states, north-west of the river Ohio, made 13th July, 1787. January 21, 1807. Referred to Mr. Parke, Masters, Rhea, Tennessee,
Sandford, Alston, Morrow, Ohio, and Trigg.
City of Washington:
A. & G. Way, Printers,
1807.
E445 .I3I3
8vo. 4 leaves, addressed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and dated from Vincennes, December 20th, 1806.
Not in Sabin.
Cronin and Wise, no. 9.
This was the only pamphlet published by W. H. Harrison in 1807.
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J. 336
Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.
1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 293, Political, 1808, 8vo.
Six pamphlets bound together in one volume, 8vo., half calf; with the original date 1808 in gilt on the back, and a later
label numbered Vol. 35; with the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
JA36 .P8 Vol. 35
On the fly-leaf is written a list of the tracts, not by Jefferson.
A volume of pamphlets, English, 1808, was bound for Jefferson by Milligan on February 24, 1809, cost 75 cents. Copies of two
of these pamphlets were also separately bound as indicated below.
1. COLVIN,
John B.
Colvin’s Weekly Register. No. 1. Vol. 1. Washington City,
January 16, 1808.
8vo. 8 leaves, printed in double columns. At the end: Printed and published, every Saturday . . .
This is the first number published from Washington City of a weekly magazine, of which the last number appeared on April 30,
and was succeeded by Colvin’s newspaper,
the Monitor
, to which Jefferson was a subscriber.
John B. Colvin published newspapers in Maryland (Baltimore and Frederickstown) before coming to Washington. His advertisement at the end
of this first number states that:
Previously to his removal to this city, the Editor had issued three numbers of the work. Jefferson and Colvin had some correspondence concerning Colvin’s newspapers.
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2. SPENCE,
William.
Britain Independent of Commerce; or, Proofs, Deduced from an Investigation into the True Causes of the Wealth of Nations,
that our Riches, Prosperity, and Power, are Derived from Sources Inherent in Ourselves, and would not be affected, even though
our Commerce were Annihilated. By William Spence, F.L.S.
First American, from the Fourth London Edition, Corrected and Enlarged . . .
Philadelphia: Printed by
Robert Carr, for
Kid & Thomas,
Baltimore,
1808.
8vo. 46 leaves including the half-title, printer’s imprint at the end.
This edition not in McCulloch.
Palgrave III, 453.
On June 13, 1808, a copy of “
Spences pamphlet” was bound for Jefferson by Milligan, price 50 cents. He may have had therefore a separate copy.
William Spence, 1783-1860, a native of Hull, is better known as an entomologist. This pamphlet is severely criticised by McCulloch (page
56).
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3. ROSCOE,
William.
Considerations on the Causes, Objects, and Consequences of the Present War, and on the Expediency or the Danger of Peace with
France. By William Roscoe, Esq. Late Member of Parliament for Liverpool.
First American, from the Fourth
