Laurens’s True state of the case against Jenings.
ii. LAURENS,
Henry.
Mr. Laurens’s True State of the Case. By which his Candor to Mr. Edmund Jenings is manifested, and the Tricks of Mr. Jenings are detected. [
London: Privately printed]
1783.
4to. 40 leaves; printed slips pasted down on the margins of pp. [69] [70]; dated at the end: Bath, Sept. 3d., 1783.
Presentation copy, with
Mr. Jefferson written on the title.
Henry Laurens, 1724-1792, Revolutionary statesman. In 1781 he was imprisoned in the Tower of London, when on a diplomatic mission from
the United States, but was later cleared in exchange for Cornwallis. He was the father-in-law of David Ramsay and of Charles
Pinckney, and was one of the first Americans to be cremated.
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Jenings’ Full manifestation against Laurens.
iii. JENINGS,
Edmund.
A Full Manifestation of what Mr. Henry Laurens falsely denominates Candor in Himself, and Tricks in Mr. Edmund Jenings.
London: Printed in the year,
1783.
4to. 42 leaves.
Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I; small holes in the last leaf, damaging the text.
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Letters between Jay & Littlepage.
iv. JAY,
John.
Letters, being the whole of the Correspondence between the Hon. John Jay, Esquire, and Mr. Lewis Littlepage. A young man whom Mr. Jay, when in Spain patronized and took into his Family.
New-York: Printed and sold by
Francis Childs,
1786.
First Edition. 4to. 39 leaves.
Sabin 35833.
Evans 19735.
A name on the title-page, and a text correction in ink.
This title has a separate entry in Jefferson’s manuscript catalogue, and in the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue, in addition to its inclusion in the list of tracts. This seems to have been
the only copy sold to Congress.
John Jay, 1745-1829, statesman and diplomat, published these letters in self-defence, after the attacks on him by Lewis Littlepage,
1762-1802, soldier of fortune and at one time a protégé of Jay.
Lewis Littlepage, 1762-1802, a Virginian, was for a time a protégé of John Jay. In 1786 he became chamberlain to the King of Poland.
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P. Jones’s charges against Landais.
v. [JONES,
John Paul.]
Charges and Proofs respecting the Conduct of Peter Landais.
New-York: Printed by
Francis Childs. [
1787.]
First Edition. 4to. 9 leaves printed in double columns.
Sabin 38829.
Evans 20436.
Presentation copy, inscribed on the title-page:
The Honorable Thomas Jefferson Esqr.
Peter [Pierre] Landais, 1731-1820, French, later United States naval officer, was dismissed from the service in 1781 after the charges of insubordination
brought against him when in command of the
Alliance, by John Paul Jones.
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