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William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
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62pp. Dbd. Lightly tanned. Contemporary ownership signature on titlepage. Unevenly trimmed, affecting an occasional catchword, and the final line of text on the bottom of three pages and the final two lines on the bottom of one page. The first Boston printing of this important report by a Committee consisting of Madison, Hamilton, and Oliver Ellsworth, issued the same year as the Philadelphia first printing. The report deals with raising national revenue and other important issues facing the new nation. Appended are some relevant state papers: a letter from Franklin and his treaty of Vergennes; Adams' contract with the Netherlands regarding loans; and material relating to the Newburgh Address, including the petition of the officers, extracts from Washington's reply, and related resolutions of Congress. HOWES A76, "aa." EVANS 18225. ESTC W15153. REESE, FEDERAL HUNDRED 1 (ref). Seller Inventory # WRCAM33191
Title: ADDRESS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE STATES BY...
Publisher: The Honorable House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Philadelphia Printed.Boston Reprinted
Publication Date: 1783
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Sewn wraps. Originally printed in Philadelphia; reprinted in Hartford. Title page lacks top half of page; facsimile title page laid in. Edgewear, marginal/corner losses. Lacks final leaf, facsimile laid in entitled "No. IX, Estimate of the State Debt." Collation 50, [32] pp. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Seller Inventory # 40365
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Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
50,[28]pp. (lacks final two leaves of text, supplied in expert facsimile), plus folding table. Quarto. Half morocco and marbled boards. Titlepage foxed, text evenly tanned. Very good. The first Hartford printing of this important report by a committee consisting of Madison, Hamilton, and Oliver Ellsworth, issued the same year as the Philadelphia first printing. The report deals with raising national revenue and other important issues facing the new nation. Appended are some relevant state papers: a letter from Franklin and his treaty of Vergennes; Adams' contract with the Netherlands regarding loans; and material relating to the Newburgh Address, including the petition of the officers, extracts from Washington's reply, and related resolutions of Congress. The final unpaginated thirty-one pages of this edition relate specifically to receipts and expenditures of Connecticut, with most of the text a town-by-town listing of balances due the national treasury from various Connecticut localities. The final three pages of that section are lacking from this copy, supplied in facsimile. HOWES A76, "aa." EVANS 18226. ESTC W15154. REESE, FEDERAL HUNDRED 1 (ref). Seller Inventory # 33231
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