J. 361
Patriotic addresses.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 67, Patriotic Addresses to President Adams, 12mo.
[ADAMS,
John.]
A Selection of the Patriotic Addresses, to the President of the United States. Together with The President’s Answers. Presented
In the year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-Eight, and the Twenty-Second of the Independence of America.
Boston: Printed by
John W. Folsom,
1798.
E323 .S46
First Edition. 12mo. 168 leaves in sixes (full alphabet 24 letters); list of subscribers on two leaves at the end. Dedicated by
the Editor to the French Directory.
Sabin 259.
Evans 33345.
Cronin and Wise, 187.
Rebound in calf. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.
According to Evans the editor was William Austin. Jefferson’s name is not in the list of subscribers.
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J. 362
Letters of Curtius.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 105. no. 68, Thomson’s Letters of Curtius, 12mo.
THOMSON,
John.
The Letters of Curtius, written by the late John Thomson of Petersburg. To which is added, a Speech delivered by him in Aug. ’95, on the British Treaty. To which a short sketch of
his life, is prefixed . . .
Richmond: Printed by
Samuel Pleasants, Junior,
1804.
E321 .T48
Sm. 8vo. 96 leaves including 2 blanks.
Rebound in buckram in 1913 by the Library of Congress, one leaf misbound at the beginning. Originally bound for Jefferson
by John March in August 1805, price .75.
Sent to Jefferson by George Hay, who wrote from Richmond on February 1, 1804: “M
r. Carr informs me, that you were acquainted with the Character, and respected the talents of the late M
r. Thomson. I therefore take the liberty, of begging your acceptance of a Copy of the new Edition of the letters of Curtius:
to which is prefixed a short sketch of his life, hastily written by myself.
"The way in which the parties in
the dialogue are mentioned is intentionally vague. The inquisitorial power of public opinion is not so immediately felt, but is almost
as formidable, as that which has been established by law in other Countries. I did not therefore think it prudent to communicate
to the World, that
these parties were Mahomet and Jesus Christ.
"The history, to which M
r. T. intended to have devoted his time and talents, has been since undertaken, and I understand, accomplished by the present
chief justice. It is not wonderful that
Curtius and
General Marshall should have been both, ambitious of literary fame; but it is somewhat singular, that the views of both should have been almost
at the same time directed to the same object.
"Viewing you, at the moment, only as the friend of literature and genius, I will offer no apology for giving you the trouble
of reading this lengthy letter.”
John Thomson, 1776-1799, Virginian orator and political writer, and a Jeffersonian in politics. These letters originally published in
1798, were addressed to General Marshall, and relate to the Alien and Sedition Bill and other matters. Thomson was a friend
of George Hay to whom the life at the beginning is ascribed.
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