J. 40
Curran’s Forensic eloquence.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 156, no. 35, as above.
CURRAN,
John Philpot.
Forensic Eloquence. Sketches of Trials in Ireland for High Treason, etc. including the Speeches of Mr. Curran at length: accompanied by certain papers illustrating the history and present state of that country . . .
Baltimore: published by
G. Douglas,
1804.
DA948.3 .C9 A3 1804
8vo. 200 leaves, erratum at the foot of recto of last leaf, advertisement on verso.
Bound for Jefferson in tree calf by John March, marbled endpapers. Initialled at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress
1815 bookplate.
Curran’s Forensic eloquence. 8
vo.
is on Jefferson’s list of books bought in 1804, from dealers other than Reibelt. It was bound for him by March on February 15, 1805, cost $1.00.
John Philpot Curran, 1750-1817, was called to the Irish bar in 1775.
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J. 41
Orations on the Massacre at Boston of Mar. 5. 1770.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 157, no. 11, as above, reaching
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sic
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Ed.
]
March.
Orations, delivered at the request of the inhabitants of the Town of Boston, to commemorate the evening of the fifth of March,
1770; when a number of citizens were killed by a party of British troops, quartered among them, in a time of peace.
Second edition.
Boston: Published by
Wm. T. Clap,
Greenough,
Stebbins and
Hunt, Printers,
1807.
E215.4 .063
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sic
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Ed.
]
12mo. 100 leaves,
W. T. Clap’s advertisement on the last page.
Bound in tree calf, gilt back, marbled end papers (repaired) probably for Jefferson, by John March. Initialled by Jefferson
at sig. I. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Presentation copy to Jefferson from the publisher, with his autograph inscription on the fly-leaf:
Presented by the Publisher to his Excell
y Thomas Jefferson
.
The orations were by James Lovell, 1771; Dr. Joseph Warren, 1772; Dr. Benjamin Church, 1773; the Hon. John Hancock, 1774; Dr. Joseph Warren, 1775; Peter Thacher, 1776; Benjamin Hichborn, 1777; Jonathan W. Austin, 1778; William Tudor, 1779; Jonathan Mason, Jun., 1780; Thomas Dawes, Jun., 1781; George Richards Minot, 1782; Dr. Thomas Welsh, 1783; and Perez Morton, 1776. These are followed by a Poem, 6 pages, by James Allen of Boston.
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J. 42
Birch’s Virginian Orator.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 156, no. 12, as above.
BIRCH,
Thomas Erskine,
Compiler.
The Virginian Orator: being a variety of Original and Selected Poems, Orations and Dramatic Scenes; to improve the American
youth in the ornamental and useful art of eloquence & gesture. By Thomas E. Birch . . .
Richmond: printed by
Samuel Pleasants, jun.
1808.
PN4200 .B6
First Edition. 12mo. 176 leaves, list of subscribers’ names on 5 pages at the end.
Sabin 5528.
Not in the Virginia State Library Catalogue.
Rebound in half red morocco by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T; the few manuscript corrections are in the handwriting of the author.
