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Albany, N.Y. Imprints
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AB-1.
AB-2. Brown, S.D. HUMAN LIFE, A SERMON ON THE OCCASION
OF THE DEATH OF MISS SARAH AUGUSTA WINTERS, DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM P. WINTERS.
Albany: Weed, Parsons, 1855. 28 pp., printed title page. Preached at the Hudson
Street M.E. Church, Albany. Removed from a bound volume, else near fine. $30.00
AB-3.
Colvin, Verplanck. GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC: MEMORIAL DAY ADDRESS
DELIVERED BY HON. VERPLANCK COLVIN AT HARMANUS BLEEKER HALL, ALBANY, N.Y. MAY 30TH,
1896. Albany: Weed, Parsons, 1896. A stirring speech mainly concerning Civil War
veterans. Near fine. $35.00
AB-4.
Colvin, Verplanck. PROPOSED UNCONSTITUTIONAL TAXATION AT WASHINGTON
SHOULD NOT BE RIVETED ON BY AN ABHORRENT AMENDMENT TO MAKE OUR TAXATION LIKE
THAT OF IMPERIALISM. Albany, 1909. Letter to Governor Charles E. Hughes of New
York - actually two printed letters, 9pp. and 3pp., in printed wrappers. Written
after his work in the Adirondacks was concluded, but showing he was always a
concerned citizen. Fine. $40.00
AB-5. Dean, Amos. ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE YOUNG MEN’S
STATE ASSOCIATION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AT THEIR FIRST ANNUAL MEETING, AT
GENEVA, SEPT. 2, 1841. Albany: J. Munsell, 1841. 31 pp., printed title page,
with a three page appendix with the constitution of the association. Dean was
president of the association, and this speech seems to set the tone of the
convention. Light foxing. Removed from a bound volume. Very good. $50.00
AB-6.
AB-7. Everett, Edward. SPEECH OF THE HON. EDWARD
EVERETT, DELIVERED AT BOSTON, APRIL, 1863. Albany: Weed, Parsons, 1863. 12 pp.
Union Campaign Docs., No. 6. Everett's address upon being made president of the
Union Club in Boston , April 9, 1863. Light damp stains along the edges; very
good. $25.00
AB-8. Gilbert, T.S. ARGUMENT OF JOHN K. PORTER, COUNSEL FOR
THE DISENFRANCHISED CORPORATIONS OF TRINITY CHURCH, DELIVERED BEFORE THE SELECT
COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE, MARCH 2, 1857. Albany: Weed, Parsons & Company, 1857.
61 pp., printed title page. Arguing on behalf of the Episcopal Church. Removed
from a bound volume. Clean and very good. $30.00
AB-9.
AB-10. Seymour, Horatio. ADDRESS... BEFORE THE NEW YORK STATE
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. Albany: Charles Van Benthuysen & Sons, 1880. 37 pp., gray
printed wrappers, folded map. Delivered at the annual meeting, January 21, 1880.
Discusses comparisons and contrasts between American and European agriculture,
but also touching on other matters concerning both continents. A few chips to the
wrappers, and the map is detached but laid in. Very good. $35.00
AB-11. Shaw, Rev. Joseph. THE ORACLES OF GOD, COMMITTED
TO THE CHURCH FOR UNIVERSAL DIFFUSION. Albany: G. J. Loomis & Co., 1820. 1st
edition. 56 pp., printed title page. A sermon delivered by appointment of the
Albany Bible Society. Shaw was a professor of languages at Albany Academy. A
fine copy, removed from a bound volume, and not containing the report of the
board of managers listed on the title page. $30.00
AB-12. Sprague, William B., D.D. AN ADDRESS, DELIVERED IN THE
MIDDLE DUTCH CHURCH, ALBANY, AT THE FUNERAL OF MRS. JANE WYCKOFF.... Monday,
January 31, 1847. Albany: Joel Munsell, 1848. 19 pp., printed title page.
Removed from a bound volume. Very good. $40.00
AB-13. Sweny, Harry Roy. A SATIRICAL POLITICAL POEM ENTITLED
SIR CHARLIE HUDIBRAS. Albany: Privately Printed, 1909. 2nd edition.
"A truthful history of political events in the Race-Track War of 1908, when
Gov.
Hughes imposed a racing ban." Very light damp stain on the outer margin of a few
pages, else very good. $20.00
AB-14. Watson, Winslow
C. THE MILITARY AND CIVIL HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, NEW YORK.
Albany: J. Munsell,
1869. 1st edition. 504 pp., green cloth. Physical geography, mines and minerals,
commerce, military history, etc.; with an account of the northern wilderness.
Plum 685. Another cornerstone of an Adirondack library. Inside the front cover
is a presentation from Augustus C. Hand, to whom the book is dedicated, to his
two sisters. Spine ends worn; very good. $300.00
AB-15. Wilkins, Coles R. A SERMON DELIVERED IN THE
FOURTH METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, IN THE CITY OF ALBANY, AUGUST 12, 1838. ON
THE OCCASION OF THE DEATH OF LEWIS BENEDICT GREGORY, M.D. Albany: Packard, Van Benthuysen and Co., 1838. 24 pp., printed title page. Eulogy of a prominent
Albany physician. Contains some biographical information. Unbound, probably
removed from a bound volume. A clean very good copy. $30.00
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