Leavitt & Co.: Catalogue of the American library of the late Mr. George Brinley, of Hartford, Conn. Part I, 1879yr,

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March 10, 1879 - March 10, 1879
Page Size: 2714 items in 28 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
--- A Friendly Check, from a Kind Relation, To the Chief Cannoneer, Founded on a Late Information, Dated N. E. Castle William, 1720, 21. n. p. [Boston]

n. d. [1721]

USD - 11.00
--- A Word of Comfort to a Melancholy Country. Or the Bank of Credit ... fairly Defended by a Discovery of the Great Benefit, accruing by it to the Whole Province, etc., By Amicus Patriae [Rev. John Wise] Boston

1721

USD - 21.00
--- English Advice To the Freeholders, &c., of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay Boston

1722

USD - 10.00
--- Money the Sinews of Trade. The State of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay Considered, with respect to its Trade for want of a Medium of Exchange wherewith to manage it. Recommended ... more especially to the Merchants and Traders in the Town of Bo Boston

1731

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--- Trade and Commerce Inculcated; in a Discourse, Showing the Necessity of a Well-governed Trade, in order to a Flourishing Common-Wealth. With some Proposals for the bringing Gold & Silver into the Country for a Medium of Trade, [and] for supporting the n. p. [Boston]

1731

USD - 7.00
--- A Letter to a Member of the Hon. House of Representatives, On the present State of the Bills of Credit Boston

1736

USD - 5.00
--- DOUGLASS (<i>Dr.</i> Wm.) A Discourse concerning the Currencies of the British Plantations in America, with regard to Paper Money, etc. Boston

1740

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--- An Inquiry into the Nature and Uses of Money; more especially of the Bills of Publick Credit, Old Tenor. With a Proposal of some proper Relief in the present Exigence. [And] A Reply to the Essay on Silver and Paper Currences (sic) Boston

1740

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--- Inquiry (An) into the Nature and Uses of Money; More especially of the Bills of Publick Credit, Old Tenor, etc. Boston

1740

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--- Observations occasion'd by reading a Pamphlet, intituled, A Discourse concerning the Currencies of the British Plantations in America London

1741

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--- A Letter to------ Merchant in London, Concerning a late Combination in the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England, to Impose or Force a Private-Currency called Land-Bank-Money n. p. [Boston]

1741

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--- A Letter from a Gentleman in Boston, To his Friend in Connecticut n. p. [Boston]

[n. d. 1743]

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--- A Word in Season to all True Lovers of their Liberty and their Country; both of which are now in the utmost Danger of being forever lost. By Mylo Freeman, &c. Boston

1748

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--- Some Observations relating to the Present Circumstances of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay; Humbly offered to the Consideration of the General Assembly Boston

1750

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--- Table for the ready turning of any old Tenor Sum into Lawful Money, at the Rate of 6s. per Piece of Eight. In Four Parts ... [with] other useful Tables Boston

1750

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--- [GREEN (JOSEPH)] A Mournful Lamentation For the sad and deplorable Death of Mr. Old Tenor, A Native of New-England, who, after a long Confinement, by a deep and mortal Wound which he received about Twelve Months before, expired on the 31st day of March, 1750 ... To the mo Boston

n. d.

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--- HUTCHINSON (THOMAS) A Projection, for regulating the value of Gold and Silver coins, published in the Boston Evening Post, Dec. 14th, 1761; re-printed, to be prefixed to "Considerations on Lowering the Value of Gold Coins, within the Province of Massachusetts-Bay;"] n. p. [Boston]

n. d. [1762]

USD - 3.50
--- [SULLIVAN (JAMES)] The Path to Riches. An Inquiry into the Origin and Use of Money; and into the Principles of Stocks and Banks. [With] Thoughts respecting a Bank for the Commonwealth. By a Citizen of Massachusetts Boston

1792

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BARBER (JOHN W.) Historical Collections of Massachusetts Worcester

1844

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BARRY (J. S.) History of Massachusetts: Colonial, Provincial, and Commonwealth Periods.

1855--1857

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BOUNDARY The Case of the Provinces of Massachusetts-Bay and New York, respecting the Boundary-Line between the two Provinces. [By Thomas Hutchinson.]

1764

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BOUNDARY A Conference between the Commissaries of Massachusetts-Bay, and the Commissaries of New-York; at New-Haven in the Colony of Connecticut, 1767 Richard Draper

1768

USD - 25.00
BOWDITCH (N. I.) Suffolk Surnames. 2d Edition, enlarged

1858

USD - 1.50
BRADFORD (A.) History of Massachusetts for Two Hundred Years, 1620--1820

1835

USD - 3.25
BRADFORD (A.) History of Massachusetts, 1764--75, 1775--89, 1790--1820.

1822--1829

USD - 16.50
Brief Account of the State of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England, Civil and Ecclesiastical. By a Lover of his Country

1717

USD - 10.50
BURDICK (W.) The Massachusetts Manual; or, Political and Historical Register, 1814--15.

1814

USD - 1.00
CANALS Report of Commissioners on Routes from Boston to Connecticut and Hudson Rivers

1828

USD - 2.00
CHICKERING (Jesse) Statistical View of the Population of Massachusetts, 1765--1840.

1846

USD - 0.50
CHILD (<i>Major</i> John) New-England's Jonas Cast up at London. 1647. Reprinted, with an Introduction and Notes by W. T. R. Marvin

1869

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COOKE (ELISHA) Just and Seasonable Vindication respecting some Affairs transacted in the late General Assembly at Boston, Second Impression corrected n. p. [Boston]

1720

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CUSHING (Abel) Historical Letters on the First Charter of Massachusetts Government.

1839

USD - 0.50
CUSHING (L. S.) Reports of Contested Election Cases in Mass. House of Representatives, 1780--1834

1834

USD - 0.50
DAWSON (H. B.) Declaration of Independence of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, May 1, 1776 [New York]

[1862]

USD - 0.50
DEWEY (C.) Report on Herbaceous Flowering Plants of Massachusetts; and Emmons (E.) Report on the Quadrupeds Cambridge

1840

USD - 1.00
DICKINSON (R.) Geographical and Statistical View of Massachusetts. Greenfield

1813

USD - 0.50
DUNTON (JOHN) Letters written from New England, 1686. From the original Manuscript in the Bodleian Library. Edited by W. H. Whitmore Prince Society

1867

USD - 5.00
EASTERN LANDS Resolves of the General Court, respecting the Sale of Eastern Lands, with the Reports of the Committees, 1781--1803

1803

USD - 4.50
ELECTION SERMON, 1667. MITCHEL (JONA.) Nehemiah on the Wall in Troublesom Times Cambridge

1671

USD - 13.00
ELECTION SERMON, 1683. TORREY (S.) A Plea for the Life of Dying Religion Boston

1683

USD - 1.00
ELECTION SERMONS: E. Pemberton, 1710.---B. Colman, 1718.---Wm. Williams, 1719.---N. Stone, 1720.---J. Hancock, 1722.---B. Colman, 1723.---J. Sewall, 1724.---E. Thayer, 1725.---P. Thacher, 1726.---J. Baxter, 1727.

1710--1727

USD - 10.00
ELECTION SERMONS: J. Wise, 1729.---T. Prince, 1730.---S. Wigglesworth, 1733.---J. Barnard, 1734.---J. Prentice, 1735.---E. Holyoke, 1736.---I. Loring, 1737.---P. Clark, 1739.---W. Cooper, 1740.---N. Appleton, 1742.

1729--1742

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ELECTION SERMONS, 1701 to 1749, inclusive, wanting 1704,--08, --11,--15, (1713 and 1717 were not printed).

USD - 68.25
ELECTION SERMONS, 1750 to 1854, inclusive; the series complete, as printed, including S. Langdon's Sermon before the Provincial Congress at Watertown, May 31, 1775, and W. Gordon's Sermon before the General Court, July 19, 1775:

USD - 52.50
ELECTION SERMONS: 1793 to 1850 inclusive; 58

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ELECTION SERMONS: 1750 to 1851, inclusive, (with Langdon's and Gordon's Sermons, of 1775,) 1854,--56,--58,--61,--63,--67. 107 Sermons, 25

USD - 25.25
EMERSON (G. B.) Report on Trees and Shrubs of Massachusetts

1846

USD - 1.00
ESSAY on the Establishment of a Chancery Jurisdiction in Massachusetts

n. d.

USD - 0.60
EXCISE ACT. ---Some Observations on the Bill intitled, An Act for granting to His Majesty an Excise upon Wines, and Spirits distilled, sold by Retail or consumed within this Province, and upon Limes, Lemons, and Oranges

1754

USD - 5.00
EXCISE ACT. [COOPER (<i>Rev.</i> Samuel)] The Crisis [Boston]

Printed in June 1754

USD - 7.50
EXCISE ACT. THE MONSTER of MONSTERS: A true and faithful Narrative of a most remarkable Phaenomenon lately seen in this Metropolis; to the great Surprize and Terror of His Majesty's Good Subjects: Humbly Dedicated to all the Virtuosi of New-Engla n. p. [Boston]

Printed in July, 1754

USD - 22.00
EXCISE ACT. The Monster of Monsters. n. p. [Boston]

1754

USD - 17.00
EXCISE ACT. The Cub new Licked; or, a New Story of an Old Monster n. p. [Boston]

1754

USD - 16.00
EXCISE ACT. FOWLE (DANIEL) A Total Eclipse of Liberty: an Account of the Arraignment and Imprisonment of Daniel Fowle, on Suspicion of his being concerned in Printing and Publishing a Pamphlet, intitled "The Monster of Monsters." Written by himself Boston

1755

USD - 13.00
EXCISE ACT. [FOWLE (DANIEL)] An Appendix To the late Total Eclipse of Liberty, Being some Thoughts on the End and Design of Civil Government; also the inherent Power of the People asserted and maintained; etc. Boston

1756

USD - 14.00
EXCISE ACT. Letter from Common Honesty to Common Sense Boston

[1756]

USD - 9.00
Extract from the Political State of Great Britain, for the Month of December, 1730 n. p. [Boston]

n. d. [1731]

USD - 2.50
FELT (J. B.) Historical Account of Massachusetts Currency

1839

USD - 1.25
GOULD (A. A.) Report on the Invertebrata of Massachusetts Cambridge

1841

USD - 1.25
General Association of Massachusetts. Minutes, 1811, 1815, 1817 to 1870, inclusive, 56

1811--1870

USD - 14.00
--- Minutes, 1821 to 1862, inclusive.---Minutes of the Gen. Conference of Congregational Churches, 1861. 43

1821--1862

USD - 10.75
HITCHCOCK (E.) Report on the Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, and Zoology of Massachusetts Amherst

1833

USD - 0.50
HITCHCOCK (E.) Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts Northampton

1841

USD - 3.50
HOLLAND (J. G.) History of Western Massachusetts Springfield

1855

USD - 6.25
HUTCHINSON (THOMAS) <i>Governor.</i> The History of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, from 1628 to 1691 Boston

1764

USD - 28.00
HUTCHINSON (THOMAS) <i>Governor.</i> The same. London

1760 [for 1765]

USD - 1.00
HUTCHINSON (THOMAS) <i>Governor.</i> The same: with The History of the Province of Massachusetts, from .. 1691 to 1750. Vol. II. London

1765, 1768

USD - 8.00
HUTCHINSON (THOMAS) <i>Governor.</i> The same. 1628--1750. Salem and Boston

1795

USD - 21.00
HUTCHINSON (THOMAS) <i>Governor.</i>HUTCHINSON (THOMAS) <i>Governor.</i> The History of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, from .. 1750 until June, 1774. Edited by the Rev. John Hutchinson The History of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, from .. 1750 until June, 1774. Edited by the Rev. John Hutchinson London

1828

USD - 4.75
HUTCHINSON (THOMAS) <i>Governor.</i> A Collection of Original Papers relative to the History of the Colony of Massachusetts-Bay Boston

1769

USD - 14.50
HUTCHINSON (THOMAS) <i>Governor.</i> A Collection of Original Papers, &c. Boston

1769

USD - 10.50
HUTCHINSON (THOMAS) <i>Governor.</i> The History of the Colony of Massachusetts-Bay (1628--91). London

1765

USD - 120.00
HUTCHINSON (THOMAS) <i>Governor.</i> A Collection of Original Papers, etc. A new edition, corrected from the original manuscript: With notes. Albany

1865

USD - 21.00
Letters to the Right Honorable The Earl of Hillsborough, From Governor Bernard, General Gage, and The Honorable His Majesty's Council For the Province of Massachusetts-Bay. With An Appendix containing Divers Proceedings referred to in the said Letters

1769

USD - 6.00
Letters of Gov. Hutchinson and Lieut. Gov. Oliver, &c., printed at Boston, and Remarks thereon; with the Assembly's Address, and the Proceedings of the Lords Committee of Council Letters of Gov. Hutchinson and Lieut. Gov. Oliver, &c., printed at Boston, a London

1774

USD - 4.50
Letters addressed to Caleb Strong, late Governor of Massachusetts [on] Retaliation, Capital Punishments, and War. Providence

1818

USD - 0.50
MANN (H.) The Massachusetts System of Common Schools; an enlarged edition of the Tenth Annual Report of the First Secretary of the Mass. Board of Education.

1849

USD - 1.25
Massachusettensis: or a Series of Letters on the Present Trouble in Massachusetts Bay, [by Daniel Leonard.] Boston; repr. London

1776

USD - 1.25
Massachusetts Agricultural Society. Peck (W. D.) Natural History of the Slug Worm, plate, 1799; Inquiries by the Agricultural Society [1800]; Papers on Agriculture, 1801,--03,--04,--05,--07; Georgick Papers, 1809; Papers for 1810.

USD - 2.50
Massachusetts Historical Society Collections, Vol. I. as originally published in The American Apollo, Part 1. Vol. I. wanting pp. 145--154, 165--180, 197--200, 209--224. With The American Apollo, Part II. Vol. I. (39 numbers, Jan.--Sept. 1792,) wanting Nos. 17, 32, 3 The Apollo Press

1792

USD - 2.13
Massachusetts Historical Society Acts of Incorporation, Laws, and Circular Letter

[1794]

USD - 0.50
Massachusetts Humane Society The Institution of the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; with the Rules, Methods of Treatment, &c., 1788.---History of the Society, List of Premiums awarded, List of Members, &c.

1787--1811

USD - 11.50
Massachusetts Missionary Society Sermons before the Society, at their Annual Meetings: by A. N. Emmons, 1800; S. Niles, 1801; S. Spring, 1802; S. Austin, 1803; A. Holmes, 1804; P. Litchfield, 1805; J. Barker, 1806; E. Parish, 1807; J. Strong, 1808; J. Norton, 1810; L. Woods, 1812.

USD - 2.20
MASSACHUSETTS REGISTER Mein & Fleeming's New England Register, 1767--69, 1772 (autograph of J. Quincy, Jr.); Mills & Hick's British and American Register, 1774--76; Fleet's Mass. Register, 1779, 1780, 1782--1800 (with dupl. of 1796); Manning & Loring's Mass. Regis

USD - 22.80
Matson vs. Thomas Superior Court for the Counties of Plymouth, Barnstable, &c. The Case of Nathaniel Matson against Nathaniel Thomas. Arguments for the Defendant, on a Special Verdict. (John Valentine, Attorney for Defendant.)

[1720]

USD - 2.50
MAUDUIT (I.)MAUDUIT (I.) Short View of the History of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, with respect of their Charters and Constitution Short View of the History of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, with respect of their Charters and Constitution London

1774

USD - 7.50
MAYHEW (Jona.) A Discourse concerning Unlimited Submission and Non-Resistance to the Higher Powers: with some Reflections on the Resistance made to King Charles I ... In which the Mysterious Doctrine of that Prince's Saintship and Martyrdom is Unriddled, etc. Boston

1750

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MILITIAMILITIA Exercise for the Militia of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay Exercise for the Militia of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay

1758

USD - 5.50
[MINOT (G. R.)] Thoughts on the Political Situation of the United States, in which that of Massachusetts is more particularly considered Worcester

1788

USD - 2.00
[MINOT (G. R.)] Thoughts on the Political Situation of the United States, in which that of Massachusetts is more particularly considered

USD - 0.50
MINOT (G. R.) Continuation of the History of the Province of Massachusetts-Bay, from the year 1748

1798--1803

USD - 4.00
MINOT (G. R.) History of the Insurrections in Massachusetts in 1786. Boston

1810

USD - 2.00
MOORE (GEO. H.) Notes on History of Slavery in Massachusetts N. York

1866

USD - 5.50
MOORE (GEO. H.) Additional Notes on the History of Slavery in Massachusetts N. York

1866

USD - 4.50
OTIS (James) Rights of the British Colonies asserted and proved, 1764.---Letters to the Ministry from Gov. Bernard, Gen. Gage, and Com. Hood, etc. Boston

USD - 3.00
PAINE (NATHANIEL) Remarks on the Early Paper Currency of Massachusetts. Read before the Am. Antiq. Society, April, 1866 Cambridge

1866

USD - 4.00
Patriotick Proceedings of the Legislature of Massachusetts, Jan. 26 to March 4, 1809.

1809

USD - 0.50
Penobscot Expedition. Proceedings of General Assembly of Massachusetts relating to, with Report of Committee on the Failure of said Expedition

1780

USD - 5.00
PLYMOUTH COMPANY. (Kennebeck Purchase.)PLYMOUTH COMPANY. (Kennebeck Purchase.) A Defence of the Remarks of the Plymouth Company, on the Plans and Extracts of Deeds published by the Proprietors (as they term themselves) of the Township of Brunswick A Defence of the Remarks of the Plymouth Company, on the Plans and Extracts of Deeds p

1753

USD - 11.00
RECORDS of the Governor and Company of Mass. Bay, 1628--1686; edited by N. B. Shurtleff, 5 vols. in 6

1853--1854

USD - 21.00
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