Taxation no Tyranny (10) volumes of Americana: 1) A Sketch of the Events Which Preceded the Capture of Washington by the British on the Twenty-fourth of August, 1814. Carey and Hart, Philadelphia. 1849. Hardcover. 5.5"w x 8.5"h. 66 pages with large fold-out map. Front board and endpaper separated. 2) Noah Webster. An Improved Grammar of the English Language. Corey and Webster, Cincinnati. 1836. Hardcover. 4"w x 7"h. 192 pages. Owner's name in ink, dated 1839, on blank page. 3) The Life and Public Services of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, and Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine. Thayer & Eldridge, Boston. 1860. Softcover. 4.75"w x 7.25"h. 128 pages. Lacking back cover, worn and tattered around edges. 4) and 5) David Ramsey, M.D. The History of the American Revolution. Complete in two volumes. R. Aitken & Son, Philadelphia. 1789. Hardcover. 5"w x 8.25"h. vi, 359; [4], 360 pages. Front board and pages i-iv detached on volume I. Sturgis Library labels dated 1875 and library stamps on title pages. 6) Memorial of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Inhabitants, of New Orleans. 20th Congress, 1st session, Doc. No. 26, House of Representatives. December 31, 1827. Referred to the Committee on Private Land Claims. Printed by Gales & Seaton, Washington. 1828. Hardcover, later binding. 6"w x 9.25h. 25 pages + fold-out map of the city. Laid in is a letter to Charles Sigety from the bookseller and the original purchase receipt. 7) Message from the President [John Adams] of the United States, transmitting certain documents on the subjects of the insurrection in Pennsylvania; the renewal of commerce with St. Domingo; and the mission to France. 5th December, 1799. Hardcover, later binding. 5"w x 8.5"h. 42 pages. 8) Message from the President [James Madison] of the United States, transmitting...the payment for Property lost, captured, or destroyed by the enemy, while in the military service of the United States. December 23, 1816. Printed by William A. Davis, Washington. 1816. Hardcover, later binding. 5"w x 8"h. 37 pages. 9) [Samuel Johnson]. Taxation no Tyranny; An Answer to the Resolutions and Address of the American Congress. T. Cadell, London. 1775. Hardcover, later binding. 5"w x 7.5"h. 91 pages, with the last 3 pages in facsimile, title page detached, restoration in margins. From the library of Joseph Reed, with his signature on title page. 10) [American Treaty Act]. Anno Regni Georgii III. Regis. Magnae Britanniae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, tricesimo septimo. July 12th, 1796. Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, London. 1797. Hardcover, later binding. 7"w x 11.5"h. [14] pages.