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404. WILSON (D.). The Life of Jane McCrea, with an account of Burgoyne's Expedition in 1777. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, cloth. N. Y. 1853

VERY SCARCE. Inserted is an A. L. S. from the author, and two from George Harvey, relative to specimen pieces of the Jane McCrea tree.

405. WINCHESTER (CHARLES). Memoirs of the Chevalier de Johnstone. With 10 double-page views of battlefields, including Lake Champlain and Carillon. 3 vols. 12mo, cloth. Aberdeen, 1870-1871

Very Scarce. Volume 3 is devoted to the French and Indian War.

406. WINSHIP (GEORGE PARKER). Sailors' Narratives of Voyages along the New England Coast, 15241624. Facsimile frontispiece map and other facsimiles. 8vo, cloth, paper label, uncut.

Bost. 1905

One of 450 copies. Autograph presentation copy from the author.

407. WINSOR (JUSTIN, Editor). Narrative and Critical History of America. Profusely illustrated with portraits, maps, facsimiles, etc. 8 vols. large 8vo, 34 blue levant morocco, gilt, gilt tops, uncut.

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., n.d.

Standard Library Edition.

WORLD ALMANAC and Encyclopedia, 1914-1917; Calendar of the Sir William Johnson Manuscripts, Albany, 1909; The Code of Handsome Lake, the Seneca Prophet (Parker), Albany, 1913, and others. 11 vols. 12mo to 8vo, cloth and leather.

A Gen

409. WYNNE [(JOHN HUDDLESTONE).]. eral History of the British Empire in America: Containing an Historical, Political, and Commercial View of the English Settlements; including all the Countries in North America, and the West Indies. Folding map of America in volume one, and engraved frontispiece in volume two. vols. 8vo, old sheep (rebacked). Lond. 1770

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Contains considerable material on the French and Indian War.

410. YELLOWPLUSH PAPERS (Thackeray), N. Y., 1852; Complete Poems (Thackeray) N. Y., 1892; Love's Old Sweet Song (Ellwanger), N. Y., 1903; Index to the Works of Shakspere (O'Connor), N. Y., 1887; The New Thesaurus (Roget and Mawson), N. Y., 1911. 5 vols. 12mo and 8vo, cloth and roan.

GENEALOGICAL AND LOCAL HISTORIES FROM A PRIVATE SOURCE, including a very fine collection of Family Histories. Connecticut Local Histories. Massachusetts Material, Books on Heraldry, and other works on similar subjects.

CONNECTICUT LOCAL HISTORIES

411. COLCHESTER, Conn. Taintor (Charles M.). Extracts from the Records of Colchester, with Some Transcripts from the Recording of Michaell Taintor, of "Brainford," Conn. 12mo, cloth. Hartford 1864

412.

413.

-Another copy of the same.

CROMWELL, CONN.

History of Cromwell. A

Sketch. By Rev. M. S. Dudley. 8vo, wrappers.

Middletown 1880

414. EAST WINDSOR, CONN. History of the First Ecclesiastical Society in East Windsor from its Formation in 1752, to the death of its second Pastor, Rev. Shubael Bartlett in 1854. 12mo, cloth. Hartford, 1857

415. ENFIELD. The History of Enfield, Connecticut. Compiled from all the Public Records of the town known to exist, covering from the beginning to 1850. Edited by F. O. Allen. 3 vols. thick 4to, half morocco (rubbed). Lancaster, Pa. 1900

One of 250 copies printed.

416. FAIRFIELD COUNTY, CONN. History of Fairfield County, Conn., with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its prominent Men and Pioneers. Compiled by D. Hamilton Hurd. Portraits, views and map. roan (a little stained), gilt edges.

4to, full Phila. 1881

417. FAIRFIELD COUNTY. Commemorative Biographical record of Fairfield County, Connecticut. Illustrations. Thick 4to, morocco, gilt edges.

Chicago, 1899

418. FRANKLIN, CONN. The Celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Primitive Organization of the Congregational Church and Society. October 14, 1868. Map and portraits. 8vo, cloth. New Haven, 1869

419. GLASTENBURY, CONN. Glastenbury for Two Hundred Years: A Centennial Discourse, May 18th, 1853. With an Appendix containing Historical and statistical papers of interest. By Alonzo B. Chapin. Map. 8vo,

cloth (back a little worn).

Hartford 1853

420. GREENWICH, Conn. Mead (Daniel M.). History of the Town of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn., with Many Important Statistics. 12mo, original cloth (shaken, somewhat foxed). N. Y. 1857

421. GUILFORD, CONN. The History of Guilford, Conn., from its First Settlement in 1639. From the Manuscripts of Ralph D. Smith. Frontispiece and plans. 8vo, cloth. Albany: Munsell, 1877

422. HADDAM, CONN. The Two Hundredth Anniversary of the First Congregational Church of Haddam, Conn. Oct. 14th and 17th, 1900. Frontispiece. 8vo, boards, uncut. Haddam 1902

Scarce. Contains 163 pp. of Church records from 1695.

423. HARTFORD, Conn. Parker (Edwin Pond). tory of the Second Church of Christ in Hartford. 16701892. Portraits and illustrations. 8vo, cloth, gilt top, uncut. Hartford 1892

424. HARTFORD COUNTY. Memorial History of Hartford County, Connecticut. Edited by J. Hammond Trumbull. Portraits and Illustrations. 2 vols. thick 4to cloth. Boston 1886

425. HARTFORD, Conn. Contributions to the History of Christ Church, Hartford. By T. M. Clark, C. J. Hoadley, Gurdon W. Russell and others. Fine portraits, facsimiles, &c. Thick royal 8vo, buckram. Hartford 1895

Presentation copy from G. W. Russell to Right Rev. H. C.

Potter.

426. HARTFORD, CONN. History of the First Church in Hartford, 1633-1883. By George Leon Walker. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth. Hartford 1884

427. HARTFORD, Conn. Hawes (Joel). Address delivered at the Request of the Citizens of Hartford, on 9th Nov. 1835. The Close of the Second Century from the First Settlement of the City. 12mo, original cloth.

Fine copy. Hartford 1835

428. HISTORY of Tolland County, Connecticut (no title); Fourth Annual Report of the State Board of Health, Hartford, 1882; History of King Phillip's War (Drake), plates lacking, Exeter, 1834. 3 vols. various sizes and bindings.

429. LEBANON, Conn. Hine (Orlo D.). Early Lebanon. An Historical Address, July 4, 1876. With Appendix of Historical Notes, by Nathaniel H. Morgan. Portrait. 12mo, cloth. Hartford 1880

430. LEBANON, CONN. A Historical Sermon delivered on the Occasion of the 150th Anniversary of the First Congregational Church. By Rev. John C. Nichols. 8vo, sewn. Haverhill, 1895

431. LITCHFIELD COUNTY. History of Litchfield County, Connecticut. Portraits and illustrations. Thick 4to, cloth (worn) gilt edges. Phila. 1881

432. LITCHFIELD, CONN. Litchfield and Morris Inscriptions. A Record of Inscriptions upon the Tombstones in the Towns of Litchfield and Morris, Conn. By Charles T. Payne. Illustrations. 8vo, cloth, uncut.

Limited Edition.

Litchfield 1905

433. MERIDEN, CONN. An Historic Record and Pictorial Descriptions of the Town of Meriden, Conn., and men who have made it. From Earliest Settlement to close

of its First Century of Incorporation. Profusely illustrated. Thick royal 8vo, buckram (a little shaken). Meriden 1906

Cen

434. MIDDLETOWN, Conn. Field (David D.). tennial Address. With Historical Sketches of Cromwell, Portland, Chatham, Middle-Haddam, Middletown and Its Parishes. Illustrations. 12mo, cloth. Middletown 1853

435. MILFORD, CONN. Inscriptions on Tombstones in Milford, Conn., erected prior to 1800. Transcribed by Nathan G. Pond. Illustrations. 8vo, cloth, original wrappers bound in. New Haven 1889

With A. N. S. from the author inserted.

436. NEWGATE, CONN. A History of Newgate of Connecticut, at Simsbury, now East Granby; its Insurreetions and Massacres also some account of the State Prison at Wethersfield. By Richard H. Phelps. Frontispiece. Square 8vo, cloth. Albany 1860

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437. NEW HAVEN, Conn. Hallock (Gerard). History of the South Congregational Church, New Haven, from Its Origin in 1852 to January 1, 1865. Engraved frontispiece. 12mo, cloth. New Haven 1865

Presentation copy from J. Halstead Carroll, then minister of the church, to Baron Hart, Paris.

Commemorative BioCounty, Connecticut.

438. NEW HAVEN COUNTY. graphical record of New Haven Portraits. Thick 4to, morocco, gilt edges.

Chicago 1902

439. NEW HAVEN, Conn. Atwater (Edward E.). History of the Colony of New Haven to its Absorption into Connecticut. Illustrations and plans. Thick 8vo, cloth. New Haven: Printed for the Author, 1881

440. NEW HAVEN, Conn. The Hundredth Anniversary of the City of New Haven, with the Oration by Thomas R. Bacon, July 4, 1884. Haven in 1784, by F. B. Dexter.

Also a Paper on New 8vo, wrappers.

[New Haven] 1885

Thir

441. NEW HAVEN, Conn. Bacon (Leonard). teen Historical Discourses, on the Completion of Two Hundred Years, from the Beginning of the First Church in New Haven, with an Appendix. Plate with 4 engraved portraits. 8vo, original cloth. New Haven 1839

442. NEW HAVEN, Bartlett (Ellen Strong). Historical Sketches of New Haven. Illustrated. 4to, boards (N. Y. Public Library Duplicate, stamp on title).

New Haven 1897

443. NEW HAVEN, CONN. The Diocese of Connecticut. The Jarvis Centenary, Oct. 27, 1897. Portraits. Royal 8vo, buckram, gilt top, uncut.

[New Haven 1897]

444. NEW HAVEN, Conn. Townshend (Charles H.). The British Invasion of New Haven, Connecticut. Together with some Account of their Landing and Burning the Town of Fairfield and Norwalk, July, 1779. Views. 8vo, wrappers. New Haven 1879

Presentation copy, inscribed by the author.

445. NEW HAVEN, Conn. Proceedings in Commemoration of the Settlement of the Town of New Haven. 8vo, wrappers. [New Haven] 1888

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