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4. ATWATER, Jesse.
Considerations, on the Approaching Dissolution, of the United States Bank. In a Series of Numbers, by Jesse Atwater. New-Haven: From Sidney’s Press, 1810.
HG2529 1810 .A8
8vo. 11 leaves.
Sabin 2338.
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5. The Memorial of the Mechanics and Manufacturers of Lexington, Kentucky, to Congress. [ Lexington:] T. Smith, Printer, December 21, 1810.
8vo. 4 leaves; no copy was seen for collation.
Not in Jillson.
McMurtrie 311 (not seen).
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6. [DAVIES, Benjamin.]
The Bank Torpedo; or, Bank Notes Proved to be a Robbery on the Public, and the Real Cause of the Distresses of the Poor. By a Friend to Common Honesty. New-York: Printed by M’Carty & White, 1810.
HG623 .D3
12mo. 30 leaves; the letter To the Citizens of the United States at the beginning signed B. Davies, and the Copy-right notice is on behalf of Benjamin Davies for this book, the Right whereof he claims as Author. Signed at the end A Friend to Common Honesty.
Halkett and Laing VI, 291.
Sabin 18749.
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J. 340
Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.
1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 297, Do. [Political Pamphlets,] 1811-1812, 8vo.
Twenty-one pamphlets bound together in one volume 8vo., half calf. Labels on the back now lettered Pamphlets / Political / American / Vol. 110. / The pamphlets are numbered serially in ink, and on the first is a slip pasted down, with Jefferson’s original chapter and shelf mark.
JA36 .P8 Vol. 110
1. The Letters of Common Sense respecting the State Bank and Paper Currency. Raleigh: Printed by Thomas Henderson, jr. at the Star Office, 1811.
12mo. 24 leaves, uncut.
Not in Halkett and Laing.
Sabin 40608.
Jefferson’s shelf number written by him on a slip and pasted on the title-page: C.24 / 297.
The advertisement states that the letters were originally published in the Star .
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2. BANKS, Henry.
Sketches & Propositions, Recommending the Establishment of an Independent System of Banking, Permanent Public Roads, a New Mode for the Recovery of Interest on Private Loans, Changes at the Penitentiary, and a General System of Defence, with Some Observations Necessary to Illustrate These Several Topics. By Henry Banks . . . Richmond-- Manson--Printer, n.d. [ 1811.]
First Edition. 8vo. 33 leaves, the last leaf with corrections.
Sabin 3199.
Henry Banks lived in Richmond, Virginia and was a Jeffersonian in politics. He occasionally sent pamphlets to Jefferson.
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3. BANKS, Henry.
Observations Designed to shew the propriety of establishing an Independent System of Banking, In Preference to Increasing the Capital of the Bank of Vir-

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