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An Officer Accompanying Commodore Perry Sketch of the River Tabasco from Devil's Bend to St. Juan Battista Shewing the Landing and March of Commre Perry's Forces, June 16th 1847
Unlisted 1847 Map Very Good
Uncommon Mexican War Map showing the Second Battle of Tabasco, also known as the Battle of Villahermosa, which was part of the campaign to close Mexican Gulf ports. Publisher unknown, but probably contemporary. The map is described in the Whig and Advertiser of 16 July 1847, "By this arrival we have the result of Com. Perry’s second expedition against Tabasco. This time he was entirely successful. We have a letter from a gallant officer, enclosing to us a sketch of the river Tabasco from Devil’s Bend, so called, to the city, showing the landing and march of Com. Perry’s force, which consisted of eleven hundred seamen and marines and ten field pieces. An account of the expedition by an accomplished surgeon in the navy, which accompanied the map, has failed to reach us as yet. But the map almost tells the story. The town was taken on the 16th of June. The expedition anchored in a very sharp turn of the river called the Devil’s bend, and was fired into from an ambuscade. A little higher up the landing of Com. Perry is marked upon the left or north bank of the river. The route from this point which the commodore pursued is traced on the map up to Fort Iturbide, which is a short distance below the city. The fort was manned by 200 regulars under Gen. Echagaray, commandant general of the State. The point is marked on the map where Bruno’s Civicos fired into the commodore’s steamer from an ambuscade this is below the Devil’s Turn. The next point of interest is the breast work where Lieut. May was wounded. So far our map tells us the story; the rest requires but few words: the forts which defend the town yielded to the guns of the fleet, before the land expedition could get into action. The enemy stood but one discharge of artillery. Lieut. May, it is said, had his harm broken and one other officer was wounded. A sufficient force was left behind to hold the town, and the commodore returned to the station off Anton Lizardo on the 29th ult." Map size - 7"x10". Leaf size - 8"x11". Clean with some folds. Tiny closed margin tear at top and large pinhole in upper left corner.
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Baumgartner, C. Plat of a Part of the Town of Fort Pickerring . . . For Use of the Commissioners Appointed to Survey the Harbor of Memphis
Probably the Department of the Navy 1843 Map Very Good
Map showing the proposed location and layout for the soon to be constructed Memphis Navy Yard. Print size - 22"x10". Leaf size - 23.5"x 12.5". The short-lived yard was created largely as political pork project to mollify Southerners and Westerners who saw little regional benefit in the maintenance of a strong naval force. For more information see, "A Naval Depot and Dockyard on the Western Waters: The Rise and Fall of the Memphis Naval Yard, 1844-1854" by Stanley J. Adamiak in The Internation Journal of Naval History, Vol 1, No. 1, April 2002. Left margin is a little narrow. Clean with some light toning. Several squared folds, so probably from a book or monograph.
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Capt. L. Rousseau, Commr H. A. Adams, and Lieut. S. Johnston Survey of the Harbor of Memphis. Tenn.
Secreetary of the Navy 1843 Map Very Good
"Made in obedience to an order from the Secretary of the Navy. Print size - 15"x10.5". Leaf size - 16"x 12". Mississippi River harbor survey in preparation for the construction of the Memphis Navy Yard. The short-lived yard was created largely as political pork project to mollify Southerners and Westerners who saw little regional benefit in the maintenance of a strong naval force. For more information see, "A Naval Depot and Dockyard on the Western Waters: The Rise and Fall of the Memphis Naval Yard, 1844-1854" by Stanley J. Adamiak in The Internation Journal of Naval History, Vol 1, No. 1, April 2002. Ample margins. Clean with some mlight toning. Several squared folds, so probably from a book or monograph.
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Carte De Visite Commodore John R. Goldsborough - Carte De Visite
Boston J.H. Buford Unbound Good
Commodore Goldsborough commanded several ships during the Civil War (Union, Florida, and Colorado). He was involved in the coastal blockade, initiating the blockade of Savannah and supporting General Burnside's exepedition at Annapolis. He captured the Confederate ships F.W. Johnson, Hallie Jackson, and Amelia, and, according to some sources, sank the Confederate schooner, York. This card appears to be a lithograph based on a Matthew Brady photo. It mistakenly shows his middle initial as M. Card has some edgewear including clipped corners.
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Carte De Visite General Lovell H. Rousseau - Carte De Visite
Philadelphia Wenderoth & Taylor Unbound Very Good
General Rousseau was the commander of the 5th Kentucky Volunteers where he won accolades for his combat leadership at the Battle of Shiloh. He also commanded during the Battles of Chickamauga and Murfreesboro (Stones River). He was elected to Congress following the war and achieved a degree of notoriety for caning a fellow Congressman, Josiah B. Grinnell, who wrongly disparaged Rousseau's military leadership and courage while simultaneously insulting the entire state of Kentucky. Upon his departure from Congress in1867, Rousseau was reappointed as a General in the Army and sent to Alaska to supervise its annexation from Russia. Some minor soiling and wear.
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Cohan, George M. Over There
New York Leo Feist 1917 Sheet Music Very Good
Nice copy of an early printing without the French lyrics. Cover shows J.M. Reilly, a sailor from the U.S.S. Wisconsin. Some edgewear with a few small closed tears. See accompanying scanned image.
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Heine, Wilhelm (William) Public Bath at Simoda - Print
Philadelphia P.S. Duval and Co. 1854 Print Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Heine, Wilhelm (William)
Very scarce censored print from Commodore Perry's official report of his expedition to Japan. The naked coed bathers were deemed to risque for general publication. Several volumes, the exact number is unknown, were released with the print, although it was not included in the list of illustrations. Good strike with nice detail. Ample margins for framing. Some toning at edges of the leaf.
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Marcel, P. Admiral Dewey's Grand Triumphal March - Sheet Music
Boston F. Trifet Publisher 1898 First Edition Sheet Music Very Good - Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
March. Cover illustration features a portrait photo of Admiral Dewey. This music was published in eary June of 1898, one month's after Dewey's resounding victory over the Spanish fleet at Manila Bay. Minor wear and soiling; front cover has a 4" closed tear.
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Niles, Hezekiah (editor) The Weekly Register - 17 Oct 1812
Baltimore, Maryland Niles, Hezekiah 1812 Newspaper Very Good
Vol 3, No 7. 16 page newspaper. Niles published his Weekly Register for over 35 years, and it was the most widely read news magazine of its day. It's focus was national and primarily political in nature. Today, copies are considered to be valuable sources of historical information. Hightlights of this issue are news from the War of 1812 (Decatur and the Wasp's capture of the Guerriere, General Harrison's rallying of forces following the US defeat at Detroit, and a list of captured prize enemy vessels). From a bound collection. Clean pages. See accompanying scanned image.
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Norris, George W. Letter from Dr. George W. Norris, Surgeon to the Pennsylvania Hospital and Vice-President of the College of Physicians to Dr. George Clymer, Naval Surgeon Aboard the U.S.S. Cyane at Norfolk, Virginia
Philadelphia 1841 Letter Very Good
Autograph letter signed by Norris to Clymer (the son of a founding father who had signed both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution) introducing Robert Stevenson, who Norris had engaged to serve as Clymer's assistant aboard the Cyane. In addition to praising Stevenson's character and confirming his competency "to put up medicines, bleed, & cup" while serving for three years as a nurse at the Frankfod Asylum for the Insane, which is still an accredited psychiatric hospital (the Friends Hospital) today, Norris also informs Clymer that Stevenson will be delivering a "vaccine scab . . . taken from a healthy child." During the past year an epidemic of small pox had occurred in Philadelphia, and patients at most institutions had been revaccinated. When vaccine lymph, that is vaccinia virus collected from inoculated calves, was in short supply, dried human vaccine scabs were used to provide material for inoculations. Apparently, small pox was a concern on the Cyane as it prepared to depart Norfolk, Virginia, for duty with the Pacific Squadron. The following year, in response to false rumors that the U.S. and Mexico were at war, the Cyane along with two other American ships sailed into Monterey Bay and demanded the garrison surrender in an embarrassing diplomatic blunder. A blue circular Philadelphia postmark is on the reverse of the letter along with Dr. Clymer's shipboard address.
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Parker, Hiram, Jr., U.S. Navy Engineer Naval Letter of 3 Jan 1868 from Hiram Parker, Jr., 1st Assistant Engineer on the U.S.S. Dacotah, harbored at Valparaiso, Chile to Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Includes the mailing envelope franked with a 10c stamp (Scott #68); circular "Steamship" Postmark
Valpariso, Chile 1868 Letter Very Good
4-page letter, written on 3 Jan 1868 while the Dacotah was stationed at Valparaiso to protect U.S. interests following the Chincha Islands War between Spain and her former colonies of Peru and Chile. The letter includes Parker's confession that although he enjoys the climate in Chile far more than home and celebrates that in Chile "sickness of any kind is a rare thing," nothing appeals to him as much as his home. He jokingly bemoans the fact that Santa Claus did not pay a visit on Christmas Eve and that he received no packages, although he thoroughly enjoyed an evening service and a church picnic the next afternoon on Christmas Day. He explains that as part of refitting the ship, his current project is to replace boiler tubes and overhaul all the machinery before he and his shipmates are relieved of their duties and replaced by a new crew, which he hopes will happen in a month or two.
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Perry, Commodore Matthew C. Lot of 15 Maps from Perry's Narrative of the Expedition of the American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Performed 1852, 53, 54
Washington AOP Nicholson 1856 Map Very Good
Lot of fifteen maps from Perry's classic record of his voyage to Japan. Maps include: 1) Chart of the World Showing the Track of the [Squadron]; 2) Chart of the Coast of China and Japan; 3) Map of the Japan Islands; 4) Western Shore of the Bay of Yedo [Tokyo]; 5) Gulf and Bay of Yedo [Tokyo]; 6) Simoda Harbor, Isle of Nippon; 7) Endermo Harbor, Island of Jesso; 8) Harbor of Hakodadi, Yenso in Japan; 9) Coffin Islands; 10) Shan Bay, Lew Chew [Okinawa]; 11) Lew Chew [Okinawa], Tubootch and Suco Harbors; 12) Island of Lew Chew [Okinawa]; 13) Harbor at Napha, Lew Chew (Okinawa); 14) Formosa, Kee Lung Harbor; 15) Lew Chew [Okinawa] Deep Bay. All maps are complete and folded as they were in the books. All have old tissue and archival tape repairs and reinforcement to fold splits on the reverse. I will consider selling individual maps from this lots. Bookseller
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Postcard Du Pont Powder Wagon Carry Powder to Commodore Perry in 1813
N/A Unbound Pyle, Howard
Reproduction of Howard Pyle's last important painting. Done to commemorate the centennial of Commodore Perry's Lake Erie victory that was the deciding blow to British hopes of victory during the War of 1812. Advertising postcard depicts the transport of Du Pont gun powder from Wilmington, Delaware to Perry at Erie, Pennsylvania. Unused.
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Symmes, Frank J., U.S. Navy Engineer Naval Letter from Frank Symmes, a Third Assistant Engineer aboard the U.S.S. Dacotah, which was then harbored at Valparaiso, Chile, to Hiram Parker, Jr. a U.S. Navy First Assistant Engineer, who had recently detached from the vessel.
Valpariso, Chile 1868 Letter Very Good
Eight-page letter, written on 29 Oct 1868 while the Dacotah was stationed at Valpariso to protect U.S. interests following the Chincha Islands War between Spain and her former colonies of Peru and Chile. The letter relates Symmes respect, admiration, and affection for Parker. Content includes some short discussions of former shipmates, learning Spanish, overhauling the ship's engines, cleaning and repainting the engines to look "quite stunning," painting the masts and spars a "straw-color [that] gives the ship quite a different appearance, hoping to sail to "the Islands," and fearing a transfer to the Powhattan, Admiral Dahlgren's flagship of the Pacific Squadron.
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Transcribed By A. F. Warburton, Court Stenographer Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the Unied States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York: Hon. Judges Nelson and Shipman, Presiding
New York Baker & Godwin 1862 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good No Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Tight binding with neatly mended front hinge. Clean pages with some light edge wear. Owner information on front endpapers. Original cover shows some wear, heaviest at spine ends. Title lettering is legible. Complete transcript of the trial of the captain and crew of the privateer, Savannah. The Savannah was the first privateer to sail from Charleston Harbor on 2 June 1861 under a letter of marque and reprisal, which was specifically authorized by the Confederate Constituion. The following day, the ship captured the brig, Joseph, becoming the first privateer to take a prize. Later that day, the ship's captain mistook a heavily armed Union brig for merchant vessel and, after a running gun battle, was forced to surrender. He and the crew were placed in irons and transported to New York to stand trial for piracy. The trial attracted major attention throughout the country as many, including Northerners fervently believed the men should be treated prisoners of war rather than pirates. As the trial progressed, the Confederate government became more outraged, vowing that it if the crew were executed, it was execute a like number of Union prisoners. The jury could not reach a verdict, and the men were returned to prison to await a second trial, which never came as the federal government changed its mind and decided to treat them as prisoners of war. All were eventually released as part of a prisoner exchange.
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Unlisted Order of Battle and Plan of Attack: Nov 7th 1861 [The Battle of Port Royal)
Unlisted 1861 Map Very Good
Uncommon Civil War map showing the Battle of Port Royal. Publisher unknown, but probably contemporary. The Battle of Port Royal was one of the earliest amphibious operations of the American Civil War, in which a United States Navy fleet and United States Army expeditionary force captured Port Royal Sound, South Carolina, between Savannah, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina, on November 7, 1861. The sound was guarded by two forts on opposite sides of the entrance, Fort Walker on Hilton Head Island to the south and Fort Beauregard on Phillip's Island to the north. Map size - 7.75"x9". Leaf size - 9"x10.5". Clean with some folds; probably from a book. Very short closed tear at right margin; small piece of tape on reverse.
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Unlisted Plan of Gateway, Guard and Muster House, Navy Yard, Memphis, Tenn.
Probably the Department of the Navy 1848 Map Very Good
Dated October 1st 1848. Print size - 10"x7". Leaf size - 11"x 9". Architectural plan for one building at the Memphis Navy Yard. The short-lived yard was created largely as political pork project to mollify Southerners and Westerners who saw little regional benefit in the maintenance of a strong naval force. For more information see, "A Naval Depot and Dockyard on the Western Waters: The Rise and Fall of the Memphis Naval Yard, 1844-1854" by Stanley J. Adamiak in The Internation Journal of Naval History, Vol 1, No. 1, April 2002. Ample margins. Clean with some minor toning. Two parallel vertical folds, so probably from a book or monograph.
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