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Jay T. Snider Collection
Bloomsbury Auctions is proud to announce for sale the collection of Jay T. Snider, featuring the history of Philadelphia and important Americana. This unique collection is comprised of a combination of text and iconography representing the growth and development of the City of Brotherly Love. The sale includes impressive colonial material, important revolutionary and federal period items and a wealth of 19th century graphic representations. Also featured in this collection are the two famous printers, William Bradford and Benjamin Franklin, along with 17th and 18th century important manuscripts relating to the Logan, Norris and Dickinson families.
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![[TRENCHARD, James?]. To the Patrons of the Columb: [TRENCHARD, James?]. To the Patrons of the Columbian Magazine this Map of Pennsylvania is Dedicated.[Philadelphia: 1788]. Engraved map (310 x 540 mm). References in the lower right corner, scale of](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/839/17444/5912369_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1226588954)
![U.S. CONSTITUTION, Bill of Rights. The Pennsylvan: U.S. CONSTITUTION, Bill of Rights. The Pennsylvania Packet, and Daily Advertiser... [No. 3333]Philadelphia: John Dunlap and David C. Claypoole, 6 October 1789. 4 pp., bifolium (475 x 295 mm). Text](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/839/17444/5912370_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1226588954)



![(PENN, William) - J[ean] MARSILLAC. La Vie de Gu: (PENN, William) - J[ean] MARSILLAC. La Vie de Guillaume Penn, fondateur de la Pensylvanie.Paris: De l'impremie du Cercle Social, 1791. 2 volumes in 1, 8vo (195 x 120 mm). Contemporary French](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/839/17444/5912374_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1226588954)
![DIRECTORY - Clement BIDDLE (compiler). The Philad: DIRECTORY - Clement BIDDLE (compiler). The Philadelphia Directory.Philadelphia: James & Johnson, 1791. xviii, [2], 187, [1] pp., 8vo (192 x 120 mm). Blanks bound into the rear at a contemporary](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/839/17444/5912375_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1226588954)
![ADLUM, John; and John WALLIS. A Map exhibiting a: ADLUM, John; and John WALLIS. A Map exhibiting a General View of the Roads and Inland Navigation of Pennsylvania, and part of the adjacent states.[Philadelphia: c. 1792]. Engraved map, hand-colored](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/839/17444/5912376_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1226588954)

![LOGANIAN LIBRARY. Partly-printed notice announcin: LOGANIAN LIBRARY. Partly-printed notice announcing a meeting of the trustees of the Loganian Library, accomplished and signed by James Logan, Jr. [Philadelphia]: Printed by Zachariah Poulson,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/839/17444/5912378_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1226588954)

![[JONES, Absalom; and Richard ADAMS.] A Narrative: [JONES, Absalom; and Richard ADAMS.] A Narrative of the Proceedings of the Black People, during the late Awful Calamity in Philadelphia, in the year 1793: and a Refutation of some Censures, Thrown](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/839/17444/5912380_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1226588954)
![HOWELL, Reading (after) - Joseph T. SCOTT. A Map: HOWELL, Reading (after) - Joseph T. SCOTT. A Map of the State of Pennsylvania from Mr. Howell's large Map. Philadelphia: [Matthew Carey?], c. 1794. Map engraved by Joseph T. Scott (310 x 510 mm).](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/839/17444/5912381_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1226588954)


![MEREDITH, William. Autograph letter signed from a: MEREDITH, William. Autograph letter signed from a soldier in the Pennsylvania militia sent to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion insurrectionists."Camp near Carlisle [PA]": 7 October 1794. 3 pp., folded](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/839/17444/5912384_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1226588954)


![FIRST TROOP PHILADELPHIA CITY CAVALRY. Bye-Laws o: FIRST TROOP PHILADELPHIA CITY CAVALRY. Bye-Laws of the First Troop of Philadelphia Cavalry [caption title].[Philadelphia: c. 1795-96]. 12 pp., 12mo (160 x 100 mm). Two contemporary manuscript](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/839/17444/5912387_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1226588954)
![[SMITH, William; and Robert MORRIS]. An Historica: [SMITH, William; and Robert MORRIS]. An Historical Account of the Rise, Progress and Present State of the Canal Navigation in Pennsylvania. With an Appendix, containing, Abstracts of the Acts of the](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/839/17444/5912388_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1226588954)

![HOLLAND, John Joseph. View of the City of Philade: HOLLAND, John Joseph. View of the City of Philadelphia.N.p. [but Philadelphia?]: c. 1796. Etching by Gilbert Fox, hand-colored (460 x 575 mm). On paper watermarked "1794 J. Whatman." Condition:](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/839/17444/5912390_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1226588954)
![DIRECTORY - Thomas STEPHENS (compiler). Stephens': DIRECTORY - Thomas STEPHENS (compiler). Stephens's Philadelphia Directory For 1796.Philadelphia: Thomas Stephens, [1796]. 20, 286; [2], 69, [1], [2] pp., 12mo (150 x 76 mm). Engraved folding map.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/839/17444/5912391_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1226588954)
![DIRECTORY - Cornelius William STAFFORD (compiler): DIRECTORY - Cornelius William STAFFORD (compiler). The Philadelphia Directory, For 1797.[Philadelphia]: Printed for the Editor, by William W. Woodward, 1797. [4], 203, [1], 76 pp., 8vo (200 x 120](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/839/17444/5912392_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1226588954)
