Barton cyrus (4 risultati)

Condizione: Good. New Hampshire Patriot Extra Sept 7, 1840. 8vo., 16pp., original printed stringbound wraps. Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Paperback. First Edition. 16pp; Foxed throughout, else a good example. A dispute arising over Hill's sale of the Patriot to Cyrus Barton. Established by Hill in 1809, the Patriot "was one of the most important journals in New England." [DAB on Hill]. After his service as a member of Jackson's 'kitchen cabinet,' and a term as governor of New Hampshire, Hill began another newspaper, this one entitled 'Hill's New Hampshire Patriot,' which eventually merged with original Patriot. Sabin 3830.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No place. Entered by J R Jones 1896. First edition. Decorated publishers cloth, edges gilt, original floral endpapers present to front and rear. Pp 568, numerous photographs to text, folding map to page 8. Spine slightly faded, mark to front cover, otherwise a good copy. There is another printing of this work, at Philadelphia : American Oxford Publishing Co which has 512 pages. This, which appears to be the more unusual printing, has 568 pages and is therefore rather longer. The second half has contributions by Corinna Shatluck, George Washburn, Francis Clark, James Barton, Edwin Bliss, Clara Barton and Grace Kimball and so on (see photographs for examples). The work concludes with 'A Full Account of the War between Turkey and Greece'. …

Dover: Published by Geo. W. Ela, 1830. Libel and Press Freedom in 1830 New Hampshire [Trial]. Hill, Horatio [b.1807], Defendant. Barton, Cyrus [1795-1855], Defendant. Report of the Case of Timothy Upham against Hill & Barton, Publishers of the New-Hampshire Patriot, For Alleged Libels, At the Court of Common Pleas, Rockingham County, March and October Terms.1830. Dover: Published by Geo. W. Ela, 1830. 159 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2"). Stab-stitched pamphlet, front and rear wrappers lacking, later hand-lettered title to spine, edges untrimmed. Light browning, light edgewear to several leaves, light foxing and soiling in a few places, light creasing to last few leaves, pencil marks and brief annotations to a few pages, small tear to title page affecting text without loss to legibility, final leaf separated with small tears but secured by thread. $500. * Only edition. Hill and Barton, publishers of the New Hampshire Patriot and Star Gazette, accused Upham of impropriety during his time as Collector of Customs at Portsmouth and "impaired his candidacy for Governor by calling him a smuggler and a federalist" (Cohen). Upham sued for damages of $10,000; the trial resulted in a hung jury and the case was slated for retrial at the court's next session. OCLC locates 5 copies of this title in law libraries (Yale, Library of Congress, Harvard, University of Missouri, The Ohio State University). Cohen, Bibliography of American Law 12070. McCoy, Freedom of the Press U236. Dover: Published by Geo. W. Ela, 1830. (illustratore).…