“ the publication of the letters signed Jefferson, that your mind is too much elevated above suspicion and credulity to have
for a moment supposed me capable of the deception which has been attempted. Indeed, Sir, I should not have troubled you with
this letter, nor taken the liberty of soliciting your perusal of the documents it encloses, were it not for the deposition
of the Postmaster, which is the only thing like proof of my agency in the folly with which I have been charged, and which
is calculated to render impressive the calumnious tale where the infamous characters of the Postmaster and his deputy are
not known.”
John Rutledge, 1766-1819, lawyer, planter, and soldier, was a Representative from South Carolina.
Christopher Ellery, 1768-1840, a graduate of Yale College, studied law and practiced at Newport. In 1806 he was appointed by Jefferson United States commissioner of loans at Providence, R. I. and in 1806 was appointed collector of customs at Newport. Ellery was the first Jeffersonian senator from Rhode Island.
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1864 Catalogue, page 1155, Vindication of the present Administration, by Algernon Sidney. 8
o.
Washington, 1803. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)
7. [GRANGER,
Gideon.]
A Vindication of the Measures of the Present Administration. By Algernon Sidney . . . Taken from the National Intelligencer.
City of Washington: Printed by
Samuel H. Smith,
1803.
E331 .G771
First Edition. 10 leaves, printed in double columns.
Sabin 28283.
Dexter IV, 1548, 2.
Johnston, page 32.
Rebound in brown buckram; numbered 7 on the title-page.
Gideon Granger, 1767-1822, a Jeffersonian in politics and a friend of Jefferson with whom he was in frequent correspondence, held the appointment
of Postmaster General during Jefferson’s administration.
This Vindication was originally contributed to the
National Intelligencer
. Several editions were published in various places.
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1864 Catalogue, page 275, [Colvin, John B.] Republican Economy; or, superiority of the present Administration over that of
John Adams. 8
o.
Fredericktown, (Md.,) (n.d.) (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)
8. COLVIN,
John B.
Republican Economy; or, Evidences of the Superiority of the Present Administration, over that of John Adams. Together with
a Correct View of the Late Sale of Bank Stock. By John B. Colvin--Editor of the Republican Advocate, Frederick-Town, Maryland. “Facts are Stubborn Things.” The
Second Edition.
[
Frederick-Town,
1802.]
E331 .C69
8vo. 6 leaves and a folded table at the end.
Sabin 14905.
Johnston, page 31.
Rebound in brown buckram; numbered 8 on the title-page.
Compares Jefferson’s economics with those of Adams. The Table at the end is a
Comparative Statement of Mr. Adams’s Extravagance and Mr. Jefferson’s Economy.
Other works by Colvin are in this catalogue, see the Index.
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1864 Catalogue, page 666, Leib, (Michael.) Conduct in the Certificate Business. 4
o.
(n.p.) 1800. (Pol. Pam., v. 104.)
9. LEIB,
Michael.
The Conduct of Dr. Lee in the Certificate Business. Without name of place or printer,
1800.
4to.
Sabin 39889 (in note, this copy).
This pamphlet has disappeared from the Library.
Michael Leib, 1760-1822, Philadelphia physician, was at various times a Congressman and a Senator. In 1796 (March 19) Jefferson wrote
of him to William B. Giles: “
I know not when I have recieved greater satisfaction than on reading the speech of D
r. Lieb, in the Pennsylvania assembly. he calls himself a new member. I congratulate honest republicanism on such an acquisition
and promise myself much from a career which begins on such elevated ground . . .
”
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