Sep 28, 2023 - Sale 2646

Sale 2646 - Lot 115

Price Realized: $ 812
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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(CIVIL WAR--MARYLAND.) Group of pamphlets relating to the Baltimore Riot and subsequent occupation. 6 items, 8vo in various binding and conditions. Various places, 1861-1865
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"Report of the Committee on Federal Relations in Regard to the Calling of a Sovereign Convention." 22 pages; contemporary wrappers, minimal wear. Frederick, MD: House of Delegates, 9 May 1861.

"Communication from the Mayor of Baltimore, with the Mayor and Board of Police of Baltimore City." 8 pages on 2 unbound folding sheets; worn and foxed with loss of 2 page numbers. Frederick, MD: House of Delegates, 10 May 1861.

"Reports and Resolutions of the Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Delegates of Maryland, upon the Reports and Memorials of the Police Commissioners and the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore." 26 pages; disbound, worn with moderate dampstaining. Frederick, MD: House of Delegates, 5 August 1861.

"Proceedings in the Legislature of Massachusetts, upon the Act of the State of Maryland Appropriating Seven Thousand Dollars for the Families of those . . . Killed or Disabled by Wounds Received in the Riot at Baltimore." 15 pages; original printed wrappers, moderate wear. Boston, 1862.

Governor John A. Andrew. "An Address on the Occasion of Dedicating the Monument to Ladd and Whitney." 31 pages, original printed wrappers, minor wear, early signature on front wrapper. Boston, 1865.

Joel Parker. "Habeas Corpus, and Martial Law. A Review of the Opinion of Chief Justice Taney in the Case of John Merryman." 58 pages; original printed wrappers, light foxing and minimal wear; author's inscription on front wrapper. Cambridge, MA, 1861.

Provenance: collection of Arthur G. "Gil" Barrett.