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JAMES CUMMINS BOOKSELLER

catalogue 109

To place your order, call, write, e-mail or fax:

JAMES CUMMINS BOOKSELLER

699 Madison Avenue, New York City, 10065 Telephone (212) 688-6441

Fax (212) 688-6192

e-mail: [email protected] www.jamescumminsbookseller.com

hours: Monday - Friday 10:00 - 6:00, Saturday 10:00 - 5:00

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front cover: Ross, Ambrotype school portraits, item 139

inside front cover: Mason, The Punishments of China, item 102

inside rear cover: Micro-calligraphic manuscript, item 29 rear cover: Steichen, Portrait of Gene Tunney, item 167

terms of payment: All items, as usual, are guaranteed as described and are returnable within 10 days for any reason. All books are shipped UPS (please provide a street address) unless otherwise requested. Overseas orders should specify a shipping preference. All postage is extra. New clients are requested to send remittance with orders. Libraries may apply for deferred billing. All New York and New Jersey residents must add the appropriate sales tax. We accept American Express, Master Card, and Visa.

1. (ANDERSON, Alexander) Bewick, Thomas. A General History of

Quadrupeds. The Figures engraved on wood chiefly copied from the original of T .   B ewick, by A. Anderson. With an Appendix, containing some American

Animals not hitherto described. x, 531 pp. 8vo, New York: Printed by G. & E. Waite, No. 64, Maiden-Lane, 1804. First American edition. Modern half brown morocco and cloth by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Occasional light spotting, old signature of William S. Barnes on title. Hugo p. 24; S&S 5843; Roscoe, App. 5 (pp. 183-6); Pomeroy 144 (pp. 165-183).
$2,500

The first American edition of a classic work, with the cuts re-engraved (usually in reverse) from the original Bewick edition, by Dr. Alexander Anderson (1775-1870), America’s first wood engraver. Pomeroy identifies the fourth edition as the source from which Anderson worked. “It was his major work in these first years.” The book is important in America as the means by which many Americans became familiar with the Bewick Quadrupeds, and also because Anderson and other engravers “in the future used Bewick’s illustrations as an encyclopedia from which they could draw in order to depict animals both native and foreign.” Roscoe devotes a substantial appendix to this edition. Hugo, “Some of the cuts in this volume are truly wonderful copies of the originals, and an inspection of them would stagger not a few who are accustomed to attribute to Bewick every engraving of more than ordinary ability produced at the time when these were published.” Many Australian as well as American animals are delineated.

2.ꢀ ANDREWS, John. History of   the War with America, France, Spain and Holland commencing in 1775 and ending in 1783. [2], 448; [2], 449; [2],

445; [2], 416, [59], [v]-xiv pp., plus twenty-four plates, six folding maps, and one single-page map (maps partially hand colored). 4 vols. 8vo, London: Published for John Fielding, 1785-6. First edition. Calf and contemporary marbled boards, neatly rebacked in contemporary style. Contemporary ownership inscription on title pages. Light soiling and foxing. Very good. In tan half morocco slipcases, spines gilt. Howes

  • A259, “aa”; Sabin 1501.
  • $4,500

One of the basic contemporary histories of the American Revolution, this detailed narrative was compiled largely from newspaper articles and the proceedings of the House of Commons. It is illustrated with portraits of principals such as Washington, Clinton, Greene, Cornwallis, Burgoyne, Lafayette, Capt. Asgill, and Count d’Estaing, to which many additional portraits from other 18th-century and early 19th-century sources have been added. The maps show the North American colonies as far west as the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River, the English Channel, the West Indies, and other hot spots of the time in Europe and elsewhere.

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3.ꢀ AUGUSTINE, Saint. Exhortatio S. Augustini... ad patientia exemplo

passionis Christi. Illuminated Manuscript on Vellum . 70 leaves with an additional 18 blank leaves at the back all with red outer border. Manuscript in black and gold. 83 x 57 mm, Bound in nineteenth century Con-

  • tinental morocco, with gilt spine, a.e.g. Fine.
  • $6,000

The manuscript contains 26 full page miniatures devoted entirely to meditations upon the passion of Christ. With a few figured subjects at the beginning and end of the series, the minatures are mainly emblematic, showing single objects and subjects from the passion. Thus the cycle constitutes what is known as the Arma Christi or “Leidenswerkzeuge.” Moreover, each miniature is accompanied by textual excerpts, quoted from precisely indicated sources in the writings of St. Augustine and relating directly to the subject of the painting. List of miniatures: f1v Christ Crucified; f2v The lighted Lantern; f3v The Ropes; f4v The Kiss of Judas; f5v The mailed Fist; f6v The crowing Cock; f7v Christ’s Robe; f8v The Column; f9v The Flail; f10v The Scourge; f11v The Crown of Thorns and the Rods; f12v The Cross; f13v Christ’s right Hand, pierced by the Nail; f14v Christ’s left Hand, pierced by the Nail; f15v Christ’s Feet pierced by the Nail; f16v Christ’s Heart, the sacred Heart; f17v The Hammer; f18v The Sponge of Vinegar; f19v The Lance; f20v The Dice; f21vPilate; f22r The thirty Pieces of Silver; f23v The Ladder; f24v The Nail, Augur and Pliers; f25r The Roman Soldier and the Workman; f26r The good Thief and the bad Thief.

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founding father and
“father of the university of georgia”

4.ꢀ BALDWIN, Abraham. Free Frank Signature on address panel addressed by Baldwin to “His Excellency / James Jackson / Governor of Georgia / Louisville.” One page, signed at top right of panel “Free / Abr Baldwin”, and docketed vertically in another hand, “Honble. Abram. Baldwin / Phila. 24th Feby 1799 / Ordered to be filed / 20th March, 1799 / Treaties / 1799”. 6 x 3 inches, Philadelphia: 1799. Neatly

  • inlaid to a larger sheet and enclosed in a cloth portfolio.
  • $2,000

An attractive and rare autograph of this distinguished Georgian, who, after serving in the Continental Army, moved from his native Connecticut to Georgia where he entered the House of Representatives and became “one of the trustees of the college endowment … One of Baldwin’s first long-term projects in this role dealt with the establishment of a state educational system and the founding of Franklin College, which later grew into the University of Georgia … Baldwin’s early work in the Georgia legislature earned him the respect of his colleagues, and in 1785 he was one of three men to represent Georgia in the Continental Congress … In 1787 Baldwin was among the delegates appointed to the U.S. Constitutional Convention. He served on four of the six major committees to resolve controversies during the Convention: the committee on the representation of the small and large states in the national legislature; the committee on the assumption of states’ debts by the national government; the committee on slavery and the navigation acts; and the catchall committee on deferred issues. Although Baldwin was not a leader in the debate at Philadelphia, he played a yeoman role in committee work and contributed in significant ways to the enduring frame of government hammered out during the summer of 1787.” (ANB). In 1799, Baldwin entered the U.S. Senate, where he sent this missive to the Governor of Georgia, James Jackson. Baldwin autographs are quite rare in any form — only 2 have appeared at auction over the last 35 years.

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a classic of french illustration

5.ꢀ BALZAC. La Peau de Chagrin. Études sociales. [iv], 402, [2] pp. Title

with vignette showing a man being pulled backward by skeleton, armed with a scythe, and 100 steel engraved vignettes in the text after drawings by Adam, Baron, Boulanger, Charlet, Daviid, Devéria, Fragonard, Gavarni, Grandville, Grent, Janet-Lange, Johannot, Raffet, Vernet, et. al. Royal 8vo (25.4 cm), Paris: H. Delloye et Victor Lecou, ´diteurs, Rue des Filles-Saint-Thomas, 13, place de la Course, 1838. First Illustrated edition, first printing, with all first printing points as enumerated by Carteret. Nineteenth-century quarter calf and marbled paper boards. Bookplate of Louis Auchincloss. Minor rubbing to spine and bands, but near fine otherwie, clean and crisp. Lovely copy, with half title. Bookplate of Louis Auchincloss. Carteret, III, pp. 41-42; Sander 43; Brivois

  • 15-17; Vicaire I, 45.
  • $2,250

First illustrated edition of Balzac’s renowned 1831 novel, his first major commercial success, lavishly produced in a generous format, with superb illustrations by many of France’s finest illustrators of the period. From the library of American novelist, louis auchincloss.

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“good old dowson”

6.ꢀ BEARDSLEY, Aubrey. Autograph Letter, signed (“AB”) to Leon-

ard Smithers (“My dear Smithers”), discussing his treatment, Ernest Dowson and Smithers’ projected editions of La Pucelle d’Orleans and Les Liaisons Dangereuses. 2H pp., in pencil, on single folded sheet of “Pier View” stationery. 12mo, [Boscombe Spa, Bournemouth, England: Jan 13, 1897]. Very good. With “Pier View” envelope addressed in Beardsley’s hand, postmarked from “Bournemouth”. Letter splitting at folds,

slight soiling, but intact and legible. Maas, et. al., Letters of   Aubrey Beard- sley 242; Nelson, Publisher to the Decadents, p. 252; not in The Letters from Aubrey Beardsley to Leonard Smithers, 1937.

$4,500

Terribly ill and convalescing in Bournemouth with the tuberculosis which would soon kill him, Beardsley writes to his publisher, Leonard Smithers:

“I am awfully sorry to have such a bad account of   your leg. Still it must be a blessing to feel that the treatment, however unpleasant, is doing you good. My treatment is only making me worse. Good old Dowson. I have today reread ‘La Pucelle’* with infinite pleasure & shall look forward more than ever to your edition. I tried to make a grand effort to get up to town this week, but every obstacle has been put in my way. I feel utterly helpless & deserted down here, & at the mercy of   my surrounders. The way I have been lumbered into this place & kept here is simply disgraceful. My mother joins me ____ kindest regards to Mrs. Smithers & yourself. I am yours ever AB Les Liaisons Dangereuses!”**

*The play by Voltaire, which Smithers had commissioned Dowson to translate, and which was eventually published in 1899. As the date of this letter shows, the Pucelle project was conceived by Smithers long before the book was finally published. The delay was almost certainly due to Dowson’s distaste for the Voltaire comedy (see Nelson). ** Another Smithers project, with Dowson to do the translation, and Beardsley the illustrations. Beardsley completed only two of the drawings before his death on 16 March 1898.

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7.ꢀ BEDFORD, Gunning, Jr., signer of the U.S. Constitution. Colonial

$20 bill, signed by Bedford. Woodcuts on front and back. 3L x 2M, Philadelphia: Printed by Hall and Sellers, 1778. Soiled. Laid in slipcase.

  • Appleton’s Cyclopedia I:215.
  • $2,500

Bedford (1747-1812) was a signer of the U.S. Constitution from Delaware. He was briefly an aide-de-camp to Washington during the Revolution, and was later appointed in Washington’s first term as Federal judge for the district of Delaware. With a note laid in from Richard Reilly, librarian of the Copley Library, to “Suzanne”: “I wanted to give the Library something for Christmas and here it is...I paid Mary Benjamin $500 for this...Gunning Bedford is one of the most difficult of the Signers of the Constitution....” No signatures of Bedford appear in auction records in the last thirty five years. With a note laid in from Richard Reilly, librarian of the Copley Library, to “Suzanne”: “I wanted to give the Library something for Christmas and here it is...I paid Mary Benjamin $500 for this...Gunning Bedford is one of the most difficult of the Signers of the Constitution …”

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hebrew grammar: no copy in north or south america

8.ꢀ BELLARMINO, Roberto, Cardinal. Institutiones linguæ Hebraicæ

ex optimo quoque auctore collectae; et ad quantam maximam fieri potuit breuitatem ... revocatæ, a Robert Bellarmino, Societatis Jesu. Title-page and

colophon with woodcut emblem of Society of Jesus. [8], 139, [1] pp. lacking leaf I1 (pp. 129-30). 8vo, Romae: Apud Franciscum Zanettum, 1578. First edition. Contemporary vellum.. Small stain affecting top edge of first 5 leaves, sporadic darkening to text and minor soiling; over all a very good copy. rare. OCLC (one copy: British Library); not in Adams; not in the Bibliothèque Nationale; not in the Vatican Library.
$2,500

Extremely rare first edition of this early Hebrew grammar by Cardinal Bellarmino (1542 -1621), famous not only for his fame as a theologian and his canonization in 1930, but for his role in forbidding Galileo to hold, teach, or defend Copernican theory in 1616. Bellarmino’s Hebrew grammar was expanded and reprinted several times over the next several decades (1580 ; 1585; 1596; 1606; 1615; 1616, etc), and even as recently as 2003 (Vienna, Anton F.W. Sommer) — but this first edition is of the utmost rarity.

with contemporary quaker provenance

9.ꢀ [BENEZET, Anthony]. A Short Account of   That Part of   Africa, In-

habited by The Negroes. With Respect to the Fertility of   the Country … 80

pp. 12mo, Philadelphia: W. Dunlap, 1762. “The Second Edition, with large Additions and Amendments,” published the same year as the first. Original drab gray wrappers, spine perished, covers worn. Signed on upper cover R.M. Tatnall and inside 4 times “James Moon’s Book 1762” in ink ownership on verso of front blank & verso of title page, last leaf, etc. Minor internal occasional spotting, but generally crisp & internally attractive. Evans 9067; LCP 1075; Dumond 26; Hildeburn 1786. Not in

  • Work or Blockson.
  • $2,500

Second edition of this rare Quaker anti-slavery tract, published the same year as the first. Benezet (1713-1784) was a French-born Quaker abolitionist, reformer and educator. He founded a school for blacks in Philadephia and with fellow Quaker John Woolman established Philadelphia as the center of a growing Quaker anti-slavery movement. In A Short Account of That Part of Africa, Benezet “directly challenged assertions of innate black inferiority, stating, ‘Negroes are generally a sensible, humane, and sociable People; and … their capacity is as good, and as capable of Improvement as that of the Whites.’ This text was well-received in the colonies and later served as the impetus for a lengthy correspondence between Benezet and the British abolitionist Granville Sharp” (ANB). James Moon, who signed his name 4 times on this copy, also signed his name to a 1783 Quaker anti-slavery petition.

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10.ꢀ [BENNETT, Edward Turner]. The Tower Menagerie: Comprising

the Natural History of   the Animals Contained in That Establishment. with

102 wood-engravings and vignettes by William Harvey and engraved on wood by Branston and Wright. xviii, 241, [1]pp. 8vo, London: Printed for Robert Jennings, Poultry, 1829. First edition. Contemporary red morocco, with black leather label on upper cover entitled “Tower Me-

  • nagerie”, a.e.g., gilt spine, faded, else fine. Casey Wood 239.
  • $1,250

Catalogue of the animals held at the Royal Menagerie in the Tower of London, an early public zoo, with many American species — the grizzly bear, American black bear, rattlesnake, and raccoon. Beautifully illustrated with wood engravings after William Harvey, a friend and pupil of Bewick, and finely bound.

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the birmingham “magnificent directory”

11. (BIRMINGHAM) Bisset, James. A Poetic Survey Round Birming-

ham; with a Brief   Description of   the Different Curiosities and Manufactories of the   Place. Intended as a Guide to Strangers … accompanied by a Magnifi- cent Directory; with the Names, Professions, &c. Superbly Engraved in Em-

blematic Plates. Engraved frontispiece “Plan of Birmingham” after the drawing by James Sherriff, 28 engraved plates . viii, [9]-62, [2, ads] pp. Birmingham: Printed for the author; by Swinney and Hawkins, Birmingham. Sold by T. Heptinstall, London, Swinney and Hawkins, Birmingham, and all other booksellers [1800]. First edition. Quarter blue

  • morocco and marbled boards. Fine.
  • $1,250

This is the first illustrated English commercial directory and featuring map of this bustling manufacturing city, with twenty-seven fine full-page engraved plates illustrating an astonishing variety of trades and tradesmen, especially japanners, button-makers, gun-makers, sword-makers, etc., as well as miscellaneous merchants, lawyers, bankers, hoteliers, etc. There are even a few booksellers represented; and Swinney’s Typefoundery is illustrated with a fine engraving.

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oration on the death of garfield

12.ꢀ BLAINE, James G. Autograph Manuscript, draft of the opening paragraphs of his eulogy of President Garfield. With an Autograph Letter, signed from Blaine’s secretary, T.H. Sherman, one page, March 1, 1882, conveying the Ms., at Blaine’s direction, to Col. Thomas Donaldson of Philadelphia. 2 pp., on two sheets of ruled paper, with numerous corrections. [Washington, D.C: ca. February,1882]. Sheets are brittle and slightly chipped at edges without loss; several smudges.
$1,000

On the death of President Garfield from an assassin’s bullet, James G. Blaine, Garfield’s Secretary of State, was invited to deliver a eulogy of Garfield before the House of Representatives on February 27, 1882. Blaine delivered his oration to tremendous applause and his speech was widely acclaimed in the press. This is his initial draft of the opening of that speech, which has been acclaimed as one of the high spots of American oratory.

borden’s eye witness account to the somervell expedition

13.ꢀ BORDEN, John P[etit]. Autograph Letter, signed, to Mr. H.H.

Farley of Auburn, New York, giving his first-hand account of the Somervell Expedition. 3 pp., on single folded sheet, doc. 4to, Galveston (Texas): Feb 20th, 1843. Very good. Docketed in Borden’s hand on first

  • page: “Mr. S[am?] send his best respects”.
  • $4,000

A letter rich in content from a prominent Texas pioneer. John P. Borden (1812—1891) was a prominent early Texas colonist and the brother of two other illustrious Texans -- Gail, Jr., and Thomas. John Borden was a veteran of the Texas Revolution who fought at the Battle of San Jacinto alongside Sam Houston, who chose Borden to be Texas’ first Land Commissioner (1837-1840). Due to Borden’s heroic efforts -- with a puny staff and almost no budget -- the Texas Land Office managed to acquire thousands of land documents from all over Texas; Borden later oversaw their controversial transfer from Houston to Austin. Borden also served in the Somervell expedition in 1842, and, as this vivid letter to an old friend shows, did not continue on the disastrous Mier expedition. He writes to an old friend from his native New York:

“… Your letter of   the 23rd Oct came to my hands but a few days since having lately returned from a tour of   the Rio Grande some account of   which you have no doubt seen in some of   the public prints. The expedition consisted of about   700 men all mounted, some of   course, on inferior horses under the command of   Brig. Gen. Somervell. We left the Medina on the 25th No v . - - e ntered Laredo on the 8th Dec took possession of   the place without opposition - Staid [sic] there long enough to plunder it (contrary to orders) and then left for Guerrero, however there was a split or severance of   about two hundred men who resolved to come home - pretended to be dissatisfied

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Borden continues: “My tour of the Rio Grande though at a time of the year when the weather was inclement, did not impair my health … the expedition was badly conducted, and has resulted badly, still I feel that it was not a wild goose chase … I left Galveston on the 26th Sept at the time when it was believed that Gen. [Adrian] Woll was marching into our country with a considerable force. Before I reached the seat of war, the enemy had fled …” Borden speaks of current relations with Mexico (“I have no fear of a regular invasion this coming spring”), and turns to personal matters, sending news of friends from the land office: Henry Raglin, his successor as Commissioner (“in Mississippi … doing nothing”); William Sandusky, land surveyor and mapmaker (“He married Miss McKnight”). Borden also writes of the transfer of the documents to Austin: “… I allude to the late effort of the President [Houston} to remove the archives of the General Land Office while Congress was in session, without the sanction of the law. This act has been severely commented upon & censured by both friends & foes alike …”

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    THE UNITED STATES ARMY FIELD BAND The Legacy of AARON COPLAND Washington, D.C. “The Musical Ambassadors of the Army” rom Boston to Bombay, Tokyo to Toronto, the United States Army Field Band has been thrilling audiences of all ages for more than fifty years. As the pre- mier touring musical representative for the United States Army, this in- Fternationally-acclaimed organization travels thousands of miles each year presenting a variety of music to enthusiastic audiences throughout the nation and abroad. Through these concerts, the Field Band keeps the will of the American people behind the members of the armed forces and supports diplomatic efforts around the world. The Concert Band is the oldest and largest of the Field Band’s four performing components. This elite 65-member instrumental ensemble, founded in 1946, has performed in all 50 states and 25 foreign countries for audiences totaling more than 100 million. Tours have taken the band throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, South America, Europe, the Far East, and India. The group appears in a wide variety of settings, from world-famous concert halls, such as the Berlin Philharmonie and Carnegie Hall, to state fairgrounds and high school gymnasiums. The Concert Band regularly travels and performs with the Sol- diers’ Chorus, together presenting a powerful and diverse program of marches, over- tures, popular music, patriotic selections, and instrumental and vocal solos. The orga- nization has also performed joint concerts with many of the nation’s leading orchestras, including the Boston Pops, Cincinnati Pops, and Detroit Symphony Orchestra. The United States Army Field Band is considered by music critics to be one of the most versatile and inspiring musical organizations in the world.
  • New World Records

    New World Records

    New World Records NEW WORLD RECORDS 701 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10036; (212) 302-0460; (212) 944-1922 fax email: [email protected] www.newworldrecords.org Songs of Samuel Barber and Ned Rorem New World NW 229 Songs of Samuel Barber romanticism brought him early success as a com- poser. Because of his First Symphony (1936, amuel Barber was born on March 9, 1910, in revised 1942), Bruno Walter thought of him as SWest Chester, Pennsylvania. He remembers “the pioneer of the American symphony.”(“That’s that his parents never particularly encouraged not true,” said Barber almost forty years later. him to become a musician, but as his mother’s “That should be Roy Harris.”) In the late thirties sister, the renowned Metropolitan Opera singer Barber was the first American to be performed Louise Homer, was a frequent visitor to the by Arturo Toscanini (Adagio for Strings and First Barber home, the atmosphere there was not at all Essay for Orchestra), and, not long after, his inimical to musical aspirations. Barber began to music was championed by artists of the stature study piano at six and composed his first music a of Bruno Walter (First Symphony and Second year later (a short piano piece in C minor called Essay for Orchestra), Eugene Ormandy (Violin “Sadness”). When he was ten he composed one Concerto), Artur Rodzinski (First Symphony), act of an opera, The Rose Tree, to a libretto by Serge Koussevitsky (Second Symphony), Martha the family’s Irish cook. At fourteen Barber Graham (Medea), and Vladimir Horowitz entered the newly opened Curtis Institute of (Excursions and Piano Sonata).
  • Congressional Record-Sen

    Congressional Record-Sen

    . .,.. - ---- ... ----- 1928 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE 711 Joy Street, Boston, Mass., recommending passage of the Newton the Senate, the unveiling of the Wright Brothers Monument bill, which provides for the creation of a child welfare exten­ at Kitty Hawk, N. C. sion service in the Children's Bureau ; to the Committee on The VICE PRESIDENT. Eighty-one Senators having an­ Education. swered to their names, a quorum is present. 8011. By Mr. YATES : Petition· of Le Seure Bros., jobbers and MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSFi-ENROLLED BILL SIGNED retailers of cigars and tobaccos, Danville, Ohio, protesting Senate bill 2751; to the Committee on Ways and Means. A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Halti­ 8012. Also, petition of H. M. Voorhis, of the law offices of gan, one of its clerks, announced that the Speaker had affixed to R. Maguire & Voorhis, of Orlando, Fla., urging passage of the his signature the enrolled bill (H. 13990) to authorize the Sears bill (H. R. 10Z70) ; to the Committee on the Judiciary. President to present the distinguished flying cross to Orville Wright, and to Wilbur Wright, deceased, and it was signed by 8013. Also, petition of W. T. Alden, of the law offices of Alden, the Vice President. Latham & Young, Chicago, Ill., urging passage of Senate bill 3623, amending section 204 of the transportation act of 1920 ; PETITIONS AND MEMOKIALS to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a petition of 8014. Also, petition of the legislative committee of the Rail­ sundry citizens of St. Petersburg, Fla., praying for the prompt way Mail Association, Illinois Branch, Chicago, urging passage ratification of the so-called Kellogg multilateral treaty for the of the following bills: The retirement bill (S.
  • The Faith in the Last Days

    The Faith in the Last Days

    Faith In The Last Days Contents The Faith In The Last Days A Selection From The Writings of John Thomas, M.D. With an Introduction on His Life and Work by John Carter Contents Preface PART I INTRODUCTION 1. The Truth In The Last Days 2.The Preacher 3. The Truth Discovered 4. The Worker 5. The Expositor 6. The Man PART II A SELECTION FROM THE WRITINGS OF JOHN THOMAS, M.D. I. God's Design In The Creation Of The World . 2. The Dogma Of An Immortal Soul In Man Subversive Of The Truth 3. The Heathen Dogma Of The Immortal Soul Subversive Of The Resurrection Of Jesus 4. The Tree Of Life 5. The Kingdom Of God (i) The New Covenant (ii) Mosaic Constitution Of The Kingdom Imperfect (iii) The Priesthood And The New Covenant (iv) Jews And Gentiles In Relation To The New Covenant 6. Moses And The Prophet Like Unto Him Moses And The Prophet Like Unto Him (con't) 7. Mediatorship 8. Representative Things 9. Day Of Atonement 10. Sacrifice In The Age To Come Sacrifice In The Age To Come (con't) 11. Jesus The Heir To David's Throne 12. Momentous Truths (i) The Hope Of The World And The Gospel, Or The Hope Of Israel . (ii) The One Hope . (iii) The Character Of The Kingdom 13. Aaron And Christ .. 14. The Good Confession. 15. The Apostles Justified By Faith Before "The Faith" Came The Apostles Justified By Faith Before "The Faith" Came (con't) 16. The Goodness Of God The Goodness Of God (con't) 17.
  • John La Montaine Collection

    John La Montaine Collection

    JOHN LA MONTAINE COLLECTION RUTH T. WATANABE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS SIBLEY MUSIC LIBRARY EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER Prepared by Gail E. Lowther Summer 2016 John La Montaine (at far right) presents John F. Kennedy with score to From Sea to Shining Sea, op. 30, which had been commissioned for Kennedy’s inauguration ceremony, with Jackie Kennedy and Howard Mitchell (National Symphony Orchestra conductor) (1961). Photograph from John La Montaine Collection, Box 16, Folder 9, Sleeve 1. John La Montaine and Howard Hanson during rehearsal with the Eastman Philharmonia in preparation for the performance of La Montaine’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, op. 9, at Carnegie Hall (November 1962). Photograph from ESPA 27-32 (8 x 10). 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Description of Collection . 5 Description of Series . 6 INVENTORY Series 1: Manuscripts and sketches Sub-series A: Student works and sketches . 12 Sub-series B: Mature works . 13 Sub-series C: Works with no opus number . 43 Sub-series D: Sketches . 54 Series 2: Personal papers Sub-series A: Original writings . 58 Sub-series B: Notes on composition projects . 59 Sub-series C: Pedagogical material . 65 Sub-series D: Ephemera . 65 Series 3: Correspondence Sub-series A: Correspondence to/from John La Montaine . 69 Sub-series B: Correspondence to/from Paul Sifler . 88 Sub-series C: Other correspondents . 89 Series 4: Publicity and press materials Sub-series A: Biographical information . 91 Sub-series B: Resume and works lists . 91 Sub-series C: Programs, articles, and reviews . 92 Sub-series D: Additional publicity materials . 104 3 Series 5: Library Sub-series A: Published literature .
  • South I Beific Record

    South I Beific Record

    South I beific Record and Adventist World Survey Publication of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific Division VOL. 91, NO. 10 March 22, 1986 To Jamaica With Love S. JAKOVAC, Pastor, Greater Sydney Conference (0 It was a moment of great emotion, as bus driver Simpson embraces Pastor Stephen A portion of the audience of 10,000 at the baptism in Kingston, Jamaica, on January 25, 1986. Jakovac following his baptism. THE GREATEST THRILL for an evangelist Jamaicans have excellent evangelists, who little talk with Simpson, to allow the Holy Spirit is the vivid manifestation of the Holy Spirit. It are wonderful preachers and excellent in Bible to speak to him. "Look, Simpson," I began was my privilege to be a part of the team for exposition, but the fact that some seventy with the most simple reasoning, "if Adventism Pastor John Carter's crusade in Kingston, young people with their evangelist came almost is not truth and you become one, you loose Jamaica, from January 5 to 25, 1986, and to halfway around the globe to uplift Christ and nothing. But, if it is true, and I believe experience first-hand something that we call people to repentance was something wholeheartedly it is, you win everything. " He usually only read about or hear in mission extraordinary, and the people were willing to looked at me, saying nothing whatsoever. I stories from Sabbath to Sabbath. come. It is something that only God in His shook his hand and gave him a warm hug. In providence can do, moving young people to parting I added, "Think about it, Simpson!" To have an audience of 6,000 people every sacrifice so much, and moving people in the The next evening, before I even reached the night, except on a rainy night when it dropped countries of the Third World to respond to the bus, one of our young people rushed to me to 4,000, and about 8,000 to 10,000 for the calling of His Spirit.
  • Notes for Tour of Townsend Mansion, Home of the Cosmos

    Notes for Tour of Townsend Mansion, Home of the Cosmos

    NOTES FOR TOUR OF TOWNSEND MANSION HOME OF THE COSMOS CLUB July 2015 Harvey Alter (CC: 1970) Editor Updated: Jean Taylor Federico (CC: 1992), Betty C. Monkman (CC: 2004), FOREWORD & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS These notes are for docent training, both background and possible speaking text for a walking tour of the Club. The material is largely taken from notes prepared by Bill Hall (CC: 1995) in 2000, Ed Bowles (CC: 1973) in 2004, and Judy Holoviak (CC: 1999) in 2004 to whom grateful credit is given. Many of the details are from Wilcomb Washburn’s centennial history of the Club. The material on Jules Allard is from the research of Paul Miller, curator of the Newport Preservation Society. The material was assembled by Jack Mansfield (CC: 1998), to whom thanks are given. Members Jean Taylor Federico and Betty Monkman with curatorial assistant, Peggy Newman updated the tour and added references to notable objects and paintings in the Cosmos Club collection in August, 2009. This material was revised in 2010 and 2013 to note location changes. Assistance has been provided by our Associate Curators: Leslie Jones, Maggie Dimmock, and Yve Colby. Acknowledgement is made of the comprehensive report on the historic structures of the Townsend Mansion by Denys Peter Myers (CC: 1977), 1990 rev. 1993. The notes are divided into two parts. The first is an overview of the Club’s history. The second part is tour background. The portion in bold is recommended as speaking notes for tour guides followed by information that will be useful for elaboration and answering questions. The notes are organized by floor, room and section of the Club, not necessarily in the order tours may take.