3.
Thoughts on the wealth & National economy of the US.
[BLODGET,
Samuel.]
Thoughts on the increasing wealth and national economy of the United States of America. City of Washington: printed by
Way and Groff,
1801.
8vo. 21 leaves only, including the last blank; wants one leaf with Table.
Halkett and Laing VI., 39.
Sabin 5958.
Anonymous presentation copy from the author with an autograph inscription on the title-page, signed
The Author, partly cut away.
Samuel Blodget, 1757-1814, merchant, economist and architect, was born in New Hampshire, lived in Philadelphia for a time, where he married
the daughter of Dr. William Smith, Provost of the University of Pennsylvania [q.v.] and built the first Bank of the United
States. In 1792 he came to Washington where he lived the rest of his life, promoted the sale of real estate by lotteries,
and was financially ruined. Blodget was in correspondence with Jefferson from time to time.
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4.
Enquiries on assuming jurisdiction over Columbia.
Enquiries into the necessity or expediency of assuming exclusive legislation over the District of Columbia: respectfully submitted
to the Members of Congress, by a private citizen of the District.
[
Washington:] From the
Cabinet Office, n.d. [
1800.]
First Edition. 12mo. 16 leaves including the first and last blanks; uncut.
Sabin 22631.
Bryan, page 65.
Records of the Columbia Historical Society VIII, page 141.
According to the Records of the Columbia Historical Society:
There is some reason to suppose that this production, issued without date, was the earliest book printed in Washington. A
clue to the actual time of its publication is found in A. B. Woodward’s fifth number of “Epaminondas on the Government of
the Territory of Columbia,” under date of “City of Washington, January 15, 1801,” in which the author distinctly refers to
this production as recently met with by him. Presumptively, therefore, this publication saw the light some time in the latter
part of the year 1800.
Its issue “from the Cabinet Office” refers to the printing office of “
The National Magazine, or Cabinet of the United States,” issued in Washington (eight numbers) in 1800-1801.
Mr. Clarence S. Brigham, compiler of the History and Bibliography of American Newspapers, is of the opinion that the Cabinet was probably printed in Georgetown, not in Washington, D. C. See his note to the Cabinet in his bibliography, I, 87.
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5.
Woodward’s considñs on the gov
(
~m
)t of the territory of Columbia.
[WOODWARD,
Augustus Brevoort.]
Considerations on the government of the Territory of Columbia: as they recently appeared in the National Intelligencer, under
the signature of Epaminondas.
Washington: Metropolis of the United States. Printed for the author, by
Samuel Harrison Smith, New-Jersey Avenue near the Capitol.
m.d.ccc.i.
[1801.]
Sm. folio (cut down). 9 leaves in twos.
Sabin 105149.
Bryan, page 209.
On the title Jefferson has written:
by Augustus Woodward
This pamphlet contains no. 1-4 and the Appendices.
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Epaminondas on the government of the Territory of Columbia. No. V. Being a review of a work on the same subject, by a private citizen.
George-Town, Territory of Columbia: printed by
Green and
English,
mdccci
. [1801.]
