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[004936] . BENJAMIN P. LOYALL. 1876. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 9". Disbound. American History. Good to Good+ A petition from Benjamin P. Loyall to the Committee on Naval Affairs. 44th Congress, 1st Session. House of Representatives. Report No. 757. "It appears from the evidence taken by the committee...that the petitioner was a lieutenant in the United States Navy, and was serving on board the United States flagship Constellation on the coast of Africa in 1860. On the 25th of September of that year, the Constellation captured the slave-bark Cora, having on board between six and seven hundred Africans intended to be sold as slaves. The capture took place off the Congo River. The Africans were regularly delivered to the agent of the United States at Monrovia...By the law...Mr. Loyall was entitled to receive from the United States the sum of $347 as bounty or head-money...Mr. Loyall returned to the United States with his ship in September, 1861....He was a native and citizen of the State of Virginia. He declined to take the oath of allegiance to the United States...and for that reason dismissed from the service..." 3 pp. Disbound. Pages loose, otherwise document is clean and Very Good+. Names in document: George Maxwell Robeson (1829-1897), an American Republican Party politician and lawyer from New Jersey who served as a Union army general during the American Civil War, and then as Secretary of the Navy during the Grant administration; Gideon Welles (1802-1878), United States Secretary of the Navy from 1861 to 1869, and B. P. Loyall. $35.00

[001231] . REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF NAVIGATION TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. 1895. ill. Tables. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1895. Size: Approx. 6" x 9". Leather. Navigation Laws. Good + Full tan leather. Spine with 3 leather labels with gilt lettering. Three thick labels in Red Leather: House Documents Vol.33; in Brown Leather: No.28, Pt. 1 Navigation Report 1895, No. 28 Pt. 2 Navigation Laws and in Black Leather: 54th Congress, 1st Session 1895-96. at spine base stamped in black:3400. Leather soiled and scuffed. Front spine gutter showing signs of wear 1/2" from top. Bookplate from University of North Dakota Library on front endpaper.Hinges loosening. Browned around edges on endpapers and following page, but not on title p. or subsequent pages. Interior is tight, clean, and in Very Good + condition. Still a handsome book. 456 pp. some pages uncut. Index, Addenda. Covers: Documents of Vessels, Customs Laws Dealing with Vessels, Chinese Immigration, Seal Fisheries, Slave Trade, Log-Books, Tariffs, Immigration, Cattle and Live-Stock Trade, Officers and Seamen, Yachts built. 32 Statistical tables. $75.00

[004490] Cluskey, M. W. (Editor).. THE POLITICAL TEXT-BOOK, OR ENCYCLOPEDIA. Containing Everything Necessary for the Reference of the Politicians and Statesmen of the United States.. Philadelphia: Jas. B. Smith & Co., 1860. Thirteenth Edition. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/4". Brown. Politics. Good In Editor's Preface: "The motive which induced "its" (book) preparation was the necessity which he himself has often felt for a book containing, in a condensed form, a history of the public measures and other matters of political importance...It will enable every citizen to acquaint himself readily with the true bearing of each political issue which is presented to him for his decision..." Goes from A to Z. 808 pp. including Appendix and Index. Plus 7 pages of other Jas. B. Smith's publications. Some of the subjects covered:Dred Scott Case; Personal Liberty Bill; Nebraska and Kansas; Missouri; Minnesota; Mexican War; Presidential Election of 1856; Madison Papers; Railroad to the Pacific; Slavery; History of the Union; George Washington; Henry A. Wise; Public Lands, etc. Thick book. Brown "pebbled" covers with decorative embossing. Spine sunned and lettering hard to read. Bottom spine end fraying. 1/4" nick to spine. Sunned "strip" on back cover. Tiny nick on spine joint. Corners bumped. Small rubbing to boards along top edge. Overall covers are Good. Front endpaper with small bookplate of Charles E. Putnam (a prominent farmer and business man of Richmond, Kansas), and a museum bookplate stating "The Gift of William Clement Putnam, MCMVI). also ex.mus. numbers and a small bookseller sticker. Otherwise the interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $145.00

[004780] Hammon, Jupiter. ADDRESS TO THE NEGROES IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK . William F. Northrop, 1978. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/4". Paper Wraps. Religious Tract. Fine Publisher's Notes: "This pamphlet is a true facsimile of the last published work of Jupiter Hammon, the first black American to be published. The original 500 copy edition was published by the Pennsylvania Society for promoting the Abolition of Slavery." Number 171 in black bold letter at base of page. String-tied. 20 pages. top edge uncut. Pages edges roughly cut to resemble the original. Extra, 7 3/4"x10" facsimile sheet: AN EVENING THOUGHT. SALVATION BY CHRIST,WITH PENETENTIAL CRIES: Composed by Jupiter Hammon, a Negro belonging to Mr. Lloyd, of Queen's Village on Long-Island, the 25th of December, 1760. Pamphlet and sheet are Fine. Jupiter Hammon (born October 17, 1711- died 1806?) was a Black poet and the first published Black writer in America, a poem appearing in print in 1760. He is considered one of the founders of African American literature. $21.00

[004753] Roe, the Hon. Clifford G.. THE GREAT WAR ON WHITE SLAVERY . ill. Photographs, Drawings, Engravings. 1911. Size: Approx. 6 " x 8 1/2". Gray Cloth. Slavery. Good to Good+ Fighting for the Protection of Our Girls. Truthful and chaste account of the hideous trade of buying and selling young girls for immoral purposes.Startling disclosures made by white slaves during the trials of many procurers and traders. The cruel and inhuman treatjment of white slaves. The astounding confession of a pander. Graphic accounts of how white slaves are ensnared and a full expositon of the methods and schemes used to lure and trap the girls. Contributors to chapters are writings of distinguished men and women of the day, including: B.S. Steadwell, Rev. J.G. Shearer, Rev. Ernest A Bell, Rabbi Jacob Nieto, Wm Alexander Coote, Prof. Jeremiah Jenks, G Stanley Hall, Hon James, Bronson Reynolds, Rev. James Cleary, Dr Winfield S Hall and Miss Jane Addams. 448 pp. Illustrated with 32 half-tone engravings.Bluish gray cloth with black and gilt lettering. Color paste-down illustration of a mother and her daughter looking at a warning poster about white slavery. Spine ends mildly rubbed. Overall covers are Good to Good+. Front hinge beginning to tear. Photo frontispiece of Clifford G.Roe.Otherwise interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. $20.00