rap if they do; they have taken a prejudice against Swift, which he has vainly tried to remove; with the help of Mr. Thayer's recommendation, he has got [Thomas?] Smith appointed to the whole of the weighing and gauging at Philadelphia; the customhouse is to be removed to a more convenient part of the town; other custom-house matters. A. L. S. 3 pp. F°. EM. 2691 Portrait: Washington (George). Half length. Inscription: From a Painting by Col. Trumbull at Yale College. Go. Washington (fac-simile signature). Line. 8°. EM. 2692

Also in C. W. Upham's Washington, vol. 1 (London, 1851) frontispiece.

Letter: Morris (Lewis). Morrisania, [N. Y.,] May 23, 1794. To Jacob Morris, New Morrisania, Utsego County. He has no doubt that Jacob is chosen [a member of the assembly]; they will be happy to see him; asks him to tell Polly that J. Cox is well; the embargo is taken off and common sense seems again alive; France will give the British work enough for this campaign; Frank [Morris] has heard from his aunt, and his uncle is well. Lithograph fac-simile of an A. L. S. in the possession of Jos. J. Mickley Esq. Philada. I page. F°. With a portrait (small wood engraving on India paper) of Lewis Morris. EM. 2695 Also in Brotherhead's Book of the Signers, Phila., 1861,

P. 5.

Letter: Morris (Lewis). Camp at White Plains, [N. Y.,] July 22, 1778. To Gov. George Clinton, Poughkeepsie. He convened the field officers of his brigade a few days ago, and they assented to the proposal for raising a third regiment; they will try to bring the men into the field without delay whenever called for; soon after his arrival here, he was requested by Gen. Gates to take command of a Connecticut brigade, which he did, in order to be of use until his own is collected; he has given a Hessian a pass to Clinton, and hopes the man will answer their purpose; he will send some more soon, as they desert daily; he has not forgotten the clams, but has been ill with a fever. A. L. S. Endorsed. I page. F°. EM. 2696

Document: New York, Province.-Vice-Admiralty Court. Jan. 27, 1755. Letters patent appointing Joseph Wilson marshal of the court in place of John Fred deceased. A. D. S., Lewis Morris [Chief Justice]. Countersigned by Richd Nicholls Regr. I page. 4°. EM. 2697

Portrait: Cromwell (Oliver). On horseback; directed and facing slightly to the right, looking to the front. Inscription: (left) Vandyke. (right) F. Holl. O. Cromwell (fac-simile signature). Line. [London, 1840?] 8°. EM. 2698

Letter: Fletcher (Benjamin). Albany [N. Y.,] Nov. 28, 1696. To the Council of New York. He arrived on the 21st and sent Sadegaindo with a belt to the Five Nations, saying that he has heard how they suffered Indians from Canada to return carrying several of their brethren with them; he has ordered the River Indians to meet him here, when he will encourage them for further warfare; they have already been paid their £6 a head for seven of the enemy killed; the artillery and other stores that he brought up are in the sloop, frozen in the ice;

twenty-five men have arrived from Connecticut; he has ordered them £5 levy money for each man; urges that more money be sent him. L. S. 1 page. Fo. EM. 2699

Portrait: Morris (Lewis). Half length, directed to the left, facing and looking to the front, in a large wig, oval. Inscription: Engraved by Charles Burt, from an Original sketch, by John Watson, in the Possession of Mr. Wm. A. Whitehead. Lewis Morris (fac-simile signature). With coat of arms. Line. [1850?] 8°. EM. 2700

Document: New York, State.-Supreme Court. June 27, 1785. John Belittra is delivered to bail upon a cepi corpus to Benjamin Hildrith and John Dod at the suit of William D. Faulkner. A. D. S., Rid. Morris. Endorsed. I page. 4. EM. 2701

Portrait: Morris (Gouverneur). Profile to the right, after Du Simitière. Inscription: (right) B. B. E. | Governeer Morris Esqr. Member of Congress. Pubd. 15th. May 1783, by R. Wilkinson No. 58 Cornhill, London. Line. 8°. EM. 2702

Document: Yale College. [New Haven, Conn.,] Sept. 20, 1757. Certificate of candidacy for admission of Eliseos Porter, signed by Jon.th. Fitch, Dispensator, Certificate of admission signed, Nov. 13, 1757 by Thomas Clap, Præses, and Richardus Woodhull, Nathan Williams, Nehemias Strong, Tutores. Printed form (Latin) filled in on what appears to be page 22 of the Collegii Yalensis, quod est Novo-Portu, Connecticutensium, Statuta, a Præside et Sociis Sancita, Novo-Portu: Jacobus Parker, 1775. 4°. EM. 2703

View: Harlem, N. Y. Inscription: (left) Lith. by G. Hayward 171 Pearl St. Ñ. Y. (right) for D. T. Valentine's Manual 1863. | View of Harlaem from Morisania in the Province of New York Septem; 1765. Copied from the Original MS. in the British Museum, for Mr. George H. Moore, Librarian of the New York Historical Society, and compared by Richard Sims. Lithograph (colored). 4°. EM. 2704

Also in Valentine's New York Manual, 1863, p. 610. Portrait: Walton (William). Oval half length, directed and facing slightly to the right, looking to the front. [Inscription: Wm. Walton (fac-simile signature). Engd, by G. B. Holl, from a Picture in possession of the Chamber of Commerce.] Line.

F°.

EM. 2705

An unlettered proof on larger paper of the plate in the Magazine of American History, (vol. 2 N. Y., 1878) frontispiece.

View: New York, City. Inscription: The Walton House as it was. Wood engraving by Otto. With three pages of text, on The Walton MansionHouse, by R. E. Garczynski. 4°. EM. 2706

Also in Appleton's Journal, vol. 10 (N. Y., 1873) p. 385. Portrait: Gordon (Jane), Duchess of Gordon. Oval half length. Inscription: Stanier sculpt. Dutchess of Gordon. Stipple. 8°. EM. 2707 Also in the European Magazine, vol. 20 (London, 1791) frontispiece.

Engraving: Pennsylvania (The) Journal; and Weekly Advertiser. Thursday, Oct. 31, 1765. No. 1195. Fac-simile of the heading and other portions. Lithograph. 1⁄2 page. F°. EM. 2708

Also in Smith and Watson's American historical and literary curiosities, New York, 1850, pl. lxi. Already described as EM. 239.

Pennsylvania (The) Gazette. Dec. 19, 1765. No. 1930. [Philadelphia: Benjamin Franklin and David Hall.] 4 pp. EM. 2709

F°.

View: New York, City. Inscription: (left) Thos. Howdell, Delt. (centre) Copied from the Original Engraving by P. Canot, 1768. (right) J. Kirk sc. South west view of the City of New York. Line. 4°. EM. 2711 Also in Hough's Pouchot, vol. 2 (Roxbury, 1866) p. 85. Portrait: George III., King of Great Britain. Half length, directed to the front, facing and looking to the right, embroidered coat with star and collar of the Garter. Inscription: (left) T. Frye, ad vivum delineavit. (right) W. Panther fecit His Most Sacred Majesty George the III. King of Great Britain, &c. Printed for Robt. Sayer Printseller, in Fleet Street. (right) 18. Mezzotint. [1766?] F°. EM. 2712

See J. C. Smith's British Mezzotinto Portraits, part 3, p. 984, no. 19, and p. 984*, no. 19.

Letter: Gage (Thomas). New York, Jan. 31, 1768. To Sir William Johnson. The Pennsylvania Assembly is about to pass an act inflicting the penalty of death on those who are settled, or may settle, on any lands in the province not purchased from the Indians, unless they remove on thirty days notice; if Gov. [John] Penn acts with him in the spring, there will not be one settler left on the Monongahela; a villain named Frederick Stump has murdered ten Indians; he has received Johnson's letter of the 22d inst. by [George] Croghan with account of expenses for fitting out Indians for the Illinois, removing settlers from Redstone, etc.; [John] Hay's case has turned out as he expected; doubtful expediency of granting the bell at Niagara to the priest at Detroit. A. L. S. Endorsed. 3 pp. F. EM. 2713

View: Boston, Mass. Inscription: (right) Del. & Engraved by S. Hill. | View of the Town of Boston from Breeds Hill, in Charlestown. Line. 8°. EM. 2714 Also in the Massachusetts Magazine, vol. 3 (Boston, 1791)

P. 331.

Portrait: Washington (George). Half length, after Trumbull. Inscription: (right) Geoffroy sc. Washington. Publié par Furne, Paris. Stipple. [1830?] 8°. EM. 2715

Baker, no. 145.

Pennsylvania (The) Gazette. Oct. 4, 1775No. 2441. Philadelphia: Hall and Sellers. 4 pp. F. EM. 2716

Gen. Gage's report of the battle of Bunker Hill. Portrait: Morris (Lewis). Inscription: Etchd. by H. B. Hall from Drawing in Collection of Dr. T. A. Emmet, 1870. Lewis Morris (fac-simile signature). F. EM. 2717

Portrait: Morris (Lewis). Oval, from the drawing by H. B. Hall in the collection of Dr. Emmet. Inscription: Hall | Lewis Morris (facsimile signature). Line. [1875?] 8°. EM. 2718 Engraving: Declaration of Independence. Reading the Declaration of Independence. Line. [1850?] F. EM. 2719

Document: New York, Province. -Governor. [New York,] Sept. [5], 1771. Fragment of a proclamation announcing the royal disallowance of three acts passed by the legislature in January, 1770; one, for the relief of insolvent debtors, passed [23] Jan, the second, more effectually to enable persons to recover debts on promissory notes, passed [20] Jan, the third [for the relief of James De Peyster, passed on the 26th]. D. S., Wm. Tryon [Governor]. Countersigned by Gw. Banyar D Secry. / page. F EM. 2720

See O'Callaghan's Calendar of historical manuscripts in the office of the Secretary of State, part 2 (Albany, 1866) p. 796. The proclamation is printed in full in Gaine's New-York Gazette; and the Weekly Mercury, for Sept. 9, 1771.

View: New York, City. Inscription: (left) Lith. G. Hayward for (right) D. T. Valentine's Manual 1854. | Richmond Hill Mansion. Washington's Head Quarters from May until June 1776, -Also the Residence of Vice Presidents John Adams, and Aaron Burr. Lithograph. 8°. EM. 2721 Also in Valentine's New York Manual, 1854, P. 469.

Portrait: Gage (Thomas). Half length, in an oval frame. Inscription: [(above) Engraved for Murray's History of the American War.] (below) R. Pollard sculp. General Gage. Printed for T. Robson, Newcastle upon Tyne. Line. 8°. EM. 2722 Also in Murray's Impartial history of the present war, vol. 2 (London, 1780) p. 145.

Portrait: Washington (George). Bust, oval, directed and facing to the right, looking to the front. Inscription: George Washington. From the original Miniature on Ivory, Painted from life by Archd. Robertson, in Philadelphia, in December 1791. [Elias Dexter, 564 Broadway, New York, 1866.] Stipple. [By R. Dudensing.] 12°.

View: Long Island, N. Y. Inscription: The south shore of Long Island, ten leagues Eastward of Sandy Hook, four Miles distant. Line, colored. Narrow strip. EM. 2726

Also in Des Barres's Atlantic Neptune, vol. 4, London, 1781.

View: Halifax, Nova Scotia. Dartmouth Shore in the Harbor of Halifax. Line, colored. [London, 1780?] F°. EM. 2727

Apparently a later state of the view of Dartmouth Shore in the Harbor of Halifax in Des Barres's Atlantic Neptune, vol. London, 1777.

2,

Letter: Floyd (William). Philadelphia, May 14, 1779. [To Gov. George Clinton.] Congress has employed a printer to begin at January and print up the Journal as soon as possible; from April it is to be printed weekly; incloses the first that has come out; secret matters are in a separate journal, not to be printed till the end of the war; the Governor will be surprised to find nothing done respecting Vermont, but he hopes [John] Jay has explained the delay; a fleet has arrived at the Capes of Virginia; the bearer, Mr. Scott Junr., will give the news of this place. A. L. S. 2 pp. 8°. EM. 2738 The address has been added by Dr. Emmet. Portrait: Floyd (William). Inscription: Will

General Sullivan. Printed for T. Robson, Newcastle upon Tyne. Line. 8°. EM. 2731

Also in Murray's Impartial history of the present war, vol. 2 (London, 1780) p. 241.

Portrait: Greene (Nathanael). After the painting by R. Peale. Half length; directed and facing slightly to the left, looking to the front; oval frame with cannon, flags etc. below. Inscription: (above) Engrav'd for the Columbian Magazine (below) Majr. Gen. Greene. (right) Trenchard sculp. Line. [1790?] 8°. EM. 2732

Also in the Columbian Magazine, Phila. (Sept. 1786). For stipple engravings by R. Whitechurch from the same original see Irving's Washington, 4° ed., vol. 2 (N. Y., 1857) p. 8, and E. M. Stone's Our French allies, Providence, 1884, p. 496.

Letter: Morris (Jacob). Lancaster, [Penn.,] Nov. 25, 1786. To Horatio Gates. He is unable to pursue his journey to Reading until tomorrow; introduces the bearer, William West, son of his late friend William West of Philadelphia; sends his compliments to the amiable young widow, Mrs. Booth. A. L. S. Endorsed. I page. F°.

EM. 2733

Portrait: Lee (Charles). Full length; directed to the right, facing and looking to the left; baton raised in right hand; in the background a river with ships bombarding a fort. Inscription: Charles Lee Esqr. Major General of the American Forces. Line. 8°. EM. 2734

Also in An impartial history of the war in America, London, 1780, p. 319. Reproduced, three-quarters length, in Winsor's Narrative and critical history of America, vol. 6 (Boston, 1888) p. 406.

View: Fort Moultrie, S. C. Inscription : (left) Chapin del. The attack on Fort Moultrie, Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, on June 28, 1776. Wood engraving. [1876?] F°. EM. 2735

View: New York, City. Inscription: (above) East View of Hell Gate, in the Province of New York. (right) Lond. Mag. Apr. 1778. (below) W. A. Williams del. 1775. With a key. Line. 8°. EM. 2736 Also in the London Magazine, vol. 47 (London, 1778) p. 147. FLOYD. iam Floyd Engraved by A. B. Painting in Delaplaine's Gallery.

Durand from a Line. 8°. EM. 2739 Also in Sanderson's Biography of the Signers, vol. 4 (Phila., 1823) p. 131.

Map: Rhode Island, Colony. A Map of the Colony of Rhode Island: with the adjacent Parts of Connecticut, Massachusetts Bay, &c. By Thos. Kitchin Sent Hydrographer to his Majesty. Size: 81 x 6 in. Scale: 21 miles to an inch. Copperplate. Paper, mounted on paper.

EM. 2740

Also in the London Magazine, vol. 47 (London, 1778) p. 513. Letter: L'Hommedieu (Ezra). Albany [N. Y.,] Feb. 12, 1794. To Samuel W[hittlesey] Dana, Middletown [Conn.]. Concerning the settlement of Benjamin and Nathaniel Conkling's bond to Peter Tuthill; directs Dana to prosecute the bond unless they consent to settle as proposed. A. L. S. Endorsed. I page. 4°. EM. 2741

Compare the letter of L'Hommedieu to Benjamin Conkling of Sept. 4, 1792-EM. 714.

Letter: Orange County, N. Y.-Court of Oyer and Terminer. Goshen, Jan. 13, 1779. To Gov. George Clinton, Poughkeepsie. The necessity of attending the Supreme Court at Albany has

led the judges to adjourn this court until May; they subjoin a list of six persons, Claudius Smith, John Ryan, Matthew Dollson, Thomas Delamer, James Gordon, Amy Augur late Amy Jones, convicted at the recent session, and recommend Amy Augur for pardon. D. S., Robert Yates, Jno: Sloss Hobart, Elihu Marvin. 2 pp. and I leaf with the address and endorsement. F. EM. 2742 Portrait: Hobart (John Sloss). Inscription: John Sloss Hobart U. S. Senator from N. Y. Jno: Sloss Hobart (fac-simile signature). Lithograph by Max Rosenthal. [Philadelphia, 1885 ?] 4°. EM 2743

Portrait: Clinton (George). Bust, oval, directed to the front, facing slightly to the left, looking to the front; uniform. Inscription: Anderson sc. George Clinton, Line. [1810?] 8°. EM. 2744 Portrait: Livingston (Robert R.) After a painting by Stuart. Inscription: Robert R. Livingston L. L. D. Stipple. [1820?] 12°. EM. 2745 Portrait: Clinton (George). Inscription: George Clinton. Late Governor of New York. Photographic reproduction, on India paper, of the stipple engraving by C. Tiebout after the painting by J. Wright. [New York, 1890?] 8°. EM. 2746 The original has been described as EM. 1382.

View: New York, City. Inscription: View of the Federal Edifice in New York. Line. 4. EM. 2747 Also in the Columbian Magazine, Philadelphia, 1789, p. 504. Reproduced in Winsor's Narrative and critical history of America, vol 7 (Boston, 1888) p. 331.

Document: New York, State. - Governor. Poughkeepsie, Aug. 4, 1778. Commission appointing Peter R. Livingston colonel of the militia regiment of Albany heretofore commanded by him. Engraved form filled in. With the coat of arms of New York engraved by H. Dawkins. Signed, Geo: Clinton [Governor]. Countersigned, Abrm. B. Bancker, Dy: Secretary. I page. F. EM. 2748 The seal has been removed.

Portrait: L'Hommedieu (Ezra). Inscription:

Letter: New York, State.-Commissioners for conspiracies. Poughkeepsie, Aug. 3, 1778. To Lieut. Col. [Aaron] Burr, Fishkill. Having learned that Burr has been appointed to receive persons who are to be sent to the enemy's lines for refusing to take the oath, they send him William Smith, Cadwallader Colden, and Roeliff J[osias] Eltinge; they refer him to the bearer Cornelius E. Wynkoop, who is one of the board, for the adjustment of such particulars as may be necessary for future cases. L. S., Zepha Platt, Robt Harpur, Peter Cantine Jur. Endorsed. I page. 4°. EM. 2750

Letter: New York, State.-Comptroller. Albany, Jan. 11, 1799. To the Speaker of the Assembly [Dirck Ten Broeck]. According to law, he incloses a statement of the funds of the State, its annual revenue, the salaries of officers, and contingent expenses paid in the preceding year. L. S., Samuel Jones. 1⁄2 page. F°. EM. 2751

View: New York, City. Inscription: (left) Lith, by Geo: Hayward, 171 Pearl St. New-York. (right) for D. T. Valentine's Manual, 1862. | New York, about 1790. Presented to D. T. Valentine, by Edw. Crommelin, 195 Prince St. New York. Lithograph, colored. 204 x 12 in. EM. 2752 Also in Valentine's New York Manual, 1862, frontispiece.

View: Little Falls, N. Y. Inscription: (left) T. Creswick. (centre) From a sketch by W. H. Bartlett. (right) R. Brandard. | Little Falls. (On the Mohawk.) (left) Petites Cascades. (right) Die Kliene Cascade. Line. 4°. EM. 2753

Also in N. P. Willis's American Scenery, vol 2 (London, 1840) P. 14.

Portrait: Jefferson (Thomas). Oval half length. Inscription: (left) R. Peale Pinxt. (right) C. Tiebout Sculpt. | Thomas Jefferson. [Published by A. Day No. 38 Chesnut St. Philada.] Stipple, in red ink. [1800?] F°.

EM. 2754

A-B. Paris, n. d. fo. V. I.

List of private libraries, III. Germany. Leipzig, 1898. 8°.

Nancy (Bibliothèque municipale de). Catalogue des livres et documents imprimés du Fonds lorrain .. publié sous la direction de J. Favier. Nancy, 1898. 4°.

Pinatel (P.) Ville de Cannes. Catalogue de la Bibliothèque Communale. V. I. Cannes, 1897. 8°.

Plummer (M. W.) Hints to small libraries. New York, 1898. 2. ed. 8°.

Rivière (B.) Catalogue méthodique des imprimés de la Bibliothèque communale de Douai. Douai, 1897.

V. I. 4.

Blaikie (W. G.) David Brown. A Memoir. London, 1898. 8°.

Boehm-Bawerk (E. v.) Karl Marx and the close of his system. London, 1898. 12°.

Boghen-Conigliani (E.) La donna nella vita e nelle opere di Giacomo Leopardi. Firenze, 1898. 12°.

Brandt (G.) Hans Gudewerdt. Ein Beitrag zur Kunstgeschichte Schleswig-Holsteins. Leipzig, 1898. fo.

Browning (Charles H.) The Magna Charta Barons and their American descendants. Philadelphia, 1898. 8°.

Calderwood (H.). David Hume. Edinburgh, 1898. 12°.

Curry (J. L. M.)

A brief sketch of George Peabody. Cambridge, 1898. 8°.

Dixon (W. J.) Sir Walter Ralegh. A tragedy. London, 1897. 12°.

Field (H. M.) The life of David Dudley Field. New York, 1898. 8°.

Fournier (F.) Un grand peintre Félix Ziem. Beaune, 1897. f°.

Franklin (S. R.) Memories of a rear-admiral. New York, 1898. 8°.

Fraser (Sir W.) The Elphinstone family book of the Lords Elphinstone, Balmerino and Coupar. Edinburgh, 1897. 2 v. 4°.

Grau (G.) Henrik Ibsen. Festskrift i Anledning af hans 70de Födselsdag. Bergen, 1898. 8°. Güntelberg (A.) Niels Juel. En historisk Skildring. Kjöbenhavn, 1897. 8°.

Gwynn (S.) Memorials of an eighteenth century painter (James Northcote). London, 1898. 8°. New Jacobs (H. E.) Martin Luther... York, 1898. 8°.

(Heroes of the reformation.)

Macdowall (H. C.) Henry of Guise, and other portraits. London, 1898. 8°.

Mac Neill (J. G. S.) W. E. Gladstone. Anecdotes and reminiscences. London, 1898. 12°. Maxwell (Sir H.) The Honourable Sir Charles Murray. Edinburgh, 1898. 8°.

Melrose (A.) Mr. Gladstone. A popular biography. Edinburgh, 1898. New ed. 12°. Men (The) of New York: a collection of biographies and portraits of citizens of the Empire State. Buffalo, 1898. 2 v. f. Newdigate-Newdegate (Lady). The Cheverels of Cheverel Manor. London, 1898. 8°. Norman (William W.) Philip the second, king of Spain. New York, 1898. 12°. (Historical studies. no. 1.)

Paulsen (F.) Immanuel Kant. und seine Lehre. Stuttgart, 1898.

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8°.

(Frommanns Klassiker der Philosophie. Bd. 7.) Rachfahl (F.) Margaretha von Parma. München, 1898. 8°.

(Historische Bibliothek. Bd. 5.)

Rawle (E. J.) Records of the Rawle family. Taunton, 1898. 4°.