Southern History, Town Histories, Church Histories, Vital Records and Genealogies
The Colonial Clergy of Maryland, Delaware and Georgia $25.00
Frederick Lewis Weis, TH.D.
Lancaster, Mass: The Society of Descendants of Colonial Clergy, 1950
Table of contents:
Interior of the First Church in Lancaster
Publications of the Society
List of Annual Addresses, 1934-1950
The Colonial Clergy of America .
Officers of the Society, 1933-1950
Members of the Council, 1933-1950
Membership, 1933-1950
The Colonial Clergy of Maryland, 1629-1776
The Colonial Clergy of Delaware, 1638-1776
The Colonial Clergy of Georgia, 1733-1776
The Colonial Churches of Maryland, 1629-1776
Friends Meetings in Maryland, 1656-1776
The Colonial Churches of Delaware, 1638-1776
The Colonial Churches of Georgia, 1733-1776
Summary of the Colonial Clergy and the Colonial Churches of
Maryland, Delaware and Georgia
103 pages, 6×9 hardbound, good condition, light stain on back cover.
Florida
Observations Upon The Floridas $14.95
Charles Blacker Vignoles
Gainesville Florida: University of Florida 1977
Bicentennial Floridiana Facsimile Series
A Facsimile reproduction of the 1823 edition with an introduction and index by John Hebron Moore
(from the introduction) ” Because it was written soon after Spanish Florida was ceded to the United States, Charles Blacker Vignoles’ Observations Upon The Floridas (1823) is a valuable source of historical information on that new American territory. Furthermore, the authors subsequent career gives this work added interest as a historical document. Vignoles, who had been practicing his profession for only a few years when he prepared his commentary on Florida, subsequently became one of the great civil engineers of Victorian England, famous for railroads and bridges that he constructed in the British Isles, and on the continents of Europe and South America.” 1 fold out map.
185 pages, hardbound, simulated leather, good condition.
Georgia
Oglethorpe: A Brief Biography $15.00
Amos Aschbach Ettinger
Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press 1984 (originally published 1929)
(from the end flap) “Ettinger begins with a brief survey of the family background of the Oglethorpes and their Jacobite activities. He then charts James Oglethorpe’s Parliamentary career and attempts to place him in the proper historical perspective. The major portion of his essay, however, is devoted to the origin , settlement, administration and protection of the colony of Georgia by Oglethorpe and the phases of his career in America.”
90 pages, 6×9 hardbound, dust jacket, good condition.
The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia Vol. 27 $18.50
Edited by Kenneth Coleman and Milton Ready
Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 1977
(from the introduction) “This volume spans the years 1754 through 1756, essentially the period of John Reynolds’ administration as Governor of Georgia, and consists of Reynolds’ letters and reports to the Board of Trade in London. For these years the main developments in Georgia were the institution of royal government and the outbreak of war between England and France. The first of these events does not loom very large in this volume, but the second does.
In Reynolds’ initial letter to the Board of Trade, he showed himself to be prosaic and not very impressed with his colony or his job. This attitude continues throughout the volume. Reynolds described Savannah as an unimpressive town of about 150 small, rundown wooden buildings and indicated his fear that the French might wean Georgia’s Indian neighbors away from their friendship with the English. Reynolds at the same time reported he had already discovered that he could not live in Georgia in a manner befitting a governor on his salary of 1600, so he asked for an increase.
Throughout the volume there are documents about silk culture, the operation of Georgia’s government, the troubles which soon developed between Reynolds and his council, land granting under both the Trustees and the new royal government, and the attempt to move the capital to Hardwick on the Altamaha River. The closely associated items of Indian relations and defense were the two most important problems from Reynolds’ viewpoint. He sent to England a long and detailed defense plan developed by Engineer John G. W. DeBrahm. The plan was obviously too expensive for Georgia or the home government to implement, but Reynolds never seemed to grasp this reality
More than half of this volume is taken up with the Bosomworth Affair the attempt of Thomas and Mary Bosomworth to secure compensation for Mary’s services as Indian interpreter and “agent” since the founding of the colony. The volume opens with documents on this problem continued from Volume 2 6 of this series. There is also Thomas Bosomworth’s main effort in the affair, a long “Narrative” of the case from the Bosomworth viewpoint, with numerous appendices and enclosures. It was transmitted to the Board of Trade by Reynolds for a decision in September, 1756. The Governor was ore favorable to the Bosomworth claims than the President and assistants under the Trustees had been. Much of this document seems not to have been used by historians who have written on the Bosomworths.”
310 pages, hardbound, as new.
Kentucky
Old Shaker Town and the Shakers A Brief History of the Rise of The United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Coming, the Establishment of the Pleasant Hill Colony, Their Beliefs, Customs and Pathetic end. $9.95
Daniel M. Hutton
Harrodsburg, Kentucky, 1936 5th edition
Profusely illustrated.
table of contents: Plan the Pleasant Hill, Preface, Shaker Town of the Shakers, What the Shakers Believed, the Name Shaker, Other Settlements, Kentucky Reached, Shawnee Runs Settlement, Pleasant Hill settlement, Land Secured, Shaker Personnel, the Family, Church Covenant, Signature Is to Covenant, Desertions, Building Campaign, Shaker Industries, Membership, on Rearing Children, Shaker Dress, the Ritual, Singing a Worship, Dancing and Worship, Angels Make Visit, Shaker Characteristics, Testimony Withdrawn for period, in the Realm of Mysticism, the French Profits, Sister Mary Settles, Eldress, Sister Jane Sutton, trustee, the Period of Astounding Manifestations, Possession of Gifts Productive of Good and Evil, Divine Healing, Visit of a Host of Indian Spirits, Holy Sinai’s Plain, Shakers Received a Testament from God, Did Not Make Use of Water Baptism, Did Not Celebrate the Lord’s Supper, Manifestation of Christ and the Female, Marriage a Carnal Relation, Shaker Funeral and Cemetery, Cemetery Place a Wonderful Scenes, the Playgrounds, Shaker Belief Expressed in a Home, but an Emancipated Slaves, Religious and Other Meetings, the Formality in Receiving Members, Opera Founded on Shaker Romance, the Great Shaker Bell, a Prosperous People, Water System, Paper Mill, Tan Yard, Shaker Records Model, Notes on Shaker Customs, Father a Science Doctor to Shaker Life, the End.
80 page pamphlet, good condition, spine faded, small tear on top spine.
Boyle County, Kentucky 1850 Census $13.50
Danville, KY: St Asaph’s Chapter, NSDAR, 1988
166 pages, 9×12 softbound, index, very good condition
Maryland
Historical Record of the First Regiment Maryland Infantry $27.50Charles Camper and J. W. Kirkley
Baltimore, 1990, Reprint of the 1871 edition,
This regiment saw violent action in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862, and later from the Wilderness Campaign through the Petersburg siege
321pp, photos, index, hardbound, VG. >m
Guide to The Research Collections of the Maryland Historical Society $15.00
Edited by Richard J. Cox and Larry E. Sullivan
Baltimore, Maryland: Maryland Historical Society, 1981
Historical and genealogical manuscripts and oral history interviews.
354 pages, hardbound, very good condition.
Assateague, Maryland $4.95
William H. Wroten, Jr.
Centreville, Md.: Tidewater Publishers, 2d Edition, 6th Printing, 1982.
Frontispiece
Acknowledgments
The Setting Indians
Early Explorers of The Islands
Settlements
Economic and Recreational Activities
Ponies
Life-Saving and Lighthouse Map of Life-Saving Stations
Storms and Inlets
Martinet’s Map of Maryland, 1866
Back Cover: Martinet’s Map of Maryland, 1885
Cover Photograph: Assateague Ponies Along the Bay Shore
Assateague Island National Seashore
58 pages; softbound; illus. cover; illus. with b/w photos; good; light shelf wear.
North Carolina Fort Defiance, and the General (North Carolina) $7.95
Margaret E Harper (autographed)
Hickory NC: Clay Printing Company 1976 Stated First Paper Edition
The story of Revolutionary War General William Lenoir and the restoration of Fort Defiance.
126pages, good condition, minor edge wear.
Texas
The Danish Texans $25.00
John L. Davis
San Antonio: The University of Texas Institute of Texan cultures have San Antonio, 1979, second edition, revised, 1983
(from the preface) This book presents a general story of Danish immigration to Texas, discussing the major areas of settlement and giving an outline of why these individuals and groups came and what they did after their move. It is a book of examples, not an exhaustive history. Neither is this work a genealogical reference nor doesn’t presume to tell the story of every Dane who came to Texas. There are far too many individuals for a work of this length.
Most examples included are either first generation arrivals or immediate descendants. Most of them stayed, a few moved on, but all left their mark as part of Texas’s diverse culture.
166 pp. hardbound, dust jacket, has some spotting on it, good condition.
Diplomatic Correspondence of the Republic of Texas $12.00
Annual Report of the American Historical Association 1908
Edited by George P. Garrison, Ph. D.
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1911
Part II Correspondence with the United States (concluded), Mexico and Yucatan. Interesting reading for those who want more detail on that period of Texas’s history.
807 pages, fair condition, ex library, inside front and back hinges are split but attached.
Virginia
Colonial Williamsburg – Its Buildings and Gardens. $6.95
A Lawrence Kocher & Howard Dearsyne
Williamsburg, Virginia: Colonial Williamsburg, 1949
The restoration of Williamsburg was not very old when this was published. Table of Contents: The Virginia Planter’s Capital, Buildings and Builders of Williamsburg, The Manner of Furnishings, The Gardens of Williamsburg, The Restoration of an American Town, A photographic Tour of Williamsburg: The Governor’s palace, The George Wythe House, Burton Parish Church, The Court House of 1770, The Magazine, The Ludwell-Paradise House, Raleigh Tavern, The Capital, The Public Gaol, Houses and Outbuildings, Gates & Fences, The College of William & Mary, Arts & Crafts, Williamsburg Shopping District, Bibliographical Notes.
104 pages, hard bound, dust jacket, several tears on edges, missing a piece on spine.
Roanoke, Virginia 1740-1982 $13.50
Claire White
Table of contents: Preface 1736-1764, 1764-1790, 1790-1838, 1838-1860, 1860-1881, 1881-1893, 1893-1918, 1918-1945, 1945-1982, Bibliography, Index, illustrated.
133 pages, 6×9 softbound, very good condition.
Folkways of The Mammoth Cave Region, Number Two $10.95
Gordon Wilson (autographed)
National Park Concessions, 1967
Interesting look at The Mammoth Cave region. Interesting photos.
Table of Contents: The people of The region, Passing Institutions, Language, Some Quaint Words, Some Local or Old-time Pronunciations, Some Common Regional Words, Some Place Names, Proverbial Lore, Some Similes with The Farm Flavor, Banter and Belittling Sayings, Accept The Universe, Some Folk Grammar, Folk Remedies, Talisman Some Magic, Internal Medicine’s, Rub on Remedies, Beliefs, Luck, Beliefs about Weather, Snow and Cold Weather, Moon, Thunder and Lightning, Some General Signs, Boy Life in The Area, Dresses, Breaches, and Pants, Horse, Bridle, and Saddle, Boots, Hightops, Etc. How to Measure, “Lest We Forget”, Bibliography.
64 Pages, 6×9 Pamphlet, Some Fading of Cover, Mark Where Price Sticker Was.
The Journal and Letters of Phillip Vickers Fithian 1773 1774: A Plantation Tutor of the Old Dominion $15.00Edited with an introduction by Hunter Dickinson Farish
Colonial Williamsburg, 1965 New Edition.
(from the page flaps) THE original edition of this work was published in 1900 by the Princeton Historical Association. A second edition was published by Colonial Williamsburg in 1943. The timeless appeal of this charming chronicle of eighteenth-century life in colonial Virginia now makes possible this new edition which combines the scholarship of Mr. Farish with the fresh, new illustrations of Mr. Kredel.
Philip Vickers Fithian, age twenty-three, left his home in Cohansie, New Jersey, in 1770 to enter the College of New Jersey at Princeton. A year after his graduation in 1772, Fithian was recommended by Dr. John Witherspoon, president of the college, for the position of tutor at “Nomini Hall,” the plantation of Councilor Robert Carter in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Fithian spent a year with the Carters and kept a daily record of their varied activities.
Fithian developed a genuine affection for the members of this wealthy and influential Virginia family and paints a delightful picture of the everyday life of its members. No phase of plantation activity escapes the attention of this young student for the ministry. In his journal and letters he brings to life in vivid colors the sparkling parties and balls, the fish feasts and barbecues, dancing classes, horse races, cockfights, and social customs of the day.
The young Princeton scholar had entrusted to his care seven Carter children and Carter’s nephew, Harry Willis. Devoted to his duties and to his charges, in his intimate comments Fithian brings each to life again. Fithian left the Carter home with regret late in 1774 to answer his call to the Presbyterian ministry and to return to his beloved “Laura,” leaving strong ties of friendship and gratitude binding him to the gracious family that had taken him to their hearts.
270 pages, 6×9 hardbound, very good condition, dust jacket has tears and shelf wear.
Washington DC
A Capital Capital City (Washington D.C.) 1790-1814 $7.95 (New Book) (List $14.95)
By Suzanne Hilton
Library Professional Publications 1987
Anyone who visited the ten square miles chosen as the capital of the new nation by the first US. Congress would have seen swampland, thick forests, and cornfields. Pierre-Charles L’Enfant, the Frenchman chosen to design the city in the wilderness, saw manicured parks, wide avenues, and huge state buildings. Fortunately, George Washington kept things in perspective. Even so, it would be many years before other architects transformed the wilderness into an elegant city.
During these early years congressmen were forced to share rooms in crowded boardinghouses. Abigail Adams had to use the East Room as a drying room for laundry. Dolley Madison introduced a lively social life and eccentric costumes after Thomas Jefferson’s casual, and sometimes misunderstood, manner of receiving visitors.
The city also faced serious problems during its early development. Residents experienced malaria and other fevers every summer. The editor of the first newspaper and the Speaker of the House clashed over freedom of the press. Then the British attacked the city by land, and a president and his wife had to escape from a capital under siege. But Washington rose from the ashes of the fires set by the British and proved its worth as a capital city.
A Capital Capital City vividly describes the first twenty-four years in Washington, D.C. and the men and women who lived there and contributed so much to the early history of the United States.
156 pages, 6×9 hardbound, dust jacket