ginia, and of deriving public revenue therefrom. By Henry Banks. January 1, 1811. [
Richmond:
John O’Lynch,
1811.]
First Edition. 8vo. 14 leaves, imprint at the end.
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4.
Essays on Capital Punishments, republished from Poulson’s Daily Advertizer.
Philadephia: Printed by
Brown & Merritt,
1811.
12mo. 12 leaves, signed at the end: Philanthropos. Connecticut, Feb. 1810.
Not in Halkett and Laing.
Sabin 62431.
The Preface, dated from Philadelphia, 1811, states that:
THE following Essays on CAPITAL PUNISHMENTS, originally appeared in the
Herald, a newspaper published at Windam in Connecticut, of which state the author is a citizen. During the last summer they were
reprinted in Poulson’s (Philadelphia) Daily Advertizer . . .
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5. ERSKINE,
David Steuart, Earl of Buchan.
The Earl of Buchan’s Address to the Americans at Edinburgh, on Washington’s Birth-Day, February 22d. 1811. [
Edinburgh,
1811.]
4to. 18 leaves.
Presentation copy from the author, who has written on the title-page:
To The Hon
ble Thomas Jefferson as a Testimony of my high consideration and Esteem. Buchan.
[The lower margin of this leaf is torn away.] The author has signed his name five times in the pamphlet, once with his seal, and has made corrections and annotations.
David Steuart Erskine, Eleventh Earl of Buchan, 1742-1829, was in correspondence with George Washington, to whom in 1791 he sent a letter thus described by him in the introduction to this pamphlet:
Impressed with the view of the advantages likely to ensue from the wise administration of the Infant States of America, and
reflecting on the great part which it has pleased the Almighty Governor of the Universe to enable Mr Washington to perform
in the New World, I was desirous of contributing my mite to the exaltation of his character, as a medium of legitimate power
founded in the opinion of the people. I sent to him a letter expressive of my esteem, and of my wishes for the prosperity
of the States, which I inclosed in a box made of the oak that afforded shelter to our great Wallace after the battle of Falkirk;
and I afterwards expressed my hope that the States would cultivate peace, friendship, and correspondence with my country,
and shun every occasion of mingling in the unhappy contentions of Europe.
The letters connected with this gift are printed in the pamphlet, in which is also printed the letter sent by Jefferson to
Lord Buchan in acknowledgment of his gift of his life of Fletcher of Saltoun, quoted in connection with this book, no. 437 above.
This letter, written on July 10, 1803, contains a reference to Buchan’s opinion of Washington: “
. . . I feel a pride in the justice which your Lordship’s sentiments render to the character of my illustrious countryman
Washington: the moderation of his desires, and the strength of his judgment, enabled him to calculate correctly, that the
road to that glory which never dies, is to use power for the support of the laws and liberties of our country, not for their
destruction; and His will accordingly survive the wreck of every thing now living . . .
”
Jefferson’s original manuscript draft of this letter and a fair copy are in the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress.
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6. [AUSTIN,
James Trecothick.]
Resistance to Laws of the United States; Considered in Four Letters to the Honorable Harrison Gray Otis, Esq. Late President
of the Senate of Massachusetts . . . By Leolin.
Boston: Printed by
J. Belcher,
June 30, 1811.
First Edition. 8vo. 12 leaves.
Presentation copy from the author, who has written on the title-page:
Thomas Jefferson with the respects Of the Author.
On July 12, 1811, Austin wrote from Boston to Jefferson: “A citizen who holds in most exalted respect the ”
