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James Monroe Defends his Actions in Futile Defense of Washington in War of 1812 by JAMES MONROE

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Title: James Monroe Defends his Actions in Futile Defense of Washington in War of 1812
Author: JAMES MONROE
Seller: Seth Kaller, Inc. (United States)
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Description: "I stand responsible for my own acts only. [Secretary of War John Armstrong] claims credit for the measures which had been taken for defense of this place. Those measures were not proposed by him but the President...." James Monroe, then Secretary of State, led a scouting expedition in August 1814 that revealed the British marching towards the nation's capital. His warning allowed President James Madison to evacuate and save America's founding documents. In the face of criticism, Monroe here discusses his role, trying to avoid blame for the crushing loss and destruction of the Capitol. JAMES MONROE. Autograph Letter Signed as Secretary of State, to [Charles Everett], Washington, D.C., September 16, 1814. 2 pp., 7½ x 10 in. Complete Transcript Washington Sepr 16 1814 Dear Sir I receivd yours of the 14 yesterday. It has been owing to the extent & purpose of my duties that I have not been able to answer your former sooner. I will make a single remark on my conduct in the past. I advanc'd myself on the lines &c. because I not only thought I might be useful, but that there appeared to me to be a necessity for it. It was in that way that my little military experience, not simply by communicating intelligence, but by forming opinions on facts, might have some influence on our affairs on so important a crisis. For what occurr'd while Armstrong remained here, I had no responsibility. I stand responsible for my own acts only. He claims credit for the measures which had been taken for defense of this place. Those measures were not proposed by him but the President. This is communicated in confidence, solely for the purpose of putting in possession of facts. My future course will not be marked by any will of my own. I shall follow that of my friends in remaining where I am, or taking any other station. Mr. Jenning has recd. of this dept every cent to which he is intitled. It was not known that he had borrowed any money on acct of the UStates. I mention this in confidence. Major Wheatons bill for 5000 dolrs has been lately paid. He receives his supplies thro Swann at Norfolk. Joseph was detain'd here by me till very recently. He has probably called on our sisters family in Caroline on his return. your friend Jas Monroe Historical Background Drawn into the conflict between the world's superpowers Great Britain and France, the young nation was frustrated with the British practice of impressing sailors from neutral American ships. The United States declared war on Great Britain in June 1812. By the spring of 1814, with Napoleon Bonaparte defeated and in exile, Great Britain could devote more attention to North America. In July, President James Madison met with his cabinet to discuss the increased threat. Secretary of War John Armstrong was convinced the British would not attack Washington but would focus on the important commercial port of Baltimore. On August 20, 1814, at Aquasco Mills, Maryland, Monroe observed the British landing their invasion force from 30 or 40 barges at Benedict, three miles away. On August 22, he wrote President Madison warning "you had better remove the records" of the government. On August 24, both President Madison and Secretary of State Monroe were present with American defenders at Bladensburg, Maryland. Monroe adjusted the deployment of the defending soldiers, marines and militiamen. Although outnumbering the British, the American forces were too inexperienced, too poorly led, and too widely dispersed to reinforce one another. The British quickly crossed the Potomac River bridge and engaged the American forces at Bladensburg in stages. Untrained defending militiamen soon broke and fled, leading to a general rout and an open road to the nation's capital, eight miles away. On August 24, 1814, the British burned most government buildings to the ground, including the Executive Mansion and the Capitol. One saving grace was that Madison had heeded the advice to move America's government papers, which were sent to Rokeby Mansion outside of Leesburg, Virginia, thirty-five miles from the capital. Clerks at the State Department had stuffed the records of the Confederation and Continental Congresses, George Washington's papers as Commander of the Continental Army, the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution into coarse linen sacks and carted them out of harm's way. After the British left, Monroe – who had remained with the army - returned, and Madison placed him in charge of defending the destroyed city. Impressed by Monroe's performance, President Madison appointed him as Secretary of War on September 27, 1814, making Monroe the only person to hold the positions of Secretary of State and Secretary of War simultaneously. He remained Secretary of War until March 2, 1815, and Madison appointed William H. Crawford to the position in August 1815. James Monroe (1758-1831), fifth President (1817-25). Born in Westmoreland County, Virginia Monroe served as an officer in Revolution, then U.S Senator (1790-94) and governor of Virginia (1799-1802). In 1803 he helped negotiate the Louisiana Purchase for President Jefferson. Monroe served as Madison's Secretary of State (1811-17) and Secretary of War (1814-15). Elected President in 1816 and again in 1820, receiving 231 out of 232 electoral votes. His and his party's ascendancy was heralded as the "Era of Good Feelings." It is remembered for the recognition of the new Latin American republics and, of course, the Monroe Doctrine - written by his Secretary of State John Quincy Adams. In Monroe's Annual Message of 1823, he responded to European threats of encroachment on Latin American land by declaring that the American continents, "by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European Power." In reality, Monroe could do little to back up these statements, and it was not until the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt that this policy was given military muscle. Charles Everett (1767-1848) was a physician in Albemarle County, Virginia. As early as 1804, he began practicing in Charlottesville, where he attended the Monroe and Jefferson families. In 1811, he purchased a nearby plantation and lived there for the rest of his life. Appointed a magistrate in 1807, he served in the House of Delegates from 1813 to 1818. He was a close friend of James Monroe and later served for a time as his private secretary (1822-1823). Everett never married and left his estate to his nephew, a Philadelphia physician. He emancipated his slaves in his will, and his nephew settled sixty-three former slaves in an experimental community called Pandenarium in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, in 1854. James Madison (1751-1836), fourth President (1809-1817). Born in Port Conway, Virginia, he studied at Princeton University, entered politics in 1776 and played a major role in the 1787 Constitutional Convention. Later known as the "Father of the Constitution," he authored the Federalist Papers along with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay. Madison helped found Thomas Jefferson's Democratic-Republican party in opposition to Hamilton's financial proposals. Madison's tenure as Jefferson's Secretary of State (1801-1809), and Madison's presidency, saw the culmination of Anglo-American tensions that resulted in the War of 1812, which officially began on June 18, 1812. John Armstrong (1758-1843) was born in Pennsylvania and served in the Continental Army and rose to the rank of major. In 1789, he married into the powerful Livingston family of New York. He served in the U.S. Senate from 1800 to 1804, when President Thomas Jefferson appointed him as Minister to France, where he served until 1810. With the outbreak of the War of 1812, Armstrong rejoined the military as a brigadier general. In 1813, President James Madison appointed him as Secretary of War. Frustrated by Armstrong's failure to defend Washington, Madison forced Armstrong to resign on September 27, 1814, and replaced him with James Monroe, who was already Secretary of State. He was the last surviving delegate to the Continental Congress. Jonathan Jennings (1784-1834) studied law before immigrating to the Indiana territory in 1806. He worked in the federal land office in Vincennes and as clerk of the territorial legislature but quickly came into conflict with Indiana territorial governor William Henry Harrison. Jennings served as the territorial representative to Congress from 1809 to 1816. After serving as president of the Indiana constitutional convention in 1816, he won election as the new state's first governor. He served as governor until 1822, and then represented Indiana in Congress from 1822 to 1831. As territorial delegate for Indiana during the War of 1812, Jennings pressed the claims of citizens who wanted protection from the Indian nations on the frontier. Joseph Wheaton (1755-1828) was born in Rhode Island and served as a lieutenant in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. He was sergeant at arms of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1789 to 1809. During the War of 1812, he served as a deputy assistant quartermaster general in the army. In October 1814, President Madison nominated him as deputy quartermaster general in the Army, but the Senate rejected the nomination in January 1815. Joseph J. Monroe (1764-1824) was an attorney and a younger brother of James Monroe. After studying at the University of Edinburgh from 1783 to 1789, he returned to Virginia and read law with his brother. Admitted to the bar in 1791, the younger Monroe practice law in Albemarle County. He served as his brother's private secretary in Washington for two years before moving to Missouri in 1820. Published in Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine 4 (April 1923): 410–11. Provenance The Estate of Nelson Doubleday Jr.

Shane by SCHAEFER, Jack

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Title: Shane
Author: SCHAEFER, Jack
Seller: Heritage Book Shop, LLC (United States)
Description: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1949. Full Description: SCHAEFER, Jack. Shane. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1949. First edition of this scarce title, with the date printed on the title-page. Signed by Schaefer on the title-page. Octavo (7 1/2 x 5 1/8 inches; 192 x 133 mm). [viii], 214, [2, blank] pp. Original light brown cloth, front cover and spine lettered in dark brown. Some light toning to pastedowns. In original unclipped dust jacket with $2.50 on flap. Jacket has some minor chipping to top and bottom of spine and some rubbing to top and bottom edge. Overall, a near fine copy of this very rare and sought-after title. This novel was the basis of the beloved film of the same title (1953, directed by the legendary George Stevens) which starred Alan Ladd in the title role and with Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, and a youthful [Walter] Jack Palance. HBS 69237. $9,500.

Original Print on an Autograph Letter Signed about his Daughter, Val by MILLER, HENRY

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Title: Original Print on an Autograph Letter Signed about his Daughter, Val
Author: MILLER, HENRY
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Description: Miller writes to his Japanese translator and language teacher, Michiyo Wantanabe. He began his study with Wantanabe in 1967, the same year he married Hoki Tokuda, a Japanese musician living in California. Miller explains that his daughter, Val, wants to come back home to, "spend the winter with us as her business there [in Colorado] is no good and she doesn't want to spend the winter in that cold climate... I said of course...and stay as long as she likes...." He tells Michiyo that " a friend...will cook for everyone." He explains that because he told Michiyo, "so many unpleasant things about her [his daughter] that you might be frightened to live in the same house...I want to give you a chance to think it over...." He speculates that his daughter "needs to come home - short of money...homesick...lost another lover??" Our letter offer insight into Miller's perception of his role as a father as well as an insight into his view of his daughter. A fine personal and visually attractive letter. The decorative orange, white and gray print along the side margin also shows through on verso. Miller is best known for "Tropic of Cancer" (1934), and "Tropic of Capricorn" (1939), travel memoirs and as literary criticism as well as for his art work.

Autograph Leaves of our Country's Authors by Bliss, Alexander and Kennedy, John Pendleton

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Title: Autograph Leaves of our Country's Authors
Author: Bliss, Alexander and Kennedy, John Pendleton
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Condition: Very good
Description: Baltimore: Cushings & Baily, 1864. First. hardcover. Very good. First edition, lithographed throughout, engraved vignette title page, original brown cloth with spine redone with original cloth, contains lithographic samples of hand-written manuscripts from virtually all of the major American literary figures of the day, including Abraham Lincoln (with his Gettysburg Address) and Herman Melville and Edgar Allen Poe. The book was published to raise funds for the troops. The authors all wrote and donated the manuscripts for this publication. This version of the Gettysburg differs from prior versions and became the definitive text, used on the Lincoln memorial in Washington D.C. The original now resides in the Lincoln Bedroom in the White House.

Please Plant This Book by Brautigan, Richard

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Title: Please Plant This Book
Author: Brautigan, Richard
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: San Francisco: Graham Mackintosh, 1968. First Edition. First edition. Stiff cream wraps containing eight unopened seed packets with a short Brautigan poem on each side, planting instructions on the other. Very Good+ or better with slight toning and shelf wear to wraps, offsetting to fore edge from glued flaps (some copies of this book had glued flaps, others didn't; no known priority), some light staining to seed packets from contents. Nice shape overall. All packets present, unopened, containing their original seeds for planting in the 1968-1969 season. Four of the seed packets were flowers, the other four were vegetables. A rare and unique poetry book from the author of Trout Fishing in America, metaphorically connecting the flower generation to its successors, the back-to-the-land and environmental movements.

The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. by Darwin, Charles

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Title: The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals.
Author: Darwin, Charles
Seller: B & B Rare Books, Ltd., ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: John Murray, 1872 First edition, second issue with "htat" misprint on the first line of page 208. One of 7000 copies. Publisher's green cloth with decorative borders in blind to front and rear boards, titles and decorations in gilt to spine, green endpapers, seven Heliotype Plates numbered in Arabic. Very good or better with light wear to spine hinges and corners, a bit of toning to spine, some spotting to the plates on pages 180 and 264, a few small notes in pencil to a couple pages, and a touch of soiling to bottom edge of text block. Overall, a solid copy of Darwin's "forgotten masterpiece," with very well-preserved plates. Freeman 1142. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals expands on Darwin's theories raised in On the Origin of Species (1859) and The Descent of Man (1871), arguing that there is an evolutionary explanation for the human expression of emotions. The book was originally intended by Darwin to be a chapter in The Descent of Man, but grew until it was necessary to publish the work separately. An influential text in the field of psychology, the book has also been described as "a pivotal turning point in the history of book illustration, right up there with Alice in Wonderland" (The Atlantic). With seven plates of heliotypes that represent various human emotions, The Expression of the Emotions was one of the first scientific books to include photographs. These photographs were provided by a handful of photographers and researchers, including Guillaume-Benjamin Duchenne, Adolph Kindermann, George Charles Wallich, James Crichton-Browne, and Oscar Rejlander. Rejlander contributed nineteen of the thirty photographs in the book, including the crying baby photo, later dubbed "Ginx's baby," which became incredibly popular in its time. Interestingly, Darwin's research for the book prompted him to circulate one of the first scientific questionnaires, which he used to gauge people's ability to identify a handful of core emotions. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Fifty Photographs by WESTON, Edward

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Title: Fifty Photographs
Author: WESTON, Edward
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Condition: Small abrasion at lower corner of front cover, front hinge cracked, otherwise a fine copy, the spine lettering bright and crisp;
Description: New York: Duell Sloan & Pearce, 1947. Small abrasion at lower corner of front cover, front hinge cracked, otherwise a fine copy, the spine lettering bright and crisp; a very good plus jacket with chip at top of spine causing the loss of some letters, other lighter wear at corners. Folio (12 x 9.5 inches). 16 pages text. 51 plates (the last a portrait of the artist by Cole Weston). Cloth-backed, heavy beveled boards; printed dust jacket. First edition, one of 1,500 copies (this is number 253), initialed in ink on a separate small slip and mounted on the justification leaf (as issued). Beautifully designed by Merle Armitage and printed by Lynton R. Kistler. A fine association copy, with the bookplate of writer and photographer Carl Van Vechten (1880-1964).

The Tempest. 2 original large costume designs in watercolor and pencil by noted American artist Robert Perdziola (born 1961), each titled by the artist, one signed and dated March 1982 by SHAKESPEARE, William ?-1616

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Title: The Tempest. 2 original large costume designs in watercolor and pencil by noted American artist Robert Perdziola (born 1961), each titled by the artist, one signed and dated March 1982
Author: SHAKESPEARE, William ?-1616
Seller: J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Description: The designs depict the characters Antonio (Prospero's brother), and Juno (the Roman goddess of marriage). On quality watercolor paper. Sheet size 506 x 380 mm. Minor wear and browning. "The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, probably written in 1610-1611, and thought to be one of the last plays that he wrote alone. After the first scene, which takes place on a ship at sea during a tempest, the rest of the story is set on a remote island, where Prospero, a wizard, lives with his daughter Miranda, and his two servants: Caliban, a savage monster figure, and Ariel, an airy spirit. The play contains music and songs that evoke the spirit of enchantment on the island. It explores many themes, including magic, betrayal, revenge, and family. In Act IV, a wedding masque serves as a play-within-a-play, and contributes spectacle, allegory, and elevated language." Wikipedia Perdziola, an internationally-recognized set and costume designer for theater, opera, and ballet, has worked extensively throughout the United States at such venues as the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Lyric Theatre of Chicago, American Ballet Theater, Shakespeare Theater in Washington, Boston Ballet, and Miami Ballet, as well as for various Broadway productions. He has also worked internationally for productions at the Monte Carlo Opera, the Niedersächsische Staatsorchester in Hannover, the Garsington Opera in the United Kingdom, the Finnish National Ballet, the Saito Kinen Festival in Japan, and the Sydney Opera House. The artist has received three Helen Hayes awards and a Helpmann award; he has also been nominated for numerous additional awards.

THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM by WELTY, Eudora

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Title: THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM
Author: WELTY, Eudora
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Condition: Fine in a mildly darkened, just about Fine dustwrapper
Description: Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a mildly darkened, just about Fine dustwrapper. Welty's first novel and second book, issued in an edition of only 3490 copies. A not especially well-made book, not often seen in this condition.

MY BUSY DAYS: A CHILD'S VERSE by Sturgis, Edith B. Hinchman, Margaretta S. (illustrator)

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Title: MY BUSY DAYS: A CHILD'S VERSE
Author: Sturgis, Edith B. Hinchman, Margaretta S. (illustrator)
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Condition: Very Good
Description: NY: D. Appleton, 1908. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Uncommon children's title, from illustrator associated with the Brandywine group Pictorial cover a wee rubbed, sunned and edges/ corners showing moderate wear. One plate showing some edge loss from apparently once been loosened, now professionally re-inserted. A thoroughly presentable copy.

After The Seventh Day. The World Man Created by Calder, Ritchie

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Title: After The Seventh Day. The World Man Created
Author: Calder, Ritchie
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Condition: Very Good
Description: NY: Simon and Schuste, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Inscribed by Scottish author and journalist Calder, an early disarmament activist, to Detlev Bronk, president of Johns Hopkins an Rockefeller University on the ffe: "For Detlev Bronk, In gratitude for his encouragement of science writers - especially this one. With affectionate regards, Ritchie'. Clean copy in unclipped dustjacket with slightly tanned spine and modest edgewear.

The Yarn of the "Yampa" A Transatlantic Cruise by McGinnis, E L'H Dr. - PRIVATE TRANSATLANTIC CRUISE

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Title: The Yarn of the "Yampa" A Transatlantic Cruise
Author: McGinnis, E L'H Dr. - PRIVATE TRANSATLANTIC CRUISE
Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition: Very good; some wear to the head of the spine; small puncture to the front cover.
Description: New York: Outing Publishing Company, 1898. First Edition. Original publisher's gilt stamped and printed cloth; t.e.g.; untrimmed.. Very good; some wear to the head of the spine; small puncture to the front cover.. 8vo, [12], [17] - 160 + frontispiece and text illustrations. All the illustrations are half-tones. The frontispiece is by T S Johnson. The Yampa was an American ocean-going cruising schooner yacht for pleasure use from 1887 to 1899. The yacht was originally built for Chester W. Chapin, a rail baron and U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts. Richard S Palmer, member of the NY Yacht Club, was its final owner. It was constructed in 1887 by the firm Harlan and Hollingsworth in Wilmington, Delaware. She was considered the best in her class until 1891. The Yampa was 135 ft overall, 110 ft at the water line, and her draft was 13.8 ft. The author was on board when she sailed to the Baltic and to Southampton in England in 1897 on the occasion of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. From there, she went to the North Sea and to Kiel, Germany and on to St. Petersburg. The return voyage took the boat to the Caribbean (St Thomas, St Vincent) and then north. She was eventually purchased by Kaiser Wilhelm as a gift for his wife. An entertaining account. Absent from Toy.

Growing Up Republican; Christie Whitman: The Politics of Character by BEARD, Patricia

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Title: Growing Up Republican; Christie Whitman: The Politics of Character
Author: BEARD, Patricia
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ISBN: 9780060183615
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Description: New York: Harper, 1996. First. hardcover. fine/fine. Illustrated in b/w. viii + 262 pages. 8vo, red cloth backed blue boards, d.w. New York: Harper, (1996). First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper.

Collection of photographs from Nantucket, Massachusetts

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Title: Collection of photographs from Nantucket, Massachusetts
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Description: (Nantucket, MA): Dick Williams Nantucket Photographs, n.d.. Photography. broadsides (5 by 7 inches). A set of seven photographs, scenes from Nantucket, Massachusetts.

Biblio, Volume 2, #8, August 1997

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Title: Biblio, Volume 2, #8, August 1997
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Description: Aster, 1997. Fine. Biblio, Volume 2, #8, August 1997. Eugene, Oregon: Aster, 1997. 4to. Paperback. Book condition: Near fine.

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