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United States Government Printing Office. , 1964. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. ORIGINAL 1964 PUBLICATION; Paper wrappers; small creases at corners of wraps and leaves; o/w in very good condition. .

United States Government Printing Office. , 1964. Book. Good. Soft cover. ORIGINAL 1964 PUBLICATION; issued with front wrap only; a couple of small holes on paper covering of spine; o/w in good condition. .

United States Government Printing Office. , 1964. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. ORIGINAL 1964 PUBLICATION; issued with front wrap only; staple-bound; in very good condition. .

City of Washington: A. & G. Way, Printers, 1807. 3 pp. but only a few paragraphs of text; age toned, tattered, and disbound in self wrappers; Rensselaer and Other manufactures want higher duties on foreign window glass, the committees feels they are high enough and recommends rejection of the petition. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

Washington, D. C.: A. &. G. Way, Printers, 1806. First edition. Removed. A very good copy with inked page numbers, marginalia (editing remarks) and scattered soiling.. 12 pp. 8vo. Shaw & Shoemaker 11712.

[Washington D.C.]: [Printed by William A. Davis], 1817. First edition. Removed. A very good copy with War Department Library stamp on title, light foxing.. 4 pp. 8vo. Shaw & Shoemaker 42693.

Nabu Press, 2010-03-24. Paperback. Good.

1802. 8vo, Single folded sheet, untrimmed. (Imprints 3411). Some foxing and offsetting, o/w VG. Concerns merchants swearing that the good that they are shipping are not intnded to be reimported into the US.

1802. 8vo, 4pp, single folded sheet. (Imprints3402). Fine. Messionier wanted some duty money (which had been doubly paid) returned.

1802. 8vo, single folded sheet, untimmed. pp. 4. (Imprints3406). VG. Concerns exporting wine.

1802. 8vo, cover and one page of text, untrimmed. (Imprints 3408). A clean copy. Holland asks to be forgiven the payment of duty on his ship that burned and sunk.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

1802. 8vo, pp. 8. Single folded sheet, untrimmed. (Imprints 3405). Some foxing, o/w VG.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

[Philadelphia]: [Printed by William Ross], 1797. First edition. Removed. Very good, mostly unopened (uncut) untrimmed copy, minor browning at lower edge.. [3], 226-232, [2] pp. 8vo. Evans dated it both 1797 and 1798. two petitions both concerning a waving of taxes on spirits, the Orchard Cook and Abiel Wood case claiming the ship was wrecked on an island and the cost of recovering the cargo exceeded the cost of the mechandise and that their insurance had lapsed. In the second case, Hooper claimed he was lax in filing papers for re-shipping a cargo overseas. Wisely both were declined as the committee felt the government is not in the business of insuring that a business is successful and well run. Ah, to return to those days. Orchard Cook (1763-1819) and Abiel Wood (1772-1834) had a better idea. They both became U.S. Representatives from Massachusetts. OCLC locates eight copies. Evans 33015. Evans 34753. ESTCW15017.

[Philadelphia], 1798. First edition. Removed. A very good copy, lightly soiled and edge worn.. [4] pp. 8vo. Nathaniel Cutter wanted relief from being re-taxed on goods that left Massachusetts where he had paid tax, and then returned to the same port with the same goods, because he was harrassed by the British and French, and turned away in the Dominican Republic. The committee wisely wrote: "Your Committee, however, cannot find any good reason for relieving him against consequences of a risque which every exporter ought to calculate for himself." Cutter would continue to take risks, suppling the French in Saint-Domingue, and a claim was allowed him in 1803 by the American Commission in Paris for unpaid costs by the French (See Greg H. Williams: The French Assault on American Shipping, 1793-1813: A History, p. 154). Evans 34754. ESTCW25464.

Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. (Phila. 1797) . Evans 34755. 1 leaf, folded, edges worn. .

Washington DC: Gideon & Co, 1850. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's light tan wrappers printed within decorative border; 79pp. Light dust-soil and a hint of wrinkling to wrappers, else Very Good to Near Fine. Remnant of a popular and hare-brained scheme to encourage freedmen to emigrate to the African continent as an alternative to emancipation, here presented in such a way as to ensure the venture would not be a money-losing proposition. A number of ships had already sailed to the colony of Liberia, established by the American Colonization Society, with heavy casualties. When the present pamphlet was issued the Society was well aware that only 40% of those who sailed for Liberia had survived. SABIN 69887.

1798. Imprisonment for Debt [United States Congress]. Bell, William, Petitioner. Report of the Committee of Commerce & Manufactures, To Whom was Referred, On the 21st of November Last, The Petition of William Bell. 4th January, 1798, Committed to a Committee of the Whole House, On Monday Next. [Philadelphia?]: Published by order of the House of Representatives, [1798]. [247]-254 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/4"). Disbound pamphlet, top-edge uncut, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Moderate toning, light foxing and small faint stain to lower outer corner. $350. * Bell was the subject of a civil suit after being unable to pay a customs bond. He petitioned the government for relief under a 1796 statute providing remedies against imprisonment for debt, but the statute lacked clarity on whether those remedies could be applied to government debts. The committee, chaired by Edward Livingston, concluded that further legislative remedies from Congress were unnecessary and that Bell could not "obtain the relief he… Read More