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Jefferson, Thomas, as Secretary of State
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description
Return of the Whole Number of Persons within the Several Districts of the United States. Philadelphia: Childs and Swaine, 1791
8vo (8 x 4 3/4 in.; 204 x 125 mm). Signed on the final text leaf ("Th:Jefferson"); minor worming in lower left margin affecting the title-page and first text leaf, some marginal spotting. Contemporary Dutch-combed marbled paper wrappers; right edge of upper wrapper frayed, lower half of backstrip perished, wormhole in lower left corner of upper wrapper, some remnants of paper adhering to joints. Green cloth folding-case, tan morocco spine lettered gilt.
8vo (8 x 4 3/4 in.; 204 x 125 mm). Signed on the final text leaf ("Th:Jefferson"); minor worming in lower left margin affecting the title-page and first text leaf, some marginal spotting. Contemporary Dutch-combed marbled paper wrappers; right edge of upper wrapper frayed, lower half of backstrip perished, wormhole in lower left corner of upper wrapper, some remnants of paper adhering to joints. Green cloth folding-case, tan morocco spine lettered gilt.
Provenance
J. P. Cilley (inscription, Rockland, 1873)
Literature
Evans 23916; Howes R220
Catalogue Note
First edition of the first United States census, signed by Thomas Jefferson on the final text leaf. The enumeration was evidently printed in a very small edition for distribution by the Secretary of State at whose urging the census was undertaken. Rare, only two other copies have appeared at auction since 1975: the Park and the Sedgwick-Norton copies.