1832 · Massachusetts
by SAMMELBAND
Massachusetts: Dutton and Wentworth, State Printers, 1832. SAMMELBAND; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. A Collection of 16 Pamphlets Relating to New England. Massachusetts: Dutton and Wentworth, State Printers, 1832.
Full Description:
[SAMMELBAND]. [HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES]. [A Collection of 16 Pamphlets Relating to New England]. [Massachusetts: Dutton and Wentworth, State Printers, 1832-1837].
A collection of sixteen pamphlets, mostly political, relating to various topics concerning New England, including the abolition of Slavery and Capitol Punishment. One octavo volume (8 3/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 212 x 140 mm). Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine ruled and lettered in gilt. All edges speckled red. Some rubbing and chipping to spine, joints and corners. Head of the spine a bit chipped. Some foxing throughout as usual for American sheets of this time. Overall a very good copy.
Comprises:
1. Reports on the Abolition of Capital Punishment. Reprinted by Order of the House of Representatives, from the Legislative Documents of 1835 and 1836. Boston, Dutton and Wentworth, State Printers, 1837. 136 pp. "Report, made in the House of representatives, February 25, 1835, by a committee ... appointed to consider the expediency of repealing all such laws and parts of laws as provide for the infliction of the punishment of death. (House documents for 1835, no. 36)" While the abolition of Capital punishment was a topic in the Massachusetts government during the early nineteenth century, it was not abolished in the Commonwealth until 1984. Michigan became the first state to abolish the death penalty in 1846. Sabin, 46084
2. House No. 36. Abstract of the Returns of the poor. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1837. 8pp. With 5 folding charts.
3. Senate No. 94. Reports and Resolves in Relation to a Congress of Nations. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1837. 18, [2, blank] pp.
4. House No. 65. Report on the Laws Relating to the Public Health. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1837. 12 pp.
5. House no. 62. Report and Bill Concerning Licensed Houses, and the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1837. 28 pp.
6. Senate No. 84. Resolutions Relating to the Abolition of Slavery. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1837. 8 pp.
7. House No. 30. Report and Resolves Relating to Slavery in the District of Columbia. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1837. 8 pp.
8. An Act to Establish the City of Lowell. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1836. 15, [1, blank] pp.
9. Report of the School Committee of Lowell, for the year ending March, 1836. 8 pp.
10. Order of Exercises for Commencement, at Dartmouth College, August 21, 1833. 4 pp.
11. Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Dartmouth College. October- 1834. Newport N.H. Simon Brown Printer, 1834. 24 pp.
12. The Nation's Bulwark. An Oration, on the Freedom of the Press, Delivered at the Court House in Dansbury, Con. Wednesday Dec. 5, 1832. On the liberation of P. T. Barnum, esq., editor of the Herald of freedom, from imprisonment, for an alleged libel. To which is appended an account of the proceedings on that occasion, together with a letter addressed to him while in prison. By T. Fist. New-Haven. Published at the Office of the Examiner and Watch Tower of Freedom. 1832. 16 pp.
13. Universalism Against Suicide. A Sermon Delivered in the Fourth Universalist Church in Boston May 15, 1836; In Reply to a Sermon by the Rev. J.H. Fairchild. By Benjamin Whittemore, Pastor. Published by Request. Boston: Able Tompkins, 1836. 20 pp.
14. An Address, Delivered at Lexington on the 19th (20th) April, 1835. By Edward Everett. Charlestown: Publisherd by Wiliam W. Wheildon, 1835. 66, [1, blank] pp.
15. A Discourse Delivered at the Dedication of the Unitarian Congregational Church in Newport, Rhode Island, July 27, 1836. By William Ellery Channing. Boston: Printed and Published by S.N. Dickinson, 1836. 44 pp.
16. An Address Delivered Before the Boston Universalist Young Men's Institute, at their First Anniversary, Jan. 1836. By Dunbar Harris. Published by Request of the institute. Boston: George P. Oakes, Printer. 1836. 16 pp.
HBS 69431.
$1,250. (Inventory #: 69431)
Full Description:
[SAMMELBAND]. [HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES]. [A Collection of 16 Pamphlets Relating to New England]. [Massachusetts: Dutton and Wentworth, State Printers, 1832-1837].
A collection of sixteen pamphlets, mostly political, relating to various topics concerning New England, including the abolition of Slavery and Capitol Punishment. One octavo volume (8 3/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 212 x 140 mm). Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. Spine ruled and lettered in gilt. All edges speckled red. Some rubbing and chipping to spine, joints and corners. Head of the spine a bit chipped. Some foxing throughout as usual for American sheets of this time. Overall a very good copy.
Comprises:
1. Reports on the Abolition of Capital Punishment. Reprinted by Order of the House of Representatives, from the Legislative Documents of 1835 and 1836. Boston, Dutton and Wentworth, State Printers, 1837. 136 pp. "Report, made in the House of representatives, February 25, 1835, by a committee ... appointed to consider the expediency of repealing all such laws and parts of laws as provide for the infliction of the punishment of death. (House documents for 1835, no. 36)" While the abolition of Capital punishment was a topic in the Massachusetts government during the early nineteenth century, it was not abolished in the Commonwealth until 1984. Michigan became the first state to abolish the death penalty in 1846. Sabin, 46084
2. House No. 36. Abstract of the Returns of the poor. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1837. 8pp. With 5 folding charts.
3. Senate No. 94. Reports and Resolves in Relation to a Congress of Nations. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1837. 18, [2, blank] pp.
4. House No. 65. Report on the Laws Relating to the Public Health. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1837. 12 pp.
5. House no. 62. Report and Bill Concerning Licensed Houses, and the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1837. 28 pp.
6. Senate No. 84. Resolutions Relating to the Abolition of Slavery. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1837. 8 pp.
7. House No. 30. Report and Resolves Relating to Slavery in the District of Columbia. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1837. 8 pp.
8. An Act to Establish the City of Lowell. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1836. 15, [1, blank] pp.
9. Report of the School Committee of Lowell, for the year ending March, 1836. 8 pp.
10. Order of Exercises for Commencement, at Dartmouth College, August 21, 1833. 4 pp.
11. Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Dartmouth College. October- 1834. Newport N.H. Simon Brown Printer, 1834. 24 pp.
12. The Nation's Bulwark. An Oration, on the Freedom of the Press, Delivered at the Court House in Dansbury, Con. Wednesday Dec. 5, 1832. On the liberation of P. T. Barnum, esq., editor of the Herald of freedom, from imprisonment, for an alleged libel. To which is appended an account of the proceedings on that occasion, together with a letter addressed to him while in prison. By T. Fist. New-Haven. Published at the Office of the Examiner and Watch Tower of Freedom. 1832. 16 pp.
13. Universalism Against Suicide. A Sermon Delivered in the Fourth Universalist Church in Boston May 15, 1836; In Reply to a Sermon by the Rev. J.H. Fairchild. By Benjamin Whittemore, Pastor. Published by Request. Boston: Able Tompkins, 1836. 20 pp.
14. An Address, Delivered at Lexington on the 19th (20th) April, 1835. By Edward Everett. Charlestown: Publisherd by Wiliam W. Wheildon, 1835. 66, [1, blank] pp.
15. A Discourse Delivered at the Dedication of the Unitarian Congregational Church in Newport, Rhode Island, July 27, 1836. By William Ellery Channing. Boston: Printed and Published by S.N. Dickinson, 1836. 44 pp.
16. An Address Delivered Before the Boston Universalist Young Men's Institute, at their First Anniversary, Jan. 1836. By Dunbar Harris. Published by Request of the institute. Boston: George P. Oakes, Printer. 1836. 16 pp.
HBS 69431.
$1,250. (Inventory #: 69431)
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