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Friends & Colleagues,

The confetti has been swept up.  The gold ballroom chairs are stacked.  The champagne flutes are in their racks, awaiting the caterers.  Another inauguration is over.  Whatever your political preferences, this much should be said – the transfer of power was peaceful.

We hearken back today to an earlier inauguration, that of the first commander in chief.  We feature his engraved portrait, which was made in 1785, a few years before his inauguration in New York, not in Washington.  There were certainly some differences with yesterday’s events.  But this much was the same.   The event proceeded without violence.

That is the very hallmark of our democracy.  For that we are grateful.  And we say “Hail to the Chief”.

Sincerely,

 Nick 

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F. Bonneville; Ruotte. [WASHINGTON PORTRAIT] [ENGRAVING] G. WASHINGTON. NE EN VIRGINIE ANNEE 1733 COMMENDANT EN CHEF DES ARMEES ET PRESIDENT DU CONGRES D’AMERIQUE. Price: $750.00  
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Joseph Martin. [VIRGINIA] [MAP] A NEW AND COMPREHENSIVE GAZETTEER OF VIRGINIA, AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ... TO WHICH IS ADDED A HISTORY OF VIRGINIA. Price: $750.00  
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Virginia Rowans [Patrick Dennis]. [LITERATURE] HOUSE PARTY. Price: $85.00  
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Hanford MacNider | C. LeRoy Baldridge [Illustrator]. [SIGNED] THE A.E.F. OF A CONSCIENTIOUS SUBALTERN. Price: $60.00  
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Lewis Carroll [Charles Dodgson]. [Literature] THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS. Price: $400.00  
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William Shaksper [Shakespeare] | Barry Cornwell [Memoir] | Kenny Meadows {Illustrations]. [FINE BINDINGS] THE WORKS OF SHAKSPERE [SHAKESPEARE]. REVISED FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES. WITH A MEMOIRS AND ESSAY ON HIS GENIUS. ILLUSTRATED WITH ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD. [3 VOLUMES]. Price: $500.00  
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[Literature] William Carlos Williams [Randall Jarrell]; Illustrated by [Randall Jarrell]. Selected Poems. Price: $125.00  
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Marc Ramsey. [SIGNED] [CIVIL WAR] THE 7th SOUTH CAROLINA CAVALRY: TO THE DEFENSE OF RICHMOND. Price: $90.00  
298587
Laurence Housman. [Decorative Binding] Bethlehem a nativity Play. Price: $75.00  
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HUGH HEFNER. [AMERICANA] TRUMP MAGAZINE, NO.1. Price: $95.00  
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Kristopher A. Teters | Gary W. Gallagher. [CIVIL WAR] PRACTICAL LIBERATORS. UNION OFFICERS IN THE WESTERN THEATER DURING THE CIVIL WAR. Price: $75.00  
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Harrison Fisher; Illustrated by Harrison Fisher. [AMERICANA][ART][EPHEMERA] VINTAGE POSTCARDS. Price: $400.00  
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L. Frank Baum | W.W. Denslow; Illustrated by W.W. Denslow. [CHILDREN] THE NEW WIZARD OF OZ. Price: $100.00  
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C. Poindexter | [Edward V. Valentine]. [CIVIL WAR] RICHMOND: AN ILLUSTRATED HAND-BOOK OF THE CITY AND BATTLE FIELDS, WITH HISTORIC SKETCH AND MAPS. Price: $95.00  
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Leigh Hunt. [POETRY] FOLIAGE, OR, POEMS ORIGINAL AND TRANSLATED. Price: $75.00  
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Edward Alexander Moore | Capt. Robert E. Lee, Jr.; Hon. Henry St. George Tucker [Introductions]. [CIVIL WAR] THE STORY OF A CANNONEER UNDER STONEWALL JACKSON. IN WHICH IS TOLD THE PART TAKEN BY THE ROCKBRIDGE ARTILLERY IN THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA. Price: $90.00  
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Peter Matthiessen. [AMERICANA] MEN’S LIVES: THE SURFMEN AND BAYMEN OF THE SOUTH FORK. Price: $75.00  
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J. J. Keevil. {MEDICINE] MEDICINE AND THE NAVY. [3 OF 4 VOLUMES]. Price: $200.00  
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Davd A. Nichols | Gary W. Gallagher. [CIVIL WAR] LINCOLN AND THE INDIANS. CIVIL WAR POLICY AND POLITICS. Price: $60.00  
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[Varina Howell Davis] | Jefferson Davis. [CIVIL WAR] JEFFERSON DAVIS. EX-PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA. A MEMOIR BY HIS WIFE. (2 Volumes; Set). Price: $125.00  
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