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196 ● (NEW JERSEY.) [Allinson, Samuel; compiler.] Acts of the General Assembly
of the Province of New-Jersey. Folio, contemporary calf, worn; lacking second leaf,
minor foxing, minor dampstaining on rear leaves, free endpapers detached; early owner’s
inscriptions on front cover and front free end paper.
Burlington, NJ: Isaac Collins, 1776 [150/250]
The third and final compilation of New Jersey laws during the colonial era. Evans 14911;
Felcone, Printing in New Jersey 214; Sabin 53046. Provenance: Gift from John Burrowes to
Thomas Henderson, 1784; Swann sale, 30 January 1958, lot 256, to James M. Ransom.
Both Burrowes and his son-in-law Henderson were Matewan residents who fought at the
Battle of Monmouth.
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195 ● (NEW HAMPSHIRE.) Belknap,
Jeremy. The History of New-Hampshire.
Folding map with short closed tear and slight
wear to fore-edge. 3 volumes. 8vo, uniform
19th-century 1/2 calf, moderate wear; a bit of
dampstaining near the end of Volume I; later
owners’ inscriptions on front endpapers.
Boston, 1792, 1791, 1792 [1,000/1,500]
First edition, including the second printing of
Volume I. Provenance: U.S. Senator and New
Hampshire historian Charles H. Bell (1823-
1893), gift inscription to General and Senator
Gilman Marston (1811-1890); later signatures of
Edwin W. Eastman (1894-1980) of Exeter, NH.
Howes B323 (“aa”); Sabin 4434. WITH—two
later editions of the same work: 8vo, uniform calf, 3
volumes. Dover, NH, 1812 * 8vo, uniform calf,
mixed edition in uniform binding. Boston, MA,
1813, with Dover edition of Volume III.
197 ● (NEW JERSEY.) Governors Race in New Jersey. Lithograph, 14 x 191/2;
foxing, moderate dampstaining, moderate wear including two small holes in image area.
New York: H.R. Robinson, 1844 [200/300]
A print in support of Charles Stratton’s successful Whig gubernatorial campaign, and Henry
Clay’s unsuccessful presidential campaign. Reilly 1844-48.