Congress 1815 catalogue, annotated when the books were received, states that the octavo set was imperfect, and that the folio
set had nine volumes.
The volumes which are unquestionably from Jefferson’s library are the following:
J. i. WASHINGTON,
George.
A Message of the President of the United States to Congress relative to France and Great-Britain. Delivered December 5, 1793.
With the papers therein referred to. To which are added the
French originals. Published by order of the House of Representatives.
Philadelphia: printed by
Childs and Swaine,
m,dcc,xciii
. [1793.]
3H1D4 copy 4
8vo. 3 parts in 1, 122 leaves in all (52, 54 and 16).
Evans 26334.
Originally bound for Jefferson by March; the covers have gone but the back is present, lettered in gilt on a red label:
State /
Papers /. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and with an autograph note by him on page 2 of the second part reading:
see the last page of the book for a letter of Dec. 5. 91. which should have come in here.
This is the official statement concerning the Genet affair, and contains copies of the correspondence of which many of the
originals and polygraph copies are to be found in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress. Between the first and second
parts is an authentication of the documents with the printed signature of Th: Jefferson.
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J.
ii.
Documents accompanying a Message from the President of the United States, with sundry statements of expenditures; containing
detailed accounts of the expenditures of public monies, by naval agents; from the 1st January, 1797, to 31st December, 1801.
Contingencies of the Navy Department, and copies of contracts for cannon, timber, and other military and naval stores, during
the same period. 23d December, 1803. Ordered to lie on the table. Part III. Printed by order of the House of Representatives.
Washington City: printed by
William Duane and Son,
1803.
8H1D41
Folio. 284 leaves, folded table.
Tree calf, the back in six compartments, in the second a red leather label lettered in gold: State / Papers; the original
volume number, 2, in gilt in the fourth, by John March. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Jefferson’s copies were bound from time to time by John March of Georgetown, and later by Milligan.
On July 15, 1802, March presented a bill for “
Putting in extra boards 6 vols. 8vo. State Papers, $1.50,” and similarly, on the same day, for 1 vol. folio. $1.00. Again on October 11, for binding 1 volume folio of State Papers, $3.50.
In August 1805 March included in his bill, “
To Binding 6 vols State Papers Double lettered, at .75, $4.50,” and “
1 volume of State Papers, Thick folio, ½ bound calf. D. lettered, $2.50.”
Similar bills occur in 1806, 1807, and 1808, Milligan being the binder in the last mentioned year.
Report of the Committee of the House of Representatives of the United States, appointed to prepare and report Articles of Impeachment against William Blount, a Senator of the United States, impeached of High Crimes and Misdemeanors. . . Printed by Order of the House of Representatives. Printed by John Fenno, n.d. [Philadelphia, 1787.]
8vo. 94 leaves including 1 blank; the Appendix begins on the 10th leaf (sig C) with separate pagination.
Evans 34785 (with date 1788)
.
Original half calf; not initialled by Jefferson; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate, with Ch. 24. No. 261.
With this is bound the following tracts on the same subject:
Further Report from the Committee, appointed on the eighth of July last, to prepare and report Articles of Impeachment against William Blount, a Senator of the United States, Impeached by the House of Representatives, of High Crimes and Misdemeanors. [Philadelphia, 1798.]
2 leaves, with the report of Abel Holden, jr. sworn the 30th day of December, 1797.
Evans 34787
.
Letter from the Chevalier d’Yrujo, Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States, from Spain [Letter from John Phillips Ripley] to the Chairman of the Committee appointed to prepare and report Articles of Impeachment against William Blount, dated January 19, 1798. Philadelphia, January 19, 1798.
2 leaves, caption titles.
Evans 34788
.
Further Report of the Committee, appointed on the Eighth July last, to prepare and report Articles of Impeachment against William Blount, a Senator of the United States, impeached by the House of Representatives, of High Crimes and Misdemeanors. 25th January, 1798. [Committed to a Committee of the whole House, on Monday next.] Printed by John Fenno.
6 leaves.
Evans 34792
.
As the question whether the House of Representatives have a right to impeach a member of the Senate . . .
.
2 leaves, signed Constitutionalist, dated December 10, 1797.
Not in Evans. Louden 1972
.
Message from the Senate communicating a copy of the Plea, filed by the Counsel in behalf of William Blount. 26th December, 1798, Referred to the Managers appointed to conduct the impeachment against William Blount, with instructions to proceed thereon, as they shall deem adviseable. [Published by order of the House of Representatives.] [Philadelphia: Printed by William Ross, 1798]
2 leaves.
Evans 34791
.
Further Report of the Managers appointed to conduct the Impeachment against William Blount. 20th December, 1798, Ordered to lie on the table. [Published by order of the House of Representatives.] [Philadelphia: Printed by William Ross, 1798]
2 leaves.
Evans 34790.
Report, in part, of the Committee, appointed on the 18th instant, To consider what Rules are necessary to be adopted by the Senate, in the trial of William Blount. 20th December, 1798. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Philadelphia: Printed by Way & Groff, No. 48, North Third-Street.
2 leaves.
Evans 34789
.
William Blount, 1749-1800, territorial governor of Tennessee, was elected to the United States Senate in 1796. Owing to his financial difficulties he took part in a plan, involving Indians, frontiersmen, and the British fleet, whereby the control of Spanish Florida and Louisiana should be transferred to Great Britain. A letter written by him came into the hands of President Adams, who sent it to Congress. Blount was expelled from the Senate, but his impeachment by the House of Representatives was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
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Pamphlets American 1793-4.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 101. no. 263, as above.
1839 Catalogue, page 393. no. J. 460, [Pamphlets, Political, American;] by Hamilton, Madison, J. Ravara, A. G. Fraunces, Dr.
Logan, Wm. Smith, John Taylor, of Caroline, R. B. Lee, and J. Nicholas, 8vo; Philadelphia, &c., 1793-’96.
This volume of pamphlets seems to have disappeared at an early date, and there is no entry in the 1849 catalogue, and no entry
for some of the individual authors in the catalogue of 1861.
