First Edition. 8vo. 72 leaves, the last a blank; the Advertisement To the Reader is dated April 14, 1803, and signed
A Civil Officer, of Maryland.
On the title-page is written in ink:
President of the United States.
Alexander Contee Hanson, 1749-1806, Maryland jurist, judge, and Chancellor of Maryland, was for a time assistant secretary to George Washington.
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Influence of Bank-directors in Maryland.
6.
Four Letters to the People, on the Undue Influence of Bank Directors, in the Political Affairs of the State of Maryland. As
published in the American. Revised and Corrected, with Additions.
Baltimore: Printed at the request of a number of Citizens.
1804.
First Edition. 6 leaves. The letters are signed
Justice.
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Washington Phoenix fire-company.
7.
Constitution and Bye-laws of the Washington Phœnix Fire Company. Washington: Printed by
Samuel H. Smith,
1804.
First Edition. 6 leaves, signed
John Gardiner, Sec’ry.
Sabin 101945.
Bryan, page 148.
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D
r. Thornton v. Latrobe.
8. [THORNTON,
William.]
To the Members of the House of Representatives of the United States. [
Washington City,
1805.]
8vo. 6 leaves, signed and dated at the end: W. Thornton. City of Washington, Jan. 1, 1805; caption title, no title-page.
This was one of the pamphlets caused by Benjamin Henry Latrobe’s proposed changes in Dr. Thornton’s designs for the Capitol.
On February 28, 1804, Jefferson wrote to Latrobe, whom in 1803 he had appointed surveyor of public buildings, a long letter
on the plans for the Capitol, beginning: “
I am sorry the explanations attempted between D
r. Thornton & yourself on the manner of finishing the chamber of the house of representatives have not succeded . . .
”
William Thornton, 1759-1828, architect and public official, was a native of the Virgin Islands. He studied in England and Paris and came to
the United States in 1787 where he soon became associated with John Fitch (q.v.) in his experiments with steamboats. Thornton
is best known for his architectural work in the Capitol. Jefferson had considerable correspondence both with Thornton and
Latrobe, and many of the Thornton papers are now in the Library of Congress.
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Memorial of the city of Washington.
9.
Memorial on behalf of the Citizens resident and concerned in the City of Washington. Agreed to at a Meeting held on the 2d
day of February, 1803, in said City. Addressed to both Houses of Congress.
Washington City: Printed by
William Duane & Son,
1803.
8vo. 4 leaves, one folded table. Signed at the end:
W. M. Duncanson, Chairman.
Sabin 101943.
Not in Bryan.
The intention of this meeting is . . . to shew that funds were provided adequate to every demand which the erection of a new
city, in splendor and beauty, without any draughts upon the national treasury, and wholly from the means voluntarily granted
by the proprietors of the soil, upon the express condition of their application to the ends proposed, and to those ends alone
. . .
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