34 leaves including the last, a blank.
Sabin 18819.
McMurtrie 45.
Contains references to Jefferson.
George Davis, the compiler, may have been the George Davis who took part in the expedition to the Mississippi with William Dunbar. On
May 25, 1805, Jefferson wrote to Dunbar from Washington: “
. . . D
r. Hunter does not propose to take a part in this mission, and we suppose that m
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George Davis, a deputy of m(
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Briggs will be the fittest person to take the direction of the expedition and Col
o. Freeman as an assistant, & successor in case of accident to the principal . . .
”
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17. [DORMENON,
Pierre.]
Reponse a des Calomnies. [
New Orleans,
1809.]
14 leaves, caption title, no title-page. The Pieces Justificatives begin on page 9.
Pierre Dormenon, advocate, was judge of the Parish of Point Coupée, Territory of Orleans, and had correspondence with Jefferson.
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18-19.
The Constitutionality of the Embargo Laws, Established by Precedent.
Philadelphia: Printed by
John Binns,
1809.
4to. 4 leaves (cut and folded to 8vo. size).
Sabin 16148.
Johnston, page 37.
Two copies, the first one addressed to Jefferson on the last page, blank, the inscription partly cut off.
Jefferson’s administration vindicated by an appeal to those of Washington and Adams.
Originally published in the Democratic Press on February 13, 1809.
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339
Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.
1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 296, Do. [Political Pamphlets,] 1810, 8vo.
1849 Catalogue, page 624. no. 475, Pamphlets, American.--On Miscellaneous Subjects, by D. Hogan, W. G. D. Worthington, J.
Atwater, M. L. Davis, Memorial of the Mechanics and Manufacturers of Lexington, Kentucky, to Congress, in 1810; Bank Torpedo,
or Bank Notes Proved to be a Robbery of the Public, &c., 8vo.; Washington, Baltimore, New-York, &c. 1810.
This collection of pamphlets is no longer extant and the only obtainable information is from the early Library of Congress
catalogues as above. It is not possible to find out what was included in the “&c.” Pamphlets printed in 1810 have been searched
without finding any with definite marks of Jefferson identification.
1. HOGAN,
Denis.
An Appeal to the Public, and a Farewell Address to the Army, by Brevet-Major Hogan, late a Captain in the Thirty-Second Regiment of Infantry; in which he resigned his commission, in consequence of the treatment
he experienced from the Duke of York, and the system that prevails in the Army respecting promotions; including some strictures
upon the general conduct of our Military Force, and his Justification . . . From the
Fourth London Edition, revised and corrected by the author.
Washington City:
Dinmore & Cooper, Printers,
1810.
AC901 .D8 Vol. 105
8vo. 18 leaves.
This pamphlet was first printed in 1808 in which year at least ten editions were published. The above title is taken from
the copy (in the Duane pamphlets) in the Library of Congress, on the title of which is written in ink:
This pamphlet cost the author his life--he was poisoned.
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i.e. “3393”--
Ed.]
