Seventeen (17) historical American publications, including early Tennessee imprints, Civil War era Ohio Loyal Publications and Public Acts of The State of Tennessee imprints, House of Representatives imprints, railroad annual reports, almanacs, Smithsonian Institution annual reports, and more. 1st item: Acts Passed at the First Session of the Sixth General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, printed by John B. Hood and Company, Knoxville, 1805. Paperback octavo leaflet, 90 pages. Ink inscription reading "No. 658" to front cover. 7 7/8" H x 4 7/8" W x 1/4" D. 2nd item: A Series of Short Essays on Baptism by D. Hoyt, printed at the "Intelligencer" Office, Maryville, TN, 1833. Paperback octavo, 36 pages. Ink inscriptions, including one reading "No. 656" to front cover. 8 3/4" H x 5 1/4" W x 1/16" D. 3rd item: Governor's Message, to the General Assembly, of the State of Tennessee, Delivered November 8, 1847, printed by W. F. Bang and Company Banner Office, Nashville, 1847. Paperback octavo leaflet, 23 pages. Ink inscriptions, including one reading "No. 692" to front cover. 9 3/4" H x 6 1/2" W x 1/8" D. 4th item: Public Acts of The State of Tennessee, Passed at the Extra Session of the Thirty-Third General Assembly, April 1861, printed by J.O. Griffith & Co., Nashville, 1861. Hardcover octavo, 97 pages. Paper label reading "40" to front cover. 8 7/8" H x 5 7/8" W x 1/2" D. 5th item: Loyal Publications of National Union Association of Ohio, No. 3, Dayton Speech of Hon. John Brough. President Lincoln's Response Relative to the Arrest of Vallandigham, printed by Moore, Wilstach, Keys and Company, Cincinnati, 1863. Paperback octavo leaflet, 31 pages. Ink inscription reading "No. 681" to front cover. 9 1/4" H x 6" W x 1/8" D. 6th item: Partial The Punishment of Treason. Speech of Hon. Horace Maynard of Tennessee, delivered in the House of Representatives, May 23, 1862. Paperback octavo, 8 uncut pages. 9 5/8" H x 6 1/4" W. 7th item: Speech of Hon. WM. J. Bryan of Nebraska in the House of Representatives, Wednesday, August 16, 1893. Paperback octavo, 29 pages. Ink inscription reading "No. 699" to front cover. 9" H x 5 3/4" W x 1/8" D. 8th item: Speech of Hon. Nelson Dingley, Jr., of Maine, in the House of Representatives February 5, 1896. Paperback octavo, 20 pages. Ink inscription reading "No. 702" to front cover. 9 1/8" H x 5 7/8" W x 1/16" D. 9th item: Section of six (6) pages from a House of Representatives publication, dated July 29, 1856. 10" H x 6 1/8" W. 10th item: Fourth Annual Report of the President and Directors to the Stockholders of the East TENN. and VA. Rail Road Co., November 24, 1853, printed at the Rail Road Journal Office, Jonesborough, 1853. Paperback octavo, 16 pages. Ink inscription reading "No. 668" to front cover. 9 3/4" H x 6" W x 1/16" D. 11th item: An Act to To incorporate the East Tennessee and Virginia Rail Road Company, 1853. Paperback octavo, 10 pages. Ink inscription reading "No. 699" to front cover. 9 7/8" H x 5 7/8" W. 12th item: History of the United States, from their First Settlement as Colonies, to the Cession of Florida, in Eighteen Hundred and Twenty-One, Third Edition, by William Grimshaw, printed by Lydia R. Bailey, 1822. Hardcover 12mo, 308 pages. 7 3/8" H x 4 3/4" W x 1 1/4" D. 13th item: A History of the United States of America, Fifth Edition, by Rev. Charles A. Goodrich, printed for and sold by Stephen P. Norton, Lexington, 1827. Hardcover 32mo, 298 pages. Ink inscription reading "No. 579" to interior of front cover, Taylor Family inscription dated June 1902 to front end paper. 5 5/8" H x 3 3/4" W x 5/8" D. 14th-15th items: The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge, for the Year 1845 and 1846, published by James Munroe and Company, Boston, 1844 and 1845. Paperback octavos, 671 total pages. Both approximately 8 1/2" H x 5 1/4" W x 7/8" D. 16th item: Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1883-'84, by J.W. Powell, Director, printed by the Washington Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1887. Hardcover octavo, 564 pages plus 2 fold out maps. 11 3/4" H x 8 1/4" W x 2" D. 17th item: Tenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1888-'89, by J.W. Powell, Director, printed by the Washington Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1893. Hardcover octavo, 822 pages. 11 3/4" H x 8 1/4" W x 2 3/4" D. Provenance: Estate of Anne Harrison Taylor & Joseph F. Taylor , Morristown, TN. Note: The numeral ink inscriptions on several of the items likely refers to an inventory list created by Joseph Feamster Taylor (1892-1965) of Whitesburg, TN, son of Franklin Walter Taylor (1854-1919), grandson of Franklin William Taylor (1810-1897), great grandson of Lieutenant William Graham (1786-1857, served circa 1807-1815 in the Sixth Regiment in the Tennessee State Militia), and father of Joseph Franklin Taylor (1934-2015).

All books with wear, surface stains to covers, areas of loss/tears/cracking to leather covers, corners bumped. Pages with toning, acid burn, tears, foxing spots, staining, fraying, to be expected from age. Several with pencil or ink inscriptions from previous owners. 17th item: Pages nearly separated from spine.