2 parts, 8vo., 32 and 22 leaves, the second part with both title and half-title; at the end of Part II is an
Appendix. Vindication of Mr. Adams’s defence of the American Constitutions.
Sabin 84831, 84832.
Evans 31212, 31213.
Johnston, page 27.
These pamphlets contain a series of anti-Jefferson essays, originally published in the
United States Gazette
from October 14 to November 24, 1796. The essays were signed
Phocion and were by William Loughton Smith with the assistance of Oliver Wolcott; they were written in answer to a writer named Hampden, as is stated in the opening paragraph:
A writer under the signature of Hampden, in the Richmond paper of the 1st instant, after asserting the exclusive right of
Virginia to fill the office of President, calls the attention of the citizens of that state to the illustrious Thomas Jefferson,
as the fittest character in the union to fill the President’s chair, and proceeds to enumerate the various pretensions of
that gentleman . . .
William Loughton Smith, c. 1758-1812, Congressman from South Carolina, wrote more than one anti-Jefferson pamphlet during his political career.
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7. [TAYLOR,
John.]
An Enquiry into the principles and tendency of certain public measures.
Philadelphia: printed by
Thomas Dobson,
m dcc xciv
. [1794.]
HG2529 1794 .T2
First Edition. 48 leaves; addressed To the President of the United States.
Sabin 22647.
Evans 27782.
Ford,
Bibliotheca Hamiltoniana, 56.
John Taylor, 1753-1824, known as John Taylor of Caroline, wrote this and other pamphlets against the funding and banking system of Alexander
Hamilton. Concerning these pamphlets he wrote to James Madison June 20, 1793: “In coming from Philadelphia, alone, and meditative, after Congress had risen, the occurrences which had trodden on each other’s
heels, in too rapid succession for much reflection during the session, began to pass muster in my mind, and to peice themselves
together, so as to exhibit an unity of design. Connecting these with several important laws of the union, a variety of fantasies
were engendered between them, some of which, like youthful dreams, made such an impression on me, that I have employed the
few intervals of leisure which have occurred, in writing them down. And they are now presented to you . . .
"Should you approve of the production, ought it to appear in a pamphlet or in the newspapers . . .
"Or would it be proper to print it in Phila., to be distributed either among the state assemblies at their fall meeting, or
at the opening of the next Congress . . .
"The repeal of the bank law, and some emendations of the constitution, are the only fruits, to be expected from any such impression
. . .
"I have not written to Mr. Jefferson, because a justification for wasting any portion of his time did not present itself.
But if you have an opportunity, the production may be laid before him, and I hereby invest him with a power over it, coextensive
with your own . . .”
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8.
R. B. Lee
and
John Nicholas.
Pamphlets printed during the years 1793-1796 have not been found.
