(MINNESOTA) [Ramsey Alexander] Discours du Gouverneur du Ter

Sale 2310 - Lot 187

Price Realized: $ 780

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Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800

VERY EARLY MINNESOTA IMPRINT (MINNESOTA.) [Ramsey, Alexander.] Discours du Gouverneur du Territoire de Minnesota. 14 pages. 8vo, stitched; minor dampstaining, minor soiling; unopened. St. Paul, MN: James M. Goodhue, 1849

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One of the very first Minnesota imprints. 1849 was the first year of printing in the new territory. Other than newspapers and broadsides, only 10 pamphlets were produced, none of them bearing dates any earlier than 1 September 1849. This speech was delivered on 4 September. Only two other 1849 Minnesota imprints have appeared at auction since 1980. Check-List of Minnesota Imprints 9; 2 copies in WorldCat. with--two other early Minnesota items: Botschaft des Gouverneurs von Minnesota an die Gesetzgebende Versammlung. [St. Louis, MO, 1853] Sketch of St. Anthony and Minneapolis, Minnesota Territory. Illustrated, in original printed wrappers; front wrapper and frontispiece torn. St. Anthony, MN: William Wales, 1857.