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

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Auction Date: March 10, 1879 - March 10, 1879

Page Size: 2714 items in 28 pages

Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
	--- Pamphlets, 1848--1854. Coolidge's dedica. Sermon, 13th Congr. church		1848	USD -	3.25
	--- Pamphlets		1856--1866	USD -	0.50
	--- Occasional Sermons. Barnard (J.) at Convention of Ministers		1738	USD -	Not Sold
	PAMPHLETS (II) Bolton. Manual of Evangel. Church, 1830; Edes's Re-dedication Sermon		1845	USD -	4.50
Bridgewater. Mitchell (N.)	History of the Early Settlement; with an extensive Family Register		1840	USD -	5.75
Bridgewater. Mitchell (N.)	Celebration of the 200th Anniversary of Incorporation, June 3, 1856 (including an Address by Hon. Emory Washburn)		1856	USD -	1.00
	PAMPHLETS (9) Bridgewater. Meech's farewell Ser.		1811	USD -	6.30
Brookfield. Fiske (N.)	Remarkable Providences &c. A Sermon preached on the last Day of the Year 1775, together with some Marginal Notes, giving an account of the First Setting of the Town, 1660, its desolation by the Indians, 1675, etc.		1776	USD -	4.00
Brookfield. Fiske (N.)	Remarkable Providences &c. A Sermon preached on the last Day of the Year 1775, together with some Marginal Notes, giving an account of the First Setting of the Town, 1660, its desolation by the Indians, 1675, etc.		1776	USD -	3.00
Brookfield. Fiske (N.) Stoddard (Solo.)	Sermon preached at Brookfield, Oct. 16, 1717, the Day the Church was Gathered and Mr. Thomas Cheney was ordained Pastor		1718	USD -	5.50
	PAMPHLETS (11) Brookfield. Maccarty's Sermon at execution of murderers of J. Spooner, 1778. (South Br.) Stone's Dedication Ser., 1828; Decision in Sacramental-furniture case, 1832. (North Br.) Snell's 40th Anniv. S., 1838; Half-Cent. S., 1848; and Century		1851	USD -	6.60
Brookline	Pierce's Century Sermon; and Dedica. S., 1806; Church Centennial Sermon, 1817; 40th Anniv. Sermon, 1837; Address at opening Town Hall, 1846; and Semi-Centennial Address, 1st Congr. Church, 1847.			USD -	1.20
Cambridge. Holmes (Abiel)	History of Cambridge		1801	USD -	1.50
Cambridge. Harris (W. T.)	Epitaphs from the old Burying-Ground. With notes	Cambridge	1845	USD -	2.75
Cambridge. APTHORP (EAST) <i>Missionary at Cambridge.</i>	On Sacred Poetry and Music. Discourse at Christ-Church, Cambridge, at the opening of the Organ, 21 August, 1764	Boston	1764	USD -	5.50
Cambridge. PAMPHLETS (6)	Dana's Sermon at Install. of A. Holmes, 1792; Baldwin's Dedica. Ser. at Opening a new Baptist meeting-house, 1818; Holmes's Ser. at opening of Alms House, 1818; Controversy of 1st Parish, with Rev. Dr. Holmes		1829	USD -	1.80
Cambridge. PAMPHLETS (12)	Newell's Farewell S. in old Meeting House, 1833; Muzzey's Dedica. S., 1834; List of prop'rs of Mt. Auburn, 1834; Same revised, 1838; Newell's Histor. Sermon, First Church, 1846; Act to establish City Gov't, 1846; Mayor's address and City doc's, 1846--50;		1852	USD -	3.00
Cambridge. Dana (R. H.) Jr.	An Address upon the Life and Services of Edward Everett, delivered before the Municipal Authorities and Citizens of Cambridge, Feb. 22, 1865	Cambridge	1865	USD -	1.50
Cambridge	Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Guide through, 60 wood engravings, 1839.---Stranger's Guide Book		1849	USD -	0.50
Cambridge	Literary Miscellany (The).	Cambridge	1805--1806	USD -	7.50
Cambridge. HARVARD COLLEGE	TRIENNIAL CATALOGUES. Catalogus eorum qui in Coll. Harv. quod est Cantabrigiae Nov-Angl., ab anno 1642 .. alicujus Gradus Laurea donati sunt. The series complete, from 1776 to 1872	Boston and Cambr.	1776--1872	USD -	32.50
Cambridge. HARVARD COLLEGE	Catalogus eorum etc. ab anno 1642, ad annum 1761, alicujus Gradus Laurea donati sunt			USD -	7.00
Cambridge. HARVARD COLLEGE	Catalogus Librorum Bibliothecae Collegii Harvardini, quod est Cantabrigiae in Nova Anglia	Bostoni Nov-Angl.	1723 & 1725	USD -	7.75
Cambridge. Harvard College	Catalogus Bibliothecae Harvardianae.	Bost.	1790	USD -	1.00
Cambridge. Harvard College	Catalogue of the Library at Harvard University, Index and Catalogue of Maps and Charts.	Cambridge	1830--1834	USD -	3.75
Cambridge. Harvard College	Annual Report of the President to the Overseers: 1825--6, 1827--8, 1828--9, 1835--6, 1849--50, 1850--51. 6 Reports.			USD -	3.00
Cambridge. Harvard College. CHAPLIN (J.)	Life of Henry Dunster, first President of Harvard College		1872	USD -	2.00
Cambridge. Harvard College. CLARKE (J.)	Letters to a Student in the University at Cambridge		1796	USD -	0.50
Cambridge. Harvard College. ELIOT (S. A.)	Sketch of the History of Harvard College, and of its Present State	Boston	1848	USD -	1.00
Cambridge. Harvard College. PECK (W. D.)	Catalogue of Plants in the Botanic Garden	Cambridge	1818	USD -	1.25
Cambridge. Harvard College. PEIRCE (B.)	History of Harvard University, to the Am. Revolution	Cambridge	1833	USD -	2.00
Cambridge. Harvard College	PIETAS ET GRATULATIO Collegii Cantabrigiensis apud Novanglos	Bostoni-Massachusettensium	1761	USD -	20.00
Cambridge. Harvard College	PIETAS ET GRATULATIO, etc.			USD -	22.50
Cambridge. Harvard College. PRINCE (NATHAN)	The Constitution and Government of Harvard College from 1636 to 1742		1743	USD -	5.50
Cambridge. Harvard College. SEWALL (S.)	Oration delivered May 8, 1779, at the Funeral of the Hon. JOHN WINTHROP, Esq., Professor of Mathematics and Nat. Philosophy at Cambridge	Boston	1779	USD -	1.00
Cambridge. Harvard College. WINTHROP (<i>Prof.</i> JOHN)	Lecture on Earthquakes, 1755.---Two Lectures on Comets, 1759.---Relation of Voyage to New-foundland to observe Transit of Venus, 1761.---Two Lectures on Parallax and Distance of the Sun, 1769.---Langdon (S.) Funeral Sermon on Prof. J. Winthrop, 1779.---Wi	Boston	1755--1779	USD -	2.50
Cambridge. Harvard College. DUDLEIAN LECTURES	1756, (the First) by J. Barnard.			USD -	10.50
Cambridge. Harvard College	THESES quas in Coll. Harv. defendere .. conabuntur Juvenes in Artibus initiati .. in Comitiis Academicis, 1771.---Theses, 1776--90, 1797, 1799, 1801--05, 1807--10.		1771--1810	USD -	5.10
Cambridge. Harvard College	Orations and Addresses. Woods (L.) Commencement		1796	USD -	5.00
Cambridge. Harvard College	Poems and Orations. Biglow (W.) Poem before Φ B K Society	Salem	1799	USD -	10.00
Cambridge. Harvard College	Strictures on Harvard University, by a Senior	Bost.	1798	USD -	9.50
Cambridge. Harvard College. <i>Miscellaneous.</i>	Catalogue of Members of the Society of Φ B K	Cambr.	1806	USD -	7.00
Cambridge. Harvard College. <i>Miscellaneous.</i> Ticknor (G.)	Remarks on Changes in Harvard University, 2d ed.	Boston	1825	USD -	5.50
Cambridge. Harvard College.	Orations before the Φ B K, at Cambridge: T. Bigelow, 1796; J. T. Kirkland, 1798; J. Richardson, 1808; Edw. Everett, 1824; Jos. Story, 1826; O. Dewey, 1830; G. Putnam, 1844; Ch. Sumner, 1846, 2d ed.; Hor. Bushnell, 1848.	Bost. and Cambr.		USD -	2.25
Cambridge. Harvard College. Pamphlets (18)	Miscellaneous			USD -	4.05
Cape Cod. Freeman (F.)	History of Cape Cod. The Annals of Barnstable County, including the District of Mashpee		1860	USD -	8.00
Charlestown. Budington (W. I.)	History of the First Church, in nine Lectures		1845	USD -	3.75
Charlestown. Frothingham (R.)	History of Charlestown, Mass.		1845--1849	USD -	12.00
Charlestown. Pamphlets (3)	Dedication of Bapt. Meeting-house, 1801; Everett's Bi-Cent. Address, 1830; Walker's Farewell Sermon, 1839.			USD -	1.80
Charlestown. Reed (Miss R. T.)	Six Months in a Convent at Mt. Benedict.		1835	USD -	0.80
Charlestown. Pamphlets (10)	Burning of the Ursuline Convent, 1834. Account of the Conflagration; Stetson's Sermon; Rept. of Committee app. at Fanueil Hall; Trial of J. R. Buzzell (and 2 pts. in dup.); Answer to "Six Months in a Convent," by the Lady Superior; Review of [the Answer];		1842	USD -	15.00
Charlestown. BUNKER'S HILL. CLARKE (JOHN) <i>First Lieutenant of Marines.</i>	An Impartial and Authentic Narrative of the Battle Fought on the 17th of June, 1775, between His Britannic Majesty's Troops and the American Provincial Army, on Bunker's Hill, near Charles Town, in New-England, etc. The Second Edition, With Extract	London	1775	USD -	13.00
Charlestown. BUNKER'S HILL. [Brackenridge (H. H.)]	The Battle of Bunkers-Hill; a Dramatic Piece, of five Acts, in heroic measure. By a Gentleman of Maryland.	Phila.	1776	USD -	23.00
Charlestown. BUNKER'S HILL. [Cockings (Geo.)]	The American War, a Poem; in six books	London	1781	USD -	7.00
Charlestown. BUNKER'S HILL. CARTER (WM.)	A Genuine Detail of the several Engagements, Positions, and Movements of the Royal and American Armies, during the years 1775 and 1776; with an Accurate Account of the Blockade of Boston, and a Plan of the Works on Bunker's Hill, at the time it was abando	London	1784	USD -	45.00
Charlestown. Bunker's Hill. Putnam (I.)	Essay on the Life of, by D. Humphreys; with Notes and Additions, [and] an Appendix containing a Sketch of the Battle of Bunker Hill, by S. Sweet		1818	USD -	5.00
Charlestown. Bunker's Hill. Dearborn, (H.)	Account of the Battle		1818	USD -	8.25
Charlestown. Bunker's Hill. Swett (S.)	History of the Battle. 2d edition, with a plan		1826	USD -	7.00
Charlestown. Bunker's Hill. Swett (S.)Charlestown. Bunker's Hill. Swett (S.)	History of Bunker Hill Battle. History of Bunker Hill Battle.		1827	USD -	0.75
Charlestown. Bunker's Hill	History of the Battle of Breed's Hill, by Gens. W. Heath, H. Lee, J. Wilkinson and H. Dearborn; compiled by C. Coffin	Saco	1831	USD -	2.00
Charlestown. Bunker's Hill. [Emmons (W.)]	Sketches of Bunker Hill Battle and Monument, 2d edition	Charlestown	1843	USD -	1.00
Charlestown. Bunker's Hill	The same	Charlestown	1844	USD -	0.50
Charlestown. Bunker's Hill. Hudson (C.)	Doubts concerning the Battle, addressed to the Christian Public.	Boston	1857	USD -	0.50
Charlestown. Bunker's Hill. (Dawson and "Selah" Correspondence.) Major-General ISRAEL PUTNAM	A Correspondence of this Subject, with the Editor of the "Hartford Daily Post." By "Selah," of that city, and Henry B. Dawson, of White Plains, N. Y.	Morrisania, N. Y.	1860	USD -	45.00
Charlestown. Bunker's Hill. [Bradford (A.)]	Particular Account of the Battle by a Citizen of Boston	Boston	1825	USD -	10.00
Charlestown. Bunker's Hill	Panoramic View from Bunker Hill Monument	Boston	1848	USD -	0.50
Charlestown. Bunker's Hill. Warren	Life and Times of Joseph Warren. By Richard Frothingham.	Boston	1865	USD -	1.75
Chelmsford. Allen (Wilkes)	History, from 1653 to 1820; with a Memoir of the Pawtuckett Tribe of Indians	Haverhill	1820	USD -	12.00
Chelmsford. Allen (Wilkes)	History, from 1653 to 1820; with a Memoir of the Pawtuckett Tribe of Indians			USD -	11.00
Chelsea	Tuckerman's 20th Anniv. Sermon, 1821; Robbins's Dedica. Sermon, 1840; Langworthy's 25th Anniv. Serm.		1866	USD -	3.50
Concord. Shattuck (L.)	History of Concord		1835	USD -	9.50
Concord. Pamphlets (7)	Ripley's Historical Discourse (Re-dedication Sermon), 1792		1826	USD -	3.85
Danvers. Hanson (J. W.)	History of the Town.	Danvers	1848	USD -	8.00
Danvers	Danvers Centennial Celebration, June 16, 1852		1852	USD -	1.25
Danvers. Pamphlets (4)	Wadsworth's Dedication Sermon, 1806; Butler's Farewell Sermon, 1852; Proctor's Centennial Address, 1852; Review of Result of Council		1852	USD -	2.80
Dedham. Dexter (S.)	Century Discourse, at Dedham, on the Foundation, Rise, and Growth of the Settlements in New England, Nov. 23, 1738		1738	USD -	9.00
Dedham. Worthington (E.)	History of Dedham		1827	USD -	4.00
Dedham. Lamson (Alvan)	History of the First Church, (Cent. Discourses,)	Dedham	1839	USD -	1.00
Dedham. Lamson (Alvan)	History of the First Church, (Cent. Discourses,)			USD -	2.00
Dedham. Mann (H.)	Historical Annals	Dedham	1847	USD -	3.50
Dedham	Tracts Printed in Dedham. Fourth of July Orations, by J. Richardson, Dedham, 1808, (with notice of Fisher Ames who died there that morning); S. Haven, Dedham, 1809; S. Bugbee, Jr., Wrentham, 1803	Boston	1805	USD -	11.00
Dedham	Dexter's Century Discourse, 1738, with Supplement, repr. 1796; West's Fun. Sermon, 1785; Haven's 40th Anniv. Sermon, 1796; Thacher's Hist. (Dedication) Sermon, 1810; Cogswell's Hist. Discourse, South Church, 1816; Proceed. in 1st Church, 1818; Dana		1836	USD -	22.00
Deerfield	Lyman's Discourse at Opening the Academy, 1799; Taylor's Centennial Sermon, 1804; Taylor's Farewell Sermon, 1806; Results of Eccles. Councils, 1813, Address to the Christian Public on [the Councils], 1813 (2); Willard's Comments on the Address, 1813, a		1859	USD -	8.00
Dorchester	History of the Town, by a Committee of the Dorchester Antiquarian and Historical Society		1859	USD -	3.50
Dorchester. Clap (Roger)	Memoirs of Capt. Roger Clap, relating some of God's Remarkable Providences to Him in bringing him into New-England, etc. (Preface by Thomas Prince, and Appendix by James Blake.)	Boston	1807	USD -	Not Sold
Dorchester. Clap (Roger)	Memoirs.	Pittsfield	1824	USD -	0.50
Dorchester. Clap (Roger)	Memoirs.---Blake (J.) Annals of the Town, 1750.	Boston	1844	USD -	1.10
Dorchester. [Davenport's]	Sexton's Monitor, and Dorchester Cemetery Memorial		1845	USD -	Not Sold
Dorchester. Pamphlets (12)	Votes of Church, before Eccles. Council, 1774		1796	USD -	6.00
Dorchester. Pamphlets (10)	Harris's Valedictory and Dedica. Sermons, 1816; Davenport's Sexton's Monitor, and Cemetery Memorial, 1826; Same, 3d ed. 1845; Pierce's Bi-Centennial Discourse, 1830; Harris's Bi-Cent. Discourse		1830	USD -	5.50
Dunstable. Fox (C. J.)	History of the old township of Dunstable, including Nashua, Nashville, Hollis, Hudson, Litchfield, and Merrimac, N. H.; Dunstable and Tyngsborough, Mass.	Nashua	1846	USD -	2.50
Duxbury. WINSOR (J.)	History of the Town of Duxbury; with Genealogical Registers		1849	USD -	4.00
Duxbury	The Landing of the French Atlantic Cable, July, 1869		1869	USD -	0.50
Eastham. Pratt (E.)	History of Eastham, Wellfleet, and Orleans, 1644--1844	Yarmouth	1844	USD -	1.75
Essex Co. Newhall (J. R.)	The Essex Memorial for 1836; embracing a Register of the County.	Salem	1836	USD -	0.50
Essex Co.	Contributions to the Ecclesiastical History of Essex County.	Boston	1865	USD -	5.25
Fall River	An Authentic Narrative [of the case of Miss S. M. Cornell and Rev. E. K. Avery] by the author of "Tales, National, Revolutionary, &c.,"	Providence	1833	USD -	3.00
Fitchburg	Facts and Documents concerning Ecclesiastical Affairs lately Transacted		1802	USD -	1.75
Framingham. Barry (W.)	History of Framingham; with a (Genealogical) Register of the Inhabitants before 1800		1847	USD -	7.75
PAMPHLETS (13) Exeter	Review of results of Council, 1842.---Fall River. Fowler's Histor.	Sketch	1841	USD -	9.75

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