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

Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
BROWN (S. R.)	An Authentic History of the Second War for Independence.	Auburn	1815	USD -	5.50
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CAMPBELL (J.)	Lives of the British Admirals: containing a new and accurate Naval History: with a continuation to 1779	London	1781	USD -	5.00
CHRISTIE (R.)	The Military and Naval Operations in the Canadas, during the late War, including also, The Political History of Lower-Canada, 1807--1815	Quebec	1818	USD -	5.25
CLAIBORNE (N. H.)	Notes on the War in the South [the Creek War], with Sketches of Lives of Montgomery, Jackson, Sevier, Gov. Claiborne and others	Richmond	1819	USD -	5.25
CLARK (Thos.)	Sketches of the Naval History of the United States, with an Appendix of important Documents	Phila.	1813	USD -	1.50
COBBETT (Wm.)	The Pride of Britannia Humbled; or, the Queen of the Ocean Unqueen'd, by the "American Cock-Boats,"	Phila.	1815	USD -	2.00
COBBETT (Wm.)	Letters on the Late War	New York	1815	USD -	2.25
COOPER (J. Fenimore)	History of the Navy of the United States	Philadelphia	1840	USD -	3.50
COOPER (J. Fenimore)	Lives of distinguished American Naval Officers.	Auburn, N. Y.	1846	USD -	10.00
	Correspondence relating to America, presented to Parliament in 1810	London	1811	USD -	1.00
COURTS-MARTIAL	Proceedings of a Court of Enquiry upon Capt. James Barron, of the U. S. Navy, May, 1821	Washington	1822	USD -	17.00
COURTS-MARTIAL	The Militia Reporter; containing the Trials of Capt. Jos. Loring, Jun., on the charges of Gen. Winslow; Capt. Jos. Loring, Jun., on the charges of Maj. Davis; Capt. Amos Binney, on the charges of Maj. Osgood; Capt. Thos. Howe, on the charges of Maj. Messi	Boston	1810	USD -	7.00
Dartmoor Prison	Message of the President [Monroe], transmitting a Report of the Secretary of State .. in relation to the Transactions at Dartmoor Prison	Washington	1816	USD -	2.50
Dartmoor Prison	Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts captured by the British	Boston	1816	USD -	1.75
Dartmoor Prison. [ANDREWS (Chas.)]	The Prisoners' Memoirs, or Dartmoor Prison; containing a History of the entire Captivity of the Americans in England, .. and, of the Horrid Massacre at Dartmoor, Apr. 6, 1815	New York	1852	USD -	1.13
[DAVIS (JOHN)]	The American Mariners: or, The Atlantic Voyage; A Moral Poem. Prefixed is a Vindication of the American Character from the Aspersions of the Quarterly Reviewers. To which are added Naval Annals; or an Impartial Summary of the Actions fought at Sea, and on	Salisbury, [Eng.]	n. d. [1822]	USD -	3.75
DAVIS (Paris M.)	An Authentick History of the Late War,. To which will be added, The War with Algiers, and the Treaty of Peace, etc.		1829	USD -	1.00
DECATUR (Stephen)	Life, by S. Putnam Waldo	Hartford	1821	USD -	1.00
	Dispute (The) with America considered; in a Series of Letters from a Cosmopolite to a Clergyman	London	[1812]	USD -	1.25
EATON (<i>Gen.</i> Wm.)	Life, collected from his Manuscripts	Brookfield	1813	USD -	0.50
ELLIOTT (<i>Com.</i> Jesse D.)	Biographical Notice of, containing a Review of the Controversy between him and Com. Perry, and a History of the Figure-Head of the U. S. Frigate Constitution. By a Citizen of New York [Russell Jarvis]	Phila.	1835	USD -	1.50
FAY (H. A.)	Collection of Official Accounts of all the Battles fought by Sea and Land, 1812--15	New York	1817	USD -	1.50
GARDNER (<i>Major</i> Chas. K.)	Trial of, by Court Martial on Charges preferred by Maj. Gen. Ripley.	n. p. [Boston]	1816	USD -	1.00
General Armstrong (<i>Brig</i>)	A Collection of Sundry Publications .. in relation to an Attack .. upon the private armed Brig, General Armstrong, of New York, commanded by S. C. Reid, Sept. 26, 1814, at Fayal	N. York	1833	USD -	1.25
	General View of the Late War between the U. S. of America, and Great Britain	n. p.	n. d.	USD -	0.40
GILLELAND (J. C.)	History of the Late War.	Baltimore	1817	USD -	0.50
[GLEIG (G. R.)]	A narrative of the Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans .. in 1814--15; By an Officer who served in the Expedition	London	1821	USD -	2.00
[GLEIG (G. R.)]	A Subaltern in America; comprising his Narrative of Campaigns of the British Army, at Baltimore, Washington, etc., during the Late War	Phila.	1833	USD -	1.75
GOLDSBOROUGH (Chas. W.)	The U. S. Naval Chronicle, Vol. I.	Washington City	1824	USD -	0.75
HAMILTON (Schuyler)	History of the National Flag of the United States	Philadelphia	1852	USD -	2.00
HARMAR	Proceedings of a Court of Enquiry held [at Fort Washington, Sept. 15, 1791,] at the request of Brig. Gen. Joseph Harmar, to investigate his conduct, [in] the Expedition against the Miami Indians, 1790	Philadelphia	1791	USD -	35.00
HARRISON	Historical Narrative of the Civil and Military Services of Major Gen. Wm. Henry Harrison, .. by Moses Dawson	Cincinnati	1824	USD -	4.50
HARRISON	---	Cincinnati	1824	USD -	6.25
HARRISON. HALL (James)	Public Services of Wm. Henry Harrison	Phila.	1836	USD -	0.50
Hartford Convention	Proceedings of a Convention of Delegates .. convened at Hartford, Dec. 15, 1814. 2d ed. corrected	Boston	1815	USD -	1.50
Hartford Convention. DWIGHT (Theo.)	History of the Hartford Convention; with a Review of the Policy of the U. S. Government which led to the War of 1812	New York	1833	USD -	3.00
	History of the American War of 1812	Phila.	1816	USD -	1.38
	The History of the Late War, etc.	New York	1832	USD -	1.25
HOWE	The Life of Richard, Earl Howe, K. G., Admiral of the Fleet, etc. By Sir John Barrow	London	1838	USD -	0.88
HULL (<i>Gen.</i> Wm.)	Report of the Trial of Brig. Gen. Wm. Hull, commanding the North-Western Army of the U. S... by a Court Martial held at Albany,. 3d Jan., 1814 .. Taken by Lieut. Col. Forbes	New York	1814	USD -	5.00
HULL (<i>Gen.</i> Wm.)	Defence of Brig. Gen. W. Hull .. with an Address to the Citizens of the United States. Written by himself	Boston	1814	USD -	2.50
HULL (<i>Gen.</i> Wm.)	Memoirs of the Campaign of the North Western Army, A. D. 1812. With an Appendix, containing .. the Revolutionary Services of the Author	Boston	1824	USD -	1.50
HULL (<i>Gen.</i> Wm.)	Revolutionary Services and Civil Life of Gen. Wm. Hull: prepared from his Mss., by his daughter, Mrs. M. Campbell; with a History of the Campaign of 1812, by his grandson, James Freeman Clarke	New York	1848	USD -	2.38
HUNT (G. J.)	The Late War between the U. S. and Gr. Britain, 1812--1815: written in the Ancient Historical Style .. Also, a Sketch of the late Algerine War.	New York	1819	USD -	1.50
HUNT (G. J.)	The Historical Reader; containing "The Late War," etc. Altered and adapted for the use of Schools.	New York	1819	USD -	2.25
INGERSOLL (C. J.)	Historical Sketch of the Second War between the United States and Great Britain. Embracing the Events of 1814	Philadelphia	1849	USD -	1.13
IZARD (<i>Maj. Gen.</i> George)	Official Correspondence with the Department of War, on the Military Operations of the Am. Army under [his] command, on the Northern Frontier, in 1814--15	Philadelphia	1816	USD -	4.50
JACKSON (Andrew)	Memoirs of, by S. Putnam Waldo	Hartford	1819	USD -	0.75
JACKSON (Andrew)	Memoirs of, compiled by a citizen of Massachusetts [J. V. C. Smith]	Boston	1828	USD -	0.37
JACKSON (ANDREW)	Official Record, of the Proceedings of the Court Martial which tried, and Orders of Gen. Jackson, for Shooting Six Militia Men, .. showing that these American Citizens were Inhumanly & Illegally Massacred	Washington	1828	USD -	3.75
JAMES (Wm.)	Naval Occurrences of the Late War between Great Britain and the United States	London	1817	USD -	2.00
JAMES (Wm.)	A Full and Correct Account of the Military Occurrences of Late War between Great Britain and the United States	London	1818	USD -	4.50
LATOUR (A. L.)	Historical Memoir of the War in West Florida and Louisiana in 1814--15	Phila.	1816	USD -	6.00
LAWRENCE (<i>Capt.</i> James)	Biography of, with a Collection of .. Papers, relative to the Action between the Chesapeake and Shannon	New Brunswick [N. J.]	1813	USD -	1.00
LAWRENCE (<i>Capt.</i> James)	Life of Capt. James Lawrence, to which is added, a Collection of Interesting Papers, relating to the Capture of the U. States Frigate Chesapeake, by his Britannic Majesty's Frigate Shannon: and the Death and Funeral of Capt. Lawrence	Hartford	1814	USD -	1.50
	Laws relating to the Military Establishment of the U. S., in force July 1, 1813: with the Regulations for .. the Army .. Annexed, a List of the General Staff, Tables of Pay, etc., with the Fortifications of the U. S.	New York	1813	USD -	0.50
[LOWELL (John)]	Perpetual War the Policy of Mr. Madison; by a New England Farmer	Boston	1813	USD -	0.62
[MCAFEE (R. B.)]	History of the War in the Western Country, 5 fine portraits inserted, also 46 leaves of mounted newspaper cuttings, and an Autograph Letter of Gen. WM. H. HARRISON	Lexington, Ky.	1816	USD -	36.00
MALHAM (J.)	The Naval Gazetteer; or Seaman's Complete Guide, illustrated with a Correct Set of Charts.	Boston	1797	USD -	1.50
	Message from the President, .. with Documents,. on the Failure of the Arms of the U. S. on the Northern Frontier, Feb. 2, 1814.	Albany	1814	USD -	3.75
	Military Operations (A Brief Sketch of the) on the Delaware, during the Late War: with a copy of the Muster-Rolls .. of the Advance Light Brigade, etc.	Philadelphia	1820	USD -	4.75
MUHLENBERG (<i>Maj. Gen.</i> Peter)	Life of, by H. A. Muhlenberg	Philadelphia	1849	USD -	2.00
	Naval Temple (The): containing a Complete History of the Battles fought by the Navy of the U. States, from..1794, to the present time	Boston	1816	USD -	2.25
	Naval Battles (American): being a complete History of the Battles fought by the Navy of the U. States from..1794, to the present time	Boston	1837	USD -	2.50
	Naval Monument (The);..Accounts of Battles fought .. during the Late War; and an Account of the War with Algiers.	Boston	1816	USD -	3.25
O'CONNOR (T.)	An Impartial and Correct History of the War [of 1812--15.]	New York	1817	USD -	1.25
PALMER (T. H.)	The Historical Register of the United States, 1812--15.	Philadelphia	1814--1816	USD -	4.00
PARKER (Sir Peter)	Biographical Memoir of Sir Peter Parker, Baronet,. killed in action while storming the Am. Camp, at Bellair, near Baltimore, Aug. 31, 1814, by Sir G. Dallas.	London	1816	USD -	6.00
PERKINS (S.)	History of the Political and Military events of the Late War	New Haven	1835	USD -	1.00
PERRY	Serious Charges against Capt. O. H. Perry, by John Heath	[Washington]	[1817]	USD -	3.00
PERRY	Judge Fletcher's Charge to Grand Jury of Wexford [1815] on Necessity of putting down the Orange Societies; to which are added, Heath's Charges against O. H. Perry, and Poems on Battles of Lakes Erie and Champlain	n. p.	n. d.	USD -	3.00
PORTER (<i>Capt.</i> D.)	Journal of a Cruise to the Pacific Ocean in the Essex. 1812--15	Philadelphia	1815	USD -	2.25
PORTER	Minutes of the Proceedings of the Courts of Inquiry and Courts Martial in relation to Capt. David Porter, at Washington, D. C., July, 1825. Printed by Authority, pp. 576	Washington	1825	USD -	2.25
PORTER. BEALE (Rob.)	A Report of the Trial of Commodore David Porter .. before a General Court Martial, at Washington, in July, 1825. To which is added, A Review of the Court's Decision	Washington	1825	USD -	1.00
QUITMAN (John A.)	Life of, by J. F. H. Claiborne.	New York	1860	USD -	6.25
	Report of the Committee [of Congress] relating to the Spirit and Manner in which the War has been waged by the Enemy	Washington	1813	USD -	0.25
RUSSELL (B.) <i>Jr.</i>	History of the Late War, compiled chiefly from Public Documents	Hartford	1815	USD -	1.25
ST. CLAIR'S Expedition	Report to the U. S. House of Representatives of Committee appointed to inquire into causes of the failure of the late Expedition under Major-General St. Clair	[Philadelphia]	[1792]	USD -	7.50
	Sketches of the War [of 1812].	Rutland. Vt.	1815	USD -	1.75
SMITH (Charles)	The Monthly Military Repository. Respectfully inscribed to the Military of the U. S. of America.	New York	1796, 1797	USD -	10.00
STARK (<i>Gen.</i> J.)	Memoir and Official Correspondence; by Caleb Stark; with notices of other officers of the Revolution; and a biography of Capt. Phineas Stevens, and of Col. Robert Rogers	Concord	1860	USD -	1.00
THOMPSON (D.)	History of the Late War	Niagara, Upper Canada	1832	USD -	3.25
THOMPSON (J. L.)	Historical Sketches of the Late War	Phila.	1816	USD -	4.25
TORREY (F. B.)	Journal of the Cruise of the U. S. Ship Ohio (Commodore Hull,) in the Mediterranean, 1839--41.	Boston	1841	USD -	0.63
Tracts (Political) Tanguy de la Boissiere (C. C.)	Observations on the Dispatch of Mr. Pickering to Mr. Pinkney, Jan. 16, 1797, transl. from the French by Samuel Chandler	Phila.	1797	USD -	0.63
Tracts (Political)	Message from the President, with Documents obtained from [John Henry, employed by the British Government] in fomenting dissatisfaction and bringing about resistance to the Laws, etc.	Wash.	1812	USD -	7.50
Tracts (Impressments; Affair of the Chesapeake; etc.)	All Impressments Unlawful and Inadmissible.	Boston	n. d. [1810]	USD -	7.50
Tracts (Personal and Political) M'LEAN (Jas.)	Seventeen Years' History of (his) Sufferings as an Impressed Seaman in the British Service.	Hartford	1814	USD -	7.50
Tracts (Personal)	Review of a Pamphlet purporting to be Documents of Differences .. between Com. O. H. Perry and Capt. J. D. Elliott. By a Citizen of Mass.	Bost.	1834	USD -	7.50
Tracts (Personal and Political) ELLIOTT (<i>Com.</i> J. D.)	[Commemorative and Autobiographical] Address at Hagerstown, Md., Nov. 14, 1843, views and plan.	Phila.	1844	USD -	7.50
TREAT (<i>Capt.</i> Jos.)	Vindication, against the Atrocious Calumny contained in Major Gen. Brown's Official Report of the Battle of Chippeway	Philadelphia	1815	USD -	1.25
United States	Messages from the President [Madison] to Congress, Nov. 4th, 1812, to March 1, 1813, with accompanying documents. [Executive Documents, 2d Sess., 12th Cong.]	Washington	1813	USD -	1.00
	United States Army Registers [Annual], 1815--1821	Washington	1815--1821	USD -	7.00
VAN RENSSELAER (S.)	A Narrative of the Affair of Queenstown, in the War of 1812	New York	1836	USD -	1.50
WALDO (S. Putnam)	Biographical Sketches of distinguished American Naval Heroes in the War of the Revolution,. Nicholas Biddle, John Paul Jones, Edw. Preble, and Alex. Murry, etc.	Hartford	1823	USD -	3.25
	WAR (The); being a [weekly] Record of the Transactions of the War.	New York	1812--1814	USD -	9.00
WILKINSON (<i>Gen.</i> James)	Memoirs of my own Times.	Philadelphia	1816	USD -	45.00
WILKINSON (<i>Gen.</i> J.)	Memoirs of my own Times.	Philadelphia	1816	USD -	12.00
WILSON (Thos.)	The Biography of American Military and Naval Heroes	New York	1817	USD -	4.00

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