Leavitt & Co.: Catalogue of the American library of the late Mr. George Brinley, of Hartford, Conn., 1881yr,

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Auction Date
March 04, 1881 - March 04, 1881
Page Size: 1571 items in 16 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
JACKSON (Andrew) Brief and Impartial History of the Life and Actions of Andrew Jackson. By A Free Man. Boston

1831

USD - 2.50
JACKSON (Andrew) COBBETT (Wm.) Life of Andrew Jackson New York

1834

USD - 0.75
JACKSON (Andrew) GOODWIN (Philo A.) Biography of Andrew Jackson Hartford

1832

USD - 0.87
JARVIS (Wm. C.) The Republican; a Series of Essays on the Principles and Policy of Free States, having a particular reference to the United States, and the Individual States Pittsfield [Mass.]

1820

USD - 0.63
JEFFERSON (Thomas) Report of the Secretary of State, on the subject of establishing a uniformity in the Weights, Measures and Coins of the United States New York

1790

USD - 2.50
JEFFERSON (Thomas) [CARPENTER (Stephen C.)] Memoirs of Thomas Jefferson .. containing a concise History of [the United] States. With a View of the Rise and Progress of French Influence and French Principles in that Country n. p.

1809

USD - 11.00
JEFFERSON (Thomas) RAYNER (B. L.) Sketches of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of Thomas Jefferson, with selections of .. his Private Correspondence New York

1832

USD - 0.50
JEFFERSON (Thomas) LINN (Wm.) The Life of Thomas Jefferson Ithaca

1834

USD - 1.13
JEFFERSON (Thomas) TUCKER (Geo.) The Life of Thomas Jefferson .. with parts of his Correspondence never before published, and Notices of his Opinions on Questions of Civil Government, etc. London

1837

USD - 4.75
(Jefferson) The Pretentions of Thomas Jefferson to the Presidency examined; and the Charges against John Adams refuted .. Part the Second

1796

USD - 0.75
(Jefferson) The Claims of Thomas Jefferson to the Presidency, examined at the Bar of Christianity. By a Layman Phila.

1800

USD - 2.00
(Jefferson) Cursory Reflections on the Consequences which may ensue should Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Burr have equal Votes from the Electors and States New York

1801

USD - 3.00
(Jefferson) A Letter to Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States. By Junius Philaenus New York

1802

USD - 3.00
LACO The Writings of Laco, as published in the Massachusetts Centinel, Feb. and March, 1789; with the addition of No. VII. which was omitted Boston

1789

USD - 2.00
LACO Ten Chapters in the Life of John Hancock. Now first published since 1788 New York

1857

USD - 1.25
LEGARE (Hugh S.) Writings: prefaced by a Memoir of his Life. Edited by his Sister Charleston, S. C.

1846, 1845

USD - 7.25
Letters from Washington, on the Constitution and Laws; with Sketches of some of the Prominent Characters of the U. States. Written during the Winter of 1817--18, by a Foreigner [George Watterston] Washington

1818

USD - 1.00
LIVINGSTON Life of Edward Livingston. By C. H. Hunt, with an Introduction by Geo. Bancroft New York

1864

USD - 1.25
LLOYD (Thos.) Congressional Register, or Proceedings and Debates of the First House of Representatives of the United States New York

1789--1790

USD - 16.00
LOZEGRE (<i>Comte</i> Pelet de la) Precis de l'Histoire des Etats-Unis d'Amerique Paris

1845

USD - 1.38
LYON (James) The Scourge of Aristocracy, and Repository of important Political Truths, Vol. I., Nos. 1--4 [Castleton, Vt.]

Oct.--Dec. 1798

USD - 12.50
MADISON A Letter addressed to the Hon. James Madison, Secretary of State, [on the Proclamation of July 29, 1807] Printed in America

1808

USD - 0.50
MAYO (Robert) Political Sketches of Eight Years in Washington Baltimore

1839

USD - 1.00
MELISH (John) Map of the United States Philadelphia

1820

USD - 2.00
(Militia) Plan for the general arrangement of the MILITIA of the United States. [By Gen. H. Knox, Sec. of War.] Published by order of the House of Representatives New York

1790

USD - 1.00
Mitchell's Accompaniment to the Map of the United States containing an Index of all Counties, Districts, Towns, etc., and of the Rivers; with a general view of the U. States Philadelphia

1834

USD - 0.50
[MORRIS (Gouverneur)] An Answer to "War in Disguise," or Remarks upon the New Doctrine of England, concerning Neutral Trade New York

1806

USD - 0.20
MORRIS (Gouverneur) Life; with selections from his Correspondence and Miscellaneous Papers. By Jared Sparks Boston

1832

USD - 2.55
MORSE (Jedediah) The American Geography; or, a View of the Present Situation of the United States .. Illustrated with two Sheet Maps, etc. Elizabeth Town [N. J.]

1789

USD - 5.00
MORSE (Jedediah) Remarks on the American Geography. By J. F[reeman] Boston

1793

USD - 2.25
MORSE (Jedediah) Geography made Easy: being An Abridgment of the American Universal Geography..5th edition Boston

1796

USD - 0.70
MORSE (Jedediah) The American Gazetteer .. with a particular Description of The Georgia Western Territory. Illustrated with Seven new and neat Maps Boston

1797

USD - 4.75
MORSE (Jedediah) An Abridgment of the American Gazetteer Boston

1798

USD - 1.13
MUNSELL'S Historical Series Albany

1857--1861

USD - 52.50
MURAT (Achille) The United States of North America. With a Note on Negro Slavery, by Junius Redivivus. London

1833

USD - 1.13
MURAT (Achille) Brieven over de Zeden en Staat Kunde der Vereenigde Staten van Noord-Amerika; door Achilles Murat; uit het Fransch. Te Zalt-Bommel

1834

USD - 1.50
OTIS (Harrison G.) Otis' Letters in defence of The Hartford Convention, and the People of Massachusetts Boston

1824

USD - 0.50
OUSELEY (Wm. G.) Remarks on the Statistics and Political Institutions of the United States. Added, Statistical Tables, etc. Philadelphia

1832

USD - 0.50
Pamphlets A Defense of the Legislature of Massachusetts, or the Rights of N. E. vindicated Boston

1804

USD - 6.50
PERKINS (Samuel) Historical Sketches of the United States, from the Peace of 1815 to 1830 New York

1830

USD - 0.50
PICKERING (Timo) Letter, exhibiting to his Constituents a View of the Imminent Danger of an Unnecessary and Ruinous War. Addressed to His Excellency James Sullivan, Governor of Massachusetts Boston

1808

USD - 0.50
PICKERING (Timo) Political Essays. A Series of Letters addressed to the People of the U. States Canandaigua

1812

USD - 3.50
PINKNEY Some Account of the Life, Writings, and Speeches of William Pinkney. By Henry Wheaton New York

1826

USD - 1.13
PITKIN (Timo) A Political and Civil History of the United States, from 1763 to 1797 New Haven

1828

USD - 3.50
PRENTICE (A.) A Tour in the United States, with two Lectures on Emigration London

1850

USD - 1.75
Presidents' Speeches. The Speeches, Addresses, and Messages of the several Presidents .. Also, the Declaration of Independence, Constitution of the U. S., Washington's farewell address, etc. Philadelphia

1825

USD - 1.00
QUINCY Memoir of the Life of Josiah Quincy Jun. of Massachusetts: by his Son, Josiah Quincy Boston

1825

USD - 0.50
RAMSAY (D.) History of the United States, from..1607, to 1808 ... Continued to the Treaty of Ghent by S. S. Smith, and others. Phila.

1816, 1817

USD - 2.25
SABINE (Lorenzo) A Report on the Principal Fisheries of the American Seas Washington

1853

USD - 0.50
SCHEFFER (Arnold) Histoire des Etats-Unis Paris

1825

USD - 1.00
SEYBERT (Adam) Statistical Annals .. of the United States Philadelphia

1818

USD - 1.25
Sham-Patriot (The) Unmasked; or an Exposition of the fatally successful Arts of Demagogues, etc. Written by Historicus [Ezra Sampson?], and first published in "The Balance," Hudson [N. Y.]

1802

USD - 1.00
Sketches of Scenery and Manners in the United States. By the author of the "Northern Traveller," New York

1829

USD - 1.50
SNOWDEN (R.) The History of North and South America, .. to the Death of Gen. Washington Philadelphia

1819

USD - 0.80
Speeches in Congress. [A collection of (117) noteworthy speeches, on important topics, in both Houses of Congress: alphabetically arranged.]

1788--1850

USD - 16.00
[SULLIVAN (Wm.)] History of the United States .. for the use of schools and families. By a Citizen of Massachusetts Keene, N. H.

1823

USD - 1.25
<i>SULLIVAN</i> (W.) Familiar Letters on Public Characters, and Events, 1783 to 1815 Boston

1834

USD - 1.13
Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation pending between his Britannic Majesty and the United States, conditionally ratified by the Senate, June 24, 1795. Philadelphia

1795

USD - 1.00
---Debates in the House of Representatives, 1st Sess .. of the 4th Congress, on the Constitutional Powers of the House with respect to Treaties, and upon .. the British Treaty. Philadelphia

1796

USD - 1.50
VAN BUREN (Martin) Life, by W. M. Holland Hartford

1835

USD - 0.88
VAN BUREN (Martin) CROCKETT (David) The Life of Martin Van Buren, heir-apparent to the "Government," and the appointed successor of Gen. Andrew Jackson ... With a concise History of the Events that have occasioned his unparalleled elevation, etc. Philadelphia

1835

USD - 0.25
Vindication (A) of the Measures of the present Administration. By Algernon Sidney [Gideon Granger, of Connecticut,] Hartford

1803

USD - 0.90
WALSH (Robert) An Appeal from the Judgments of Great Britain respecting the United States Philadelphia

1819

USD - 0.25
[WALSH (Robert)] Letter on the Genius and Dispositions of the French Government

USD - 0.10
War in Disguise; or, the Frauds of the Neutral Flags New York

1806

USD - 0.40
---The Dangers of the Country. By the Author of War in Disguise London

1807

USD - 0.35
WARDEN (D. B.) Statistique, historique, et politique Description des Etats-Unis. Paris

1820

USD - 2.50
WEBSTER. Knapp (Sam'l L.) Memoir of the Life of Daniel Webster Boston

1831

USD - 1.38
WEBSTER A Memorial of Daniel Webster, from the City of Boston, [ed. by Geo. S. Hillard,] Boston

1853

USD - 1.75
WELD (Isaac) <i>Jun.</i> Travels through the States of North America, and the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, 1795--7. London

1807

USD - 4.00
WILLARD (Simon) <i>Jun.</i> The Columbian Union: Explanations of the Government, and the Columbian Constitution Hudson

1814

USD - 1.50
[WIRT (Wm.)] The Letters of the British Spy. Originally published in the Virginia Argus, 1803. Richmond

1805

USD - 0.25
WOLCOTT (Oliver) Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, accompanying a Plan for laying and collecting Direct Taxes. Presented, Dec. 19, 1796

[1796]

USD - 3.25
WOOD (John) A Letter to Alexander Addison, President of the County Courts of Pennsylvania, in Answer to his Rise and Progress of Revolution Philadelphia

1801

USD - 5.00
WOOD (John) The History of the Administration of John Adams, esq. late President of the United States New York

1802

USD - 12.00
WOOD (John) A Correct Statement of the various sources from which The History of the Administration of John Adams was compiled, and the Motives for its Suppression by Col. Burr: with some Observations on A Narrative, etc. New York

1802

USD - 3.25
WOOD (John) A Full Exposition of the Clintonian Faction, and the Society of the Columbian Illuminati; with an Account of the Writer of the Narrative, .. also, Remarks on WARREN'S Pamphlet Newark

1802

USD - 3.25
WRIGHT Life and Times of Silas Wright, late Governor of the State of New York. By Jabez D. Hammond Syracuse

1848

USD - 1.50
Pamphlets Political (1800--1806)

USD - 7.50
Pamphlets Political (1807--1813)

USD - 30.00
Pamphlets Speeches in Congress, 1806--1814.

USD - 1.50
Tracts Observations on the Commerce of the U. States [by Lord Sheffield]; also, An Essay on Canon and Federal Law by John Adams .. to which is annexed the Polit. Character of Mr. Adams, by an American. 1783 Philadelphia

1777--1784

USD - 3.50
Tracts An Examination of the Late proceedings in Congress, respecting the Official Conduct of [Alex. Hamilton] the Secretary of the Treasury

n. d. [1793]

USD - 3.50
Adventures of Uncle Sam in search after his Lost Honor; by Frederick Augustus Fidfaddy, Esq. Middletown, Conn.

1816

USD - 2.50
ADYE (S. P.) A Treatise on Courts Martial. To which is added, An Essay on Military Punishments and Rewards New York

1769

USD - 5.25
ARMSTRONG (<i>Gen.</i> John) Notices of the War of 1812. New York

1840

USD - 2.25
ATHERTON (Wm.) Narrative of the Suffering and Defeat of the North-Western Army, under Gen. Winchester Frankfort, Ky.

1842

USD - 1.00
BACHE (<i>Lt. Col.</i> Louis) Proceedings of a General Court Martial for the Trial of Lieut. Col. Louis Bache, commanding a detachment of Volunteers and Militia of Pennsylvania, in Oct. 1814 Philadelphia

1815

USD - 4.00
BAILEY (Isaac) American Naval Biography Providence, (R. I.)

1815

USD - 1.50
BAINE'S History of the Late War, with a Critical Appendix by E. H. Cummins Baltimore

1820

USD - 3.25
Barbarities of the Enemy exposed, in a Report of a Committee of the House of Representatives of the U. S... and the Documents accompanying said Report Troy

1813

USD - 0.25
BARNEY (<i>Commodore</i> Joshua) Biographical Memoir; edited by Mary Barney Boston

1832

USD - 0.50
BINNEY Documents relative to the Investigation .. of the Official Conduct of Amos Binney, U. S. Navy Agent at Boston .. Published by the Accused Boston

1822

USD - 1.13
A Brief History of an existing Controversy on the subject of Assimilated Rank in the Navy of the U. States. By W. S. W. R. Philadelphia

1850

USD - 1.13
Battle of Lake Erie. BURGES (T.) The Battle of Lake Erie, and Commodore Elliott's Conduct in that Engagement Providence

1839

USD - 1.12
Battle of Lake Erie. COOPER (J. F.) The Battle of Lake Erie; or, Answers to Messrs. Burges, Duer and Mackenzie Cooperstown

1843

USD - 1.13
[BLYTH (Stephen C.)] History of the War between the United States and Tripoli, and other Barbary Powers Salem

1806

USD - 4.25
BRACKENRIDGE (H. M.) History of the Late War. Baltimore

1818

USD - 1.13
BRACKENRIDGE (H. M.) Histoire de la Guerre entre les Etats-Unis d'Amerique et l'Angleterre, 1812--15; trad. par A. de Dalmas. Paris

1820

USD - 2.00
BROWN (Samuel R.) Views of the Campaigns of the North-western Army, etc. Troy, N. Y.

1814

USD - 2.50
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