(American History: 18th Century) | A group of 10 works related to 18th-century American History

(American History: 18th Century)

A group of 10 works related to 18th-century American History

Comprising: [American Academy of Arts and Sciences]. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences: To the End of the Year MDCCLXXXIII, Vol. 1. Boston: Adams and Nourse, 1785. 4to. Folding plates; some spotting and offsetting. Modern grey and white paper boards — [William Cobbett]. Porcupine's Works. Philadelphia: William Cobbett, [1796-1797?]; 2 vols., 8vo.; light marginal tanning. Antique calf-backed marbled boards. Federal Hundred 57 —[Connecticut]. Acts and Laws of the State of Connecticut in America. New London: Timothy Green, 1784. Folio; toned, moderate foxing at places, early signatures and contemporary marginalia. Contemporary calf; rebacked — [John Mitchell]. The Present of Great Britain and North America, with Regard to Agriculture, Population, Trade, and Manufactures, partially considered... London: T. Becket, and P. A. De Hondt, 1767. 8vo. Half-title, errata; light spotting, repair to gutter of half-title. Early calf; Rebacked, worn — James Monroe. A View of the Conduct of the Executive in the Foreign Affairs of the United States, Connected with the Mission to The French Republic During the Years 1794, 1795 and 1796. Philadelphia: Benj. Franklin Bache, 1797. 8vo. Half-title, partially uncut and unopened; staining throughout. Contemporary drab boards; worn — Thomas Paine. The Decline and Fall of the English System of Finance. Philadelphia: John Page, 1796. 8vo. Half-title; light spotting. Modern calf-backed marbled boards — William Patterson. The charge of Judge Patterson to the Jury in the Case of Vanhorne's Lessee against Dorrance: Tried at a Circuit Court for the United States held at Philadelphia, April Term 1795. Philadelphia: Samuel H. Smith, 1796. 8vo. Modern morocco-backed marbled boards — [Pennsylvania]. The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Zachariah Poulson, 1790. 8vo; Harvard College Library Stamps. Modern green morocco-backed marbled boards. One of two printings of the first pamphlet edition of the new constitution. Federal Hundred 32 —[Shay's Rebellion]. An Address from the General Court, to the People of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston: Adams and Nourse, 1786. Small 4to; title spotted. Modern calf-backed cloth. First edition.Federal Hundred 10 — Samuel Smith. The History of the Colony of Nova-Caesaria, or New Jersey. Containing an Account of Its First Settlement, Progressive Improvements, the Original and Present Constitution and Other Events to the Year 1721. Burlington, NJ, Philadelphia: James Parker and David Hall, 1765. 8vo; light scattered foxing and toning. Contemporary full calf; rebacked to style. First Edition. Struggle for North America 67 — [XYZ Affair]. Authentic copies of the Correspondence of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, John Marshall and Elbridge Gerry... as presented to both Houses of Congress, April 3, 1798. London: J. Debrett, 1798. 8vo. Partially unopened. Later half calf and marbled boards; rebacked. In a custom case. First English edition.Together 11 works in 12 volumes. 

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