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1820-1830s PRIVATE BINDING Speeches Webster Ithac

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Bound in three quarter leather with marbled boards, this antique volume is a unique collection of political speeches, assembled in a private binding. As was a popular pursuit of the day, an individual commissioned a bindery to create this unique collection, bound in a specific order and trimmed where needed to create a cohesive look to the volume. The included texts were most often originally published in wraps and were ensured a longer life through this process. This particular private binding volume contains dozens of original 19th-century printings of important landmark public addresses. The speeches and other messages were delivered by prominent American statesmen, educators and thinkers. The individual titles included in this volume are:

• A Sketch of the Life and Public Services of William Henry Harrison. Commander in Chief of the North Western Army, During the War of 1812, & c by Unnamed author - Dated 1836 by Harper & Brothers
• Speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster, in the Senate of the United States, on the President's Veto of the Bank Bill, July 11, 1832 -No date provided by uncredited publisher - Pages show water markings throughout
• An Account of the Trial of Luther Myrick, Before the Oneida Presbytery by J. Root - Dated 1834 by J. P. Patterson (Syracuse) - Title page contains a handwritten comment at the bottom
• Mr. Webster's Speech on the President's Protest Delivered in the Senate of the United States, May 7, 1834 - Dated 1834 by Gales and Seaton (Washington)
• An Appeal to the People of the State of New York, in Favor of the Construction of the Chenango Canal: With Statements and Documents to Prove the Claim of That Part of the State for This Improvement; and Arguments on the Subject of the Supply of Water, Cost of Construction, and Revenue by Col. R. Towes - Dated 1830 by Dauby & Maynard, Printers (Utica)
• An Act Directing the Manner of Choosing Electors of President and Vice-President, Passed April 15, 1829; with Poems for Carrying the Same into Effect, Prepared by the Secretary of State in Obediance to Chapter 249, of the Session Laws of 1832, Together with the Act to Divide the State into Congressional Districts, Passed June 29, 1832 - Dated 1832 by Croswell, Van Bethuysen and Burt (Albany)
• Report on the Objects and Modes of Sunday School Instruction made to the Sunday School Teachers' Convention at Philadelphia, May 22, 1833 by James W. Weir - Dated 1833 for Gratuitous Distribution (Philadelphia)
• Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the Second Session of the Twenty-Fifth Congress - Dated 1837 by Madisonian Office (Washington)- Only title page is present
• New Justices' Act: An Act for the Better and More Speedy Recovery of Debts, of the Value of Fifty Dollars. Passed April 12, 1824 - Dated 1824 by Spencer & Stockton (Ithaca) - There are some pencil markings on the title page
• An Act To Abolish Imprisonment for Debt, and To Punish Fraudulent Debtors Passed April 26, 1831 (State of New York) - Dated 1831 by Croswell and Van Benthuysen (Albany) - "Published in Pursuance of the 48th Section of Said Act"
• A Discourse on the Death of the Rev. Dr. Adam Clarke, Delivered in Green-Street Church, in the City of New York, On the Evening of October 30, 1832 by Nathan Bangs, D.D. - Dated 1832 by B. Waugh and T. Mason for the Methodist Episcopal Church - "Published at the Request of the Congregation Who Heard It"
• A Critical Review of the Orthography of Dr. Webster's Series of Books for Systematick Instruction in the English Language; Including His Former Spelling-Book, and the Elementary Spelling-Book, Compiled by Aaron Ely, and Published under the Name of Noah Webster, LL. D. by Lyman Cobb - Dated 1831 by Collins & Hannay
• The Two Letters of the Hon. Richard Rush, of Pennsylvania, on the Subject of Free Masonry; and the New Berlin Trial, Embracing Judicial Evidence of the Masonic Obligations - Dated 1831 by William Williams (Utica)
• Revised Statute, Chapter X. Part I Relating to the Militia, and Public Defence, Passed December 3, 1827, Including the Act to Amend the Same, Passed at the 58th Session of the Legislature of the State of New York, May 11, 1835 - Dated 1835 by E. Croswell (Albany)
• Future Rewards and Punishments. The Substance of a Discourse, Delivered Before the New-England Conference of Methodist Ministers, Providence, June 17, 1823 by Rev. Wilbur Fisk, A. M. - Dated 1825 by N. Bangs and J. Emory
• (Missing portion of title) of Dr. John C. Williams to Maj. Seth Barton - Dated 1836 by McKean & Co.

The volume shows external age/wear. Rear board has random newspaper clippings pasted to it. The textblock is intact, solidly bound with pages that show occasional foxing. The book measures approximately 5.5" x8.25 ". Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $4.50

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