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
WYATT (Thos.) Memoirs of the Generals, Commodores, and Commanders, who distinguished themselves in the Army and Navy during the Wars of the Revolution and 1812, and who were presented with Medals by Congress. Illustrated by 82 Philadelphia

1848

USD - 2.00
FULTON (Robert) Torpedo War, and Submarine Explosions New York

1810

USD - 55.00
ALLEN (William) American Biographical Dictionary Cambridge, Mass.

1809

USD - 1.50
BELKNAP (Jer.) American Biography. Boston

1794, 1798

USD - 3.00
Biographia Americana; by a Gentleman of Philadelphia New York

1825

USD - 4.25
BRADFORD (Alden) Biographical Notices of Distinguished Men in New England, Statesmen, Patriots, Physicians, Clergymen, and Mechanics Boston

1842

USD - 3.50
CALAMY (E.) D.D. Nonconformists' Memorial; being an Account of Ministers ejected or silenced after the Restoration; edited (with additions) by Sam'l Palmer London

1775

USD - 4.50
CAMPBELL (J. W.) Biographical Sketches, and other Literary Remains Columbus, O.

1838

USD - 1.75
COFFIN (Charles) Lives of Major Gen. J. Thomas, Col. Thos. Knowlton, Col. A. Scammell, and Major Gen. H. Dearborn New York

1845

USD - 2.50
DELAPLAINE'S Repository of the Lives and Portraits of Distinguished American Characters. Philadelphia

1815--1816

USD - 10.00
Eccentric Biography; or, Memoirs of Remarkable Female Characters, including Actresses, Adventurers, Authoresses, Fortune-tellers, Gipsies, Dwarfs, Swindlers, and Vagrants Worcester

Jun., 1804

USD - 5.25
EDWARDS (B. B.) Biography of Self-Taught Men Boston

1832

USD - 0.50
Epitaphs and Elegies, [selected from monuments in several States, from Maine to Virginia] New York

1816

USD - 7.00
HARDIE (J.) The New Universal Biographical Dictionary and American Remembrancer. New York

1805

USD - 15.00
KINGSTON (J.) The New American Biographic Dictionary Baltimore

1810

USD - 3.00
KNAPP (Samuel L.) Biographical Sketches of eminent [American] Lawyers, Statesmen, and Men of Letters Boston

1821

USD - 1.75
KNAPP (S. L.) Female Biography: Notices of Distinguished Women, in different Nations and Ages Philadelphia

1846

USD - 1.75
Lives of American Merchants; 5th edition New York

1846

USD - 0.50
Lives and Exploits of Noted Highwaymen, Robbers and Murderers, to the present time Hartford

1838

USD - 1.00
MOORE (Jacob B.) Memoirs of American Governors New York

1846

USD - 0.50
National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans; condensed by J. B. Longacre and J. Herring N. York and Phila.

1835--1839

USD - 41.00
Public Characters, or contemporary Biography Baltimore

1803

USD - 0.25
ROGERS (T. J.) A New American Biographical Dictionary. Philadelphia

1829

USD - 1.00
STILES (Ezra) A History of three of the Judges of King Charles I, Major-General Whalley, Major-General Goffe, and Colonel Dixwell, etc. Hartford

1794

USD - 10.50
United States Senators of the Session of 1837--8 (Sketches of) By "A Looker on here in Verona," Washington

1839

USD - 2.75
Universal Biographical Dictionary Richmond, Va.

1826

USD - 2.00
ABBOT A Genealogical Register of the Descendants of George Abbot of Andover, George Abbot of Rowley; etc. Compiled by Rev. Abiel Abbot, D.D., and Rev. Ephraim Abbot Boston

1847

USD - 1.50
ALDEN (Timo.) Collection of American Epitaphs and Inscriptions, with Occasional Notes. New York

1814

USD - 13.75
ALLEN (Asa W.) Genealogy of the Allen and Witter Families Salem, O.

1872

USD - 1.00
BURKE and ALVORD Memorial A Genealogical Account of the Descendants of Richard Burke, of Sudbury, Mass. [and] of Alexander Alvord, of Windsor, Conn. Compiled by J. A. Boutelle and Wm. A. Burke Boston

1864

USD - 3.00
Dudley Genealogies and Family Records; by Dean Dudley, view of Dudley Castle, and arms of Dudley Boston

1848

USD - 1.00
FARMER (John) Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England Lancaster, Mass.

1829

USD - 7.00
Genealogies and Family History. Dodd (S.) Family Record of Daniel DOD, Branford, 1644 [New Haven]

1839

USD - 20.75
Heraldic Journal (The); recording the Armorial Bearings and Genealogies of American Families. Boston

1865--1868

USD - 9.50
HERRICK Family, Genealogical Register of, from 1629 to 1846; by Jedediah Herrick Bangor

1846

USD - 5.50
HUNT. Genealogy of the Name and Family of Hunt: compiled by T. B. Wyman Boston

1862--1863

USD - 1.00
HUTCHINSON and OLIVER A Brief Genealogy of the Descendants of William Hutchinson and Thomas Oliver; by W. H. Whitmore Boston

1865

USD - 0.50
MATHER Family Genealogy of the Mather Family, from about 1500 to 1847; with biographical notices. [By John Mather.] Hartford

1848

USD - 3.50
MOODY Family Biographical Sketches of; by C. C. P. Moody Boston

1847

USD - 0.50
SAVAGUE (James) Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England. Boston

1860--1862

USD - 44.00
SIGOURNEY Family Genealogy of; by Henry H. W. Sigourney Boston

1857

USD - 0.50
SPRAGUE Family Memorial of; with a Poem by Richard Soule, Jr., recited at a Meeting of the Descendants of Seth Sprague, Duxbury, Mass., July 4, 1846 Boston

1847

USD - 1.00
TAINTOR Family The Genealogy and History of, by Chas. M. Taintor Greenfield

1847

USD - 0.63
WILLIAMS Family Genealogy and History of, by Stephen W. Williams, M. D. Greenfield

1847

USD - 4.50
ADAMS (<i>Madam</i> Abigail), consort of the Hon. John Adams Sermon after her interment, Nov. 1, 1818; by Rev. Peter Whitney; with obituary notices, etc. Boston

1819

USD - 0.50
ADAMS (<i>Miss</i> Abigail) Journal and Correspondence of Miss Adams, daughter of John Adams; edited by her Daughter [Mrs. C. A de Windt] New York

1841

USD - 0.88
ADAMS (<i>Miss</i> Hannah) Memoir, written by herself Boston

1832

USD - 0.37
ALLEN (<i>Col.</i> Ethan) Memoir of, by Hugh Moore Plattsburgh, N. Y.

1834

USD - 1.25
ALLEN (Ethan) and the Green Mountain Heroes of '76 With a sketch of the Early History of Vermont. By H. W. DePuy Buffalo

1853

USD - 1.00
ANDROS (<i>Sir</i> Edmund) Memoir of, by Wm. H. Whitmore. Reprinted from the "Andros Tracts," Boston

1868

USD - 0.50
ANTHONY (<i>Miss</i> Susanna) of Newport Life and Character of, by Rev. Samuel Hopkins. Worcester

1796

USD - 0.50
ASHMUN (Jehudi) Life, by R. R. Gurley Washington

1835

USD - 0.25
BAILEY (Robert) Life and Adventures, from his infancy up to Dec., 1821, interspersed with Anecdotes, and religious and Moral Admonitions; written by himself Richmond

1822

USD - 5.00
BALDWIN (Elihu W.) D.D. Memoirs of, by E. F. Hatfield; with an Introduction by S. H. Cox, D. D. New York

1843

USD - 1.62
BALDWIN (Thos.) D.D. Memoir, by D. Chessman, water-stained. Boston

1841

USD - 3.00
BELCHER. Prince (<i>Rev.</i> T.) Sermon on the Death of the Honourable Mary Belcher, Consort of his Excellency the Governour, author's autograph presentation, "To my Dear Mrs. Deborah Prince of Boston: Presented, 1736, pr. T. Prince," Boston

1736

USD - 5.50
BELKNAP Life of Jeremy Belknap, D.D., the Historian of New Hampshire, with selections from his writings; collected by his grand-daughter New York

1847

USD - 2.13
BENEZET (A.) Memoires sur la Vie de, par Roberts Vaux Londres

1824

USD - 1.50
BOWDITCH (Nathaniel) Memoir of, by his Son N. I. Bowditch Boston

1840

USD - 0.50
BOWDITCH (Nath'l) Eulogies on, by John Pickering, D. A. White, and Alex. Young. Boston and Salem

1838

USD - 1.50
BOONE (Daniel) Biographical Memoir of, by Timo. Flint: With Incidents of the Early Annals of the Country Cincinnati

1841

USD - 2.25
BOYLE (Robert) Life, by Thomas Birch [with an Appendix, relating mostly to New England affairs] London

1744

USD - 1.25
BREWSTER. Steele (A.) The Chief of the Pilgrims; Life of Elder Wm. Brewster Phila.

1857

USD - 0.75
BREWSTER (James and Mary) Account of their Golden Wedding, Sept. 18, 1860 New Haven

1860

USD - 0.60
BROWN (Chas. Brockden) Life of, by Wm. Dunlap, with Selections from his printed Works, Letters, and unpublished Manuscripts. Philadelphia

1815

USD - 4.75
BURKE Memoir of William Burke [late of East Haddam, Conn.], a Soldier of the Revolution; from a Journal kept by Himself; added, an Extract from a Sermon at his Funeral, by Rev. N. Miner Hartford

1837

USD - 2.50
BURROUGHS (Stephen) Memoirs of, [by himself,] the ORIGINAL EDITION, long AUTOGRAPH LETTER Hanover, N. H.

1798

USD - 8.00
BURROUGHS (Stephen) Sketch of the Life of, as given by himself Greenfield

1812

USD - 1.00
BUSHNELL (<i>Rev.</i> William C.) Memoirs and Select Remains. New Haven

1833

USD - 1.00
CALHOUN (John C.) Life, by J. S. Jenkins Auburn

1851

USD - 1.75
CHEVERUS (<i>Cardinal</i> John) Life, by Rev. J. H. Doubourg, translated from the French by R. M. Walsh Philadelphia

1839

USD - 1.75
CLAP (Roger) Memoirs, [1609--1691], Relating some of God's remarkable Providences to him, in bringing him into New England, etc. Boston

1807

USD - 0.50
CLINTON (De Witt) Tribute to the Memory of, by a Citizen of Albany Albany

1828

USD - 0.88
COGHLAN (<i>Mrs.</i>) Memoirs of, written by Herself, and Dedicated to the British Nation; being Interspersed with Anecdotes of the late American and present French War New York

1795

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COKE (Rev. Thomas) D.D. Extracts from his Journals, comprising several (six) Visits to North-America and the W. Indies, etc. Prefixed, a Life of the Doctor Dublin

1816

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COLBURN (Zerah) Memoir, by Himself Springfield

1833

USD - 0.25
COLBY Life, Experience, and Travels of John Colby, [Baptist] Preacher of the Gospel, written by Himself. Lowell, Mass.

1838

USD - 0.60
COLEMAN (<i>Dr.</i> Seth) <i>of Amherst, Mass.</i> Memoirs New Haven

1817

USD - 0.50
COLLINGWOOD (<i>Vice-Admiral</i>) A Selection from his Public and Private Correspondence; with Memoirs of his Life, by G. L. N. Collingwood. First Am. edition New York

1829

USD - 0.88
COTTON (John) Abel being Dead yet speaketh; Or, The Life & Death of that deservedly famous Man of God, Mr. John Cotton, Late Teacher of the Church of Christ, at Boston in New-England. By John Norton, Teacher of the same Church London

1658

USD - 6.75
COTTON (John) Memoir of John Cotton, by John Norton; with a Preface and Notes by Enoch Pond New York

1842

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CRAFTS (Wm.) A Selection, in Prose and Poetry, from the Writings of the late Wm. Crafts (of Charleston, S. C.). With a Memoir of his Life Charleston

1828

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CRAWFORD and CLARK Considerations on the Purity of the Principles of Wm. H. Crawford, Esq., deducible from his Conduct in connection with that of Charles Tait, Esq., towards the author of this publication. With some Remarks on the Introduction of Africans into [Georgia], co Augusta, Ga.

1819

USD - 5.00
CROCKETT (<i>Col.</i> David) Sketches and Eccentricities of New York

1833

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DODGE (David L.) Memorial of, consisting of an Autobiography; with a few Selections from his Writings

1854

USD - 3.00
DRAKE (Sir Francis) The Life, Voyages, and Exploits of, by John Barrow London

1843

USD - 2.50
DUNTON (<i>Rev.</i> John) Dunton's Remains, or the Dying Pastour's last Legacy ... Prefixt, the Author's Holy Life and Triumphant Death: and .. his Funeral Sermon. The Second Edition London

1684

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DUNTON (John) Life and Errors, written by Himself in Solitude, with an Idea of a New Life; together with the Lives and Characters of a Thousand Persons now living in London London

1705

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DUNTON (John) Life and Errors. To which are added, Dunton's Conversation in Ireland; and Selections from his other genuine works London

1818

USD - 3.00
DURAND (James R.) Life and Adventures, during a Period of Fifteen Years, from 1801 to 1816; in which time he was Impressed on board the British fleet, and held in detestable Bondage for more than Seven Years, Written by Himself Rochester, N. Y.

1820

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DWIGHT (<i>Pres.</i> Timothy) Sermon at the Funeral of, by C. Chapin New Haven

1817

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DYER (Giles) A Sermon Preach'd at the Queen's Chappel at Boston, August 15th. 1713. At the Funeral of Giles Dyer Esq. Late High Sheriff of the County of Suffolk: and Commander of the Troop of Guards .. By Mr. Harris, One of the Ministers of the said Chappel Boston

1713

USD - 8.25
EDWARDS (Jona.) D.D., <i>the Elder.</i> Life and Character of, with a number of his Sermons, autograph of Rev. Dr. Benj. Trumbull, 1770. Boston

1765

USD - 2.75
EDWARDS (Jona.) Life and Character, with Extracts from his Diary, and eighteen select Sermons Edinburgh

1799

USD - 1.00
EDWARDS (Jona.) Life and Character of, with Extracts from his Diary, and seventeen select Sermons Northampton

1804

USD - 1.25
ELDRIDGE (Eleanor) Memoirs of Providence

1841

USD - 1.25
ELIOT (John) <i>the Apostle</i> Life of, by Cotton Mather; a new edition London

1820

USD - 1.25
ELIOT (John) <i>the Apostle</i> Memoirs of the Life and Character of John Eliot, by Martin Moore, pastor of the Church in Natick Boston

1822

USD - 0.63
ELIOT (John) <i>the Apostle</i> Life, by Convers Francis. (Sparks' Am. Biog., Vol. 5.) Boston

1836

USD - 1.12
ELIOT (John) <i>the Apostle</i> Memoir of, by Martin Moore; Second edition, revised and corrected Boston

1842

USD - 2.87
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