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4513 GIRAUD (J. P., JR.) THE BIRDS OF LONG ISLAND, N. Y. NEW YORK: 1844.

8vo, cloth, pp. 397. SCARCE.

4514 GRIFFIN (AUGUSTUS). FIRST SETTLERS OF SOUTHOLD: The names of the heads of those families; FIRST PROPRIETORS OF ORIENT; BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, etc. ORIENT: 1857.

12mo, cloth. LITHOGRAPH PORTRAIT.

4515 GUERNSEY (R. S.) NEW YORK CITY AND VICINITY during the WAR OF 1812-15, being a MILITARY, CIVIC and FINANCIAL LOCAL HISTORY OF THAT PERIOD, with incidents and anecdotes thereof, etc. NEW YORK: 1889.

4516

2 vols. royal 8vo, paper, uncut. LIMITED EDITION, No. 21.

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AKLUYT (RICHARD). THE FAMOUS HISTORIE OF THE INDIES: Declaring the adventures of the SPANIARDS, which have conquered these Countries, with varietie of Relations of the Religions, Lawes, Governments, Manners, Ceremonies, Customs, Rites, Warres, and Funerals of that People. Comprised into sundry deeads. Set forth first by MR. HACKLUYT, and now published by L. M. Gent. LONDON: Printed for MICHAEL SPARKE, dwelling at the Signe of the blue Bible in Green-Arbor, 1628.

4to, SECOND EDITION, bound in full brown crushed levant morocco, gilt panels on back and sides, with corner ornaments, gilt edges, by FRANCIS BEDFORD. RARE.

4517 HALE (NATHAN). MEMOIR OF CAPTAIN NATHAN HALE. (For the Hale Monument Association.) NEW HAVEN: 1844.

8vo, paper, pp. 16. SCARCE.

4518 HALE (NATHAN). THE AMERICAN SPY; or, FREEDOM'S EARLY SACRIFICE. A Revolutionary Tale of New England, founded upon Fact. By J. R. SIMMS. ALBANY: 1857.

8vo, paper, pp. 63.

4519 HALL (BENJAMIN H.) HISTORY of EASTERN VERMONT, from its easliest settlement to the close of the eighteenth century. NEW YORK: 1858.

8vo, cloth.

4520 HAMILTON (ALEXANDER). OBSERVATIONS ON CERTAIN DOCUMENTS Contained in Nos. V. & VI. of "The History of the United States for the year 1796," in which the charge of SPECULATION against ALEXANDER HAMILTON, late Secretary of the Treasury, is fully refuted. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. PHILADELPHIA: 1797.

8vo, half roan, pp. 95, title-page foxed.

CONTAINS THE GREAT FINANCIER'S FRANK ADMISSIONS AS TO HIS MISCONDUCT IN

PRIVATE LIFE.

4521 HAMILTON (ALEXANDER).

A COLLECTION of the FACTS

and DOCUMENTS, relative to the DEATH of MAJOR-GENERAL ALEXANDER HAMILTON, with ORATIONS, SERMONS and EULOGIES. By the Editor of the Evening Post (WILLIAM COLEMAN). NEW YORK: 1804. 8vo, sheep (broken at edges), pp. 238. SCARCE.

4522 [HART (JOSEPH C.)] MIRIAM COFFIN; or, THE WHALE-FISHerMEN: a Tale. NEW YORK: 1834.

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4523 HART (JOSEPH C.) THE ROMANCE OF YACHTING: Voyage the First, by the Author of "Miriam Coffin." NEW YORK: 1849.

2 vols. 12mo, paper, uncut. SCARCE.

4524 HEDGES (HENRY P.) AN ADDRESS, delivered on the 26th of Dec., 1849, on the occasion of the celebration of the Two HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY of the SETTLEMENT of the TOWN OF EASTHAMPTON, together with an APPENDIX, containing a GENERAL HISTORY OF THE TOWN, from its first settlement. SAG HARBOR: 1850. 8vo, half morocco. gilt top and back, by PAWSON & NICHOLSON. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED BY THE INSERTION OF SIX PORTRAITS AND THREE VIEWS. VERY RARE.

4525 HERBERT (HENRY WILLIAM). FRANK FORESTER AND HIS FRIENDS; or, WOODLAND ADVENTURES in the MIDDLE STATES of NORTH AMERICA. ("Warwick Woodlands," "My Shooting Box," etc.) LONDON: 1849.

3 vols. 8vo, cloth, uncut. SCARCE.

4526 HILL (ALICE POLK). TALES OF THE COLORADO PIONEERS.

DENVER: 1884.

12mo, cloth, pp. 319. SCARCE.

4527 HILL (IRA). ANTIQUITIES OF AMERICA EXPLAINED. Town: Printed by William D. Bell, 1831.

HAGERS

12m0, sheep (broken at edges, some leaves water-stained), pp. 131. RARE.

4528 HOOD (GEORGE). A HISTORY OF MUSIC IN NEW ENGLAND: with biographical sketches of Reformers and Psalmists. BOSTON:

1846.

12mo, cloth, pp. 252. SCARCE.

4529 HONE (PHILIP). THE DIARY of PHILIP Hone, 1828-1851. Edited, with an introduction, by BAYARD TUCKERMAN. NEW YORK: 1889. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth. PORTRAIT.

4530 [HORSMANDEN (DANIEL).] A JOURNAL OF THE PRoceedings in the DETECTION OF THE CONSPIRACY formed by SOME WHITE PEOPLE, in Conjunction with NEGRO and other SLAVES, for BURNING THE CITY OF NEW YORK in AMERICA, And MURDERING THE INHABITANTS. . . . Containing, I. A Narrative of the Trials, Condemnations, Executions, and Behaviour of the several Criminals, at the Gallows and Stake, with their Speeches and Confessions; . . . II. An Appendix, wherein is set forth some additional Evidence concerning the said Conspiracy and Conspirators, which has come to Light since their Trials and Executions. III. Lists of the several Persons (Whites and Blacks) committed on Account of the Conspiracy: and of the several Criminals executed; and of those transported, with the places whereto. By the RECORDER of the CITY OF NEW YORK. NEW YORK: Printed by James Parker, at the new PrintingOffice, 1744.

4to, original calf, slightly foxed, but a GOOD COPY OF THIS EXCEEDINGLY RARE

WORK.

4531 HOWELL (GEORGE ROGERS). THE EARLY HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON, LONG ISLAND, N. Y., with GENEALOGIES. NEW YORK:

1866.

12mo, cloth, pp. 318. SCARCE.

4532 HOWELL (GEORGE ROGERS). THE EARLY HISTORY OF SOUTHAMPTON, LONG ISLAND, N. Y., with GENEALOGIES. Revised, corrected and enlarged. ALBANY: 1887.

8vo, in sheets, pp. 473.

4533 HUBBARD (REV. WILLIAM). A NARRATIVE OF THE INDIAN WARS in NEW ENGLAND, from the first planting thereof, in the year 1607, to the year 1677. BOSTON: 1775.

12mo, original sheep, pp. 288. Abridged from the edition of 1677.

4534 HUDSON (HENRY). DESCRIPTIO AC DELINEATIO GEOGRAPHICA DETECTIONIS FRETI. SIVE, FRANSITUS AD OCCASUM SUPRA TERRAS AMERICANAS, IN CHINAM ATQ, etc. AMSTERODAMI: Ex Officina, HESSELIJ GERARDI, Anno 1613.

4to, Second Latin Edition (Hessel Gerritsz, author and compiler), bound in full olive crushed levant morocco, richly-tooled gilt back and inside borders, gilt edges, by R. PETIT. 3 maps and 3 woodcuts. FINE COPY.

The account of the voyage of HENRY HUDSON in 1609, in which he discovered HUDSON RIVER, given in some copies of the first edition of this tract (1612), is here re-written and SOMEWHAT ENLARGED, and thus made the leading article of the tract.

4535 HUMPHREYS (DAVID). AN ESSAY on the LIFE of the Honorable Major-General ISRAEL PUTNAM, addressed to the State Society of the Cincinnati in CONNECTICUT. MIDDLETOWN, CONN.: Printed by Moses H. Woodward, for Hudson and Goodwin, Hartford, 1794. 12m0, sheep, pp. 168. SCARCE.

4536 HUNTINGTON (LONG ISLAND, N. Y.) TOWN RECORDS, including BABYLON, 1653-1688, with Introduction, Notes, and Index. By CHARLES R. STREET. Vol. I. HUNTINGTON: 1887. 8vo, cloth, pp. 578.

4537 HUTCHINSON (FRANCIS). AN HISTORICAL ESSAY CONCERNING WITCHCRAFT. With Observations upon Matters of Fact, etc. LonDON: 1720.

4538

8vo, handsomely bound in full tree calf, richly-tooled gilt back and borders, marbled edges, by HENderson and BiSSETT. Chapter V. is devoted to "THE WITCHCRAFTS AT SALEM, BOSTON, AND ANDOVER in New-England. FINE COPY.

NDIAN WARS OF NEW ENGLAND. THE PRESENT STATE OF NEW-ENGLAND, with respect to the INDIAN WAR. Wherein is an Account of the true Reason thereof, (as far as can be Judged by Men). Together with most of the Remarkable Passages that have happened from the 20th of June, till the 10th of November, 1675. Faithfully Composed by a Merchant of BOSTON, and Communicated to his Friend in LONDON. LONDON: Printed for DORMAN NEWMAN, 1676.

Also:

A CONTINUATION OF THE STATE OF NEW-ENGLAND: Being a Farther Account of the INDIAN WARR, and of the Engagement betwixt the Joynt Forces of the UNITED ENGLISH COLLONIES and the INDIANS, on the 19th of December, 1675. With the true Number of the Slain and Wounded, and the Transactions of the English Army since the

said Fight. With all other Passages that have there Hapned, from the 10th of November, 1675, to the 8th of February, 167. Together with an Account of the intended Rebellion of the Negroes in the Barbadoes. LONDON: Printed by T. M. for DORMAN NEWMAN, 1675. Also:

A NEW AND FURTHER NARRATIVE of the State of NEW-ENGLAND, being a Continued Account of the BLOUDY INDIAN-WAR, from March till August, 1676. Giving a Perfect Relation of the Several Devastations, Engagements, and Transactions there; As also the Great Successes Lately obtained against the Barbarous INDIANS, The Reducing of KING PHILIP, and the Killing of one of the Queens, &c. Together with a Catalogue of the Losses in the whole, sustained on either Side, since the said War began, as near as can be collected. LONDON: Printed by J. B. for DORMAN NEWMAN, 1676.

Also:

A TRUE ACCOUNT OF THE MOST CONSIDERABLE OCCURRENCES that have hapned in the WARRE between the ENGLISH and the INDIANS in NEW-ENGLAND, from the Fifth of May, 1676, to the Fourth of August last; as also of the Successes it hath pleased GOD to give the ENGLISH against them: As it hath been communicated by Letters to a Friend in LONDON. The most exact Account yet Printed. LONDON: Printed for BENJAMIN BILLINGSLEY at the Printing-Press in Cornhill, 1676.

4 parts in I vol. folio, bound in full crimson levant morocco, gilt back, and paneled sides, with corner ornaments, gilt top, by W. Pratt. THE FIRST THREE PARTS ARE UNCUT. At end of Part II. will be found the EXCEEDINGLY RARE SLIP OF ERRATA, WHICH IS ALMOST ALWAYS WANTING. IN PARTICULARLY CHOICE CONDITION,

4539 INDIANS. NEHIRO-IRINIUI Aiamihe MASSINAHIGAN, Shatshegutsh, Mitinekapitsh, Iskuamiskutsh, Netshekatsh, Misht', Assinitsh Shekutimitsh, Ekuanatsh, Ashuabmushuanitsh, Piakuagamitsh, Gaie missi missi nehiro-iriniui Astshitsh ka tatjits, ka kueiasku aiamihatjits ka utshi. UABISTIGUIATSH, Massinahitsetuau, (QUEBEC) Broun gaie

Girmor, 1767.

Small 8vo, original sheep binding, red edges. VERY FINE COPY.
EXTREMELY RARE. ONE OF THE EARLIEST PRODUCTIONS OF THE CANADIAN
PRESS, AND SUPPOSED TO BE THE SECOND BOOK PRINTED IN QUEBEC. It is a
PRAYER BOOK and CATECHISM in the DIALECT of the MONTAIGNAIS, and was prepared
for the INDIANS on the SAGUENAY and about LAKE ST. JOHN, by FATHER LA
BROSSE.

4540 INDIANS. THE WITCH OF NEW ENGLAND: a Romance. PHILADELPHIA: 1824.

12mo, half bound, pp. 217. RARE.

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