD -	1.75
859	REICHEL, WILLIAM C.	The Old Sun Inn, at Bethlehem, Pa., 1758	Doylestown	1873	USD -	1.75
860	REICHEL, WM. C.	Memorials of the Moravian Church	Philadelphia	1870	USD -	0.40
861		Return OF THE WHOLE NUMBER OF PERSONS within the several Districts of the United States, According to an Act Providing for the Second Census of the Inhabitants of the U. S.			USD -	4.75
862		REVOLUTION. The Address of the People of Great Britain to the Inhabitants of America	London	1775	USD -	0.40
863		REVOLUTION. The Rights of Great Britain Asserted Against the Claims of America	London	1776	USD -	0.25
864	REYNOLDS, CHARLES B.	Old St. Augustine, a Story of Three Centuries	St. Augustine, Fla.	1888	USD -	0.25
865	RITTENHOUSE, DAVID	An Oration Delivered February 24, 1775	Philadelphia	1775	USD -	1.00
866	ROBINSON, FAYETTE	California and its Gold Regions, with a Geographical and Topographical View of the Country, Its Mineral and Agricultural Resources, etc.	New York	1849	USD -	1.10
867	RUPP, I. DANIEL	The Geographical Catechism of Pennsylvania and the Western States, designed as a Guide and Pocket Companion for Travelers and Emigrants to Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	1837	USD -	13.00
868	RUPP, I. D.	History of the Counties of Poerks and Lebanon	Lancaster	1844	USD -	6.00
868a	RUPP, I. D.	The History and Topography of Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin, Bedford	Lancaster	1846	USD -	8.00
869	RUPP, I. DANIEL	History of Lancaster and York Counties, from the Earliest Settlements made within them	Lancaster	1845	USD -	6.00
870	RUPP, I. D.	History of Northampton, Lehigh, Monroe	Harriburg	1845	USD -	3.50
871	Rush, BENJAMIN, M.D.	Essays--Literary, Moral and Philosophical	Philadelphia	1708	USD -	4.50
872	MORSE, JEDEDIAH	Annals of the American Revolution: or, A Record of the Causes and Events which Produced and Terminated in the Establishment of the American Republic	Hartford	1824	USD -	4.00
873	MULFORD, ISAAC S.	A Civil and Political History of New Jersey	Camden	1848	USD -	1.20
874		NAVAL MONUMENT	Boston	1830	USD -	1.20
875	NEILL, REV. HOWARD DUFFIELD	The History of Minnesota, from the Earliest French Exploration to the Present Time	Minneapolis	1882	USD -	1.75
876	NEVIN, ALFRED. D.D.	Men of Mark of the Cumberland Valley	Phildelphia	1876	USD -	0.50
877		NEWBERRY, South CAROLINA. Annals of	Newberry, S.C.	1892	USD -	1.00
878		NEW ENGLAND, History of the Catholic Church in the New England States	Boston	1899	USD -	3.50
879		NEW ENGLAND STATES, The, their Constitutional, Educational, Professional, Judicial, Commercial and Industrial History	Boston	N. D.	USD -	6.00
880		NEW HAMPSHIRE BOOK, being specimens of the Literature of the Granite State	Nashua, (Boston)	1842	USD -	0.25
881		NEW HAMPSHIRE. Town and City Atlas of the State of	Boston	1892	USD -	1.00

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