Folio. 2 leaves (folded to 8vo. size),
French and
English text in parallel columns.
Concerned with Nugent’s imprisonment and the Batture case. At the end: N. B. Sold by H. P. Nugent,
twenty-five cents.
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18
b.
The National Aegis.
Worcester: Published by
Sewall Goodridge, printer of the Laws of the United States. Vol. IV. No. 174.
Wednesday, March 27, 1805.
Folio. no. 174 only (folded).
Jefferson is favorably mentioned in the political editorial.
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19. [LINCOLN,
Levi.]
Letters to the People. By a Farmer.
Salem: Printed at
the Register Press, By
William Carlton,
1802.
12mo. Imperfect, lacks several leaves at the end; a portion of the title-leaf has been cut away, the knife passing through
several of the succeeding leaves.
Several references to Jefferson occur.
Levi Lincoln, 1749-1820, lawyer and politician, was a friend and supporter of Jefferson, and held various offices under him, including
those of Secretary of State and Attorney General.
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J. 342
Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.
1815 Catalogue, page 95. no. 288, Burr’s Case by Cheetham, 8vo.
Five pamphlets on the Jefferson-Burr election of 1800, four by James Cheetham, and one by William Peter Van Ness; rebound
in blue buckram by the Library of Congress.
JA36 .P8 Vol. 127
These pamphlets were originally bound for Jefferson in calf, lettered
Burr’s Case, by John March in August 1805 (cost 26½ cents).
1. [CHEETHAM,
James.]
A View of the Political Conduct of Aaron Burr, Esq. Vice-President of the United States By the Author of the “Narrative.”
New-York: Printed by
Denniston & Cheetham,
1802. [Copy-Right Secured according to Law.]
First Edition. 8vo. 60 leaves.
Sabin 12387.
Johnston, page 31.
Wandell, page 64.
Five sheets misbound, the necessary indications written by Jefferson in the margins.
Relates to the election which made Jefferson President and Burr Vice-President and claims that in 1801 Burr intrigued with
the Federalists to defeat Jefferson and make himself President.
Cheetham corresponded with Jefferson relative to Burr, and on December 10, 1801, sent him 11 pages in his autograph headed:
Some account of the plans and views of aggrandizement of a faction in the City of New York, Respectfully Submitted to the
consideration of the President of the United States
.
For an answer to this see Aristides, no. 3446 in this collection.
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2. CHEETHAM,
James.
Nine Letters on the Subject of Aaron Burr’s Political Defection, with an Appendix. By James Cheetham.
New-York: Printed by
Denniston & Cheetham,
1803.
First Edition. 70 leaves.
Sabin 12381.
Johnston, page 32.
Wandell, page 65.
Concerns the conduct of Aaron Burr in the presidential election at which Jefferson became President, and has numerous references
to the latter.
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