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Lot of 5. St. Clair, Henry. The United States Criminal Calendar: or an Awful Warning to the Youth of America; Being an Account of the Most Horrid Murders, Piraces [sic], Highway Robberies, &c, &c. Boston: Charles Gaylord, 1835. 8vo, printed paper boards with cloth spine, 356pp. The Code of 1650, Being a Compilation of the Earliest Laws and Orders of the General Court of Connecticut: Also, the Constitution, or Civil Compact, Entered Into and Adopted by the Towns of Windsor, Hartford, and Wethersfield in 1638-9. To Which is Added Some extracts from the Laws and Judicial Proceedings of New-Haven Colony Commonly Called Blue Laws. Hartford, CT: Andrus & Judd, 1835. 16mo, half leather over marbled paper, "Blue Laws" in gilt on spine, 119pp. Broadside Extra(?): The Baltimore Bank Robbery. Interesting Details of the Operations of the Adroit Burglars - The Results of Two Months' Secret Labor. From the New-York Times, Aug. 21. [1872] 5.5 x 16 in. newsprint. Sections: The Safes; Loss of the Bank; Loss of Depositors; The Private Watchman; The Lessee's Account. Reward poster: $50.00 Reward! Stolen. On Tuesday Night, February 25th, a well matched Team, one a Mare, 15 hands high, star on the forehead, white left hind foot. The other a Brown Horse, about 15 hands high, with no marks. A Reward of Fifty Dollars will be Paid for the Return of the Team or a liberal reward for information that shall lead to the arrest of the thief. Charles H. Mason. Farmington, Feb. 26, 1873. Approx. 8 x 12 in. Reward broadside: $100 Reward !! Escaped from the Jail in Concord, N.H. on MOnday, Aug. 2d, Jonathan A. Rogers, alias Alphonso J. Rogers Also, Arthur Elliot and James Marratte.... The poster goes on to say that $50 will be paid for Rogers, $25 each for the other two. Concord, N.H., Aug. 9, 1858. Printed by Jones & Cogswell (of Concord). Approx. 10.75 x 18.75 in. Provenance: Property from the Inventory of Rex Stark Condition: First with moderate shelfwear, scattered foxing. Text block "broken" near center. Second with moderate shelfwear, scattered foxing. Baltimore Robbery with minor edge toning, a few short margin tears. Generally very good for newsprint. $50 reward poster with stains, water marks, toning, edge scuffing, some missing paper (note impacting text. Fairly rough condition. $100 reward broadside with old folds, some separations of the lower folds, but all pieces present. A few holes at intersections of other folds.