[NY]: [ca. 1885]. 1 sheet. Illus. with 1 wood engraving. 5 x 7.5 inches. Thirty-one signatures on the verso of an engraved program cover of those attending a dinner of The New York Farmers organization, founded in 1882 at the Union League Club, and open to landowers and those involved..... More

Philadelphia: The American Iron and Steel Association, 1879. 45 pp. Sm. 4to. Paper wrappers. First edition. Gifted to the Franklin Institute Library, by the American Iron & Steel Association, Philadelphia, June 6th, 1879. Above the title: "The people of this Country should insist upon the continuance of the Protective Policy..... More

New York: American Protective Tariff League, 1887. 22 pp. 8vo. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. The American Protective Tariff League was organized in 1885. The item was a printing of the "Address of Hon. William Lawrence, of Ohio, before the Farmers' National Congress, at Chicago, November 11, 1887." Slight sunning..... More

Washington, D.C. National Silver Committee, 1896. 16 pp. 8vo. Self wrappers. First edition. Bailey's speech runs fourteen pages, Teller's, two. Both argue for the reintroduction of silver. OCLC locates only three copies of this edition with both speeches: University of Virginia, Georgia, and Wisconsin. A good copy, first and last..... More

[Hartford, CT]: 1859. [6] pp. 7.75 x 10 inches. March 15th, 1859, Memorandum from interview of Thomas W. Smith by James S. Tryon, cashier at Hartford's Merchants & Manufacturers Bank investigating fraudulent banking activities. The memorandum documents the conversation held between Tryon and Smith, in which the former hopes to..... More

Springfield: G.W. Wilson, Printer, 1849. 53 pp. 8vo. Stitched printed green paper wrappers. First edition. Uncommon. OCLC shows 5 copies. Front wrapper soiled, chipped, nearly detached, with a few neat repairs on verso, rear wrapper lacking, mail folds, overall a good copy. Sabin 89877. More

Boston: 1869. 1 sheet. Folio. Signed and dated 1 January 1869. Sealed with 50 cent Internal Revenue conveyance stamp. Title arches over an etching of a three masted ship steaming at sea. Boston Lloyds was an insurance organization formed as "an Association for the purpose of taking Marine Risks by..... More

Quebec: Printed by S. Derbishire and G. Desbarats, 1862. 66 pp., [1] pp. 8vo. Paper wrappers. First edition. All about trade. Wrappers heavily chipped along edges, lacking spine, numeral stamped to front wrapper, institutional stamp to title, with a few notations, minor browning to contents, but overall quite good. Sabin..... More

Boston: Printed by Beals and Homer, 1831. 40 pp. 8vo. Removed. First edition. Perhaps written by David Henshaw (1791-1852), Collector of the Port of Boston and Massachusetts State Senator. Henshaw was a strong Free Trade Democrat who here attacks Otis' support of tariffs. A good copy, penned numerals on title..... More

n.p. n.p., 1875. 9 pp. 8vo. Stitched paper wrappers. First edition. New York Chamber of Commerce copy. Elliot C. Cowdin (1819 -1880) was a prominent businessman, owner of Elliot C. Cowdin & Company, an importing firm that specialized in silks. He was a strong Unionist and founder of the Union..... More

Denver: News Print, (1893). 8 pp. 8vo. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. The Denver Chamber "protests against this circular of the City of Hartford, challenges the truth of every assertion of its preambles, and asks that those whose judgment may have been affected to examine the actual facts in the..... More

Philadelphia: National Executive Committee Iron Ore Producers, 1882. 74 pp. 8vo. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. OCLC locates five copies: NYHS, Rutgers, Bowling Green, Western Reserve, Superiorland. Lacking the front wrapper, rear wrapper very soiled, mail fold, else about very good. More