“I have the honor to forward herewith a copy of a pamphlet, entitled “A Letter to the Honorable John Randolph, by Numa”, which
I beg you to accept as a mark of my esteem for your good qualities, and of respect for your political character in particular.”
Jefferson replied from Monticello on March 11: “
Th: Jefferson returns his thanks to m(
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Colvin for the pamphlet he has been so kind as to send him, & particularly for so much of it as respects himself personally.
it had arrived a week before his letter of Feb. 28. but there had not been a moment’s doubt of the pen from which it came;
that it was the same which had been known to have been so often & so ably exercised in support of the republican principles
and administration of our government. it’s truths, & it’s logic will dispel the illusions of the ignisfatuus who is the subject
of it, as far as it shall be read, and it is hoped it will be taken into the newspapers, of which there are probably 50. readers
for one of pamphlets . . .
”
For other works by John B. Colvin see the Index.
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4. DUANE,
William John.
The Law of Nations, Investigated in a Popular Manner. Addressed to the Farmers of the United States. By William John Duane, One of the Representatives of the City of Philadelphia, in the Legislature of Pennsylvania . . .
Philadelphia: Printed by
William Duane,
1809.
First Edition. 8vo. 112 leaves, including the last with Duane’s advertisement of three of his own books; uncut and partly unopened.
William John Duane, 1780-1865, was the son of William Duane.
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5. MEDFORD,
Macall.
Oil Without Vinegar, and Dignity Without Pride: or, British, American, and West-India Interests Considered. The
Second Edition. With a Preface, and Additions. Together with a Chart, shewing the Rise and Fall of the Trade between the two Countries.
By Macall Medford, Esq.
London: Printed [by
W. Flint] for
W. J. and J. Richardson;
J. Harding, and
Thomas Dobson,
Philadelphia,
1807.
8vo. 70 leaves, folded engraved chart, published by
T. F. Watkins Co., the Preface to the Second Edition dated from London, November 18,
1807. The text begins on B
2, page [3]; B
1 may have been a blank; it is absent also in the other copy in this
collection (no. 2814). Some leaves in this copy unopened, and some damaged.
The first edition was published in the same year.
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6.
Observations on History. [
St. Christopher:
Thomas R. Howe, n.d.]
8 leaves with sig. B, pages [1]-14, the last leaf blank except for the printer’s imprint.
Sabin 56496 (this copy only).
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7. CAINES,
Clement.
A Sketch of the Saxon Heptarchy. By Clement Caines, Esq.
St. Christopher: Printed by
R. Cable,
1810.
8vo. 22 leaves.
Clement Caines was a sugar planter in St. Kitts.
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8. [CAINES,
Clement.]
Brief Remarks on the Present and Former War with France, and on the Conduct and Opinions of the Deceased William Pitt. Written
with a View to Introduce