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Seller: Sawgrass Books & Music, Decatur, GA, U.S.A.Sawgrass Books & Music
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Mint copy with long Inscription by author on half title page. Includes a loose book reviews sheet on this book. Inscribed by Author(s).
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Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.Wonder Book
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Condition: Good. Signed Copy First edition copy. . Very Good dust jacket. Signed by Lindbergh and Brown on first photo page. Dust jacket price clipped.
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Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.Sequitur Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. [Inscribed, signed by author on FEP] Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. xiv, 216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. *Autographed by author.* Inscription reads: "To Mom and Dad, from Ann. 21.6 pp per year.". Signed.
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Published by W.W. Norton & Co., New York, New York 1969
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Seller: Sea Fever Books, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.Sea Fever Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Still vital, New England's fishing communities have played an important role in American history beginning in the seventeenth century. This handsomely illustrated book, drawing on blueprints, art, archives, personal papers and journals provides a vivid account of… the fishermen's lives and the communities in which they lived - and still live. Profusely illustrated. Signed by Author(s).
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Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.About Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Very Good+ dust jacket. First Edition. Charlotte, Vermont: Shanty Pond Press, 1999. A bright, shiny, clean, square, tight copy. The Dust Jacket has two short (half inch) closed tears at the folds. NOT price clipped (24.95). No chips. No creases. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh, crisp and…unmarked. First printing, with complete number row (54321) on the copyright page. Bound in the original white boards, lettered in bright metallic green. Illustrations. List of sources. Selected bibliography. Index. From the Dust Jacket: "It's been estimated that seven million Irish immigrants have come to the United States since its birth. The vast majority came after the Great Famine in search of a dream or simply to survive. As their descendents, we now yearn to know all that we can about these Celtic pilgrims. We may have discovered a birth date, a marriage record, or the place where they lived, but little more. We are left to imagine what rituals and routines filled their lives each day -- their dreams and desires, their fears and foibles, their sins and celebrations. THE VIEW FROM SHANTY POND opens a door to that forgotten world. Touch your Irish past. Come visit your ancestors in Shanty Pond.". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine condition./Very Good+ dust jacket. 8vo. xviii, 222pp.
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Seller: KULTURAs books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.KULTURAs books
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover with dustjacket. First edition. SIGNED and inscribed by author on title page. White boards, black text, pristine. Protected dustjacket is bright and crisp. Book is firm in binding, with one lightly bumped corner. With a foreword… by Kerby Miller. A bright, clean copy. 220 pp. Including index. Free of any markings, not ex-library.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author.
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Seller: Alplaus Books, Alplaus, NY, U.S.A.Alplaus Books
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paperback. Condition: Very Good. Signed by author with inscription on title page. No text markings noted; mild usage wear. Signed by Author.
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Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. Color photographs by Richard Brown throughout. With an introduction by Noel Perrin. First printing. SIGNED by Reeve Lindbergh. Fine in an about fine dust jacket.
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Published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Orlando, Florida 1987
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Seller: Cultural Connection, Cape Coral, FL, U.S.A.Cultural Connection
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First edition first printing signed by the author once as an inscription on the prelim beneath the photograph of a man with a rabbit:"For Robley and Don, Who have welcomed us all to their "kingdom"! So many thanks, and much affection. Reeve & family 3/24/92" with black sharpie and again on title pages "Reeve Lindbergh" with blac…k sharpie. Photographs by Richard Brown with an introduction by Noel Perrin. Folio 12 1/4" x 9 1/4". Green cloth stamped in copper. 4 sections by seasons. 144 pages printed on thick paper. Many beautiful full page color photos of New England country. Clean. Bright. Tightly bound. Dust jacket. Like new/ Fine.
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Seller: Greystone Books, Margate, , United KingdomGreystone Books
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Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing. NrF/NrF. First Edition, First Printing in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, DAVID FRASER, on front endpaper. Inscription reads, 'To ------/With every best wishfor yourself/and the United Kingdom Independent/Party/…David Fraser/September 2007'. A well-researched and authoritative study of the British criminal justice system. With References and Index. A near fine copy, in a near fine d/w, of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf. HEAVY PLEASE CONTACT US ABOUT POSTAGE. ORDERS OUTSIDE OF UK MAY INCUR EXTRA COST. Presentation Copy Inscribed And Signed.
Published by Bird in Hand Press, San Francisco 1972
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Seller: D. Richards, Bookman, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.D. Richards, Bookman
Contact seller5-star seller5.5 x 8.75" Pamphlet. One of 190 copies printed. 21pp. Signed by both Bradleys. A fine copy. Bruce Wm. Bradley (illustrator). Signed by both the editor and the Illustrator. Book.
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Seller: Chapter Two (Chesham), Chesham, United KingdomChapter Two (Chesham)
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. dust jacket clipped. Inscribed by Author(s).
Published by Rounder Books Trade Paperback, Burlington, MA 2008
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Seller: Nightingale Books, stoughton, MA, U.S.A.Nightingale Books
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Condition: Fine. Stated 1st Ed. An account of one of the great radio voices of the Pats. Illustrated with color photograpgs. SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY CHUCK BURGESS on title page. Sports, Broadcasting, Signed. Signed by Author.
Published by Harper & Brothers, New York and London 1898
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Seller: Albion Books, Buffalo, NY, U.S.A.Albion Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: G+ (Good Plus). No Jacket. 1st Edition. Signed "from the author" to ffep with personalization. Gray cloth dec in yellow and blue, with gilt lettering to spine. Minor edgewear, rubbing and soil, and lightly bumped spine ends. Toning along spine and edges. Binding somewhat tender and cracked in some places; t…ext clean. Interior lightly toned, with scattered light foxing. B/w photos. No stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 226 pp. Inscribed by Author(s).
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Seller: Books that Benefit, Fawley, , United KingdomBooks that Benefit
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Black hard cover with gilt lettering - Fine. In DJ - a few dot pressure points to front/near Fine. 208 pages including many illustrations. Inscribed to someone whose family has a 'Capability Brown' garden and signed by author on half title page. Apart from small spot…blemish to top of text block, Content Fine. (1091g) Photo on request. As Books that Benefit gives the proceeds from the sale of this book to charity correct postage will be asked for when more than default price quoted. Inscribed by Author(s).
Published by London: Society of SS.Peter and Paul 1915. 1915
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Seller: Alec R. Allenson, Inc., Westville, FL, U.S.A.Alec R. Allenson, Inc.
Contact seller4-star sellerGood lt.abraded green cloth. Elaborate gilt crucifix front cover. vii, 94 p.; 16 halftone pl., woodcut vignettes in text; 22.5 cm. Monastic bookplate. Signed by author on title-page. Binding is Hardcover.
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Seller: Rural Hours, La Grande, OR, U.S.A.Rural Hours
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Near Fine. 1st Edition. Inscribed in the year of publication on the green front free endpaper: "For Judy + Brad, with much love from Paul, September 1976." Brooks was editor-in-chief of Houghton-Mifflin, and in that capacity alone was a great champion of environmental writing. As Rachel Carson's…editor, he suggested the title Silent Spring, and he later wrote a book about her. But Brooks was also a great student of environmental writing and accomplished naturalist writer himself and was the winner of the John Burroughs Medal for nature writing. Here he takes on his native ground, his hometown of Lincoln, MA, in a book published during America's bicentennial about a place key to the Revolution. Brooks's hometown of Lincoln, MA. He takes a long view and explores its shifting landscape, from rural to suburban and the tensions therein. And of course detours to Concord to write about its literary revolution led by Thoreau, Emerson, and Hawthorne. Blurbs among others by Archibald MacLeish, Charlton Ogburn, and Wallace Stegner, who writes: "We are used to wilder landscapes than *The View from Lincoln Hill* when we open a book by Paul Brooks . His new book is altogether quieter: a loving evocation of a New England town in space and time that explores the history of human adaptation to land." Uncommon signed. A very good/near fine book with light foxing to upper face of text block and edge sunning. In a near fine jacket with sunning to spine. // Wood (+) River (=) Books specializes in ecology, natural history, nature writing, the environment, and environmental literature, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions.
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Published by The Werner Company, Chicago and New York 1896
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Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. viii+591 pages with frontispiece, plates and drawings from Frederick Remington. Small quarto (10" x 7 1/2") bound in original publisher's brown decorated cloth with gilt lettering and pictorial to spine and cover. Full title: Personal Recollections and Observations of General Nelson…A. Miles Embracing a Brief View of the Civil War or From New England to the Golden Gate and the Story of His Indian Campaigns with Comments on the Exploration, Development and Progress of Our Great Western Empire. With signature of General Nelson A. Miles laid in. (Howes M595, Rader 2397, Luther High Spot 144, Graff 2789; Howes M595) First edition. Later issue with Miles' rank given as "Major-General" on the frontispiece portrait In July 1866, Miles was appointed a colonel in the Regular Army. In April 1867 he was appointed assistant commissioner of the North Carolina Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, serving under bureau commissioner Brigadier General Oliver O. Howard. On June 30, 1868, he married Mary Hoyt Sherman (daughter of Charles Taylor Sherman, niece of William T. Sherman and John Sherman, and granddaughter of Charles R. Sherman). In March 1869, he became commander of the 5th U.S. Infantry Regiment, a position he held until 1880. Miles played a leading role in nearly all of the U.S. Army's campaigns against the American Indian tribes of the Great Plains, among whom he was known as "Bearcoat" (for his characteristic bearskin coat). In 1874-1875, he was a field commander in the force that defeated the Kiowa, Comanche, and the Southern Cheyenne along the Red River. Between 1876 and 1877, he participated in the campaign that scoured the Northern Plains after Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer's defeat at the Battle of the Little Big Horn and forced the Lakota and their allies onto reservations. In the winter of 1877, he drove his troops on a forced march across eastern Montana to intercept the Nez Perce band led by Chief Joseph after the Nez Perce War. For the rest of his career, Miles would quarrel with General Oliver O. Howard over credit for Joseph's capture. In December 1880, Miles was promoted to brigadier general in the Regular Army. He was then assigned to command the Department of the Columbia (1881-85) and the Department of Missouri (1885-86). In 1886, Miles replaced General George Crook as commander of forces fighting against Geronimo, a Chiricahua Apache leader, in the Department of Arizona. Crook had relied heavily on Apache scouts in his efforts to capture Geronimo. Instead, Miles relied on white troops, who eventually traveled 3,000 miles without success as they tracked Geronimo through the tortuous Sierra Madre Mountains. Finally, First Lieutenant Charles B. Gatewood, who had studied Apache ways, succeeded in negotiating a surrender, under the terms of which Geronimo and his followers agreed to spend two years on a Florida reservation. Geronimo agreed on these terms, being unaware of the real plot behind the negotiations (that there was no intent to let them go back to their native lands). The exile included even the Chihuahuas who had worked for the army, in violation of Miles' agreement with them. Miles denied Gatewood any credit for the negotiations and had him transferred to the Dakota Territory. During this campaign, Miles's special signals unit used the heliograph extensively, proving its worth in the field. The special signals unit was under the command of Captain W.A. Glassford. In 1888, Miles became the commander of the Military Division of the Pacific and the Department of California. Condition: Cloth rubbed, corners and spine tips softened; bookplate else very good. Signed by Author(s).
Published by The Werner Company, Chicago 1896
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Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.Raptis Rare Books
Contact seller5-star sellerPublisher's deluxe first edition of this autobiography of a great military general; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Quarto, bound in full crushed morocco with gilt titles to the front panel, images of a cannon and trumpet stamped in blind, all edges gilt, gilt patterned floral endpapers, tissue-guarded frontispiec…e portrait of General Nelson A. Miles, copiously illustrated with pictures by Frederic Remington and other eminent artists. P. T. Shermanâs bookplate to the front pastedown. In good condition, loss to the spine, splitting to the hinges, rubbing and loss to the extremities of the front and rear panels. General William Tecumseh Shermanâs son P. T. Sherman was a lawyer in New York, specializing in labor and insurance, and was elected a member of the New York Board of Alderman in the late 1880s. In the early 1900s, he was appointed the New York Commissioner of Labor. He transferred his library to his niece, Eleanor Sherman Fitch, the granddaughter of General Sherman through his eldest daughter, Maria âMinnieâ Ewing Sherman Fitch, before he died. Until now, the book was held at the family estate in Washington County, Pennsylvania. Nelson A. Miles was an American military general who served in the American Civil War, the American Indian Wars, and the Spanishâ"American War. From 1895 to 1903, Miles served as the last Commanding General of the United States Army, before the office was retooled as Chief of Staff of the Army.
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Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, EUGENE, OR, U.S.A.Aardvark Rare Books
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Pamphlet. Condition: Good. Scarce, pre-American Revolutionary pamphlet- and, by just a few days, Pre-Boston Massacre, this publication, at its face, was merely a useful almanac, but in actuality, an organ characterized by seething sentiment and fervent rage and calls for solidarity against the indignities of a large British occu…pying troops, which not only were forced by the Quartering Act of 1765 to house the occupying soldiers in public houses but which forced the colonials to assume the cost of this. This one lacking the famous (but often missing) frontis etching attributed to Paul Revere. Only seven actual copies located in libraries worldwide. 12mo. Original self-wrappers. 29 leaves (of 30). Unrestored and unsophisticated. Printed ("upon paper manufactured in this country") and sold by Edes & Gill, in Queen-Street; and T. & J. Fleet at the Heart and Crown, in Cornhill, 1770. Ragged edges, creasing, some corners folded over. Original stitching present. Mild toning to pages and occasional light spotting/foxing. LACKS the copper cut of the landing of British troops in Boston, engraved by Paul Revere -- which is commonly assumed was produced by Christian Remick but other perhaps more authoritative sources maintain that Revere copied the image from Henry Pelham, whose perspective and figure drawing was better than both Revere's and this unknown artist." (Boston 1775 Blogspot) -- entitled "Prospective View of Boston the Capital of New England; and of the Landing of Troops in the Year 1768". MISSING last leaf listing names of the merchants still importing British goods. Our copy does include the text of three revolutionary songs, as often as not missing from other copies which have surfaced over the years: 1) "A New Song" "Now much in vogue in North America, to the tune of 'Heart of Oak' etc, which concludes: 'In FREEDOM we're born and IN FREEDOM we'll live.not as Slaves, but as Freemen, Our money we'll give.'; 2) 'The Parody Parodiz'd", or The Massachusetts Liberty Song'; 3) "A new song", compos'd by a Son of Liberty and sung by Mr. Flagg at Concert-Hall, Boston, February 13, 1770. The Sons of Liberty was a rather militant group of colonial citizens, whose primary activity was to keep track of the movement of the occupying British soldiers (of whom there were 2000 amongst a general population of 15,000 often quartered in citizens houses against their consent) most likely to head off British attempts to confiscate guns or gunpowder. Sons of LIberty members also carried out far more radical actions such as the burning in effigy and later torching to the ground of the office of Boston's stamp official Andrew Oliver, and the tarring and feathering of Boston Customs Commissioner John Malcolm and the pouring of hot tea down his nose and throat. ." (synthesized from several internet sources) Also present is a list of paid officers and their salaries, if known, which the Crown engaged since the new tax and revenue laws were enacted, about which the pamphlet editor opines.: ".We cannot say if these are on the American pension list, as a veil of darkness is carefully thrown over it ,to prevent if possible, the public Odium.Add to these a swarm of petty officers, spies and informers, whose pay and rewards cannot yet be ascertained.All supported by taxes drawn from you, without your consent - a small specimen of what you are to expect, should these acts be continued." This pamphlet advertised in the supplement to the Boston gazette for Feb. 26, 1770. and as the title states: "Being the Second after Bissextile or Leap-Year.", which means the second day after leap year, or March 2nd, which would put its publication as just three days before the infamous Boston Massacre which occurred at around 9:30 p.m. on March 5th, 1770. Attributed to Samuel Stearns by Evans, some think perhaps incorrectly. The preface to this, the 1770 issue, evidently by the same author, concludes 'I have not yet had time to think upon the name by which I should best like to be known in the world.
Published by The Werner Company. Chicago. 1897 1897
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Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.Riverby Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Oversized hardcover. Bound in decorative brown cloth with black, gold, and white stamped decorations on the cover; gold lettering on the spine. Some mild corner bumps, but overall binding good and tight. Decorative endpapers. Title page dated 1897. 591 pages. There are two pages that are detached from… their quires and set back in place -- pages 275-278 and 399-402. Both just need a bead a glue to be fully restored to their proper places. Text block tight, other than that. Pages overall a mite toned from age. This copy has a photograph of General Miles in full regalia mounted to board and affixed to the back side of the front free endpaper, with inscription below, 'For Mrs Walker with the compliments and best wishes of Nelson A. Miles, Lt General, U.S. Army. Washington DC April 18th 1922.' The book is also signed on the blank page facing the photograph, 'For Mrs. S. M. Walker with the compliments and best wishes of the Author, Nelson A. Miles. Lieut General U.S. Army." Miles entered the US Army as a volunteer when the Civil War began. He rose to the rank of Major General by the end of the war, though only 26 years old. He remained in the army for another 38 years, serving on the western frontier and in the Spanish American War. Illustrations by Frederick Remington and others. Please email with questions or to request photos. If you see a photo beside this listing, please be aware that it's an ABE Stock Photo (whatever that is) and not a photo of this book. Signed by Author(s).
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Contact seller5-star seller[Women's Education] Darton, J.M. Famous Girls Who Have Become Illustrious Women of our Time Forming Models of Imitation by the Young Women of England. London, later edition. Circa 1884. Duodecimo, 5.5" x 7.25"inches. 329 pages. As issued, no dust jacket. Hardcover with beautifully illustrated crimson boards. Illustrated frontisp…iece in addition to ____ other black and white illustrated plates of the "illustrious women". Signed and inscribed by an aunt to her niece, and subsequently shows the youthful ownership signature of a young girl named Joan Solomon. This work highlights the lives of "famous girls" of "no single period, nor of any one station" who achieved through their deeds "the admiration and the emulation of angels." This piece gave young girls role models by raising the general consciousness of remarkable women, as well as distinguishing them from their family names which historically would be associated with the actions of the male members. The passage of this piece from aunt to niece shows an abiding interest in women's history at the time. The women profiled include Margaret Roper, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Queen Victoria. There is minimal bumping and sunning to spine. Some toning and foxing on the free endpaper. Complete with three pages of advertisements to rear. Interiors are clean and bright. Textblock tight. A very good copy. Signed.
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Seller: The Raab Collection, Ardmore, PA, U.S.A.The Raab Collection
Contact seller4-star sellerJefferson hoped to avoid war and get Britain and France to Respect American Sovereignty and Neutrality in the Napoleonic Wars?His core determination: ?To have submitted our rightful commerce to prohibitions and tributary exactions from others, would have been to surrender our independence.???For years we have been looking as Spe…ctators on our brethren of Europe, afflicted by all those evils which necessarily follow an abandonment of the moral rules which bind men and nations together. Connected with them in friendship and commerce, we have happily so far kept aloof from their calamitous conflicts, by a steady observance of justice towards all, by much forbearance, and multiplied sacrifices. At length however, all regard to the rights of others having been thrown aside, the belligerent Powers have beset the highway of commercial intercourse with Edicts which, taken together expose our commerce and Mariners, under almost every destination, a prey to their fleets and Armies. Each party indeed would admit our commerce with themselves, with the view of associating us in their war against the other. But we have wished war with neither.?Britain and France had been at war since 1803, after a brief hiatus from their previous conflict. Americans tried hard to remain neutral in this present conflict and keep up communications and trade with both countries. Unfortunately, it wasn't working. In 1806, France passed a law that prohibited trade between Britain and neutral parties, like the U.S., and French warships soon began seizing American merchant ships. In 1807, Britain retaliated, prohibiting trade between neutral parties and France. The British also began seizing American ships and demanding that all American vessels had to check in at British ports before they could trade with any other nation. America was getting the worst end of the deal on all sides.Along with their attempts to control trade, the British also tried to satisfy their need for sailors at America's expense. Britain claimed the right to board American ships and take into custody men who were thought to be deserters from the Royal Navy. Most of the time, however, the British had no proof that the men they grabbed were really British deserters, and the U.S. government saw their actions as clear cases of impressment, the seizure of innocent men for forced service in a foreign navy. Shockingly, some ten thousand men were captured from American ships in this era.The issues between Britain and the U.S. reached a climax on June 22, 1807, with the Chesapeake-Leopard affair. The American ship Chesapeake had just left Norfolk, Virginia, when it was stopped by the British warship Leopard. The Leopard's commander, Salusbury Pryce Humphreys, demanded that the British be allowed to search the Chesapeake for three deserters rumored to be on board. The Chesapeake's commander, James Barron, refused. Humphreys was unwilling to take no for an answer, and the Leopard fired on the Chesapeake, killing three and injuring 18. Barron, unable to return more than one shot, was forced to surrender. The British boarded the Chesapeake and seized four men, only one of whom was actually British.Americans were furious, leading President Thomas Jefferson to remark, ?Never since the Battle of Lexington have I seen this country in such a state of exasperation as at present.? America's neutrality and basic rights as an independent nation were clearly being violated, and something needed to be done about it. Jefferson didn't want war, but he was willing to take economic measures. He hoped that an embargo would hit the British and French where it would hurt them the most, in the pocketbook.And so in December 1807 Congress passed and Jefferson signed the Embargo Act. It prevented all U.S. ships and vessels from obtaining clearance to undertake voyages to foreign ports or places. That meant that no needed Americans goods or supplies could reach the belligerents, and also represented an escalation of attempts t.
