8vo. 12 leaves.
Not in Sabin.
Johnston, page 32.
Rebound in blue buckram; numbered 4 on the title-page.
Contains an enthusiastic account of the
Immortal Jefferson and a justification, drawn largely from the Bible, of his appointment of a foreigner, Gallatin, as Secretary of the Treasury.
[3298]
1864 Catalogue, page 14, Address on the Relations of the United States to France by anticipation. 8
o.
New York, 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)
5. [DICKINSON,
John.]
An Address on the Past, Present, and Eventual Relations of the United States to France.
New-York: Printed by
T. and J. Swords,
1803.
E331 .D55
First Edition. 8vo. 10 leaves. Signed at the end:
Anticipation.
On the title-page James Cheetham has written:
from Denniston & Cheetham.
Ascribed to John Dickinson, q.v.
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1864 Catalogue, page 982, Rutledge, (John.) Examination of the question who is the writer of the forged Letters attributed
to John Rutledge. 8
o.
Washington, 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)
6. RUTLEDGE,
John.
An Examination of the Question, Who is the Writer of Two Forged Letters Addressed to the President of the United States? Attributed
to John Rutledge, Esq. Member of Congress, from South Carolina.
Washington City: Printed by
William Duane & Son,
1803.
E302.6 .R9 D8
8vo. 12 leaves.
Rebound in brown buckram, numbered 6 in ink on the title-page.
In the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress are letters and documents pertaining to this.
On August 28, 1801, Christopher Ellery wrote to Jefferson from Newport and enclosed various documents: “. . . The communication which I am about to make will be received as irresistible evidence of
faithfulness when its nature is considered--for to an honorable mind the disclosure of the crime of forgery--and perhaps treachery--must
be ever painful in the extreme--But feelings aside, allow me to state facts--On the 3
d. & 4
th. inst. the communications of which I enclose a copy (N
o. 1) were made to me and on the 8
th. inst. those of which N
o. 2 is a copy--these copies are exact from the memoranda penned & filed by me on the said days, with the endorsements then
made--This day the postmaster has handed me your letter, of which N
o. 3 is a copy--M
r. Geffroy,
who knew not what to make of it--I waited on M
r. Geffroy, who makes & deals in watches & jewellery on a pretty large scale and with whom I have frequently done business
to our mutual satisfaction, and enjoined silence--He could not believe, that the letter actually came from the President and
indeed was wholly at a loss for conjecture after having exhibited it to two or three persons for explanation--M
r. Geffroy was born in France--has lived in Newport 10 or 12 years--owns real estate here--married the daughter of a worthy
mechanic, by whom he has children--and supports the character of industry & honesty, attending closely to his trade and not
taking a part in politics--He is sensible to the injury done him by the scandalous assumption of his name--it is probable
that one of these persons who gained knowledge of the letter may speak of it . . .”
The enclosed documents are the deposition from Jacob Richardson, Postmaster at Newport, dated Monday, August 3, 1801, that John Rutledge had put the Nicholas Geffroy
letters in the post office, and another from the son of the postmaster, dated August 8.
