State Papers and Publick Documents of the United States from the Accession of George Washington to the Presidency, Exhibiting a Complete View of Our Foreign Relations Since That Time, 1797.
Boston: T.B. Wait, 1815. Octavo. Item #027260
522p. Among all the diplomatic correspondance on the depredations by the French and Great Britain as well as the potentates of North Africa in their capturing and enslaving American sailors, there are all the important figures in addition to the 103 captured U.S. vessels with their names and their masters as well as the value of each ship. Here is the long address of President Adams to Congress who are called together under extraordinary pressure regarding the XYZ affair. Bound in recent brown leather, raised bands, double maroon leather spine labels gilt. Some toning to leaves, no foxing. very good.
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