1698 Purry, Jean P. Memorial to Duke of Newcastle upon the Present Condition of Carolina, 1724 (trans. from the only known copy, with Preface by C. C. Jones, Jr.). 4to, paper, pp. 24. Augusta, 1880. $2.00 Only a limited edition privately printed for Col. Jones. 1699 Ramsay, David. Memoirs of the Life of Martha Laurens Ramsay of Charleston, with Diary, Letters and Private Papers. 16mo, calf, pp. 280. Bost., 1812. $2.00 1700 Simms, Wm. Gilmore. History of South Carolina from its Discovery to its erection into a Republic, with Supplement_bringing it down to the Present Time. 12mo, cloth, pp. 437. N. Y., 1860. $2.50 1701 South Carolina Historical Society. Collections of, vols. I to 3. 3 vols., 8vo, cloth. Charleston, 18579. $12.50 1702 The South Carolina Jockey Club (Racing from 1734, during the Revolution, etc.) 8vo, cloth, pp. 211. Charleston, 1857. $1.50 Patent and Several Other Necessary and Useful Particulars to Such as Have Thoughts of Transporting Themselves Thither. 4to, full polished calf, gilt. By Francis Bedford, Pp. 27. Lond., G. Larkin, 1682. $50.00 One of the earliest and rarest books relating to Carolina. Brinley sale, $77.50. 1706 Zeigler, W. G., and Grosscup, B. S. The Heart of the Alleghanies; or, Western North Carolina and Legends of Its Wilderness. Map and illustrations. 8vo, cloth, pp. 374. Raleigh, 1883. $1.50 ony of Colorado. Illust. 8vo, half roan, pp. 448. Greeley, 1890. $5.00 1713 Hayes, A. A., Jr. New Colorado and the Santa Fe Trail. Illust. 8vo, cloth. N. Y., 1880. $1.50 1714 Hill, Alice P. Tales of the Colorado Pioneers. 12mo, cloth, pp. 319. Denver, 1884. $1.25 1715 Hollister, Ovando J. The Mines of Colorado. Map. 12mo, cloth, pp. 450. Springfield, 1867. $1.00 1716 Morris, Maurice O'Connor. Rambles in the Rocky Mountains, with a Visit to the Gold Fields of Colorado. 12mo, cloth, pp. 264. Lond., 1864. $1.50 CONNECTICUT. 1717 Barber, John W. Connecticut Historical Collections, relating to the History and Antiquities of every Town. Map and 200 illustrations. 8vo, cloth, pp. 594. New Haven (1856). $6.00 1718 Barratt, J. Zoomorphic Sandstone of the Connecticut Basin. Folio, broadside (1859). $2.00 Very rare. "Privately printed for circulation among scientific friends." 1719 Beardsley, E. Edwards. The History of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut from the settlement of the Colony to the Death of Bishop Seabury. Plate. 2 vols., 8vo, cloth. N. Y., 1865-68. $3.50 1720 (Blue Laws.) The Code of 1650, being a compilation of the earliest laws and orders of the General Court of Connecticut: also, the Constitution, or Civil Compact, entered into and adopted by the Towns of Windsor, Hartford, and Wethersfield in 1638-9, with some extracts from the laws of New Haven Colony, commonly called Blue Laws. Curious woodcut of a "Constable seizing a tobacco taker." 12mo, boards. Hartford, 1822. $2.50 1722 Bowen, Clarence Winthrop. The Boundary Disputes of Connecticut. Portrait and facsimile maps and plans. 4to, cloth, pp. 90. Bost., 1882. $3.50 1723 Centennial Papers of General Conference of the Congregational Churches of Connecticut (including The Ministers of Connecticut in the Revolution, by Wm. C. Fowler). 8vo, cloth, pp. 214. Hartford, 1877. $1.00 1724 Colchester. Taintor, Chas. M. Extracts from the Records of Colchester, with Transcripts from the Recording of Michael Taintor of Brainford. 12mo, cloth, pp. 156. Hartford, 1864. $0.75 1725 Connecticut 1st Regt. Rathbun, Julius G. Trip of the First Regiment Conn. Nat. Guard to Yorktown and Charleston, 1881. Illust. 8vo, cloth, pp. 292. Hartford, 1882. $2.25 1726 Connecticut Hist. Soc. Collections, vol. 6. Hartford Town Votes, 1635-1716. 8vo, cloth, uncut, pp. 410. Hartford, 1897. $2.50 1727 Contributions to the Ecclesiastical History of Connecticut (Discourses and Hist. Papers, by Leonard Bacon, Joel Hawes, R. C. Learned and others). 8vo, cloth, pp. 563. New Haven, 1861. $2.50 1728 Danbury. Bailey, James Montgomery. History of Danbury, Conn., 1684-1896. From Notes and Manuscripts left by J. M. Bailey, compiled, with additions, by Susan Benedict Hill. Portraits and illustrations. 8vo, cloth, pp. 583. N. Y., 1896. $2.50 1729 Danbury. Robbins, Thos. A Century Sermon in which is ex hibited a View of the most remarkable Events in History of Danbury, with Revolutionary Reminiscences. 8vo, paper, pp. 32. Danbury, 1846. $2.00 1730 Deane, James. Ichnographs from the Sandstone of Connecticut River. Numerous plates. 4to, cloth, pp. 61. Bost., 1861. $3.50 1731 Everest, Chas. W. The Poets of Connecticut (from Roger Wolcott to George S. Burleigh), with Biographical Sketches. 8vo, cloth, pp. 468. Hartford, 1844. $1.50 1732 Field, David D. Centennial Addresses with Hist. Sketches of Cromwell, Portland, Chatham, Middle Haddam, Middletown, and its Parishes. 12mo, cloth, pp. 296. 1734 Goshen. Powers, Rev. Grant. An (Historical) Address delivered to the people of Goshen, Conn., at their first Centennial Celebration, Sept. 28, 1838. 8vo, paper, pp. 68. Hartford, 1839. $2.00 Scarce. Gives a valuable account of the town in 1745, the names of the occupants, where they lived, who they sold their houses to, etc. 1735 Greenwich. Mead, Daniel M. A History of the Town of Greenwich, Conn. (Troubles with the Indians, Items from 1665 to 1690, Genealogies of the Mead and Peck Families, etc.) 12mo, cloth, pp. 318. N. Y., 1857. $3.50 1736 Guilford. Smith, Ralph D. History of Guilford, Conn., from its First Settlement in 1639. From the manuscripts of Hon. R. D. Smith. (Views of the Old Stone House.) 8vo, cloth, pp. 219. Albany, 1877. $1.50 1737 Guilford. Proceedings at the Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the settlement of Guilford, Conn., Sept. 8, 9, and 10, 1889. Views. 8vo, cloth, pp. 289. New Haven, 1889. $1.75 1738 Hartford County. Trumbull, J. Hammond. The Memorial History of Hartford County, 1633-1884. 2 vols., thick 4to, cloth. Illust. $7.50 1739 Hartford. Diary (17371747) of Rev. Daniel Wadsworth, Seventh Pastor of the First Church of Christ in Hartford, with notes by the 14th Pastor (George Leon Walker). 8vo, cloth, uncut, pp. 149. Hartford, 1894. $2.00 Historical No1740 Hartford. tices of Connecticut. No. 1. Hartford in 1640. No. 2. Hartford and West Hartford; Original proprietors and settlers, original house lots and streets, settlers in Hartford from 1640 to 1700, etc., with genealogies. Two numbers (all published). 12mo, tinted paper covers. Hartford, 1842. 1745 (Hinman.) The Blue Laws of New Haven Colony, usually called Blue Laws of Connecticut, with Blue Laws of New York, Maryland, Virginia, etc., with Interesting Extracts from Conn. Records. 12mo, cloth, pp. 336. Hartford, 1838. $2.50 1746 Hollister, G. H. The History of Connecticut from First Settlement to the Adoption of the Present Constitution. Portraits. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth. N. H., 1855. $6.00 1747 Johnston, Alex. Connecticut. (American Commonwealth Series.) Map. 12mo, cloth, pp. 409. Bost., 1888. $0.75 1748 Journal of the Constitutional Convention of Connecticut, held at Hartford in 1818. 8vo, paper, pp. 121. Hartford, 1873. $1.00 1750 Nash, Fredk. H. Names and Ages of Ye Old Folks in Connecticut. 8vo, paper, pp. 52. N. H., 1884. $1.50 A valuable list of over 6,000 names arranged under towns. Comprises every person living over eighty years of age and biographies of twenty living centenarians. 1751 New Haven. Papers of the New Haven Colony Historical Society. (Bronson's Historical Account of Connecticut Currency, Notice of Early Pomologists in New Haven, Whitaker's Early History of Southold, L. I., Goodrich's Invasion of New Haven by the British Troops, Ancient Houses in New Haven, Inscriptions on Tombstones in New Haven prior to 1800, Gardner Morse's Recollections of New Haven between 1825 and 1837, Early History of Long Island Sound by Capt. Chas. H. Townshend, etc.) 6 vols. 8vo, cloth. New Haven, 18651900. $20.00 Complete set. 1752 New Haven. Bacon, Leonard. Thirteen Historical Discourses on the Completion of 200 Years from the Beginning of the First Church in New Haven. Portraits. 8vo, cloth, $2.00 pp. 400. N. H., 1839. 1753 New Haven. Dexter, Franklin B. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College, with Annals of College History. 1701-45. Royal 8vo, cloth, pp. 787. N. Y., 1885. $3.00 1754 New Haven. Kingsley, Jas. L. A Historical Discourse delivered by request before the Citizens of New Haven, April 25, 1838. The 200th Anniversary of the First Settlement of the Town and Colony with historical notes. 8vo, boards, pp. 115. New Haven, 1838. $1.50 1755 New Haven. Yale College. Life of Ezra Stiles, President of 1759 Norfolk. A Brief History of the Town of Norfolk from 1738 to 1844 and a summary of events and transactions from its first settlement chronologically arranged. Faithfully collected from the public records and other correct documents. By Auren Roys. 8vo, half roan, pp. 89. N. Y., 1847. $5.00 1760 Norwich. Gilman, Danl. C. Historical Discourse delivered in Norwich, Conn., Sept. 7, 1859, at the Bi-Centennial Celebration of the settlement of the town. Historical notes on the Indian Deed of Norwich, Early Indian History, etc. 8vo, paper, pp. 128. Boston, 1859. $2.00 This second edition with additional notes was intended for private distribution. 1761 Norwalk. Hall, Edwin. The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk (with Genealogical Register). Plans. 12mo, cloth, pp. 320. Norwalk, 1847. $5.00 1762 Norwich. Stedman, John W. The Norwich Jubilee. The 200th Anniversary of the Settlement of the Town, with Historical Documents, Map and Illust. 8vo, half calf, pp. 304. Norwich, 1859. $1.50 1763 Oxford. Sharpe, W. C. History of Oxford. Part First. Church Records, Births, Marriages, Deaths, etc. 8vo, paper, pp. 84. Seymour, Conn., 1885. $2.50 Valuable for the genealogist. 1764 Peters, Samuel. General History of Connecticut from Its First Settlement, with Many Curious and Interesting Anecdotes. With notes, etc., by Saml. J. McCormick. 12mo, cloth, pp. 285. N. Y., 1877. $1.50 1765 Phelps, Richard A. History of Newgate of Connecticut at Simsbury. Its Insurrections and Massacres, the Imprisonment of the Tories and the Working of its Mines. 4to, half mor. Albany, 1860. $5.00 Large paper copy. Laid in is a photo and interesting letter from author to publisher in reference to the work. 1766 Redding. Todd, Chas. B. History of Redding, with Notes on Genealogy of Redding Families. Portrait. 8vo, cloth, pp. 248. N. Y., 1880. $3.00 1767 Sanford, Elias B. History of Connecticut. Map. 12mo, cloth, pp. 381. Hartford, 1887. $1.50 1768 Simsbury, Granby and Canton. History of, from 1642 to 1845, by Noah A. Phelps (with a genealogical register of Marriages, Births, and Deaths in the families of the first settlers, Philip's War, History of the Massacoe Indians, Newgate Prison, etc.). 8vo, original yellow paper covers, pp. 176. Hartford, 1845. $3.00 |