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Washington DC: The National Geographic Society, 1910. Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus. Wraps. Good. Charles Upson Clark, Louise Coleman (Photographer). [8], 185-276, [and 12 pages of advertisements] Illustrations. Maps. Front cover has a date stamp, and notations/marks. Also on page. 223. Cover has some wear and soiling. National Geographic is the official magazine of the National Geographic Society. It has been published continuously since its first issue in 1888, nine months after the Society itself was founded. It primarily contains articles about geography, history, and world culture. The magazine is known for its The magazine is known for its thick square-bound glossy format with a yellow rectangular border and its extensive use of dramatic photographs. The magazine's metamorphosis was engineered by its first full-time editor, Gilbert H. Grosvenor. One of Grosvenor's earliest legacies was the use of first-person narrative and straightforward, simple writing. By 1910 the magazine also was distinguished by the growing use of photographs and its cover had adopted the border of oak and laurel leaves, acorns and hemispheres that characterized it for the next six decades. The magazine is published monthly, and additional map supplements are also included with subscriptions. On occasion, special editions of the magazine are issued. The first issue of National Geographic Magazine was published on September 22, 1888, nine months after the Society was founded. Starting with its January 1905 publication of several full-page pictures of Tibet in 1900-1901, the magazine changed from being a text-oriented publication closer to a scientific journal to featuring extensive pictorial content, and became well known for this style. This issue has articles on The Race for the South Pole, Romantiuc Spain by Charles Upson Clark (with 40 illustrations), The Glacier National Park by Guy Elliott Mitchell (with 6 illustrations), The Most Curious Craft Afloat by L. A. Bauer (with 31 illustrations), The Duke of the Abruzzi in the Himalayas (illustrations), In Valais by Louise Murray (with 6 illustrations), Scenes in Switzerland, and Dear Farming in the United States (illustrated) [abstracted from Farmers' Bulletin 330 by D. E. Lantz, U.S. Biological Survey. Charles Upson Clark (1875-1960) was a professor of history at Columbia University. He discovered the Barberini Codex, the earliest Aztec writings on herbal medicines extant. Throughout his life he was the author of many books on a variety of subjects. Among them was the history of West Indies by Antonio Vázquez de Espinosa translated into English,[2] and the modern history of Romania. He also collaborated with the American School of Classical Studies in Rome, where he held a directory of Classical Studies and Archaeology since 1910.Guy Elliott Mitchell was on the staff of the U.S. Geological Survey.L. A. Bauer was the Director of Department of Research in Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carnegie Institution of Washington. The Carnegie was a brigantine yacht, equipped as a research vessel, constructed almost entirely from wood and other non-magnetic materials to allow sensitive magnetic measurements to be taken for the Carnegie Institution's Department of Terrestrial Magnetism. She carried out a series of cruises from her launch in 1909 to her destruction by an onboard explosion while in port in 1929. She covered almost 300,000 miles (500,000 km) in her twenty years at sea.David E. Lantz was with the U.S. Biological Survey., The National Geographic Society, 1910, 2.5, Huntington Beach, CA: Boeing Communications, Creative Services, 2011. Rev 7-11. Spiral bound. Very good. Reginald Morris. The format is approximately 3.5 inches by 8.5 inches. Various paginations. Illustrations (many in color). Sections are Building the Future of Flight Together (1, [1] pages), Boeing and the Space Shuttle (18 pages),The Space Shuttle Orbiters (32, [2] pages) Boeing and the International Space Station (101, [1] pages), Space Shuttle Mission Facts (112 pages), and Upcoming Space Shuttle Missions (1, [1] pages). There is an unpaginated section of note pages but no notes are present. STS-135 (ISS assembly flight ULF7) was the 135th and final mission of the American Space Shuttle program. It used the orbiter Atlantis and hardware originally processed for the STS-335 contingency mission, which was not flown. STS-135 launched on July 8, 2011, and landed on July 21, 2011, following a one-day mission extension. The four-person crew was the smallest of any shuttle mission since STS-6 in April 1983. The mission's primary cargo was the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) Raffaello and a Lightweight Multi-Purpose Carrier (LMC), which were delivered to the International Space Station (ISS). The flight of Raffaello marked the only time that Atlantis carried an MPLM. On January 20, 2011, program managers changed STS-335 to STS-135 on the flight manifest. This allowed for training and other mission specific preparations. On February 13, 2011, program managers told their workforce that STS-135 would fly regardless of the funding situation via a continuing resolution. Until this point, there had been no official references to the STS-135 mission in NASA documentation for the general public. Space shuttle Atlantis, on the final spaceflight of the Space Shuttle Program, carried the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module to deliver supplies, logistics and spare parts to the International Space Station. The mission also flew a system to investigate the potential for robotically refueling existing spacecraft and returned a failed ammonia pump module to help NASA better understand the failure mechanism and improve pump designs for future systems. The STS-135 (ISS ULF-7 MPLM Raffaello) mission's primary cargo was the Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) Raffaello and a Lightweight Multi-Purpose Carrier (LMC), which were delivered to the International Space Station (ISS). The flight of Raffaello marked the only time that Atlantis carried an MPLM. The module was filled with supplies and spare parts to sustain station operations once the shuttles are retired, transport of the Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM), an experiment designed to demonstrate and test the tools, technologies and techniques needed to robotically refuel satellites in space, even satellites not designed to be serviced. Among the objectives was the returning of an ammonia pump that recently failed on the station. Engineers want to understand why the pump failed and improve designs for future spacecraft. This was the final flight for shuttle Atlantis and the Space Shuttle Program. The Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) was one of three differently named large, reusable pressurized elements, carried in the space shuttle's cargo bay, used to ferry cargo back and forth to the station. Raffaello includes components that provide life support, fire detection and suppression, electrical distribution and computers when it is attached to the station. The cylindrical logistics module acts as a pressurized "moving van" for the Space Station, carrying cargo, experiments and supplies for delivery to support the six-person crew on board the station. The module also returned spent Orbital Replacement Units (ORUs) and components. Each MPLM module was 21 feet long and 15 feet in diameter - the same size as the European Space Agency's (ESA's) Columbus module. STS-135 was the last of seven missions for the workhorse LMC carriers. The LMCs were developed for use by station from existing Space Shuttle Multi-Purpose Equipment Support Structure, MPESS, hardware to carry Launch-On-Need, LON, and Orbital Replacement Units, ORUs, for space station. GSFC and ATK have provided the sustaining engineering support for all the LMC missions, including carrier management, refurbishment, analysis, documentation and safety., Boeing Communications, Creative Services, 2011, 3, New York: Delacorte Press, 1999. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Adam Weiss (Jacket photography) and Sigrid Estrada. 25 cm, [8], 289, [5] pages. Disclaimer. Illustrations. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Inscription reads To Catherine, Love, Al Franken. Franken's satirical inquiry and foray into the politics of becoming president. Franken co-hosted and acted as political commentator for the now famous "Shadow Convention(s)" of 2000. A lively, witty look at the American political landscape. Alan Stuart Franken (born May 21, 1951) is an American politician, comedian, writer, actor, and media personality who served as a United States senator from Minnesota from 2009 to 2018. Franken first gained fame as a writer and performer on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live, where he worked for three stints. He first served as a writer for the show from 1977 to 1980, and briefly returned in 1986. In his third and final stint from 1988 to 1995, Franken served as a writer and, briefly, a cast member. After decades as an entertainer, he became a prominent liberal political activist, hosting The Al Franken Show on Air America Radio. Franken was elected to the United States Senate in 2008 as the nominee of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL, an affiliate of the Democratic Party), defeating incumbent Republican Senator Norm Coleman by 312 votes out of nearly three million cast (a margin of just over 0.01%) in one of the closest elections in the history of the Senate. He was reelected in 2014 with 53.2% of the vote over Republican challenger Mike McFadden. Franken resigned on January 2, 2018. First came Theodore White's The Making of the President, 1960. Then All the President's Men. Now the searing chronicle that will forever change the way we view the man and the office. The dramatic rise and dizzying fall of Al Franken, who would become the first Jewish president of the United States. Franken began his unique American journey in the small town of Christhaven, Minnesota, the self-described "son of the son of immigrants and the son of a daughter of a son and daughter of immigrants." Follow the Franken campaign from its infancy as the candidate pledges "to walk the state of New Hampshire, diagonally and then from side to side." As he candidly admits "causing pain in his marriage," then boldly refuses to dignify any questions from the media regarding past, present, or future sexual behavior. Go behind the scenes and meet Team Franken, the candidate's brain trust. Including brother and deputy campaign manager Otto, a recovering sex addict and alcoholic. Campaign manager Norm Ornstein, the think-tank policy wonk who masterminds the single-issue (ATM fees) campaign. Media consultant Dick Morris, who exploits the shocking millennium bug-induced "ATM meltdown" by building an ad campaign around a diabetic woman who loses her right foot after computers erase all her ATM deposits. And former Grizzly Adams star Dan Haggerty. Cheer as Franken stuns the pundits by defeating Al Gore for the Democratic nomination, then is swept into office with a landslide victory over Newt Gingrich. As he chooses an all-Jewish Cabinet because "America doesn't want a Cabinet that looks like America, it wants a Cabinet the President is comfortable with." Then, through excerpts from Bob Woodward's detailed account of the first hundred days, The Void, go inside the Franken White House. Gripped by crisis from day one, the president develops a severe case of chronic fatigue syndrome. After the highly medicated chief executive exhibits a roller coaster of bipolar behavior, including the "slugging Nelson Mandela" incident and an attempt to clone himself, Franken is forced to cooperate with the Joint Congressional Committee on the President's Mood Swings. And when the committee releases Franken's personal diaries to the public, his presidency faces its ultimate crisis., Delacorte Press, 1999, 3, Hardback. New. Finally a thorough and unbiased examination of the psychological and sociological aspects of masturbation This book shows that masturbation is a critical component in the development of sexual health, explores the power both negative and positive of the act, and outlines viable ideas for future research. It also presents a concise historical overview of societal attitudes toward masturbation and reports on changes in masturbatory behavior in the twentieth century, including the trend toward an earlier age when women begin to masturbate and the increased recognition of masturbation as a source of sexual pleasure irrespective of relationship status or other sexual activity. The book will also familiarize you with some surprising information about the relationship between masturbation and HIV risk among samples of women attending college and low-income African-American women. Finally, Masturbation as a Means of Achieving Sexual Health examines the connections between masturbation and other sexual activity, sexual fantasy, and desire. Written with a minimum of jargon, Masturbation as a Means of Achieving Sexual Health examines: societal attitudes toward masturbation from pre-biblical Egyptian and Babylonian civilizations to biblical times, the Christian era, Hindu civilization, ancient China, and more generational perspectives on masturbation the relationship between masturbation habits and sexual health in low income African-American women the factors associated with masturbation as practiced by college students the complex interrelationship of sexual fantasy, desire, and masturbation ways that masturbation can be utilized as a therapeutic tool in sex therapy, 6, Hardback. New. Social Status in the City presents a scientific method for measuring social status in urban settings - the Index of Urban Status (IUS). The authors show how the index and the concepts of status on which it is based were derived by describing the procedures used in studying the social structure of a particular Midwestern city. Richard P. Coleman modified the IUS when he was employed in commerce research studies of social class phenomena in American cities.A social class is a group of people who are judged by members of the community as equal to one another in social prestige. They are believed to be either superior or inferior in prestige and acceptability to other groups who constitute the social classes that are below or above them. By this definition, Yankee City, Deep South, Jonesville, Kansas City - and presumably every community in the U.S. - can all be described as having social class systems. This book is a case study aimed at larger theoretical importance.The study should be considered in the context of sociology's concerns with problems of urban stratification, the characteristics of various social class groups, and the ways these groups change over time. In this context, the book makes a contribution to social science methods as well as observation. The authors have followed in the tradition of W. Lloyd Warner and others who have attempted to understand the status structures of whole communities. This classic volume has brilliantly stood the test of time., 6, Quarto, approximately 356 letters, on thin tissue like paper, totaling 503 pages, bound in half leather, pebbled cloth, lacks spine, boards detached, corners and edges worn, front flyleaf detached, some water staining, letters dated 28 December 1885 - 17 November 1902. Most letter copies are readable, some are readable with effort, several of the letters are not very readable. The volume begins with a 17 page index, which lists approximately 250 individuals to whom letters were written; however, there are whole sections (pp. 73-152 and pp. 428-503) that are not listed in the index, which include approximately an additional 7 letters of Arthur M. Greene, Sr., and approximately 99 additional letters of Arthur M. Greene, Jr., for a total of about 356 letters in all. Page 1 of the book has a note stating that this volume was purchased in December 1885. Then pages 2 to 54 have letter copies written and signed by Frank W. Ulmer, manager of the Fidelity Improvement Company, of Philadelphia, PA. These letters are dated from 6 July to 9 July 1886. There is one letter dated 28 December, no year, but likely 1885. Starting on page 55 the volume contains letters written by either Arthur M. Greene, of Philadelphia, or the new manager of Fidelity, Wm. D. Greene. Wm. D. Greene and Arthur are likely related. Arthur either writes the letters himself, or he co-signs them as "superintendent", while William, the manager, wrote them. These letters are dated from 9 July 1886 to about June 1887 and cover pages 55 to 84.This initial section of the letter copy book relates to the Fidelity Improvement Company. The Fidelity Improvement Company began to be listed in the Philadelphia City Directories in 1882 and continued to at least 1887. The company was listed in 1884 under the section for "carpenters, builders, and contractors." In 1884 the manager was Wm. F. Deakyne, the superintendent George S. Moore. They advertised "for all kinds of improvements, alterations and general repairs to real estate, under one management, wholesale and retail dealers in wall paper." After this initial section, the letter copy book has a couple of blank pages, and when the letters resume again (on page 88), it is now June of 1898, and the letter copies are written and signed by Arthur M. Greene, Jr., the son of Arthur M. Greene. It appears that the younger Greene has taken over this letter copy book for his own use, independent of the Fidelity Improvement Company. Arthur M. Greene, Jr. wrote 317 letters from pages 88 to 503, most are dated from April to November 1902. Arthur M. Greene, Jr. (1872-1953) Arthur Maurice Greene, Jr. was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 4 February 1872, the son of Major Arthur M. Greene and his wife Eleanor Jones Lowry. He attended high school at the Manual Training School (17th and Wood) in Philadelphia graduating in 1889, and then graduated in 1893 from the Towne Scientific School of the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. degree. He afterwards received the degrees of Master of Science and Mechanical Engineer from University of Pennsylvania in 1894. In 1917 Penn conferred upon him the honorary degree of Sc.D. Greene began his professional career in Philadelphia in 1893-1894 in charge of the Apprentices' School of the Franklin Sugar Refinery. He was also worked in the Engineer's Office of the Union Traction Company in Philadelphia for the summer of 1893 (and later in 1897, and 1898). His first major position was as an instructor at Drexel Institute from 1894-1895, before becoming an instructor of mechanical engineering at the University of Pennsylvania from 1895-1902. During this time he worked as a mechanical engineer for the National Export Exposition Philadelphia in 1899. In 1902, when these letters were written, Greene was in the process of moving to the University of Missouri from Penn. Greene wrote regularly to Dr. R. H. Jesse, the President of Missouri, where he would eventually become a Professor of Mechanical Engineering from 1902-1907 and Junior Dean of the School of Engineering from 1906-1907. While Greene was at Penn he planned the original layout of the equipment for the new mechanical laboratory. While at University of Missouri he also planned and equipped a new mechanical laboratory. It is this expansion and construction of the laboratory at the University of Missouri which concerns most of the letters in this letter copy book. In 1904 Greene was placed in charge of the University's power house, Light and Heat Station. He brought electricity to the whole campus, while increasing the size and capability of the power plant. One letter in the copybook concerns a survey Greene made of the plant as well as suggestions for its improvement. From 1907 to 1921 Greene was professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute before becoming the dean of Princeton University's Engineering School in 1922. While at Rensselaer he established the mechanical engineering department, which was developed with a gift of one million dollars from Mrs. Russell Sage in memory of her husband. His work at Troy included the planning, equipping and development of the mechanical engineering laboratory of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. During World War One, Greene remained in his post at Rensselaer helping to prepare engineers for the military. He served as a member of the War Committee of Technical Societies, aiding the Naval Consulting Board, amongst duties with other committees. Arthur M. Greene was the first dean of Princeton University'sSchool of Engineering. Under Greene's guidance, four-year undergraduate programs were offered in civil, chemical, electrical, mechanical, and mining (later geological) engineering, and one-year graduate courses leading to the corresponding engineering degree (later to the Master of Science in Engineering for all fields). Greene's devotion and energy gave the school a sure foundation. When he came to Princeton in 1922 there were 84 engineering students; by 1940, when he retired, the number had grown to 379. In 1902, with H.W. Spangler and S.M. Marshall, Greene published "Elements of Steam Engineering." He also published a number of items on his own: "Pumping Machinery," 1909; "Elements of Heating and Ventilation," 1910; "Heat Engineering" 1912; and "Elements of Refrigeration," 1913. He also wrote for the technical press and for the "Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers." During the course of his career Greene was active in The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, serving as Manager and Vice-President. He was also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a one-time president of two other societies: Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education and the Society of Engineers of Eastern New York. He held memberships in many other professional societies. Arthur M. Greene, Jr. was married on 12 June 1906 to Mary Elizabeth Lewis (1869-1949), at Clark, Ohio. It does not appear that he and his wife ever had any children. Arthur M. Greene, Jr. died at Madison, Connecticut, on 2 September 1953. He was 81 years old. He was buried at Princeton Cemetery, in Princeton, New Jersey, with his wife, who predeceased him, on 9 January 1949. Sample Quotes from the Letter Copy Book: Many of the letters deal with the work that Arthur M. Greene, Jr. was doing for the University of Missouri, which in the spring, summer and fall of 1902, consisted of rearranging the curriculum and equipping the new Mechanical Engineering Laboratory. He had just been offered and accepted a mechanical engineering professorship there. Letter copies in this volume also deal with Greene's attempts to hire a new assistant that the University allowed in the budget for the lab. When the correspondence begins Greene is still in Philadelphia finishing up his work at the University of Pennsylvania before moving to Columbia, Missouri. He writes about 37 letters to the president of the University of Missouri, Dr. R.H. Jesse, and also writes some letters to Professor Waters about the new lab and setting it up. He writes a number of letters to various universities inquiring about recent graduates who might fit the new position he hopes to fill at Columbia. He also writes to the prospective candidates themselves. Greene also writes to various businesses inquiring about the prices of equipment and apparatus for the lab. The letter copy book gives great insights into the early years of the field of mechanical engineering education and the University of Missouri's engineering laboratory."July 10th [188]6 Benj. W. Richards, Esq., for N.E. Cor. 18th & Page Sts.Dear Sir,We the undersigned contractors and builders do hereby agree to build up chimney where it has fallen down in cellar, also to break off old plaster in privy and re-plaster and white-coat the same, also to patch plastering all through house where necessary for the sum of Eighteen and 60/100 Dollars.Very Respectfully, Fidelity Improvement Co.Frank W. Ulmer, Mgr.""Jan'y 30th [188]6 Benj. W. Richards, Esq.Dear Sir,We the undersigned contractors and builders do hereby agree to take off the old tin-roof of premises S.W. Cor. 13th & Mt. Vernon Sts., and put a first class gravel roof warranted and kept in repair for seven years for the sum of Thirty Eight and 60/100 Dollars.Very Respectfully,Fidelity Improvement Co.Frank W. Ulmer, Mgr.P.S. The guarantee on the roof of 1727 Page St. should have been 7 years instead of 10 years as I told you the other day. Very Respectfully, Frank W. Ulmer, Mgr.""408 Chelten, Germantown, Mr. John Berkinbine, Engineer in Chief, Philadelphia Exposition, Fort Payne, Ala.Dear Sir,In regard to the matter we were talking about when you left Wednesday allow me to say that I wish you would secure some one to fill my position with the Philadelphia Exposition. This I hope you will do immediately or not later than August 1st, 1899. I wish to assist my successor as much as possible.I take this step for no pecuniary reasons but because I feel that I am not filling the place that I should and because such little progress is being made thinking that another might possibly have ability enough to overcome some obstacles that I have been unable to surmount and push things.I have contemplated this step many times even a few days after taking up my duties when I found I was not given the authority that I expected. Again I spoke to you on the same subject about July 1st. I feel that there needs to be more definition in the aims of each in your office and that each be made responsible for a certain thing. My work has been hampered when you gave directions that either Mr. [Billberg] or I should be in the office. There are many times that I should be out when Mr. [Billberg] is away attending to business and again when Mr. [Betler] is given supervision over Exposition work to a certain extent I think we are limited. I think you can see that I am the wrong man under the circumstances.Again, I think we have lost valuable time and are loosing it right along and that there is great danger that we will not be ready on September 14th.I have nothing to complain of in regard to my personal treatment and I thank you for the many kindnesses you have shown me and I hope you will not think this action wrong, it being my intention that the step be one of assistance to you.My intention in writing you while away is to give you a chance to think over my successor and thus save time.Again, thanking you for your favors to me I am very respectfully yours, Arthur M. Greene, Jr., July 14th, 1899"408 W. Chelten Ave, Germantown, April 17, 1902Prof. H. J. WatersDean Agriculture College and School of Mechanical ArtsUniversity of Missouri, Columbia, MOMy dear Prof. Waters,As I have not heard from you since last writing on April 2nd I fear that my letter may not have reached you. This letter was one of acceptance and thanks. As I have not received any word in regard to the new building I wish to ask again whether the work has started, I am very anxious about this.About the new apparatus and the arrangement of the same in the new building, had not someone better take this matter up? The time is rapidly moving on and fall will be soon here.In regard to the course in Engineering would it be proper to suggest some changes at this time or had I better wait until I come out in the fall. I wish to suggest some changes to bring our courses up to the standard set by some of the other engineering schools.Dr. Jesse sent me a letter from a Prof. Brady in regard to suggestions for additions to the course. I find that the views therein expressed are the same as some I have in mind.I wish you could send me a print of the new laboratory so that I might study the lay out.I hope you will pardon me for troubling you but I want to know how things are moving. I trust that you have received my letter of the 2nd ad that you will let me know if you have. I am sincerely yours, Arthur M. Greene, Jr.""University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, May 1, 1902Dr. R.H. JessePresident University of MissouriColumbia, MODear Sir,I am in receipt of your favor of the 28th ult. and I shall be pleased to follow out your wishes in this matter. I am very glad to know that it is your desire to make the University of service to the state in work along the lines you mention for it will attract students and also be a reason why we should be supported.I shall endeavor to see some of our leading manufacturers and talk with them on this subject. I feel that in the Engineering Department we can do many things and I shall endeavor to systematize the various suggestions so that I may present them to you.I am anxiously awaiting the beginning of next term that I may be with you.It has occurred to me that it might be well for me to visit some of the engineering schools in the east in order to examine their equipments if the University will authorize me to do the same. Prof. Spangler and Assistant Professor Schramm with Mr. Morris have recently visited Columbia, Harvard, M.I.T., McGill, Troy, Worcester, and Cornell in connection with the equipment of our new laboratory. Their trip was very helpful in showing them what others are doing...Kindly remember me to Mrs. Jesse...Again expressing my pleasure in the scheme for the expansion of our work; I am very truly yours, Arthur M. Greene""Prof. H.J. Waters, Dean Dept of Agr & Mec EnUniv of MissouriColumbia, MoMy dear Prof. Waters,I suppose you have been looking for a letter from me for some time. I have been trying to play another card after Good and Stem determined to remain east, but I think that is unsuccessful so will have to turn to the other instruction. The letters received by me from Columbia have referred to three men only, Messrs Dean, Rautenstruach and Wilson.As Dr. Jesse has written across, 0, two volumes, 12mo and 16mo, 106 and 100 pages, several inlaid ephemeral items, both diaries bound in contemporary leather wallet style binding, entries written in ink and pencil, in generally good clean and legible condition. Beldin Burt, merchant, was a member of a prominent family of and early settlers in Potter County, Pennsylvania. Burt son of J. K. and Orrilla (Lyman) Burt, was born in Burtville, Potter County, Pennsylvania in 1841. His grandfather, Benjamin Burt, was born in Chemung County, New York, and there married Mercy Rickey. He came in 1808 to what would later become Burtville, at the time a wilderness, he engaged in farming, the lumber trade, and erected the first mill at that point. He rafted lumber downriver to Pittsburgh. Beldin's father J. K. Burt was the first white male child born in Potter County, in Roulette in 1811, at the time there were no schools or educational advantages the country being entirely wild. He married Orrilla, daughter of Burrel Lyman, of Roulette, in 1837, he settled in Burtville where he engaged in farming. He and his wife had thirteen children. Beldin Burt engaged in the general mercantile business and also dealt extensively in lumber. In 1871 he married Annis, daughter of George Taggart, late of Emporium, the couple had three children. The present diaries date from the period directly before Burt's marriage, in addition to his mercantile activities Burt was an amateur photographer, was active in attempting to establish a pharmacy in Port Allegany. He also appears to have been an amateur dentist. In 1868 he took a two month hunting trip to Hubbard Lake in Michigan, a remote area, the diary chronicles the trip encounters with Native Americans, and travel through their villages, etc. Sample Quotations: 1867 Diary February 16, "16th, A.M. rainy, wind in the south. Shelled some corn. John Dehn was at our house. P.M. went to Port Allegany with Sam Card with the buggy. Went to singing school up to the red school house. House quite full. Went home with Ames. Stayed all night &c." February 23, "A.M. wind in the South went Card Creek after a lode of dry Pine. P.M. Drew hemlock with Bill & Perry at night Singing School did not go. Galtry was at our house talk of going in as a partner in a drug store lent Lyman $ 10.00." February 24th "A.M. Cloudy P.M. the Same. Shaved. Grandpa, myself went up to Dutch town on the colt took Dinner with Dick at G.P. R. went up to Laroy Lymans took a ride with the young people ... had a sing to Minerva Lyman all the young people." March 20th "Pleasant but cold wind. I and Benjamin drawed 2 lodes of hay from over to Bill's. Lyman and Phi cut wood at the sugar bush I set up with the sick to Wallace Read got the fever Loeta McDowell sat up with me. Louisa crazy as a bed bug - Lula sick so is Lucresia Card with the typhoid fever. Han Snyder stayed at our house." March 30th "Pleasant wind in the west. Blew quite hard Staying at Nig Shanty went to Prayr meeting did not take eny pictures went to singing school in the Evening had a sore throat &c - Stayed all night to S.H. R. went up to Wm. Boyington had some warm sugar to eat." April 5th "Stormy wind in the South in the morning changed in the west. I L & Sam rafted rode down on a raft down to McDowell run wild as fury Snowed like fun by spells Went up to Barrs for Rubin Card on the colt a nice flood &c" April 17th "Wind in the north. Pleasant & a large flood I cut Pa hair went to the funeral at 2 o'c p.m. was one of the Bearers. Rev. Maltby preached larg congregation Lyman traded his oxen with Moses for his plas up Sartwell Creek helped berry the corps got home at sun down." [sic] April 19th "Pleasant wind west, went to up to the corners took Pictures took Learoy Lymans family three times a group of the young people for Carl Barrett. In the evening went over to F. D. W. with Etta came back went to Church. Rev. Parker preached went up home with Violet. Stayed all night took dinner & supper to S P R." May 3rd "Very pleasant but cool. I went up to Roulette to take pictures did not take eny mixed up some chemicals very pleasant went to meeting at night sung some before meeting the quire did quite well stayed to S. P. Reynolds all night." [sic] May 19th "Pleasant froze some last night I took L W picture on a horse & SPR dog picture. Went to the sing at 10 oc after the sing took some pictures for the girls ... 2 pictures for W. Dasher ... took dinner dinner to SPR with Aunt & Uncle W Boyington at night went up to Aunts with S.G.W. Had a good visit. Came back to SPR stayed all night" June 12th "Very pleasant & Warm ... Combs & Bellows putting up a Saloon in Port rather dull times for the merchants in this place this part of the season" June 19th "Very Pleasant E. B.D. went to Olean to day. A Short brought our wahoo up & a show case &c sales amounted to $ 3 or 4 to day. I & the Dr. made some tinctures & Pills Roxa & Miss Fitch called to see Bot some Perfumery &c" July 7th "Warm & pleasant I & Ma went up to grandmas had a shower I and A. M. T. and S. G. Weimer went up to Candler's to see the Crazy girl did not see her had a pleasant ride ma went home with Jacob Lehman foalks Lyman & Sam Card came up went out a riding with the girls I stayed with Grandma went up to Uncle Laroys. Took supper. See the Wolves &c Got back home 10 o'clock." [sic] July 13 "Quite warm & pleasant Business quite Brisk today trade quite lively all over town there is a show to night. Pairings they come with a fore horse team thare was a large crowd our trade was about (14.00) went home at night with Lyman & Sam Card was very cool" [sic] August 2nd "Warm & Pleasant I took some pictures for Petry Johnson. Printed some for Cal Wilcox and J. Weimer and others. Did not get first rate ones. I washed & toned them out in the evening." August 10th "Cloudy & rained some in the fore noon I took some pictures in the afternoon for different ones 12 in number. Rode up home with Viollit Lyman had some Calyssia along" August 23rd "Pleasant thare was a show to Coudersport to day I did not go I printed some pictures toned them out in the Evening Trad rather dull to day tried some pictures did not work well." [sic] September 18th "Very warm I went up to Roulette on horse back I got the horse shod all around cost $ 1.40 Recd some money of the Meachams boys. I went to town at night with John Davidson I went to the Indian show came back to SPR" October 8th "Froze hard last night. Election to day. I voted at Port. Voted for license for Sharswood & some Co. officers Trad amt. to about ten dollars Ben and Willis Weimer were down with some cider 140 majority for license in town for Co & State 101 & 102 majority. Some Showman in town tonight." October 19th "Very warm & pleasant very dry roads good had a celebration in the Eve over the Democratic Victorys Some from Roulette were down I went home about midnight with Lyman & Pulaski Read" 1868 Diary February 7th "Very cool all day but clear trade was dull to day in the evening had a dance & donation at Dolly Parker got 83.20 had a good dance & some oysters &c very cold all night" February 27th "Cloudy wind South but changed before night. Snowed some. Reported that Dr. D. Jackson was killed. I pulled a tooth for J. Dillenbeck Trade was rather Dull..." February 28th "Cloudy & Cool wind blew snow drifted had a meeting at Port to elect Trustees for to make preparations to build a church in this place trade rather dull Dr. wife had some visitors from home D Smith & H. Shirill had a game of Billiards D. Smith was best" March 4th "Cool but clear wind north. Volney came from Olean today. Had a big fire thare last night. Burned all the buildings between the Olean House & Petrolium Very cold this evening . J. Viner is no better trade very good." March 13th "Warm & pleasant Lyman was down to Port to day sleighing about played out wheels run the best trad poor I split some wood ... to day is the day that Pres. Johnson is to have his trial of Impeachment &c" March 14th "Cloudy but pleasant warm I pulled a tooth for Ostrander boy was on the under jaw left side pulled two teeth for Adam & Annis they were down Pa came down after the sleigh Young Good Templars met tonight played on the violin some ..." March 28 "Pleasant warm wind west A. Freer had his leg cut of last night with the circle saw Dr. Freeman Hogarth & Galtz were present I saw his leg taken of 3 in. from his ankle joint trad very dull" April 7 "Snowed wind blew quite cool Snowed 3 inches Dr went up to Isaac Lyman had scarlet fever trade poor Played dominoes with W Wright beet him 5 on a game of 200 . I wrote a letter to A.H. L. ... I failed on pulling a tooth for L. Gallop's wife." April 18th "Cloudy & Cool Dr. Hogarth had some talk of Buying me out thinks of practicing medicine in this place trade very good. The boys run logs in the Portage George Weimers people were down I helped Bill clean bar room" May 24th "Cloudy. Wind north quite cool. I & the boys went up on Benton's Hill got some wintergreen berries, Came back to the Mill saw some boys from Port come up drank some cider, went off feeling very well. Thos & A McD come up I went down home with them" June 16th "Warm & Pleasant I Pa Lyman & L. H. Babcock went to Coudersport with the hoses & buggys took dinner at kelleys, run around town some. The board of the election of Roulette were arrested by Crow Robbins. Illeagal election." [sic] July 3rd "Very warm I went up to Roulette store quite a crowd around Rode back with Tailors boy took dinner then went to Port with him helped Fred some eat supper to Palmers eat again danced a few times rode home with Dave Hall & wife drove the mare & colt" September 19th "Poll raising at Port Hamlin & Backus spoke. I took some pictures tended bar for Palmer a large gathering present some quite drunk danced a little while I was down to C. Barrett in the eve. I got quite tired before I went to bed 2 oc." October 13th "Cloudy. I set some traps helped Palmer at the bar. I voted at Port E. B. D. had 202 majority in Port was about 75 or so Dollars taken in at the bar." October 18th "Clear & pleasant froze hard last night. The hardest last night ever known for this time of year. Wm Right died at 10 o'clock. I helped lay him out. Medbery and Stone helped me. I came up home on foot." October 28th "Cloudy quite cool. I packed my Kemicals Bought some traps. Rode up with Cole as far as Coleman came on a foot got a Revolver of W Wright" November 8th "Started for the west Went as far as Larabees stayed all night stayed all night L Lyman J Coleman & My self" November 9th "Got up at 3 o'clock in the morning took Breakfast at George Caldwell went with us got to Olean at 10 started 10:45 to Dunkirk then to Cleveland thence to Toledo arrived at 12 oc ..." November 10th "Started for Bay City via Detroit Saginaw Bay to Bay Citty reach Bay Citty at 2 pm run around town took supper at the frasier house Bill $ 1 stayed to Huron House bill 50 ¢ took breakfast at a saloon 15 ¢ took the boat at 8 oc am" November 13th "Pleasant all pack up their nap sacks started for Hubbard Lake, traveled 12 miles. Stayed all night to a shanty by Beaver Meadows. Passed two lakes. Pine a plenty. Did not kill eny thing. Eat hard tack." [sic] November 15th "Sunday all started for Hubbard Lake got in a Cedar Swamp, Tamerack swamp, then on Burnt Plains. See one deer. Arrived at the lake at 4 p.m. Built a cabbin. Beautiful Sight logs up for a fire." November 18th "Snowed some started for the shanty Eat our breakfast on the way reached the road about 10 am . I, L.L. & G Colwell went to the shanty the rest of the boys went for Harrisville we stayed & set some traps had a good time made some coffee &c" November 23, "Pleasant. We went for the thief. Found to be John Butterfield got out a warrant for him tried before Justice Wilson was fined $ 10 & cost returned up the beach very pleasant trip" November 25th "Pleasant I George & Laroy we stayed on the boat over night next morning went up to Saginaw Citty arrived a 10 ock put up at the Bancroft House, lot of little nigs, Fair $ 4 a day rained some enjoyed my self wrote a letter home" November 30th "Cloudy. We started for New London, distance about 65 miles on the Wolf River. Arrived at dusk. Stayed at New London House took dinner on the boat Bill 2.00 on the boat 2 miles of ice we had to pass through" December 2nd "Cloudy and clear. Ed & us all went out on a hunt. Found a link in a trap. George killed the link saw a good many deers track See some Indians with their Indian ponys with deer strapped on their back." December 3rd "Clear thawed a little we all started for the Oconto lost the way went down the Wolf. Came back stayed to Sempleses bill for 4 $ 3 - was awful tired Saw some Indians camp" December 9th "Clear & very cold. L. Young Laroy Lyman & myself went out started up 4 did not kill any. Came in at 1 pm Eat dinner at Carters tied up our trunks & Hired Carter to take us to Stephen's Point for 3 Dollars ... went to bed early." December 14th "Cloudy & cool run around town found John Maynard Gallery pry r 1700 Saw Gen Sherman shook hands with him see Gen Grant & about 20 of other Generals. Bought our tickets for Erie $ 16 - started at 9 ock on the train." See: History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, Cameron and Potter, Pennsylvania, (Chicago: 1890), 0, 1867 Confederate 1ed John Morgan's Raid CIVIL WAR Basil Duke Gettysburg VicksburgJohn Hunt Morgan was a Confederate general in the American Civil War known mostly by his now famous Raid, an operation now known as 'Morgan's Raid'. Morgan sought to slow the Union growth in both Vicksburg and Gettysburg (both of which would become war-changing battles) by moving Confederate troops throughout the North hoping to draw Union armies toward the raiders and away from strongholds.Morgan was shot and killed during his raid; however, one of Morgan's officers, Basil Duke, wrote a memoir on the life of General Morgan following the War a work which provides incredible first-hand details on the raid and its influence on the Civil War.According to Coleman,"This work is the standard account of General John H. Morgan and his Confederate Cavalry. The author, Basil Duke, assumed command of Morgan's Cavalry after the death of General Morgan in 1864."Krick supports this by saying that the work is "made lively by Duke's first hand observations"Item number: #20987Price: $750DUKE, Basil Wilson History of Morgan's cavalryCincinnati: Miami Print. and Pub. Co., 1867.Details:· Collation: Complete with all pages o viii, 9-578· References: Howes D 548; Coleman 1177; Nevins I 83; · Provenance: o Bookplate Capt. Geo. M. Farnham, 1883 Captain George M. Farnham, who served in Company K of the 10th Michigan Cavalry during the American Civil War. The unit did not participate in many altercations, instead running reconnaissance missions in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virginia during the war; as a result, the regiment only suffered 2 officers and 29 enlisted men killed in action, but 240 enlisted men died of disease.o Handwritten Wright Williams, M.D., 1961· Language: English· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secureo Green cloth· Size: ~9in X 6.25in (23cm x 15.5cm)Our Guarantee:Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation!20987Photos available upon request., Miami Print. and Pub. Co, 1867, 4<

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Near Fine, [PU: Miami Print. and Pub. Co], HISTORY OF MORGAN'S CAVALRY, 1867, CONFEDERATE, 1ED JOHN MORGAN S RAID, CIVIL WAR, BASIL DUKE, GETTYSBURG, VICKSBURG, RARE BOOK, BOOKS, ANTIQUE OLD FIRST EDITION, ED, 1ST STATE, PRINTING, PROVENANCE, SIGNED, INSCRIBED, SIGNATURE, AUTOGRAPH, DUST JACKET, FINE LEATHER, FOLIO, OCTAVO, QUARTO, VELLUM, MANUSCRIPT, LITERATURE, ENGRAVINGS, ILLUSTRATIONS, ILLUSTRATED, ENGRAVED PLATES, MAPS, ANTIQUARIAN, ENGLISH, CINCINNATI, MIAMI PRINT. AND PUB. CO, 1867 Confederate 1ed John Morgan s Raid CIVIL WAR Basil Duke Gettysburg Vicksburg John Hunt Morgan was a Confederate general in the American Civil War known mostly by his now famous Raid, an operation now known as Morgan s Raid . Morgan sought to slow the Union growth in both Vicksburg and Gettysburg (both of which would become war-changing battles) by moving Confederate troops throughout the North hoping to draw Union armies toward the raiders and away from strongholds. Morgan was shot and killed during his raid; however, one of Morgan s officers, Basil Duke, wrote a memoir on the life of General Morgan following the War a work which provides incredible first-hand details on the raid and its influence on the Civil War. According to Coleman, This work is the standard account of General John H. Morgan and his Confederate Cavalry. The author, Basil Duke, assumed command of Morgan's Cavalry after the death of General Morgan in 1864. Krick supports this by saying that the work is made lively by Duke s first hand observations Item number: #20987 Price: $750 DUKE, Basil Wilson History of Morgan's cavalry Cincinnati: Miami Print. and Pub. Co., 1867. Details: Collation: Complete with all pages o viii, 9-578 References: Howes D 548; Coleman 1177; Nevins I 83; Provenance: o Bookplate Capt. Geo. M. Farnham, 1883 Captain George M. Farnham, who served in Company K of the 10th Michigan Cavalry during the American Civil War. The unit did not participate in many altercations, instead running reconnaissance missions in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virginia during the war; as a result, the regiment only suffered 2 officers and 29 enlisted men killed in action, but 240 enlisted men died of disease. o Handwritten Wright Williams, M.D., 1961 Language: English Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure o Green cloth Size: ~9in X 6.25in (23cm x 15.5cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 20987 Photos available upon request., Books<