8vo. 146 leaves, wrongly paged, and with the additional sheets between sig. 25 and 26.
Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt ornaments on the back, marbled endpapers, by John March, on June 30, 1807, price $1.00.
With annotations by General Armstrong throughout. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
General John Armstrong, 1758-1843, was at this time Minister Plenipotentiary in Paris, where Fulwar Skipwith was the American Consul.
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J. 139
Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.
1815 Catalogue, page 105, no. 287, The United States Claims on France, 8vo.
[MACLURE,
William.]
To the People of the United States.
Philadelphia,
1807.
JX238 .F75 1807
8vo. 64 leaves and 10 folded leaves of tables, the latter included in the pagination but not in the signatures.
Tree calf, gilt back, marbled endpapers by March (bound for Jefferson on June 30, 1807, price $1.00). Not initialled by Jefferson.
On the title-page is written in ink (not by Jefferson):
By Wm. Maclure, one of the Commissioners on French Claims. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
William Maclure was acquainted with Jefferson and in correspondence with him.
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J. 140
Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.
1815 Catalogue, page 97, no. 121, Essais politiques sur l’etat actuel de quelques puissances, par M. R. C. B. 1777, 8vo.
[RUTLEDGE,
James.]
Essais politiques sur l’état actuel de quelques puissances. Par M. R. C. B. . . .
Londres [i.e.
Genève]
1777.
D295 .R9
First Edition. 8vo. 114 leaves, 3 folded tables.
Barbier II, 277.
Quérard VIII, 287.
Original French morocco, gilt ornamental back, marbled endpapers. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress
1815 bookplate.
James Rutledge, 1743-1794, of Irish descent, resident in France, called himself
Chevalier on the strength of a baronetcy conferred upon his grandfather by the Pretender. He was living in Paris during the Revolution
and was a member of the Cordeliers Club until expelled in 1791.
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J. 141
Resultats des traités depuis 1763. jusqu’a 1795. par Arnould.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 104. no. 150, Resultats des traités, supplement à Mably, par Arnould, 1803, 8vo.
ARNOULD,
Ambroise Marie.
Résultats des guerres, des négociations et des traités qui ont précédé et suivi la coalition contre la France: pour servir
de supplément au droit public de l’Europe de Mably. Par Arnould, membre du tribunat.
Paris:
Baudouin, imprimeur du corps législatif et du tribunat, brumaire an
xii
.--
1803.
DC220 .A8
First Edition. 8vo. 221 leaves, [ ]
7, 1-26
8, 27
6.
Quérard I, 99.
Not in Myers.
Originally bound for Jefferson by John March in calf, gilt, cost $1.00, on March 7, 1805; rebound in brown buckram by the
Library of Congress. Before the 1 on sig. 1 Jefferson has written his initial T.
Purchased from
Reibelt, Baltimore, in February 1805, price $
1.50.
This book was placed by Jefferson in chapter 16. It was reclassified later into chapter 24.
Ambroise Marie Arnould, 1750-1812, French financier. For Mably’s
Droit public de l’Europe
, see no. 2398.
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