An order from the Union Army in charge of New Orleans implementing new rules for enslaved people held in the jail. At the time of the Union occupation of New Orleans, slaves could be imprisoned for committing crimes, but their enslavers could also hire them out to the municipal work.....

First Edition. A very scarce landmark in Latinx historical writing. Francisco de Thomas was the "first Nuevomexicano to narrate New Mexico's Spanish past and to encourage Nuevomexicano pride" and this book was "the first comprehensive Spanish-language history of New Mexico following the American conquest." De Thoma's goal was "to present.....

First Edition. The record of the state assembly's first legislative session after Florida had adopted a Reconstruction constitution. "In November, 1860, the constitutional rights of the people of Florida were subverted and its civil government was overthrown. Since then the State has been without a constitutional government and subject to military.....

First Edition. The record of the state senate's second legislative session after Florida had adopted a Reconstruction constitution. Much of the journal is occupied by disputed election results. In his message to the legislature, the Republican governor, Harrison Reed, offers encouraging words about the post-Civil War progress being made: "The.....

First Edition. With most of the legislature's time taken up with questions of infrastructure, particularly the Florida railroad, Governor Madision S. Perry uses his annual address to warn of coming conflict with the north and to encourage the spread of slavery. This is a nicely-bound volume of the daily legislative.....

First Edition. The Florida legislature confronts the 14th amendmet to the Constitution, granting formerly enslaved people citizenship, due process rights, and equal protection. The governor, David S. Walker, recommended that the legislature reject it, which it promptly did (like most Southern states, Florida finally capitulated in 1868 and adopted the.....

First Edition. A nicely-bound volume of the daily log of this legislative session in the Florida House, which ran from November 17, 1862 to December 15, 1862. The governor, John Milton, opened the session with a defiant message in the face of considerable setbacks to Florida in the early years.....

First Edition. A nicely-bound volume of the daily log of this legislative session, with the message of Governor James E. Broome and a number of state office reports issued as an appendix to the governor's message. 175, 28 pages. Contents generally very good (no separate wrappers, as issued). This volume is.....

First Edition. A nicely-bound volume, collecting the Florida House and Senate proceedings for 1852–53, a momentous year for Native Americans living in the state. Each journal—the message of Governor Thomas Brown to the legislature and a daily report of the activities of the legislative bodies—are followed by the same appendix of.....

A presentation figurine of Western Exterminator's mascot, commonly called "Little Man", but officially known as "Mr. Little." The figure is signed KP95 on the back of his shoe heel. These figures, based on the mascots once mounted on the vehicles used by the company's exterminators, were given out to certain.....

First Edition. "An autobiography of an Issei leftist, a native of Tokyo and a graduate of Aoyama Gakuin. The first volume covers the period prior to World War II and includes his years in the Soviet Union; the second treats his wartime internment experience and his service to the American.....

First Edition. A combined awareness and fundraising appeal for leftist prisoners across the United States, with brief histories of the cases against Angela Davis, Billy Dean Smith, John Line, Carlos Feliciano, H. Rap Brown, Ruchell Magee, and others. [8] pages. 8-1/4 by 10-3/4 inches. Printed in black and orange. A fine.....

Image of three ships, the Defender (launched late August 1896; see Wallace Martin, Sail and Steam, page 264) completed or nearly so, with two other ships under construction. 9.5 by 7.5 inches on a 14 by 11 inch mount. Ornate printed title using left-leaning script font. Plain back. Image faded, short.....