4to. No copy of the 2nd edition was located for collation. The first edition, of which it was an exact reprint, collates:
319 leaves: a-c, B-Z, Aa-Zz, Aaa-Zzz, 4A-4E
4, 4F
2, 4G-4I
4, 4K
1, engraved arms of the Duke of Northumberland at the head of the dedication.
A copy was in the Shadwell Library. See the note to the previous entry.
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Mac Neven’s Pieces of Irish history.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 21. no. 61, as above.
MAC NEVEN,
William James.
Pieces of Irish History, illustrative of the Condition of the Catholics of Ireland of the Origin and Progress of the Political
System of the United Irishmen; and of their Transactions with the Anglo-Irish Government. Published by William James Mac Neven.
New York: Printed for
Bernard Dornin,
1807.
DA948.5 .M2
First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 169 leaves.
Lowndes III, page 1445.
Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Dublin Society, p. 129.
Not in Sabin.
The correspondence between Thomas Addis Emmet and Rufus King, pages 285-296, contains references to Jefferson.
Jefferson’s copy was a presentation from the author, to whom the former wrote from Monticello on August 15, 1807: “
Th: Jefferson returns his thanks to m(
~r
)
Mac Neven for the copy he has been so kind as to send him of his Pieces of Irish history. it is a record of documents & facts
which interested all the feelings of humanity while they were passing, and stand in dreadful account against the perpetrators.
in this the United states may see what would have been their history, had they continued under the same masters. Heaven seems
to have provided them as an asylum for the suffering before the extinguishment of all political morality had prepared the
scenes now acting in the world . . .
”
William James Mac Neven, 1763-1841, physician and United Irishman. He emigrated to New York in 1805 and in 1829 became president of the
Friends of Ireland Society.
Thomas Addis Emmet, 1764-1827, Irish patriot and lawyer. He came to New York in November 1804 and applied for naturalization papers three days after his arrival.
Rufus King, 1755-1827, Federalist Senator, was for a time minister plenipotentiary to Great Britain, succeeding Thomas Pinckney in 1796.
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111
Sampson’s Memoirs.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 21. no. 62, as above.
SAMPSON,
William.
Memoirs of William Sampson: including Particulars of his Adventures in various Parts of Europe; his Confinement in the Dungeons of the Inquisition in
Lisbon, &c. &c. Several Original Letters; being his correspondence with the Ministers of State in Great-Britain and Portugal;
A Short Sketch of the History of Ireland, particularly as it respects the Spirit of British Domination in that Country; and
a few Observations on the State of Manners, &c. in America.
New-York: Printed for the Author, by
George Forman,
1807.
DA948.6 .S3
First Edition. 8vo. in fours. 230 leaves.
Lowndes IV, page 2183.
Sabin 75952.
Jefferson’s copy was a presentation from the author, who wrote from New York on December 12, 1807: “In requesting your acceptance of a copy of my Memoirs, I presume little upon the merit of the work but much upon your benevolence.
"Although written in a style too light and too popular to suit the wisdom of the Philosopher or the Statesman, yet in the
present crisis some facts may be found which the Statesman may turn to profit.
"But my chief wish is, that you may be disposed to receive it as a token of that respect which the ”
