First Edition. 8vo. Vol. I, 236 leaves; the Appendix with separate pagination; vol. II, 248 leaves; folded engraved map frontispiece;
vol. III, 244 leaves. The List of Subscribers on 7 pages at the end of vol. III does not include the name of Thomas Jefferson.
Sabin 4434.
Evans 18344, 23166, 24088.
Hildeburn 4428 [vol. I].
The first volume only entered on Jefferson’s undated manuscript catalogue, with the price
9-16.
Jeremy Belknap, 1744-1798, Congregational minister, was one of the founders of the Massachusetts Historical Society, of which he was the
first Corresponding Secretary.
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Heath’s memoirs.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 24. no. 55, as above.
HEATH,
William.
Memoirs of Major-General Heath. Containing Anecdotes, Details of Skirmishes, Battles, and other Military Events, during the American War. Written by himself
. . .
Printed at
Boston: by
I. Thomas and
E. T. Andrews, Sold by them; by
I. Thomas,
Worcester; by
Thomas, Andrews & Penniman,
Albany; by
Thomas, Andrews & Butler,
Baltimore; and by the Booksellers throughout the Continent,
Aug. 1798.
E230 .H43
First Edition. 8vo. 186 leaves.
Sabin 31192.
Evans 33865.
Tree calf, rebacked, one original wrapper bound in. Initialled by Jefferson at sigs. I and T.
William Heath, 1737-1814, Revolutionary soldier, was a native of Massachusetts. The Introduction to this work is dated by him from Roxbury,
1798. The book has been reprinted as recently as 1901 and 1904.
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Minot’s history of the insurrection in Massachusets in 1786.
8
vo.
Worcester
1788.
1815 Catalogue, page 24. no. 67, as above without the imprint.
MINOT,
George Richards.
The History of the Insurrections, in Massachusetts, in the Year MDCCLXXXVI, and the Rebellion consequent thereon. By George Richards Minot, A.M. Printed at
Worcester, Massachusetts: by
Isaiah Thomas.
MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788.]
F69 .M65
First Edition. 8vo. 96 leaves: woodcut ornaments and initials, colphon in an ornament on the last page.
Sabin 49324.
Evans 21259.
Nichols 142.
Half red morocco. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I. Pencil marks in the book, and a note on a slip pasted down inside the
front cover are not by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
George Richards Minot, 1758-1802, jurist and historian, was a native of Boston, Mass. He was one of the original ten members of the Massachusetts
Historical Society.
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Smith’s Hist. of New York.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 25. no. 31, as above.
SMITH,
William.
The History of the Province of New-York, from the First Discovery, To which is annexed A Description of the Country, an Account
of the Inhabitants, their Trade, Religious and Political State, and the Constitution of the Courts of Justice
