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1894 – Two letters on illustrated stationery from the owner of a Hudson Valley apple brandy distillery assuring a supplier that he would make good on what he owed

1894 – Two letters on illustrated stationery from the owner of a Hudson Valley apple brandy distillery assuring a supplier that he would make good on what he owed by J. A. Terry

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Seller: Kurt A. Sanftleben
Title
1894 – Two letters on illustrated stationery from the owner of a Hudson Valley apple brandy distillery assuring a supplier that he would make good on what he owed
Author
J. A. Terry
Seller
Kurt A. Sanftleben (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
Walden, New York, 1894. Envelope or Cover. Very good. These letters from J. A. Terry, the owner of Old Sycamore Apple Brandy Distillery in Walden, New York to Esmond & Ward, perhaps apple suppliers, of Newburgh, are dated May 3 and May 16, 1994. Both are written on exceptionally attractive stationery depicting the busy distillery complex and enclosed in a mailing envelope that features the same illustration. The envelope bears a circular Walden postmark ais franked with a red 2-cent Washington stamp canceled with a ‘circle of wedges’ handstamp. In nice shape with a little postal soiling to the envelope. In the letters, Terry assures Esmond & Ward that he will soon pay them what he owes in person, explaining that he had been unable to settle the debt because “My revenue tax . . . was charged 254 more for those barrels . . . than I could buy them for any other place but I will call in some day next week and pay the bill.” . This was not the first time that the Old Sycamore Distillery had a run-in with federal revenue agents. As noted in small print under the illustration, Terry was the “Successor to B. K. Johnson.” Just five years before this letter was written, aggressive federal revenue agents seized Johnson’s distillery after discovering a mere $1,700 of apple brandy in barrels without revenue stamps indicating that no federal tax had yet been paid. Johnson, who was described in the press as “a model of honesty and uprightness” was arrested. Although he offered to settle the case, he was rebuffed by the Attorney General and pushed into a deep depression and had such an “effect upon the man’s brain that [he rapidly plummeted] into critical condition [and] expected to go insane.” Since colonial times the apple farmers and innkeepers of the Hudson Valley had sold vast quantities of their apple brandy (also known as ‘apple jack’ or simply ‘apple’) without any government interference. However, that changed in the mid-to-late 1870s. Recognizing a cash cow when it saw one, the federal government prohibited the sale of apple brandy without a license and imposed a 90-cent per gallon tax upon it. Locals resisted, and soon many found not just their brandy confiscated, but their homes, farms, and inns seized, and themselves imprisoned. (For more information, see “Defining Moments in Hudson Valley Applejack” at the Hudson Valley Wine website and “Sequel of a Government Seizure” in the 20 April 1899 issue of the New York Times.) .
Evening Hours with My Children: Or, Conversations on the Gospel Story

Evening Hours with My Children: Or, Conversations on the Gospel Story by [ANONYMOUS]

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Evening Hours with My Children: Or, Conversations on the Gospel Story
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[ANONYMOUS]
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Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
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New York: Robert Carter & Brothers, 530 Broadway, 1859. [JUVENILE] [RELIGION]. R. CRAIGHEAD, Printer, Stereotyper, and Electrotyper, Caxton Building, 81,83,85 Centre Street. M.U. [Matthew Urlwin] SEARS; J. [John] GILBERT; engravers. 4to (10 ½" x 8 1/8"); 143pp; quarter bound in black cloth with printed brown boards; engraved pictorial of angel with shepherds on the front with lettering; engraved fp with tissue guard + 11 additional full-page engravings; pictorial vignette on title page; printer info on verso title page; rubbing to boards with loss, corners bumped, some staining; very good minus. OCLC locates only 1 copy of the 1859 edition with this printer at UVA. First published in London by James Nisbet in 1855, and in New York the same year by Robert Carter & Brothers. The twelve "Evening" chapters are presented as conversations about the life of Jesus between a mother and her children. Beautiful engravings, many signed by Matthew Urlwin Sears (1798-1870) and by Sir John Gilbert (1817-1897).
Catalog X: a sexually oriented catalog for gays, lesbians & discerning heterosexuals; Winter 1996

Catalog X: a sexually oriented catalog for gays, lesbians & discerning heterosexuals; Winter 1996

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Catalog X: a sexually oriented catalog for gays, lesbians & discerning heterosexuals; Winter 1996
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
Ft. Lauderdale: National Marketing, 1996. Magazine. 48p. includes covers, 8.5x11 inches, explicit gay men's toys, videos, magazines etc., a very good condition booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. Subtitle claims the products are for lesbians and straights as well but clearly the content focuses on gay males.
The War in Vietnam

The War in Vietnam by Deane, Hugh

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The War in Vietnam
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Deane, Hugh
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
New York: Monthly Review Press, 1963. Pamphlet. 32p., 5.5x8.5 inches, ink stamp on front wrap else very good first edition booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. Monthly Review pamphlet series no. 23.

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