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William Henry Harrison Implements the Historic Treaty of Greenville, Which Opened the West to American Settlement by William Henry Harrison

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Title: William Henry Harrison Implements the Historic Treaty of Greenville, Which Opened the West to American Settlement
Author: William Henry Harrison
Seller: The Raab Collection (United States)
Description: 11/08/1795. A search of public sale records indicates that the last such document came up in 1992In the 1780s Native American leaders in the Northwest Territory developed a pan-Indian alliance similar to that led by Pontiac in the 1760s. This alliance created a military force very much the equal of that available to the United States on the frontier. A series of battles and lesser skirmishes occurred on the western frontier. In these battles the pan-Indian alliance proved itself quite capable of defeating the new Republic's military, which was mainly composed of militia. In the fall of 1790, militia units led by General Josiah Harmar suffered a humiliating defeat in an attack against members of the Miami tribe in present-day Ohio. Harmar encountered not only the Miami led by the chief Little Turtle and aided by his Shawnee counterpart Blue Jacket, but also many warriors from the Potawatomi, Ottawa, Chippewa, and Delaware tribes.A year later a second military force, under the command of General Arthur St. Clair, experienced the same outcome. St. Clair and his 1,400 militia troops were attacked by a united band of Chippewa, Potawatomi, Ottawa, Miami, Delaware, Wyandot, Shawnee, Mingo, and Cherokee Indians. The surprise attack, which was made with covert British support, cost St. Clair half of his command. The defeat also led the Federal government to reconsider its use of local militias as the primary means of combating Native Americans on the frontier. If the Native Americans' military power was to be matched, Congress would need to finance a professional army to do it.The use of professional soldiers would give the American government the means to match and then exceed the Native Americans, and Congress agreed to a reorganization of the Army. Command was given to General Anthony Wayne, who had established himself as one of the premier officers in the Continental Army during the Revolution. In August 1794 at the Battle of Fallen Timbers, Wayne and his 3,000 soldiers - a force composed mostly of regulars reinforced by some mounted Kentucky militia - decisively defeated the confederated tribes. The battle lasted less than an hour and proved decisive, as unused to a well disciplined enemy, the Indians, who expected to be the ones charging, broke and ran towards British-held Fort Miami. The British at the fort refused to admit their allies, and the British garrison made all efforts not to provoke a war with the Americans. Wayne then destroyed Indian villages and crops nearby. Within three months, the United States signed a treaty with Britain that pledged their evacuation from the Northwest Territory forts by 1796. This left the Native American coalition shattered and severely damaged the inter-tribal alliances.The Native Americans had to sue for peace. General Anthony Wayne officially opened the peace negotiation at Greenville, Ohio, on June 16, 1795, and on August 3 the Treaty of Greenville was signed. Though called the Six Nations, the tribes participating were the Wyandots, Delawares, Shawanees, Ottawas, Chippewas, Pattawatimas, Miamis, Eel Rivers, Weas, Kickapoos, Piankeshaws, and Kaskaskias. The tribes ceded to the United States large parts of modern-day Ohio (effectively opening that territory to American settlers), the future site of downtown Chicago (this was the first time in which the U.S. government staked a claim in Illinois), and the Fort Detroit area. The tribes were also required to allow the people of the United States a free passage by land and by water through their country. Peace had at last been won for the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio.In exchange the tribes received goods in the value of $20,000 (such as blankets, utensils, salt, and domestic animals). It was also the practice for the United States, as an inducement, to give chiefs gifts (such as red leggings and fancy dress coats), and to pay the Indians’ expenses relating to making of the treaty, including travel and subsistence.General Wayne had some bright and rising stars with him at Greenville. With him there were legendary explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, and future president William Henry Harrison, who was Wayne’s aide-de-camp and responsible for seeing to it that his orders were carried out.Isaac Williams was the son of a white trader and a Wyandot woman, and he signed the Treaty of Greenville as a Wyandot delegate. The U.S. government also used his services as an Indian agent and interpreter, which made him a liaison between the Indians and the Americans. Abraham Williams served as an interpreter at Greenville. He also signed the treaty as a Sandusky Delaware Indian, meaning he was also the product of the same sort of mixed marriage as Isaac. The following document was likely addressed to Isaac, but might possibly have been sent to Abraham.Autograph document signed, Greenville, August 11, 1795, just eight days after the Treaty of Greenville was signed, to [Isaac] Williams, implementing the U.S./Indian agreement by providing subsistence. “For the Six Nations thirty six pounds of beef and flour.” Harrison has added the word “Commissary”, indicating that Williams was to get these supplies from the U.S. army commissary.This is only the third Harrison document we can recall seeing on the market that directly relates to implementation of the Treaty of Greenville, the last one having come up in 1992.

Victor Hugo, Champion of the Needy, Wants Profits from His Great French Epic Donated to the Poor by Victor Hugo

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Title: Victor Hugo, Champion of the Needy, Wants Profits from His Great French Epic Donated to the Poor
Author: Victor Hugo
Seller: The Raab Collection (United States)
Description: 15/12/1868. From 1830 into the 1860's, there were a series of massive political upheavals in Europe. Most were caused by the desire of the peoples of many nations to oust their royal elites and attain a fairer and more representative government. At the core of this was a struggle between the haves and have-nots. The elites fought back hard and there was fighting in the streets. There was a revolt in France in 1830, one in which Victor Hugo took part. but it led to the disappointing enthronement of King Louis Philippe. There was a widespread liberal revolution throughout much of the continent in 1848 which was crushed. In 1851 France was again in upheaval and Louis Napoleon seized power and proclaimed himself emperor. By 1860, forces in Italy and Germany sought to unify their respective people in national entities, and wars were in progress that would soon achieve those goals. Thus, there was both a significant reorientation of the political landscape, the frustration of populist movements, and the rise of nationalism and the modern nation state. Meanwhile, in the United States, brother fought against brother, not against royal elites but on behalf of ideals.In the world of philosophy and literature, the most important year was 1862. That spring, Victor Hugo released to the public a work of great scope – Les Miserables – that brilliantly examined the nature of good, evil, and the law, in a sweeping story that encompassed history, politics, morality, philosophy, law, justice, and religion. It had taken 17 years to complete. It focused squarely on the poor of the streets of France during the French uprising and the protagonists were people with no means or those who had previously been poor. Hugo was a champion of the poor. He left five sentences as his last will, to be officially published: ""I leave 50,000 francs to the poor. I want to be buried in their hearse. I refuse [funeral] orations of all churches. I beg a prayer to all souls. I believe in God.""La Légende des siècles (The Legend of the Ages) is a collection of poems by Hugo, conceived as an immense depiction of the history and evolution of humanity. Written intermittently between 1855 and 1876 while Hugo worked in exile on numerous other projects, the poems were published in three series in 1859, 1877, and 1883. Bearing witness to the unparalleled poetic talent evident in all Hugo's art, the Légende des Siècles is often considered the only true French epic. In it he contemplated the ""wall of the centuries,"" indistinct and terrible, on which scenes of the past, present and future are drawn, and along which the whole long procession of humanity can be seen. The poems are depictions of these scenes.Alphonse Auguste Frédéric Thurner was a musician and friend of Hugo. He published the ""Chanson d'Edviradnus"" in 1886 (after Hugo's death) based on ""La Légende des Siècles"".Autograph letter signed, December 15, 1868, to Thurner. ""Sir, your book is an excellent treatise. I learned a great many things and thank you. Title these stanzas La Chanson d’Edviradnus. If you published them accompanied by your music and there are sales and profit, kindly fix a sum that you feel appropriate as my takek as author and donate it to the poor.” In French that reads ""Si vous les publiez avec votre musique et s’il y a vente et bénéfice, fixez à la somme qui vous plaira mon droit d’auteur, et donnez-le aux pauvres.""This work was published by Thurner one year after Hugo's death.

Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope (Original photograph from the set of the 1977 film) by George Lucas (director, screenwriter); Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness, Peter Mayhew (starring)

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Title: Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope (Original photograph from the set of the 1977 film)
Author: George Lucas (director, screenwriter); Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness, Peter Mayhew (starring)
Seller: Royal Books (United States)
Description: Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1977. Vintage studio still photograph from the set of the 1977 film, showing director George Lucas sitting with actor Alec Guinness while shooting on location. A breakaway, blockbuster space epic, the first entry in what would eventually become an ongoing series of films and an even larger, monolithic franchise. Winner of six Academy Awards, and nominated for four others including Best Picture and Best Director. Set a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, and shot on location in Mexico, Guatemala, Tunisia, England, and California and Arizona in the US. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. Ebert I.

The Whistlers' Room by ALVERDES, Paul

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Title: The Whistlers' Room
Author: ALVERDES, Paul
Seller: Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition: very good(+)
Description: London: Martin Secker, 1929. First. hardcover. very good(+). 99 pages. 12mo, blue cloth; cloth faded at spine and edges, previous ownership signature in pen on flyleaf. London: Martin Secker, 1929. First edition. A very good(+) copy.

Notorial Docket of George Caruthers Comprising Docket No. 1 (2 May 1810-13 April 1812)

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Title: Notorial Docket of George Caruthers Comprising Docket No. 1 (2 May 1810-13 April 1812)
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: York, PA: Sl. Central Pa Genealogical, 1977. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Softcover. Very good in wrappers. (Pages: 33) Memeographed pages in booklet form. Mailing label on cover.

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