1850 NEW YORK. Nearly 100 Senate Reports on Slavery, Shakers, Sing Sing Prison Reform, &c.

An extensive assemblage of nearly 100 Senate Reports for the State of New York, each separately paginated and printed, and with significant content. Of special note are the Reports on the Expansion of Slavery / Missouri Compromise; an expansive series of Reports on the Erie Canal; a 342pp report of the inspectors on the state prisons [including racial data, calls for reform, Sing Sing and its operation under the Auburn System which led to calls for serious reform]; etc. 

Includes Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 54, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 68, 69, 70, 71, 73, 74, 76, 77, 78, 79, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 93, 94, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102. Three items are present in duplicate. 

Some of the specific imprints include:

State of New York. No. 6. In Senate, January 4, 1850. Communication from the Speaker of the Provincial Parliament Re: The Fire in Montreal, Canada.

State of New York. No. 8. In Senate, January 9, 1850. On the Majority of the Select Committee on so much of the Governor's Message as Relates to the Extension of Slavery Over Territory Now Free by George Geddes and Stephen H. Johnson.

State of New York. No. 10. In Senate, January 10, 1850. Memorial of the New York State Temperance Society

State of New York. No. 5. In Senate, January 7, 1850. Memorial of the New York Historical Society.

State of New York. No. 16. In Senate, January 4, 1850. Second Annual Report of the Inspectors of State Prisons of the State of New York. 342pp.  [Not a single copy in the auction record or in the trade we can trace]

State of New York. No. 17. In Senate, January 19, 1850. Memorial of the Society for the Reformation of Juvenile Delinquents in the City of New York. 

State of New York. No. 21. In Senate, January 19, 1850. Communication from the Governor Transmitting a Letter from the Clerk of the Seneca Nation of Indians.

State of New York. No. 29. In Senate, January 15, 1850. Annual Report of the Trustees of the State Library. 61pp.

State of New York. No. 36. In Senate, January 29, 1850. Communication from the Governor in Answer to a Resolution of the Senate in Relation to the Asiatic Cholera.

State of New York. No. 38. In Senate, February 1, 1850. Report of the Committee on Literature in Relation to Petitions for Amendments to the Act Establishing Free Schools Throughout the State.

State of New York. No. 43. In Senate, January 14, 1850. Communication from the Governor in Answer to a Resolution of the Senate re: The Present Mode of Empanelling Jurors, etc. 30pp.

State of New York. No. 59. In Senate, February 11, 1850. Message from the Governor Transmitting Papers in Relation to the Seneca Indians. 

State of New York. No. 65. In Senate, February 19, 1850. Memorial of the Chiefs, &c., of the Tuscarora Tribe of Indians. Signed in Print by the Chiefs and Warriors of the Tuscarora.

State of New York. No. 71. In Senate, February 27, 1850. Communication from the Commissiners of Emigration in Relation to Certain Amendments of the Laws Respecting Alien Passengers [Emigration]

State of New York. No. 84. In Senate, March 20, 1850. Resolutions in Relation to Manorial Titles.

State of New York. No. 89. In Senate, March 19, 1850. Report of the Trustees of the United Society of Shakers in the Town of New Lebanon, Columbia Co., New York. 14pp.

Largely in good condition, retaining original front board, but the posts and rear board not present. All items textually good or better with the first 1/3 having mild rodentia at the lower inside corner, not impacting text.