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A sammelband of pamphlets relative to James Madison

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25.05.2022 17:00UTC -04:00
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Lot 87 | A sammelband of pamphlets relative to James Madison
A sammelband of pamphlets relative to James Madison1783-1810MADISON, James – JEFFERSON, Thomas. A sammelband of pamphlets, apparently bound for the use of James Madison, various places, 1783-1810. Bound in with fragments of two manuscript address panels, one of which is addressed to Madison as Secretary of State in Thomas Jefferson's hand and bearing his franking signature ("Th:Jefferson"). An unusual sammelband with manuscript endpapers linking Madison and Jefferson. A fascinating collection of pamphlets including several works important to Madison's political career, namely, a copy of Standing Rules and Orders of the House of Representatives of the United States. Also of interest is a copy of Willam Brach Giles 1808 Senate speech supporting Jefferson's embargo which bears the manuscript identification of John Nelson ("Mr. John Nelson Monticello") who served as Jefferson's chief builder, and also performed work on Madison's home at Montpellier. The endpapers are taken from two transmittal panels addressed to Madison including one in Jefferson's hand to Madison as Secretary of State as well as a franking signature by Jefferson as President. [Includes:] Standing Rules and Orders of the House of Representatives of the United States. [Philadelphia:] Francis Childs, [1795] – [CALLENDAR, James Thompson.] The Prospect Before Us. Richmond: M. Jones, S. Pleasants, Jr. and J. Lyon, 1800 – An Address Delivered to the Inhabitants of the Township of Fairfield, Cumberland County, New Jersey, on the Fourth of July, 1808… Philadelphia: John Binns, 1808. – Speech by Mr. Giles, in the Senate of the United States, on the 13th of February 1809; in Support of the Following Resolution, Moved by him on the 8th of the Same Month. [Washington, 1809] – Philadelphia Premium Society. The Directors of the society have resolved… Philadelphia, 25 July 1808 – [a portion of]: CALLENDER, James Thompson. Sketches of the History of America. Philadelphia: Snowden & McCorclke, 1798. – The Examination of Col. Aaron Burr, before the Chief Justice of the United States, upon the Charges of a high Misdemeanor, and of Treason against the United States… Richmond: S. Grantland, 1807 – CASSIUS [pseud. for BURKE, Aedanus.] Considerations on the Society or Order of Cincinnati; Lately Instituted by the Major Generals, Brigadier-Generals, and other Officers of the American Army. Proving that it Creates a Race of Hereditary patricians, or Nobility…. Addressed to the People of South-Carolina, and their Representatives. Philadelphia: Robert Bell, 1783 – Colvin's Weekly Register. Washington, 26 March & 16 April 1808 – LINCOLN, Daniel Waldo, Oration, Pronounced at Boston, on the Fourth Day of July, 1810, before the 'Bunker-Hill Association'… Boston: Isaac Munroe, 1810 – Supplement to the American and Commercial Daily Advertiser, Monday Morning, July 16, 1810 – Mr. Sampson's Reply, on the Trial of James Cheetam for a Libel on Mrs. Margaret Brazier Bonneville. Baltimore: Office of the American [n.y.]. Octavo (205 x 135mm). Several text corrections to third pamphlet (scattered spotting/foxing and occasional dampstain, a few leaves in first and second pamphlets with discoloration and dampstains, a few marginal tears). Early nineteenth century half sheep over marbled boards (rebacked, rubbed with some minor chips at extremities). Custom chemise and quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: John Nelson of Monticello, one of Jefferson's white builders, and the presumed father of John Hemings (ownership signature on fourth pamphlet) – James Madison (transmittal leaves used as endpapers) – F.J.W. Corey (ownership signature on front pastedown, 1867).
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