[Rarebooks] FS: A Selection of Modest Americana

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A Selection of Modest Americana-

1)  "The United States Review. 'Democracy'. March, 1853. Vol.1, No.3 "

Published in New York by Theodore A. Foster. The third issue of this 
short-lived periodical, which lasted only a few years. The contents are 
a variety of political news and commentary about the United States, 
England and Europe, with some poetry and literary reviews thrown in. 
Very uncommon in the marketplace. Softcover. 6"x9.25". 288 pages. Not in 
great condition- soil and wear to the covers with a chunk out of the 
front cover, a tear in it, and chips all around. The last 20 or so 
leaves have evidence of bio-predation in the form of holes, increasing 
as you go to the end- there is no actual text loss until the final two 
leaves, with minimal loss on the next to last leaf and some half-dozen 
words missing on the last leaf. [42361]  $25

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2)  John Spargo 1925 Bennington Meeting House Marker Controversy.

English-born Bennington Vermont historian John Spargo gives his side of 
a controversy over the origins of the marker set up at the original 
Bennington Meeting House, for which somebody else had taken credit. The 
details give an interesting and eye-opening look behind the scenes of 
the development and funding of 1920s historical markers. It wasn’t all 
tea & crumpets and pleasantries. Folded sheet. 7.5”x10.5”. Folds, some 
soil, corner chip. [48712]  $20

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3)  Speech of Hon. Jacob Collamer of Vermont, on Affairs in Kansas 
delivered in the Senate of the United States, April 3 and 4, 1856.

Printed at the Congressional Globe Office in Washington in 1856. Senator 
Collamer, a stout abolitionist who had been elected to the Senate as a 
member of the new Republican party the prior year, had a “reputation as 
the best lawyer in the Senate. His colleagues were known to pay close 
attention to his remarks on the Senate floor even though he spoke 
infrequently and even then too quietly to reach the entire chamber or 
the galleries. Charles Sumner referred to Collamer as the 
"Green-Mountain Socrates" [Wikipedia]. Disbound, in new paper covers. 
5.5”x8.75”, 29 pages. Minor soil, light foxing. [48882]  $25

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4)  A Circular Letter from the Massachusetts Peace Society, Respectfully 
Addressed to the Various Associations, Prebysteries, Assemblies, and 
Meetings of the Ministers of Religion in the United States.

Printed in Cambridge by Hilliard and Metcalf in 1816. A 12-page circular 
letter and a 4-page Constitution of the Society, which had been founded 
the previous year by Thomas Dawes, William Phillips, Elisha Ticknor, 
Thomas Wallcut and Noah Worcester. Worcester is credited as the author 
of this text, which addresses clergymen throughout the Commonwealth and 
asks troubling questions such as, when both sides in a war pray to God 
to be on their side, what’s God to do? The MPS lasted until 1828, when 
it joined other like-minded societies and merged into the American Peace 
Society. High-minded as it was, the Society had its pragmatic moments- 
it supported the Civil War as being a just action against the criminal 
enterprises of slaveholding and secession. Disbound pamphlet. 5”x8.25”, 
16 pages. Some foxing and soil, minor wear. [48880]  $25

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5)  Uncut Sheet of George Washington Engraving by Stuart Contribution 
Tickets.

“This is to certify that the holder has contributed - cents toward the 
purchase of an engraving of Stuart’s Washington for our school”. That’s 
the way to do it- guilt. Not dated, but probably around 1900. Single 
sheet. 5.5”x9.25”. Minor soil, small margin stain, light wear, crease. 
[49501]  $20

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