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George Washington’s Famous Letter to American Roman Catholics: A Message of Thankfulness, Patriotism, and Inclusiveness by [GEORGE WASHINGTON]

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Title: George Washington’s Famous Letter to American Roman Catholics: A Message of Thankfulness, Patriotism, and Inclusiveness
Author: [GEORGE WASHINGTON]
Seller: Seth Kaller, Inc. (United States)
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Description: "As mankind become more liberal, they will be more apt to allow, that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community, are equally entitled to the protection of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations in examples of justice and liberality." [GEORGE WASHINGTON]. Newspaper. The Providence Gazette and Country Journal, "Letter to the Roman Catholics in America," ca. March 15, 1790, New York. Printed on the first page, April 10, 1790. Providence, Rhode Island: John Carter. 4 pp., 10⅛ x 15⅜ in. Complete Transcript To the ROMAN CATHOLICS in the UNITED STATES of AMERICA. GENTLEMEN, WHILE I now receive with much satisfaction your congratulations, on my being called by an unanimous vote to the first station in my country; I cannot but duly notice your politeness in offering an apology for the unavoidable delay: As that delay has given you an opportunity of realizing, instead of anticipating the benefits of the general government; you will do me the justice to believe, that your testimony of the increase of the public prosperity, enhances the pleasure which I should otherwise have experienced from your affectionate address. I feel that my conduct, in war and in peace, has met with more general approbation than could reasonably have been expected: And I find myself disposed to consider that fortunate circumstance in a great degree resulting from the able support and extraordinary candour of my fellow-citizens of all denominations. The prospect of national prosperity now before us is truly animating, and ought to excite the exertions of all good men to establish and secure the happiness of their country, in the permanent duration of its freedom and independence. America, under the smiles of a Divine Providence—the protection of a good government, and the cultivation of manners, morals and piety, cannot fail of attaining an uncommon degree of eminence, in literature, commerce, agriculture, improvements at home, and respectability abroad. As mankind become more liberal, they will be more apt to allow, that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community, are equally entitled to the protection of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations in examples of justice and liberality. And I presume that your fellow-citizens will not forget the patriotic part which you took in the accomplishment of their revolution, and the establishment of their government: Or, the important assistance which they received from a nation in which the Roman Catholic faith is professed. I thank you, Gentlemen, for your kind concern for me. While my life and my health shall continue, in whatever situation I may be, it shall be my constant endeavor to justify the favorable sentiments which you are pleased to express of my conduct. And may the members of your society in America, animated alone by the pure spirit of christianity, and still conducting themselves as the faithful subjects of our free government, enjoy every temporal and spiritual felicity. GEORGE WASHINGTON. (p1/c1-2) Historical Background George Washington received many messages early in his presidency from civic leaders, fraternal organizations, and the elders of a great diversity of religious congregations throughout America. Each offered congratulations, praise of his deeds in war, peace, and politics, prayers on behalf of their congregations or constituents, and more praise for what he would yet accomplish as president. Washington's replies justly count among his most famous pronouncements, setting a boldly inclusive tone that helped the new nation survive and expand. On March 15, 1790, John Carroll on behalf of the Roman Catholic clergy, and Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Daniel Carroll, Thomas FitzSimons, and Dominick Lynch on behalf of the Roman Catholic laity, sent Washington an address, congratulating him on his election to the Presidency. "By example, as well as by vigilance," they wrote, "you extend the influence of laws on the manners of our fellow citizens. You encourage respect for religion, and inculcate by words and actions that principle, on which the welfare of nations so much depends, that a superintending Providence governs the events of the world, and watches over the conduct of men." On November 14, 1789, John Carroll (1735-1815) had been selected to be the first Roman Catholic bishop by a convocation of clergy meeting in Maryland. He was consecrated in England on August 15, 1790. This address was one of his first official acts as leader of the Catholic Church in the new United States. His brother Daniel Carroll II (1730-1796) was one of only five men to sign both the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution. Their cousin U.S. Senator Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737-1832) was the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Fitzsimons (1741-1811) was an Irish-born Philadelphia merchant who served in the Continental Congress and the U.S. Congress and signed the U.S. Constitution. Dominick Lynch (1754-18) was born in Ireland and immigrated in 1785 to New York, where he used his European connections to become a prominent merchant and a supporter of the Catholic Church in America. Additional Content This issue also includes proceedings of Congress for March 19-April 2 (p1/c3-p2/c1); a proposal for an American printing of the Bible with annotations (p3/c2-3); poetry (p4/c1); a notice to invalid pensioners of the United States as to where they could obtain a portion of their pension for 1790 (p4/c3); and a variety of other notices and advertisements. One advertisement for "A Subscription for a Medal of General Washington" hoped to capitalize on Washington's popularity and reads, "Medals, from the earliest Period of Time, have been regarded by every enlightened People, as the greatest Help to History, and the best Method of transmitting to Posterity the Memory of Heroes and Patriots of the Age, and one of the most honorary Compliments a grateful People could confer on their Favourites. As the History of Mankind furnishes no Instance of a Hero or Patriot who has better deserved, or has been more justly entitled to the Affections or Esteem of a grateful People, than his Excellency the President of the United States—General GEORGE WASHINGTON—an Artist is induced to offer to the Citizens of America a Medal, with a striking and approved Likeness, and such Inscriptions or allegorical Figures as shall best suit so great a Character; and he humbly hopes to be honoured with their Patronage." The medal by artist J. Manly was available in white metal to resemble silver for $1, gold-colored metal for $2, fine silver for $4, or gold, "in Proportion to Weight." Designed by James Manly, a portrait painter and engraver, and produced by goldsmith Samuel Brooks of Philadelphia, the medal was first offered in that city by Manly in March 1790. It was the first medal issued in the United States with Washington's portrait. (p4/c2) Also includes news from Barbados that the legislature there had passed a law entitled "An Act for making a better Provision for the personal Security of Slaves," a portion of which stated, "That from and after the Publication of this Act, whoever shall wantonly, wilfully, or bloody-mindedly kill and murder a Slave, shall be subject to the same Punishment, and be proceeded against in the same Manner, as if the said Offence had been committed on any free Person...." (p3/c1) The Providence Gazette and Country Journal (1762-1817) was the first newspaper published in Providence, Rhode Island. Sarah Updike Goddard (ca. 1701-1770), her son William Goddard (1740-1817), and her daughter Mary Katherine Goddard (1738-1816) established the weekly newspaper in 1762. When William Goddard moved to Philadelphia to establish the Pennsylvania Chronicle in 1767 Sarah Goddard published The Providence Gazette and Country Journal with the assistance of Philadelphia-born John Carter (1745-1814), who had been a printer's apprentice to Benjamin Franklin. Carter purchased The Providence Gazette and Country Journal in 1768. Postmaster-General Franklin appointed John Carter as the postmaster of Providence in 1772, and Carter held the position until 1792. In 1795, Carter shortened the title of the newspaper to The Providence Gazette, until 1811, when he restored the original title. Carter sold the newspaper to Hugh H. Brown and William H. Wilson in 1814, and the newspaper continued under that title until 1817. Successor newspapers continued into the 1830s. Condition Good to Very Good

Eine Restitution Oder eine Erklarung .... by Funck, H

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Title: Eine Restitution Oder eine Erklarung ....
Author: Funck, H
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Condition: Good; some wear to the binding and overall toning.
Description: Philadelphia: A Armbruster in Moravien Ally, 1763. First Edition.. Original three quarter leather. Good; some wear to the binding and overall toning.. 4to, Funck was the first Mennonite bishop in colonial America. The book, published posthumously by his children, deals with bible history and interpretation. Arndt #276; Evans #9393.

Memoires De Jacques Casanova De Seingalt 1734- Extraits - 1772; Colliges Par Rene Groos by Brunelleschi, Filippo (Illustrator)

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Title: Memoires De Jacques Casanova De Seingalt 1734- Extraits - 1772; Colliges Par Rene Groos
Author: Brunelleschi, Filippo (Illustrator)
Seller: Royoung bookseller, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Orig. illustrated tan wrappers. Very good in very good slipcase. 2 vols.
Description: Paris: Gibert Jeune, 1955. Later printing. Stiff Wraps. Orig. illustrated tan wrappers. Very good in very good slipcase. 2 vols.. 346, 338 pages. 26.5 x 20 cm. Thirty-two full-page pochoir plates and seventy-nine black and white designs by Brunelleschi. Limited edition, copy 1192 of 3000 copies. Casanova illustrated with Brunelleschi panache: high socks, hi-jinks and high-camp. Bright, fresh set, backstrips slightly darkened.

Shark! Shark! The Thirty-Year Odyssey of a Pioneer Shark Hunter. Foreword by Count Felix von Luckner by Young, William E. and Horace S. Mazet

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Title: Shark! Shark! The Thirty-Year Odyssey of a Pioneer Shark Hunter. Foreword by Count Felix von Luckner
Author: Young, William E. and Horace S. Mazet
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Condition: Original blind stamped brown cloth, with shark leather spine from Ocean leather Company, slight soiling to upper cover, else fin
Description: New York: Gotham House, 1933. First Edition, one of 425 copies (the missing limitation notice was bound in the trade edition by mistake). Illustrated with drawings and photographs; endpaper maps. 287pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blind stamped brown cloth, with shark leather spine from Ocean leather Company, slight soiling to upper cover, else fine. First Edition, one of 425 copies (the missing limitation notice was bound in the trade edition by mistake). Illustrated with drawings and photographs; endpaper maps. 287pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bruns Y-6

Bryce Canyon reached via Union Pacific Railroad by [Utah Parks Company]

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Title: Bryce Canyon reached via Union Pacific Railroad
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Description: [Omaha, NE]: Union Pacific Railroad, 1950. Color poster [51 cm x 79 cm] Nice condition. This poster was produced by the Utah Parks Company, which was a subsidiary of the Union Pacific, and offered guided loop tours to Cedar Breaks, Bryce Canyon, Zion and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. Bryce Canyon was made a National Park by an act of Congress in 1928, and is known the world over for its red rock hoodoos and exceptional hikes (Fairyland, Wall Street, Navajo Loop, Queen's Road, etc.). The park's main road leads past the expansive Bryce Amphitheater, a hoodoo filled wonderland.

GRAPHIC ART OF ROLF NESCH by (Nesch) ASKELAND, JOHN

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Title: GRAPHIC ART OF ROLF NESCH
Author: (Nesch) ASKELAND, JOHN
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Description: Detroit., Wayne State Univ Press, 1969. Lrg 4to. Paper wraps. 84pp. One of 3000 copies. Catalogue rraisonné. There was also a hard bound copy containing an original lithograph. In fine condition. 74-80117 LOC

THE AGE OF BRUEGEL. by (Bruegel). Pierpont Morgan Library

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Title: THE AGE OF BRUEGEL.
Author: (Bruegel). Pierpont Morgan Library
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Description: New York., Pierpont Morgan Library., 1987. Book Description: Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 1987. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Book Condition: Good. Oblong 4to unpaginated; 122 catalogue entries accompanied by 12 illustrations. Clean and tight; wraps lightly rubbed. Exhibition Catalogue.

SEVENTH STREET: A Literary Quarterly - 1962 Spring [Title Page] / Poems from Les Deux Megots [Cover Subtitle] by KATZMAN, Don (Editor); Taylor Mead, Chester Anderson, Theodore Enslin (Contributors)

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Title: SEVENTH STREET: A Literary Quarterly - 1962 Spring [Title Page] / Poems from Les Deux Megots [Cover Subtitle]
Author: KATZMAN, Don (Editor); Taylor Mead, Chester Anderson, Theodore Enslin (Contributors)
Seller: Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition: Good +.
Description: (New York): (Hesperidian Press), 1962. First Edition. Good +.. Contains poetry by C.V.J. [Chester] Anderson, Marvin Bell, Jim Boyd, Ted Enslin, J.C. Harriman, Don Katzman, Herbert Martin, Susan Sherman, Taylor Mead, and others. An early appearance of Taylor Mead's poetry, published the same year as the first volume of his EXCERPTS FROM THE ANONYMOUS DIARY OF A NEW YORK YOUTH. "Les Deux Megots" was a poetry reading series held in Greenwich Village. Wraps. 8vo. Saddle stapled pictorial wraps. A good plus to very good copy. Toning and dampstaining to wraps. Pages lightly creased throughout. Otherwise sound. 38pp.

The Laborer and the Capitalist [Review Copy, with Prospectus] by WILLEY, Freeman Otis

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Title: The Laborer and the Capitalist [Review Copy, with Prospectus]
Author: WILLEY, Freeman Otis
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Description: New York: Equitable Publishing Co, [1896]. Octavo (21cm). Maroon cloth titled in gilt on front and spine, top edge gilt; [iv],viii,[312],[2]pp; frontispiece portrait. Lightly rubbed and bumped, overall Near Fine. With a form bound in at rear for readers to pay for copies to be distributed to "leaders of thought." Also with an 1898 letter addressed to Thomas T. Eckert, requesting a review; an advertising booklet for this title; and a pamphlet titled "Straws" by Rev. Thomas J. Ducey.

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Dad by William Wharton

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Title: Dad
Author: William Wharton
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ISBN: 9780394510972
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Description: Alfred Knopf, 1981 Book. As New. Hardcover. F. Cloth. As New/As New. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0-394-51097-6..

Gulf Music by Pinsky, Robert

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Title: Gulf Music
Author: Pinsky, Robert
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ISBN: 9780374167493
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Description: New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Near Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($22.00). Dark blue buckram with bronze gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, former owner's name and prize statement on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. A politically minded collection of poems by the former Poet Laureate.

Grenadine by Wechsler, Neil; Albee, Edward (foreword)

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Title: Grenadine
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Description: New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2009. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Signed by the author. Winner of the Yale Drama Award. A wonderful play.

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