The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman | Highly Important Printed and Manuscript Americana
26 March - 13 April 2021 • New York
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1 (Abolition) — Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery | The constitution of the Anti-Slavery Society
2 (Abolition) | The first anti-slavery law passed by Congress
3 (Abolition) | A group of two first editions, and an unaccomplished printed manumission form
4 Adair, James | A definitive history of the native Americans of the Southeast
5 Adams, Abigail | Letters of Mrs. Adams, with a manuscript receipt in the hand of John Quincy Adams
6 Adams, John | First British edition
7 Adams, John | Presentation copy of the rarest presidential book
8 Adams, John | Constitution-signer Gunning Bedford, Jr.'s copy of a foundational text
9 Adams, John | John Adams lays out the enduring principles of government
10 Adams, John | President John Adams convenes a special session of Congress to address the mounting crisis in French-American relations
11 (Adams, John) | The XYZ Scandal
12 Adams, John | In the foment of the Quasi-War, President Adams excoriates the French Directory
13 Adams, John | John Adams declares a national day of thanksgiving and prayer, 6 March 1799
14 Adams, John | The failure of the French Revolution
15 (Adams, John) | The catalogue of Adams's library
16 (Adams, John) | A group of 4 contemporary works related to the presidency of John Adams, and the election of 1800
17 (Adams, John Quincy) | A scarce printing of one of John Quincy Adams' earliest published works
18 (Adams, John Quincy) | Early 19th-century manuscript copies of letters by Adams to his son, George Washington Adams
19 Adams, John Quincy | A literary gift annual inscribed by John Quincy Adams (a contributor) to his cousin
20 Adams, John Quincy | Adams on Lafayette: First edition, in a presentation binding, inscribed to Isaac McKim
21 Adams, John Quincy | John Quincy Adams allows for no "flinching from the cause of human freedom" in defending the right of enslaved persons to petition Congress
22 Adams, John Quincy | "No—never, never can Slavery again be reconciled to the rights, or to the duties of man."
23 Adams, John Quincy | Autograph manuscript signed of John Quincy Adams's resolution rescinding the notorious "Gag Rule"
24 (Adams, John Quincy) —Edward Everett | Presentation copy of Edward Everett's eulogy of John Quincy Adams
25 John Quincy Adams | Asher Durand, after Thomas Sully
26 (Alien and Sedition Acts) | An act which increased residency requirement to become a citizen
27 (Alien and Sedition Acts) | First edition of the Acts of the Fifth Congress, containing the Alien and Sedition Acts
28 Allen, Ethan | One of the rarest Revolutionary War narratives
29 Almon, John (editor) | Almon's uncommon compilation of papers documenting the beginning of the American Revolution
30 (American History: 18th Century) | A group of 10 works related to 18th-century American History
31 (American History: 19th & 20th Centuries) | A group of 13 works and 1 ALS related to 19th & 20th century American History
32 (American Revolution) | A collection of titles pertaining to the American Revolution
33 (American Revolution) | Parliament debates letting go
34 (American Revolution) | First edition of the debates in Parliament on the terms of the Treaty of Paris
35 (American Revolution) | Celebrating the official end of the Revolutionary War
36 Ames, Fisher | A famous Federalist oration
37 Ames, Nathaniel | First printing of Benjamin Franklin's famous epitaph
38 Anderson, James | The Interest of Great Britain with regard to her American Colonies, considered
39 (André, John) | The trial of John André, Benedict Arnold's spymaster
40 Andrews, John | A standard contemporary history of the American Revolution
41 (Arkansas) | An early Arkansas imprint
42 (Arkansas) | Journal of the Proceedings of the first Arkansas constitutional convention
43 (Arkansas) | "Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas..."
44 (Arkansas) | Laws passed in the year of Secession.
45 (Arkansas) | First edition, a rare Confederate imprint
46 (Arkansas) | "We, the people of the State of Arkansas..."
47 (Arnold, Benedict) | The Court Martial of Benedict Arnold
48 The Articles of Confederation | A quartet of crucial government documents of Virginia and the United States