First Edition. 46 leaves, advertisements on the back of the title-page and of the last leaf.
Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. On the title-page is the autograph signature of James Maury (the United States consul at Liverpool, and a close friend of Jefferson).
For another pamphlet by, and an account of Morgan, see no. 2807. This tract went quickly into four editions.
[2832]
Erskine’s view of the causes & consequences of the war with France.
2. ERSKINE,
Thomas, Baron Erskine.
A View of the causes and consequences of the present war with France. By the Honourable Thomas Erskine. The
third edition.
London: printed for
J. Debrett,
m,dcc,xcvii
. [1797.]
70 leaves.
Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. III, 669.
Initialled by Jefferson at sig. T (not at sig. I).
Thomas Erskine, First Baron Erskine, 1750-1823, barrister and sailor. Thirty-five editions of this tract were quickly published, and a translation into French
in the same year ran into almost as many editions.
[2833]
O’Bryen’s Utrum horum? the government or the country?
3. O’BRYEN,
Dennis.
Utrum Horum? The government; or, the country? By D. O’Bryen.
Dublin: printed by
H. Fitzpatrick, for
P. Wogan,
P. Byrne,
J. Moore [and others],
1796.
48 leaves. Dated at the end: Craven-Street, October the 17th, 1796.
Not in Lowndes or the
Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit.
Bradshaw 2012.
Dennis O’Bryen, 1755-1832, Irish political pamphleteer and dramatist. This work passed rapidly through three editions in London and Dublin.
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O’Connor’s Address to the electors of Antrim.
4. O’CONNOR,
Arthur.
Address to the free electors of the county of Antrim. By Arthur O’Connor, member of the Irish House of Commons.
Philadelphia: from the press of
Snowden & M’Corkle,
1797.
12mo. 6 leaves, uncut. Signed and dated at the end from Belfast, January 20, 1797, followed by a note reading:
It appears, by a note subjoined, that, by order of the Privy Council, Mr. O’Connor was arrested on the 2d of February, and
closely confined in the castle.
Arthur O’Connor, 1763-1852, Irish rebel. This pamphlet was originally published in Dublin in 1796, in which year O’Connor joined the United
Irishmen. O’Connor emigrated to France where he married the only daughter of Condorcet, and eventually became a French citizen.
For presentation copies of pamphlets from O’Connor to Jefferson, see no. 2851 and 2868.
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Grattan’s Address and Answer to the citizens of Dublin.
5. GRATTAN,
Henry.
Present state of Ireland! Mr. Grattan’s Address to his fellow-citizens of Dublin, on his retiring from Parliament. To which is added, his Answer to the independent
citizens of Dublin.
Philadelphia: printed (from the tenth Dublin edition) by
J. Carey, for
M. Carey,
G. Douglas, &
J. Carey,
1797.
