8.
On the election of the President of the United States. Number XII. To the citizens of the United States, and particularly
to those who were not born therein.
Without name of place or printer, n.d. [
1800.]
4 leaves, signed at the end
A Republican.
Against the Alien Laws and the Adams administration. Jefferson’s name is not mentioned.
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9. GALLATIN,
Albert.
Views of the public debt, receipts & expenditures of the United States. By Albert Gallatin.
New-York: printed by
M. L. & W. A. Davis,
1800.
First Edition. 8vo. 34 leaves, including the last blank.
Albert Gallatin, 1761-1849, friend of Jefferson, became Secretary of the Treasury in 1801, under Jefferson’s administration.
Between this tract (numbered 9 on the title-page), and the next, numbered 11, are the stubs of the removed tract, no. 10.
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1864 Catalogue, page 667, Leigh, (B. W.) Substitute to Preamble and Resolutions on the Right of State Legislatures to instruct
their Senators in Congress. 8
o. Richmond, 1811. (Pol. Pam., v. 100.)
10. LEIGH,
Benjamin Watkins.
Substitute proposed by Mr. Leigh of Dinwiddie, to the preamble and resolutions, on the subject of the right of the State Legislature to instruct their Senators
in the Congress of the United States.
[
Richmond,
1811.]
This
Substitute forms pages 155 to 159 of the
Journal of the House of Delegates, Virginia General Assembly, 1811/1812
. There is also a separate edition, see no. 3406. It cannot be known which edition was included in this volume of pamphlets.
Benjamin Watkins Leigh, 1781-1849, Virginia lawyer and statesman. Leigh was elected to the United States Senate in 1834 after the resignation of
W. C. Rives.
A substitute was offered by Mr. Mercer in lieu of the Substitute proposed by Mr. Leigh of Dinwiddie.
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11-12. DAVIS,
Matthew Livingston.
An Oration, delivered in St. Paul’s Church, on the Fourth of July, 1800: being the twenty-fourth anniversary of our Independence;
before the General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen, Tammany Society or Columbian Order, and other associations and citizens.
By M. L. Davis of the General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen.
New-York: printed by
W. A. Davis,
1800.
First Edition. 8vo. 12 leaves, the last 2 with
Ode for the Fourth of July, 1800. By Samuel Low. [
Sung after the delivery of the preceding Oration.]
After a passage describing the excellencies of the Declaration of Independence, the author states (page 12):
. . . It was the capacious mind and nervous pen of Jefferson, which thus pourtrayed his country’s injuries and rights. Excellent
and enlightened citizen! Thou art superior to the voice of adulation! Yet on this day thou shalt receive the tribute of feeble,
though well deserved praise: United with the names of Washington, Montgomery and Mercer; surrounded by a glorious constellation
of fellow statesmen and patriots, thy fame shall descend unsullied to posterity, and millions of freemen yet unborn shall
bless and strive to imitate thy virtues . . .
Matthew Livingston Davis, 1773-1850, friend and biographer of Aaron Burr, was the editor of the
Evening Post
in 1794, and collaborated with Philip Freneau on the
Time Piece
and
Literary Companion
. Davis worked for Burr during the 1800 election campaign, and on becoming Vice-President the latter wished to reward him
with office, but this was refused by Jefferson. Later he became the Grand Sachem of the Tammany Society. In the volume the
Ode by Samuel Low, on the last two leaves, is numbered 12.
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