Antique Paper 3

RARE SHAKER MANUSCRIPT
PROCLAMATION ON THE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS.
David Meacham
Probably New Lebanon, New York
Undated, Circa 1800.
Descended in a Middletown, Connecticut, family - SOLD

(Ink on laid paper, 4 pp. ADS, 12.5-inches by 7.75-inches.)

David Meacham, Sr. (1743-1826) was from an old Enfield, Connecticut family, a younger son of Joseph Meacham, Sr. (1708-1794) and the younger brother of Shaker leader Joseph Meacham, Jr. (1742-1796). When the Shaker way was introduced to Enfield, David Meacham and his family all converted and their homestead became the center of the Church Family. The Meacham family then moved to the New Lebanon community, where David was made the first deacon in 1794.

In this remarkable and strongly worded proclamation, Meacham laments "the brutal creation or animal that has been groaning under great oppression and bondage." He continues by outlining, in specific terms, the proper care of livestock, including oxen, cows, and sheep, regularly stating that these animals, which are blessings given to mankind for "food...clothing...health and comfort" ought to be "kept in good flesh." He closes, "Written for the Consideration and help of all those Members who are interested in care with the order and Use of the Joint Interest of the Church By David Meacham Overseer of the Temporal Interest of the Church." Condition: Toned, some ink burn, expected fold lines with minor associated losses.

323-44 - SOLD

Pamphlet
�Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting Sundry Documents Relating to a Declaration and Order in Council of the British Government, of the Twenty-first of April, 1812. July 13th, 1813, Printed by Order of the House of Representatives, Washington City; Printed by Roger C. Weightman. 1813.�

Copies of correspondence between Jonathan Russell, U. S. charge d�affaires in London and Viscount Castlereagh, British Foreign Minister. 35 pages, unbound, pinholes for string binding, deckled edges, light soiling and foxing.

$75

XJT-70

Pamphlet
�Report, or Manifesto of the Causes and Reasons of War with Great Britain, Presented to the House of Representatives by the Committee of Foreign Relations. June 3, 1812. Read and Ordered to Lie on the Table. Washington; A. & G. Way, Printers, 1812.�

Though attributed to the Committee of Foreign Relations, the author of this manifesto is usually considered to be �the Young Hercules� John C. Calhoun the Representative from South Carolina. Calhoun strongly argued for going to war against England. The report emphasizes actions by England that, in the opinion of the �War Hawks�, provoked and forced the United States to �...battle in a righteous cause...� 17 pages, some light foxing, disbound with some loose pages, but complete.

$275

XJT-71

Pamphlet
�Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting Copies of a Correspondence of the Minister Plenipotentiary of G. Britain with the Secretary of State. June 5th, 1812. Printed by Order of the Senate United States. Washington City: Printed by R. C. Weightman. 1812.�

24 pages. Correspondence from Augustus J. Foster, Minister Plenipotentiary to the U. S. from Great Britain to James Monroe, Secretary of State regarding economic blockades erected by France and England. A portion of Monroe�s response appears on page 24. Some soiling on cover page, bound with string.

$95

XJT-73

Pamphlet
Major General Henry Dearborn for Governor of Massachusetts
Circa 1817

Henry Dearborn (1751 - 1825) participated in the Battles of Bunker Hill, Ticonderoga, Saratoga, Monmouth, the Quebec Expedition and the Siege of Yorktown. He was Secretary of War for Jefferson, the senior Major General in the War of 1812, Collector for the Port of Boston, member of the U. S. House of Representatives, and Minister to Portugal. The undated pamphlet is titled �Massachusetts Election! First Monday in April Next. American Nomination. Major-General Henry Dearborn, for Governor...� Approximately 9-inches by 6-inches, deckled edges, pages uncut at top, bound with string. Heavily toned, with some foxing, �Politics� written in ink on top of last page.

$95

XJT-65

Pamphlet
Day of Thanksgiving Commemorating End of War of 1812

�Discourse, Delivered in Boston, April 13, 1815, the Day of Thanksgiving Appointed by the President of the United States, in Consequence of the Peace. By John Lathrop, D.D. Pastor of the Second Church in Boston, Published at the Request of the Hearers, Boston Published by J. W. Burditt, 1815.� Lathrop ruminates upon the impact of wars in America, including a long passage about Indians during King Philip�s War. He notes that U. S. was on brink of defeat before a treaty was signed ending the War of 1812. 28 pages, cover torn, piece missing from last page, soiling and staining. 9-inches by 5.75-inches.

$100

XJT-67

Concord Gazette
Tuesday, September 13, 1814

Copy of the Concord [NH] Gazette with a front-page report of the �Destruction of the American Capital from the Federal Republican.� The report is unsparing in describing the poor performance of some American troops. Also contains reports on the Battle of Bladensburg, �Niagara-Ontario Frontier�, Napoleon�s valet writing from Elba as well as Dartmouth, Middlebury, and Harvard commencements. 4 pages, folded with some tears along folds, some staining and foxing.

$250

XJT-69

Drawing of Uncle Sam
By James Montgomery Flagg

Dimensions: 10.75 by 6.875-inches.

$1,825

232-118

"Siege and Defense of Fort Erie" circa 1818
War of 1812 Engraved Map of Fort Erie

Engraved by J. Vallance, drawn by D.B. Douglass U.S. engineer
Dimensions: 16.75 by 8.5-inches.

$295

913-53

Antique Paper 3

RARE SHAKER MANUSCRIPT PROCLAMATION ON THE TREATMENT OF ANIMALS. David Meacham Probably New Lebanon, New York Undated, Circa 1800. Descended in a Middletown, Connecticut, family - SOLD

Pamphlet �Report, or Manifesto of the Causes and Reasons of War with Great Britain, Presented to the House of Representatives by the Committee of Foreign Relations. June 3, 1812. Read and Ordered to Lie on the Table. Washington; A. & G. Way, Printers, 1812.�

Pamphlet �Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting Copies of a Correspondence of the Minister Plenipotentiary of G. Britain with the Secretary of State. June 5th, 1812. Printed by Order of the Senate United States. Washington City: Printed by R. C. Weightman. 1812.�

Pamphlet Major General Henry Dearborn for Governor of Massachusetts Circa 1817

Pamphlet Day of Thanksgiving Commemorating End of War of 1812

Concord Gazette Tuesday, September 13, 1814

Drawing of Uncle Sam By James Montgomery Flagg

"Siege and Defense of Fort Erie" circa 1818 War of 1812 Engraved Map of Fort Erie