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William H. Crawford’s Original Appointment as Secretary of War, Signed by James Madison as President and James Monroe as Secretary of State by James Monroe|James Madison

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Title: William H. Crawford’s Original Appointment as Secretary of War, Signed by James Madison as President and James Monroe as Secretary of State
Author: James Monroe|James Madison
Seller: The Raab Collection (United States)
Description: 01/08/1815. William H. Crawford was U.S. ambassador to France during the negotiations to end the War of 1812. During those negotiations, he was responsible for superintending the American consuls in Europe and keeping them informed of developments. He was also an important negotiator from a distance. He was called home and appointed Secretary of War by President James Madison on August 1, 1815, succeeding James Monroe. Crawford served in the post about a year, and was then named Secretary of the Treasury. When Monroe entered the White House, he continued Crawford in office, and Crawford remained at Treasury until the end of Monroe’s administration. Crawford's term as Secretary of War was short but consequential. He presided over the military standing down after years of bitter conflict and also put reform at West Point, a crucial training element in the US arsenal, at the top of his agenda.To date, just 608 people have been named to a presidential cabinet post in the entire history of the United States. Of these, 91 have been Secretaries of War or Defense (the same post, but with a name change in 1947). But presidents have signed untold hundreds of thousands of appointments for military officers, State and Treasury Department posts, and all manner of positions, so any document actually appointing a Cabinet member is extremely uncommon. We have had just three, and seen barely a handful of others, in our three decades in this field.But the problem of rarity becomes more than acute when looking at the first four administrations. When President James Madison appointed William H. Crawford Secretary of War on August 1, 1815, he became just the 36th man ever named to a presidential cabinet and the 9th Secretary of War. Diligent research going back 40 years fails to disclose even one presidential cabinet appointment document for one of the 35 men to serve in cabinets before Crawford having reached the market; nor in fact could we determine the location of any possible survivors.This is, therefore, the earliest cabinet appointment document to reach the market.Document signed, by President Madison and Secretary of State Monroe, Washington, August 1, 1815, appointing Crawford Secretary of War, and stating: “That reposing special trust and confidence in the patriotism, integrity and abilities of William H. Crawford of Georgia, I have nominated, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint him Secretary for the Department of War…” Treasured by the Crawford descendants, the Great Seal of the United States is still intact.Many of Crawford’s most significant papers were passed down in his family from generation to generation, their papers largely unexamined. They contain his original appointment documents, manuscripts and documents relating to the War of 1812 (including reports from the U.S. negotiators), and letters of Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Lafayette and many others. The document offered here is from the Crawford archive, was acquired by the Raab Collection directly from the Crawford family, and has never before been offered for sale.

Two Carte-de-Visite Views of the Second Ladies’ Hall at Oberlin College, c. 1868 by [Women's Education - 19th Century - Oberlin College] Platt, J.C.; Platt and Hawley

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Title: Two Carte-de-Visite Views of the Second Ladies’ Hall at Oberlin College, c. 1868
Author: [Women's Education - 19th Century - Oberlin College] Platt, J.C.; Platt and Hawley
Seller: Auger Down Books (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Oberlin, 1868. Albumen photographs, 2 ½ x 3 ½ inches on larger mounts. Some fading to one of the photographs, other image with excellent contrast, near fine condition overall. Near Fine. An uncommon early pair of views of the Second Ladies’ Boarding House at Oberlin College in the 1860s, taken at a time when Oberlin was one of few coeducational colleges, having first admitted women in 1837. Oberlin’s Second Ladies Hall was built in 1861-1863 and featured Itlianate architecture and a rooftop balcony. The building was opened for student accommodations in 1865. The first floor held an assembly room, a reading room, a dining room, parlors and stewards’ quarters. The second and third floors housed 100 women. The building was destroyed by a fire in 1889.

O smysle zhizni (The Meaning of Life) by Ivanov - Razumnik

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Title: O smysle zhizni (The Meaning of Life)
Author: Ivanov - Razumnik
Seller: ZH BOOKS (United States)
Description: Berlin: Izdatelstvo Skify, 1920. Softcover. First emigre edition; 7 3/4 x 5 1/2; pp. [3], 6-28; brown wraps printed and illustrated in black; small nicks to corners and tips of spine; bookshop label to front wrap verso; a few spots - mostly to first and last few leaves; several passages underlined; overall in very good condition.Razumnik Vasil'evich Ivanov [Ivanov-Razumnik] (1878-1946) was a Russian author, philosopher, and literary critic. He was a member of the so called Scythian Movement. The publisher, Skify, founded by philosopher and author Evgenii Lundberg (1883-1965) in 1920, would play a pivotal role in preserving and promoting Russian emigre works in the early 20th century.

CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE RIGHT REV. BISHOP DOANE OF NEW JERSEY, AND THE REV. H. A. BOARDMAN OF PHILADELPHIA, ON THE ALLEGED POPISH CHARACTER OF THE “OXFORD DIVINITY” by Bishop [George Washington] Doane and H. A. Boardman

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Title: CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE RIGHT REV. BISHOP DOANE OF NEW JERSEY, AND THE REV. H. A. BOARDMAN OF PHILADELPHIA, ON THE ALLEGED POPISH CHARACTER OF THE “OXFORD DIVINITY”
Author: Bishop [George Washington] Doane and H. A. Boardman
Seller: Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Very Good binding
Description: Philadelphia: Hooker & Agnew, 1841. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. In which Bishop Doane takes issue with Rev. Boardman’s stance that the Oxford tractarians had returned “to some of the worst errrors of Popery”. Bound in publisher’s horizontal ribbed cloth; offsetting to the endpaper, primarily to the rear; light and scattered foxing else contents clean and tight; a lovely copy of the original printing. Uncommon in the trade. Very Good binding.

The Poet and the Messenger by Ray, Milton S.

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Title: The Poet and the Messenger
Author: Ray, Milton S.
Seller: John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (United States)
Description: 1945. San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1945. 4to. With initials by Mallette Dean in red and numerals in blue. Original quarter vellum and patterned paper boards, backstrip lettered in gilt, bookplate on front pastedown. A near fine copy with a hint of wear to the boards. § One of 250 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. The first printing of a collection of poems by Milton Ray "an arresting comment upon the United Nations Conference, addressed as much to the profit-mad man on the street as to the power-mad leaders of people". "Milton Smith Ray, born 1881 in San Francisco, is best remembered for his role as an engineer and local industrialist whose family company, the Ray Oil Burner Company, played a major role in the evolution of steamship engines through their oil burner/piston pump. The company had enormous success and Ray lived comfortably until his death in a mansion built by Henry Clay Smith at 2901 Broadway in San Francisco. The house sits on a hill overlooking the San Francisco Bay on a lot Ray purchased in 1925 from future president, and at the time his fellow student, Herbert Hoover. His affluent life as an industrialist enabled Ray to pursue his other passions as well: history, poetry, oology, and ornithology." (Milton S. Ray papers. UC Berkeley, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology).

Let's Fish A Guide to Fresh and Salt Water by ZARCHY, Harry

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Title: Let's Fish A Guide to Fresh and Salt Water
Author: ZARCHY, Harry
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1952. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good in very good dust jacket. Hardcover. Book has light shelf rub of spine ends and cover edges, stamp mark on front endpaper. Clean text. Dustwrapper has minor wear and tear of panel spine ends and panel edges, browning spine and panels.

Lawyer Lincon by Woldman, Albert A

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Title: Lawyer Lincon
Author: Woldman, Albert A
Seller: Ed's Editions Bookstore (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1936. Hardcover. Good. Clean, has good binding, no marks or notations, moderate wear to the dust jacket including title torn off the spice, front flap price clipped and creasing. LF

Speculum: Vol. 64, No. 1. January 1989. A Journal of Medieval Studies

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Title: Speculum: Vol. 64, No. 1. January 1989. A Journal of Medieval Studies
Seller: Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Medieval Academy of America. Very Good. Speculum: Vol. 64, No. 1. January 1989. A Journal of Medieval Studies. Cambridge, MA: Medieval Academy of America, ND. 1-265pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good.

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