16.
A Memoir, on the principles and the means of organizing the general staff of the United States military power. Without name of place or printer,
1812.
8vo. 14 leaves, no title-page, caption title, dated at the end November 20th, 1812.
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17.
A Bird’s Eye Sketch of the Military Concerns of the United States. Respectfully addressed to the consideration of Congress. [
Washington,
1812.]
6 leaves including one blank, followed by a folded table; no title-page, caption title; signed and dated at the end:
A Private Citizen. Washington, April 21, 1812.
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18.
An Address, Delivered in Havre-de-Grace, June 4, 1812: In Consequence of a Pamphlet Set Forth by a Certain Nimrod Hughes,
Denouncing that day as the awful period of visitation to the inhabitants of this earth, by the Almighty . . .
Baltimore: Printed by
B. W. Sower, & co., 1812.
8 leaves.
The pamphlet by Nimrod Hughes was first printed in Trenton in 1811 and was several times reprinted. It was also translated
into German.
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19. PLUMER,
William.
Patriot Office, Concord, N. H. November 19, 1812. New-Hampshire Legislature. Quorums of both houses having been previously
formed, yesterday at half past three o’clock His Excellency William Plumer delivered in presence of the Legislature the following Speech.
[
Concord, New Hampshire:]
1812.
4 leaves; caption title, no title-page. Signed and dated at the end by William Plumer. New-Hampshire, November 18, 1812.
William Plumer, 1759-1850, Senator from New Hampshire, became governor in 1812 and both wrote and spoke in behalf of the Madison administration.
He had correspondence with Jefferson.
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20. CLAY,
Henry.
Speech delivered by the Hon. Henry Clay, in the House of Representatives of the United States, on Friday, the Eighth Day of January, 1813, on the Bill for Raising
an Additional Military Force of Twenty Thousand Men for One Year.
Washington City: Published at the Office of
the National Intelligencer,
1813.
10 leaves.
Sabin 13545 has only a Baltimore edition, n.d. [1813].
A few corrections and erasures in ink.
Henry Clay, 1777-1852, was at various times a Congressman, Senator, and Secretary of State.
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21. COBBETT,
William.
Cobbett’s Weekly Political Register. Vol. XXII. No. 6.
]
London, Saturday,
August 8, 1812.
[Price
1s.
8 leaves, printed in double columns.
This issue contains: To the Prince Regent, On the Dispute with America. Letter VII., signed by Wm. Cobbett. Botley, Tuesday, 4th August, 1812; Summary of Politics, dated from Botley, 5th August; Sir Francis Burdett’s Speech and
Address, 28th July, 1812; Public Papers. France, and Russia.--Correspondence relative to the Dispute of 1812; English Liberty
of the Press, As illustrated in the Prosecution and Punishment of
